Patek Philippe is presenting a new complication in its calendar watch segment: the weekly calendar is a mechanism that in addition to the day of the week and the date also indicates the current week number. This is a very useful function in our modern, globalized world, even in the smartphone era. On the same occasion, the manufacture also launched a totally new self-winding base caliber 26-330 S C featuring several innovations and optimizations, especially as regards the winding system.
SPECIFICATIONS
MOVEMENT
26-330 S C J SE. Self-winding mechanical movement, sweep seconds, date, day of the week and week number. Power reserve: Min. 35 hours, max. 45 hours. Winding rotor: Central rotor in 21K gold, unidirectional winding.Frequency: 28,800 semi-oscillations per hour (4 Hz)
FUNCTIONS
Center hours, minutes, and seconds. Center day of the week. Center week number and respective month With numerals disk: Aperture date at 3 o'clock. 3-position crown: Pushed home: manual winding. Pulled halfway out: date correction. Pulled all the way out: handsetting with stop seconds. Correctors: Day of week correction at 8 o'clock. Week number correction at 10 o'clock
BRACELET/STRAP
Calfskin, hand-stitched, bright brown,
BUCKLE
Stainless steel prong buckle
WATERPROOFNESS
30 meters