PATEK PHILIPPE, Grand Complications collection, Perpetual Calendar, Ref. 5320G-001, movement no. 7384664, case no. 6431307, sold in 2022 and retailed by Astrua.
PATEK PHILIPPE
Grand Complications collection, Perpetual Calendar, Ref. 5320G-001, movement no. 7384664, case no. 6431307, sold in 2022 and retailed by Astrua.
An extremely fine, superb and attractive, full-set, large, water-resistant, automatic, vintage inspired, 18K white gold perpetual calendar wristwatch with eggshell color dial, luminous hands, applied luminous blackened Arabic numerals, sweep center second, day and month, leap year and night and day indications, moon phases, leather strap and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe deployant clasp.
Fitted with a Cal. 324 SQ, rhodium-plated, 29 jewels, shock-absorbers, gold rotor, stamped twice with the PP seal, Gyromax balance, sapphire-set snap on gold case back, snap on inclined bezel, stepped lugs, sapphire crystal, correctors in the band.
Dial, case and movement signed.
Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 11.40 mm.
Accompanied by a large special Astrua presentation box with outer packaging, inner wooden Patek Philippe presentation box, Astrua travelling pouch, Certificate of Origin "Astrua", wooden and gold setting pin.
Introduced at Baselworld in 2017, Ref. 5320G-001 is a new self-winding perpetual calendar with a contemporary « vintage » style in a case with three-tier lugs as well as a lacquered cream dial graced with luminous numerals and hands. The timepiece was inspired by watches from the 1940s and 1950s in Patek Philippe's museum. In fact, Ref. 5320G pays tribute to three very important vintage, manual winding, Patek Philippe perpetual calendar models in the firm's history. The overall dial layout of Ref. 5320 is inspired by Ref. 2438, with its day and month indications in windows, the sweep center second, and a date indication combined with the moon phases at 6. Ref. 5320 was also inspired by the famous Ref. 3450 with its inclined bezel, special pointed lugs and Ieap year indication inside a dot aperture, close to the moon phases. Trained eyes will notice the raised luminous blackened gold Arabic numerals and dot indexes that give the model a military-style dial, and a touch a modernity, all inspired by the iconic Ref. 1591, in steel with its luminous dial. It has been almost 50 years since Patek Philippe presented a perpetual calendar with a central second hand and day of the week and month in windows. Ref. 5320 is fitted with a newly developed caliber 324 S Q, stamped with the PP Seal, with double apertures for day and month and an analog date, Gyromax balance, Spiromax balance spring, 21K gold rotor.
