New Release: Patek Philippe 5522A Limited Edition Pilot's Watch

[1William]

I like it, but here we go again. A manufacturer producing a watch that has great appeal, in limited numbers, at a price that can only be described as extreme for a three hand SS watch. We will read the hype, see some special customers get the watch and then it will show up with some Grey Market dealers at even greater prices. It will further alienate a possible customer base and then the hype will die down and the company will repeat the process.

[lapince]

Interesting but I would rather add some cash and get a 5524 if I wanted to get this sort'of watch

[goog53]

Originally Posted by lapince

Interesting but I would rather add some cash and get a 5524 if I wanted to get this sort'of watch

Is your Vout thread updated? Need a Nymphs report on the caseback. You are in Thailand and now we never hear from You. LOL!

[lapince]

Originally Posted by conkers

Why did Brian depart? What did I miss?

+1, what the hell happened? Couldn't wait to see what his new gifts were...

Originally Posted by texex91

Thread was deleted unfortunately...funny stuff indeed.

But yes, he has exited permanently.

interesting, if one of you gents would like to PM me to explain the reasons would appreciate it...

Originally Posted by goog53

Is your Vout thread updated? Need a Nymphs report on the caseback. You are in Thailand and now we never hear from You. LOL!

I answered you on instagram buddy, he wrote me yesterday that he is getting the case in a few days, and as I understand everything is ready, they just need to do the assembly. Of course since I am in Thailand won't get it before September, he did propose me to meet him in Hong Kong at the beginning of July, to which I said no, we are renting a flat in Phuket, no safe, even if there was I wouldn't be comfortable leaving it in a crappy safe, so wouldn't be ok to leave it in the flat, and imagining going to the beach, boating and all the stuff you do in Thailand, with a Vouti, was just too much for me, I didn't even take one watch this time, hesitated taking the AP diver, but since I am half of the time on a motorbike here, other half in car, I didn't want to risk cracking the case, anyways I told him I could come maybe 2-3 days before leaving Thailand, but it had to be before the 14th for him, and we are leaving the 2nd of August, so big no no for me, and in August he doesn't work, so September it is. And I still don't have any pics other than the outer dial that I posted and the first engraving which I asked be corrected, really hope to get full pics soon, but he might want me to wait until September, if I get them will post of course, really hope the 14 month wait will meet up my expectations, but think it will. Was supposed to get it before Karl, but seems he'll get it before, or at the same time.

[AK797]

Originally Posted by lapince

+1, what the hell happened? Couldn't wait to see what his new gifts were...

Basically he kept revealing private messages in a bid to defend himself from nasty and mistaken accusations he made and I had to get the mods in. Enough was enough.

[texasmade]

Originally Posted by AK797

Basically he kept revealing private messages in a bid to defend himself from nasty and mistaken accusations he made and I had to get the mods in. Enough was enough.

All over paper Patek boxes too!

[Russell996]

Originally Posted by texex91

Thread was deleted unfortunately...funny stuff indeed.

But yes, he has exited permanently.

Originally Posted by texex91

Don't drag me into that mess...I had zero to do with that thread.

Was amusing though

Originally Posted by lapince

+1, what the hell happened? Couldn't wait to see what his new gifts were...



interesting, if one of you gents would like to PM me to explain the reasons would appreciate it...

Originally Posted by GB-man

Sounds like I missed a show lol

Originally Posted by AK797

Basically he kept revealing private messages in a bid to defend himself from nasty and mistaken accusations he made and I had to get the mods in. Enough was enough.

To be honest the thread was not at all funny and needed to be deleted.
As Neil suggests trust was betrayed, PM's revealed and unfounded accusations made. End of.

[KarlS]

Originally Posted by lapince

+1, what the hell happened? Couldn't wait to see what his new gifts were...



interesting, if one of you gents would like to PM me to explain the reasons would appreciate it...



I answered you on instagram buddy, he wrote me yesterday that he is getting the case in a few days, and as I understand everything is ready, they just need to do the assembly. Of course since I am in Thailand won't get it before September, he did propose me to meet him in Hong Kong at the beginning of July, to which I said no, we are renting a flat in Phuket, no safe, even if there was I wouldn't be comfortable leaving it in a crappy safe, so wouldn't be ok to leave it in the flat, and imagining going to the beach, boating and all the stuff you do in Thailand, with a Vouti, was just too much for me, I didn't even take one watch this time, hesitated taking the AP diver, but since I am half of the time on a motorbike here, other half in car, I didn't want to risk cracking the case, anyways I told him I could come maybe 2-3 days before leaving Thailand, but it had to be before the 14th for him, and we are leaving the 2nd of August, so big no no for me, and in August he doesn't work, so September it is. And I still don't have any pics other than the outer dial that I posted and the first engraving which I asked be corrected, really hope to get full pics soon, but he might want me to wait until September, if I get them will post of course, really hope the 14 month wait will meet up my expectations, but think it will. Was supposed to get it before Karl, but seems he'll get it before, or at the same time.

My movement has been assembled and the dial arrives on Monday. I will collect at month when i head to UK for another little PP collection. You really should have asked for a sample of the engraving. As i understand the engraver actually does one anyway and then lays it on the caseback to get an outline...doesn't just start scraping away...cheers

[reddahaydn]

Originally Posted by lapince

Interesting but I would rather add some cash and get a 5524 if I wanted to get this sort'of watch

5524 is triple the price!

[Socal to az]

Nice piece. It looks too plain. Prefer 5524 due to more interesting face and larger size. I'll be at the NYC exhibition. Looking forward to checking it out in person.

[dysondiver]

think ill take either the blanc pain , or the iwc spitfire mkxv ,,,, and a new ducati

[Tony@KopiGau]

do u want it if it is not a LE piece?

