Patek Philippe

I am still waving about the 5930, G or A, truth to be told. I love the concept, but I am a bit disturbed by the chronograph subdial, which I find a tad too small... I still don't know how it will end... Best, Nicolas ...  

As a technical aside, there is no 5930A, but as I recall you liked the new 5935A, that is the steel version you might be referring to --- same CH 28-520 HU Caliber, but a 1.5mm larger (and a slightly thinner) case! Cheers.

Yes, it is lovely… ...  

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I look forward to seeing all the creative combinations fellow owners realize. Thank you very much for your kind words, Fab! As a gentleman of great style, I appreciate your compliment very much.

One case -> one reference New case -> new reference apart from one possibly unique exception, issue subject to verification presently under investigation hehehe 😉

But I read between the lines that you know some exceptions… we were discussing this issue precisely with Nico the other day. The only example I know (but I am not even sure of) is the ref 2499 between series I, II and III where the case size was modified.... 

For instance, this year we announced the new Ref. 5189G, which going by the info I was given, appears to have the same case as the earlier Ref. 5177, with the only exception of the addition of a solid case back. There are then (numerous) other examples wh... 

We obviously reach the same conclusion of a genereal rule with unexplained exceptions but your detailed answer gives quite valuable insights. Again thank you my friend, Mike

Here are a couple of good articles on the broader topic by two reliable sources: Further info can be found online, for instance by googling 'patek 2499 vichet wenger'. Hope this helps, and thanks again for bringing up an interesting topic! Cheers.

I enjoyed reading all in detail tremendously 🙏 this was very very interesting information. Before reading all I was thinking I was « in the know » but actually I was having a very limited knowledge about all these details. Merci Fab 😉🙏

with world time and chronograph together, the dial is quite busy. I prefer the "simple" world time alone. Unfortuantely, I couldn't read it with my old eys so had to sell a YG and then a RG model. I wish I could have kept them. Beautiful pieces.

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I had mine for 5 years I loved it took to Italy on vacation. Very useful. Gave to my son. And I bought the new blue model. I like the old one way better .

Sorry buddy I don’t .

If you ignore the world time chapter ring the sub dial looks okay. Best Gatsby

The guilloche dial looks amazing !

I had the same sentiment when I saw it in the metal. Ev checks out except the way to small chrono register. But, is there perfection?