Launched as a limited edition at the Patek Philippe grand exhibition “Watch Art” held in Tokyo in June 2023, Reference 5330 enters the manufacture’s regular collection.
It is distinguished by a patented world first: a date display synchronised with local time; that is, the time in the time zone selected at the 12 o’clock position on the city disk and indicated by the centre hands. To make the user experience as practical and comfortable as possible, Patek Philippe tasked its engineers with coupling the date display mechanically with the local time with no need for correction. Meeting this challenge required that the date adjust automatically in the two situations entailing a change: past midnight, when the date advances to that of the following day; and when crossing the International Date Line (in the middle of the Pacific Ocean) from west to east, where the date goes back by a day.
To provide this useful function, the manufacture developed a new movement, caliber 240 HU C. A patented central differential system comprising two concentric star-type gear wheels manages the local-time date.
For the first time at Patek Philippe, the date display mode comprises a transparent hand made of glass with a hammer-shaped tip in red lacquer that moves along a transfer-printed scale from 1 to 31, to avoid this relatively static hand’s disturbing the legibility of the other information.
The Reference 5330G-001 stands out by its refined and highly distinctive appearance. Its opaline dial center in an elegant shade of blue-gray is adorned with a carbon motif. The 24-hour disk is subdivided into day and night zones, identified respectively by a small gilt sun on a silvered background symbolizing noon and a gilt crescent moon on a blue-gray ground symbolizing midnight. On the city disk, a red dot between Auckland and Midway marks the International Date Line.
Technical Specifications:
World Time Reference 5330G-001
Movement:
Caliber 240 HU C
Ultra-thin self-winding mechanical movement
24 time zones and local time, with date synchronized with local time
Diameter: 30.5 mm
Height: 4.58 mm
Number of parts: 306
Number of jewels: 37
Power reserve: Min. 38 hours – max. 48 hours
Winding rotor: Mini-rotor in 22K gold, unidirectional winding,
Frequency: 21 600 oscillations per hour (3 Hz)
Balance: Gyromax®
Balance spring: Spiromax® (in Silinvar®)
Balance spring stud: Adjustable
Functions:
2-position crown:
• Pushed in: to wind the movement manually
• Pulled out: to set the time
Displays:
By hands:
• Local-time hours and minutes from the center
• Date from the center
By disks:
• City disk with 24 place names
• 24-hour disk with day/night zones
Pusher:
Time-zone pusher at 10 o’clock (to set the local time in one-hour steps with synchronized date)
Corrector:
Date at 8 o’clock
Hallmark:
Patek Philippe Seal
Features
Case:
18K white gold
Sapphire-crystal case back
Water-resistant to 30 m
Case dimensions:
Diameter (10 o’clock to 4 o’clock): 40 mm
Width (3 o’clock to 9 o’clock with crown): 41.95 mm
Length (between lugs): 49.74 mm
Total height (sapphire-crystal back to lugs): 11.77 mm
Height (crystal to crystal): 11.57 mm
Width between lugs: 20 mm
Dial :
• Date scale transfer printed in blue-gray on the beveled, silvery flange of the dial
• City disk in brass tinted a blue-gray colour, with silvery place names
• 24-hour disk in Nickel silver, the silvery “day” zone with hour numerals transfer printed in blue-gray, and a gilt sun symbol; and a “night” zone” tinted blue-gray with silvery hour numerals and a gilt moon symbol
• Centre in blue-gray opaline with a “carbon” motif
• Facetted dauphine-style hour and minute hands in 18K white gold
• Date hand in mineral glass, the hammer-shaped tip coated in red lacquer
• Facetted applied baton-style hour markers in 18K white gold
Strap:
Blue-gray calfskin embossed with a “denim” motif, with white handstitching. Fold-over clasp in 18K white gold
Price : £65,600 GBP*
*Suggested retail price taxes included. Prices may be subject to alteration at any time and do not constitute a contract.
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