All of the people in my family didn't like it and thought I was crazy for thinking of buying one. Over a decade ago I was going to acquire the 6000G, it had my requirements; date, micro rotor, and a deployment clasp and I liked the look. Apparently I was
Quick picture in the dark of my faithful 5712 and / on my sisyphus table ... For those interested go and have a look at their site, it matches well with watches clocks and time. [Commercial link edited out --- FabR (Patek moderator)]
The good thing about the end of hype is that mere mortals can get watches again! Really glad to add this 5712 to my collection! It’s cool how the dial is less brown than on the 5711r.
I do enjoy wearing it but it’s a pretty “jiggly” timepiece … doesn’t really feel like a solid gold watch like a Vacheron or Rolex “feel solid” .. put on a platinum president and you get the idea I’m trying to convey… It’s in the winder most of the time… B
I definitely didn't assume either way; if it was an offer at retail, or an offer with markup. But definitely, my advice would apply to both scenarios. I will say, I'm not crazy about perpetual calendars - they're a pain to set and if you forget to put it
I never realized the slightly bigger lume dots on 5 and 7 in the later models. I have a 5712 mark 1 still with the geneva seal (think produced for 2+ to 3+ years before they switched to PP seal) and I noticed mine has a single dot on the 48 hour on the po
This is a watch I bought a few months ago before I left Singapore. Watch is still there and I am here in the US with photos. As I was following the LoupeThis 5712A auction this week and flicking through my photos, realised that Patek updated the dial with
In china, a lot of people decontruct some pp, remove their movements and for making fake nautilus and aquanaut. These fake watches are very difficult to spot because they have real movement. At the beginning, people only decontruct some old ref like 5117,