Minute Repeater Perpetual Calendar 5073P Blue

In Context

At 42 mm it is sized to the current mainstream: 40 mm is the median across every watch measured in this catalogue. 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.

The movement is hand-wound, so winding it becomes part of the day rather than something the watch does for you. 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.

5073P-010 is one of 2 executions of the 5073P base reference. Underneath they are the same watch; what separates this one is a blue dial and a platinum case. Beyond the time it carries a perpetual calendar and a minute repeater.

Micro-rotor automatic movement with perpetual calendar and minute repeater. Total of 467 parts, hallmarked 'Geneva Seal'. Chime with two "cathedral" gongs activated by a slide piece in the case.

9 other watches in the library run the Patek Philippe R 27 Q.

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Minute Repeater Perpetual Calendar 5074

5074P-001 · 42 mm

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Minute Repeater Perpetual Calendar 5074

5074R-012 · 42 mm

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Minute Repeater Perpetual Calendar 5073P Black

5073P-001 · 42 mm

Patek Philippe

Minute Repeater Perpetual Calendar 5074

5074R-001 · 42 mm