What it is so difficult about instant day, date change ?
Hello dear fellow forum members. I would appreciate if someone can illuminate me on the reasons why Patek 5146 and 5140 does not implement instant date and day change on these and similar watches, and even less comlicated ones? It takes over 20-30 minutes...
Date change PP5146 & 5140
Very simply put they are different species.The 5140 will fully effect maybe a hour or so later that the 5416. Same goes for the 5059. The later can be perhaps 3 hours late.Clearly bec of the complications involved. hoehenry
Jim, that is a good question..................
And one that I have wondered on many occasions. Being an owner in the past of the same models that you mentioned and now loving my current model a 5205G, I too would appreciate someone hopefully providing us with an answer? Surely the additional "parts" r...
I'm shooting from the hip here so it is not based
on anything but sheer speculation. For the past 30 years, I am not aware of any instant date changes, my 3450 seemed to take an eternity to change as well as 3940, 3970, etc. This is just how they have been made for decades. Would it be easy to make the d...
It is indeed quite more difficult
Hi, Here you'll see why: patek.watchprosite.com They could have only instantaneous perpetual calendars, but they would cost probably more than double the current price. Cheers Dje
No? So they are consistent with the truth!
Hi, What do you see as PP stock response? The fact that it would cost too much or the explanation of the technical complexity in my post about the 5207? Cheers Dje
I understand what you are saying, though watching the mechanism work has a charm too
Having the mechanism operate slowly in a mechanical way is a little piece of yestertech. Perhaps you shouldn't want everything to function in a modern digital way? Let a modern piece like a 5167A do that. Cheers, -- Richard. This message has been edited b...
I agree with Jim
I don't see why all the date changes cannot be done within 15-20 after midnight.