Patek Philippe Annual Calendar

A solid eighteen carat white gold Patek Philippe annual calendar reference 5035-G. As the watch industry was starting to finally emerge with a greater confidence post the shock of the "quartz crisis" the leading name in the business would embark, under its much loved leader, Philippe Stern, to add into its line a very interesting new addition. There was a need to plug a seemingly glaring opportunity in the Patek Philippe watch offering from the classic time only models and the perpetual calendar models. This is where this new model would step in to help fill the void; the annual calendar. This would be a ground up build. With the initial challenge to create the new movement in 1991 given as a diploma topic, based on specifications by Patek Philippe’s design and engineering department, to final-year students at the Geneva School of Engineering. This wonderful relationship between Patek, schools and universities still exists. These exchanges can sometimes result in a coveted job at the