Patek PhilippeAnnual Calendar

KEY FACTS

• This handsome Patek Philippe is presented in white gold and houses an annual calendar movement - a complication which the watchmaker invented and launched in 1996
• Accompanied by its lacquered wood display box, outer sleeve, and all paperwork including its certificate of origin
• Further additions to the set include a date adjustment tool and a spare 18K white gold buckle, which the vendor purchased recently at a cost of £2500
• The vendor notes the watch had a full service a month ago by Patek Philippe via Laings Jewellers which cost £2,700, and a receipt for this is provided as part of the lot
• Reported to be in good working order and graded ‘A’ for condition by the vendor

FUNCTIONS

• Time, annual calendar and moonphase
• Powered by Patek Philippe’s 324 S QA LU 24HR calibre
• Automatic movement with a 45-hour power reserve 

SUMMARY

This handsomely designed Patek features a white gold case and measures 40mm in diameter, giving the watch the heft of precious metal and the discreteness of steel. Keeping up with the times, this ref. 5205G is specced with a two-tone anthracite dial. In terms of function, its equipped with a moonphase and annual calendar complication, invented and patented by Patek back in 1996. More functional than a standard date complication and much more accessible than a perpetual calendar, the self-winding calibre 324 S QA LU 24H is able to automatically account for the difference in the number of days in each month -except for February. As a result of this and its ~ 45-hour power reserve, the watch requires meddling with only once a year. As is the case with every Patek movement, the calibre 324 used here is beautiful and visible through the exhibition caseback.

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