Patek Philippe

It is one thing to find something we don't like, it is another believing our tastes are the reference.

You wrote about sizes, like if you know what is the right one. The problem is that it is forgetting that we've been shaped by our environement (cultural, social etc...). We don't have our tastes by choice or by a selection, even if we can influence it by going a way or another. When you chose, you decide to follow what people you wish to look like. That's what makes the aesthetcial elements you wish to consider as good and the ones you consider are not.

Sizes are subjective too as it depends on the wearer's wrist size and on the watches sizes we are used to seeing in a region of the world or another. A 38mm classical watch on a 19mm wrist may look feminine for instance, so saying 38 is the perfect size has no sense.

You have your taste, I like the late 1990 and early 2000 eras too, but design evolves because some artists, designers, architects, or any influencial people create at one time or another something that explores a new way. Often, they are not understood at the beginning and after a long while everyone is an expert and says that's the thing.

Everyone has its own tastes and should be respected, especially since it is a subjective matter, an aspect that many don't understand.

How many people complained about the 3700 in 1976? How many people complained with the new Calatrava cases with the 5107 etc... when they were launched (nothing comparable to the previous 1950's to 1970's models).

And now, people say the 1990-2000 was a wonderful era. No brand have stood still, that's what people tend to forget. They want that their favorite colelctions remain on and on but they never did and they should never do, or less and less people will appreciate them.

Please try to understand that people have different approaches and that your standrards may not be the only reference

Thanks.

Best, Mark

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