In comparison with the earlier 5070 it was slimmed down and refined, extra an inheritor to Patek’s classic chronographs just like the ref. 130 than the daring, fashionable 5070. Aesthetically, the 5170 additionally felt like a response to the primary decade of the twentieth century, when watches had grown greater, bolder, and extra difficult. The 5170 was classically styled – 39mm, sq. pushers, and a easy, Calatrava-style case. The utilized Roman numerals and pulsation scale of the 5170J felt lifted from a previous period. Launched three years later, the white gold 5170G swapped Roman numerals for the much more heart-melting utilized Breguet numerals.
