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Hi Emmanuel, Thanks for a fantastic post during year of the fiery horse 🐴!
FYI, the 5075G inspired by a Qing Dynastry bowl was made by Anita Porchet and team ! Here is my post on Patek's series on the 12 Chinese zodiacs www.watchprosite.com
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Watchonthewrist
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How Patek Philippe rides horses
Since some of us are celebrating the Chinese Year of the Horse and since Patek Philippe released last year a Minute Repeater with a magnificent hand-engraved horse , I thought it would be interesting to take a look at how the brand has represented this an
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Watchonthewrist
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Spectacular shots of this 5075 --- and sincerely glad to see it (along with its two siblings from the same series!) fared so well at the recent Sotheby's HK auction!
Ref. 5075 is one of the first modern Rare Handcraft references, and its historical value is hard to overestimate. Also worth noting that, thanks to Patek's determination and their leadership in this unique field, the progress made by Rare Handcrafts over
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Ref. 5075G "Birds of Paradise"
Released in 2002, this watch features a cloisonné enamel dial which depicts two Paradisaea rubra (Red Bird of Paradise). I had the chance to see a different birds of paradise design before and they do not disappoint; very striking watches. The watch is 36
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Many thanks Dauster -- the 5189 will follow the long tradition of Patek Rare Handcraft models, both in- and out-of-catalog, which have beeen powered by the *automatic* Caliber 240.
Created in 1977, Caliber 240 is arguably one of the most iconic horological movements ever produced. Along with its variations, it is currently housed in as many as 25 Patek references. It's been the soul of most Rare Handcraft models we have seen in mode
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FabR
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Hi 👋 all, As requested by Dr Tabby, WPS’s self proclaimed enamel addict/slave researched and created this post on the whole Chinese zodiac rare handcrafts limited editions.
Thanks for the good folks at Patek (J and M) for providing me with official photos. On my own, I could not have found all the lovely pieces. Tried as I may, I could not find the year of the Pig with a dial which is cute and lovely ! This LE series lasted
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All opinions are obviously welcome and respectable Keith, but then let me just say you'll be *very* disappointed at much of the vintage artistic watch production, which goes back 400+ years (even if it might have been groundbreaking at the time! ;-)
What's actually interesting to note is the remarkable improvement between this or other 5075 references from 20 years ago (which I mostly find comparable), and today's production. Not sure whether you like them, but below are two of my favorite contempora
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amanico
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Many thanks for this spectacular Patek! Rare Handcrafts are (as is probably well known! :-)) my favorite timepieces, for their stunning marriage between art and horology which Patek has historically been able to preserve at the highest levels! :-)
For our interested forum members, reference 5075 in enamel, which was introduced in year 2000 and offered until about 2004, is the direct predecessor (in a sense, along with ref. 5076) of today's incredible, out-of-catalog Rare Handcraft production: refs.
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amanico
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Ref. 5075 'Birds of Paradise'
I've greatly admired the handicraft pieces from Patek and this is one I came across that I liked very much. Pardon the not so good caseback shot but if you look at the micro rotor, you will see carvings of birds; a nice touch in my opinion.
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