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... on your purchase. I certainly mean no malice towards you, or any others who have so promptly taken up arms in your defence. I expressed some personal opinions that, it seems, no one wanted to hear. That it is a contrarian view that differs from the crowd does not make it any more or less valid,

... a little underwhelming IMHO. Sorry to burst your bubble, but its my honest opnion. At least if it was enamel dialed or something special, that would pigue my interest. Quite sad for Lange to push out something like this as a representation of a landmark occasion. It certainly is not a landmark w

Although I do not have the earlier Plat version or seen one, my understanding is that Patek finishes its watches to a single standard irregardless of the casing metal. The tactile feel of the pushers does loosen up a bit after a few applications, but compared to the Dato Mk2 which I expected it to a

I must say that although I do love the dial design (which raises the heckles of the traditionalists), tactile feel of the pushers is a disappointment vs other handwound column wheel chronos. And the movement finish cannot be said to be class leading any longer amongst its competitors. Those r some o

... Buy or acquire a timepiece through processes that go through my heart and my head or some combination of both. The percentage of either that weighs into the final decision varies with the watch and over time. So you can say that I am right and/or left brain buyer. Those times I use my head, ther

... I didn't realize that anyone remembered, or cared ... Not that it matters ... ;-)

At the time of the photo, they were both unsold watches. The LF, is as you say a limited run of 18 pieces with plat case and enamel dial, and the Vingt-8, Plat with a limited run of 8 pieces for a special AD. Both wet-your-pants beautiful, but one more than the other.

..., I appear to be returning (some will say - regressing) to my roots. I started off with an interest in dive watches. They were/are the epitome of ruggedness, durability, reliability and legibility that has always fascinated me from very young! I of course, also used to dive in my younger days - b

... is a strange beast. The original casework was a singlepiece monocoque SS case. The latest version is said to be a 2 piece caseback. I am not sure how this is executed, but could it have adopted the DeepSea Ti/SS caseback principle with a compression ring?? In the PloProf, both poieces are SS.