5110 dial guilloché
Having owned 5110P for almost seven years, I am still quite curious whether the central dial of 5110 is guilloch by machine/hand or stamped? It was very finely made, but I personally think most probably it was stamped. Does anyone have any clue? Many tha...
Hi Nico, why not guilloché by hand?? I thought Patek...
...has that capability, especially given that Patek is into old fashion artistic dial making. Since Brequet uses rose engines for guilloché, I would have guessed that Patek would do the same. Thanks, Gordon
Just a guess, my friend. I would so much love to read that...
Our beloved 5110 is guilloché by hand! Best, Nicolas
Hi Nico, Given it is a Patek, I would bet that the guilloché is done by hand !!
I will reach out to my Patek contacts and try to find out for all of us. Cheers, Gordon
rose engine it is
Have visited Patek factory last summer. They use guilloche rose engine to make those dials on all of their guilloche dial watches. Have seen 5130 dial being made that way, so I would assume 5110 dial is made the same way. Hope this helps
guilloché dial
Thank you for all the inputs. The reason why I am leaning to the stamp procedure is based on the following two observations: 1. Patek clearly state that the dial of 5098 is "crafted from a plate of gold and guillochéd by hand over its entire surface", whi...
I would vouch for guilloche myself.....
I can't imagine that Patek Philippe would go for stamping on this piece. Just my opinion of course and by the way, what a beautiful watch this is! Cheers Francois from Down Under
Patek 5110 dial close up
Please see the details on the close up. I will rather guess that it is stamped than hand or machine guilloched. Every and each small pyramid shaped unit is squeezed to the form than cut as guilloche method is applied. The photo is credited to a purist who...
5098 dial in comparison
The hand guilloche dial on Patek 5098 is clearly done by hand operated rose machine. Please see the details. The edge of the pattern shows cutting rather than squeezing/pressing. Photos credited to Patek Philippe. ...
guilloche
Based on my observation on both dials (5110 and 5098's) and many other dials of Vacheron Constantin, Breguet, I believe that the 5110 has a wonderful and very refined center dial which is stamped. Stamping is not as prestigious as guilloche from technical...
5130 dial
The 5130 dial is guillochéd 100%! I have seen this myself as this dial being made at the Patek dial factory, last summer.