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murcielago_boy
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Lemania VS In-house

Hi everyone.
I wanted to ask a naive question.
As we all know PP have developed, amongst many others, their new calibers for the 5170 (first found in that ladies chrono) and a further development of that for the new Perp Chrono 5270.

What I want to understand here is why anyone would prefer a generic Lemania caliber piece over and above a genuine in-house PP caliber. I mean the Lemania's in the 5970 and 5070, although heavily re-worked in PP form, will be found in Vacherons and other high-end manufacturers... Why would you prefer an outsourced movement found elsewhere to power your PP than something made by the manufacturer? It necessarily means the lemania piece is NOT fully bespoke. I've been watching the debates between 5070 vs 5170 and 5970 vs 5270, and aesthetic objections aside, it's a no brainer - surely? An in house pp movement vs an outsourced generic? No doubt, the 5170 and 5270 have to be champions.

My feeling is that people always prefer what they have bought themselves and given that only a few people have the new pieces but many more (relatively speaking) have the older pieces here, the loyalty to what they already own is driving a unfair evaluation.That's human nature of course... But in my opinion, there is simply no arguing that the newer pieces are conceptually purer and simply more bespoke because of their in house movements. Will we find the caliber in 5170 in a Vacheron? No. And that's my point!

Please let me know your thoughts. Apologies if the post comes off "spiky" - written in a hury!! I wait to be corrected by your insight and knowledge!

Regards

MB!