Minute Repeater Tourbillon

5303R

Brand  : Patek Philippe
Collection  : Grandes Complications
Model  : Minute Repeater Tourbillon
Reference  : 5303R
Complement : Rose Gold - Black Dial - Alligator Strap
On sale : 2020

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  • Brand  : Patek Philippe
    Collection  : Grandes Complications
    Model  : Minute Repeater Tourbillon
    Reference  : 5303R
    Complement : Rose Gold - Black Dial - Alligator Strap
    On sale : 2020
    List Price : On request
    Diameter : 42 mm
    Thickness : 12,13 mm
    Styles : Atypical
    High Horology
    Classical
    Types : Hand-winding
    Calibre : R TO 27 PS
    Calibre distinction : Patek Philippe Seal
    Côtes de Genève
    Complication : Tourbillon
    Minute repeater with classic gongs
    Small Seconds
    Case material : Pink gold
    Case peculiarity : Sapphire caseback
    White gold decorative inserts
    Humidity- and dust-protected only (not water-resistant)
    Shape : Round
    Water-resistance : No
    Display : Pierced black lacquered leaf-shaped hands in white gold
    Indexes : Dots
    Golden powdered dots
    Glass : Antireflective coating
    Sapphire
    UV-protected
    Strap material : Alligator leather
    Strap color : Black
    Strap clasp : Folding buckle
    + More characteristics :
    Movement
    Caliber R TO 27 PS
    Manual winding
    • Diameter: 31.6 mm
    • Height: 8.35 mm
    • Number of parts: 356
    • Frequency: 21,600 semi-oscillations/hour (3 Hz)
    • Power reserve: min. 40 hours - max. 48 hours
    First Patek Philippe Grand Complication with a minute repeater offering on the dial side a clear view of the hammers and gongs
    Tourbillon at 6 o’clock, visible through the small seconds counter
    White gold minute repeater slide engraved with a leaf-shaped pattern
    Rose gilt plate decorated with circular Geneva striping enhancing the steel parts of the movement
    Sapphire crystal case back revealing the white gold beveled rim surrounding the R TO 27 PS movement

    Case
    Rose gold

    Strap / Buckles
    Alligator leather with square scales, hand-stitched, shiny black
    Fold-over clasp

    DISPLAYS
    Hour hand
    Minute hand

    Subsidiary dial:
    Small seconds

    Slide for actuating the minute reapeater

DESCRIPTION

  • Patek Philippe reasserts its grand complications expertise

    With the enrichment of the current collection by three models – the new Ref. 5303 as the first Patek Philippe minute repeater that presents the striking mechanism on the dial side as well as a reinterpretation of the legendary Ref. 5370 Split-Seconds Chronograph and the redesigned classic Ref. 5270 Perpetual Calendar Chronograph – the Genevan manufacture yet again leverages its virtuosity in the king’s class of watchmaking artistry. These three timepieces represent a perfect meld of tradition and innovation. Paired with beautiful finesse in looks and features, they enrich the already extensive lineup of grand complications.

    As far back as 1839, when the company was founded, one of the first timepieces crafted in the manufacture was a quarter repeater that can now be admired at the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva. As the 19th century continued to unfold, Patek Philippe further pursued its passion for grand complications, crafted many watches of this type, and received several patents for technical optimizations. In the 20th century, the manufacture earned a legendary reputation for so-called supercomplicated pocket watches that were made for the American collectors James Ward Packard and Henry Graves Jr. and featured chiming functions as well as elaborate astronomical displays. At the same time, Patek Philippe was involved in miniaturizing grand complications so they could be worn on the wrist, as evidenced in 1925 by the first known wristwatch with a perpetual calendar. In the last decades of the 20th century, the manufacture again celebrated a milestone in this exceptional watch category and presented two pocket watches that the world had never seen before: the Calibre 89 (33 complications) that would be the world’s most complicated portable mechanical timepiece for 25 years, and the Star Caliber 2000 with 21 complications. In 2001, the art of miniaturizing highly elaborate mechanisms found its ultimate expression with the launch of the Sky Moon Tourbillon (12 complications) and subsequently, in 2014, with the Grandmaster Chime that with 20 complications would become Patek Philippe’s most complicated wristwatch.

    An especially challenging philosophy

    Today, Patek Philippe has one of the most comprehensive collections of regularly produced grand complications, including minute repeaters with perpetual calendars, astronomical watches, timepieces with tourbillons and models that combine several of these highly coveted functions. As the outcome of know-how transfers from one generation to the next and underpinned with the results of high-end research, these watches follow two fundamental principles that are highly important to Patek Philippe. One of them is to rise to the challenge of accommodating a maximum of technical complexity in a minimal volume (smallest possible height and diameter), allowing the design of very slender cases that project timeless elegance. Secondly, each complication – no matter how elaborate – must be simple to operate for the user and be a role model of convenience, functional integrity, and legibility. The three grand complications of 2020 illustrate this philosophy very convincingly. They embody a level of craftsmanship that makes each Patek Philippe a precious work of art.

