Went down with my wife earlier to view the new Patek novelties ... the 5711A/1300A was surprising good looking and paired well with the olive green dial. New unisex 4947/1A was also quite attractive with a very nice shade of dark blue with textured horizo...
The texture on the annual calendar 4947 is indeed very interesting. Has this pattern appeared on others previously? How does the green for 5711 look in the metal? I heard that it is very dark.
Patek calls it a "Shantung" effect. I guess they are referring to the Chinese brush effect in lacquered Chinese furniture. The olive green of the 5711 is similar to the shade of the blue in the previous 5711A ... I say similar in that it has a bit of a "d...
I just looked up the Twenty-4 models you mentioned on the Patek website, and found it interesting that the dials are described as "vertical and horizontal satin-finished dial" vs "vertical and horizontal satin-finished dial ("shantung" finish)" for 4947. ...
It seems Singapore is much faster in receiving them than Europe.. The 5711 dial seems much more interesting in your photos than I have seen before. More dark and mysterious
I wasn't aware of this 5298P limited edition, but in case it was created for a given market or a specific AD, it's not unusual special editions are not broadly advertised by Geneva...If I receive some information from Patek, I'll certainly share -- and pl...
In any case, very beautiful alternative to the standard black-dialed version -- any interested collector should definitely query some local ADs! ;-) Cheers.
Interestingly, the latest rare handcrafts to be released were in 2019, on the occasion of the Singapore Exhibition. Some were ready last year for an 'ad hoc' exhibit in Geneva on November 4. However, this needed to be cancelled because of Covid, and the d...