Patek Philippe Chronograph Watches

Patek Philippe Chronograph Price

At Watch My Diamonds, Patek Philippe chronograph watches range from $54,670 to $430,000 across 19 priced listings.

That range includes watches that have already sold. At this level, a recent sale is a better guide to the market than an asking price that has not moved in months. The type of chronograph moves the figure far more than the condition does. The steel references, the 5905/1A annual calendar and the Aquanaut 5968A, open the collection. The gold Complications chronographs sit in the middle and are often listed below their current retail price. The perpetual calendars, the split-seconds and the gem-set pieces make up the top. The Nautilus is the exception to that order: its chronographs change hands well above retail, so a steel 5990/1A can cost more than a gold 5905. A listing with no price shown is available on request, not sold.

For reference, these are the retail prices of the current Patek Philippe chronographs most often listed here, as shown on patek.com in September 2026:

Hand-Wound Chronographs: From the 5070 to the 5172G

When the 5070 appeared at the Basel fair in 1998, it was Patek Philippe’s first manually wound two-register chronograph in nearly three decades. Its 42 mm case earned it a devoted following. Its CH 27-70 caliber, however, was built on a Lemania base. In 2010 the 5170 replaced it with the CH 29-535 PS, the first hand-wound chronograph movement made entirely in-house, with a column wheel, a horizontal clutch and an instantaneous 30-minute counter. The 5170 measured 39 mm. In 2019 the 5172G took over at 41 mm, in white gold with guilloched pushers, three-tier lugs and a sapphire “box” glass. Patek Philippe offers it with a blue varnished dial as the 5172G-001 and with a rose-gilt opaline dial as the 5172G-010.

Self-Winding Flyback Chronographs

Patek Philippe’s self-winding chronograph movement, the CH 28-520, arrived in 2006 in the 5960P, which paired it with an annual calendar. It is a flyback chronograph with a vertical clutch, so the chronograph hand can be left running as a seconds hand, and it now drives most of the chronographs on this page. The 5905 is the current annual calendar chronograph: a 42 mm case, with the day, date and month in apertures along an arc. An annual calendar needs correcting only once a year, at the end of February. The 5905 comes in steel on an integrated bracelet with an olive green dial as the 5905/1A-001, in rose gold with a blue sunburst dial as the 5905R-010, and earlier in platinum as the 5905P.

The Calatrava Pilot Travel Time 5924G adds a second time zone to the same flyback chronograph. Local time is set from two large pushers on the left side of the case, and the date sits in a sub-dial at 12 o’clock that follows local time. It comes with a sunburst blue-grey dial as the 5924G-001 and with a lacquered khaki green dial as the 5924G-010. The World Time flyback chronograph, the 5935A in steel and the 5930P in platinum, shows all 24 time zones at once.

Perpetual Calendar and Split-Seconds Chronographs

At the top of the collection, the chronograph meets Patek Philippe’s Grand Complications. The 5270 is the house’s perpetual calendar chronograph, heir to a model launched in 1941. It has a 41 mm case with a concave bezel and two-tier lugs, and the hand-wound CH 29-535 PS Q caliber introduced in 2011. The day and month appear in a double aperture at 12 o’clock, with the date by hand at 6 o’clock. The current versions include the 5270J-001 in yellow gold with a silvery opaline dial and the 5270P-014 in platinum with a lacquered green dial. The 5270/1R-001 on a rose gold bracelet has left the catalog. The 5271P is the jewelry version, with baguette-cut diamonds on the bezel and lugs. The 5271/11P-010 sets the platinum case with blue sapphires instead, and the 5271/12P-010 with rubies, each over a lacquered dial of the matching color.

A split-seconds chronograph, or rattrapante, has a second chronograph hand that can be stopped on its own to read an intermediate time, then made to catch up with the first. The 5370 is Patek Philippe’s hand-wound split-seconds chronograph, on the CHR 29-535 PS caliber. The platinum 5370P is no longer in the catalog. The current version is the rose gold 5370R-001, with a brown and beige Grand Feu enamel dial. The 5204 adds a perpetual calendar to the split-seconds.

Nautilus and Aquanaut Chronographs

The Nautilus chronographs put the self-winding flyback movement in the porthole-inspired case. The 5980 shows the elapsed minutes and hours together on a single counter at 6 o’clock. The white gold 5980/60G-001, with an opaline blue-grey dial, is the version Patek Philippe still lists. The 5990 adds Travel Time, with the time-zone pushers set into the case at 9 o’clock. The 5990/1A-011 in steel has a sunburst blue-grey dial with a black-gradient rim, and the 5990/1R-001 in rose gold has a blue sunburst dial. One 5990/1A on this page carries a black PVD/DLC coating applied after it left Patek Philippe: it is a steel watch with an aftermarket finish, not a factory reference.

The Aquanaut chronograph, the 5968, places the same flyback chronograph in the 42.2 mm octagonal case with the embossed Aquanaut dial. The steel 5968A-001 has a charcoal grey dial with orange chronograph indications, and it comes with two composite straps, one black and one orange. The 5968G-010 in white gold is khaki green, and the 5968R-001 in rose gold is brown. The Aquanaut Luce “Rainbow” 7968/300R-001 is the 39.9 mm jewelry version in rose gold. Its case is set with 80 baguette-cut stones, half of them multicolored sapphires and half diamonds, around a white mother-of-pearl dial.

What to Check Before Buying a Patek Philippe Chronograph

Run the chronograph through every function first: start, stop and reset. On a flyback model, press the reset pusher while the chronograph is running; the hand should return to zero and restart in one movement. The hands should always come back exactly to zero, and on the hand-wound CH 29-535 the 30-minute counter should jump instantly at the end of each minute. The pushers should feel crisp and even. On a Nautilus or an Aquanaut, look for crisp transitions between the brushed and polished surfaces, because heavy polishing rounds off those edges for good. On an Aquanaut, check the wear on the composite strap too. Compare the case and movement numbers with the certificate. For an older piece, an Extract from the Archives, ordered from Patek Philippe, confirms how the watch left the factory. Every listing states whether the watch is unworn or pre-owned, and shipping and returns are free.

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Patek Philippe Chronograph FAQ

What is a flyback chronograph?

A flyback chronograph can be reset and restarted with a single press of the lower pusher while it is running. On a standard chronograph you have to stop it, reset it and start it again: three presses. The self-winding 5905, 5924G, Nautilus and Aquanaut chronographs all have the flyback function.

What is a split-seconds chronograph?

It has two superimposed chronograph hands. Both start together, and a separate pusher stops one of them so you can read an intermediate time while the other keeps running. Press it again and the stopped hand jumps to catch up. Patek Philippe marks these movements CHR, for chronographe à rattrapante. The 5370 and the 5204 are split-seconds chronographs; the 5070, the 5170 and the 5172G are not.

Which is the least expensive Patek Philippe chronograph?

At retail, it is the steel Aquanaut 5968A-001, at $61,766 on patek.com in September 2026, followed by the steel 5905/1A-001 annual calendar at $71,643. On the pre-owned market, discontinued references such as the 5960 can come in lower. The price range at the top of this page shows what the watches listed here have been priced at.

Why do some listings say “Price on request”?

At this level, many references change hands without a posted figure, because the market moves faster than a listing can. A watch marked price on request is available, so contact us for the current figure. Sold watches are marked as sold on the listing itself.

Are these watches new or pre-owned?

Both. Each listing states whether the watch is unworn or pre-owned, and the Condition filter above narrows the page to either one.