Patek Philippe

Classic Calatrava style case in platinum. Retrograde, self-winding perpetual calendar function with highly unusual and innovative raised rose gold date markers. 2 backs and winding box. From my viewpoint - a beautiful dial and overall look; a very nice si...  

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Tbh I have been eying this PC for some time now, wondering which dial I would prefer. On your dial the applied date numbers are much better than on the -001. As I am currently thinking about the 6159g this earlier PC is still in my mind at about half of t...  

Hope you get one of these watches if you decide to pull the trigger.

But I like colored gold watches very much so it’s a great pleasure for me to see the best of both worlds united here: platinum case and rose gold hands, numerals and markers. My guess would be that this particular watch isn’t more popular because most lov... 

Moreover, it was a good price, perfect size, felt great on the wrist. But I did wonder why it was not appreciated more. It’s as if people don’t like the retrograde function (although I did). Seems to be similar issue for VC retrograde pieces. Just my impr...  

As far as not “appreciating more” my observation. Is that rather than appreciating it has declined considerably in value.

is hard to understand for me, as I really like it. But you might be completely right and it’s probably true that this problem extends to the VC pieces. At least, your experience seems to confirm that the “two-tone” look of Patekova’s personal example migh... 

Perhaps many would also prefer the data and month in the classic position at 12 o’clock rather than 3 and 9 - but only a guess on my part.

a pleasing complication that I find it hard to understand why one wouldn’t like it. But I guess you’ve got a point here, which seems to be confirmed by ArmisT. The position of day and month might also be part of the explanation, but again I don’t really u... 

On the movement side would be better, in my view.

The -014 version with "honey brown" dial is on my list of must-own watches. ...  

Your watch is a great one, but I like the proportions of the 5050 more. The watch face is more coherent for me seen the placement of the indications. More balanced as not everything seems to be more to the center. By the way like the 5050 with batons for ... 

...but is a bit chunkier and a different beast. If I had the $ I'd get one of each : )

I wonder if a light sand beige strap would bring out the gold more? As for why it's not popular... I can't fathom why. As it is clearly a very nice watch.

The current strap I think goes well with the case. Main reason for switching though, after wearing it with the tan for several years, I wanted a change of style

It is a lovely piece!

...I could nitpick about it being no quite thin enough, but that is minor. I have always loved a two-tone look and this checks that box, along with 3-D indicators and numbers. You are correct...under appreciated...

I know it’s not but it looks fake/overdone. The date arrow is too red, the gold lining of the day month year and applied gold date numerals don’t look good, and the moon phase is average at best. This just doesn’t compare to other Patek perpetuals.

Thank you for including your reasons to back up your opinion! I can agree that the moon phase looks a little "barren" or "empty" in some ways.

And the bicolor is not everybodys taste, however, the case and nubdial numerals design is quite nice Enjoy!

you are right that many are turned off by the bi color, although I obviously am not one of them.

I feel like it’s the combination of case, dial colour and dial furniture colours (gold) that make it so. Everything that’s going on in that dial doesn’t work for me. Perfectly symmetrical but still looks like a mess dressed like this. Now, looking at the ... 

Goes towards helping to understand the mystery to me of its relative unpopularity.

This is true for a lot of watches. They weren’t designed for all of us. I would not have commented like I did only for you explicitly asking for the other views on this watch. I own some objectively ugly watches, but for some reason they appeal to me !

retrograde function ! Dial is balanced and classy looking with calatrava DNA 👍 IMO, the design of the small apertures (which are difficult to see with aging eyes 👀) can be improved by eliminating the hour markers at three, six and nine so that bigger aper... 

As far as enlarging the apertures at 3 and 9 and eliminating the hour markers - while I might like it personally, I am not sure it is best for the watch overall. And yes, good point about the Patek sport watches. Much as I love to wear the sport Pateks, P... 

enlarging the apertures at 3 and 9 by eliminating the hour markers might not be the best for the watch overall ?

result in the elimination of the rectangular hour markers at 3 and 9

The design is really cluttered, which is what turns me off of a lot of modern Patek. Things like the gold frames on the apertures and execution of the moonphase are not my favorite either.

For roughly the same price... I'd get two of these (014 & 015 in particular) instead of a steel Nautilus. Half way there now 😄 PS: Yours looks awesome on both straps. ...  

Your 5496P variant which is apparently the rarest looks spectacularly beautiful - great photos! Also, the strap is absolutely perfect. Is it a Patek custom strap?