Watches And Wonders 2024: A Bold Evolution Of The Patek Philippe Annual Calendar 5396 With A White Gold Case And Blue Dial

THM Desk

10 Apr 2024 |

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The 5396 Annual Calendar has sat as a classical calendar timepiece in Patek Philippe’s catalog since 2006. It offers a pleasant aside against the brand’s sub-dial based annual calendars which follow the reserved aesthetic of the reference 5146. At Watches and Wonders 2024, Patek Philippe breathes flamboyance into the collection by giving it a white gold case and blue sunburst dial pairing realized in the Reference 5396G-017.

Patek Philippe 5396 — *The new version 5396 Annual Calendar in white gold features a blue sunburst dial with a black gradient at the rim*

Patek Philippe’s Refined and Bold Annual Calendar

As part of the flagship examples at Patek Philippe, the Annual Calendar complication has brewed up a fair total of references at the Maison. These have been realized in myriad material and dial color combinations with each one expressing a distinctive selection of dial furniture and finishing techniques. At Watches and Wonders 2024, we get a bold contemporary makeover of the current generation ref. 5396 with the introduction of the Patek Philippe Annual Calendar Reference 5396 realized in a new 38.5 mm white gold case featuring a sunburst blue dial with black-gradient rim.

Patek Philippe Annual Calendar 5396 — *The calendar displays occur in an in-line 12 to 6 o’clock layout on the dial*

As a discreet delight on the timepiece, we get twelve baguette-cut diamond hour markers as a radiant spotlight on the dial. The dial architecture is formed of a double day/month aperture at 12 o'clock, date aperture at 6 o'clock and 24-hour sub-dial with an integrated moon-phase display. Despite the heft of its complications and multiple displays, the timepiece with a 21K gold self-winding central rotor measures a scanty 11.2 mm in thickness, compliant with strict dress watch codes.

Patek Philippe 5396 Watches and Wonders 2024 — *The Patek Philippe Annual Calendar 5396G-017 released at Watches and Wonders features a slim 11.2 mm vertical profile*

A Perfect Mechanical Complement

Under the hood of the Patek Philippe Annual Calendar 5396G-017 released at Watches and Wonders 2024 resides a self-winding engine 26-330 S QA LU 24H. It gets perfectly decorated with high horology finishing techniques and is regulated to oscillate at 4 Hz. It maintains a maximum possible power reserve of 45 hours and drives the total of its time and calendar functions.

Watches and Wonders 2024 Patek Philippe 5396 — *The Annual Calendar Reference 5396G-017 houses the caliber 26-330 S QA LU 24H self-winding movement*

The chief novelty in the timepiece remains to be the case material and dial color pairing which is a modern Patek Philippe standard. The aesthetic retains a darling classical charm despite being far from conservative. This iteration of the blue dial plays a wonderful ocular symphony in combination with the lustrous surface of its polished white gold case.

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