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Patek Philippe
Ref. 5330G-010
World Time Date, Limited Edition Tokyo 2023
An innovative, rare and attractive limited edition world time wristwatch with date, plum colored guilloché dial, 24-hour indication, Certificate of Origin and presentation box, one of a limited edition of 300 pieces, made exclusively for the Japanese market and the Patek Philippe Watch Art Grand Exhibition Tokyo
Full-Cataloguing
- 1st example to appear in auction market
- New caliber 240 HU C
- Limited edition made for the Patek Phlippe Watch Art Exhibition Tokyo in 2023
- Complete with its full set of accessories
Strikingly attractive in a rich plum coloured guilloché dial and a vivid red rising sun symbol on the 24 hour indication, the Patek Philippe World Time ref. 5330G-010 in white gold features a world's first: date display synchronized with local time and was debuted at the Patek Philippe Watch Art Exhibition Tokyo in 2023 as a limited edition of 300 pieces only for the Japanese market. Sized at 40mm and paired with a matching plum colored strap, the release excited international collectors during the exhibition at Shinjuku Sankaku Hiroba Tokyo.
Picture this: You're jetting across the Pacific from Auckland (UTC+13, one of the first spots to greet a new day) to Midway Atoll (UTC-11, one of the last). When you press the pusher at 10 o'clock to select your new city (aligning at 12 o'clock position), the central hands jump to the correct local time, and the red-tipped transparent date hand quietly follows suit — advancing forward if you're crossing the International Date Line (IDL) westward (gaining a day), or retreating backward if eastward (losing a day), all automatically. No separate crown-pulling, no setting pin fumbling and no risk of jet-lagged calculations.
Elegantly adding only just 70 parts and 0.7 mm of thickness to the ultra-thin self-winding caliber, the differential system consist of two concentric star-type gear wheels: the outer one (62 teeth) rotates clockwise to push the date forward one day during normal midnight advances in your selected zone, while the inner one (31 teeth) rotates clockwise to pull it backward one day for those eastward IDL crossings. When you change zones, the world-time mechanism selectively drives the right path through the differential, ensuring the date updates instantly and correctly.
The system's real genius shines during tricky overlaps — like the brief one hour window each day around UTC noon when the whole planet shares the same calendar date, or when a zone switch coincides with midnight near the IDL. If forward (midnight) and backward (IDL) impulses hit at once, the differential balances the opposing forces, holding the date hand steady to avoid jams or damage.
The first to appear in the auction market and accompanied with its full set of accessories, this innovation delivers seamless, set-it-and-forget-it convenience: land in a new city, adjust once with a satisfying click, and your watch already knows today's date where you are.
Patek Philippe
Swiss | 1839Since its founding in 1839, this famous Geneva-based firm has been surprising its clientele with superbly crafted timepieces fitted with watchmaking's most prestigious complications. Traditional and conservative designs are found across Patek Philippe's watches made throughout their history — the utmost in understated elegance.
Well-known for the Graves Supercomplication — a highly complicated pocket watch that was the world’s most complicated watch for 50 years — this family-owned brand has earned a reputation of excellence around the world. Patek's complicated vintage watches hold the highest number of world records for results achieved at auction compared with any other brand. For collectors, key models include the reference 1518, the world's first serially produced perpetual calendar chronograph, and its successor, the reference 2499. Other famous models include perpetual calendars such as the ref. 1526, ref. 3448 and 3450, chronographs such as the reference 130, 530 and 1463, as well as reference 1436 and 1563 split seconds chronographs. Patek is also well-known for their classically styled, time-only "Calatrava" dress watches, and the "Nautilus," an iconic luxury sports watch first introduced in 1976 as the reference 3700 that is still in production today.