Dear Friends, it's with great pleasure that today we can announce the latest, remarkable Grand Complication created by Patek Philippe --- Ref. 5470P in Platinum, as part of the regular catalog! You can soon find all the information on this new marvel also...
Though Blue is Beautiful and contemporary. Personally Black and White or Salmon 😍would be my preference. For Professor I would modify the blue into something eclectic yet definable , perhaps panda style of Amalfi - Turqoise?
Wool flannel pants! If you haven't discovered them yet, they're lovely. But you've probably been aware of them much longer than I have been! Mine are in a five pocket layout and I sleep in them on the airplane!
Now I'm the type after a dinner drink, I take a nap in the middle of after-dinner-movie time. And I wake up in the middle and ask anybody around me, "what happened while I was asleep." It's gotten my friends so annoyed that now they tell me to drink only ...
Gotta balance things out sometimes! But I have to stop buying pants really. I've got eight or so Kiton pants, some of which I haven't worn in two years! Another two Pescarolo pants that I've never worn ever. And probably a few more underutilized pants!
Yes! Lots of good clothing deals! If I gain too much weight, I won't ever fit into those pants that I've never even worn once! The trainer beat me into submission today. But core exercises doesn't really reduce weight... Gotta exercise more and eat less! ...
The next time you go to the store, pay attention to the buttonholes. You'll see they're individually made and hand stitched. Each buttonhole takes around 4-5 minutes for a professional to complete! The ISAIA shirts really are quite special!
And yes, I always pay my credit card in full. But I tell people to get mortgages and auto loans since the rates are low and the economic inflation is high, so they're likely going to repay with inflated money later.
My fanciest credit card was made out of solid metal. It weighed 28 grams! Made a big clang if you dropped it on the floor. Unfortunately, the card recently expired and they mailed me a plastic replacement! That's not very fun!
The issue with the partners is you'll have to pay off the *entire* charge with points, and so you might have trust to leave many points in there ;-) But redeemed as cash back is 0.7%, which makes it effectively a 2.1% cash back card if you charge on it $1...
All free (including no FTFs which is always my first requirement! ;-)) and now it's also become a real bank, with some excellent savings and checking accounts at 1.25%.... Hope it's sustainable, but they are backed by some great investors so it might be! ...
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I can see they say this explicitly in the app, "Use this card number online, over the phone, and anywhere Apple Pay is not available"....so it looks like it's always a 1% online ;-)
Hence you may say it’s a variant of rattrapante? An interesting question will be which one do you prefer, 5370P or 5470P if one would upgrade from a conventional manual winding chronograph
Kidding aside, I agree. Why clutter the dial with terms/specs the owner already knows? It's like having a badge on a Range Rover proclaiming "Panoramic Moonroof" 🙈
Technically brilliant no doubt about that. Aesthetically I’m still processing its sporty feel with the red trim. As many of you know the lume will also always remain a problem for me on such a complication. Is this the future of Patek complications???? Th...
But of course we are in the realm of subjectivity here, so I totally respect your take on this new reference I believe, however, that we should expect this type of modern Patek references more and more going forward, also in the sense of aesthetically les...
You are correct that this is the path that Patek has chosen. I am almost an old fossil even at my age of 50 compared to the new money, younger collector which lets be honest is where the future is. Myself and other collectors who yearn for the good old da...
And yes, PP have started the sportification in aesthetics, of the calatrava, complications and now grand complications line of watches. I like it. As for the price, well in a world where people pay 200K for a Naitilus or Aquanaut, why not? Cheers!
Definitely a more modern look than the classical PP chrono. Part of me does wonder how many people actually need to measure to the 1/10 of a second, particularly given the imprecision necessarily built into manually engaging the chrono function, but I sup...
The navy blue and red also look quite appalling to me. Almost red, white, and blue for our American friends. I’m not quite convinced by the 1/10th second complication but I haven’t read all the technical material. Overall a very handsome watch!
Patek is caring a lot about the “new generation” of collectors with modern looks, colors and dial textures. I don’t know what will be the outcome of this, but IMO they are doing a good strategy as they still keep the “classic” Patek. Do you also have an i...
Beautiful time piece. Too bad it’s so expensive. These watches are becoming so expensive only kings and queens can afford them. Still fun to read about and look at. Hope you have a good day
Especially since the press releases mentions "measurement". Physics and measurements are strictly defined and a 5Hz can only allow you to measure 2.5Hz (Shannon Nyquist). And that would be the measure for 0.4 seconds not 0.1 or 2/5th of a second. That's p...
A 5 Hz movement means there are ten vibrations/ swing of balance wheel) per second. Each swing will allow the escape wheel to move the gear train for one step, ie the gear train will progress by ten increments in each second. Therefore this movement shoul...
This is related to discretization (going from one analog event to a numerated result). That is, for instance, the reason why CDs are sampled at ~44KHz while the ear is limited to ~22KHz. You need a reference that is twice faster than the measurement instr...
