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New in the house …5059J
Since a quite a while I feel more and more appealed by yellow gold. So when a collector friend offered me 2 of his Patek for one of my vintage Rolex I was happy to make the trade.
This 5059J is one of the two and I really like and enjoy this reference. Pretty much old-fashioned looking at first glance I quickly fell in love with the size of 36 mm and its thick proportions.
The retrograde date indication looks really special to me and ticks a box in my collection. So does the officer‘s case with its straight lugs and hinged case back.
This watch is a true gem in my eyes and I’m wearing it often and with a lot of joy. 
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New in the house …5059J
Since a quite a while I feel more and more appealed by yellow gold. So when a collector friend offered me 2 of his Patek for one of my vintage Rolex I was happy to make the trade. This 5059J is one of the two and I really like and enjoy this reference. Pr...
Beautiful....
...the 'flatter' dial on this is preferable to me...less frilly. I passed on a 5050J many years ago and it still haunts me...
The 5059 is highly underrated and a bargain in the secondary market.
Where can you get a perpetual calendar with retrograde and an officer case for less than $40k! It wears beautifully as a staple dress watch. Absolutely timeless and elegant. Wear with health my friend!
Nice....congrats
What was the 2nd Patek? (Btw, must have been quite a vintage Rolex to swing that trade....nicely done 👍)
The 2nd Patek was an unusual Calatrava 3542 in YG.
I like that piece a lot. Unfortunately I don’t have a decent pic of it.
Congratulations on owning such a wonderful, beautiful and complicated watch! It is a mystery to me why this watch and other Patek retrograde perpetuals are relatively unpopular.
IMHO it houses a much more complicated and interesting (retrograde) movement than the 240Q. Plus there is constant motion on the dial because it has a seconds hand and it has the very appealing hinged back. I own and love the similarly not so popular retr...
