Buying, Selling, & Collecting: How A Pulsation Scale Actually Works, And Five Pulsation Chronographs That Make Our Heart Skip A Beat
Compared to the previous 5070 it was slimmed down and subtle, more an heir to Patek’s vintage chronographs like the ref. 130 than the bold, modern 5070. Aesthetically, the 5170 also felt like a reaction to the first decade of the 20th century, when watches had grown bigger, bolder, and more complicated. The 5170 was classically styled – 39mm, square pushers, and a smooth, Calatrava-style case. The applied Roman numerals and pulsation scale of the 5170J felt lifted from a prior era. Introduced three years later, the white gold 5170G swapped Roman numerals for the even more heart-melting applied Breguet numerals.
