Patek Philippe

A response by Miles in a recent thread, got me thinking.

And in this case, I am not referring to the Nautilus or Aquanaut models.

But the rest of the range?

Any photos would be more then welcome, showing evidence of the event!

and that he even played with the pushers while he was into water...

I'm curious, too, to see who swims with his PP...

Best,

Nicolas

G

Only kidding , but I felt like posting this pic

Julian

However, she will officially be the ex-wife in some 35 days.

The comment of this Rocket Scientist after swimming one week with her beautiful PP was: "It is not a good watch. The dial is foggy".

The good news are that the next wife will surely appreciate a bit more the presents she iwill be getting.

Best, Kari

both watches as well as ex-wifes. Furthermore, like I have said earlier, vintages are not my piece of cake.

Anyhow, I must admit that when I bought a nice Caltrava with gold bracelet and lot of diamonds I did not actually think that somebody would take that watch for a beach holiday. For those purposes I had earlier bought a SS and YG Rolex.

Luckily, the younger generation women have learned to check the time from their gsm phones and they hardly swim with the same. I bought my girlfriend a nice Reverso Duetto Duo and I am currently looking for a WG Caltrava. But she knows that swimming nor diving is not recommended with that kind of watches.

Best, Kari

I can barely afford the watches but collecting wives..... is way out of my league.

cheers

fernando

Why do you need a watch when you are swimming?

But only have this picture taken by a crazy friend of mine who had to get his camera out this summer when I was with him in the Med on holiday happily taking a dip in the pool with my 5970Rg on.......What is all the fuss about I asked him????????
Sorry guys but if watches are waterproof then they are made to be worn in the water....As simple as... Does Snow count?????
M.

I understand the idea that, if a watch was tested to be water resistant, that it could be put in the water. However,
the straps worry me... how are they holding up?

Tien

The 5970 is pressure resistant to 30 meters, so it should be okay to swim with it on. I believe if a seal fails the water will ruin the movement.

But I always buy a spare for each watch t keep unused.......
M.

water resistant and waterproof?  I can't help but think submerging these pieces will eventually lead to problems.  Continued good luck to you!

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... correct me if im wrong fellow watch historians... since almost no watch can be absolutely "waterproof" (since if you have the crown unscrewed or in the out position water would get in! and poof, water gets in!)... the term "waterproof" was ebolished here in north america since its not technically correct! ....

So everything is really only water resistant.. depending on circumstances.... seals and even the treading of a screw down crown get worn!...

my personal opinion, i would never submerse any watch that doesnt have a screw down crown (not even a casio)... im hesitant to even submerse a chronograph without screw down pushers!

just my two cents

cheers & good luck!

I have showered with my 3800 on a regular basis after it had a thorough overhaul at Henri Stern.

I'll not argue abt the documented WR to 120m issue, but, being a pessimist, i'm concern that somehow along the line of wearing it on my wrist, the seal may just fail by whatever means myself or the mother nature could have done.

Moreover, leather strap is not meant to be soak in water .................. clearly warned by PP! ................. that one of the reason why most new PP came with a spare leather strap for the more adventurer one.

I highly doubt the watch stopped b/c I wore it in the shower. The WR rating is based more on pressure than actual depth. If it was based on depth, then you could easily wear a 5970 to go snorkeling since how often are you going to dive deeper than 80 feet?

I never changed the time while in the shower or anywhere near any liquid substance.

This issue could have been caused by the overhaul and/or new gold rotor. Furthermore when the watch was running between late Monday night and early Saturday evening, it was only gaining 0.05sec/day.

I never got a spare leather strap with any of my new Pateks.

M.

Came with an extra strap! ............... Nevertheless, will never dip into water!

if you purchased any nautilus on a strap!... your ad might not of realized and its probably still in the original shipping box... call them!... i cant think of any other patek that comes with extra straps...

Have swum with Nautilus 5711/1A in Pacific Ocean, Mediterranean, and Lago di Maggiore.

As recommended by Patek, I have the waterproof seals annually checked free of charge at AD.

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And one that every manufacturer recommends.

Any watch could fail, whether it's a Patek with a 30m resistance or a Rolex Deepsea with 4,000m depth rating, if the seals are not checked periodically, the seals will ultimately fail.

I had no such worries with the Aquanaut  and regularly went snorkeling with it.

I was just wondering whether I would be so lucky with a 5205!!

i let the pateks take the day off when water is involved.

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