Yellow Gold
Calatrava 565 — Yellow Gold
Undated
The most common metal for the 565.
Identifying details
- Small seconds
Subsidiary seconds dial.
- Antimagnetic inner case
Soft-iron inner case or cover shielding the movement from magnetic fields.
- Screw-down caseback
Caseback screwed into the case for water resistance.
Variants of 565
Reference overview →| Variant | Production |
|---|---|
| Yellow GoldCurrent | Undated |
| Pink Gold | Undated |
| Pink Gold · Two-Tone Pink Dial | Undated |
| Pink Gold · Black Acuatic Dial, Freccero | Undated |
Case & movement
- Reference
- 565
- Production
- Undated
- Case material
- 18k yellow gold
- Case diameter
- 35 mm
- Movement
- Manual winding
- Date
- No
- Caliber
- Patek Philippe 12-120
Dial, bezel & hands
Unknown attributes are left out rather than guessed.
Movement
Patek Philippe 12-120
Patek’s first in-house wristwatch movement, developed under technical director Jean Pfister: 12-ligne, subsidiary seconds driven directly from the fourth wheel at 6, finger bridges, Breguet spring and swan-neck regulator. Replaced the LeCoultre ébauches of the first ref. 96s.
Manual winding · Introduced 1934 · 17 / 18 jewels