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PATEK PHILIPPE & CO. GENEVE NAUTILUS NO. 1309118, REF. 3700/001 MANUFACTURED IN 1979 A LARGE STAI...

Currency:USD Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:9,400.00 - 12,000.00 USD
PATEK PHILIPPE & CO. GENEVE NAUTILUS NO. 1309118, REF. 3700/001 MANUFACTURED IN 1979 A LARGE STAI...
PATEK PHILIPPE & CO.
GENEVE
NAUTILUS
NO. 1309118, REF. 3700/001
MANUFACTURED IN 1979
A LARGE STAINLESS STEEL AND GOLD SELF-WINDING BRACELET WATCH WITH DATE
NICKEL LEVER MOVEMENT, GYROMAX BALANCE,
36 JEWELS, ADJUSTED TO
HEAT, COLD, ISOCHRONISM
AND FIVE POSITIONS,
GOLD-EDGED ROTOR, BLACK DIAL, APPLIED BATON NUMERALS, APERTURE FOR DATE, CIRCULAR CASE, WITH PATEK PHILIPPE STAINLESS STEEL AND GOLD BRACELET
AND DEPLOYANT CLASP
SIGNED ON MOVEMENT,
CASE AND DIAL, NUMBERED
ON MOVEMENT AND CASE
LENGTH 44 MM
CHF 14,000-18,000
$ 9,400-12,000
THIS WATCH
IS ACCOMPANIED
BY ITS ORIGINAL
PATEK PHILIPPE
FITTED LEATHER
BOX AND
ITS CERTIFICATE
OF ORIGIN
DATED 1981.
WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I WAS ALWAYS CURIOUS ABOUT THOSE MARVELS OF MECHANICS THAT MY GRANDFATHER
AND FATHER would sometimes
put to my ear and ALWAYS WORE
ON THEIR WRISTS. IT SEEMED THAT
MOST ADULTS OWNED ONE AND
THAT SOMETIMES THEY WOULD
RAISE THEIR WRISTS AND TALK
A LANGUAGE I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH: HOURS, MINUTES, EVEN QUARTERS.
IT TOOK ME A FEW MORE YEARS
TO GRASP THE SUBJECT OF THEIR CONVERSATIONS: THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT TIME.
A FEW DAYS BEFORE RECEIVING MY FIRST WRISTWATCH, IT WAS PLACED
IN THE BUFFET WHERE I COULD SEE IT AND TIME NEVER WENT BY SO SLOWLY. WHEN IT WAS FINALLY GIVEN TO ME, I FELT SUCH EMOTION AND HAPPINESS.
IT IS THE SAME EMOTION AND INTENSITY I FEEL TODAY WHEN I DISCOVER NEW PIECES TO ADD TO MY EVER-INCREASING COLLECTION.
IT IS A BIG SATISFACTION FOR ME TO SEE THE SIZE OF THIS WATCH CATALOGUE, CLEARLY INDICATING THAT SO MANY OTHERS SHARE THE SAME PASSION I DO.
I REMEMBER, TODAY, THE WORDS OF MY BEST FRIEND who ALSO HAPPENED TO BE A MASTER watchmaker: you will never REGRET BUYING A WATCH YOU DESIRE, BUT YOU WILL ALWAYS REGRET IT IF YOU DON'T.
LUCA TORRENTE SEPTEMBER 2002
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