    Ref. 5303R-001 Minute Repeater
    An extravaganza for eyes and ears


    Since it made its first pocket watch with a minute repeater (1845), Patek Philippe has established itself as one of the gifted interpreters of the music of time. This remarkable know-how comes to the fore even in the most extraordinary creations, such as the Sky Moon Tourbillon wristwatch featuring a minute repeater with cathedral gongs or the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime with five chiming functions including two patented global debuts. The manufacture also offers the broadest selection of regularly produced minute repeaters, watches with classic or cathedral gongs and models featuring a minute repeater with or without additional complications (perpetual calendar, tourbillon, World Time, chronograph). But never before had Patek Philippe crafted a minute repeater with a striking mechanism that was visible on the dial side.
    The Ref. 5303 was unveiled in 2019 in a limited edition of 12 watches as a world debut on the occasion of the “Watch Art Grand Exhibition Singapore 2019”.

    Now, a slightly modified version of the Ref. 5303 Minute Repeater Tourbillon has become part of the current Patek Philippe collection. This new complication for enthusiasts of repeater timepieces stands out with its open architecture without a conventional dial. The repeater mechanism – for the first time with the hammers and gongs – can be admired in action without removing the watch from the wrist. This is a further expression of Patek Philippe’s customer-centric development philosophy. The transparency aspect also applies to the tourbillon: the back side of its cage can be seen beneath the seconds subdial at 6 o'clock. In this veritably perfect composition, the filigreed steel parts glisten against the backdrop of the rose gilt plate.

    The aesthetic of the manually wound caliber R TO 27 PS was subtly reworked to emphasize its appeal. For instance, certain components were pierced, as is common for skeletonized movements. Of course, Patek Philippe also mobilized its heritage in the manual finissage of movement parts: it decorated the plate with Genevan circular graining, applied a delicate perlage to the recesses, and decorated the hammers with a circular satin finish.

    The inimitable rose-gold case sports a wide, cambered and polished bezel as well as white-gold inlays with foliage engravings that grace the caseband and the strap lugs. The white-gold slide in the left-hand case flank that activates the minute repeater features the same motif. The hour circle is black-lacquered sapphire-crystal rim with powdered rose-gold markers. The movement can be admired through the sapphire-crystal case back and is framed by a white-gold rim. Its open-worked decoration echoes the case inlays and the repeater slide.

    This fantastic lesson in watchmaking artistry, elegance, and manual finissage is complemented with the unique sound that is typical of Patek Philippe repeater timepieces. As is the case for every Patek Philippe minute repeater, this melody of time is personally rated with great care by manufacture president Thierry Stern.

  • Patek Philippe reasserts its grand complications expertise

    With the enrichment of the current collection by three models – the new Ref. 5303 as the first Patek Philippe minute repeater that presents the striking mechanism on the dial side as well as a reinterpretation of the legendary Ref. 5370 Split-Seconds Chronograph and the redesigned classic Ref. 5270 Perpetual Calendar Chronograph – the Genevan manufacture yet again leverages its virtuosity in the king’s class of watchmaking artistry. These three timepieces represent a perfect meld of tradition and innovation. Paired with beautiful finesse in looks and features, they enrich the already extensive lineup of grand complications.

    As far back as 1839, when the company was founded, one of the first timepieces crafted in the manufacture was a quarter repeater that can now be admired at the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva. As the 19th century continued to unfold, Patek Philippe further pursued its passion for grand complications, crafted many watches of this type, and received several patents for technical optimizations. In the 20th century, the manufacture earned a legendary reputation for so-called supercomplicated pocket watches that were made for the American collectors James Ward Packard and Henry Graves Jr. and featured chiming functions as well as elaborate astronomical displays. At the same time, Patek Philippe was involved in miniaturizing grand complications so they could be worn on the wrist, as evidenced in 1925 by the first known wristwatch with a perpetual calendar. In the last decades of the 20th century, the manufacture again celebrated a milestone in this exceptional watch category and presented two pocket watches that the world had never seen before: the Calibre 89 (33 complications) that would be the world’s most complicated portable mechanical timepiece for 25 years, and the Star Caliber 2000 with 21 complications. In 2001, the art of miniaturizing highly elaborate mechanisms found its ultimate expression with the launch of the Sky Moon Tourbillon (12 complications) and subsequently, in 2014, with the Grandmaster Chime that with 20 complications would become Patek Philippe’s most complicated wristwatch.

    An especially challenging philosophy

    Today, Patek Philippe has one of the most comprehensive collections of regularly produced grand complications, including minute repeaters with perpetual calendars, astronomical watches, timepieces with tourbillons and models that combine several of these highly coveted functions. As the outcome of know-how transfers from one generation to the next and underpinned with the results of high-end research, these watches follow two fundamental principles that are highly important to Patek Philippe. One of them is to rise to the challenge of accommodating a maximum of technical complexity in a minimal volume (smallest possible height and diameter), allowing the design of very slender cases that project timeless elegance. Secondly, each complication – no matter how elaborate – must be simple to operate for the user and be a role model of convenience, functional integrity, and legibility. The three grand complications of 2020 illustrate this philosophy very convincingly. They embody a level of craftsmanship that makes each Patek Philippe a precious work of art.

