Hi, it's Meg from SwissWatchExpo. I have two Patek Philippe Calatravas they
look very similar in fact they're quite different can you spot the differences?
stick around I'm going to tell you what they are [Music]
Hi, it's Meg from SwissWatchExpo. I think you guys know me well enough to know that I truly love and
appreciate Patek Philippe I've shared with you before that I often borrow my husband's Patek
Philippe the 3919 it's a 33 millimeter so it's a little bit smaller for him but I love wearing it
so I'm going to take advantage of his generosity but the Calatrava is the most iconic most stunning
and beautiful timepiece it's available in rose gold white gold and yellow gold but sadly
not that many years ago Patek Philippe without my permission decided to retire these watches
so I don't know why I just think it's the most simple and most elegant I want to share two of
them today with you that are white gold it's the 5116 and the 5119 they're here at first glance
they look identical both white gold both have the iconic Clous de Paris or hobnail bezel on
it extraordinary simple elegant white Roman dial but the difference is actually very very subtle
and it's something that I want to show you today so what the difference in the 5119 and the 5116
is the fact that the 5116 has an enamel dial so we're going to look very very closely at these two
watches this is actually the 5119 very traditional iconic this these are manual wind watches a little
secret about the Patek Philippe Calatravas is there if there's a sub-dial second hand at 6
o'clock it's manual wind the automatics don't have that sub-dial at six o'clock so a little sneak
peek party trick you can let your friends know already that you know if their watch is manual
wind or automatic just beautiful elegant they're known for the elongated Roman numerals the white
dial it's clean it's classic it's elegant and as you can see even when they change the models
they it's it's just an iconic look but what's so fascinating is and we're thrilled to have them
that's why I wanted to share them with you is this is the 5116. this is actually an enamel dial first
glance even to our wonderful photographers who are exceptional artists and have a great eye they
look actually very very very similar but in fact the enamel dial is very very special they're much
more rare and they're extraordinary in that it's truly a work of artistry and unfortunately it's
a dying artistry in Switzerland they're really worried about the consistency and continuation of
the art of making enamel dials because it's just that it is an art it's a process that's very slow
and tedious it's layers and layers and layers finally applied of the enamel and a very fine
layer is applied then it's fired then it's applied again and so it really is important that these are
very fine fine layers that are applied if the enamel is applied too thickly and and too thick
initially when it's fired there'll be fissures in it and air pockets which will cause it to crack
later on so it is a true enamel they're a little bit more fragile than your classic dial which is
why you don't see any of them but if you look very very closely and again we're going to try
to show you these are subtle differences we'd love to have you here and show them to you in person
first off the enamel dial is on a dial plate that is slightly more curved to start with just to give
that enamel something to apply to so you'll notice already that the dial face is slightly more curved
just it's subtle and probably if we didn't have them side by side you wouldn't notice and then the
enamel itself is more glossy so there's just this rich liveliness to it and what's so fascinating
about these they are more expensive than the classic dials to start with and even now when
we're reselling them and that reason is for every one or two dials enamel dials that make it all
the way to the watch there's probably a failure rate of eight to ten other dials so it's a highly
technical artistry but it's also has a high failure rate so there's a lot of investment
when they're really committing to putting these enamel dials on these extraordinary Calatravas
one thing that's really fun on the dial at the bottom of course at below six o'clock on your
5119 it says Swiss which is what you would expect it to say if you look really really closely on the
enamel dial it says email it's not an emailed watch email is French for enamel so that's what
it says it's kind of a interesting little just curiosity to see but if you see on our website and
you're looking closely at our wonderful pictures that our photographers take of these exact watches
you'll see also where it says email so again email is French for enamel the watch is extraordinary
they're both beautiful classic pieces but just a fun little something an already beautiful
wonderful special watch to have both of them to show you today was something I couldn't pass up
come on in call us for an appointment we work by appointment only in the store we'll put them
both on you side by side let you decide which one you want to take home with us.