PATEK PHILIPPE WHITE GOLD PILOT TRAVEL TIME

Launched in 2015, the ref. 5524G was the subject of hot debates in the collecting community because it was a departure from the company’s traditional design aesthetic.  Bold and distinctive, the ref. 5524 was inspired by Patek’s historical (yet small scale) contribution to aviation history, and brings a look to the modern Patek Philippe line that many collectors were waiting for. The watch has a dual time zone mechanism indicating local and home time, and local and home day/night indication in the apertures. According to Patek Philippe: “ Thanks to large applied Arabic numerals in white gold and broad baton-style steel hands with Superluminova coatings, the local time is easily and clearly legible, both during the day and at night. In the typical Travel Time style, the home-time hour hand is skeletonized and remains discreetly in the background. It is hidden beneath the prominent local-time hour hand as long as local and home time are identical. The white-gold clevis prong buckle follows the theme. It was inspired by the harnesses worn by pilots to keep their survival kits and parachutes readily deployable without hampering their freedom of movement.”