I went through a period of buying rectangular, square and other non round ones. I only have about 5 of them now. Lets see your non round versions through the years.
Purple I cannot do but square-ish - sure 😁👍🏻 Practically fully square… Rectangular… Asymmetrical… More square-ish, rounded off… Tonneau… Square dial detail in a round watch… And its rectangular cousin 😉
this patek 2499/100 has a special dial with a "floating" signature and the font style is most probably unique to this watch. One can see the round "g" in geneve which is unique to this 2499/100 watch. This shows how most fo these were made by hand and the
The size of the small seconds hand is perfect, the numbers are easy to read, and it is uncluttered. As others have noted, including Tony, it takes, perhaps an extra second to make sure you are reading the time correctly, But, the cushion case, the size of
enjoy seeing this unique tonneau shaped watch with round dial display, a 5020R. (In case you are wondering I am not the fortunate one who owns this watch.)
It does wear largely. Listed 41 but being cushion it is larger on the wrist. For me the strap, it is almost a double thick strap, caused it to be less comfortable at first. Once it has worn in, much better. Thinking of getting an Alcantara one maybe to se
The watch dates to 1954 and the case dimensions are 36mm in diameter and 41mm lug-to-lug. This is a great vintage watch that still fits the modern wrist very well. The nickname for the watch is "Disco Volante," or flying saucer because of the thick steppe
. . . long on my wish-list, although now that an Ultra Deep is on its way, not quite as necessary to round out my collection. Thanks for sharing your immaculate example, Andy. Art