This Patek 5160/500R perpetual calendar replica brings the perpetual calendar to life in a rose gold tone, inside an engraved-pattern case. The genuine 5160/500R, Patek’s hand-engraved take on the 5159 layout, tracks day, date, month, moonphase, and leap year without manual correction until the year 2100. Our clone copies each of those indications; treat it as a faithful display and set it with the correctors when needed. The rose gold tone warms the case, while the dial stays silvered, with black Breguet numerals and blue minute numerals around an embossed scroll centre. This is a watch built for people who appreciate calendrical precision wrapped in traditional case design. On the genuine, an engraved hinged cover opens to reveal the movement, adding a tactile ritual to ownership. Patek Philippe designed the 5160/500 as a hand-engraved sibling of the 5159, and every detail reflects that heritage. Context for the whole family is in the grand complications chapter of the Patek guide.

Specifications

• Model: Grand Complications Perpetual Calendar with Retrograde Date, engraved case
• Case: rose gold tone over steel, engraved-pattern bezel and lugs, screwed lug bars (genuine: hand-engraved 18k rose gold)
• Case size: 38 mm
• Reference: 5160/500R-001
• Dial: silvered with embossed scroll centre, black Breguet numerals, blue minute numerals
• Functions: hours, minutes, sweep seconds, perpetual calendar with retrograde date, day window at 9, month window at 3, moon phase at 6 (leap year on the genuine)
• Bezel: engraved scroll pattern
• Crystal: sapphire with anti-reflective coating
• Case back: unverified on the clone (genuine: engraved hinged cover over sapphire)
• Movement: clone Cal. 26-330 S QR, automatic
• Power reserve: 43 hours (genuine Cal. 26-330 S QR: 45 hours)
• Water resistance: 30 m (not for swimming)
• Strap: burgundy-brown leather with alligator-pattern embossing, gold-tone buckle

How the Retrograde Date Flies Back

Perpetual calendar movements rank among the most intricate in mechanical watchmaking. The genuine 5160/500R uses a module that tracks the varying lengths of months, including February in leap years. The mechanism engages a series of cams and levers that advance the date displays at midnight. Because the programming accounts for the 400-year Gregorian cycle, the calendar will only need correction once every century. The moonphase display uses a 135-tooth gear for high accuracy, drifting only one day every 122 years. On the genuine, the hinged cover and sapphire window show the automatic winding rotor and the decorated bridges; on our clone, ask for photos of the back. On the genuine, the finishing includes Geneva stripes, perlage on the main plate, and polished screw heads. There are no subsidiary dials here: the date hand travels along an arc across the upper half and flies back to 1 when the month ends, while the moon sits in its own aperture above 6.

Rose Gold Tone, Burgundy Strap, Blue Moon

The engraving is what distinguishes the 5160/500R from the 5159: scrolls run around the bezel and down the lugs, where the 5159 is smooth. On the genuine, a hinged cover also gives you the choice between a solid view and a transparent one, depending on whether you want to see the movement or maintain a classic silhouette. If you prefer a plain case with the same retrograde layout, the smooth-cased 5159J in yellow gold tone offers the same calendar displays with Roman numerals. The full grand complications catalog places the 5160/500R alongside tourbillon designs and a repeater design. The rose gold tone gives this timepiece a contemporary warmth that pairs with both casual and formal wear, and the burgundy-brown strap and blue moon disc carry the colour story further. On the genuine, the perpetual calendar is one of the most practical grand complications; on the clone, treat the displays as faithful copies and ask us for a video of the calendar before you order. This is precisely the kind of reference where an engraved 5160/500R super clone demonstrates its value.

Other versions of this model in stock: Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar 5160/500G.