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Patek Philippe Calatrava (Diamond Bezel), reference 4997/200G-001

Patek Philippe

Calatrava (Diamond Bezel)

Ref. 4997/200G-001

$25,600 · AED 94,000

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Case35mm 18k white gold
DialMidnight blue, wave guilloche under lacquer
Bezel76 brilliant-cut diamonds
MovementCalibre 240
StrapNavy calfskin
Water30m
Year2021

The Calatrava dates to 1932 and is the reference against which Patek's round dress watches are measured. Its smaller branch began properly with the 4897 in 2009, hand wound and diamond set; the 4997 replaced it in 2021, taking the case to 35mm and the movement to automatic.

This Patek Philippe Calatrava wears a 35mm 18k white gold case with a midnight blue dial, guilloche waves read through the lacquer, under a diamond-set bezel. Calibre 240 inside, on a navy calfskin strap.

Fun fact: the dial is guilloche first, cut on a rose engine into concentric waves, and only then covered in dozens of layers of translucent lacquer, so the pattern is read through the colour rather than sitting on top of it.

The collection

Calatrava

Patek's round dress watch, launched in 1932 with the reference 96

The Calatrava opened in 1932 with the reference 96, a plain round watch that Patek describes as drawn on the Bauhaus principle that function determines the form of an object, and the house dates the line from it. The name comes from the Calatrava cross, the emblem registered as the company trademark in 1887. The look is deliberately quiet: a round case with a slim bezel, applied markers or Breguet numerals, and nothing on the dial competing for attention. The reference 6119 carries the hobnail Clous de Paris pattern guilloched on its bezel, and the reference 5227 hides its sapphire back under a dust cover on an invisible hinge.

Sizes in the family

34.6 to 40 mm across the current references

Who it suits

For the buyer who wants a formal watch with nothing to explain, and is content for it to go unnoticed across a table.

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