Patek Philippe

Hi, folks. I'd love your thoughts, comparing these two 5205 dials. Please put aside economics and whatever other watches may be in one's collection, and let's focus only on these two watches in a vacuum. Which do you prefer and why? Thank you ahead of tim...  

The moon face and the stars are s much more “sparkling” on the blue dial

I recently saw this watch with the blue dial and it was gorgeous.

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A gray fume dial would be great too. I just don't prefer the two-tone effect of the dark gray or light silver dials. And the all-black dial is a bit to stark for me. Cheers, John

It is sublime The black is not bad either for that matter... but for choice blue

Gray seems somewhat simple, like they xeroxed the blue one

I prefer the anthracite and I've almost pulled the trigger a few times. But don't get me wrong, the blue is stunning. If you only look at the dial, the blue is definitely superior. But I have a soft spot for the whole dark grey combo, I find the watch to ... 

I see a million blues, whereas I don’t seem to see the two tone dial in this kind of execution. The 5205 is one of my favourite of the modern Pateks.

i equally prefer to stay away from the 'blue' - almost blue dials every where now

I'm new to PP, having just gotten my first one last week; a 5712G which I love. I've historically been more of a VC / AP / ALS wearer. I am growing out of AP and still love VC (especially Overseas) and ALS (especially Zeitwerk). Now that I have the PP bug... 

(No surprise) and almost bought one this year until I realised I already have enough watches!!! I owned the 5205R which was magnificent. Dont be put off by people stating that it was illegible...I had absolutely no problems. I like window displays but if ...