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Patek association

 

in my view, the difference between Patek and other brands is that on the latter there is an easy association, for example:
Rolex: oyster case, bubble date
AP- Royal Oak (shame, their grand comps are incredible but it really has become the OO company)
JLC- Reverso

with Patek, I thin there are many different associations:
Nautilus
24
Aquanat
Calatrava
Gondolo

BUT- the I believe that the reality is that perpetual chronos and minute repeater tourbillons (small seconds, mechanical) have an aura and quality that is exceptional (and are advertised quite well, with all the application business which is really a variable notion etc) that affects perceptions across the range, cascading to everything else. If there was no 1518, 2499, 3970, 5970, 5004, 3939, 5016, 5207 im not sure the brand would be where it is today

just my 2c!

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what is the typical PP trait?

 
By: Tobi : December 18th, 2010-04:50
when I think of Breguet, I think of the guilloche dial, with Lange of the large date, Rolex of the oyster case, Swatch the colourful plastic... What is the typical Patek trait?

this is your point of view....

 
By: Zoro55 : December 18th, 2010-05:39
... some might tell you that for rolex its the bracelet president, the dial within the dial for Lange, or the royal oak bezel of AP, etc... If we are talking DNA, its a good question, not that obvious for Patek. I guess it would be the simple dial of the ... 

I wonder

 
By: Bruno.M1 : December 18th, 2010-07:14
I wonder why people always talk about the Calatrava when we speak about the incons. I have several books about Patek Philippe watches and when reading them, 80% is about the chronographs and the chronographs perpetual

I suspect the books you have seen were

 
By: whit : December 18th, 2010-09:24
probably published within the past twenty years and it has been within that time that the Patek icon has shifted somewhat from the simple calatrava (ref 96,etc.), as mentioned earlier, to the complicated pieces which has gained dramatically in recent year...