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| Patek Philippe Complication Watch Ref. 5216 |
New Patek Philippe Ref. 5216 watch pushes the minute repeater function to the peak, its movement converges five kinds of most sought-after complication function. The slightly large case turns up the voice, making the sound of minute repeater more resonant and full.
This super complication watch follows the design of famous Patek Philippe Ref. 5016: presented in 1993 and deeply favored by people in 18 years. Before the appearance of the Sky Moon Tourbillon in 2001, Ref. 5016 was always the most complicated version in Patek Philippe watches.
Nowadays, the new Ref. 5216 finished fourth, ranking only second to Tourbillon watch Ref. 5002, treble complication watch Ref. 5208 and the Ref. 5207 shown for the first time in 2008.
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| Patek Philippe Complication Watch Ref. 5216 |
Minute repeater
Since 1844, Patek Philippe dedicated to researching the craftsmanship of pocket watch minute repeater device and presented the first 5 minute repeater (lady watch) in the world in 1996. In terms of manufacturing this such special machinery, Patek Philippe has the rich experience and enduring tradition; almost no one can surpass it.
The sound of minute repeater is also not be ignored, its regulation is: “volume sounds.” The new Ref. 5216 is in a case diameter of 39.5 mm, larger than the previous Ref. 5016’s 36.8 mm. In the field of micromachine, watchmakers assemble each independent part accurate to pecent millimeters, so the difference of 2.7 mm means that the new watch adopts the new standard.
When starting the slider on the left side of the case, the minute repeater will turn the indicative time into the melodious sound like playing the wonderful music. The minute repeater chimes the time down to the minute, using separate tones for hours, quarter hours, and minutes, usually with low tones for the hours, a sequence of two tones for the quarter hour and high tones for minutes.
At last, each minute repeater will send to the present CEO Thierry Stern’s and honory chairman Filet Stern’s desks, they will concentrate on listening the sound of this minute repeater, an then decide whether the watch can fit for the strict hearing requirements of human beings or not. The characteristic phonics feature of this Patek Philippe minute repeater originates from the standard of personal experience.
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| Patek Philippe Complication Watch Ref. 5216 |
Tourbillon
The wonderful and soft sound of Ref. 5216 certainly attracts numerous complication watch lovers, but they are also conscious of the accuracy which has reached to a new level. This can attribute to the Tourbillon device, which locates at the vertical direction of watch, offseting the gravity disturbance in each minute. Its frame is composed of 39 stainless steel parts, weighing less than 0.3 gram.
The only role of Tourbillon is to guarantee the accuracy of time, so you must make sure that every part have enough lubrication at every moment. Patek Philippe respects the constant tradition in watch industry, therefor, not providing the Tourbillon window on the dial. This is because the quality of lubrication will greatly reduce in a few days due to the reflection of ultraviolet rays. But people still can appreciate the Tourbillon device through the sapphire crystal caseback.
Such design improves the accuracy of time and fits for the requirements of Patek Philippe for Tourbillon watch, that is the biggest difference between -2 and +1. So, it needs several months’ regulation to reach this specification, when achieving, each Ref. 5216 watch will attach a certificate of accuracy.
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| Patek Philippe Complication Watch Ref. 5216 |
Perpetual calendar and moon phase
In order to show its complication function, the new Ref. 5216 watch is also equipped with perpetual calendar. If the watch retains the normal winding all the time, it will automatically display the accurate date, week, month and leap year cycle until 2100. Week, month and leap year cycle are indicated by small windows; date is displayed by the flyback pointer on 250 degrees arc markers, from the first day to the last day in each month, then it will automatically flies back to the first day of next month.
This machine is installed with safty device, to make sure the pointer not rebound to the second day or the third day of next month. All details should be taken into account, the safty device of this automatic flyback date pointer is one of the factors to guarantee the reliability and long-term accuracy of watch’s properties, which is called as the symbol of Patek Philippe’s exquisite craftsmanship.
It is also worthy of referring the moon phase display. This function lies in that it not only can arouse the poetic fancy, but also originates from the extraordinary design.
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| Patek Philippe Complication Watch Ref. 5216 |
Watch detail:
Movement: Caliver R TO 27 PS QR LU, manual winding movement
Total diameter: 28 mm
Thickness: 8.6 mm
Power reserve: 48 hours
Frequency: 21,600 vph (3 Hz)
Tourbillon: stainless steel frame, 69 parts, weighing 0.3 gram
Quality stamp: Patek Philippe stamp
Minute repeater: The minute repeater chimes the time down to the minute, using separate tones for hours, quarter hours, and minutes, usually with low tones for the hours, a sequence of two tones for the quarter hour and high tones for minutes.
Case: 18K rose gold (5N), 18K rose gold solid caseback and interchangable sapphire crystal caseback
Case size: 39.5 mm in diameter
Thickness: 12.23 mm
Dial: white dial
Strap: square ripple crocodile, hand-sewed, brown, 18K rose gold folding buckle
this replicas are pretty much copied from the authentic but it wont hurt you if you buy, right? how much is my watch worth if I trade it in?
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