Patek Philippe Complications 38.5 mm 5230P001 Platinum Blue Patek Philippe Complications 38.5 mm 5230P001 Platinum…

The Patek Philippe 5230P-001 is the platinum World Time: a 38.5 mm platinum case with a single diamond between the lugs at 6 o'clock, a blue dial with a circular hand-guilloched center, and the self-winding caliber 240 HU, which shows the time in all 24 time zones at once and changes zone with one pusher at 10 o'clock. Patek Philippe introduced it at Watches and Wonders Geneva in March 2022 on a matching navy blue calfskin strap, and no longer lists it. This Bizak & Co. listing is from $68,197.

What sets the 5230P-001 apart

• The first platinum 5230. Patek Philippe launched the Ref. 5230 in 2016 in white gold (5230G-001) and rose gold (5230R-001), both with a hand-guilloched basket-weave center. In 2022 it combined a platinum case with a blue dial and a matching strap for the first time, on the 5230P-001, and set one diamond in the case between the lugs at 6 o'clock, as on its platinum 5930P-001 World Time chronograph.
• A dial pattern from the first patented World Time. The circular hand-guilloched motif at the center was new in 2022; Patek Philippe says it was inspired by the Ref. 5110 of 2000, the first watch fitted with its patented World Time mechanism. Around it sit the city disk with 24 place names and the 24-hour ring, which turns counterclockwise and shows day and night in color, with sun and moon symbols.
• Every time zone from one pusher. Press the pusher at 10 o'clock until the city of your local time sits under the red arrow at 12 o'clock: each press moves the hour hand forward one hour and turns the city disk and the 24-hour ring one step counterclockwise. Patek Philippe patented the mechanism in 1999. During each change the mechanism is uncoupled from the movement, so the minute hand keeps its accuracy and the balance its amplitude.
• The 2016 World Time design. A narrow, polished bezel, winglet-style lugs, a pierced hour hand whose silhouette evokes the Southern Cross constellation, a lozenge-shaped minute hand and applied baton hour markers.
• Caliber 240 HU. Patek Philippe's ultra-thin self-winding movement is 3.88 mm high despite the World Time mechanism, thanks to a 22K gold mini-rotor set into the level of the bridges, a design Patek Philippe patented in 1977. It has a Spiromax balance spring, at least 48 hours of power reserve and the Patek Philippe Seal, and Patek Philippe gives its rate tolerance as -3 to +2 seconds a day. It is visible through the sapphire caseback.

On October 24, 2026, Patek Philippe's website no longer listed the 5230P-001, nor the gold 5230G-001 and 5230R-001, and its Complications collection had no Ref. 5230 at all. Phillips and Christie's both describe the 5230P-001 as discontinued in 2024. Watches now come from dealers and the secondary market.

5230P-001 or another Patek Philippe World Time?

The 5230G-001 and 5230R-001 share the 5230P-001's 38.5 mm case design, caliber 240 HU and functions. They are gold rather than platinum, with the basket-weave guilloché center instead of the circular pattern, no diamond, and alligator straps: black on the white gold, chocolate brown on the rose gold. Among the World Time models Patek Philippe lists today, the 5231G-001 keeps the 38.5 mm size in white gold with a grand feu cloisonné enamel map of Oceania and Southeast Asia; the 40 mm 5330G-001 adds a date that follows local time (caliber 240 HU C); and the 39.5 mm platinum 5930P-001 adds a flyback chronograph, with a green hand-guilloched dial and a diamond at 6 o'clock.

Prices are Bizak & Co. listings on October 24, 2026; status from Patek Philippe's website the same day.

Checks before you pay the balance

• Reference and papers. Ask for photos of the Certificate of Origin and of the watch's case and movement numbers, and check that the certificate names Ref. 5230P-001 and the same numbers.
• Platinum details. Ask for close-ups of the diamond between the lugs at 6 o'clock and of the dial's circular guilloché center.
• The World Time. Ask for a short video of the pusher at 10 o'clock moving the hour hand, the city disk and the 24-hour ring together.
• Strap and clasp. Have the quote say whether the navy blue calfskin strap and the platinum fold-over clasp are the originals, with photos of both.
• Service. Ask when the watch was last serviced and for a recent timing reading, against Patek Philippe's -3 to +2 seconds a day for the 240 HU.
• Box and papers. Have the quote name the Certificate of Origin, box and documents that come with the watch.

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