BigAppleBill
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LF every day and twice on Sunday.
Jul 19, 2020,11:22 AM
I feel this particular PP Calatrava is an uninspired dial with some Aquanaut numerals applied. PP can do better.
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I know!
By: blau : July 19th, 2020-19:48
Amazing that everyone is so excited by this Patek, and so uninterested in the Fifty-Six. (I'm in the 'neither' camp myself, which I suspect you are as well)
LF hands down
By: jleno : July 19th, 2020-10:22
IMO, it's just a much more attractive design.
LF by quite a bit....
By: darmatgre-1 : July 19th, 2020-10:34
IMHO, if you put any other name on that dial, the Patek would simply be an unappealing timepiece. Dial is unoriginal, and the guilloche does not hold a candle to Kari, RGM and others doing real guilloche work. The LF is original, subtle and quite the look...
LF...
By: mdg : July 19th, 2020-10:52
...nice to have a manual-wind on a dressier watch. PP will sell every one they can make, but they missed a huge opportunity with the WIS community. Kill the date (or match the background to the dial) and use real guilloché and I think it's an instant clas...
Perhaps a result of the massive 1,000 piece edition.
By: vitalsigns : July 19th, 2020-11:09
Genuine guilloche at that volume may not be feasible with PP's business model (though of course PP could have spaced the edition out over multiple years). Not disagreeing with you at all, by the way...
+1
By: jleno : July 19th, 2020-11:16
As nice as the LF is, there's tough competition in the $30K segment, especially against the Germans.
Btw, I'd still give the LF consideration against these as well.
By: jleno : July 19th, 2020-13:33
I just feel the others are generally offering more watch for money with precious metal cases, enamel/guilloche dials, more elaborate looking movements, etc. But if the LF looks best on the wrist, I'd be willing to overlook that.
A good list. Indeed some strong competition.
By: vitalsigns : July 19th, 2020-15:42
Even if some of those are 20-30% more expensive (not sure how much that price differential matters at that level, but it surely does to some people).
For me
By: George Gently : July 19th, 2020-11:08
clearly Laurent Ferrier. Don’t want to be negatieve about this PP, so I shan’t say anything more. George
LF every day and twice on Sunday.
By: BigAppleBill : July 19th, 2020-11:22
I feel this particular PP Calatrava is an uninspired dial with some Aquanaut numerals applied. PP can do better.
Definitely the LF.
By: als1678 : July 19th, 2020-11:33
I actually like the new movement - it is the tourbillion one without the tourbillion ... Obviously less lavishly finished but still up there. My big concern with the LF automatics has always been the fancy escapement and the ability to service it in the l...
If forced to choose...
By: quattro98 : July 19th, 2020-16:35
I would go with the LF. I do like the titanium case. The low WR, manual movement, and style of decoration are not things I care for. I’d much rather have a Galet Square with the micro-rotor movement. The PP only makes sense to buy and flip. I’d hate to li...
LF, of course, out of these two
By: batholith : July 20th, 2020-13:49
but it has some tough competition in the Principia and perhaps the new Coyons and several others mentioned by other posters.
LF! LF! LF!
By: Ano Nuevo : July 20th, 2020-22:46
Who wants a watch that’s dedicated to a ... BUILDING??!!??! Ano “I’m waiting for the platinum Frank Lloyd Wright edition, thank you.” Nuevo
We have one vote for the PP!
By: vitalsigns : July 21st, 2020-10:35
I agree that the LF micro rotor is much nicer. Hard for me to get excited by the PP movement when it's so obscured by the engraving.