Patek Philippe introduces a new complication to its calendar watches: the weekly calendar, a semi-integrated mechanism displaying the current week number, in addition to the day and date. A particularly useful feature for the modern businessman.
This steel Calatrava Weekly Calendar also houses a completely new self-winding movement with optimized performance. The dial is notable for its exclusive letters and numerals which authentically reproduce handwritten characters.
A 'complication' in watchmaking is anything a mechanical watch might do beyond telling the time and simple date. Patek Philippe upholds a tradition in complications that are useful in everyday situations, such as Annual Calendars, dual time zones and World Time displays. At Patek Philippe, we enjoy unrivalled expertise in our knowledge and practice of this pinnacle of the watchmaker's art.
WATCH
Self-winding mechanical movement. Caliber 26‑330 S C J SE. Day and week number by hands. Date in an aperture. Sweep seconds hand.
Patek Philippe developed an exclusive self-winding movement – the caliber 26-330 S C J SE – equipped with several innovative features and technical enhancements relating to elements such as the winding system. A jewel of precision and reliability. The 304-piece caliber, visible through a clear sapphire crystal case back, provides optimal readability, featuring a date aperture and two hands indicating the day and week number (as well as the corresponding month).
DIAL
Silvery opaline, blackened gold applied hour markers.
CASE
Steel. Sapphire-crystal case back. Water resistant to 30 m. Diameter: 40 mm. Height: 10.79 mm.
STRAP
Calfskin, hand-stitched, light brown. Prong buckle.
Continuing a long-standing tradition of Patek Philippe calendar watches, this fabulous work of art timepiece is distinguished by its innovative mechanism that indicates the current week number in addition to other calendar displays. A useful feature, notably for businessmen in today’s globalized world. It was
with this intention that Patek Philippe developed an exclusive self-winding movement – the caliber 26-330 S C J SE – equipped with several innovative features and technical enhancements relating to elements such as the winding system. A jewel of precision and reliability. The 304-piece caliber, visible through a clear sapphire crystal case back, provides optimal readability, featuring a date aperture and two hands indicating the day and week number (as well as the corresponding month). Thanks to its protection system, the user can adjust the watch at any time of the day or night without risk of damaging the movement.
Winding the watch
This fabulous watch incorporates a self-winding movement. The movements of your wrist set a centrifugal mass in motion; this tensions the mainspring, which stores the energy. When you take off your fully wound watch, it will continue to run for at least 35 hours. When it has stopped after depleting the power
reserve, it can be rewound by hand (about 10 clockwise turns of the crown).
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