Patek Philippe

Can someone give me some information and opinion on these two watches?  I am thinking about buying this as a gift for someone, but have not seen one in person as they are discontinued models.  What are the differences between the two models and is it a good size in comparison to the twenty-4?  Please advise.  Thank you in advance.

This message has been edited by Dje on 2010-02-08 02:30:47 This message has been edited by Dje on 2010-02-10 23:35:14

Hi,

I'm sorry but I really don't know if someone here has one in the family.

We need to have more ladies reading us and participating.

Cheers

Dje

but the 4831 is very "blingy", even compared to some of the heavy diamond-set Twenty-4s. The triple row of diamonds on the bezel and the weird diamond bracelet ends make it VERY much a "look at my diamonds" watch, in my opinion. Maybe because the 4831s I've seen are all YG, the diamonds on yellow are more noticable than diamonds on white metal, almost all the twenty-4s I've seen are steel or WG. The 4831 is a smaller watch, according to notes I have, about 23x26mm, whereas the Twenty-4 is 25x28 (or there abouts)

Everyone has seen a twenty-4, but here's pics of the 4831 I scrounged up

Dial

and overall


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here's a poor photo of a 'similar' watch..

 

 

Hi,

I've never seen those myself.

Apparently they are slightly smaller than the Twenty Four, and much more classical.

4830 and 4831 and different by the jewel count and the strap versus bracelet.

There are much more beautiful lady's watches in the current range IMO.

Cheers

Dje

Thank you for your inputs and the wonderul pictures.  I personally prefer the Ellipse over the Twenty-4 because the style is much more classic.  I am just concerned that the 23mm size (also taking into consideration the oval shape) would be too small.   

i think the ellipse is much more well proportionate to the 24. 24 no doubt is a beautiful piece, but it seems more mass marketed (no offence). It seems like a very sellable design, and more importantly, for the younger generation.

The ellipse which i showed was a piece i bought fo my mum, then 5*. (women hate their age being known).  ;p

What drew me to this piece was the mother of pearl dial, which seemed like the sky to me, beautiful. Furthermore, the bracelet was pure craftsmanship. It is made/moulded by a master watchmaker, totally beautiful and unique. You'd be blown away if u manage to inspect it in person. Even the crown has a diamond set in it. Pure spectacular.

The ellipse seems much smaller than the 24, but i can be sure when wearing it, the 'feeling' would totally different. Maybe because my mum is rather petit, thus a small wrist, it sees perfect on her.

24 is a beautiful watch, well proportionate, well designed, but the ellipse has one extra thing 24 dosen't have, a SOUL.