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I really want to buy the 5740 for the dial, movement and amazing nautilus fit but just can’t pull the trigger because of the gray gold The platinum nautilus models are a little too blingy with the diamonds unfortunately So annoyed an entire section of Patek’s line up (WG models) will just be off lim

I think it’s now “gray gold” or whatever they call it. I find the old style white gold was much whiter and basically indistinguishable from platinum. Whereas the new WG is almost a dark gray. In low lighting it actually looks matte. It reminds me of tantalum. Whereas the old WG was whiter and shiny

1.) the bezel took up a greater % of the diameter of the watch (ie this is a relatively “thin bezel”) If you think about the most desirable models - 2499, 5970, 3970 - the bezels (ie the precious metal) on those watches are much wider than the 5170 relative to the total size of the watch (and theref