Month: December 2018

At the London event Patek Philippe twenty 4 diamond ladies clone hosted at the end of October, I was able to see the most recent interpretation of the Twenty~4 in person and get a sense for what this brand new watch is about. Much has changed from the original rectangular Twenty~4 collection, in fact, the only component that has survived the transition would be that the tasteful articulated bracelet. Using its round case and overdue upgrade to a mechanical automatic movement, the ~4 collection fills the gap in the brand’s repertoire for what Patek Philippe twenty 4 tiffany replica watches believe an everyday watch to”accompany style-conscious women and self-confident women day in and day out”.

Thankfully, women’s watches have consistently enjoyed a prominent place in Patek Philippe’s offerings, starting with how the present head of watch creation is Sandrine Stern (who’s also the spouse of Patek’s President). Contrary to other upmarket watch brands, Patek has set a precedent in the area for creating women’s watch complications — from minute repeaters to double zones, moon phases, annual as well as perpetual calendars.

In addition to its élite line-up of complicated women’s watches, Patek Philippe twenty 4 automatic replica watches offer downsized and amazing iterations of many of its iconic men’s lines including models from Nautilus, Calatrava, Gondolo and Aquanaut families. But there’s not any denying that these collections began life as men’s watches and there was a gap in the new portfolio to get a line of watches dedicated in soul and heart to girls.

The Patek Philippe Twenty-4 because we knew it until now — rectangular, little, bracelet-like and battery driven. Here’s the steel variant, ref. 4910-10A, the entry-level model at EUR 11,000 (also the most affordable Patek).
With the launching of the Twenty~4 in 1999, the gap was filled. A rectangular watch with a marginally Art Deco personality and a lavish articulated and incorporated bracelet, the Twenty~4 has been set as a elegant, feminine watch intended for ordinary life, 24 hours (thus the title ) round the clock. Probably among Patek’s best-selling collections for the previous 19 years, it never got a lot of coverage in specialised watch magazines because it was fitted with a quartz movement. And I suspect that the ~4 might well have become the sort of watch guys purchased for women, assuming they did not give a toss about mechanical movements and could be seduced by the glistening exterior. Although this may not have presumed that a glaring deficiency for a lot of women, for others it felt a little half-hearted.

The curved case and a mechanical movement of this new Patek Philippe Twenty-4.
Times have changed and as more women are purchasing their watches the reasoning behind many choices is that if you are going to invest in a Patek timepiece, then you should really be receiving the entire bundle and a quartz movement is fine, but not really on a level with Patek’s tasteful and select approach to watchmaking.

Just for the record, the automatic movement within the revamped set is not new. Calibre 324 SC is also utilized at the Ref. 5711, and several other hour/minute/central second and date watches. However, since another generation of Twenty~4, the watch had to touch base with the original and the bracelet, characterised with its big central rectangular link flanked with two-tier outer hyperlinks, was respected.

A CASE FOR LIQUID LINES
Presented in either stainless steel or 18k rose gold cases and four distinct dial tones (blue, grey, brown and silver), the 36mm diameter of this new Twenty~4 is spot on for most women’s wrists and contains an appealing svelte profile of around 10mm. I have a tendency to wear marginally larger watches and, throughout case Patek Philippe twenty 4 gold fake watch hosted in London, was amazed by the positive (and true dazzling) presence this watch has on the wrist.

The situation and integrated bracelet are impeccably crafted and form a coordinated flowing module making it hard to ascertain where one element begins and the other ends. To attain this subtle, nearly liquid sensation, Patek’s designers have not made the bracelet evaporate under the case but have merged it right on the bezel. The fundamental bracelet links at 12 and 6 o’clock are now part of the diamond-set bezel. I hadn’t noticed this in the beginning, but looking carefully you can see the way the top and bottom links of this bracelet around the bezel are now slightly raised and separated by the dual group of 160 brilliant-cut diamonds. The solution is inventive and the overall impact is one of harmonious and fluid lines.

MANIFEST LEGIBILITY
You will find four dial alternatives, two per case substance. The 18k rose gold instances come with either a brown sunburst dial or even a silvery satin-finished dial while the steel versions include blue or grey sunburst dials. The option of numerals for the dial would be , I guess, based on the assumption that this can be a 24-hour companion and ought to be highly legible.

Some of you will have discovered that the numerals on the new Twenty~4 dials will be just like the notable Arabic numerals featured on the Calatrava Pilot Travel Time 7234RLady, a stylish pilot watch for girls with GMT functions released during Baselworld 2018. The golden numerals are very big and somewhat’basic’ for my liking and have been treated using a Super-LumiNova coating. The round-tipped baton hands are also’borrowed’ from a different classic Patek family, this time the Nautilus, also treated with luminescence. In keeping with its own purpose in life as an all-rounder, everyday companion, there is even a nicely framed date window at 6 o’clock.

AT LAST, AN AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT!
An update from quartz into a self-winding motion was long overdue and we celebrate Patek’s conclusion. Fitted with the in-house calibre 324 SC, this motion has a consolidated standing for precision and includes a Spiromax balance spring in Silinvar and displays the lavish manual finishings we’ve come to associate Patek’s movements.

Measuring 27mm in diameter and having a height of 3.3mm, the motion is composed of 213 components, defeats at 28,800vph (4Hz) and supplies a power book between 35-45 hours. The unidirectional rotor is made of 21k gold and also the finished watch in its totality (movement, functionality, instance, bracelet, etc.) is vouched for by the Patek Philippe twenty 4 stahl replica watches of quality. As usual, we believe that the power book is a tad short on this movement, though self-winding.

THOUGHTS
Though a lot of journalists at the Patek event in London were swooning over the sleek slightly sportier steel version with a gray dial, I must admit that my favorite was the increased golden and silvery dial combination. Much more than only a silvery dial, it recreates the natural crisscross pattern weave of crazy shantung silk. The main reason I preferred the shantung silk model is the way the oversized numerals and sporty Nautilus hands don’t jump out at you as much as they perform on the darker dials.

They’re more subdued and in tune with all the intrinsic glamour of this Twenty~4 — a watch I’d be hard-pressed to label’sporty’. My main obsession would be subjecting this view to my’regular’ design of life and end up scratching those beautifully polished surfaces. I suppose it depends upon what Patek’s women interpret as’everday’ life!