I haven't seen it in the metal, but I find myself admiring it more when the markers are visible/silver than when they seem to disappear into the dial. E.g. in 1WatchMan's photo.

It's great to join the forum. As concerns the authenticity of the piece, I suspect that it's not an issue. A photo from Fine Watch Bank (re-posted by Emmanuele) includes the Certificate of Origin, and 'noir index obus gris' is legible in the description of the dial. A counterfeit certificate seems u

Around ten years ago a member wrote a nice review of the 5496 in rose gold. Everyone on the thread agreed that PP should produce a version of the 5496 platinum with a black dial. In fact, there's now a 5496P- 016 for sale on C24, already extant in 2015 and billed as ' possibly unique '. I upload som