5196 discontinued?

[torrente]

I visited today an US PP AD to try the 5196, the watch is gorgeous but they only have one reference that is not my preferred one.
I asked them to check with PP the availability of the reference that I prefer. They told me that after checking with PP the response that they have received is that 5196 has been discontinued and there is no availability on any reference.
I have not heard of this before, any one have further information about this?

Thank you!

[MoosicPa]

It is still listed as a current model on the PP website.

[torrente]

Originally Posted by MoosicPa

It is still listed as a current model on the PP website.

I know, but that is what the AD said today. On Monday I will visiting other PP ADs in a different area and I will update about this.

[Calatrava r]

Patek is phasing in new movements in the Calatrava line. So this makes sense. I am surprised that a new model was not released at Basel. So your information may be off just a little and may actually be there are no watches in production at the moment to allow production of other models and move existing inventory of 5196 at the dealers.

[scurfa]

Seems strange, the latest Patek magazine has an article about the 5196


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[torrente]

Hello, I went to 2 ADs today, no one knew of that discontinuation.
One of them had the reference in another state and the other one was expecting to receive them in May.
Tomorrow I will be visiting other ADs and I will report what they tell me.

[torrente]

I visited today another 2 ADs, they have not heard of any discontinuation on that reference.
It seems that the first AD got different information for whatever reason...