Patek Philippe “Grande Complication”

European Watch Clock and Jewellery Fair 1984 BF 206
Mechanical time remains a serenely self-assured contender at the upper end of the market. One of Patek Philippe’s impressive entries at this year’s Basle Fair is a “Grande Complication” pocket watch : hours, minutes, small seconds hand, perpetual day, date and month calendar, moon-phase indicator, chronograph to 1/5th seconds with flyback hand, 30-minute totaliser, repeater grand strike with two-pitch chimes and small strike (hours and quarters) with blocking mechanism. Open-face (“lépine”) case with dome, in 18K yellow gold. Enamel-varnish yellow gold dial. 44-jewel 20-line movement. (PATEK PHILIPPE “Grande Complication”)