The Patek Philippe Calatrava Volutes and Arabesques 5088/100P replica is a 38 mm time-only Calatrava whose black dial is covered edge to edge in silver-tone scrollwork: volutes and leaf-shaped arabesques loop around the framed “Patek Philippe Geneve” plaque and leave no room for numerals, markers or a seconds hand. Two slim dauphine hands tell the time, the smooth polished bezel stays plain so the dial carries the design, and the strap is black leather with an alligator pattern. The case is steel with a platinum look (genuine: 950 platinum), and the dial imitates engraving with raised silver motifs where Patek uses hand-engraved black enamel on a gold dial plate.

Patek Philippe Calatrava 5088/100P Specifications

• Reference: 5088/100P-001
• Collection: Calatrava “Volutes and Arabesques”
• Case diameter: 38 mm
• Case: steel with a platinum look, smooth polished bezel (genuine: 950 platinum)
• Dial: black with silver-tone volute and arabesque motifs in an engraved look (genuine: hand-engraved black enamel on an 18k gold plate)
• Hands: silver-tone dauphine
• Functions: hours and minutes
• Movement: clone Cal. 240, automatic, slim
• Power reserve: about 44 hours (genuine Cal. 240: 48 hours)
• Water resistance: 30 m (not for swimming)
• Strap: black leather, alligator pattern

Engraved 5088/100P vs Hobnail 6119: Two Calatrava Replica Characters

These two sit at opposite ends of the Calatrava range. On the 5088/100P the decoration lives on the dial, the bezel is smooth and the clone Cal. 240 drives only hours and minutes with about 44 hours of reserve. The 6119 moves the decoration to the bezel as a Clous de Paris hobnail ring, keeps a sober dial with faceted batons and small seconds at 6, measures 39 mm and is hand-wound on a clone Cal. 30-255 PS with about 55 hours (genuine: 65 hours). The 6196P-001 sits between them: 38 mm like this watch, a salmon dial and small seconds. Pick the 5088 when the dial itself should be the ornament.

Is the dial of the Volutes and Arabesques replica hand-engraved enamel?

No. It reproduces the look of the engraving with raised silver-tone scrolls on a black base, while the genuine combines hand engraving with black enamel on an 18k gold dial plate, work no clone at this price copies by hand.

Why does this 5088 fake have no seconds hand?

Because the original has none: the genuine Cal. 240 in the 5088/100P shows hours and minutes only, leaving the whole dial free for decoration. Our clone Cal. 240 keeps that two-hand layout.

Other Calatrava versions in stock: the 6119G-001 Clous de Paris with a charcoal grey dial, the 6196P-001 with a salmon dial and the 5057 moon phase in a white-gold look with a hobnail bezel. See the full Patek Philippe Calatrava replica collection.