Patek Philippe

I tried the Patek 5970R lately

 

Hi everyone,

As you maybe know already, I love Patek's iconic Chronograph - Perpetual Calendar references.

This combination has been first introduced by Patek Philippe around 1941 (1st date I found) for the 1518, then we had the 2499 from 1951 (the 1518 was still produced during several years) and the 3970 (1986-2004).

In our "modern" times, the 5970 has a very nice size (40mm), especially considering its thickness, and a great decoration finishing, from the dial side but also when admiring the 27-70 caliber from the caseback.

It has a very nice concave bezel which helps make the case look a little thinner than it would with a rounder one.

The case and its lugs are beautifully shaped without being "heavy" with too much details and curves everywhere, something I didn't like from the 80's/90's as it wasn't really refined (though it had a lot of character).

The specific very little darkened hands from the subdials are also something characteristic of this watch. I didn't like them when I saw the watch for the first time, several years ago, but I got used to them now and even think it is charming.





However, the main and subdials hands are fabulous.

The figures' size for the date or the subdials are perfectly proportions imho (whereas on some current models they sometimes appear a little too big).

The dial color is also to my taste as it is warm and not too silvery, in the cold way.

As, for the movement, I like it as it is very well finished but I'm not a 100% liking its little "old looking" style though (bridges curves, large and smoother anglage etc...). The new 29-535 is bringing clever technical improvements, a different decoration design and, even if inspired by previous constructions, it is coming at a 100% from Patek's watchmakers in terms of conception: I like when I know that it has been thought and developped by the people from the brand, right from the beginning to the final ebauche.





In a way, this 5970 makes me think about "authenticity" and style. It is a very elegant, refined and also chic model.

I like it a lot and that's why I like when our purist fellows share their pictures from time to time.

But you, I'm curious to know what do you feel about the 5970 references? Is it a complication like another one? Not interested, better with simplicity? More complicated? How do you place this one?

Cheers, Mark

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This message has been edited by Mark in Paris on 2015-11-26 15:12:09