Patek Philippe · Family: Calatrava
The Patek Philippe Calatrava 5226G-001 is the 18kt white gold version of the manufacture's benchmark dress watch, available since March 2022 with a textured charcoal grey dial and a 40mm case featuring a hand-worked "hobnail" caseband. It runs the automatic Calibre 26-330 S C, the same movement used across the Aquanaut line. Cazador has no verified price observations yet. Its differential: a hand-worked hobnail case finish, unusual within the Calatrava line.
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The Calatrava is the oldest and most recognizable dress-watch line in Patek Philippe's catalog, defined by its understated round case and straight lugs since its introduction in the 1930s. Within that tradition, reference 5226G-001 introduces a twist unusual for the line: a caseband — the case's flank — worked with a raised pattern known as "hobnail," a decorative treatment more commonly associated with vintage watchmaking than contemporary series production.
The 18kt white gold case measures 40mm in diameter and 8.53mm thick, with a sapphire case back exposing Calibre 26-330 S C, the same automatic movement Patek Philippe uses across several Aquanaut executions. It's a caliber with a 21kt gold central rotor, 30 jewels, and a power reserve of 35 to 45 hours, with sweep-seconds and date functions.
The dial, in a textured charcoal grey tone gradating to black at the rim, pairs applied white gold numerals in beige luminescent coating with syringe-shaped hands, also in white gold. That beige-toned lume lends a vintage air consistent with the case's hobnail motif.
The watch ships on a beige nubuck calfskin strap with a white gold prong buckle, plus an additional black fabric-pattern calfskin strap included as standard. At 30 meters of water resistance, the 5226G-001 keeps the classic dress-watch profile shared across the Calatrava line, without sporting pretensions. Every example carries the Patek Philippe Seal, the manufacture's own in-house quality certification.
As of this writing, the 5226G-001 remains in Patek Philippe's current catalog, available since March 30, 2022 according to the manufacturer's official data.
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It's a raised, hobnail-style decorative pattern worked into the caseband — the flank — of the white gold case, a treatment unusual for the contemporary Calatrava line.
Calibre 26-330 S C, automatic, with sweep seconds, date, 30 jewels, and a power reserve of 35 to 45 hours — the same movement Patek Philippe uses in its Aquanaut line.
It's rated to 30 meters, typical of a classic dress watch, without sport or dive intent.
According to Patek Philippe's official catalog, the 5226G-001 has been available since March 30, 2022.
It ships with a beige nubuck calfskin strap as the primary option, plus an additional black fabric-pattern calfskin strap.
Per manufacturer catalog data, the reference remains in active production within Patek Philippe's current lineup.