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Wow!

 

Really amazing to be able to meet the artisan who creates your wearable art and talk shop. We went to the Museum last year and the journey through horological history is dotted with handicrafts. Rare Handicrafts tries to preserves these techniques and long may it continue, Gordon!

I still use a fountain pen and drive a manual car, so appreciate the efforts of ‘old school’.

Am waiting to get my first enamelWT 5231G. I recall there’s a chance it could even be initialled by her?
David

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Hi 👋 all, Landed in the afternoon today in Geneva after a long journey with a connecting flight, and it was totally worth it because of a GTG with Anita Porchet, THE enamel queen ! 👸

 
By: GLau : April 2nd, 2025-23:10
Links to previous GTG with Anita that explained her journey. www.watchprosite.com www.watchprosite.com Knowing that I will be paying enamel homage, naturally I was double-wristed with her babies while traveling. After arriving hotel and then a quick showe...  

What an absolutely wonderful evening! Meeting the legendary Anita Porchet ...

 
By: Bill : April 3rd, 2025-00:44
sounds like a horological dream come true—her passion for preserving the soul of enamel artistry is truly inspiring. Your double-wristed homage to her masterpieces while traveling is next-level dedication! Those imperfections under the loupe? Pure magic—p... 

Thanks Bill !

 
By: GLau : April 3rd, 2025-20:18
Will be staying up late to post rare handcrafts after GTG 😅

Wow!

 
By: 997c4gts : April 3rd, 2025-06:45
Really amazing to be able to meet the artisan who creates your wearable art and talk shop. We went to the Museum last year and the journey through horological history is dotted with handicrafts. Rare Handicrafts tries to preserves these techniques and lon... 

Thanks for sharing this experience, Gordon.

 
By: quattro : April 3rd, 2025-09:29
Meeting someone like Anita Porchet must be wonderful and of course she’s completely right about wanting to preserve real handmade enamel. I think true collectors will always make a great difference between the work of true artists and artisans like Mrs Po... 

Glad you had a good read ! Anita and her team did

 
By: GLau : April 28th, 2025-12:35
not work on 5131J and R. They produced G and P. Here is my previous post on this matter www.watchprosite.com / J apparently was made by a mother and son team based on an article I read many years ago.

shortcuts in enamel dials

 
By: Peter : May 8th, 2025-06:53
can you confirm from the info which anita gave you that PP doesn't do those shortcuts in the production of their cloisonné enamel dials? i am asking because there seems to be a significant number of 5231 J and G floating around. i own both so i feel kind ... 

Based on what Anita told me, my understanding is that Patek

 
By: GLau : May 8th, 2025-15:00
still use in-house and/or outside artisans to produce enamel dials for 5231s. With this message, will you collect the whole set eventually ?

thanks...

 
By: Peter : May 8th, 2025-19:57
...a lot for your reply. it seems that the quality of detail and color intensity (maybe not the 'soul') of the cloisonné enamel dials in the PP world timers has gone up considerably starting with 5131P. successively the 5231J and G IMHO even top the 5131 ... 

Hi Peter, your enamel dial on 5231J is similar to 5131R

 
By: GLau : May 12th, 2025-15:16
5131G is made incredibly well by Anita Porchet and team with amazing color gradations which I feel is the best of all four metals for 5131. The 5131G dial to me is the best of all versions for 5131s and 5231s Here is my previous post on 5131G www.watc... 

thanks for referring to your posting...

 
By: Peter : May 13th, 2025-06:10
yes true, the dial of the 5131G is very well executed, still i feel that the colors have changed when going from 5131 to 5232. but of course that could be subjective... my AD is fairly certain to get a RH of the 2025 collection for me, i have asked for on...