SELF-WINDING FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH WITH ANNUAL CALENDAR It boasts a power reserve, with the chronograph disengaged, of up to 65 hours. 5204P-001 in 2012, combines seven patented innovations, six for the chronograph functions and one for the split-seconds mechanism, with its traditional architecture that includes two column wheels and horizontal clutch. The manually wound movement, first introduced on Ref. The model is equipped with interchangeable casebacks, one solid and the other sapphire crystal – the latter allowing an unimpeded view of the Caliber CHR 29-535 PS Q that beats within. These functions allow for precise adjustment of the calendar. Between 4 and 5 o’clock a small round aperture displays the leap-year cycle, whereas a similar aperture between 7 and 8 o’clock displays the day/night indication. A small seconds subdial features at 9 o’clock, while the instantaneous 30-minute counter subdial appears at 3 o’clock. At 6 o’clock, a date hand incorporating the moon-phase aperture can be found. Rose gold faceted dauphine hands and gold applied hour markers – both with luminescent coating – provide perfect legibility while adding to the refined look of the dial, on which a day and month display in a double aperture is situated at 12 o’clock. Horophiles will truly appreciate the rare and refined nuance exuded by this scintillating combination the updated take on this great classic further enhanced by its exceptional features. 5204R-011 pairs its entirely hand-polished 40 mm rose gold case with a matching slate gray sunburst dial and shiny calf leather strap, the latter which features an embossed alligator pattern and a rose gold fold-over clasp. 5204/1R with opaline ebony black dial and rose gold Goutte (droplet) bracelet. 5204R-001 with silvered opaline dial and chocolate brown alligator strap, and Ref. 5204R-011 is an updated variation that joins the two rose gold versions introduced in 2016: Ref. Heir to one of the Manufacture’s most sought-after Grand Complications, Ref. 5204R-011 is the sole model to feature a grand complication – a perpetual calendar, to be exact. Of the three Patek Philippe chronographs introduced in October 2021, R ef. SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH AND PERPETUAL CALENDAR 5204 since 2012, present in the split-seconds chronograph and perpetual calendar version (Caliber CHR 29-535 PS Q). 5930P (chronograph and World Time), combine this movement with additional complications.Ĭaliber CH 29-535 PS is the third exclusive chronograph movement, unveiled in 2009, which combines traditional architecture (manual winding, column wheel, toothed-wheel horizontal clutch system) with six patented innovations. 5905/1A (chronograph and Annual Calendar) and Ref. This was followed in 2006 by the second “in-house” chronograph movement, Caliber CH 28-520, whose features include automatic winding, a modern vertical disk-type clutch system, a flyback function, and a large single counter at 6 o’clock – along with a chronograph seconds hand that can be used as a permanent (running) seconds hand. That same year the Manufacture launched the world’s thinnest split-seconds chronograph movement, Caliber CHR 27-525 PS, which was entirely designed and crafted in its workshops. It was in 2005 that Patek Philippe developed a complete range of chronograph movements, with or without additional functions, that proved its mastery in the field.
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