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Patek_3944 shares a candid and controversial decision to sell his wife's Patek Philippe Twenty~4, citing disappointment with its quartz movement and plastic insert. He replaced it with an 18K gold Cartier Baignoire 1920, prompting a lively debate among fellow collectors about the value proposition and design choices of luxury quartz watches.
It is for me personally forbidden to have watches with plastic. Rubber is oké, but only for the strap and some decoration, because my next watch have some rubber. Plastic is so wromg. Quatz is so bad. I can not understand why FP Journe have a quartz watch in his collection. And Richard Mille do the same. Auromatic and selfwinding, and if it is posible a tourbillon.
As a manufacturer, trying to capitalise on revenue income, why wouldn’t you have something in your line to sell to the ladies (mostly)? Not everyone with the financial means is remotely interested in horology – quite often it’ll be more about cachet and looks, and inclusion within their social group. Plastic isn’t wrong, in fact it’ll be a necessity due to the fact it is electrically non-conductive, thereby preventing a short-circuit with the case.
the margins on a 24 are huge. Personally, I've never felt the Twenty-4 held a candle to the JLC Duetto. -Dean
It is a business, after all, and the 24 is well designed and finished as a jewelry piece, which is what it is. And I agree, the JLC Duetto is the one to get here. For quartz, I think Cartier makes watches 90% as nice as Patek's 24 and at much better relative prices.
Then there is the convenience factor. His wife could very well care less about what's on the inside, she might just want it to be with the right time once she reaches for it in the drawer. Quartz had you covered here.
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