====== Patek Philippe Triple Complication 5208 ======

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The **Triple Complication Ref. 5208** is a wristwatch from [[Patek Philippe]].

Presented in [[2011]], this high-end automatic luxury watch features a single-pusher [[chronograph]], an [[instantaneous]] [[perpetual calendar]] and a [[minute repeater]].

[[2008]] the [[Patek Philippe Triple Complication 5207|Reference 5207]] had been presented as [[Triple Complication]] with minute repeater, instantaneous perpetual window calendar and [[tourbillon]]. This model here from [[2011]] is the first Patek Philippe Triple Complication with [[chronograph]]. Moreover, the reference 5208 is one of the few highly complicated watches with [[automatic]] winding. And last but not least, the revolutionary Pulsomax® [[escapement]] and Spiromax® [[hairspring]] are the first components made of the [[silicon]] derivative Silinvar® to tick in a genuine [[Grande Complication]] timepiece.

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**Reference:**
  * 5208P platinum
  * 5208R rose gold

**Movement:**
  * [[Self-winding]] [[manufacture movement]] [[PP R 27|R CH 27 PS QI]], 21,600 A/h
  * [[Minute repeater]], [[Monopusher]] [[chronograph]] with column-wheel, [[instantaneous]] [[perpetual calendar]]
  * [[Geneva Seal]]
  * [[Gyromax]] [[balance]], [[Spiromax]]® [[balance spring]]
  * Escapement Pulsomax® ([[Lever]] and [[escapement wheel]] in [[Silinvar]]®)
  * 58 [[jewels]]
  * 701 components
  * Power reserve 48 h

**Case:**
  * [[Platinum]] / 18ct [[rose gold]]
  * Ø 42 mm, H 15.7 mm
  * [[Sapphire crystal]]
  * Exchangeable transparent caseback with sapphire crystal
  * [[Waterproof]] to ? atm

**Dial:**
  * 18 ct gold, anthracite with [[solar grinding]]
  * 11 applied Obus-indexes in 18 ct [[white gold]]
  * [[Dauphine hands]] in 18 ct white gold for hours and minutes
  * [[Bâton]] chronograph hand with counterweight, 18 ct white gold, white lacquered
  * Bâton hands for small seconds, 12-hours and 60-minutes counter, 18 ct white gold, white lacquered
  * Railway scale at dial rim

**Functions:**
  * Hours, minutes, [[small seconds]]
  * Day of week, date, month and leap year cycle in windows, [[day-/night indication]]
  * [[Chronograph]] with 60-minutes and 12-hours counter
  * [[Perpetual calendar]] with [[moon phase]]
  * [[Minute repeater]] with hour strike on low tone gong, quarter hour strike high-low and minute strike on high tone gong

**Wristband:**
  * Alligator leather strap with square pattern, hand-sewn, matt black
  * Platinum/gold [[deployment clasp]]
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