Watches & Wonders 2024
PATEK PHILIPPE new models
At Watches & Wonders 2024, Patek Philippe presented eleven new alliances of technical prowess and style. Innovating in technical terms by endowing its regular collection with the first World Time to feature a date display synchronised with local time. Patek Philippe also stands out with the grand return of the chain-style bracelet in the Golden Ellipse line, new interpretations of the travel and calendar watches, and the Twenty~4 collection, which this year celebrates its 25th anniversary.
5330G-001
WORLD TIME
Launched as a limited edition at the Patek Philippe Grand Exhibition “Watch Art” Tokyo 2023, Reference 5330 now joins the regular collection. This new-generation World Time is distinguished by a patented world first: a date display synchronized with local time. To offer this useful and user-friendly function, Patek Philippe developed a new movement, the self-winding calibre 240 HU C, featuring an innovative differential system indicating the date on the periphery of the dial by means of a centre hand in transparent glass with a red hammer-head-style tip. The new World Time in white gold has a dial in blue-grey opaline with a "carbon" motif at its centre.
5738/1R-001
GOLDEN ELLIPSE
Instantly recognisable by the shape of its case, the Golden Ellipse, launched in 1968, has made its mark as a style icon in the Patek Philippe collections. Up until the early 1980s, this model proposed, alongside the leather straps, a choice of chain bracelets or link bracelets in precious metals. Patek Philippe is now reviving that tradition by unveiling the new Golden Ellipse on an elegant chain-style bracelet in rose gold that follows the contours of the wrist and offers superb comfort while complementing the finesse of the case.
5520RG-001
ALARM TRAVEL TIME
The very essence of the travel watch with its sporty elegant Pilot style, the Alarm Travel Time claims the spotlight in a new version with a touch of two-tone: a case in rose gold and the tubes of the four pushers in white gold. It also stands out by its two-tone dial: grey sunburst and charcoal grey, and applied Arabic numerals and sword-shaped hands in charcoal-grey white gold with a luminescent coating. Powered by the calibre AL 30-660 S C FUS self-winding movement, leading to four patent applications for the alarm, this Grand Complication unites the exclusive Travel Time system for the display of a second time zone with a 24-hour alarm mechanism, with a hammer striking on a classic gong.
5164G-001
Aquanaut Travel Time
The Aquanaut Travel Time with a self-winding movement now presents the first version in white gold, set off by a dial in blue-grey opaline and a matching integrated strap in a composite material. This new model, equipped with the calibre 26-330 S C FUS self-winding movement, is distinguished by its system for the display of a second time zone, combining excellent legibility with ease of operation.
5269R-001
AQUANAUT TRAVEL TIME
This Aquanaut Travel Time attracts the eye with its blue-grey opaline dial embossed with the Aquanaut motif, and its integrated strap in a matching composite material, the patented fold-over clasp secured by four independent catches. Contrasting polished and satin-brushed finished accentuate the lines of the case, which measures 38.8mm in diameter.
5236P-010
In-Line Perpetual Calendar
In 2021, Patek Philippe unveiled a new perpetual calendar with day, date and month indications in one large aperture at the 12 o’clock position. The manufacture is now revisiting this platinum model, endowing it with a rose-gilt opaline dial of vintage inspiration presenting facetted baton-style applied hour markers and facetted baton-style hands, all in charcoal-grey white gold. The calibre 31-260 PS QL ultra-thin self-winding movement is notable for its additional module, awarded three patents, and its mini-rotor in platinum increasing the winding power.
5160/500R-001
Rare Handcrafts
With their sapphire-crystal back protected by a hinged dust cover, and their straight lugs, the “Officer’s”-style perpetual calendars with a retrograde date hand are among the models most sought after by devotees of rare timepieces. Patek Philippe has now reinterpreted this exceptional model in rose gold with a silvery opaline gold dial presenting applied Breguet numerals in blackened white gold and pear-shaped hands in black-oxidized yellow gold.
5396G-017
Annual Calendar
With its double day/month aperture at 12 o’clock and date aperture at 6 o’clock and its subsidiary 24-hour dial incorporating a moon-phase display, the men’s Annual Calendar Reference 5396, has established itself as a firm favourite. This new version in white gold features a blue sunburst dial with a black gradient at the rim lit discreetly by the radiance of twelve baguette-cut diamond hour markers.
4910/1201R-010
Twenty~4
Launched in 1999, the Twenty~4 collection celebrates 25 years of feminine seduction and success. Patek Philippe presents a new version of the “manchette” model in rose gold. The extremely refined dial is embossed with a motif of concentric waves, before being coated with several dozen fine layers of translucent lacquer, the first layers tinted purple, the later layers colourless, creating delicate plays of light and depth.
5980/60G-001
Nautilus Flyback Chronograph
The Nautilus self-winding flyback chronograph Reference 5980 launched in 2006. Patek Philippe now revisits this elegantly sporty model in a new version in white gold with a blue-grey opaline dial. The dial's refined colour continues through to the two straps delivered with the watch, one in blue-grey calfskin, its embossed “denim” motif edged with contrasting white hand-stitching; the other in a composite material presenting a fabric motif, in blue-grey with contrasting white stitching.
5268/461G-001
Aquanaut Luce
Patek Philippe continues to enrich the Aquanaut line with a new Aquanaut Luce in white gold adorned with diamonds and blue sapphires, showcasing the "snow" and "baguette" settings. This watch is endowed with a caliber 26-330 S self-winding movement, which may be admired through the sapphire-crystal back.
