The Swiss luxury watchmaker is unveiling new models that express all the vitality and depth of its know-how at Watches and Wonders 2026.
watchmaking. Heir to an extraordinary wealth of history and expertise, the Genevan Manufacture perpetuates a tradition of excellence where creativity nourishes technical innovation and each creation combines aesthetic perfection with horological mastery.
True to its tradition of innovation, this year, Patek Philippe is unveiling new models that express all the vitality and depth of its know-how. Technical mastery reasserts itself particularly in the first Patek Philippe grand complication wristwatch to display the times of sunrise and sunset; and the first grand complication in the Cubitus collection as well as a grand complication endowed with a 24-hour alarm function.
The Genevan tradition of Rare Handcrafts and horological complications is also under the spotlight with the presentation of the first automaton wristwatch in the Manufacture’s modern history. This piece was inspired by a unique pocket watch exhibited in the Patek Philippe Museum, indicating the hours and minutes on demand and conceived by Louis Cottier in 1958.
Similarly to previous years, this vintage also reveals a series of new refined interpretations, where aesthetic sense, elegance and the constant quest for excellence come together in every detail. Finally, 2026 offers Patek Philippe the occasion to celebrate the 50th anniversary of an icon of sporty elegance, the Nautilus, with four new versions in limited editions.
Innovative Grand Complications
The complicated watches, an area in which Patek Philippe excels, naturally claim centre stage and the 2026 vintage again reveals the manufacture’s mastery and creativity, with several unprecedented technical innovations.
A worthy heir to the grand Patek Philippe tradition of timepieces presenting astronomical displays, Reference 6105-001G proposes an innovative reinterpretation of the genre. This model, housed in a white-gold case 47mm in diameter, with a bold modern design and a dial representing a chart of the sky as it may be observed from Geneva, is the Manufacture’s first wristwatch to display the times of sunrise and sunset. Its calibre 240 C LU CL LCSO movement incorporates an ingenious patented system allowing simultaneous correction of the time and the indications of sunrise and sunset during the changeover to Summer Time and Winter Time. The product of more than five years’ development, this self-winding movement led to six patent applications.
Patek Philippe also continues to enrich its Cubitus collection with this line’s first grand complication. Combining a classic horological complication with the daring of a modern aesthetic, the new Cubitus Perpetual Calendar Reference 5840P-001 presents a large-size platinum case 45mm in diameter. The blue open-work dial, its design inspired by the horizontal motif characteristic of the Cubitus models, with its delicate pierced strips, reveals, with a subtle depth effect, the plate and bridges of the skeletonised square-shaped movement, the aptly named calibre 28-28 Q SQU.
Patek Philippe also brings the Alarm function back to centre stage. The new Reference 5322G, with 24- hour alarm and date indication, allows the user to remember an appointment or another specific moment with the greatest of ease. This timepiece, endowed with a supremely modern style, combines a 41mm case, in white gold enriched with a Clous de Paris or hobnail guilloched caseband with a textured lacquer dial, combining modernity with legibility. The alarm function of this self-winding calibre sounds the time with elegance, by means of a hammer striking on a classic gong.
Revisited Complications Emblematic of Patek Philippe
The manufacture proposes a rich selection of its emblematic complications in modern interpretations. Reference 7047G-001 unites the minute repeater, uncontested emblem of Patek Philippe’s expertise in the realm of grand complications, with a modern design, that of a Calatrava case in white gold, 38mm in diameter, with a navy-blue dial.
Its dial centre features the embossed carbon motif, a model drawing inspiration from the inaugural Reference 6007, a commemorative series in steel issued in 2019 to celebrate the opening of the Manufacture’s new production facility (PP6). This Urban-style minute repeater houses the self-winding calibre R 27 PS, notable for its sleek profile (height just 5.05mm).
In a stunning alliance of Haute Horlogerie and Haute Joaillerie, Reference 5374/400P-001 with perpetual calendar and minute repeater endows its platinum case with a dial in Balinese mother-of-pearl. This grand complication powered by the self-winding calibre R 27 Q showcases the Paraiba tourmaline, one of the most rare of precious s
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