[KarlS]

Originally Posted by Tony@KopiGau

do u want it if it is not a LE piece?

Well that will be the only way many of us would be able to get it.....

[Tony@KopiGau]

Originally Posted by KarlS

Well that will be the only way many of us would be able to get it.....

so the question becomes, if you are able to get this non LE calatrava, would you want to get it😏

[KarlS]

Originally Posted by Tony@KopiGau

so the question becomes, if you are able to get this non LE calatrava, would you want to get it😏

Yes

[Tony@KopiGau]

Originally Posted by KarlS

Yes

Steady. I may want one too even not LE but again, it is LE.

@key it maybe going at 33-35k as stated in previous post and many should feel fair.

[key]

Does anyone have pricing info on this piece?

[Murcielagoboy2]

I hate it.

[texex91]

Oh I thought it was quite funny thread.

How we went from brown boxes to hand carved furniture to enamel pieces to banned--that was a thread for the memory.

Now back to 5522A--assume pricing will be sub $40k. But who knows, PP is the profit business, not 'fair' business.

[topcat30093]

Originally Posted by texex91

Oh I thought it was quite funny thread.

How we went from brown boxes to hand carved furniture to enamel pieces to banned--that was a thread for the memory.

So, you would still have found it funny, if it had been your trust that had been betrayed and your private messages, put out for all to see?

[AK797]

Originally Posted by topcat30093

So, you would still have found it funny, if it had been your trust that had been betrayed and your private messages, put out for all to see?

That part was certainly not, but it was amusing how many of his threads turned into furniture talk, I presume after he won the lottery he bought a few furniture stores and was giving us a sales presentation.

And congrats on 5K posts Tony!

[texex91]

Originally Posted by AK797

That part was certainly not, but it was amusing how many of his threads turned into furniture talk, I presume after he won the lottery he bought a few furniture stores and was giving us a sales presentation.

Exactly my thoughts Neil.

All of his posts were bizarre IMHO and how that thread went from brown boxes to furniture pics WAS funny. I didn't care about the rest of the thread to be honest.

[KarlS]

Originally Posted by topcat30093

So, you would still have found it funny, if it had been your trust that had been betrayed and your private messages, put out for all to see?

But he was fun to prod....If it wasn't for real life Jamie I would have thought he was a troll!!

[RussW]

Originally Posted by KarlS

But he was fun to prod....If it wasn't for real life Jamie I would have thought he was a troll!!

I don't think he meant any harm. I put it down to cultural differences, he couldn't recognise a genuine offer for help without thinking he was going to get screwed over, he was overly anal, and ultimately he made a serious error of judgement.

[topcat30093]

Originally Posted by AK797

That part was certainly not, but it was amusing how many of his threads turned into furniture talk, I presume after he won the lottery he bought a few furniture stores and was giving us a sales presentation.

And congrats on 5K posts Tony!

Thanks Neil :thumbs:

I was trying to save it up for something special, but unfortunately there was nothing in the offering. Oh well perhaps when I reach 10,000 in 9 years time

Originally Posted by texex91

Exactly my thoughts Neil.

All of his posts were bizarre IMHO and how that thread went from brown boxes to furniture pics WAS funny. I didn't care about the rest of the thread to be honest.

I got to agree with you on that.
Never in my widest dreams, would I have imagined it turning out like that.

Originally Posted by KarlS

But he was fun to prod....If it wasn't for real life Jamie I would have thought he was a troll!!

He certainly bit!

Originally Posted by RussW

I don't think he meant any harm. I put it down to cultural differences, he couldn't recognise a genuine offer for help without thinking he was going to get screwed over, he was overly anal, and ultimately he made a serious error of judgement.

Having read his numerous posts/threads and spoken with him via PM, this was also my view.

Now back to the OP's topic.

I like it:thumbs:
But I would need the addition of a date, to ratify my OCD.
Which, would rather spoil it I think.

[martinr]

I really don't get this 5522A. Its not awful but its not special either, very plain and unremarkable and at 30K plus in steel. If it was readily available would they be popular?

[key]

Originally Posted by martinr

I really don't get this 5522A. Its not awful but its not special either, very plain and unremarkable and at 30K plus in steel. If it was readily available would they be popular?

I don't think the 5522A will be as popular if they were readily available.

That being said, I believe that the rarity of PP steel pieces nowadays + it being a LE piece will make the 5522A hard to get.

[martinr]

Originally Posted by key

I don't think the 5522A will be as popular if they were readily available.

That being said, I believe that the rarity of PP steel pieces nowadays + it being a LE piece will make the 5522A hard to get.

I agree it's all about rarity and it being a LE but what about the actual watch? I own the 5524, much more interesting, travel time, date wheel, night and day (home and local) and the controversial pushers. This 5522 is boring, nothing to look at or get your attention. It's like they came out with an el cheapo version of the 5524 but made it a LE at an inflated price. And I feel it detracts from the special and different aspect of the 5524, it makes the 5524 not so unique in the Patek line up.

[texex91]

Originally Posted by martinr

I agree it's all about rarity and it being a LE but what about the actual watch? I own the 5524, much more interesting, travel time, date wheel, night and day (home and local) and the controversial pushers. This 5522 is boring, nothing to look at or get your attention. It's like they came out with an el cheapo version of the 5524 but made it a LE at an inflated price. And I feel it detracts from the special and different aspect of the 5524, it makes the 5524 not so unique in the Patek line up.

5524 all day over 'plain' 5522.

[sulttaani]

Originally Posted by martinr

This 5522 is boring, nothing to look at or get your attention.

I feel just the opposite, simplicity at its best, would prefer max 40mm case size though.