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Patek Philippe 324 S QA LU 24H

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The Annual Calendar was Patek's own invention and patent: a calendar that knows 30- and 31-day months and needs correcting only once a year, at the end of February. That is the functional test — a watch presented as an annual calendar that requires correcting at the end of every short month is a complete calendar, not an annual one, and the two are commonly conflated in listings.

Specifications

Movement manufacturer
Patek Philippe
Frequency
28,800 vph (4 Hz)
Winding
automatic
Complications
Centre seconds · Annual calendar · Moon phase · 24-hour indication

Architecture

The 324 carrying an annual calendar module with moon phase and a 24-hour indication. QA denotes quantième annuel, LU lune.

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Provenance of this record

Sources & Evidence

Primary sourceManufacturer documentation

Patek Philippe — collection, caliber and Patek Philippe Seal documentation

Patek Philippe SA

Accessed
2026-08-18

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