Patek Philippe offers a modern version, in a white-gold case with a blue-gray dial, of the Annual Calendar Reference 4946 in a rose-gold case that joined the collection in 2025. With the arrival of this new model, the Manufacture is expanding its selection of complicated timepieces and calendar watches for every wrist.
The refined sophistication of this watch is expressed through the unique luster of the fully polished white-gold case, 38 mm in diameter, teamed with a blue-gray dial adorned with a double vertical and horizontal satin-brushed finish reminiscent of silk shantung fabric. The passage of time is marked by white-gold leaf-shaped hands with a white luminescent coating, sweeping over a feature appearing here for the first time at Patek Philippe: mono-bloc applied Arabic numerals in white luminescent material, ensuring optimal legibility and contrast in all lighting conditions. This concern for both clarity and style is also reflected in the calendar indications with an aperture for the date, set in a silvery frame at 6 o’clock, the day and month counters with their snailed finish and in the moon phase aperture. Secured by a prong buckle in white gold, a blue-gray calfskin leather strap with a denim motif and contrasting white stitching accentuates this model’s resolutely contemporary look.
Invented and patented by Patek Philippe in 1996, the ingenious Annual Calendar mechanism displays the day, date and month while requiring only one manual correction per year, at the end of February. The Annual Calendar indications are easy to read, with sub-dials for the day (between 9 and 10 o’clock) and the month (between 2 and 3 o’clock), as well as an aperture for the date. These are complemented by an extremely accurate moon-phase display deviating from the true lunar cycle by only one day in 122 years. All calendar indications can be easily adjusted using the correction push-pieces recessed into the caseband. A sapphire crystal case-back provides a chance to admire the architecture and meticulous finishes of self-winding Caliber 26-330 S QA LU with its 319 parts.
The new Reference 4946G-001 joins the current collection alongside Reference 4946R-001 in rose gold with a plain, polished-gold” bezel, framing a “shantung” dial in chestnut brown, on a tone-on-tone “denim” strap.
