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Strictly speaking, the CHR 27-525 PS draws heavy inspiration from vintage Victorin Piguet rattrapantes
Jun 25, 2022,12:26 PM
For reference, here's a vintage Patek rattrapante, with a Victorin Piguet movement from a century ago (which is 12 ligne, or ~27mm in diameter):
Next to the modern CHR 27-525 PS as found in the 5950 (which is also 27.3 mm in size):
There are many similarities in the architecture, with notable upgrades being the balance wheel, some subtle revisions of the levers, likely more changes/optimisations under the hood, etc.
I'd argue that the modern Patek CH 29-535 and its variants (as found in the 5170/5270/5370/5204/...) are Patek's true attempt at making their first in-house, manual wind chronograph from scratch. But personally, I still consider the CHR 27-525 PS to be one of the finest finished chronographs/rattrapantes simply due to how incredibly delicate and fine the parts are, all contained within a diminutive 27mm movement.
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skyeriding
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Ref. 5950A-001
By: lavrentivs : May 25th, 2022-19:00
Introduced in 2010, the CHR 27-525 PS movement in this reference is a marvel of engineering being only 5.25 mm in height. This is all the more impressive considering it incorporates spilt seconds functionality. On top of this, it is a monopusher design wi...
My grail watch for many reasons...
By: mdg : May 25th, 2022-19:24
...stainless steel, the fantastic case shape and slimness, the very unusual (and difficult to manufacture) complication. Great pix... Maybe one of our esteemed members will chime in with photos of his : )
If one is up for auction...
By: mdg : May 26th, 2022-05:47
...it would be interesting to see the hammer price. I need to know how much of my kids' inheritance I will need to spend...
I love that.
By: Gregineugene : June 2nd, 2022-21:27
Don't worry honey...the kids will get it all back in spades as long as I keep buying PP's !
✅✅
By: Michael Reilly : May 25th, 2022-22:49
Agree strongly with Miranda. Insane piece
grail alert
By: sie : May 25th, 2022-20:35
hope they will bring back that movement in the regular catalogue. great architecture and top-notch finishing. it's a 1/5th scale dial not matching with its 3hz, which i do find a bit odd. even their 4hz chronos are mostly 1/5th of a second, with very few ...
An absolute grail for me and has been for a decade.
By: ChristianDK : May 25th, 2022-21:06
I think your description describe my feelings so closely that I’m not going to add or discuss any of what you said. Thank you immensely for these close ups. I have revisited this post several times tonight to look at the pictures. If I could pick only one...
We are on the same page...
By: mdg : May 25th, 2022-21:55
...as much as tourbillons are cool and repeaters are flashy, this one really does it for me. I am a sucker for non-round cases and stainless steel, so you can see why it's at the top of my list : )
Superb !
By: Cpt Scarlet : May 25th, 2022-21:22
Spectacular watch
By: jmpTT : May 27th, 2022-03:06
Such an exceptional movement, I think this remains easily the most impressive split seconds chronograph movement made today, though Vacheron has a similar movement. This would be a capstone watch to any collection, also one that could be worn and enjoyed....
yum
By: keks : June 16th, 2022-17:38
a dream watch... thanks for sharing these wonderful photographs! Hope to one day handle one physically, until then these photos will have to do!