Patek Philippe Complications 38.5 mm 5396G-017 White Gold Blue Patek Philippe Complications 38.5 mm 5396G-017 White…

The Patek Philippe 5396G-017, introduced in 2024, is the white gold version of Patek's Annual Calendar Moon Phases Reference 5396. Its 38.5 mm case holds a blue sunburst dial with a black-gradient rim and 12 baguette-diamond hour markers; the day and month sit in twin windows at 12 o'clock, and the date, moon phases and a 24-hour indication at 6 o'clock. The annual calendar needs one correction a year, on March 1. Patek Philippe lists it at $71,768 US retail, and Bizak & Co. lists it from $61,790.

What sets the 5396G-017 apart

• The dial. Sunburst blue with a black-gradient rim, 12 white gold applied hour markers set with baguette diamonds (0.26 ct) and faceted white gold dauphine hands. Other 5396 dials use gold "obus" markers on opaline or sunburst grounds, or the applied Breguet numerals Patek added in 2016.
• Calibre 26-330 S QA LU 24H. Self-winding, with 339 parts, 34 jewels, a 21K gold central rotor, a Gyromax balance with Spiromax balance spring at 4 Hz, 35 to 45 hours of power reserve and the Patek Philippe Seal. That is more parts than the roughly 280 of a conventional perpetual calendar with moon phases, because Patek built its annual calendar mostly from wheels and pinions rather than levers. Earlier 5396s used the calibre 324 S QA LU 24H.
• Moon phase. Patek states that this moon-phase display strays from the true lunar cycle by only one day every 122 years.
• Case and strap. Fully polished 38.5 mm white gold, 11.2 mm thick, water-resistant to 30 m, with a sapphire crystal case back, on a hand-stitched, shiny navy blue alligator strap with a white gold fold-over clasp.
• 5396 or 5205? Both are Patek annual calendars with moon phases, and current versions share the calibre 26-330 S QA LU 24H. The 5396 is the classic 38.5 mm layout with day and month at 12 o'clock; the 5205G-013 pairs a similar blue sunburst dial with baton markers in a 40 mm case, with day, date and month in three windows along an arc.
• Lineage. Patek invented and patented the annual calendar in 1996, first in the Ref. 5035; the 5396 followed in 2006. In April 2026 Patek added the rose gold 5396R-016 with a sand beige dial, and the silvery opaline 5396R-011 is now discontinued.

Patek Philippe 5396 references compared

Other 5396 listings: 5396/1G-010 from $46,560, 5396R-011P from $57,593, 5396/1G-001 from $66,402 and 5396/1R-010 from $66,402.

Specifications

Browse every Patek Philippe annual calendar, compare the 5146, 5205, 5396 and 5326 in our Patek Philippe annual calendar guide, or see our blue-dial Patek Philippe and diamond-dial Patek Philippe collections, every Complications reference we carry and the full Patek Philippe collection.

Buying a 5396G-017

• Match the papers to the watch. Patek's Certificate of Origin lists the movement and case numbers and is valid only when dated, signed by an authorized Patek Philippe retailer and completed with the owner's name. The 5396G-017 arrived in 2024, so a genuine certificate for one carries a date from 2024 on.
• Ask for the correction stylus. The day, date, month and moon phase are set with push pieces at 10, 4, 2 and 8 o'clock, which Patek says to press only with the stylus supplied with the watch.
• Know the correction rules. Advance the date on March 1, by three days or by two in a leap year. Patek advises no calendar corrections between 8 p.m. and 3 a.m. and no moon-phase corrections between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.; if the watch has stopped, wind it by hand (about ten turns of the crown) and set it to 6 a.m. first.
• Plan for service. Patek recommends a service every eight to ten years and advises keeping a leather strap away from water.

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