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I am happy to share these images with the Forum members. I feel extremely! fortunate to own these three WTs. I am very curious to read how the forum members compare the 3 to each other in terms of preferences and general observations. I will be happy to s...  

.....thanks for sharing this. I think most people here would be happy with any single one of them. However, you do ask a specific question, and so I will give a specific answer. My order is the same as yours. I prefer R most as i feel it has a vibrancy an... 

I too prefer the R - because the warm, brassy colour (esp the hands) recalls old navigational instruments. The effect is a Lilliputian such instrument.

Most interesting!

for your detailed and cogent analysis. Yes, I couldn't believe my good fortune when I got the first one. I never expected to get more than one, but I hoped and was way beyond thrilled to get the others. I very much realize how fortunate I am to have them.... 

....i admire and respect the manner in which you presented these watches. Classy.

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What a great WT collection. I am trying myself to collect all 4 5110s (I\'m half way (p and r) ...). My choice : the R. I love the case and the cloisonné is IMO perfectly balanced. But I would give a better opinion if I had all 3 right now on my desk.

Thank you for sharing this trio. This is incredibly rare. How is the rest of your collection? As fun and unique?

You must be a very special customer of Patek. Well done on securing all three! Like many others, I am waiting for the rose gold version and I pray it will not be discontinued until we all get ours! I live in Europe and originate from Malaysia so the white... 

I hope you get the R and sooner rather than later. As for the P, as my Dad would say "Hope springs eternal".

I have had the opportunities to examine all three and the good fortune of owning the G. IMO, each of them has certain aspects that are better than the other two. In terms of realism and color matching, R is top because patches of white ice cap are shown w... 

Your breakdown of the strengths of each based on specific colors is insightful and thought provoking. Unfortunately, your comment about the ice caps and global warning is a sad, but accurate statement of where things seem to be going. I assume there will ... 

Congratulations on the latest addition. It is fascinating to see the differences in all the R\'s as more pictures get posted, from some with no snow to as you say some with more orange/yellow. All are truly stunning and so difficult to have a favourite bu...  

Also for pointing out something I hadn't noticed, namely that some of the Rs do not have snow caps in the Arctic regions. This is another illustration as to how each one is onto itself.

for shearing these beauties. For me the yellow gold is the first choice, simply because I believe it to be the most traditional and I like it the most. Following the rose gold and then the white gold. The enamel is a state of the art on all of them and th... 

I also think the yellow is very appealing and I am glad to see that at least one Patek collector rates it #1!

J for the win! It POPS on the wrist as you eluded to!

for your kindness . Edward

Patek has brought a lot of attention to the details of this watch. As always we may say but the enamel work of this very 5131 reference is another story and brings the interest to another level IMHO. I would go for R then G then J personally. I like RG a ... 

I would like to focus in particular on what you said regarding the differences in the enamel work within a particular gold model, be it rose, white or yellow. The first one that I acquired was the J. I was ecstatic to get it and thought the map was beauti... 

These details differences and diversity in such dials are something we may not expect at first. How they spread the material before cooking, how it behaves during the heating process etc... everything has an impact an enameler cannot totally control. It o... 

I recall that after the introduction of the J, Patek had major problems with the enameling process, specifically many dials cracked during the baking process and had to be discarded. Obviously, they corrected the problem, but it points out the fickle natu... 

there was a mother and son team that worked on the dial. Perhaps there were 2 teams, one for J and one for G. Hence the workmanship is different and that is why each dial is unique. Due to good fortune, I had the choice of a J or G and checked out both wi... 

Together - J, G and R ...  

remains the same: G & R rank equally at the top and J is the most eye-catching with its bright yellow Africa.

WG is the best for me , RG , then the J. But the other 2 are no pushovers. Just my personal preference. Good you have all 3 in your stable. My admiration. Cheers Geross.

Did you get an allocation from the same AD, or different AD per piece? Since it's an application watch, PP would know this allocation.. just wondering how this works.. Thanks

Yes I know, life isn't fair! G would be my choice as I tried on a friend's piece and it was absolutely stunning. cheers fernando

R with 9 votes. Second place goes to G with 4 votes. And last but still beautiful is J with 1 vote. A BIG thank you to all who took the time to share their preference and thoughts!! Best, patekova

And especially thanks for taking the time to respond to all the questions/opinions and posts of the Forum members!

It is always a real pleasure discussing with such a community.

the G is nice too but the multi colored dial imo needs a warm colored case too

I actually have the opposite preference on the case for the G. While the G is not my favorite map, I feel that the colorful dial with an emphasis on blue works really well with the white metal. Hearing a well reasoned opposite view makes the discussion al... 

Something that makes you keep looking at it...... The 5131 has that!

I do view it as a miniature work of art. However, maybe you are right. What constitutes great art is generally considered to be quite subjective. Yet you give a quantifiable measure which makes a lot of sense. Provided the reason one keeps looking at a wo...