Patek Philippe

I was trying to get a sense of what 3417 patek range. I noticed the little opening on the 27AM-400 movement below the HT in EIGHTEEN in this 3417 copy is quite rough. I wondered what would cause this? Is it a 1. rough initial finish? 2. Ham fisted repair?...  

It is also missing two screws… ...  

Maybe for photography,when disassembled, those screws are omitted?

Too bad though. That's a really special movement.

The Repairer seems to have used a large chisel instead of watch tools and perhaps decided that the movement does not need all the screws.. The caliber would cry if it had feelings!!! But if it that ugly oval opening is an original design and also rough fi... 

That being said, I did an image search on this movement and it seems this issue is present on other ones as well.

I just couldn’t see close enough to determine how smooth or bit.

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And so much so for discussions on “finishing” . 🙈🙈🙈

Mr. Thierry Stern for his comments. Am wondering what would he say? And did I see the Geneva seal there? Hmmm perhaps unsightly holes were permitted then🧐🧐🧐

the lever has to be moved by a screwdriver -upward-while holding the crown in your finger and thumb to gently let down the power of the mainspring for a complete service. the mess of the hole is caused by the moving of the screwdriver in the hole.

these days watches with high collector values are sometimes made up from a collection of genuine parts laying around a workshop. to have a extract from the archives -does not mean anything-unless a paper trail can be established and proven. the red lightb... 

this problem in main applies to the highly collected or rare models-classic example is the 1936 iwc pilots watch with the calibre 83 even iwc in switzerland will not verify authentisity as the ringers look so good and the old watchmaker who knew about thi...