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Aquanaut's markers
Some days ago, looking my Patek Philippe nearest retailer's showcase, I noticed a pink gold-extra large Aquanaut's with some of the markers not perfectly radial, like you can usually find in the Aquanaut Luce...
...like these...
...instead like these...
What do you think about it?
Ciao!
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Aquanaut's markers
Some days ago, looking my Patek Philippe nearest retailer's showcase, I noticed a pink gold-extra large Aquanaut's with some of the markers not perfectly radial, like you can usually find in the Aquanaut Luce... ...like these... ...instead like these... W...
Very interesting question...
Good observation! I can see what you mean - the luminescent coated markers at 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11 positions do not align nicely (they are slanted) with the minute track. I'd like to know why this small detail wasn't taken care of by PP as well. Go...
Do you want some other examples?
Here they are: I started thinking that Patek Philippe use this markers' arrangement (that I find very ugly) for quartz movement-equipped Aquanaut. However, I would point out that this rule - if this IS a rule - does not apply to the Nautilus collection, b...
still don't get it
hey, i'm sorry.. but i still don't get what you guys are talking about! is it the index markers or the roman numerals? all seems fine to me! can you 'highlight' the problem areas?
Let me try explanining.....
Just look at the minute track, you can clearly see from the above picture that the luminescent coated markers at the 35th minute mark does not incline at an angle that blends with its adjacent minute markers (34th & 36th). Something like: / / / / I / / / ...
Please look at these images
Quoting Goh's message: < Imperfect alignment. Perfect alignment. The desing of markers at 12 and 1 position in both the above Aquanaut. Now, I hope I've well explained the matter. I hope some of the experts Purists could explain us these Patek Philippe's ...
This is a great example and explanation
Its quite clear the improvements the 5167 is visually, I never noticed these details before perhaps because I didn't like the prior model.
Now, I would ask the forum moderators...
...could you ask the Manufacture an official explanation about the design choices here highlighted and discussed? Thank you in advance! Ciao