Brand:
Patek Philippe
Model:
Perpetual Calendar Retrograde Date Platinum
Year:
2012
Reference:
5496P-001
Original Box:
Included
Original Papers:
Included
Service Papers:
Included
Warranty:
12 months
Overall Condition:
Very Good
Wear level Case:
Barely visible
Wear level Caseback:
Barely visible
Wear level Dial:
None
Wear level Crystal:
None
Wear level Bezel:
Barely visible
Wear level Bracelet Clasp:
Barely visible
Movement Type:
Automatic
Caliber:
324 S QR
Power Reserve:
45 hours
Case Material:
Platinum
Case Diameter:
39.5 mm
Case Thickness:
11.3 mm
Bezel Material:
Platinum
Crystal:
Sapphire crystal
Dial Color:
Silver
Bracelet Material:
Alligator skin
Bracelet Color:
Black
Clasp Type:
Fold clasp
Clasp Material:
Platinum
Functions:
Perpetual calendar, Moon phase, Date, Weekday, Month, Central seconds, Display back
The 5496 takes the perpetual calendar somewhere less expected. Instead of the usual three subdials, the date runs along a retrograde arc swept by a red-tipped hand that snaps back to 1 at the end of each month, while day, month and leap year sit in apertures and the moon phase fills the base of the dial. A central sweep seconds, unusual on a perpetual calendar, keeps it reading almost like a simple watch until you look closer. This is the platinum 5496P-001 with the silver opaline dial it launched with at Basel in 2011, so a 2012 example is the original series, before the honey-brown dial arrived in 2014.
The movement is the self-winding calibre 324 S QR, its code spelling out its tricks: S for the sweep seconds, Q for the calendar, R for the retrograde date. It carries the Patek Philippe Seal and tracks the leap-year cycle with no correction needed until 2100, and it can be viewed through a sapphire back that swaps for the solid platinum one supplied with the watch. As on every Patek in platinum, a single diamond is set into the caseband at 6 o'clock.
The watch is delivered with all items shown in the photographs.