Two are on display at the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva. Patek Philippe developed a few examples of this hour-angle style of watch. When used together with a sextant and a radio signal, of course.Ī vintage Hour Angle watch housed in the Patek Philippe Museum. The result was a watch that would enable simpler, faster, and more precise positioning. Charles Lindbergh himself made some suggestions on how it could be improved. Marines, came up with the idea for an hour angle watch. To this end, Philip van Horn Weems, an officer of the U.S. At the time aviators relied on precision timekeeping instruments to aide them in navigation. In the 1930s, many brands were manufacturing military and pilot-type watches. Go back far enough though and it’s a different story.
Yet, Patek, as a brand, has no real connection with aviation to speak of. The Breitling Navitimer is a great example. Plenty of Swiss watch brands have close associations with aviation. To say the ref 5524G was an unexpected move by Patek Philippe would be a gross understatement. So, what changed? A (Very) Brief History Of The Patek Pilot Watch So much so that it’s one of the few Calatrava models to trade at close to retail on the secondary market. Yet, a mere five years later, the ref 5524G has proven itself to be quite popular. And in some unfortunate cases, outright derision. So much so that its debut back in 2015 was met with a mix of bemusement and disbelief. This model was unexpected to say the least. But that’s more or less an evolution of the ref 5524G, so it doesn’t count. Other than the new ref 5520P-001 of course. There’s nothing else like it in the Patek collection.
The Patek Philippe Calatrava Pilot Travel Time ref 5524G is a distinctive looking watch.
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