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Finish on standard vs high end Patek movements

We sometimes hear that some of Patek’s higher end movements are finished better than their standard movements.  I don't have any minute repeaters, tourbillons, split second chronos or other extremely high-end pieces, but wanted to do a quick comparison between a standard 240 movement vs. what can probably fairly be described as a mid-tier movement in the shape of the 240 Q.

It is really difficult to create the exact same photo angles and light conditions when taking pictures, so please forgive me on that, but I hope the pics will still be somewhat interesting.

All pictures on the left is from a 5140 with 240 Q movement, while all pictures on the right is from a 5120 with the base 240 movement.  The watch with the 240 Q movement costs almost 4 times of the watch with the base 240 movement costs, this is obviously mainly due to the perpetual calendar complication.  But is there any difference in finish between the two?  You be the judge.

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