JediWatchFool
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I love this watch...
...and it competes with my other 'beater' watches each day for wrist time. It's so light, yet robust (for a Patek!) understated, yet elegant (love the textured dial, more subtle than the 5066) and above all, comfortable.
The size issue is a personal one, I tried on the '65 and '67 and decided on the '65. 38mm fits me just fine.
Plus it's accurate/consistent too boot.
Prefer 5165
By: paulus : October 10th, 2008-23:56
I just love the Aquanaut! Size is a personal matter and size and as we know has changed with the times with watch faces becoming larger in the recent era. (There is no apparent reason for this 'fad' unless eyesight has deteriorated in that time). But apar...
5165
By: peter1 : October 12th, 2008-09:30
Paulus I don't think that you are 'in the minority'. PP have demonstrated with other models, too, that 'bigger is not better'. For example, the 5196 Calatrava which is so stretched and flattened out that the seconds dial is almost half way up the face. In...