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Patek Philippe Vertical Clutch Chronograph with MACRO shots!
I was playing around with my new macro-camera and when I placed it at an angle, I was able to see the vertical clutch mechanism. It was actually fascinating to watch. When the pusher is pressed (as seen in the first photo), a lever comes around with a tapered end to lift a clutch wheel off the continuously running wheel so that the chrono is not engaged. When that button is pressed again (as seen in the second photograph), the lever is release, allowing the clutch wheel to come down and engage with the continuously running wheel. The vertical clutch chrono is a much more desired and dependable than the horizontal clutch, which relies on levers to move gears over so that the teeth mesh together. This causes the seconds hand to jump one way or another when the wheel has to move for the teeth to mesh. The vertical clutch chrono is also able to run continuously without fear of excess wear or reliability/accuracy issues, which is quite contrary to the horizontal clutch. It was a real

My Two Breitling Chronomats
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First Patek - grey a good option?
Hello all, long time lurker but recently became a member. Ever since I saw the 5524 online a couple years ago, I was really drawn to the watch. Patek has never really appealed to me (mostly Rolex guy) but something about the size and case shape and design of this model just really struck me. A few weeks ago, I was able to handle and try one on with a colleague who received his (has a handful of Patek and still waited over 3 years to get it). Decided that I'm ready to buy it and called just about every US AD - only to be told that they have long waiting lists and would take a couple years at the minimum but would still be bumped if an existing client wanted it first. Have realized that grey dealer is probably the only way to get it relatively soon. I reached out to a couple TS on here and they are asking 55/56 for the piece (think it retails at 47). I've come to terms with having to pay a premium to get it soon but is that the right price to be buying? I'm not so much worried about resa

Power reserve question
So i have a explorer 2 and a year ago i tested it and got 46 plus hours of reserve from it. And a couple weeks ago i tested it and got a bunch of diff results from 34 37 40 41 and 45 hours being the longest i do not wear my watch but maybe three times a month due to others being in the rotation. Do you think this is ok ? And this is simply winding it 45 to 50 times and letting it sit.it seems to go up each time but now stays around 40 to 42 hours.

Has anyone owned both the Pelagos and Black Bay?
I want to know even though the Pelagos is thicker and chunkier than the BB, since it¡¯s wider, does it feel more proportional? From what I remember the Pelagos seemed more comfortable and it didn¡¯t seem as blocky. Thanks.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk