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Close up of my 5089G

Just amazing what they have achieved on this silver dial by engraving it. You can even see the people in the boat. Enjoy your Sunday!
10M
By: penfriend
31
penfriend
2145

Waiting for the next appointment with 5089G

Always a joy to wear this handcrafted piece - no need for complications with such a view 😊
1Y
By: penfriend
8
gary_g
1514

Patek 5089G-015

This hasn’t left my wrist for the last two weeks. I am still so glad that I could secure it - the artwork is amazing and the engraved white gold dial shines and sparkles so beautifully. Attached some impressions, it is hard to capture with the phone thoug
1Y
By: penfriend
24
COUNT DE MONET
3177

Blast from the past has arrived

This rare handcraft has joined my collection. It is part of the 175th anniversary edition (2014), features the calibre 240 and the white gold dial is hand engraved in the low relief technique taking up to 108 hours. The first owner kept it double sealed s
10M
By: penfriend
27
penfriend
4946

Rare Handcraft 5089G-121

I am humbled and grateful to present this 2023 rare handcraft piece that has now joined my collection. This piece is part of the Lighthouses of France collection, and the image depicts La Vieille during a raging storm. The detail, depth, and color are all
2Y
By: BMR
77
FabR
15951

Thanks for a most appealing theme Art, I'm glad I found this as soon as I opened our Front Page! :-) How could a lover of each and every Rare Handcraft, where dials are THE chief vehicle of expression, not participate this week?! ;-))

Of course, it's probably well known that my favorite watch EVER is the so-called "Boccadasse," or Patek Ref. 5177G-010. It was produced as an out-of-catalog reference in 2018, as part of a series of three "Italian themes" inaugurating the marvelous Calatr
2Y
By: Dr No
136
pplater
24730

While for other Rare Handcrafts there's a broader array of excellent artists, there's simply nobody like JB in his field today....This is why Patek's wood marquetry production is so rare, and he is the only artisan authorized to create these dials! ;-)

In real life they are just fantastic artworks, and under a loupe, you can easily see the slivers of wood that compose a dial, which is a very fascinating experience. I'm attaching below a closeup I took of my 5089G dial, though it will never fully convey
2Y
By: patrick_y
146
patrick_y
52585

A little more information for you on two of the most interesting Tokyo Rare Handcrafts, the twin Refs. 5089G-124 and -125, "Tsuba -- Oranges and Flowers," featuring the technique of hand-engraving!

From Patek's original description, only lightly edited: These two limited editions of five watches each were inspired by a decoration of oranges and flowers gracing a tsuba, the hand guard on a traditional Japanese sword, dating from the mid-Nineteenth ce
2Y
By: れい
55
FabR
19549

Let me respond to the Captain's call (your Patek collection really never ceases to amaze me! ;-)) with a couple of limited editions that I was lucky to acquire recently...and which I still MADLY love like on day one! :-))

Perhaps interestingly, both watches are part of the same, new Calatrava reference 5177G featuring a hobnail bezel --- a choice that I find great looking and also historically significant for Patek. It's probably well known that my favorite watch EVER ---
3Y
By: Cookies
280
Subexplorer
77170