Patek Philippe

A true watch icon. Glad you have it.

Cheers!

Geross.

Best, Kari

Went also to Patek Salon in New Bond Street. That was a mistake! This visit will cost a lot in the future when everything arrives.

Have a nice weekend!

Kari

I'm not able to feel the same for my 5164A as the rubber strap is not too comfortable when it gets too warm in the outdoors and leather doesn't survive as an everyday watch here where we live.

My difficulty is that all across Asia I find myself going from air-conditioned environments (normal wrist!) to the great outdoors (mega-wrist!  They balloon quickly due to the heat and humidity).  So I'm looking for bracelets or all-weather-friendly rubber straps that look reasonably dressy, but they need to be able to adjust a few sizes easily and quickly.  And neither Patek's Aquanaut strap, which has to be cut to your wrist size (this, I think, is absolutely bonkers), nor the Nautilus bracelet, is adjustable.

Just because of this I find myself quite tempted instead by the new dual-time VC Overseas on blue rubber strap as an all-purpose daily wearer...

Sigh.

Best

E.

Well, if Patek did the composite strap for Nautilus in a subtle blue, that might be tempting...but as it is the grey that's available is a bit drab.  Couple the non-adjustable bracelet with the 324SC sticking date problem and the scratch-prone bezel and there are lots of things that make the 5711 far from perfect.  On the other hand, I still am thinking about one.  I just keep wishing PP would overhaul the clasp on the Nautilus to allow micro-adjustment and make the bezel out of something that doesn't scratch quite so easily.  

VC with blue strap - well I'm not interested in the Overseas chrono, but there are the new blue-dial limited editions of the simple date and the dual time, and it IS a lovely colour, and they come with rubber and leather straps.  I really wish I had some love for the simple model but the date window at 4.45 just drives me nuts, and then there are the numerals that cut into the indices; plus why does it have to tell you it's automatic and antimagnetic?  That just makes the dial busy.  Grrr.  Hey, VC, meet AP15202!  No extraneous dial text!  But the dual-time looks much better, with the extra dial text hidden down in a corner.  (Mind you, I do wonder about how the Overseas bezel will look after a few years - not to mention will dirt just live inside those internal angles on the cutouts?)

Hey, that makes me wonder about a 15202.  Tried one on the other day and quite liked it, although the Nautilus suits my style better.  The dial is great and it doesn't have the problem of the contrasting date window which the 5711 has.  Of course it doesn't have an adjustable bracelet either...and that bezel is scratch-magnet-tastic.  Some people say it's sacrilege to put one on a strap but I do wonder if that might not be an option...

Why can't anything just be perfect, darnit?  Sigh.

E.

He's a great guy. A London City lawyer (although in shipping), 38 years of age, an eager sailor, in perfect fit. Handsome and great character and single. He's also very lonely. But why? He's looking for a "perfect" wife. The successful candidate should look like Miss Universe, hold a M.Sc. but preferably Ph.D., virgin and such a personality that she should have her own opinions and thoughts but she should always in the end agree with my friend.

My recommendation to my friend has been: "there are no perfect ones but a lot of ones you can fall in love with. Try to find her".

Same with watches. There are no perfect ones but a lot we can still love. I.e. 5711: I would like to have a more sophisticated movement, better clasp, etc. But still, I love mine a lot as it is.

Best, Kari 

Kari, you make a very good point - and one that actually goes to the heart of my personality.  I've always had to fight my inner perfectionist to keep from sitting on the fence and keep the best from being the enemy of the good.

I guess I did manage to find a girl and marry her, but I suppose it's more difficult to find perfection in watches.  Or did I simply have more experience having to compromise with women?  Hmmm...

So:  does this mean I need to just relax a bit and let that 5711 into my life?

Best

E.

And if the normal 5711 is too boring and normal, get 5711P.

Best, Kari

You know, I go back and forth on the 5711P.  Is that dial a bit too blue?  Is the common-or-garden 5711 actually nicer?  Would all that platinum just weigh too much?  

and the normal amount of weights I use when diving is 2 kilos. A platinum watch like 5711P would solve some 10% of the diving weights.

I have seen and handled one. It's not the garden version of 5711 and for sure not too blue. In real the dial is shockingly different and somehow the changing light is playing even more tricks than with the standard 5711.

Best, Kari

1.  The 5711/1a is dangerously flawed and will never really do as it's just Not Good Enough, and

2.  The 5711P is FAR too heavy and FAR too blue for me ever even think about being interested in it!

;-)

Best

E.

PS I know that if I ever see a 5711P in person I will fall head over heels in love with it.  Hello, sleepless nights...

What do you say if next time I'm in Singapore, I will organise you an opportunity to see Nautilus 5711/1A and 5711P-001 side-by-side?

You could easily conclude the following:

1. Yes, 5711P is heavy. But very pleasantly so. It reminds you that you are wearing something extraordinary.

2. The dial of 5711/1A is more like grey blue with a tint of green while the dial of the P-version is blue going from relatively bright blue towards deep ocean navy blue

3. The way to go is to have both!

4. And finally, the good news is that you can always start from the steel version.

My contribution for such a meeting would be to introduce my 3712. It's also a nice way to start the blue Nautilus career.

Best, Kari 

Someone recently posted saying that you are giving Nicolas competition as Vlad.  Now I see what they meant.  ;-)