So, even 24 per year would be 120 over the 5 years, not far from the 150 I was estimating another way. By the way, I had to type in the YouTube URL because cut and paste doesn't work: www.youtube.com
As you point out, there are lots of splits and I also feel Patek is now churning them out with the latest in house movements (not like Nouvelle Lemania which required lots of adjustment), but those many splits are spread across lots of other much more popular watches.
I'm not an expert in enamel, but I read that black is especially difficult. Also, regardless how difficult, if it's a long art with not so many people trained, that limits production.
Men don't wear ties much anymore, but it's not uncommon to have a tie with a bright color as the only bright color for an otherwise pretty much colorless suit. A red tie works fine and it's actually a lot larger than a watch. Eric
Can you really imagine an RM customer going and buying an Omega instead, because they couldn't find the RM they want down at the boutique? I'm sure that happens about as often as a Ferrari customer ends up settling for a Toyota Corolla when they don't find the Ferrari they want down at the dealershi
But, the point is that in 15 seconds I found several "Richard Mille RM 11-03 Titanium" online. I personally have 0 patience waiting for anything in life. 15 seconds is about all I can bear Eric
Why would you want to play their little game adding your name to some wait list or wish list or whatever, and then wait an indefinite period of time for it? You can get pretty much any RM you want online, with no wait at all, and it doesn't even have to be second hard; you can be the first real owne
If it were just the matter of making the split second movement, as hard as it is, I can see Patek churning out 300-500 of them in 5 years. I totally agree with you that the grand comps are over produced, and I feel like Patek is trying to increase production. But, I just can't see how 5 people makin
So, I already do enjoy the watch (done). Now for more ... I'm a collector. And to a collector rarity is important. When a watch is discontinued, it analogous to an artist's paintings becoming more desirable after the artist dies. With paintings, it's easier to estimate how may there are. Eric
The fact that it has a black enamel dial is one factor that should have limited the number of 5370Ps that could have been made. Supposedly black enamel is especially hard to make, and enamel is almost a lost art, with only a handful of artisans who are sufficiently skilled in the world. Split second