amanico
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Patek Chronograph Ref 533.
I had the opportunity to see this Patek Ref 533 during one of my watch shopping sessions....
Yellow Gold, 33 mm, but it looks bigger in the real, circa 35 / 36 mm, due to its open dial and these long and thin lugs which are magnificent.
The dial is a summum of elegance, too. It looks very close to the 5170, but here, the 2 subdials are perfectly centered. An interesting detail: The indices at 11, 1, 5 and 7 o' clock are longer.
One thing I would have preferred: Arabic numbers instead of the Roman VI and XII. Just my personal preference.
This chronograph has been made in the 40's.
A jewel.
Best,
Nicolas
Patek Chronograph Ref 533.
I had the opportunity to see this Patek Ref 533 during one of my watch shopping sessions.... Yellow Gold, 33 mm, but it looks bigger in the real, circa 35 / 36 mm, due to its open dial and these long and thin lugs which are magnificent. The dial is a summ...
WOW ! High level shopping session !
With such a beauty, I would not mind wearing it at all as I am more used to limited sizes than large ones (with one exception as you know..., hehehe ! ). Also for the color of course I love the steel versions but yellow gold for such vintage one goes very...
that is 'focus' per Steve Jobs - saying 'no' all other things...
Good luck for your Duometre !
A classic. Dainty and a very handsome chrono.
Oozing with charm. Thanks for sharing a jem Nico. Best Geross
In the 40ies man tried to look bigger by their clothes only and not their watches
Just recently I was watching Hitchcock's "Rope" movie and it came to my mind how big the padded shoulders are of man wearing suits in the movie, how big the reverse are on the jackets and how wide the trousers are. And than I had the watches of that time ...
A very vintage looking jewel ! Trust that you had fun...
"shopping" ! What did you get from the trip ? For a simple guy like me, instead of baton hour markers, I would prefer "dots" to further simplify the dial given the tracks and sub-dials already make the dial comes alive. Cheers, Gordon
There are so many versions of these beautiful patek Chronographs...
...for every tastes. As far as I'm concerned, this one is very close to perfection: the subdials, the scale, the applied markers and numerals, color combination... Of course I would find the Arabic numerals a great choice too, white metal, sector dial... ...