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Patek PhilippeGrand Complications

Grand Complications is Patek Philippe's name for its perpetual calendars, minute repeaters, split-seconds chronographs, tourbillons and celestial watches. This library holds 270 references, and 176 of them carry a perpetual calendar.

Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon 6002 Rose Gold / Black

Patek Philippe

Sky Moon Tourbillon 6002 Rose Gold / Black

6002R-001 · 44 mm

Patek Philippe Tourbillon Minute Repeater Perpetual Calendar 5207

Patek Philippe

Tourbillon Minute Repeater Perpetual Calendar 5207

5207P-001 · 41 mm

Patek Philippe Minute Repeater 5079 Pragnell

Patek Philippe

Minute Repeater 5079 Pragnell

5079R · 38 mm

Patek Philippe Minute Repeater Perpetual Calendar 5074

Patek Philippe

Minute Repeater Perpetual Calendar 5074

5074P-001 · 42 mm

Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar Split Seconds Chronograph 5004 Only Watch 2013

Patek Philippe

Perpetual Calendar Split Seconds Chronograph 5004 Only Watch 2013

5004T-001 · 36.7 mm

Patek Philippe Minute Repeater 5078

Patek Philippe

Minute Repeater 5078

5078R-001 · 38 mm

Patek Philippe Tourbillon Minute Repeater Perpetual Calendar 5207

Patek Philippe

Tourbillon Minute Repeater Perpetual Calendar 5207

5207R-001 · 41 mm

Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime 5175

Patek Philippe

Grandmaster Chime 5175

5175R-001 · 47.4 mm

Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime 6300 Stainless Steel / Salmon

Patek Philippe

Grandmaster Chime 6300 Stainless Steel / Salmon

6300A-010 · 47.4 mm

Patek Philippe World Time Minute Repeater White Gold / Lake Geneva Steamboat

Patek Philippe

World Time Minute Repeater White Gold / Lake Geneva Steamboat

5531G-001 · 40.2 mm

About the Patek Philippe Grand Complications

The line begins with the ref 1518 of 1941, the first perpetual calendar chronograph made in series, and runs through the 2499, the 3970 of 1986, the 5970 and the 5270 of 2011, which was the first with a movement made entirely in-house. The minute repeater returned in 1989 for the company's 150th anniversary, and the Sky Moon Tourbillon of 2001 and the Grandmaster Chime of 2014 sit at the top of the catalogue with twelve and twenty complications.

Two movements explain most of the collection. The CH 27-70 Q, a Lemania 2310 base with Patek's perpetual calendar, powers the 3970 and 5970 and 34 references here; the Lemania piece explains what Patek changed. The caliber 240 Q put the perpetual calendar on the ultra-thin micro-rotor movement in the 3940 of 1985, and it and its descendants appear in 19 references; the 240 piece covers that family. The in-house CH 29-535 PS Q of the 5270 follows at 19, the CHR 27-70 Q split-seconds of the 5004 at 16, and the automatic R 27 PS minute repeater at 15. 174 of the 270 are hand-wound.

Platinum is the most common material at 84 references, then white gold at 64, rose gold at 46 and yellow gold at 42; 12 are steel. Sizes run from 29.6 mm to 49.4 mm, with 37 mm, 41 mm and 36 mm the most common. 95 references have a minute repeater and 48 a tourbillon. The largest families are the 5538G and 5531R minute repeaters and the 5270G and 5016P. The glossary defines the grand complication itself.

Complications is the tier below, for annual calendars, chronographs and world timers, and the Calatrava is the time-only line.

All models in this collection270