...9 lines in between two same-colored lines, you multiply with the oscillation duration and you get the measured value. If all measured values equal 1.8s (9 black lines=9 osc.x 0.2s) while events durations are from 1.62 to 1.98, this means that this watc...
That’s the first time for me to encounter the Nyquist-Shannon Theorem. Fortunately I didn’t have to know this in my GCSE additional math examination and med school MBBS exam After reading your illustration and doing some online homework, I think what you ...
The context of "measurement" in Nyquist-Shannon theory is applicable if you're using a sampling signal, and want to perfectly recreate the sampled signal. If you have an audio track going up to 22kHz (ignoring any higher freqs), measuring the amplitude of...
I love the sporty look of the use of red across the dial, hand, and inscription. The subtle grain of the face, the curves of the lugs leaving the case, the design pattern of the strap, and that movement!!!
A 1/10th of a second watch from Patek is ... not realy Pateklike. And to place that property on the dial is cheap, sorry. Also, all the effort to fix an (unneeded) task/problem with such amount of engineering is the Lange way, something Lange is known for...
IMHO PP is responding to the challenge from the (AP, VC, ALS) as well attack of The independents. At the same time PP also tries to be avant garde in its design language (colors etc) including showoff styling/street style detail (Late Virgil Abloh etc) Pe...
Patek is possibly creating more variants of its base movement (a considerable part ist still the chrono movement) in order to exploit it furher. Nothing wrong with that, but a 1/10th chrono is associated with a sporty brand, that Patek is not. Maybe it is...
Rather, it is the convoluted approach to stack the 1/10th second chrono hand coaxially on top of the regular chronograph seconds. I don't see the usability/value out of it - as some others have pointed out, after a complete revolution of 12 seconds, the u...
My understanding is that multiples of 12 seconds are redundant, nothing of interest. The central regular, rhodinated second hand counts the seconds as usually, up to 60 seconds, than the minute counter jumps. The red laquared hand counts at the same time ...
The red 12s chronograph hand (1/10th second) simply spins five times faster than the regular chronograph 60s hand. They are effectively tied together in all start/stop/reset functionality - one can be forgiven to think at first glance "why not just gear t...
It has constantly the value to show 1/10th during all operation time, also after 12 sec. Are you refering to the point that within 12 sec you can read the full and the 1/10th sec with the red hand only? Than the regular rhodinated, central second hand wou...
For example, I can read off "8.3 seconds" directly from the scale using the red hand. But if I measure 15.3s, the red hand points to 3.3s and I have to mentally add 12s to it. Or, I read off the regular Rh plated hand of 15s and add the 0.3s from the red ...
Still, it has got the "comfort" of all information in the center. Speaking of the Zenith: as Zenith's five graduations of each second on the dial of their standard chronos is correct with the beat ratio, it makes any additional effort to display 1/10th re...
IMHO the price is marketable simply because it is the only watch with such unique complication in the market. Is the money reasonable? Hmmm. Could it be better spent on other watch ? Quite likely. On the other this fun hobby is sometimes mindless all pass...
For sure, nobody (outside of a Centurionone meme) will likely ever use this complication during their daily routine. But while, similarly to many other fascinating research accomplishments, this is admittedly a "solution to a problem nobody asked for".......
sporty look 👀 ! The red needle and red markers accentuate the vanished blue dial well. The “fabric” pattern of the strap reminds me of the 6007 LE, and gives the watch a “younger” feel ! Technically the 1/10 second measurement is an interesting developmen...
This is the ”Who’s your daddy now?” piece...😜 I watched the presentation twice and it’s just eye watering beautiful(the price as well)! This again set the standard for the watchword and silenced those who questioned the knowhow of Patek. Thank you my frie...
But would have preferred the 1/10th second not on the dial. If you know you know. The strap not sure would have to see it. I know traditional Patek watches are moving to sporty looking watches that were traditionally more elegant to attract younger client...
This is a new direction that I personally enjoy a lot, *given that* the newer offering continues to honor Patek's unique tradition, while being consistently executed at the highest technical levels. But it's equally important in my view to, along the way,...
As much as quality finishing, and technological inovation are of premier importance to the brand, it must be considered that a large segment of the present (ruling) generation has a more progressive, less formal fashion sense…Design and style is totally s...
An amazing technical achievement and a stunning piece.. I may be alone in wishing it was black dial like first 5370p but other than that it’s just about perfect for me.
Was chatting with a friend, and he brought up wrist balance. While i'm surprised that for the price both bracelet and strap were not included, with only a strap on offer, wrist balance could be a concern for such a large/thick timepiece. Does anyone know ...
complication piece from Patek. An extraordinary complication. Blending classic styling with a modern sensibility it should appeal to a broad cross section of collectors/aficionados. I love the blue/red/white color scheme and strap choice. Will I find it a...