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Calatrava 5196 by ACF

Doud

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I came across this rep by ACF on Intime, I love the looks and simplicity of it. I couldn’t find a thread in this section about this particular Calatrava. Are there any other factories making it? I had never heard of ACF before but to my untrained eyes it looks great! There is a rose, yellow and white gold version.

Rose gold:
https://www.intime05.co/patek-phili...ial-stick-markers-on-brown-leather-strap.html

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Yellow gold:
https://www.intime05.co/patek-phili...ial-stick-markers-on-brown-leather-strap.html

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White gold:
https://www.intime05.co/patek-phili...al-sticks-markers-on-black-leather-strap.html

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Rainbowkin

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I made a thread on this rep not so long ago and found nothing either. Most people were going for 5227 or 5296 these days. My guess is the dial is not hard to rep these days, yet the caseback and thickness are another story.
 

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Thickness is advertised as 7.7mm by intime but not sure these figures are reliable. It does look quite thin from pictures.
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Here is the thread I made earlier: https://forum.replica-watch.info/forum/patek-philippe/8827115-has-anyone-bought-the-aif-patek-5196g

It will be a sweet timepiece for sure. Figuring out a good leather strap will be key if you want to wear it comfortably.

Thank you for sharing, I had not seen the thread. That platinum dial with Breguet numerals looks stunning, hopefully they will rep it too. Now the tough part is to pick the case material, all 3 colours look great.


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Very nice. The little seconds subdial sits a little lower than the gen, it touches the 6 marker. In the gen this doesn't happen
 

Rainbowkin

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Thank you for sharing, I had not seen the thread. That platinum dial with Breguet numerals looks stunning, hopefully they will rep it too. Now the tough part is to pick the case material, all 3 colours look great.


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I will get the steel one as the gold plating will come off in a month.
 

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I am torn between rose and white. So far I have had nothing but good experiences with gold plated reps.


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well, what I heard is that gold plating does not last long at all, yet its longevity might vary on the wearer. A super-rep grade watch definitely needs wrapped or even solid gold.
 

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This 5196 have an instant tell on the dial. The seconds subdial market at six is printed larger than in gen and nearly touches the hour marker at six. This is the gen, look at the subdial, the lije at six does not touch the hour marker.
BTW, if they correct that seens a great rep, very accurate, except for the crown position.
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Doud

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The gen dial has this very light grey brushed colour to it, i am struggling to find it on the pictures of the rep (at least on intime’s website), it looks more off white than grey. It’s a pity that no one has posted real life pictures yet.

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effewatch

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Yes i also noticed that in the rep it looks more pure white, i don't know if gens had slightly different dials during various versions.
 

Rainbowkin

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This is nonsense, I’ve got gold plated reps I’ve owned for over five years that are still absolutely fine!!!

DC

Well, thanks for confirming that. I just have heard some people on this forum ranting about the gold pates falling off after a short while.