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Lot Essay
Among the most spectacular contemporary high-complication wristwatches ever produced by Patek Philippe, the present reference 5271/13P-001 represents the ultimate fusion of high watchmaking and high jewellery. Cased in platinum, this perpetual calendar chronograph with leap-year and day/night indications is lavishly adorned with 80 carefully selected baguette-cut emeralds, weighing approximately 3.57 carats in total, set across the bezel, lugs and folding clasp, while a single baguette-cut emerald marks the 12 o'clock position on the dial. Completing this extraordinary composition is the lacquered black dial with contrasting grey recessed subsidiary registers, whose remarkable depth and lustre are achieved through the application of twelve successive layers of lacquer.
Produced in only an exceedingly small number of examples, believed to be fewer than ten, with fewer than five publicly known to date, the present watch ranks among the rarest modern gem-set Patek Philippe wristwatches. Reserved exclusively for the manufacture's most important clients and originally purchased from the historic Patek Philippe Salon on Rue du Rhône in Geneva, it represents an exceptional opportunity to acquire one of the most elusive and visually striking modern grand complications ever offered by the manufacture.
Reference 5271
Introduced at Baselworld in 2014, reference 5271 is the gem-set counterpart to the celebrated reference 5270 and is powered by Patek Philippe's fully in-house calibre CH 29-535 PS Q, bearing the prestigious Patek Philippe Seal. As the direct descendant of the manufacture's legendary perpetual calendar chronographs, the reference perpetuates one of the most important lineages in the history of watchmaking. Patek Philippe was the first manufacture to serially produce perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatches, an achievement that remained unrivalled for almost half a century. More than any other complicated wristwatch, this family of references firmly established the manufacture's supremacy in high watchmaking during the second half of the twentieth century, a legacy that continues today through exceptional creations such as the present reference 5271/13P-001.
Produced in only an exceedingly small number of examples, believed to be fewer than ten, with fewer than five publicly known to date, the present watch ranks among the rarest modern gem-set Patek Philippe wristwatches. Reserved exclusively for the manufacture's most important clients and originally purchased from the historic Patek Philippe Salon on Rue du Rhône in Geneva, it represents an exceptional opportunity to acquire one of the most elusive and visually striking modern grand complications ever offered by the manufacture.
Reference 5271
Introduced at Baselworld in 2014, reference 5271 is the gem-set counterpart to the celebrated reference 5270 and is powered by Patek Philippe's fully in-house calibre CH 29-535 PS Q, bearing the prestigious Patek Philippe Seal. As the direct descendant of the manufacture's legendary perpetual calendar chronographs, the reference perpetuates one of the most important lineages in the history of watchmaking. Patek Philippe was the first manufacture to serially produce perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatches, an achievement that remained unrivalled for almost half a century. More than any other complicated wristwatch, this family of references firmly established the manufacture's supremacy in high watchmaking during the second half of the twentieth century, a legacy that continues today through exceptional creations such as the present reference 5271/13P-001.