Patek Philippe

Partial to the 5135

 

Aside from AC vs worldtime, the two watches are different in another way - the way they wear on the wrist.  The 5135 has long, graceful lugs, that can overwhelm a small wrist.  They stick out a bit on my wrist, but somehow I don't mind that at all.  I often find myself caressing the lovely curves of the case - something that happens with no other watch that I have.  So there is a tactile joy to this one, in addition to the visual treat.

Although I travel internationally quite a bit, and deal with business partners in diverse time zones, I never "got" the world time complication.  To my eye, the dials are too crowded and filled with information.  Of course, one can also make the sensible argument that the moonphase indication (or even the month indication) are excess baggage and crowd the dial with unneeded information as well.  It all depends on what you like, what appeals to you, and there is likely no rational explanation for that .  For example, while the central part of the 5130 and 5131 are delights to the eye, the rest of the dial is not so appealing to me - although I do enjoy looking at pictures of them!




This is not a thin, subtle watch.  But a beauty for sure!

This message has been edited by Zhege on 2013-06-12 04:21:03