High-end Patek Philippe Split-Seconds Chronograph Perpetual Calendar Platinum Replica WatchRef. 5370

Patek Philippe Split-Seconds Chronograph Ref. 5370 caseback - Perpetuelle

The year 2014 was dedicated entirely to Patek Philippe Split-Seconds Chronograph Perpetual Calendar replica ’s 175th anniversary, but 2015 still gives us some exciting new watches from Patek.  Well, exciting, and controversial, at least in view of strong opinions on the new Calatrava Travel Time 5524! Overall, though, 2015 evidences that the brand continues to look ahead.  The chronograph & split-seconds chronograph type of watch is part of the core legacy of Patek Philippe: the manufacture’s very first wrist chronograph, presented in 1923, was already a split-seconds model.   Since then, the complication – which allows lap and intermediate times to be stopped without interrupting the ongoing measurement – has always featured in the repertoire of regularly produced Patek Philippe Split-Seconds Chronograph replica wristwatches.  Patek Philippe’s new Ref. 5370 split-seconds chronograph, seen here, is a watch whose mechanics are indeed focused entirely on measuring the duration of transient events.  But seems a bit of an understatement for a watch which will probably list at over 200,000 Swiss Francs, now isn’t it?!

 

Patek Philippe Split-Seconds Chronograph Ref. 5370

39.4mm platinum case, manual wind Patek caliber CHR 29-535 PS (central chronograph hand and 30-min elapsed time counter)

Patek Philippe Split-Seconds Chronograph Ref. 5370 - Perpetuelle

Even after the 2009 launch of the first classic chronograph movement developed and crafted entirely in-house, it took only three years for the manufacture’s caliber engineers to outfit it with a split-seconds complication.  First, it was added to a perpetual calendar, and now, to the new Ref. 5370, as a standalone function.  That is, the new Ref. 5370 marks the debut of the CHR 29-535 PS calibre in its purest form, with no additional complications.  The manually wound movement with two column wheels and a horizontal clutch is classic in nature, while seven additional, patented innovations – all dedicated to higher rate accuracy, simplified adjustability, greater reliability, and more precise indications – are represent the modern day capabilities of watchmakers like Patek.

Patek Philippe Split-Seconds Chronograph Ref. 5370 watch - Perpetuelle

The face of the Patek Philippe replica watch is as distinctive as the caliber: an intensely black, beautiful enamel dial, with applied white gold Breguet numerals in white gold, and white scales (including the tachymeter) and the leaf-shaped luminous hands.