Patek Philippe

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.........l... 

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

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.

And the 5726 looks like a sure shot winner.

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... 

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)... 

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

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