The 5070 has always and continues to sing a siren's song to me. It would be my first choice every time. I will say the 5170 is a beautiful timepiece and the baguette indices on that blue dial is stunning. You wouldn't go wrong having either and in a perfect world I would have one of each, preferably in platinum.
The 5170p is better looking and more wearable to me. Stunning, actually. Also, it’s good match of functionality and case design. The 5070p is too clunky for what it does, pagoda or not. It reminds me a bit of the bulbous Da Vinci from IWC, or the esteemed but somewhat Baroque case of the 5970p.
I have fallen in love with manual wind chronographs, alas, I will be financially limited to maybe one day owning a speedy, but either of these guys would be the dream. Would love a 5070 with the 5170 movement. Although the new 5172 looks fantastic
Decisions decisions, the 5170P wins in my view, in house movement, diamond banquettes. 5070 seems a bit empty in contents & it’s over valued in my view, being manual winding. For that price, I can get the PP perpetual calendar new. Thanks
When you say there are far more examples of 5170p made, is it based on overall production time? I believe you, just curious the logic used - or is it inside information?
It's based on time the watch was available -- over twice as long as the 5070 -- and the fact that the caliber 29-535 in the 5170 was designed for mass production from the outset. The 5070 never was built in sufficient numbers that unsold pieces appeared in dealer inventory; the 5170P STILL can be found unsold at dealers. Best, Tim
@@the1916companywatchreviews thanks! It works as long as Patek produces roughly the same proportions of each model as previous year. And I think for the chronographs in platinum, that's a safe assumption. Awesome show as always, cheers
