Description

“King Power” 5930G – Anniversary Edition

We are delighted to once again offer an exceptionally rare Patek Philippe, this time it is another Special Order made for the late Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, successful Thai businessman and top Patek collector who had already requested the Genevean watchmaker
to produce a series of special 5960/1A-011 (see on our website) to commemorate the sensational win of the UK Premier League Championship in 2015 by his football team “Leicester City”.
Around the same time a special order for lady Aquanauts 5067A-026 (see on our website) was also made, both watches feature a blue accents with the 5960/1a-011 a very attractive yellow touch and crystal case back engraved with the football club’s mascot.

The present model is a special 5930G white gold made in 2019 this time to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Mr Vichai’s group “King Power” (Thai duty-free retail business), it keeps the known blue/yellow touch, here the chronograph hand is in yellow and Bangkok in the city-ring is in yellow instead of white.
We estimate around 3 dozens were produced based on the other commemorative “King Power” limited edition series made by Chopard.

It is fitted with the Patek caliber CH 28-520 HU with ±55 hours of power reserve, featuring a world-timer plus fly-back chronograph mechanism, the case is in white gold of 39.5mm, its blue dial reads many functions, the 24 cities-ring printed on the outer dial, day/night indication and a 30 minutes counter at 6 o’clock.
Lastly on the crystal case back the inscription “30th Anniversary of King Power” is engraved in black at 6 o’clock along with the Logo of the Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha Foundation.

Patek Philippe – Bio

Patek Philippe & Co. was founded in 1839, located in Geneva and the Vallée de Joux. It designs and manufactures timepieces and movements, including some of the most complicated mechanical watches. It is considered by many experts and aficionados to be one of the most prestigious watch manufacturers.
In 1868, Patek Philippe made their first wristwatch, which was sold on November 13, 1876 to the Hungarian Countess.
It is the last independent, family-owned Genevan watch manufacture with uninterrupted operating history spanning nearly 180 years.