Patek Philippe

well well... having acquired my first Patek, a 5196j, a few months ago, i was planning to "buy" my next piece, a 3738 golden ellipse. however, for some mysterious reasons, i opted for the AD5970r instead. call me crazy -i acknowledge i am!- but i went to an AD with the intention to get the 3738, and ... when i saw the 5970 with my naked eyes, i just changed my priority and decided to get this one first. last week, i finally got it. well... strangely enough, i like the 5970, but somehow i prefer the 5196. i thought that i'd love both watches equally, as if they were my sons and daughters, but somehow that's not the case. i LOVE my 5970, but the feeling of joy it causes me is not comprarable to the feelings i had -and still have- about when i bought the 5196.
how do you feel about your pateks? do you love them equally? does your enthusiam slightly diminishes each time you acquire a new model?
maybe i got the 5970 too fast too soon. i didn't "work" for it -no waiting period or prolonged longing for it before buying it- and maybe i can't feel the real joy because i didn't really "earn" it yet.

I presume it was the special limited edition 5970R  which was only today available at the AD ?

Some one who prefers a 5196 over a 5970??

I think that I to may smell a rat

Oh yes April 1st.............
It is going to take something really very very special from PP to better this for me anyway....... Happy April fools day.... And yes it makes me want to cry every time I look at my 5970's........It gets very emotional...
M.


This message has been edited by Miles151 on 2011-04-01 10:57:50

... will leave me even more flabbergasted than the car (or better to say the car that I think it is)

well, taste is a very individual matter. the 5196 is, like the 3738, simple, elegant, understated, pure, zen. i can wear it hidden beneath my sleeve, everyday and almost in every situation. to the untrained eye, it may just look like a ... better swatch (someone at work actually complimented me for wearing my "new swatch").
the 5970 is -of course- an exceptional watch! don't get me wrong here., but it is bigger and heavier, and ... much more expensive. the 5196 was not by any means "cheap". now, beauty is priceless, of course. and of course, i bought the watch for my own indulgence and shouldn't care what other think. the 5970 doesn't go unnoticed, a look at it reveals that it is a very expensive thing, not bling-bling, but yet expensive. i find it harder to stay "under the radar" and wear it discretely.
anyway, i'll keep you posted about the ups and downs of my love affair with the 5970.