keks
4935
Baselworld leak rumors of facts?
Mar 17, 2015,12:06 PM
Hi, read some rumors of what is to come from PP this week. By no means verified or necessarily complete but thought I would post here for those interested. My personal take summarized below, but please feel free to comment. I hope this post is not considered inappropriate in any way.
5370P-001: black arabic dial 39mm split second chronograph housing manual CH 29-535 PS movement with 65hr power reserve (new movement)
5905P-001: blue stick dial 40.5mm annual calendar chronograph housing automatic CH 28-520 IRM QA movement with 55hr power reserve (also found in 5960P)
5905P-010: black stick dial 40.5mm annual calendar chronograph housing automatic CH 28-520 IRM QA movement with 55hr power reserve (also found in 5960P)
5524G-001: black arabic dial 40.5mm travel time chronograph housing automatic CH 28-520 C FUS movement with 55hr power reserve (also found in 5990/1A)
5131R: enamel dial (pacific ocean map as in 5131G) 39.5mm world time housing automatic 240 HU movement with 48hr power reserve (not much to add here)
5711/1R: brown stick dial 40mm Nautilus housing automatic 324 SC movement with 45hr power reserve (not much to add here)
5227G: black dial release (gorgeous!)
6000G: blue dial release
5073P: blue dial release
5207P: black dial release (yes please….. in any color variation)
6102P: black dial release
New annual calendar for ladies as well with diamonds, look like updates to 4936 or 4937 but not sure. Also new gray Aquanaut with diamonds for ladies.
My immediate thoughts:
- 5370P, unfortunately likely to be out of my target range. However congratulate those who will be able to get one as it looks amazing! New movement an exciting point as well.
- 5905P, new renditions of the 5960 it looks like. Pushers gone rectangular from pump so possibly addresses the stiffness in 5960. Sleeker look overall but personally a fan of 5960 so will take some convincing before falling for it.
5524G: daring military look. Simply do not get it. Hope others disagree.
5131R: perhaps a little low in imagination, but suppose there will be some that wish to pursue a complete set. Guess it will be followed by 5131P which would have same world view as 5131J. This way one could have a colored and a white metal each showing the same part of the world. Europeans could get a 5131P and 5131J and Asian could go for 5131R and 5131G. Americans could go for all. Just food for thought.
5711/1R: perhaps the Nautilus range will see the light next year being the 40th so no matter how much I was hoping for something more exciting it is by no means something unwelcome. I just wish they could go with dials other than brown for the rose golds. Would love to see more black dials or even whiter dials for that matter.
The rest mostly color variations of already beautiful pieces, always welcomed as we all have different preferences there.
Overall slightly disappointing to see so little news that wets my mouth. Would be great to see some new pieces (new meaning more than color variations) that could function more as daily pieces, perhaps a little lower price wise within their offerings. But again, this is by no means complete so hopefully there will be others to look forward to!
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