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Wages
Hi Kari-
I'm curious. Could you elaborate on the wages in Estonia. Here in the U.S. One would never be able to afford a 5170 on a teacher's salary. I'm a bit surprised to see that a teacher in Estonia is making 5/8th of what a medical doctor makes. In the U.S. It is more like 1/5th. Thanks.
strap info
hi , thanks for sharing! i'd love to replace my shiny black croc with a similar gray one that you have on yours. do you mind sharing the specs and details on where I can order one? i ordered one from my local AD but they screwed up the order by not incorp...
The best place to order is a Patek Salon
but every decent AD should also have the color models. When you know what you want, just measure how long the shorter side should me from the lugs to the middle of your wrist where the buckle of the deployment clasp will be. Then add 50% and you get the l...
Thanks!
Looks fantastic with this strap. Definitely one of the best model from the current collection. Best, Stan
For me 5170G is #1 in the segment
"just the price of a new car but below the price of an apartment". Best, Kari
Funny,
I have the same rationale. Watches are not an investment for me but at least it does not devaluate as much as a car. As long as I stay in the car price range my other half can't complain! Best, Stan
My other half is questioning
why she has to drive a Mini and I am having a couple of watches and drive Porsche. But life is not even supposed to be fair. Best, Kari
"just the price of a new car but below the price of an apartment"
hahaha that is hilarious:) You are lucky though, I had to pay 250% tax to drive a targa in my country,So Buying watches makes much more sense in my country(Thanks to the grey market). 5170G money would get you a mini cooper s convertible or an Audi A4 1.8...
Here 5170G is equal a
Porsche Boxter with all possible equipment, a nice basic Porsche Cayanne, Audi A6, etc. At the same time the good news are that the consumption of 5170G is very reasonable and it needs service only every five years. I'm living in Estonia and here a medica...
Wages
Hi Kari- I'm curious. Could you elaborate on the wages in Estonia. Here in the U.S. One would never be able to afford a 5170 on a teacher's salary. I'm a bit surprised to see that a teacher in Estonia is making 5/8th of what a medical doctor makes. In the...
I am not Estonian, I just live here.
However, I know that a teacher makes here around € 900 per month before taxes and a medical doctor below € 1,500. I had a friend who worked in a hotel reception got € 2 per hour. There is very limited social security in Estonia and thus taxes are low. The...
That is remarkable
If i've done the math correctly, your former state of residence was charging you a tax rate of at least 75%. It leaves little incentive to work and employ others, and feinitely puts a damper on disposable income for Pateks. The wages are very low in eston...
I own my company and
I got a very "special" treatment in Finland. First the company had to pay around 35% - 40% tax from the profit (I could not deduct all costs). Then from the remaining I paid 60% income tax. In Estonia the taxes are not progressive. The income tax as well ...
Thats true….
But sometimes comparing the watch values with the ordinary people salaries make me depressed,Our minimum wage per month here is Egypt is about 150 USD Thanks god we are privileged. But Estonia I think the weather there is pretty cold in must visit me one...
I know Egypt very well.
I even had an office in Alexandria for many years. I used to visit Egypt perhaps 6 times a year but nowadays I am coming just every now and then to Sharm for a diving trip. The problem is that my stomach can not really take Egypt. We have another home in ...
Great news….Kari
Good to know you are familiar with Egypt. Sharm…..what a place one of the best diving spots around the world,My Stomach can take the Egyptian food as well but i promise I will take care of that if you visited me one day. Plus my dad is a in gastronomy(St...
I can't resist a short story...
Our Egyptian agent was visiting Helsinki some years ago. He got stomach problems and was not fast enough and made his trousers dirty. The guy, Captain N. decided to was his underwear and trousers in the hotel room. After that he hung the same outside the ...
Hahahahaaaa.....that was good :)
No one will get this unless he stays in Egypt for a while, Man you know Egypt inside out hahaha I can't stop laughing.
+1
sounds like Singapore regarding cars.. and the 5170g cannot even get you a mini cooper convertible,, you probably need two 5170s !
Hi kari
Great strap. Love the grey combination on white metal. Pure Class....... I am thinking of doing the same on my incoming patek, white metal and dial. Can you tell me which color code is this grey ? It looks so much like my wifes 4968G. If it is, that would...
I am sorry, but don't know the code
This grey was one step lighter from the strap of 5146P. Best, Kari
congratulations Kari!
wear it in good health! Btw, do you have a pics from a little distance, where we can have a better idea of how the grey strap works with the white dials. Thanks!