2022 Patek Philippe Prices, Reviews, and (My) Watch Buyer's Guide - Picking My Favorite Watches

Today, Tim Mosso offers a buyer's guide stocked with his favorite Patek Philippe watches. The Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711 was discontinued in 2021, which means that we can talk in earnest about all the best Patek Philippe watches still in the catalog. The exhausting hype surrounding Patek's sports watch has been consigned to history, and today's show is about the coolest Patek Philippe Calatravas, Complications, Grand Complications, Pilots, and Golden Ellipses. Perpetual calendar chronographs are a long-running tradition at Patek Philippe. Since the launch of the 1518 in 1941, there was been at least one perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch in production - an unbroken line that continues with today's 2022 5270P-014. Now equipped with a gradient fade green dial, the platinum Patek Philippe 5270 perpetual calendar chronograph puts a contemporary face on a hallowed franchise. At $211,720 Travel time watches are common in the watch industry, but few boast as much value as the 2022 Patek Philippe 5326G. At 41mm in white gold, this a versatile sports-inspired model with tons of lume, a second timezone, an annual calendar, and a new micro rotor automatic movement. A gradient grey dial and case with clous-de-Paris hobnails sets the 5326G apart from the rest of the Patek "Complications" collection. A retail price of $76,880 is downright reasonable compared to what buyers have been paying for the stainless steel Patek Nautilus. New for 2022, the Patek Philippe 5470P buil