The Watch Appreciation Thread - Part two (Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Jaeger LeCoultre,

[Dino944]

Any possibility to restore it? Does Patek offer such a service? I think it should.

He can always get it polished by Patek when it goes in for service. If the bezel is really bad, he can probably purchase a new bezel (I did that on a Rolex Daytona I had many years ago, because one really can't polish the old steel bezels due to the engraved tachymeter with numbers).

 

[Omega Male]

He can always get it polished by Patek when it goes in for service. If the bezel is really bad, he can probably purchase a new bezel (I did that on a Rolex Daytona I had many years ago, because one really can't polish the old steel bezels due to the engraved tachymeter with numbers).

It actually needs to go in for a movement service. I'll see what the options are for spa treatments.

 

[Texasmade]

I wore my 5711 as a daily driver for years and, yeah, it shows. Doesn't bug me on a steel watch but would probably feel different about a precious metal version.

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Reminds me of my scratched up APRO!

 

[patrick_b]

Just as a cautionary tale, owning a precious metal Nautilus is nice, but wearing one is almost foolish.

In a way, Foo is right. These aren't "sport" watches. I don't care what Patek says. If you so much as look at the bezel the wrong way it WILL scratch. Because the bezel is fine-brushed, the scratch WILL be noticeable. It's all your eyes will look at. I stopped wearing my 5712G a year and a half ago for this very reason. Can't stand the thought of seriously scratching it. I take it out every now and then to admire and photograph, and then it goes right back.

Makes sense to me as well.

The beauty of a sports watch is that it performs a function (time, date, timing bezel, chronograph complication, etc.) and it is durable enough to function in its intended environment. Sport/tool watches all started out as stainless for this reason. I love the look of the moonshine gold Speedmasters and rose gold GMT's but I never thought I needed to own one. PM sports watches were just never on my radar.

 

[Texasmade]

Makes sense to me as well.

The beauty of a sports watch is that it performs a function (time, date, timing bezel, chronograph complication, etc.) and it is durable enough to function in its intended environment. Sport/tool watches all started out as stainless for this reason. I love the look of the moonshine gold Speedmasters and rose gold GMT's but I never thought I needed to own one. PM sports watches were just never on my radar.

The moonshine gold Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Speedmaster fux hard.

 

[DorianGreen]

The moonshine gold Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Speedmaster fux hard.

It's stunning, beating any Daytonas.

 

[TheFoo]

He can always get it polished by Patek when it goes in for service. If the bezel is really bad, he can probably purchase a new bezel (I did that on a Rolex Daytona I had many years ago, because one really can't polish the old steel bezels due to the engraved tachymeter with numbers).

It actually needs to go in for a movement service. I'll see what the options are for spa treatments.

Unless the damage is catastrophic or impedes function, Patek will not replace case parts (including the bezel on a Nautilus). Increasingly, they won’t even laser fill. Their current philosophy seems to be that watches should thoughtfully maintained, but not restored to new.

 

[DorianGreen]

Unless the damage is catastrophic or impedes function, Patek will not replace case parts (including the bezel on a Nautilus). Increasingly, they won’t even laser fill. Their current philosophy seems to be that watches should thoughtfully maintained, but not restored to new.

If I paid a lot of money for a watch from them, I suppose to have the right to have it restored, if I want to, regardless of their philosophy.

 

[Newcomer]

This interview, my goodness:

Patek Philippe Just Dropped a White Gold Successor to the Nautilus 5711

Patek Philippe just dropped eight new references including a new white gold Nautilus that will replace the steel Ref. 5711.

robbreport.com

 

[DorianGreen]

This interview, my goodness:

Patek Philippe Just Dropped a White Gold Successor to the Nautilus 5711

Patek Philippe just dropped eight new references including a new white gold Nautilus that will replace the steel Ref. 5711.

robbreport.com

Don't know what you mean, but to me he sounds so unbearably arrogant.

 

[JPHardy]

Don’t play the pleb, big shot — you own twice as many Pateks as I do.

That many more? George only owns two more than me.

 

[Neville Southall]

Their current philosophy seems to be that watches should thoughtfully maintained, but not restored to new.

Patek's arrogance is ******* infuriating.

 

[Newcomer]

Don't know what you mean, but to me he sounds so unbearably arrogant.

It means Thierry is the worst.

 

[Newcomer]

Went to my AD today, just to razz my contact.

Tried this on, really liked it.

 

[smittycl]

Patek's arrogance is ******* infuriating.

Obviously the refusal to replace parts is get you to buy another watch.