Reference 5204

5204P-001
Technical specifications

Functions

  • Hours
  • Minutes
  • Seconds
  • Perpetual Calendar
  • Chronograph

Movement

  • Manual Winding
  • Manufactured
  • Swiss Made

Case

  • Round
  • Platinum
  • Polished
  • 14.19mm
  • 40.00mm

Glass

  • Sapphire

Water resistance

  • 3.00atm / 30.00m / 100.00ft

Buckle

  • Deployment Buckle
  • Platinum

Strap

  • Louisiana Alligator

Year

  • 2012

Official description

The circle of classic Patek Philippe chronographs closes

Traditionally, Patek Philippe's classic chronographs can be assigned toone of three categories: simple chronographs, simple chronographs with perpetual calendars, and split-seconds chronographs with perpetual calendars. This tradition has been upheld with the CH 29-535 PS proprietary caliber that was launched in 2009 in a basic configuration that would later allow the addition of a calendar module and a split-seconds mechanism. The Ref. 5170 presented in 2010 and the Ref. 5270 introduced in 2011 are now joined by the new Patek Philippe split-seconds chronograph Ref. 5204 with an all-new caliber developed
in-house: the CHR 29-535 PS Q.

Two years ago, connoisseurs and collectors already began to speculate that Patek Philippe's coveted Ref.5004 split-seconds chronograph in a classic manually wound design with a column wheel and a horizontal
clutch, as well as a perpetual calendar, would some day be superseded by a new split-seconds chronograph based on the manufacture’s proprietary CH 29-535 PS caliber. But even experts were surprised how quickly
the suite of in-house chronograph versions was completed. The intentionbehind the annual flow was to present a complete line of chronograph models based on the new proprietary movement as soon as possible, an initiative that yet again demonstrates the completed

THE NEW PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 5204 PERPETUAL CALENDAR SPLIT SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH