YEAR: 2004
CASE MATERIAL: 18k yellow gold with sapphire crystal caseback
DIAMETER: 37 mm.
STRAP MATERIAL: Brown CROCODILE leather strap
DIAL: Ceramic-white dial with applied luminous Roman numerals, three subsidiary dials for day, month and 24 hour indication, aperture for date, sweep centre seconds
MOVEMENT: Cal. 315/198, automatic movement stamped with the Geneva seal
FUNCTIONS: Time, day, date, month, 24 hour indication
BUCKLE: 18k gold pin buckle
WITH: Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin dated 30 January 2004, and presentation box

Ψ This endangered species strap is shown for display purposes only and is not for sale. Upon sale, this watch will be supplied to the buyer with a black leather strap.

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Unlike a perpetual calendar which requires no manual adjusting to keep correct time and date, the annual calendar complication needs one correction a year when February turns into March.

This complication was introduced by Patek Philippe with the reference 5035 in 1996 and was offered initially in yellow gold but the range expanded to include pink, white gold and platinum. Later models were also presented with a moon-phase indication at 6 o’ clock instead of the 24-hour indicator and power reserve.

This reference stayed in production from 1996 to 2005 and remained one of the flagship complicated models for the brand till it was replaced by the Ref. 5146.