Patek Philippe

Dear forumners, As I walk about in the frantic halls of Baselworld 2014, it is nice to see the oasis of calm that is Patek Philippe, where they have almost a curated museum of new and vintage timepieces, both clocks and watches. Spending a little time awa...  

Nice photos, thanks for posting!

I was wondering how the hands look on the new 5204 black dial and your overall impression.

patekben, I'm no expert on Patek Philippe but I am slightly biased about black dials for chronographs. The hands do the job with tips touching the appropriate registers. A little superluminova allows reading at night but not too much that it becomes a chr...  

... of the 5204 in black. The new 5204 is a very accomplished "young and modern" looking watch, where I can not confirm it for the new 5960 in steel. I have to see it in real, the 5960, but Patek should have make it also more water proof to be a convincin... 

Moritz, PuristS brownie points all round! ;) MTF

with you on the waterproofness on the new 5960. As a possible daily stainless steel watch, should have been made more waterproof.

Moritz it was only in the window, but visible for everybody: Hard to believe that it didn´t exist like this before. I loved it on the first view :-) Oliver ...  

... warm !! Thanks for the pic Gordon

I can only consent to your feeling: a watch that supposed to be like this, supposed to be in rose gold. Best Moritz

I have a hard time accepting those luminescent hour markers on the 5204. As far as I know, those type of hour markers are primarily associated with the Nautilus family. And while I have heard many positive opinions and reviews of this reference, I hope th... 

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the live pics. Regards, ED-209