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Introducing The Milestone Patek Philippe Grande And Also Petite Sonnerie Wristwatch Ref. 6301P

The new Patek Philippe 6301P has the difference of being defined by the company as a “straightforward grand difficulty,” an oxymoron if there ever was one. Patek Philippe says the brand-new ref. 6301P is its “perfectionist indication to day” of a grande and tiny sonnerie. The “basic” in the definition is partially a recommendation to the movement where it is obtained, the caliber 300 in the Grandmaster Chime, a 20-complication watch introduced in 2015 to celebrate the brand name's 175th anniversary. That movement was also made use of in the commercial version of the anniversary watch, the 6300. By comparison, the new 6301P has just 6 difficulties. Still.

The 6301P's leading set of high problems are the grande as well as petite sonneries. The staying four include the twin power book indicators (one for the strikework and also the various other for the movement), the min repeater on demand and also the jumping secs at 6 o'clock. The leaping secs problem remained in turn stemmed from one more 175th anniversary item, the 5275, a minute repeater with a jumping hours – the device was customized to end up being a jumping secs, additionally called a “” seconds, another oxymoron thinking about that compared to the seconds hand on conventional mechanical watches[on sale], it is very much active, since you can see it leap every second. The train of growths that entered into this brand-new motion, building on the advancements of previous developments, is a great example of why, in high mechanical watchmaking, heritage matters. And no brand name has a more recognized one than Patek Philippe.

The 44mm instance is platinum, as well as while Patek Philippes because material are normally distinguished by a ruby established right into the caseband between the lugs at 6 o'clock, in this watch, that setting is used up by an innovative slide switch that readjusts for the petite sonnerie, grande sonnerie and also silence operating modes. Therefore, in this watch, the diamond is placed on the caseband at 12 o'clock instead.

The movement has 2 mainspring barrels, which give it a power get of 24-hour for the strikeworks and 72 hrs for the activity, showed specifically at 3 o'clock and also 9 o'clock. The dial is grand feu black enamel, with Breguet used characters in white gold, and also leaf-shaped hands with luminescent finish.

The 6301P utilizes 3 classic gongs– low, medium and also high. The hrs are struck on a low-pitched gong, the quarter hrs with a three-strike high-low-medium series. Each quarter-hour sequence is automatically preceded by the number of elapsed hrs, and also complied with by the variety of quarter hrs. This adds up to an outstanding overall of 1056 strikes in 1 day. A grand sonnerie chimes the hrs as well as quarter hrs on each quarter hr, however not the mins. It can be changed to a petite sonnerie, which chimes the hour only on top of each hour as well as the quarters on each quarter. The minute repeater, which does chime the mins, is triggered on demand making use of the pusher in the winding crown.

The 6301P is valued “upon request” yet to give you an idea of what Patek Philippe repeaters bring on the second market, note the prices of the following Patek Philippe striking watches that sold over the weekend break at the Phillips Geneva Auction XII and also Retrospective auctions (none of which have grande/petite sonnerie features): $1,579,570 for a ref. 3974 perpetual calendar with minute repeater in platinum; $1,324,106 for a ref. 5531/1R pink gold min repeater/world time; $658,052 for a ref. 5316/P platinum min repeater/perpetual calendar/tourbillon. The 6301P grande and also small sonnerie, being extra challenging and with a brand-new movement, is greater than most likely to surpass these rates.

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