5172

Took this a couple of weeks ago, overlooking Merdeka 118 - the tallest building in Southeast Asia.

Putting on a different kind of shoe for my 5172 and I must admit, I absolutely adore the look and the added vintage vibe to the watch. Let’s just hope the bracelet holds up 🤞🏿

So manual chrono over auto Perpetual over annual Worldtimer over GMT And a combination of these “lesser” complications never trumps a watch with only a single “more advanced” complication.

"TIE" between 5070 and 5172 because - subdials in 5070 is balanced with the middle aligned with the 3 to 9 horizon - 5172 has beautiful syringe hands and whole numerals vs 4 partially cut numerals in 5070 Please award 0.5 point to each

From left to right: A favorite? For me, clearly the 5070P, here. Best, Nicolas

And it turns out that, whereas Patek Philippe like Lebois, uses 5 intervals/minute with 4Hz and also 3Hz movements, Vacheron Constantin, on the other hand, adapts the number of intervals to the frequency of the movement: 5 intervals/minute for 2.5Hz, 3 in

I looked very closely at the Lange 1815 chrono (early and current versions) but couldn't love the case nor dial. The 5170 (breguet numerals) won easily in those areas. I thought the 5172 dial was unnecessarily large and thought that size might not age wel

1815chrono 5170 more 5170 5172 move

All three suffer from the same droopy subdials. Lange movement is a little above Patek, but certainly not by a lot. Case work on 5170 is a little simple for me. The 5172 is brilliant, not just the triple-stepped lugs, also the sides are more complex then