Patek Philippe Nautilus Moon Phase White Gold Watch 5712G-001

referee. 7071 Ladies Priority Chronograph In 2009, watch connoisseurs from all over the world were invited to Patek Philippe's Manufacture in Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, to unveil a very special new women's hand-wound chronograph. From a cultural perspective, this marks Patek Philippe’s reaffirmation of its commitment to creating complex watches for women. This tradition dates back to 1839, when Patek Philippe sold its first three watches to Countess Koscowicz of Hungary. This extraordinary customer returned in 1868 to purchase Patek Philippe's first wristwatch, a rectangular gold case adorned with enamel and diamonds.

In modern times, the women's travel time watch reference 4864 was launched in 1992, expressing its commitment to women's complicated watches. Today, Patek Philippe is the only Swiss watchmaker to offer a Ladies Universal Timer (Ref. 7130); two Ladies Annual Calendars, Ref. 4847 and 4948; a hand-wound Ladies First Chronograph, Ref. 7150; and a Women's Small Seconds Moon Phase watch, ref. 712; stunning Ladies First Perpetual Calendar ref. 7140. Even their famous minute repeater - ref. 5078 - Comes in a 38mm case, perfect for women's wrists. So, in 2009, Patek Philippe launched a stunning hand-wound women's chronograph with a truly unusual case configuration.

This cushion-shaped watch has a round dial, which means that there is space in the four corners of the dial for decorative gemstone setting. Measuring 39 x 35 mm, it is decidedly sporty in size and displays the hours and minutes with luminescent hands. However, the use of moving lugs allows the larger watches to fit a wider variety of wrist sizes. The dial features a combination of slim Roman numerals and the popular baton markers in reference 130.

Patek Philippe's cushion-case chronographs are often reserved for its more complicated and rare watches, such as the reference 5950 split-seconds chronograph in steel or the reference 5050 "TV screen" perpetual calendar chronograph. So you could say that Patek Philippe wanted the 7071 to feel very special. And with good reason, as it represents the first birthplace of the new in-house hand-wound chronograph movement CH 29-535 PS. While many have marveled at the charm of this watch and how it represents a beautiful and sincere expansion of the role of complex women's watches among the world's most respected manufacturers, true connoisseurs can only marvel The movement inside the watch, as they know it, Patek Philippe has just ushered in a whole new era of hand-wound chronographs. Immediately, speculation abounded about the first men's watch to feature the movement. But we'll have to wait a whole painful year for the reveal.

referee. 5170 Manual Winding Chronograph
To see the noble and refined 5170 as the successor to the big and bold 5070 would be to completely misunderstand its intent. Instead, we must again consider the Stern family's astute ability to understand the moral values prevailing at the time. In 2010, the world was just recovering from the global financial crisis of 2007/2008. But more importantly, classicism has returned. We’re seeing a renewed interest in classic elegance and tailoring; a clear shift from early-2000s trends, and we’re seeing this especially in watch taste. The watch industry of the first decade of the 2000s was largely driven by the idea of extroverted watchmaking, characterized by ever-increasing case sizes that were almost unwearable and the stacking of all known visible complications on transparent Not even present on the dial. To create what it calls a "Grand Complication", Patek Philippe has pioneered a revival of understated, modulated and discreet elegance. Ref. 5170 is the perfect embodiment of all these qualities, making it the successor of Ref. 130, not the sporty and decidedly lively Ref. 1463 "Tasti Tondi", but the grand serenity of Ref. 130, which is it all Start. 1936. Patek Philippe was the first brand to achieve a revival of understated, modulated and discreet elegance. Ref. 5170 is the perfect embodiment of all these qualities, making it the successor of Ref. 130, not the sporty and decidedly lively Ref. 1463 "Tasti Tondi", but the grand serenity of Ref. 130, which is it all Start. 1936. Patek Philippe was the first brand to achieve a revival of understated, modulated and discreet elegance. Ref. 5170 is the perfect embodiment of all these qualities, making it the successor of Ref. 130, not the sporty and decidedly lively Ref. 1463 "Tasti Tondi", but the grand serenity of Ref. 130, which is it all Start. 1936.

Likewise, the 1930s were a time of prudence following the global depression, in stark contrast to the prosperity of the tumultuous 20s. Ref. 130 embodies all of this perfectly, measuring 33 mm, a classic size for a gentleman's chronograph. There is nothing aggressive or "loud" about No. 130; from the extremely smooth Calatrava-style case to the understated square pushers, all 1,500 watches made between 1936 and 1964 show Catherine Deneuve, Audrey The elegance, lightness, and understated allure of classic beauties such as Hepburn or Grace Kelly. In the context of its launch in 2010, this was the motivation behind the wonderful birth of the Reference 5170.