The stark white opaline dial is offset by black gold rims on the apertures, with black power reserve and chronograph hour hands. Signal red was chosen for both the running chronograph hand and 60 minutes chronograph hand. The days of the month are displayed in black, except for the first of each month, which is bright red (as shown). You also get luminous hands, which you practically never see on production watches outside the sports lines (short of the Tiffany 5396G). And, in a change from previous 5960s, the monocounter register at 6 o'clock has been reconfigured to have the minutes on the inside and hours on the outside. The 5960/1A features a stainless-steel bracelet with fold-over clasp.

Of course, steel Pateks have a long history of exceptional collectivity and value, in particular those complicated steel Pateks. But, we mustn't forget that while something like a 1463 chronograph in steel or even a modern 5004 in steel are indeed hyper rare and valuable watches, Patek does have a history of making production watches in steel – they are just typically in the Nautilus or Aquanaut family. Adding the 5960 to the steel range brings us back to the Patek of the 1940s when you would (occasionally) see both Calatravas and chronographs in steel. I believe this is also a concerted effort to bring some of Patek's younger collectors out of the Nautilus family and into the more traditional lines. There is absolutely no doubt this will be an incredibly popular watch for collectors and general watch lovers alike. The retail price is $54,800 but that is subject to change until delivery. At this time it is unclear whether or not the steel bracelet on this new watch is detachable. The 5960/1A does replace all existing 5960 models in platinum and gold. We will have hands-on photos of this watch as soon as humanly possible. Stay tuned.