This year (2024), Patek Philippe unveiled the latest Patek Philippe Stamp timekeeping and water-resistance standards at the launch of new watches at the Watches & Wonders Geneva Watch Exhibition. This year's new watches, as well as the Patek Philippe on sale, have all used the latest standards.
Among them, Patek Philippe's standard has been increased to -1/+2 seconds per day, exceeding Rolex's -2/+2 seconds. Patek Philippe has become the watch with the highest accuracy in the world of luxury watches, and its status as the king of watches is well deserved.
Patek Philippe, 2024 new 5330 UTC
Rolex's nine-year "monopoly" was broken by Patek Philippe this year.
Since 2015, Rolex has raised its Superchronometer standard to -2/+2 seconds per day (red tag, replaced by green tag), and for 9 years from 2015 to 2024, Rolex has been the No. 1 watch in the world of luxury watches.
During this period, there was a slight gap between the accuracy and accuracy of other watch standards. For example, the Master Chronometer standard used by Omega has an error of 0/+5 seconds per day; The old standard before the Patek Philippe Seal was -3/+2 seconds per day (note that this is the old standard). It can be seen that the Rolex Superchronometer has a daily error range of 4 seconds, and Omega and Patek Philippe are both 5 seconds. And this year, the Patek Philippe Seal, the latest standard of -1/+2, has further narrowed the margin of error to 3 seconds, finally surpassing Rolex.
Patek Philippe, 2024 new 5236 first-line sky perpetual calendar, salmon plate.
Patek Philippe surpasses Rolex, I would like to call it a "miracle".
The Patek Philippe Seal, the new standard for timekeeping, is described in detail as follows: All Patek Philippe watches that use the Spiromax micro-adjustable balance wheel, the Silinvar balance spring, and those that use a conventional metal balance spring wound around the ends, have an error of -1/+2 second per day.
Now Patek Philippe's men's watches have fully popularized the Spiromax non-card weight fine-tuning balance, Silinvar silicon balance spring, and all the Patek Philippe models you buy are all in this configuration, so they are all -1/+2 seconds per day.
Patek Philippe, 2024 new 5160 retrograde perpetual calendar
Patek Philippe surpasses Rolex, why is it so godly, because Rolex itself is the main precision and durability, whether it is 31 calibre or 32 calibre, there is no complication, the thickness of the movement is 6 mm, the movement is simple and thick, which is very beneficial to the time. As for Patek Philippe, the thickness of the 330 movement is only 3.3 mm, and the thickness of the 240 movement is only 2.53 mm, which is much thinner than Rolex, so thin, and don't forget, Patek Philippe is very complicated, minute repeaters, perpetual calendars, tourbillons, and split-seconds hands, but they are all -1/+2 standards, which is very, very godly. I'll just say, in addition to Patek Philippe, which other big complication watches, Vacheron Constantin, Lange & Söhne, Audemars Piguet, etc., dare to stand up and say that all big complications can reach the public -1/+2 seconds, no.
Only Patek Philippe, in the case of thinness and great complexity, can openly surpass Rolex, you say God is not God. It's so godly.
Patek Philippe, 2024 new model 5396 diamond engraving
PS. It should be noted here that the Spirate system, like Omega's "silicon balance spring trimmer mechanism", can achieve an error of 0/+2 seconds per day, but the Spirate system is not yet popular, and only one watch has been announced, so it will not be covered here.
Patek Philippe's latest waterproof standard, the number of meters of waterproof, is really how many meters.
Patek Philippe, this time it was very, very good, changed all the waterproofing to "real waterproof depth", "how much is marked", there is no false.
For example, if it is waterproof to 30 meters, it can be watered for 30 meters. If you are 30 meters, you can really swim above 30 meters, you read that right, even if it is a full-size watch, 30 meters, it can go into the water for 30 meters.
Patek Philippe, 2024 new model 5738
In the past, the waterproof depth of various famous watch brands was relatively empty. 30 meters/50 meters, basically equal to no waterproof; 100 meters/120 meters is considered to have basic waterproof ability; 200 meters/300 meters to enter the water. But now, Patek Philippe has changed it for them, and it has to be real, 30 meters can really go into the water for 30 meters, and it is not empty. So as you can see, Patek Philippe changed the waterproofing of the previous Nautilus 5811, 5980, etc., from 120 meters to 30 meters, and this 30 meters is true.
At the same time, please note that for a large and complicated watch like the 6300, Patek Philippe is now directly marked "non-waterproof", how intuitive it is. Now, you can take a look at the Patek Philippe website, which has all changed.
Patek Philippe, 2024 new model 5980
In the mainstream watches (not counting independent watchmakers), aside from personal aesthetics, Patek Philippe has almost achieved the ultimate in "production watches". Complications, polished decorations, and timing accuracy, without any shortcomings. Patek Philippe is indeed expensive now, more expensive than ever, but it is really expensive, every penny of the expensive is not wasted, and the king of the watch is still the king of the watch. (Photo/text: Watch House, Yan Danping)
PS. Finally, some players may say that my watch, or even my Tissot watch, can also make an error of 1 second a day. Your Tissot, with an error of 1 second a day, is fine, but it is an exception. 1 Tissot can error 1 second per day, 10 and 100 can error 1 second, but there is no guarantee that 10,000, 100,000, and 1,000,000 will have an error of 1 second per day.
This is the role of the Patek Philippe Seal, the Rolex Superchronometer and the Omega Master Chronometer, which keeps each one, 100,000, 1,000,000, within a fixed range every day. Therefore, this is the performance of brands such as Patek Philippe, Rolex, Omega, etc., who dare to set standards, open standards, and have strength.