Patek Philippe

We love the fact that Patek is making some bigger watches.  42mm is just perfect for me.  Love this piece.  Don’t get a chance to wear it often but took it out today:  5522 with a rubber strap.

I’ve recently discovered Camille fournet and have been ordering straps from them like crazy. Half a dozen different ones in the past few months. This however is a Barton rubber strap from Amazon. Twenty bucks. Have it in a few shades. I’ll be only doing CF going forward.

This is a PP that I really like, I just need them to ‘shrink’ it to 37mm and I will have one! Thank you for showing.

Recently (past 5-7 years) they have made a few select 42mm watches. I love them. I can get away with 41mm but anything smaller I don’t like. Being 6’4”, I need something a bit bigger. 42 all the way for me! (And some 41)

That sounds like you would wear it well. Being shorter and with 16cm wrists I have found that I like 36/37mm best with lug to lug 45mm tops. I have looked at smaller PPs but every time I see this time only Pilots Calatrava I think that this is their best. Now if they would just make it smaller, not limited to numbers or the USA…!

It was only a limited run of 600 made for the anew stork exhibition that I had the opportunity to attend a few years back. I think it was a trial balloon for them at this size. But for me it’s perfect. I love the size and fitt and feel. Very understated.

Strap from the factory




Close up of dial




With its big brother on which the watch was based on.