Thought I'd give this thread a bit of an update on all of the fun and games I've had with the 5968a. The experience hasn't been as pleasant as the day I picked the watch up.
Between March 19 and July 20 my watch has been back to Patek on 5 occasions, absolutely appalling, once is bad enough 5 times is..... well I won't swear as I don't want to get banned.
29/08/2019 Chrono hand started resetting to 55 second mark, received watch back 19/11/2019. 13 weeks away
22/11/2019 Chrono hand was off-centred and was clearly visible to the naked eye, received watch back 19/12/19. 4 weeks away
24/12/2019 wore the watch on Christmas Eve, the strap hadn’t been fitted correctly into the lug holes by Rhone so when I was out the watch fell from my wrist onto a carpeted floor from circa 4’. Received the watch back 16/03/2020 when I visited Rhone Products. 13 weeks away
19/07/2020 bearing in mind lockdown and the watch hasn’t been worn very often the Chrono hand still had the fault of resetting in the 50’s, watch also completely stopped working, received the watch back today 20/08/2020. 5 weeks away.
20/08/2020, Chrono hand initially resetting in the 50’s, now resetting in the 30’s.
Watch has been in the repair centre for nearly 9 months of my 16 months ownership.
I came to an agreement with Patek that they would send me a replacement watch which arrived today. Guess what exactly the same issues as above.
I am now the lucky owner of 2 broken 5968's.
I can't post videos so check out Instagram chunkythebulldog1976 for a video of the 2 watches
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