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Patek Philippe
Ref. 5270G-001
A fine, attractive and well-preserved white gold perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch with moon phases, leap year, day and night indication, certificate of origin and presentation box
Full-Cataloguing
- Perpetual calendar chronograph with moonphase, leap year and day and night indication
- First series example
- Accompanied by Certificate of Origin, hang tag and presentation box
In 2011, Patek Philippe introduced the ground-breaking successor to the long lineage of serially produced perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatches: the reference 5270. It was the brand’s very first perpetual calendar chronograph powered by a fully in-house movement, following Patek Philippe’s decision to cease sourcing ébauches from Nouvelle Lemania in 2010.
Larger than its predecessors, the reference 5270 measures a substantial 41mm in diameter and features rectangular chronograph pushers. The seconds subdial and 30-minute counter are positioned slightly below the horizontal centerline, while two small round apertures have been added to display the day-night indication on the left and the leap-year cycle on the right.
Three recognized series of the reference 5270 are known:
First series: The hands and numerals are crafted in blackened white gold, offering the highest legibility among the three series. The dial features railway minute divisions combined with Arabic five-minute markers. Produced from 2011 to 2013 (the present watch).
Second series: Produced from 2013 to 2015, the hands and numerals are rendered in classic white gold, and a tachymeter scale is added, following the contour of the subsidiary seconds counter.
Third series: The white gold hands and numerals remain unchanged, but the tachymeter scale now stops where it intersects the running seconds subdial.
Testifying to Patek Philippe’s exceptional watchmaking expertise and design philosophy, the present watch radiates contemporary elegance and generosity of form. Its silvery opaline dial accommodates a remarkable eleven indications while maintaining a highly organized and legible display.
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.