FabR
[Senior Patek Moderator]
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Congrats, you are making an excellent choice with this model!
My best suggestion is to agree to purchase it provided the AD has it serviced for you before you pick it up. You can also explicitly request that *no* case polishing be included in the service (I haven't seen the watch, but barring major scratches, that would be my choice as well ;-)
I'm sure it will be no problem to do this for you, given the watch has been sitting in the shop for 5 years. Also, because of this and the current market price, I'm sure Patek won't be bothered if you also negotiate a small percentage discount with your AD ;-)
Keep us posted, and I hope it will be on your wrist very soon! ;-)
Considering NOS 5170G — advice/help requested
Miraculously, I found an unsold 5170G-010 at an authorized dealer. However, it is 2015 production and has been on display the entire time. The case shows a lot of hairline scratches from shop wear. So, two questions: 1. How much of a headache is it for th...
That is a very lucky find. If you are getting at retail your indeed lucky.
Enjoy the watch as is or if the dealer is ready to send it to Henri Stern and simply charge you his cost you are still super lucky consider the market on this beauty. Keep us posted.
The watch would have to go to Geneva for assessment.
The scratches wouldn’t bother you on a new watch? Grey market prices on these watches are 25-30% below retail, as far as I can tell.
My head was in the sand.
I flipped my info discount vs premium. At a discount the watch should be like new.
It’s basically a used watch at this point and should be viewed as such.
I thought there was some leeway for dealers to sell at a discount, under the terms of their agreement with Patek, if the watch had been sitting for a certain number of years.
Congrats, you are making an excellent choice with this model!
My best suggestion is to agree to purchase it provided the AD has it serviced for you before you pick it up. You can also explicitly request that *no* case polishing be included in the service (I haven't seen the watch, but barring major scratches, that w...
I would have them bring back to stock, not polish
Evidently, Geneva does case replacements on shop-worn watches to bring them back to new. However, this is at dealer cost so the dealer is likely to want to avoid.
I love this specific version, my favorite one together with the P, so I would definitely go for it
Assuming that the scratches are hairlines, no major damage on the case, and the watch will come with full warranty from Patek: - To me, the condition shouldn't be a big deal. White gold is soft and you'll have the same hairlines after wearing it a couple ...
I would get it without polishing.
As previously noted WG is soft and you will quickly get hairlines. Here is mine ...
Firstly congratulation on choice of reference
The 5170G black dial is ALL THAT. Manual wind movement, deep black dial with Breguet numerals, white metal. It does not get much better than this. Only produced in 2015, so assuming that quite a limited number of these exist. However, I would view this as...
Henri Stern said all internal records would be updated to reflect the new case
Is there something else I should be worried about? Will the case number itself imply later production, which will reduce value or raise questions in the future?