World Time Minute Repeater White Gold / Lake Geneva Steamboat

In Context

At 40.2 mm it is sized to the current mainstream: 40 mm is the median across every watch measured in this catalogue. At 11.49 mm thick it is about average for a modern wristwatch. 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 1 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.

5531G-001 stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It pairs a multi-color dial with a white gold case. Beyond the time it carries a gmt and a minute repeater.

Micro-rotor automatic movement with minute repeater function and world timer; minute repeater coupled to the local time (not home time). Gyromax balance with Spiromax balance spring.

7 other watches in the library run the Patek Philippe R 27 HU.

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World Time Minute Repeater Rose Gold / Singapore 2019

5531R-013 · 40.2 mm

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World Time Minute Repeater Rose Gold / Lavaux / Hong Kong

5531R-001 · 40.2 mm

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World Time Minute Repeater Rose Gold / Lavaux / Beijing

5531R-012 · 40.2 mm

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World Time Minute Repeater Rose Gold / Tokyo 2023

5531R-014 · 40.2 mm