There are some amazing enamel pieces with complications that "exceed" the 5531 ! What are your thoughts ? Cheers, Gordon p.s. photos are downloaded from a post written in Chinese and distributed on the internet for the audience in China by a watch blogger...
I hadn't seen them yet before your post, so thanks a lot... Are they also being displayed at Basel? Hopefully I'll have a better sense of what to apply for this year (if anything at all! after my AD and the daughter are there this weekend. Some of the 508...
To me, the dial is not over-rated, especially if one can get a 5131 at retail price. IMO, the dial on my 5131G is absolutely beautiful in terms of vibrancy and color graduation.
I really look forward to your post. Thatβs a little cool about Patek, once you get to know them a little closer. They donβt always publish or promote these goodies to a a broader audience. Goodies they certainly make yours still my favorite, BTW ;-) Best ...
GLau, The eagles are "too strong" a subjects with too much tension. Nice as art pieces but not relaxing enough for minute repeater. I wonder what the rule is at Patek Philippe about marking their watches. I know that tourbillons always are marked 'Tourbil...
The three models in your next to last picture, if I'm not mistaken, are from the new 5177 reference....do you have any info about it, by any chance? The first two are certainly Ponte Vecchio in Firenze and the Tuscany countryside, the third looks like som...
This intensifies the charm and the mistery of the "Cinque Terre" (?) dial... I'm *really* curious now to figure out the exact location --- more than one of the five 'Terre', to me this looks a lot like a fantastic little borough on the sea called Boccadas...