Patek Philippe Patek Philippe - 5077/100R-011  Calatrava 5077 Koi
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe - 5077/100R-011  Calatrava 5077 Koi
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe - 5077/100R-011  Calatrava 5077 Koi
Patek Philippe

Calatrava 5077 Koi

REF. 5077/100R-011

10/10

Exceptionally rare

Case

MaterialRose Gold
Diameter37 mm
ShapeRound
CrystalSapphire
Case backHunter
Water resistance30 m

Dial

Colourwith plique-à-jour enamel (cut-out cells filled with enamel). Rose gold. Caliber 240. Ultra-thin self-winding movement. Sapphire-crystal case back. Limited edition (2014).
HandsDauphine

Movement

Caliber240
Typeautomatic
Reserve48 h
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In Context

At 37 mm it sits just under the modern norm — the band that suits the widest spread of wrists. The sapphire crystal will resist everything short of deliberate abuse. Rated to 30 m, it is protected against rain and splashes and nothing beyond that.

The movement winds itself from the motion of your wrist. 48 hours of reserve is enough to set it down on Friday evening and find it still running on Monday. At 21,600 vph the seconds hand advances 6 times a second, the slower and more audible rate of an older design.

5077/100R-011 is one of 14 executions of the 5077/100R base reference. Underneath they are the same watch; what separates this one is a rose gold case. It was a limited edition.

The 5077/100R family

5077/100R-011 is one of 14 variants sharing the 5077/100R base reference — same watch underneath, different dial, bezel, or bracelet execution. Browse the others:

+ 5 more variants in this family.

Inside: Caliber 240

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Patek's ultra-thin automatic, introduced in 1977 as a mechanical answer to quartz on the one ground quartz had won: thinness. A 22K gold micro-rotor recessed into the mainplate rather than sitting above it holds the movement to 2.53 mm across a 27.5 mm diameter. The 3 Hz balance is deliberate — a slower beat draws roughly a fifth less energy than 4 Hz, which is how a rotor that small still keeps the mainspring wound. It runs a Gyromax balance, and underpins the thinner Calatrava, Nautilus and Aquanaut references.

149 other watches in the library run the Patek Philippe 240.

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