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Amazing watch, I don't like the "creamy" color of the dial of the 5296 now in production and wonder why Patek does not offer a version with black dial. However, it must be a limited edition in platinum, isn't it?

Hi all, I just want to know if in the Patek collection there's a Calatrava similar to 5296 but with black dial or if they produced it in the past (in this case, do you know the number of the reference?) Thank you

...without a wristshot. It would be too easy for you to put your opinion on a screen, without letting us judge Othrwise, how can we decide if the FF is so small that we can laugh at you or be impressed by its powerful presence?

...I couldn't imagine that magnetic fields had such a power. Thank you for sharing your experience. At the end, the only thing I can say is that the only anti-magnetic watch possibile is the one whose parts are not influenced by magnetic fields, which is maybe not completely possibile in the modern

I understand your point of view. I just thought it was hard to "beat" an antimagnetic protection up to 1000 Gauss while it seems we just need a good subwoofer to get a magnetic field that is 20 times stronger than 1000 gauss Of course, I'm not telling that we should wear a frying pan made of soft ir

Thank you for your answer, really useful. So if I put my antimagnetic watch really close to a great loundspeaker, it will soon stop working or, if I'm simply close at a certain distance I risk that my watch doesn't work properly. Said that, can we say that the 1000 Gauss "resistant" is really useful

Hi all, we all know some watches have the movement surrounded by a ring of soft iron to protect it from the influence of magnetic fields, up to usually 1000 Gauss or 80.000 Ampere/metre. Unluckily I was no good at physics, so I wonder what can generate such a strong magnetic field or even stronger a

...but I don't speak English well, so for "weights around the balance wheel" I meant these semi-circular screws you can find in the Gyromax system: or the screws used by Rolex in their Microstella system: I know that a ot of calibres with traditional balance do have screws, too, but it is common onl

Thank you for the answer, I read that discussion with much interest. As regards the 2450 caliber, I guessed that it was not free sprung just because I didn't see screws or "weights" around the diameter of the balance, but wasn't sure. So I'd like to know how can I recognize a free sprung or a tradiz

If you know the name of the regulation system, please let me know.