Patek Philippe

My 3940 is showing feb 29, Friday which is wrong. But it is showing year 1 which I believe is correct.


Did PP set something wrong the last service and I only find out now?
Or do I need another cup of coffee to wake up?

Roger

Either it wasn't set correctly (you have to set the watch with a special procedure and in a specific order).  Or the watch wasn't assembled correctly at the last service.  Frequent problem with perpetual calendars.  

Assuming that the watch was set by a Patek Philippe employee who set the watch correctly and following the special order and procedure, then it's quite possible there's something mechanically wrong with the watch. Unfortunately, this is not unheard of. I've met people with watches who had to wait 4 years to realize the watch didn't recognize 29th of February correctly. By then the watch was out of warranty. Sometimes Patek Philippe fixed it - but not all the time.

…the leap year indicator/mechanism is shifted by one year, i.e. „1“ indicates a leap year on your watch. If you switch to „2“ everything will work „perpetually“. You can then have this fixed during the next revision, but you can fully enjoy your watch and the perpetual calendar until then.

Patek service center will make it right for you !

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So now I’m back to being correct? Maybe I see what happens next year 🤦‍♂️