Patek Philippe 12-120
ProbableRecorded as a near-empty specification. The 12-line manual calibers of this era are documented in specialist literature rather than by Patek, and the catalog states only what it can support. What matters for the reference 96 is not the caliber's specification but the case and movement numbers, which the archive holds together.
Specifications
- Movement manufacturer
- Patek Philippe
- Winding
- manual
- Complications
- Small seconds
Architecture
Small manually wound caliber of the mid-twentieth century, used in the early Calatrava references.
Service practice
A ninety-year-old movement will have been serviced repeatedly, and Patek's own service department has fitted replacement components throughout. Period-correct replacement parts inside a vintage Calatrava are expected and are an originality observation rather than a finding.
References using this caliber
- Patek Philippe 96Factory
Calatrava · Whole production
Provenance of this record
Sources & Evidence
Auction-house scholarship on Patek Philippe
Major auction houses and their watch departments
- Accessed
- 2026-08-18
Cited for
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