is that this happened to you at all. You have made an enormous financial commitment to that beautiful timepiece. One would hope that something like a defective dial ( that they ultimately replaced in it’s entirety) or any form of broken teeth in the mechanism would never have made it past the Quality Control team at Patek in Geneva. It’s sad and aggravating. That is a MAJOR investment in their product! I am thinking seriously thinking about buying a similar watch to yours next year to celebrate my retirement. I would buy it from my AD here in Los Angeles. I hate the idea of spending that kind of money on a watch and then having to go through the hassle of sending it back in for warranty work. Your story is not that unusual.