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Patek Phillipe does not use gold chatons at all.
At their price point, that is what seems ridiculous to me.
You can find gold chatons in Glashutte Original watches for $6-8k.
You can find millions of examples if you look at pocket watches or 1930's wristwatches.
Pressed jewels only became the standard, because it was cheaper to produce a watch that way.
It seems to me, that with technology, that would only be easier to produce watches with gold chatons now. Seems like a rip off to me, that most of the high end Swiss companies don't use them.
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