During the 174 years since it was founded, Patek Philippe has demonstrated
its expertise in the entire spectrum of horological complications. Impressive
manifestations of this competence include the Calibre 89 presented in 1989. With
33 complications, it holds the world record as the most complicated portable
mechanical watch. The Ref. 5002 Sky Moon Tourbillon is the manufacture's most
complicated wristwatch with 12 complications on two dials. Now, with the Ref.
6002, the Sky Moon Tourbillon has a successor that redefines the term grand
complication – with a case and dial that require the utmost in craftsmanship and
artistry.
As regards the movement, the new Ref. 6002 is largely identical
with its predecessor. It possesses a minute repeater with two cathedral gongs
and a tourbillon; on the front dial, it indicates standard time and features a
perpetual calendar with a retrograde date and a moon-phase display. The rear
dial sets the stage for astronomical functions: it shows the northern sky,
sidereal time, and the angular progression and phases of the moon. Unlike the
Ref. 5002, it indicates the moon phases instead of the moon age and features
apertures instead of hands for the day of the week, month, and leap year
displays.
The totally new aspect of the Sky Moon Tourbillon Ref. 6002 is
its appearance, with lavish decorations that elevate it to the status of a grand
creation.
Because the first portable timepieces of the epoch were still very inaccurate
and had to be reset several times a day, they were primarily objects of
prestige. That made it all the more important to endow them with precious
materials and painstaking decorations as testimony to the influence and
affluence of their owners. The invention of the balance spring toward the end of
the 17th century marked the beginning of the era of precision timepieces that
were also suitable for scientific measurements.
The Patek Philippe Sky
Moon Tourbillon Ref. 6002 unites these two dimensions with incomparable poise:
the precision of a tourbillon timekeeping instrument with the rate accuracy of a
chronometer and the immaculate decorations that reflect the finest artisanal
traditions of Geneva.
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