One of my personal favorites and truly my dream watch. The opportunity has finally come and I think I will be keeping it. We originally sold this watch new in April of 2014, well after Pateks introduction of the 5270g-001 in 2011. Patek Philippe introduced this masterpiece as their first chronograph perpetual with their fully designed and produced in-house movement. All her predecessors housed the Lemania. It was time Patek released their own and this is what did. The case size, dial clarity, coloring, simplicity and comfort of wear makes this truly a watch to wear often.
Its amazing how many times a day I gaze at the 5270g, not to tell time but appreciate all that has gone into bringing imagination to life. Here’s a little overview of what this masterpiece does and how to read the functions properly. Sub-dial at the nine o’clock position is the second hand for the watch. The Sub-dial at the three o’clock position is the minute counter for the chronograph. The two windows at the top display the day and month. The little round window between the four and five o’clock indicates which year after leap year we are in, keeping in mind leap year happens every four years. The last little sub-dial between the seven and eight o’clock indicates day and night, white indicating day and blue indicating night, thus helping the user with two key points.
Setting calenders on mechanical watches are tricky and if set between the wrong hours of the day will damage the watch. for example the Patek 5270g-001 should never be set between the hours of 8pm through 2AM. What happens is at 8PM the gears in movement will engage the calender to start the transition which will take it through to the following day and release from 2AM on. Well that little window will help you with determining if you are in the AM or PM part of the day eliminating the process of rotating the hour hand past the 12 o’clock to determine which part of the day you are in.
Also by knowing if its AM or PM will obviously help you with setting the time for the right half of the day and thus the your date will set correctly at 12AM. One more thing I forgot to add, the moon dial! Setting the moon dial will keep track of the positioning of the moon to the earth daily as long as the watch is consistently operating daily.
The introduction of the 2014 updated dial for the 5270g-013 & blue dial 014 are gorgeous buy after comparing the two they look to cluttered. The picture bellow of the 5270g-013 shows that they have added the tachometer track which helps one determine speed and distance conversion.
Price tags on these lovelies sticker for just shy of $180K my 5270g-001 realistically will fetch $135K if it were to go to market. This is a must have for the portfolio!
Cheers
Armen