21 st -century Patek Philippe icons

GRANDMASTER CHIME 5175

The brand’s first double-face reversible wristwatch, this piece has the time and sonnerie on one side and a perpetual calendar on the other. Only seven pieces of this iconic model were created – with six pieces up for sale and the seventh piece reserved for the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva.

ADVANCED RESEARCH 5550

With just 300 pieces, this limited edition perpetual calendar timepiece is where Patek Philippe premiered the Oscillomax – a complete oscillating system with the Pulsomax escapement, Spiromax balance spring and GyromaxSi balance in Silinvar and gold. It is also fitted with the self-winding Caliber 240 Q Si.

LADIES FIRST CHRONOGRAPH 7071

With a new focus on women’s complications, this was one of the first timepieces of its kind. The watch is equipped with the Caliber CH 29-535 PS, which is also the brand’s first-ever in-house crafted, manually wound chronograph movement.

NAUTILUS CHRONOGRAPH 5980/1A

Launched to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the line, this timepiece was a new, subtly reworked and refined Nautilus powered by the Caliber CH 28-250 C.

SPLIT SECONDS MONOPUSHER CHRONOGRAPH 5959

Still the world’s thinnest column wheel-controlled split seconds chronograph, the timepiece’s CHR 27-525 PS movement was entirely developed and manufactured in-house.

The maison is the last independent, family-owned manufacture in Geneva, with the Stern family at the helm since 1932