Most people whose financial situation can be described as "flourishing" want to distinguish themselves from the others by purchasing higher-quality, more expensive products. Some of the aforementioned persons, however, have so much money that they can spend some pretty huge sums on all sorts of gadgets, much like the Men's Grand Complications 5013 from Patek Philippe, a watch that, with its elegant "tonneau" case, is the first minute repeater featuring a self-winding movement as well as a calendar mechanism with a retrograde date hand.

Much as in the case of most other devices of this type from Patek Philippe, the Men's Grand Complications 5013 is constructed around a high-precision movement mechanism, the Caliber R 27 PS QR, which includes 39 jewels, a Gyromax balance wheel as well as a power reserve of min 38, max 48 hours.

However, besides its complexity, the caliber delivers some other extras as well. Thus, it is distinguished by a chime of exceptional sound quality, and, on demand, the minute repeater will strike the hours, the quarter-hours, and the minutes which have elapsed since the last quarter hour, in a very interesting and pleasant manner, described as follows: one hammer strikes the number of hours on a low-pitched gong.

Then, two hammers consecutively strike the number of quarter-hours on the low-pitched gong and the high-pitched gong. Finally, the second hammer strikes the high-pitched gong for a count of the number of minutes that have elapsed since the last quarter hour. It takes the largest number of strikes - 32 in total - to indicate the time at 12:59 :twelve low-pitched strikes, three high-low double strikes, and 14 high strikes.

Much as in the case of most other Patek Philippe watches, users are given a fairly wide range of choices when purchasing one of these Minute Repeaters, since the case is available in yellow, white or rose gold, as well as platinum. Furthermore, except for the platinum model, each model features a sapphire crystal case back.

As mentioned right from the start, the Men's Grand Complications 5013 from Patek Philippe is quite expensive, retailing for around $425,000 - $450,000, depending on the particular material used for the casing.