Patek Philippe

All, I am looking to purchase my second Patek - first Calatrava. My first was a vintage Ellipse. I'm looking for a Calatrava, with well-balanced dial on a watch that can be worn on occasion and is known for reliability. Manual or automatic is ok, although... 

Hi, 5026 was an option, with cal 240 and a see-through back! On a different style 5120 shows the cal 240 todays. 5096 was also an excellent choice IMO. it was a smaller 5196 with see-through back on a cal 215. Very rare IMO. 5127 is a nice current choice,... 

a 5127p with a black face was made for one year only.

For me, the 5196P, for its beautiful dial, with these applied Breguet indexes, this finish of the whole dial, the thin case, and I'don't really care if I have a solid case back, as I'm not sure this is the nicest Patek Movement this Calatrava has... This ...  

I am biased toward the 5196 platinum. As you can see from Nicolas' pictures of the 5196P, it is a beautiful, simple and elegant timepiece. That is one of my favortie Pateks. It seems difficult to get, though. I am still waiting on mine which I ordered abo... 

What a coincidence! I just bought this 5107p today and have to say it is immediately more wearable than the other watches in my garage. I was looking for a good traveling watch and liked everything about it. I paid $21,000US all-in .. and aparently this w...