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Pocket watch design
Is cleaner but the single large disc for date would make the diameter of the watch way bigger than 41
Notice that the current design of the 2 date discs avoids interfering with the Center pinion
I m not a fan of the 2 moles to indicate leap yr and day-nite.. but in this case perhaps, the day-nite could be intergrated with the moon-phase like langes new mp design - leaving a single leap yr mole at 4 o’clock. This would be similar to the vintage reference 3450
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Ref. 844
With the introduction of the 5236, I was reminded of another Patek timepiece which featured a linear triple display for calendar data and which I had the good fortune of beginning allowed to handle; the reference 844. Introduced in 1965 and with an estima...
Pocket watch design
Is cleaner but the single large disc for date would make the diameter of the watch way bigger than 41 Notice that the current design of the 2 date discs avoids interfering with the Center pinion I m not a fan of the 2 moles to indicate leap yr and day-nit...
How do you know which year in the four year cycle
That the 844 is showing? This is why leap year indicators were invented.
Interesting
Owners need to manually go through the cycle very slowly when resetting. Patek realised that having an indicator made resetting it a lot easier. And they don't include the improvement on certain perpetual calendars. Understood. 😊
