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New, and saying hello with my first Patek
Hello everyone, my name is Al (my nickname which I developed in school, which is also my hard-to-pronounce birth name initials). I want to say THANK YOU for all the wonderful information I gleaned from this site. I am on a number of the other sites as well. I have been registered on the site for a while but was a reader only, not an active participant. But I wanted to change that.
My apologies for the poor pictures taken in haste with my phone
Boring old box, what could we have here?
Less boring VERY HEAVY box, what could we have here?
WHAT??? EMPTY? IS THIS A TRICK? OK calm down, no no, there is another small cardboard box with some plastic in it on the side it seems.
Oooh! Still looks good even with the plastic covering it up.
But it belongs on a wrist, not in plastic! Here we go:
Wait, what color is this dial again? it can't seem to make up its mind
See what I mean? Keeps changing on me!
I love the lume on my Panerais. .Can this come close? Not bad! Color me impressed.
Thanks for viewing! And thank you everyone who has helped me in this journey (both via email replies and unknowingly with very helpful posts).
Grateful,
Al
New, and saying hello with my first Patek
Hello everyone, my name is Al (my nickname which I developed in school, which is also my hard-to-pronounce birth name initials). I want to say THANK YOU for all the wonderful information I gleaned from this site. I am on a number of the other sites as wel...
Congratulations for removing it from its seal!
I totally agree that this watch, as any other watch, belongs to a wirst, not to its seal. And totally concur with the fact that the dial is one of the major assets of the 5711. Captivating. Truly. What pictures cannot tell, Reality expresses it with brio....
Great strike
Hi Al and welcome as a "writer" on the forum. Congratulations for this absolutley great 5711. Thanks for sharing this event with us and wear it in the best of health. Cheers, Mark
What a superb start ...
and I hope you keep them coming. You learned quick, because you pleased Nicolas with your first post :-) The post and the watch is wonderful. Congrats & welcome! Oliver
new Nautilus
Congratulations! This my new arrival, a few days ago... new and unworn. A beauty. Fabio ...
The foam looks ugly ...
but the watch looks superb :-) Congrats, one more beauty in your collection! Oliver
3712....
... 3 dots ..... congratulations for your " last " arrival ...... I follow your post or you have some fantastic watches!
Congratulations
the dial of 5711 is incredible, so is the bracelet and case construction. Wear it in good health.
Congrates
You are right about the dial. It is alive!!! The different shades of blue malkes it so mezmerising. ...
Especially the last picture is cool ...
but the left side of the car is only for barefoot people/woman/girls ...? :-) Cheers, Oliver
Hahahaha. Good one oliver
Its really a sportscar that seat 4. One of the best engineered sedan IMHO. Best Iceman
Noticed that too...
Funny floormat. Did you notice the array of buttons too? Just too many. Maybe I'm starting to like the "iDrive" concept BMW started with fewer buttons.
Floormat
Actually the car had just return from a SPA treatment, they put a paper mat on all for seats to keep it clean. The original mat is underneath the paper. The buttons actually is very user friendly. Once u are used to the button position, u dont even have t...
A wise choice Al.
Thanks for sharing this beautiful piece and IMO the most comfortable and refined bracelet watch in SS. cheers fernando
Congratulations Al..............
A very popular model amongst the members, though not that easy to acquire. :) And welcome to the forum, I look forward to reading more from you :) Gristar, thankyou for teaching me, if you hadn't of said I would just have thought that it was a 5712. Now, ...
Thank you everyone!
Thanks so much for the kind words and warm welcome! Looking forward to contribute more.
Ok
beautiful, has implications spectacular, the light changes the hue of the dial ...... good buy