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Patek Philippe
Ref. 5230P-001
World Time
A virtually new and highly attractive platinum world time wristwatch with blue guilloché dial, certificate of origin, and presentation box
Full-Cataloguing
- Virtually new, unworn condition
- Complete set
- World-time watches have long been in the brand’s collection, originally invented by Louis Cottier (1849-1996), a graduate of the Horological School of Geneva. Working with his watchmaking father, he developed many patented inventions during his lifetime, however the world-time complication is his best known and most cherished today. His most enduring version allowed for a local time indicated by central hour and minute hands, linked to a rotating 24-hour ring, and bordered by an outer bezel or dial ring with the names of different cities inscribed on it. It ingeniously allowed the wearer to simultaneously read the local time and the time in 24 time zones.
- Introduced in 2016, the Patek Philippe Reference 5230 is a modern descendant of these iconic World Time watches. Using a patented pusher at 10 o’clock to effortlessly set the home time displayed at 12 o’clock, it offers a unique blend of innovation and tradition. Powered by the slim and elegant caliber 240 HU, it displays the time across 24 time zones, with a beautifully designed inner ring indicating night and day through sun and moon symbols.
-The reference 5230P-001 refreshed Patek Philippe’s World Time collection, which was introduced at Watches & Wonders in 2022. The case was reduced to a 38.5mm diameter with winglet-style lugs, and the black and white dial replaced with the stunning blue guilloché dial.
- The present model is offered fresh-to-the-market, in virtually new condition, and comes complete with its Certificate of Origin and presentation box.
Patek Philippe
Swiss | 1839Since its founding in 1839, this famous Geneva-based firm has been surprising its clientele with superbly crafted timepieces fitted with watchmaking's most prestigious complications. Traditional and conservative designs are found across Patek Philippe's watches made throughout their history — the utmost in understated elegance.
Well-known for the Graves Supercomplication — a highly complicated pocket watch that was the world’s most complicated watch for 50 years — this family-owned brand has earned a reputation of excellence around the world. Patek's complicated vintage watches hold the highest number of world records for results achieved at auction compared with any other brand. For collectors, key models include the reference 1518, the world's first serially produced perpetual calendar chronograph, and its successor, the reference 2499. Other famous models include perpetual calendars such as the ref. 1526, ref. 3448 and 3450, chronographs such as the reference 130, 530 and 1463, as well as reference 1436 and 1563 split seconds chronographs. Patek is also well-known for their classically styled, time-only "Calatrava" dress watches, and the "Nautilus," an iconic luxury sports watch first introduced in 1976 as the reference 3700 that is still in production today.