{"product_id":"patek-philippe-retrograde-perpetual-calendar-as07308","title":"Patek Philippe Retrograde Perpetual Calendar","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA perpetual calendar is like a small computer on your wrist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThink of it this way: Imagine a watch that keeps track of not only the time, but also the date, the day of the week, and the month, and also tells you whether it’s a leap year or not, and what the current phase of the moon is. Oh, and one more thing — imagine it does all of this \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003emechanically\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, using springs and gears, and that you only have to adjust it once every century or so. Crazy, right?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePerpetual calendars are Patek Philippe’s speciality — it’s been making them in series since the 1940s. This particular \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003equantieme perpetual, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ea Reference 5159PR-001, dates to the 2010s. Housed in a 38mm 18K rose gold half-’hunter’ case with officer’s lugs, a domed sapphire crystal, a signed ‘onion’ crown, and a polished bezel, it features an opaline white guilloché dial with black painted Roman numeral indices, an outer 1\/5th-seconds track, a black gold polished ‘spade’ handset, a retrograde date scale and red-tipped pointer hand, a moonphase aperture at 6 o’clock, a month aperture at 3 o’clock, and a day aperture at 9:00.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePowered by the Patek Philippe Calibre 324 S QR automatic movement — which is visible via a half-’hunter,’ sapphire exhibition caseback — it’s paired to a signed, brown alligator leather strap with an 18K rose gold, signed deployant clasp.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis QP flawlessly bridges the gap between classic pocket watch and modern wristwatch design, resulting in a contemporary timepiece that encapsulates the best of Patek’s history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAny old wristwatch can tell the time. Few truly \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003edefine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patek Philippe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40005627576407,"sku":"40930184","price":79850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/products\/AS07308_40930184_PATEKPHILIPPE_RETROGRADEPERPTUALCALENDAR_5159R-001-6.jpg?v=1667324031","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/patek-philippe-retrograde-perpetual-calendar-as07308","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}