Patek Philippe Premieres New Complications at Its Watch Art Grand Exhibition in Tokyo
Featuring a new Quadruple Complication, a World Time Minute Repeater as well as a Minute Repeater with date display.
Over the weekend, the inaugural Patek Philippe Watch Art Grand Exhibition in Tokyo was unveiled. In tandem with showcasing a bevy of time-telling novelties, the prestige Maison also premiered a series of limited-edition timepieces. Among the lineup of special releases, a particular spotlight was directed to three references: the new Quadruple Complication Ref. 5308, the exclusive World Time Minute Repeater Ref. 5331, as well as a Minute Repeater Ref. 5330 with date display.
Presented as a limited-edition of 15 pieces, Ref. 5308 not only houses a new quadruple complication, but it’s also geared with a minute repeater, a split-seconds-chronograph, and an instantaneous perpetual calendar. Housed inside the platinum case and salmon dial, beats the new self-winding R CHR 27 PS QI calibre that bestows the reference with its instantaneous date change function.
Also produced in a limited run of 15 units, the Ref. 5331 World Time Minute Repeater Rare Handcrafts is a dedicated release for the exhibition. In honor of its host city, the center of the dial depicts a map of Tokyo’s center with Grand Feu cloisonné enamel. Attired in rose gold with a case that measures 40.2mm in diameter, this exquisite time-teller is powered by the self-winding R 27 HU calibre.
As for the Ref. 5330 World Time Date, it comes with a luscious plum-hued dial with a mesmerizing hand-guilloched center, all framed inside a 40mm, hand-polished white gold case. Offered as a 300-piece limited-edition, this novelty runs on a new 240 HU C calibre, complete with a patented differential system for managing the local-time date.
In commemoration of the exhibition, all aforementioned watches are finished with a special engraving that reads “Patek Philippe Tokyo” on the caseback. For more information regarding their price points and availability, head over to the brand’s website to enquire.
Currently open for public admission, the Patek Philippe Watch Art Grand Exhibition is taking place at the Sankaku Shinjuku Sumitomo Building Triangle Square and will run until June 25. Those who are interested can register for admission can click here.
Shinjuku Sumitomo Building Sankaku Hiroba
2 Chome-6-1 Nishishinjuku,
Shinjuku City, Tokyo
160-0023,
Japan
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