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What makes a watch Grand Complication ....
... from the Patek official site,
model 5959 and 5950 split seconds chronograph has always been considered a grand complication,
and yet the new model 5370 is under the category of complication.
Am I missing something here ?? Please enlighten ..... thank YOU
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What makes a watch Grand Complication ....
... from the Patek official site, model 5959 and 5950 split seconds chronograph has always been considered a grand complication, and yet the new model 5370 is under the category of complication. Am I missing something here ?? Please enlighten ..... thank ...
grand complication patek watch
I believe a grand complication has 2 or more complications. While a complication watch has also 2 or more complications but is thicker. A grand complication watch is always thicker than complications watch because it has more functions. hope my explanatio...
A Grande Complication watch is a watch which gathers...
A Minute Repeater, a Chronograph and another complication, such as the Perpetual calendar; That is the classic definition. Now, this word has been abused. Best, Nicolas
It should be a mistake ...
on their website, because in their " 2015 Collection Patek Philippe " (print) it is featured as a Grand Complication .
I believe this is Patek's own designation which has
evolved over time. In the early '80's when the 3450 and 2499 were available, they were referred to as "complicated", now grand complicated.. When the 5035 was developed and the 5070 introduced, the nomenclature had to change to establish differences betwe...
Funny that you mentioned it...
My friend and I noticed that last weekend and he was joking that he will NOT order the 5370 UNTIL it's classified as Grand Complication! :-) I do think this is a mistake and probably will be corrected in due time.
2 complications
grand complications have more than two I believe as well. World timers not grand!