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A minor point...
A huge pet peeve of mine regarding numeral orientation on the dial. Please implore PP to 'flip' the Roman numerals from V to VIII.
There is no reason for them not to be oriented radially from the center of the dial. Not that I could ever afford this watch, but I will fight this fight one dial at a time.
It is for this reason alone that I could never purchase a Blancpain watch as almost all of their dials 'suffer' from this same design. I even mentioned this once to the president of Blancpain at a Purists' lunch a few years back but obviously to no avail : )
The new king of hyper complications in wristwatch form factor...
Patek Philippe Grand Master Chime hyper complication wristwatch - the most complicated wristwatch ever created. When I saw the mode selector switch in the presentation video, I almost lost it - FINALLY! After nearly 10 years of dreaming; pleading; fantasi...
It seems Patek has again reached a peak
and hence proven its mastery. Thank you Thomas for sharing your thoughts, the sonnerie/MR watches are so rare we are not used to reading much about them. I see you're having a nice time! Cheers, Mark
I know who commissioned ref. 5175!
The Only One supposed to wear This Particular Watch is very famous and (I hope) many of us believe in His existence. Taking into account size, technical complications, design and craftmanship this Watch is a tool watch for everyday use by Santa Claus (Sai...
What are you speaking?
Don't you know that Santa Claus lives in Korvatunturi fell in eastern Finnish Lapland? If Santa would like to get a high end watch, he would speak with Kari Voutilainen. I think that even I do not deeply love the design, 5175 is a most remarkable watch. A...
You are right...
the Watch is really quintessential for technical reasons, for engraving craftmanship etc. To be clear, I do state that the Watch is Superb and it will take some time to understand its importance for modern horology. But wrist watch is invented for practic...
Defend?! From what?
I think if Santa were not unique, Sterns had to cast lots to chose the one, whose wish to fulfill on Christmas Night. ;) Best wishes, Dennis
hyper complications
a beauty , quite technical. a gem of a watch. we are in good hands for having & patronizing patek timepieces. cheers geross
Thank you for the detailed information...
Thank you for the detailed information. It's good to know that the gongs are soldered to the block, this is information that would only be noticed in typical PuristS fashion. So interesting that it has a date repeater. I've never heard of a date repeater....
The date repeater complication..
..has already been done before. Sorry to burst anyone's bubble. A.L. Breguet did it with one of his original watches, I believe it was sometime after 1800, to 1820. I distinctly remember one watch, mentioned in the book Art of Breguet, that had a date rep...
The watch is...
...the n. 83 sold in 1805 to the Prince of Wales (future King George IV) Best regards
A minor point...
A huge pet peeve of mine regarding numeral orientation on the dial. Please implore PP to 'flip' the Roman numerals from V to VIII. There is no reason for them not to be oriented radially from the center of the dial. Not that I could ever afford this watch...