![]() Patek Philippe And The Chronograph ( Credit: Escapementmagazine) ![]() A day and night indicator (useful when setting the calendar mechanism as the date should not be changed between 10 PM and 2 AM at the risk of damaging the movement) is placed on the right of the moon phase and the leap year indication is placed on an aperture on the right side of the moon phase. Housing the in-house manual-winding caliber 29-535 PS Q (“Q” for quantième meaning date in French), this timepiece indicates day and month via windows placed on the top part of the dial, the date and moon phase are placed at 6 o’clock. The white gold model is also available with a superb sunburst cobalt blue dial as well. This reference exists in a 41 mm white or rose gold case with silver dial. ![]() Vintage or modern, Patek Philippe perpetual calendar chronographs are among the most coveted and collectible of all wristwatches and the latest offering, with the modern day Reference 5270 no exception. The very first serial production perpetual calendar chronograph, the reference 1518, was made by Patek Philippe in the 1940s and they have continued this complication ever since. 5270: The quintessential complication associated with Patek Philippe. 5959 has an amazingly slim calibre with a thickness of only 5.25mm making it one of the world’s thinnest split second chronograph movements. In addition this mono-pusher chronograph uses a 60-minute register instead of the conventional 30 minutes. The caliber CHR 27-525PS housed within is amazingly slim with a thickness of only 5.25mm making it one of the world’s thinnest split second chronograph movements. 5959: La unched in 2005, the reference 5959 with its 33mm platinum officer case (with a hinged case back), white enamel dial and Arabic numerals is inspired by Patek Philippe chronographs from the 1920s. Patek Philippe offers three different models of this Split-Seconds Chronograph with two separate calibres. Patek Philippe offers three different models of this complication, with two separate calibres. ( Credit: Watchonista)Ĭonsidered as one of the most challenging and delicate complications to master in the art of watchmaking due to low tolerances. 5170 houses Patek Philippe’s first in-house manual wind chronograph calibre CH 29-535 featuring a column-wheel with horizontal clutch. It currently exists only in a 39.4mm white metal case: either in white gold with opaline dial, Breguet numerals and pulsometer scale or the latest version presented in 2015 in platinum with a lovely black dial, Breguet numerals and a dial devoid of the pulsometer scale giving it a cleaner look. Patek Philippe has mastered these complications like none other and today offers a wide and diverse selection in each category.Ĭhronographs Ref 5170: Launched in 2010 this reference houses Patek Philippe’s first in-house manual wind chronograph caliber CH 29-535 featuring a column-wheel with horizontal clutch, a 65 hour power reserve and a instantaneous jumping chronograph minute hand. Add to that “split-seconds” or “perpetual calendar” and you bring grown men to tears. Vintage and modern watch collectors and enthusiasts rarely agree on what is interesting or not but three words tend to leave them systematically starry eyed: “Patek”, “Philippe” and “chronograph”.
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