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Patek Philippe: My favourite among Patek dress watches with crown guards has to be 5107P black...

... ahead of 5110P. Between the "flat" bezel 5107 and the "round" bezel 5127 I'd always go 5107.
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Independents: If the C6 only had red instead of orange accents...

Orange is just not for me. Really liked C2 and C4 as well but was worried about the durability of the DLC coating.
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Chopard: For me the winner is in the center...

While I'd prefer no date I think just dropping the date w/o adding a 6 o'clock stub marker leaves a lot of empty space below the subdial.. And I am not a fan of the new asymmetric gulloche pattern that is centered on the Chopard logo. Much prefer the original pattern on the watch in the center. The
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Patek Philippe: Can't answer your question re laser filling but...

I personally would not polish this watch. It looks unpolished at this point and I am afraid the factory-finish sharp look of the edge between the brushed and polished part of the bezel and the 8 ridges down the polished part of the bezel itself would be lost forever. If you continue to wear it like
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Patek Philippe: Ok, answered the Calatrava question myself. 2585A it should be.

Looks like a million dollars ... and ended up there at auction a decade ago.
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Patek Philippe: Great post and I couldn't agree more...

Do you mind sharing what reference the beautiful platinum (?) Calatrava below the special 5196P Salmon has? Patek's home runs in the looks department have been far and between over the past 10+ years. 5230P is up there, 5740/1G as well, and 5170P was lovely too if one can live with off-center regist
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Independents: Such a cool watch!

Took me a while but now I think the C5 is the best of the C so far, followed by the OG Continuum / C1. With C2 and C4 I'd be worried they will look banged up in no time with the coated case and C3 is just not for me. Wondering about the upcoming C6...
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Patek Philippe: Happy 3998P silver no diamonds owner here for roughly a decade...

I have 6.6" wrists and prefer smaller watches with the 3998P being my smallest. While the watch is small, the dial is not. It is the same size as the dial of my 5711/1A. I use the 3998P no matter what I am wearing and wouldn't trade it for a 39mm 5227 or similar. Not a fan of large empty dials. The
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Patek Philippe: Great collection. My choice would be 5975P ...

... as thin as automatic chronographs come and a versatile instrument for measuring distance, speed, and heart beat. A true tool watch if they had made it in steel. Most will pass for lack of subregisters but I am increasingly fond of the 5975. In the absence of a steel variant the black dial P is c
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Patek Philippe: Good catch, poor fake...

... midcase is too thick, as a result the first center link connecting the midcase and the bracelet is longer than the other center links when it should be the same length, the dial color is off...
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