Patek Philippe

Hi all — I just bought a 5960 last year and need to make that annual day-of-the-week adjustment now that February has passed. Here’s the relevant page from the instruction manual. Perhaps a dumb question, but do I really need to make these other adjustmen...  

Then it depends on the current month, date and the date on the watch. If it’s behind by days/weeks, I will just adjust it forward to the current date first, followed by day of the week. If you’re already behind by month(s), might as well follow the instru... 

The watch is exactly right except for the day of the week. I had mistakenly thought that dealing with February on an annual calendar would be easy — just move the hands forward by 24 or 48 hours. The rub is in the day of the week, of course. Anyway, first... 

can end badly and very costly.

ANNUAL CALENDAR The Annual Calendar indicates the day of the week, the month, and the date, automatically taking into account months with 30 and 31 days. If the watch is worn daily, the date only needs to be corrected on March 1 (forward by 3 days in non-... 

You just have to correct the date from 30 to 1, the month changes. The insteuctions are very complicated and just for a complete new setting. Switching to 1 shall just prevent jumping the month to the next month if for example the date is on 25 and you fo...