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5712A dial tweak
This is a watch I bought a few months ago before I left Singapore. Watch is still there and I am here in the US with photos.
As I was following the LoupeThis 5712A auction this week and flicking through my photos, realised that Patek updated the dial with bigger lume plots at 5 and 7 o’clock for the newer batches.
Trivial and geeky. Thank for reading and have a good weekend.
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5712A dial tweak
This is a watch I bought a few months ago before I left Singapore. Watch is still there and I am here in the US with photos. As I was following the LoupeThis 5712A auction this week and flicking through my photos, realised that Patek updated the dial with...
5712 looks good on your wrist !
Did not know about the update on 5 and 7. Thanks for the interesting tidbits 👍
Thanks Gordon. The small details that some times bother us and at times, fascinates us!
Interesting hobby we have.
Do you have the side by side photos?
I went to the site you mentioned and still can’t tell the difference 😅 I’m attaching with/without lume, can you help? Below are a 2008 model (sealed) and a 2016 model credits to EWC. Maybe …I can see it now but I cannot be sure just by eyeballing ...
Hi Raymond, now compare the photos from EWC with Patek’s catalog
Notice the two more prominent dots at 5 and 7? Cheers! ...
Looks indeed a slight change in the dial
Here is my 2013 or 2014 one ... where we can see the small dots ...
Congrats and thanks for sharing this fascinating insight !
I never realized the slightly bigger lume dots on 5 and 7 in the later models. I have a 5712 mark 1 still with the geneva seal (think produced for 2+ to 3+ years before they switched to PP seal) and I noticed mine has a single dot on the 48 hour on the po...