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This is the sort of JLC that makes me wish I had an extra $17k lying around...

  1. MMMD unaffiliated curmudgeonly absurdist & polyologist Aug 25, 2013

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  2. LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Aug 25, 2013

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    Yes, I agree! A very successful implementation of a perpetual calendar (+ moonphase + power reserve). 17K isn't even all that much for a gold perpetual calendar, really....puts more than one manufacturer to shame.
     
  3. SpikiSpikester @ ΩF Staff Member Aug 25, 2013

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    Just remind yourself how much of a PITA they are to set if you let them run down :)
     
  4. dsio Ash @ ΩF Staff Member Aug 25, 2013

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    Exactly why Patek charge so much more for the equivalent complication, to ensure you have a butler to wind it each night.
     
  5. ulackfocus Aug 25, 2013

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    NFW! :thumbsup:

    My only issue is the miniature year window in the top subdial.
     
  6. MMMD unaffiliated curmudgeonly absurdist & polyologist Aug 25, 2013

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    You've seized on the one thing I don't love... maybe if they'd put it in the midline, at the bottom of the months subdial.
     
  7. SpikiSpikester @ ΩF Staff Member Aug 25, 2013

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    The new model might be more to your liking, at £27k.

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    This isn't mine by the way !
     
  8. citizenrich Metal Mixer! Aug 25, 2013

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    A "very long time" calendar.

    Doesn't sound as sweet as "perpetual" but technically more accurate.
     
  9. LouS Mrs Nataf's Other Son Staff Member Aug 25, 2013

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    Even better. As a detail, I love the little window in the base of the hour and minute hands on both versions that allows the view of power reserve indicator.
     
  10. ulackfocus Aug 25, 2013

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    Reminiscent of the Powermatic. :thumbsup:
     
  11. MMMD unaffiliated curmudgeonly absurdist & polyologist Aug 25, 2013

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    That's not a power reserve... it's a warning window that shows red between 10p and 3a so you won't set (and muck up) the calendar between those hours... all the more important that it be seen through the hands. :)
     
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  12. woodwkr2 Aug 26, 2013

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    Yep. Bothers me too. Throws off the symmetry.