For 2021, Patek Philippe tops its own news with an incredible new perpetual calendar.
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The Patek Philippe Ref. 5236P-001 perpetual calendar just made history as the most recent attempt to reinvent this particular complication. There is a lot to say about this development, and the new movement that goes with it, but we make a note here that this will not be an extensive dive into the piece. That will come after we have seen the watch in person, which in Singapore, will be this month. Think of this as an extensive teaser, inspired by the extensive and impressive Patek Philippe Ref. 5236P technical presentation. It is not publicly available, but some of you will no doubt have seen it. Anyway, on with the show. The Patek Philippe Ref. 5236P-001 is an impressive, newsworthy and perhaps totally unexpected watch. As a result, the world?s most famous family-owned watchmaking firm Patek Philippe gets the honour of having two same-day posts from us on their Watches & Wonders 2021 releases. 
While we would like to claim that this is because the watches are simply that good, it is actually because there were two staggered releases from the Genevan brand. For enterprising PR executives looking for a logistics carnage, that is a neat trick to take note of. Of course, it goes without saying that to work this exploit, a given brand first has to have oodles of credibility and is able to ge...