Very bold, as for me that misspelling is a nogo, even if it is so small, but for more than 750$ ???!!! But I really love the dial and the amount of craftmanship that went into it.
I am already curious about the pictures of your coming review of the Enamel Calatrava.
Your review of the Lange Tourbillon finally convinced me to buy it as well. So maybe that´ s the case here also.
Thanks for your comment mate, i take it as a huge compliment. Appreciated.
To be honest i am exchanging this watch. I've sold a watch that had more flaws. And buying this instead. So seen at my collection as a whole, it's an upgrade. Also the chance to have a real enamel watch is too tempting to resist. What i can see for now vs the gen is:
- Small details are different in the picture on the dial. But because the gen is handpainted, there will also be variations in that, as fx there are no two gen 5131's that look alike.
- I've ordered "the Porter", as the painting in the rep is more detailed. "The Barge" looks a bit more "blurred", that's why.
- The missing caseback on the backside doesn't bother me, as it would've added to the thickness and secondly - even as i consider myself as having some knowledge about Patek, it wasn't easy for me to seek out the info that the 5089G-061 and 062 have a hinged caseback. As both are not produced anymore and are rare, and info on them is sparce on the net. You have to search them out in detail. So when i will wear this watch, even show it to others, i would have the confidence, that even they know something about watches, they won't know this.
- Regarding the thickness, the gen is 9,2mm and the rep is 11,25. I've seen pictures of the rep in sideview, and the crystal is pretty domed. So my best guess is that the rep without crystal is around 9.5mm. I bet that the rep looks slim on the wrist.
The spelling mistakes off course bother me. Let's see if they are there on the watch i get. Maybe the pictures are of a prototype, but probably not hehe.
Let's see. I will know more in a few weeks. Hopefully positive!