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My first Patek 5296R ..and a few questions...
I've just picked up my first Patek - a Calatrava 5296R.
I have a few questions though.......
This is the first automatic watch I've had where you can actually hear the rotor turning. Also, the little wheel next to the rotor wobbles when the rotor turns back and forth. I'm assumign that this is all totally normal and is simply the action of the single direction winding mechanism engaging and diesngaging?
Here's a wrist shot for you!
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My first Patek 5296R ..and a few questions...
I've just picked up my first Patek - a Calatrava 5296R. I have a few questions though....... This is the first automatic watch I've had where you can actually hear the rotor turning. Also, the little wheel next to the rotor wobbles when the rotor turns ba...
Congrats!
Congrats on your new watch. I have the same one and you certainly hear it's presence. Perhaps it's the thinness of the case. But regardless, it is entirely normal. I love the silvery shimmer of light on the dial. Also the warmth of rose gold is something ...
Congratulations on your new Patek................
I found exactly the same thing, when I went from wearing a Rolex, which rotor I could never hear. But I soon learnt that it was perfectly normal. Enjoy your lovely Patek.
New watch!
Your watch's design is from a reference 96 from many years ago that also had the sector dial design. Beautiful watch and congratulations! The wheel that wobbles is normal. The rotor making noises is normal as long as the noise isn't terribly loud. Enjoy y...
Dial printing flaw
Looking over the watch with a loupe I picked up a couple of small flaws. On the dial the inner line of the minutes track has a tiny flaw where the line is not competely solid as it has a very slight break in it. You can *just* see it with the naked eye bu...