Calatrava 6000 White Gold / Black

In Context

At 37 mm it sits just under the modern norm — the band that suits the widest spread of wrists. The case back is open, so the movement is visible without taking the watch apart, and 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.

6000G-001 is one of 3 executions of the 6000G base reference. Underneath they are the same watch; what separates this one is a black dial and a white gold case.

The calibre 240 executed with small seconds and a date, made for the Calatrava 6000 between 2005 and 2016. The date is read by a pointer sweeping a peripheral track rather than through an aperture, which suits a movement whose whole design goal is thinness — the 22-carat gold micro-rotor is recessed into the plate instead of riding above it.

4 other watches in the library run the Patek Philippe 240 PS C.

Patek Philippe

Calatrava 6000G Blue

6000G-012 · 37 mm

Patek Philippe

Calatrava 6006G

6006G-001 · 39 mm

Patek Philippe

Calatrava 6000 White Gold / Grey

6000G-010 · 37 mm

Patek Philippe

Calatrava 6000 Red Gold / Brown

6000R-001 · 37 mm