calatrava Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 I just received a Patek Philippe Calatrava with a microrotor movement and Breguet hands. As befitting a watch with a microrotor movement, it is impressively thin at 8.2mm. It is clearly a fantasy watch, combining design elements, such as the shiny (enamel like) dial, fonts, and case shape of the Patek 5959, and Breguet hands which appear on the Patek 3939, and adding a date window at 6 o'clock. It comes with a generic crown, which looks a bit like the crown on the Patek 5959. Patek 5959 Patek 3939 Anyhow, here are some photos of the watch which I received. It feels nicely made, and comes with a Patek Tang buckle with the correct engravings (on the inside, as per the gen). While it is definitely a fantasy model, it does seem like a watch that Patek could plausibly have made, inasmuch as the design elements used are concerned. It is a surprisingly nice watch for the price of $108 (inclusive of shipping) which I paid for it (use the $20 coupon at the top right corner of the Watcheden website): http://www.watcheden.net/patek-philippe-automatic-with-white-dial-brown-leather-strap-i-121934-p-1.html I had originally bought the watch simply for the microrotor movement, but the rest of the watch is nicely made as well, and is an excellent value for the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slickdick Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 I like it, Fantasy or not, with a nice high quality strap this wil look like a million bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkay Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Thank you for the great mini-review! There are not enough write ups for $100 watches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrgod Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Nice watch. I really enjoy seeing examples of the good, uncommon replicas! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calatrava Posted March 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Thanks. Here are a few more photos. Closeup of the microrotor movement Wrist shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted March 3, 2012 Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 How is the time keeping, the regulator arm and stud are look to be very close togehter??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calatrava Posted March 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 I don't know how the timekeeping is, since I just received it today, and the lack of a second hand makes it more difficult to tell. I'll keep an eye on it, and see how it looks in a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calatrava Posted March 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2012 Okay, I decided to try using Kello to time the rate of the watch, and if it is to be believed, then it varies from -4sec/day to about -20sec/day depending on position, and it has a 21.6kbph movement. This seems pretty decent, particularly for a watch which doesn't have a second hand, and which has a significantly smaller balance wheel than normal, which I think accounts for the larger than average position variance. Even the photo on the dealer website has the regulator and stud very close together in essentially the same position as mine, so my guess is that it's unregulated from the factory, and just manufactured with the regulator and stud in that position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calatrava Posted March 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 There is also a Piaget Altiplano that uses the same movement. http://www.watcheden.net/piaget-altiplano-automatic-stick-markers-with-white-dial-leather-strap-i-128650-p-1.html These are photos of a similar watch owned by iggi, which he bought in 2004 in the Czech Republic. Interestingly, this one has a central seconds hand, but appears to be the same movement as the one in my watch, so I guess this movement is capable of driving a central seconds hand. I wonder who produces this microrotor movement, someone suggested that it is a Ronda microrotor movement, but this does not appear to be quite the same. Ronda Harley 2538 Seagull microrotor movement Gen Patek microrotor movement (Calibre 240) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calatrava Posted March 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Okay, so after a day in my watchbox, the watch has lost maybe 5-10 seconds, it's difficult to be more precise than that, since there is no seconds hand. But in any case, this seems like a perfectly acceptable level of accuracy for a watch without a seconds hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FxrAndy Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Ah good news then, just looks odd but if it is working and keeping time then all is well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 Like those microrotors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cougar1 Posted March 4, 2012 Report Share Posted March 4, 2012 It's a nice simple clean looking watch calatrava, and the micromotor looks nicely done, the strap is hideous though needs a decent strap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charly F. Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 The question is : can we use the movement for a Nautilus ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calatrava Posted May 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 The question is : can we use the movement for a Nautilus ??? The 5711 has a regular rotor, and only the 5712 has a microrotor movement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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