- Year
- 2026
- Condition
- Unworn
- Set
- Box and papers
- Case
- Case and slide piece hand-guilloched with a hobnail pattern. Skeletonized lugs
- Movement
- Self-winding
- Size
- 40.2 mm
Set and condition
Complete set
This Grand Complications Minute Repeater, World Time, Rare Handcrafts is accompanied by its original presentation box, warranty card and supporting documentation. The watch and included items are inspected by an expert watchmaker before sale. Additional photographs and video of this piece are available on request.
Original presentation box
Original presentation box and packaging.
Original papers
Warranty card and supporting documentation.
Inspected prior to sale
Reviewed for condition, completeness and functionality. Additional details and photographs are available on request.
Condition photography
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Overview
A minute repeater that strikes local time
The Patek Philippe Grand Complications Minute Repeater, World Time, Rare Handcrafts, reference 5531G-001, in white gold with a hobnail-guilloched caseband and a Grand Feu cloisonné enamel dial centre showing a steamboat, on a shiny blue-green alligator strap. Self-winding calibre R 27 HU striking local time on two classic gongs; 40.2 mm, 11.49 mm high.
The reference 5531G-001 joins a minute repeater to Patek Philippe's World Time display, and the brand's claim for it is specific: the first minute repeater that always strikes local time — the time of the zone shown at 12 o'clock — through a patented striking mechanism. It is listed under Rare Handcrafts for its dial centre, a Grand Feu cloisonné enamel of one of the Belle Époque steamboats that Patek Philippe says still sail on Lake Geneva. The white gold case, 40.2 mm across and 11.49 mm high, has its caseband and slide piece hand-guilloched with a hobnail pattern and skeletonised lugs; it is humidity- and dust-protected only, with interchangeable solid and sapphire crystal backs.
The calibre R 27 HU is wound by a 22K gold off-centre guilloched minirotor and measures 32 mm across and 8.5 mm high, with 452 parts and 45 jewels; it runs at 21,600 semi-oscillations an hour (3 Hz) on a Gyromax® balance with a Spiromax® balance spring, with 43 to 48 hours of power reserve, under the Patek Philippe Seal. The World Time gives a 24-hour and day/night indication for all 24 time zones on an 18K gold 24-hour ring around the enamel centre, with 4 gold spangles at 3, 6, 9 and 12 o'clock; the strike, on two classic gongs, follows the zone at 12 o'clock. The hands are white gold, the hour hand skeletonised in the “Southern Cross” constellation motif and the minute hand lozenge-shaped.
For collectors
Patek Philippe makes two things particular here: a repeater whose strike follows the displayed local zone, described as patented, and a cloisonné dial that is a scene rather than a pattern — a steamboat on the lake — which is what puts a World Time reference under Rare Handcrafts.
Key details
Design and engineering
- Local time strikeThe minute repeater strikes the local time of the zone displayed at 12 o'clock, through a mechanism Patek Philippe describes as patented; two classic gongs.
- World Time24-hour and day/night indication for all 24 time zones, read on an 18K gold 24-hour ring, with 4 gold spangles at 3, 6, 9 and 12 o'clock.
- Cloisonné enamel dialGrand Feu cloisonné enamel dial centre showing a steamboat cruising on Lake Geneva, on an 18K gold plate; white gold hands, the hour hand skeletonised in the “Southern Cross” constellation motif, the minute hand lozenge-shaped.
- Case and backsWhite gold, 40.2 mm across and 11.49 mm high; caseband and slide piece hand-guilloched with a hobnail pattern, skeletonised lugs; humidity- and dust-protected only, with interchangeable solid and sapphire crystal case backs.
- Strap and claspShiny blue-green alligator leather with square scales, hand-stitched, on a white gold fold-over clasp.
Calibre R 27 HU
- Self-winding, 22K gold off-centre guilloched minirotor
- Minute repeater with chime on two classic gongs; local time strike
- World Time: 24-hour and day/night indication for all 24 time zones
- 32 mm across, 8.5 mm high; 452 parts, 45 jewels
- 21,600 semi-oscillations per hour (3 Hz), Gyromax® balance, Spiromax® balance spring
- Power reserve 43 to 48 hours
- Patek Philippe Seal
The reference
Technical specifications
| Reference | 5531G-001 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Grand Complications |
| Calibre | Caliber R 27 HU |
| Movement | Self-winding |
| Functions | Minute repeater with chime on two classic gongs, Local time strike, World Time, 24-hour and day/night indication for all 24 time zones |
| Case dimensions | 40.2 mm |
| Case thickness | 11.49 mm |
| Case material | White gold |
| Case | Case and slide piece hand-guilloched with a hobnail pattern. Skeletonized lugs |
| Case back | Sapphire crystal case back |
| Water resistance | Not water-resistant |
| Dial | Grand Feu cloisonné enamel center with steamboat cruising on Lake Geneva |
| Strap | Alligator leather with square scales, hand-stitched, shiny blue-green |
| Clasp | White gold fold-over clasp |
| Jewels | 45 |
| Power reserve | min. 43 hours – max. 48 hours |
| Frequency | 21,600 semi-oscillations/hour (3 Hz) |
Buying with HYPA
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- Original warranty card included, dated 2026
- Free insured delivery within Australia · international quoted
- Payment by bank transfer
- Registered Australian dealerHYPA International Pty Ltd · Registered Victorian second-hand dealer, Registration No. SHD-0018017.
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