Patek Philippe Complications Watch Collection

Patek Philippe Complications and Grand Complications timepieces showcase the unrivaled expertise and knowledge of the manufacture in creating advanced timepieces that are matched by elaborate design.

Patek’s complicated timepieces are usually offered in yellow, white, or rose gold, as well as platinum, but in recent years have also been available sparingly in steel editions. They are available in a range of designs - from understated dress watches to statement pieces.

Here are the main offerings of the Patek Philippe Complications and Grand Complications collections.

COMPLICATIONS

The Patek Philippe Complications line features a suite of timepieces with at least two to three features on top of the time and date. The current collection has 36 models featuring the following functions:

• Moonphase - displays the sunlit portion of the moon as seen from the Earth, in a subdial.
• Weekly Calendar - displays the current week number, which is particularly useful for modern businesspeople. This design is notable for its use of exclusive “handwritten style” letters and numerals.
• Annual Calendar - one of Patek Philippe’s flagship models, patented in 1996. Indicates the day of the week, the date, and the month, and requires correction only once a year. There are several interpretations of the Annual Calendar used by Patek: one indicating the day and month on separate subdials, one using a sector dial, and another with the day, date, and month shown on separate windows.
• Flyback Chronograph - an advanced chronograph that enables restarting the timer function, even while the chronograph is running.
• Pilot Travel Time - a utilitarian watch that combines aviator-style features with a dual time zone mechanism.
• World Time - displays the time in the current location, but also in 24 different time zones around the world. Patek’s design features a circular guilloché pattern center, fully crafted by hand. Patek also introduced a World Time Chronograph in 2016.
• Skeleton Movement - a completely skeletonized dial showing the self-winding caliber 240 movement, which is decorated and engraved by hand.

GRAND COMPLICATIONS

The Patek Philippe Grand Complications collection is a suite of watches that feature over 3 complications. The current collection has 36 models featuring the following functions:

• Perpetual Calendar - Patek Philippe was the first to create the perpetual calendar, which also displays the day, date, and month, but also includes the moon phase and leap year. Patek also makes an In Line Perpetual Calendar, where the day, date, and month appear in a single aperture; and a Perpetual Calendar Chronograph.
• Split Seconds Chronograph - an advanced chronograph that allows for timing two intervals that start at the same instant
• Celestial - a poetic astronomical wristwatch with a sky chart showing the phases and position of the moon, and time of meridian passage of Sirius
• Alarm Travel Time - a watch with Patek’s exclusive dual time zone "Travel Time" system, combined with a 24-hour alarm mechanism. The alarm rings using a hammer that strikes on a classic gong.
• Minute Repeater - the complication most associated with Patek Philippe. It is a highly complex movement that indicates hours, quarter hours, and minutes, then repeats the increments through chimes by activating a push or slide piece. Patek has also combined the Minute Repeater with World Time and Perpetual Calendar complications.
• Skymoon Tourbillon - the second most complicated Patek Philippe wristwatch as of 2021. It has 12 different features, including a perpetual calendar with retrograde date, a moonphase indicator, a minute repeater with two cathedral gongs, and a tourbillon.
• Grandmaster Chime - currently Patek Philippe’s most complicated timepiece. Aside from a reversible case and two independent dials, it features 20 complications including a grande and petite sonnerie, a minute repeater, crown position indicator, and five chiming modes. This timepiece has six patented innovations, and only seven of these were ever made.