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You Can Only Have One… Which Patek 5040 or 5035

Marsimaxam
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You can only have one, which would you choose?
Patek Philippe 5040 yellow gold perpetual calendar with tonneau case or the 5035 yellow gold annual calendar. Value is not an issue, consider watches to be of equal value.
Why?
5040
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5035
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Spruce
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Sorry, not keen on either 🙁

But which one do you prefer?
 
Evitzee
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I never liked that case shape, but a perpetual calendar trumps an annual calendar. Both of them are kinda meh to my eyes..
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jud
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For about the same money, why not a 5227 or a 5205?
 
Larry S
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nope.. there are actually very few PP that i like. just the classic chronographs.
 
NGO1
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5040 please.
Looks way better on the wrist, than photos.
Most Patek yellowgold pieces are meh in photos.

tonneau case needs a big hairy wrist to give it justice.


Photo not mine.
 
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MTROIS
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Between the two: 5040!!

- Tonneau > Round shape
- Bréguet >> Roman numerals (on these two models)
- Perpetual >>> Annual Calendar
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marcn
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My lousy eyesight makes perpetual calendars with tiny sub-dials and hands a no-go. So, gun to my head, the annual calendar, though that date aperture placement and typography is pretty terrible.
 
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My lousy eyesight makes perpetual calendars with tiny sub-dials and hands a no-go. So, gun to my head, the annual calendar, though that date aperture placement and typography is pretty terrible.
Quite frankly, the typography on most (all?) Pateks is sub-par IMO.
 
Marsimaxam
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Spruce Spruce
Sorry, not keen on either 🙁

But which one do you prefer?
I prefer the perpetual, but, generally, I like watches with a second hand. Neither get a lot of wrist time as I usually wear stainless steel sport watches.
 
marco
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I had a 5035P , white/silver dial. It suffered legibility issues. In bright sunlight you had to get the angle right to read it.
A very understated watch, I let it go at a loss and went to DRSD.
 
Spruce
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Marsimaxam Marsimaxam
I prefer the perpetual, but, generally, I like watches with a second hand. Neither get a lot of wrist time as I usually wear stainless steel sport watches.
Like you, I prefer sweep second hands and, as @marcn posted, I generally avoid sub-dials which I have no use for and which can obscure the hour and minute hands.
 
Geezer
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Tough choice, but I would probably choose the 5040.

First of all, it's a perpetual calendar. Secondly, I'm not that fond of the Roman numerals on the 5035.

Also, I prefer the 240 movement that is used in the 5040. It's an excellent movement that is also very pretty.
 
mikeo1
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perpetual calendar certainly considered a high complication, more so than an annual but I would pass on both. I dislike the dial on the 5035 and the tonneau case on the 5040 is a no go. Maybe consider a 5159/5496/5320?
 
Monobike
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If I really have to choose, I would go for the 5035 because of layout of sub-dials.
 
Nobel Prize
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Neither is attractive tom me but If I had to choose I like the 5035 better. Curious about the first picture of the 5035 though, why is the date changing so late in the day? (unless it is the 32nd of November.)
 
jaguar11
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If I really had to choose one of these the 5035.....
 
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