Minute Repeater 7000 Rose Gold / Swallows in Flight

In Context

At 33.7 mm it is small by current standards, in the range most wristwatches occupied before cases began growing through the 1990s. 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 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.

7000/50R-010 is one of 3 executions of the 7000/50R base reference. Underneath they are the same watch; what separates this one is a multi-color dial and a rose gold case. Beyond the time it carries a minute repeater.

Minute repeater with classic gongs. Diameter: 28 mm. Height: 5.05 mm. Parts: 342. Bridges: 10. Jewels: 39. Power reserve: Min. 43 hours - max. 48 hours. 22K gold off-center mini-rotor. Balance: Gyromax®. Vibrations/hour: 21 600 (3 Hz). Balance spring: Spiromax®. Hallmark: Patek Philippe Seal.

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

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Minute Repeater 7000 Rose Gold / Bird

7000/50R-001 · 33.7 mm

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5278/500G-001 · 40 mm

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5260/355R-001 · 38.8 mm