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My view on the Patek 5196P.
I would like to come back to to a very well-known watch, the Calatrava 5196P as it is for me an excellent demonstration of the Patek Philippe skills with its strengths ... and some weaknesses.
First of all, the 5196P is a radically different watch when compared with the 3 gold 5196 (G,R and J). This is one facet of the talent of Patek Philippe: while almost all brands would have proposed the same presentation to focus only on the color changes according to the case materials, Patek Philippe completely redesigned the dial to highlight the range of gray and the subtle chromatic play made possible by the neutral rendering of the case. The applied indexes and the very discreet graduation of the sub-dial second hand are replaced by Arabic numerals with a small relief and by a clearer delineation of the area dedicated to the second hand. The silvery gray and opaline white smooth dials give way to a dial composed of several areas. Even the hands were changed, fine leaf hands succeeding the dauphine hands. Finally only the peripheral scale remains.
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Fr.Xavier
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My view on the Patek 5196P.
I would like to come back to to a very well-known watch, the Calatrava 5196P as it is for me an excellent demonstration of the Patek Philippe skills with its strengths ... and some weaknesses. First of all, the 5196P is a radically different watch when co...
