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WOW, you are so serious about 3796, and frankly
Sep 14, 2008,18:08 PM
speaking they all look very nice on your wrist. Congratulations!
Zhiming
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Enamel or Not Enamel
By: zmxu : September 14th, 2008-07:57
I recently acquired a YG PP3796 from a second-hand watch dealer. This is a pretty rare piece retailed by Tiffany, and the seller said the dial is a enamel one. I took the watch to see my AD today and was told it didnt look like a enamel dial . I was advis...
Interesting! I went to Antiquorum's website to check
By: zmxu : September 14th, 2008-09:04
its data base and found out that on 13th November 2005 there was a exactly the same 3796 with ruby indexes on auction in Geneva. According to the item description, this watch has a porcelain dial. So the experts at Antiquorum may also make a mistake here....
Porcelain = Enamel
By: VPREGULATOR : September 16th, 2008-05:51
I must add that for the clock market the two terms are interchangeable. I was also initially confused by this terminology when I started my clock collection.
I think...
By: mac_omega : September 14th, 2008-09:16
the markers are made of ruby, not diamond... best erich
Sorry, I meant this one ...
By: Hamster07 : September 14th, 2008-10:29
but, oops.. it's not diamond either. It's my mistake. Anyway, enjoy . .....
It does coz
By: Hamster07 : September 14th, 2008-19:43
I have a small wrist. It looks much bigger. Thanks for the nice words. F.
I have not done the nice words yet...
By: zmxu : September 14th, 2008-21:05
Based on my limited knowledge of Patek timepieces, all three 3796 you have shown are rare items. The first one is a 3796D with a Hobnail patterned case. Very sall number of this watch were made, according to an old sales person. The second one belongs to ...
WOW WOW WOW, your guys have really made my eyes
By: zmxu : September 15th, 2008-05:26
wide opened. Now we know how deep the water can be here. Hampster07 and tic-toc, thank you so much for sharing these great scans. But back to my question, does 3796 have any enamel or porcelain dial version? Best Zhiming
to your question .... YES,
By: tic-toc : September 15th, 2008-06:09
i believe patek calatrava 96 has made in enamel dial, but that was long time ago. regarding modern 3796, according to Antiquorum june 2002' Hongkong auction, one particular calatrava made special has black enamel dial ... but i cant be sure of the dial be...
Agree.
By: Hamster07 : September 15th, 2008-20:21
A Small Patek Watch
By: VPREGULATOR : September 16th, 2008-04:47
This is my contribution: Pink Gold Dial Patek RG Manual Winding Limited Edition Calatrava- Salmon Pink dial Gold numerals Garrard's Anniversary Watch 1843 - 1993 Patek Calatrava- Garrard's of London 1843-1993 Number 59/150 This message has been edited by ...