Initial Impressions?

I know it's way too early, but let's get some initial impressions of Patek's 2012 Basel going!!

FWIW, mine are:

1. White Nautilus dials. Meh.

2. 5940. Lovely piece. 5040 was too small for almost anyone. Great vintage feel in the J. Only question.........looks like a lotta different fonts goin on. Overall, tho, a wonderful updated cushion perpetual.

3. New 5960 dials. Nice. Never was a big fan of the "roulette wheel" dial.

4. Bracelets on 5396 and 5130. Meh.

5. New metals for 7071. Beautiful watch on paper. New metals lovely. But watch is surprisingly thick in person. Anybody ever seen anyone wearing a 7071? How does it look on wrist?

6. 5204/5213 - outta my league.

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5123 & 5204

By: relpub : March 8th, 2012-11:13

Apart from MR, the ones I like are 5123 (esthetically one of the best Calatrava) and 5204 (technically). Best

5726 und 5204!

By: tempus : March 8th, 2012-12:46

5726 with metal bracelet is a perfect watch. Very nice and very balanced. The white faces I don't like. The star is 5204P, gorgeous piece. Maybe a dream. 5123 is very nice, too.

I'm a fan of white dials.

By: BABKA : March 8th, 2012-14:46

And the 5726 looks like a sure shot winner.

5940 is the belle of the ball...

By: roseman_a1 : March 8th, 2012-12:54

I am a big fan of the 5940. I love those cushion shaped pieces. The 5204 is also beautiful, but not sure how I feel about it being 40mm (or $317K, lol). One of the charms of the 5004, for me anyways, was that they crammed a grand comp into a 36mm case. An...

5204, 5940, 5123! My three choices. but I've had them on the wrist!

By: Dje : March 8th, 2012-12:55

Hi, I'll post in the next days what I can (yet not my planned full post on the 5204). 5130/1G is lovely too. The 5213 is quite nice too but I didn't touch it. A massive piece though, compared to the defunct and charming 5013! I'm happy (and too busy alas)...

May your wish come true on the 5711 ;)

By: TdotBean : March 8th, 2012-17:08

We await the passionate post on the acquisition. Any interesting news in Basel? Regards Tyler

Thank you Tyler

By: Dje : March 8th, 2012-21:43

Hi, You've done a great share to help me. Thank you From Basel yes, I'll try to post ASAP, in the next days. I want to post more than just pics, because there's already the PP website for that. Best Dje