Fake Patek Philippe World Time 5330G-010
My absolute favorite, however, is the previously unmentioned Fake Patek Philippe World Time 5330G-010 Tokyo Edition, which is limited to 300 white gold pieces. It can be recognized at a glance by the plum-colored dial with hand-guilloché decoration in the center. Tokyo is presented in red on the location disc. A red dot between Auckland and Midway marks the international date line. The red rising sun remains on the 24-hour ring with day/night division.
Patek Philippe has put a stop to this problem with the design protected by the European patent EP 2 790 069 B1. A new type of differential system with forward and backward switching levels on top of each other not only allows the date display to be adjusted to the local time in accordance with the facts, but also an automatic date correction every time the time zone changes. This is especially true when the change is accompanied by a date change in any direction.
As always, the times in the 24 world time standard time zones are easy to read. The Genevans have basically been doing this since the Reference 542HU was launched in 1937. An important step into the future was taken in 1999 with the exclusive and therefore also patented mechanism, which gradually changes the local and 24-hour ring as well as the local time hour hand without affecting the minute and second hands by pressing a button at “10”. However, you will look in vain for a date display on the Reference 5110, just as on the previous models.
The same applies, for example, to the world time references 7130, 5130, 5231, 5930 with flyback chronograph or 5531 with minute repeater. From this perspective, the Geneva watch manufacturer is also starting a new world time era with the introduction of the Patek Philippe World Time reference 5330G-010.
New combination of complications
While it may seem simple in words, the construction of the Patek Philippe World Time 5330G-010 proved to be a real challenge for the Geneva watchmakers. Usually, world time watches with date indications mean correcting the local time and date separately. As is well known, the city of the current time zone is always at the top at “12”. However, the ambition of President Thierry Stern, who flies a lot for work, was for the date to automatically adjust to the change in the time zone in every direction of travel.
In this way, every press of the pusher at “10” – if necessary – also causes a date correction in addition to the usual. Despite the considerable additional effort, the new automatic caliber 240 HU C, with its total height of 4.58 millimeters, is only 0.7 millimeters higher than the basic caliber 240 HU.
Movement and case
To build the Patek Philippe World Time 5330G-010, the watchmakers assembled the 30.5 millimeter caliber 240 HU C with a one-way micro-rotor made of 21-carat solid gold from a total of 306 components. Its running time is at least 38 and a maximum of 48 hours. The Gyromax balance oscillates at four hertz. A Spiromax balance spring made of Silinvar ensures the return swing.
Of course, the Patek Philippe’s oeuvre finds its way onto the wrist. The 40-millimeter white gold case is 11.77 millimeters high. It is water-resistant to a pressure of up to three bar. Patek Philippe Tokyo can be read on the transparent case back.
Unfortunately, Patek Philippe was unable to provide an official price for the new Patek Philippe World Time 5330G-010 Tokyo Edition wristwatch, but elsewhere it is quoted as 70,000 CHF plus tax. At the end of these considerations of the limited reference 5330G-010, consolation for contemporaries outside Japan is that sooner or later there will also be non-limited editions for the rest of the world.