Patek Philippe

Typical lugs consist of two lugs adjacent to each other. In contrast, " hooded " (or "shrouded") lugs consist of a single horizontal bar that secures the case to the strap. What could be called " semi-hooded " lugs consist of two regular adjacent lugs lin...  

Bravo ! Now I need a Patek hoody

I think I could have a personal soft spot for the very special and charming ref. 482...

And to have put it together at light warp speed is truly amazing! Again, thank you! Best, Patekova

Digging into these references and trying to differentiate the types of hooded lugs was a real pleasure. Here are too more, found after posting (but exhaustivity is clearly impossible here). Best, Emmanuel PP Ref. 1577 VC unknown ref. credit: romain rea ...  

So many beautiful things that I can't quite collect my thoughts. This creativity is not only by these companies of course. I have seen Omegas and Longines among others with great art deco designs. Even companies that are no longer with us had some strikin... 

IWC and Rolex could also be mentioned and certainly many others. But Patek Philippe seems to have gone particularly far in this design direction. Thanks a lot for the kind words.

Two comments The ref 574 is the smaller version of the top hat ref 1450 That ref 1436 from Kibble has a horrible redial Love that you have included AP and VC models for comparison Thanks again ' Julian

You are absolutely right about the 574: here are some photos of the bigger 1450. As for the 1438, yes, they say on their website that it’s an “early refinished dial”… I guess I shouldn’t have included it. Best, Emmanuel Ref. 1450 credit: onbehalf ...