Hi All! I’m currently weighing a significant shift in my collection and would appreciate some perspectives, especially from those of you who’ve spent time with both Patek and Lange. A bit of context: I’ve been collecting since the mid-2000s, beginning with a Seamaster Professional 300m (GoldenEye-er
I wear mine to the office more than my other watches. Also love that I wore it in Modena and Milan while on a long weekend and was not stressed in the slightest wearing it. No one bats and eye. Could be a Daniel Wellington for all they care haha
How have you let it fall behind that far? Haha in 2.5 months of ownership I have only pressed the button on my AC twice. Very frustrating actually haha. I want to play with it more but can’t resist wearing it and winding it.
It’s bizarre to be honest. Why change their sports watches to 30m? Now if I send an aquanaut for service that was 120m WR… do they just test it up to 30m now? Previously they’d test to 120 and if it failed at 60 they would make adjustments to seals or whatever until it gets to its 120 again. Honestl
It was one of the big reasons I fell for it as well. The Skydweller has a lovely interaction with the bezel used for selecting what function to set and then just flipping through the date sequentially to get you back in sync very quickly. Then considering other complicated pieces with recessed pushe
yes I am absolutely loving it! I’m finding it hard to pick something else to wear. It’s my first none white metal and gift full gold watch which I thought might be a bit of a shock but it feels as if I have always had it.
And thanks again for you help with the manual around the questions i had Very much appreciated. Yeha I agree on the RG giving a nice contracts with the dial. It really feels quite different. Usually I am all for white gold but this called to me haha