Patek Philippe

I’m not sure if this topic has ever been discussed before, but I would like to ask forum members what would be his or her favorite Patek Annual Calendar and why?

I have long admired Patek Philippe for coming up with this complication. Even though it sits under the Perpetual Calendar in terms of functionality, the movement construction (it has more parts than the PC) was no less complicated in its engineering.

I am looking forward to hearing all your views, as I do not yet have a clear perspective which reference is my favorite. So let the discussions begin

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Gatsby

5726/1A-014 Nautilus blue dial in steel !

I was thinking more of dress Patek, and annual calendar only without other complications. I tend not to think about the Nautilus these days, as I prefer to go back to Patek’s classic watches and focus on that.

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Gatsby

I love the 5960G and the 5235 is an interesting complication. But again if you were to choose a stand alone annual calendar, which reference would it be?

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Gatsby

Gotcha Chet.

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Gatsby

Surprisingly, the most complicated one is the least expensive.



Credit: Sotheby’s




Credit: Sotheby’s




Credit: Sotheby’s

You raised an important point. The least expensive of your choices is the most complicated one. It has also been said that the ref. 5960 is an underrated reference as people have followed the hype on luxury sports watches and ignored some really nice classic looking complications.

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Gatsby

And I think it will be treated as such as the years pass.

Being a traditionalist, I pick the 5035. It was the first annual by any manufacturer, and it is what the annual was suppose to be, which is a classic, simple dress watch with one complication. And the case was made for the caliber. No extra space on the back of the watch. By the way, I was at Stern Agency in nyc recently and the video on a monitor that was being played to show the great efforts being made to service a Patek was the disassembly and assembly of a 5035.

The answer to your question will obviously depend heavily on style, personal preference and wrist size will play an important factor. 

If i were to pick one immediately it would be one of the first series 5960P so either grey or blue one but this would be a sporty choice. 

Reason being I love how casual looking it is and tshirts and shorts are all I ever wear.

Unfortunately I missed that one

I missed it (as so often) as it was not in my town

and first I will pick up my RG 5712 when I return from the sunny island

… is the original (5035 and 5056).

Everything else is just a derivative. 5035 has some rarer dial variants I would focus on, 5056 has been produced in rather moderate numbers. These versions I would recommend to a collector.

Interesting question!

And thank you Jerome for bringing to my attention the ref. 5125. I almost forgot about that one! Agree on the Ref. 5960 being a great piece to add to the collection. My preference is for the platinum variant, as I move the leaf hands.

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Gatsby