Patek Philippe Annual Calendar Flyback Chronograph

The annual calendar is a complication invented by Patek Philippe.

While it plays second fiddle to the perpetual calendar in the minds of most collectors, the reality is that the construction of this calendar mechanism is by no means a simple feat, and requires impressive micro-engineering and design acumen to execute well. Able to account for months of different lengths, it only requires manual adjustment once per year — at the end of February. 

However, this is no ordinary annual calendar: A Reference 5905P-010 from circa 2019, it also includes a flyback chronograph — one in which a single button press both stops and instantaneously restarts the chronograph. Convenient for timing laps, this complication proves unbeatable when combined with the utility of an annual calendar.

This particular 5905P-010 is housed in a 42mm platinum case with a signed crown, square pushers, a polished, concave bezel, and a sapphire crystal. It features a luminous glossy black dial with applied indices, a white minute track with a radial subsidiary register, a matching luminous ‘obelisk’ handset, date, month, and day apertures, and a running seconds sub-register above 6 o’clock. 

Flip the watch over, and one is greeted — via a sapphire exhibition caseback — with a view of the automatic Patek Philippe Calibre CH 28-520 QA 24H movement. Paired to a 21mm, signed black alligator leather strap with a signed, platinum pin buckle, this is simply a stunning timepiece in every regard: horologically, aesthetically, and functionally. Moreover, it includes its factory goodies.

If you’re the type of collector who only has eyes for the best, then this watch is for you!

Founded in 1839, Patek Philippe is one of the oldest watch manufacturers in the world with an uninterrupted watchmaking history. Few international luxury brands carry the gravitas of their name, and for good reason. The firm's commitment to excellence in horological manufacture is unflinching, and their track record of innovation in design without peer. They continue to lead the industry, and even their fiercest competitors have nothing but the utmost respect for the company.

From the simple elegance of their Calatrava line to the stunning study in miniaturization that is reference 1518 perpetual calendar to the modern reference 5750P chiming watch, Patek’s catalog is chock full of some of the most elegant and complicated timepieces ever made. Family-owned and completely independent, the firm has the freedom to do what it wants — such as discontinue one of the world’s most beloved steel luxury sport watches, the reference 5711 — when it wants.

Owning a Patek Philippe is for many the ultimate goal of timepiece collecting, and for a certain type, the only timepieces they collect. Whichever way you look at it, there is no questioning the elegance of design, superlative manufacture of their cases and movements, or the sheer elegance and emotion that comes from owning one.

Of course for a brand that is steeped in heritage, we are told “You never actually own a Patek Philippe…”

Well, you know the rest.

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