Patek Philippe

GRAND COMPLICATIONS – nothing less than 16 new references

 

Ref. 5951P-012 and -013

(012 on the left - white lacquered; 013 on the right - black lacquered)

 

Those two are the successors of the Ref. 5951P-001, which is discontinued now.

 

There was no chance to see them in the metal, this time. From what I can say so far, I like them both a lot – for different reasons. The 012 version is more classical and will never be out of fashion – still it is very beautiful. A black dial for such a classical grand complication is maybe controversial for some, but it fits much better to my style.

Ref. 5140R-011 and 5140P-013

 

(R-011 on the left - silvery-opaline; P-013 on the right - ebony-black sunburst)

 

With the two new ones there are six different versions of this reference available.

Ref. 5940G-001

The Ref. 5940J was introduced in 2012 and I liked it from the beginning. Even when I am not crazy about yellow gold this one worked for me very well – mainly because of the cream-colored dial. This year we get a white metal version on top, in white gold to be correct. It shows the same attention to details, but with some changes on the dial.

(J)

(G)

Have you already seen the differences? One is the velvety silvery-white dial and the other one are the new/old style minute indexes.

 

Close-ups :

On the wrist :

Conclusion :

 

If I would be in the market for a classical perpetual calendar, this would be my reference. The different shape of the case is refreshing and classical at the same time. On my wrist it feels and looks just perfect. Which version – J or G? That would be a tough decision for me.

 

 

Ref. 5496P-014

The reference is not new, but now it comes in addition with a honey brown dial.

 

 

Ref. 5270G-013 and -014

About those two watches we have already discussed a lot, in autumn 2013. Yes, they belong to the Collection 2014 – even when they have been introduced before.

 

If you would like to know more about both, please use our search function and you will find several posts. If you like to see more live pictures of the blue dial version – please click here: patek.watchprosite.com =

 

 

Ref. 5271P-001

This watch is quite interesting, because it ticks some boxes in my head – good ones and difficult ones.

The black lacquered dial, with applied gold hour markers and 1 baguette diamond at 12 o’clock is to die for. The bezel and lugs set with 58 baguette diamonds; well this is the difficult part for me and I didn´t even speak about the clasp.

The movement is known and still beautiful

On the wrist :

Conclusion :

 

I really appreciated it on my wrist, but (personally) would never wear it in daylight and probably only for special occasions.

 

 

Ref. 5950/1A-001, -010 and -011

 

The Ref. 5950 in general is known and even the steel case is not new, in this case. But now it comes with a bracelet and two more options for the dial.

In case you (really) don´t know the watch or my passion for it , please click here:

 

patek.watchprosite.com

 

Also you can find quite a few pictures like this here at PuristSPro, which I posted from time to time.

Back to the “novelties”. I am not absolutely sure what to think about right now. Have seen them only through the window and this is not enough to judge. Just some brief thoughts: a steel bracelet is convenient for some, the style of the bracelet is kind of “old school” and the new colors add some spice without being flashy …

So far I am still more in love with the “brown strap version”.

Will have to come back to the watches, once I managed to handle them.

 

 

Ref. 5204P-011

Just saw it like this and on the official picture, unfortunately.

From what I can say now, I prefer the latest one – for several reasons.

 

The black dial makes the watch look smaller; the “smallish” moon phase indication disturbs me less, my already known weakness for black dials in general …

 

 

Ref. 5078R-001

 

Once more “window shopping” only, but still then I adore it. It went straight in to my heart and I could also feel it in my stomach, to be honest.

If this is not THE classical Patek Philippe, what else?

Hard to believe it was not available like this before, especially when thinking about the known warm sound of red gold cases.

 

Still there is nothing more to share, for now. Sorry, I would have loved to listen to it … and to share some more impressions!

 

 

Ref. 5304R-001

 

This one is the successor of the Ref. 5104 which we had the pleasure to see here at PuristSPro just recently – several times.

All I can say for now, there have been some changes on the bridges and the slider for the minute repeater is in WG (not in PT like some people thought).

 

For comparison I thought it could be nice to look (at least) to this collage – old vs new:

In general I am a “white metal” guy, but in this case I think the RG works very well with those black and grey details.

 

Has to be seen closer than this …

Ref. 5217P-001

 

This is a serious grand complication (chime with two gongs, tourbillon, retrograde perpetual calendar …) with additional spice.

 

Case diameter:   39.5 mm

 

Movement:         Caliber RTO 27 PS QR

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