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cayenne1200
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A jump into cold water...

I made a thread about that nice Amagnetic at the Parma fair last Weekend. I didn´t go further due to its size.

On the next day I accidentally talked to an Italian collector who showed me his watches that he was considering to sell or trade. All of a sudden I had a PP model in my hands and on my wrist that has caused a lot of different feelings in me since long. It was the 5070 chronograph in white Gold. For many reasons I could never really like this model due to its obvious issues. On the other hand I have read so many positive comments on the 5070 here at Purists.

And then I unexpectedly held a 5070G in my Hands! My first thought was "Impressing size"! A really large watch indeed. Somehow nice and not nice at the same time. Ill-favoured and nevertheless fascinating for several reasons. I suddenly knew that I need more time with this watch and after 5 more minutes of thinking I decided to buy it. Now I have the chance to fight my personal struggle with the 5070 calmly. My first impressions were positive, also the reactions of my collector friends. But I find myself hiding the watch involuntarily under my sleeve when being talking to other people as I find it a bit braggy. I am very curious how this experiment will end and if the 5070 will get wrist time compared to my favourite watches. If not I will let it go again.

I would like to mention another point. The seller and I have never met before and we didn´t know each other from social media at all but only talked from breakfast table to breakfast table in our hotel. But nevertheless he made a price for the watch that was more than fair. As I did not carry such a significant amount of cash with me we discussed about the practical details of the deal. Then he said "To make things easy, take watch with you and wire the funds when you´re back home". I have got the watch including box and papers without leaving a single Euro as a safety! This is what I really like on the watch community, you often meet great and trustworthy people to talk to and sometimes to deal with. But the seller´s behaviour was an exceptionally positive experience for me!

Please wish me luck that my experience with the 5070 will become likewise positive.