    Ref. 5303R-001 Minute Repeater
    An extravaganza for eyes and ears


    Since it made its first pocket watch with a minute repeater (1845), Patek Philippe has established itself as one of the gifted interpreters of the music of time. This remarkable know-how comes to the fore even in the most extraordinary creations, such as the Sky Moon Tourbillon wristwatch featuring a minute repeater with cathedral gongs or the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime with five chiming functions including two patented global debuts. The manufacture also offers the broadest selection of regularly produced minute repeaters, watches with classic or cathedral gongs and models featuring a minute repeater with or without additional complications (perpetual calendar, tourbillon, World Time, chronograph). But never before had Patek Philippe crafted a minute repeater with a striking mechanism that was visible on the dial side.
    The Ref. 5303 was unveiled in 2019 in a limited edition of 12 watches as a world debut on the occasion of the “Watch Art Grand Exhibition Singapore 2019”.

    Now, a slightly modified version of the Ref. 5303 Minute Repeater Tourbillon has become part of the current Patek Philippe collection. This new complication for enthusiasts of repeater timepieces stands out with its open architecture without a conventional dial. The repeater mechanism – for the first time with the hammers and gongs – can be admired in action without removing the watch from the wrist. This is a further expression of Patek Philippe’s customer-centric development philosophy. The transparency aspect also applies to the tourbillon: the back side of its cage can be seen beneath the seconds subdial at 6 o'clock. In this veritably perfect composition, the filigreed steel parts glisten against the backdrop of the rose gilt plate.

    The aesthetic of the manually wound caliber R TO 27 PS was subtly reworked to emphasize its appeal. For instance, certain components were pierced, as is common for skeletonized movements. Of course, Patek Philippe also mobilized its heritage in the manual finissage of movement parts: it decorated the plate with Genevan circular graining, applied a delicate perlage to the recesses, and decorated the hammers with a circular satin finish.

    The inimitable rose-gold case sports a wide, cambered and polished bezel as well as white-gold inlays with foliage engravings that grace the caseband and the strap lugs. The white-gold slide in the left-hand case flank that activates the minute repeater features the same motif. The hour circle is black-lacquered sapphire-crystal rim with powdered rose-gold markers. The movement can be admired through the sapphire-crystal case back and is framed by a white-gold rim. Its open-worked decoration echoes the case inlays and the repeater slide.

    This fantastic lesson in watchmaking artistry, elegance, and manual finissage is complemented with the unique sound that is typical of Patek Philippe repeater timepieces. As is the case for every Patek Philippe minute repeater, this melody of time is personally rated with great care by manufacture president Thierry Stern.

  • Brand  : Patek Philippe
    Collection  : Grandes Complications
    Model  : Minute Repeater Tourbillon
    Reference  : 5303R
    Complement : Rose Gold - Black Dial - Alligator Strap
    On sale : 2020
    List Price : On request
    Diameter : 42 mm
    Thickness : 12,13 mm
    Styles : Atypical
    High Horology
    Classical
    Types : Hand-winding
    Calibre : R TO 27 PS
    Calibre distinction : Patek Philippe Seal
    Côtes de Genève
    Complication : Tourbillon
    Minute repeater with classic gongs
    Small Seconds
    Case material : Pink gold
    Case peculiarity : Sapphire caseback
    White gold decorative inserts
    Humidity- and dust-protected only (not water-resistant)
    Shape : Round
    Water-resistance : No
    Display : Pierced black lacquered leaf-shaped hands in white gold
    Indexes : Dots
    Golden powdered dots
    Glass : Antireflective coating
    Sapphire
    UV-protected
    Strap material : Alligator leather
    Strap color : Black
    Strap clasp : Folding buckle
    More characteristics :
    Movement
    Caliber R TO 27 PS
    Manual winding
    • Diameter: 31.6 mm
    • Height: 8.35 mm
    • Number of parts: 356
    • Frequency: 21,600 semi-oscillations/hour (3 Hz)
    • Power reserve: min. 40 hours - max. 48 hours
    First Patek Philippe Grand Complication with a minute repeater offering on the dial side a clear view of the hammers and gongs
    Tourbillon at 6 o’clock, visible through the small seconds counter
    White gold minute repeater slide engraved with a leaf-shaped pattern
    Rose gilt plate decorated with circular Geneva striping enhancing the steel parts of the movement
    Sapphire crystal case back revealing the white gold beveled rim surrounding the R TO 27 PS movement

    Case
    Rose gold

    Strap / Buckles
    Alligator leather with square scales, hand-stitched, shiny black
    Fold-over clasp

    DISPLAYS
    Hour hand
    Minute hand

    Subsidiary dial:
    Small seconds

    Slide for actuating the minute reapeater