jleno
1918
People are getting a little too fixated on the interior angles themselves I think, the general quality is more important to look at along with all of the finishing in total.
Apr 26, 2021,03:01 AM
Some watches like the Credor Eichi II have no interior angles, but still have amazing anglage. Others like Charles Frodsham and Roger Smith have little to no anglage but make it up for it with finishing in other places.
I was taking a look at this macro shot of the Patek movement, and I thought it actually looked pretty good:
Very smooth and nicely rounded to my eyes at least. The main thing I do not want to see are vertical striations from machining. The other thing that is nice is that there is a lot of anglage due to how open the movement is. Keep in mind that on something like a Lange 1, the anglage is good but there is very little of it because of the 3/4 plate architecture. No interior angles on a Lange 1 either.
There are other areas where Patek could improve the finishing as well rather than adding interior angles. Adding larger black-polished components, more beveling on the gear spokes, polished teeth on some of the gears, more complex finishings on some of the wheels and the rotor. Overall, I do think Patek should be doing more for the price. At the same time though, I think non-watch collectors would think it's silly that we are claiming a 30k watch is unjustifiably expensive compared to another 30k watch just because of some inward angles on the movement.