Patek PhilippePerpetual Calendar

KEY FACTS

• A luxuriously finished Patek Philippe featuring a Grand Complications perpetual calendar
• A one-owner example purchased new by the vendor from an authorised Patek Philippe dealer
• Presented with its display box, outside sleeve, Certificate of Origin, and booklets
• Also included in the lot is the white gold case back, swing tag, and date corrector tooland travel winding box
• Under Patek Philippe’s two-year warranty until 2024
• Graded ‘A’ for condition by the vendor who reports the watch to be in good working order

FUNCTIONS

• Time, day, date, month, leap year indicator, day/night indicator, and a moonphase
• Powered by the calibre 324 S Q
• Self-winding movement with a 45-hour power reserve

SUMMARY

Patek Philippe clearly found inspiration for its 5320G Perpetual Calendar in its rich history, using what might be one of the most important collections of vintage watches to create a series of retro-inspired pieces. The 5320G Perpetual Calendar is not a re-edition of a single watch but instead, it compiles several strong elements of various watches. Its elegant case measures 40mm in diameter and 11.13mm in height. Produced in white gold, its proportions are refined, showing straight lines and sharp angles, as well as flawless polishing.

The watch sports a cream-lacquered dial that recalls the patina found on vintage watches and is coupled with a highly domed, box-sapphire crystal. Both features add great warmth to the piece and a period-relevant appeal. Applied luminous Arabic numerals in blackened white gold with military-style and syringe hands, recall the reference 1591.

For the 5320G, Patek created a new display and we have a combination of windows for the day and month, as well as a sub-dial for the date and moon, and finally small circular windows for the leap year and the day-and-night indicator, on each side of the moon. The 5320G is based on a well-known movement of the brand, the automatic with a centrally-mounted rotor, Calibre 324 – used in various models. It includes Patek innovations, utilisingsilicon technology.

Under the large 21k gold rotor are beautifully decorated parts, with round-chamfered and polished edges, Geneva striping and gold-filled engravings, and screws with polished, chamfered slots in bores with polished countersinks.

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