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24 April 2024, 12:02 PM | #31 |
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Would this be safe to wear in Europe? Asking for a friend.
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24 April 2024, 12:17 PM | #32 |
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24 April 2024, 04:18 PM | #33 |
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Stunning piece, love it.
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25 April 2024, 02:42 AM | #34 |
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Accidentally typed the wrong reference. The fact that you knew which reference I was actually talking about proves my point that true connoisseurs know this is an a + b = c watch. As far as the interior angles - sure there’s a few. But regardless I think we can agree it’s nowhere near good enough.
As an aside, pateks recent price increases and increased margin should be reinvested in finishing and movement quality. Let me ask you this ? If you are so confident in the superiority of Pateks minute repeaters, why did you not buy one when given the chance? Eggonawindow |
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Are you really saying not buying a MR is "about as disrespectful as it gets" but suggesting that Patek "spent five minutes" on the 6301A is "constructive" criticism? Really? Of course Patek combined elements of different models into the 6301A. A new case material and dial is pretty normal for a Watches and Wonders submission. |
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haha i like that! you surely also know what the favorite topics of PP cheerleaders are.
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25 April 2024, 05:37 AM | #38 |
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Such a fantastic watch.
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Why buy a Phillipe dufour time only over a Patek minute repeater? It’s evident reasons such as hand finishing (hand done guilloche dials, handworked anglage) come into play because a minute repeater is leagues above a 3 hander. Yet when I mention those factors, he suddenly doesn’t care about them. Dont get me wrong , I love Patek minute repeaters. In fact, the 6301P is my favourite. Hence why I criticise the 6301A because I feel that there is 0 innovation in neither the dial nor the movement . Whats ironic is the 6301P is a play on Phillipe Dufours grande and petite sonnerie. I would advise you and the gentleman in question to read up about them (there are only 8 in the world). Then come back to me and tell me how good the 6301A is. You know what I think should’ve been released as a unique piece? A version of the 5308P. What a watch. That is Patek at its best - split seconds perpetual calendar chronograph minute repeater . Not copying dufours designs and changing dials . Why did Patek not invent the grand and petite sonnerie? It could’ve . Now it has the opportunity to go further with a 3rd sonnerie for minute chimes. Eggonawindow |
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Did you or did you not approve of the 5208T when it was "just" a different version of the 5208P with "only" a different dial and case material? "Zero innovation" as you would put it. |
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25 April 2024, 11:16 AM | #43 |
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I’m not trolling, the 5208P and 5308Ps have in house produced movements that are unique to Pateks DNA. The 6301A has a movement copied off Phillipe Dufour with half of the finishing quality . I’m not sure what your point here is .
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Fair enough, I will go and "read" more about the 5168G. |
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Now you malign it as watch with a copied movement. You’re clearly just spouting off to be contrary. If you’re going to spout off, at least be consistent. |
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The 6301 isn't just a minute repeater; it is a clockwatch with a trip minute repeater.
Clockwatches chime under their own in power in passing, think of it as a very small grandfather clock. To do this they normally have a second barrel and train just for the strikes. - In “grande sonnerie” mode it strikes the hours on the hours and the hours + quarters on the quarters. - In “petite sonnerie” mode strikes the hours on the hours and only the quarters on the quarters. - In "silence" mode it doesn't chime - A trip repeater chimes the time on demand without needing to charge a slide The 6301 is Patek's second most complicated wristwatch, behind the 5175 & 6300--it takes more effort to make one of these movements than it does the movement for a sky-moon-tourbillon. |
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Dufour used a late 18th century vallee de joux design, while the movement in the 6301 was designed by Patek for the grandmaster chime. |
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It is a beautifully finished piece but a piece unique for a charity auction.
We don’t all need to like every release from Patek and every watch they design isn’t for everyone of course. Some modern pieces won’t please the traditionalist and vice versa. There will be fan boys who “love” everything Patek release to keep their ADs happy and then more cynical folk who say the good old days of Patek have come and gone. The reality is probably somewhere in between. It’s clear the last few years of their production releases have been largely uninspiring. What would be nice would be with the ever higher and higher pieces they are charging for like the likes of 5226, 6119 calatrava and mid tier complications such as 5396, 5205,5326g, we see some of these traditional techniques and beautiful finishing back in at production level not just top tier one off pieces. |
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That's one wild thread lol.
I love the piece. It just makes me wish for more handfinishing on the "cheaper" Patek models. This watch proves that they absolutely still do have the know-how to finish like some of the best in the business. Why not show us more of that :)? |
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I love it
However the ‘Only One’ shouldn’t be the dial and display back |
27 April 2024, 03:07 AM | #53 |
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Do you guys think these guys worry as much about the only watch release ?? and they can actually buy it ;)
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Patek has priced its Only Watch to obtain top dog media status but it has been pipped at the horological post by the Les Cabinotiers Berkley Grand Complication.
Let’s hope the proceeds go to a good cause. Well done Patek on its generosity. |
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I feel Patek gave their best of everything on this piece. The dial color is rich and the pattern is subtly alluring. The exhibition in this case back is flawless, huge fan of this new release. The only 2 recent release's I feel that can compete with the new VC releases are this beauty and the new Duometre Heliotourbillon Perpetual.
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Just concluded and the 6301A hammered for CHF 15.7m.
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