Patek Philippe Calatrava Pilot Travel Time Ref. 5524R Watch Hands-On

5524R If you missed out on the backstory of the Calatrava Pilot Travel Time watch, let me fill you in very quickly The Calatrava Pilot Travel Time is not an exact reissue or homage to those watches, but it is clear that with its big blue hands and large Arabic hour markers, it was heavily inspired by them.

Patek's Travel Time watches are some of the best dual time zone watches around because of their ease of use and legibility The movement within is the 324 S C FUS, which is also used in Patek's other Travel Time pieces like the Aquanaut Travel Time As a result, the 42mm case of the Calatrava Pilot Travel Time is a bit large for the movement and you can see there is quite a large amount of 'case' that surrounds the movement when you turn it around.

Despite the initial shock of the watch, the Calatrava Pilot Travel Time has become one of the brand's most popular pieces and I'm told that it is incredibly hard to secure one For Patek collectors who always wished that the brand had something more loud and showy, the Calatrava Pilot Travel Time is the answer and I think this new version in rose gold and with a brown dial is even more - for lack of a better word - blingy. . Source