{"product_id":"patek-philippe-annual-calendar-ref-5035-hour-glass-tegola-ref-1593","title":"Patek Philippe — Annual Calendar Ref. 5035 \u0026 Hour Glass “Tegola” Ref. 1593","description":"\u003cp\u003ePatek Philippe has represented the summit of Geneva watchmaking since 1839, and few configurations illustrate the maison’s two defining instincts — technical innovation and classical form — as directly as the two watches offered here. The Annual Calendar Ref. 5035 and the Hour Glass “Tegola” Ref. 1593 belong to different eras and different design languages, yet both sit at the centre of what collectors value in Patek Philippe: mechanical intelligence expressed with restraint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ref. 5035 carries particular historical weight. Introduced in 1996, it was the first annual calendar produced in series, a complication that changed how the industry approached calendar mechanisms by requiring correction only once a year. This example, from around 2000, is cased in 18k yellow gold at 36 mm, with applied Roman numerals and dauphine hands, and is completed by its original gold buckle — a detail that matters in a market where originality of fittings increasingly separates a good watch from a genuinely collectible one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ref. 1593 — known to collectors as the Tegola — was introduced in 1944 and is among the most sculptural rectangular creations of the maison. This 1950 example is in 18k rose gold, measuring 25 × 42 mm, and retains its rare pyramid-form mineral crystal, an element that defines the reference visually and that is frequently lost or replaced over decades. The two-tone silvered dial places it firmly in the taste of the late 1940s and 1950s, while the manual-wind movement and original gold buckle support its authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether they form a pair that is difficult to assemble: on one side the first series annual calendar, on the other one of the reference “form” designs of the post-war years, each in precious metal and each complete with its original gold buckle. For the collector building a Patek Philippe selection around significance rather than volume, this is a combination in which each watch independently earns its place.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collecto Archive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58061484294484,"sku":"3108","price":38500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/9083\/7588\/files\/3108-0.png?v=1793441930","url":"https:\/\/collectoarchive.com\/products\/patek-philippe-annual-calendar-ref-5035-hour-glass-tegola-ref-1593","provider":"Collecto Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}