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 ! 👸
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...
Hi NautNut, Anita Porchet confirmed that she was
not responsible for your enamel field piece.
What an absolutely wonderful evening! Meeting the legendary Anita Porchet ...
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...
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 lon...
Thanks for sharing this experience, Gordon.
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...
Love your post Gordon. Full of passion on your end. Meeting Anita was a gem of an encounter. A true artist she is. Happy for you. 😊
Safe travels Gordon. Enjoy Geneva. Geross.
Had the pleasure of spending some time with AP a few years ago. Her extraordinairy talent is matched by her sweet and humble nature.
You are fortunate to have a friendship with her.
Fantastic write-up. Thank you. Do you know by any chance
who did the dial on my 5131J. Thanks again. ...
Glad you had a good read ! Anita and her team did
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
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
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...
...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
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...
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...
Best of luck with your decision between RH or 5088/100P-001 ! The RH is
around 10 pieces as LE whereas 5088/100P-001 is a regular production.