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gdl203 
Patek 5110P
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dddrees Yep, this would be the one I would chose.
Interesting that several people on the forum really like the 5110. I guess, no pun intended, timing is everything. When it was introduced about 10 years ago they became the bane of many AD's existence. Maybe ADs ordered too many, thinking it woud be a run away success looking a bit like their vintage world timer, although sans the enamel cloisonne. I can remember the two ADs my Dad and I regularly did business with making unsolicited offers to sell them at huge discounts to us, even when we were in specifically to look at other brands (and they were sitting on them in every case metal). Even on Timezone, it seemed the few people that would buy them, would then put them on the market within just a few months and its resale was very week. I think some people felt JLC's Geographique was a much easier to use mechanism if you really traveled, and it gave you additional useful information, date, power reserve, a seconds hand etc. Perhaps people really traveling needed more function than the 5110 offered, while the Patek was simple and pretty. Anyway, fast forward a few years, Patek revised the watch and now it seems like a more popular model and interest has arisen in the 5110. Always interesting to see how opinions and interest in some items becomes much stronger several years after they were originally produced.
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, like owning a Jaguar back in the days.
