What a great pleasure to see you here too.

Mar 01, 2021,11:38 AM
 

Your great taste, knowledge and passion of horology will absolutely bring an exciting breath here. And what a start with one of the best 5970's.
Cheers.
Kerem.

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Hello all!

 
By: Horology_Ancienne : March 1st, 2021-10:59
Dear all, We are Horology Ancienne (or HA); a father and son watch collecting duo. We have been lurking on here for an exceptionally long time. Checking WPS pretty much everyday. The passion in this forum is incredible as is the knowledge shared. It is a ...  

Welcome here 🤗

 
By: Watchonthewrists : March 1st, 2021-11:28
Great first post , thats one gorgeous PP with my fav dial color. Looking forward to see your next posts

What a great pleasure to see you here too.

 
By: afl : March 1st, 2021-11:38
Your great taste, knowledge and passion of horology will absolutely bring an exciting breath here. And what a start with one of the best 5970's. Cheers. Kerem.

A warm welcome to our great forum, gentlemen! Really glad in the end you decided to join!🙏 Even though I’m not on IG (WPS is my only social media! ;-), I’m already aware of your impressive contributions — and of course, your top Patek collection! ;-)

 
By: FabR : March 1st, 2021-11:39
I can see you already have a large number of followers and friends on this forum, so I’m sure you will quickly feel at home!😄 Hope you’ll be able to become regular contributors, with your outstanding knowledge of the subject, your opinions, and of course.... 

I’ve been following the IG account for a while and it is, as all that have come across it will testify, one of these best watch resources on the platform.

 
By: Jay (Eire) : March 1st, 2021-11:50
Selfishly I’m looking forward to more in depth interactions here in large part because being familiar with the contributors on this platform for a long time will give those comments some additional context. I think it’s much harder to understand where peo... 

I can’t thank you enough for the wonderful welcome.

 
By: Horology_Ancienne : March 3rd, 2021-11:42
Instagram will never be as focused as WPS. Your remarks on giving better context to comments is one of the strengths of this forum. I’m sure the dialogue that will be held (as ever) will be extremely insightful. As for the yachtmaster haha, the watch that... 

Thank you so much!!!

 
By: Horology_Ancienne : March 3rd, 2021-11:43
It was only right that my first post on here should be one of my favourite watches! Cheers for the warm welcome

Welcome to our community!

 
By: Tim_M : March 1st, 2021-13:27
I look forward to sharing our experiences in the world of watches. All the best, Tim

Hello

 
By: coz : March 1st, 2021-13:57
Welcome, I have been enjoying your collection on IG and learning a lot from you! Best regards

Thank you dearly for the very warm welcome.

 
By: Horology_Ancienne : March 3rd, 2021-11:46
For a long time I have watched Instagram grow into something really quite interesting. If the right community is built around you, it can be very fulfilling and has a reach to collectors that surprised me. Unfortunately and as to be expected, it’s full of... 

You are sincerely welcome and I agree about the collector's aspect. I just don't like the intangibles that come with social media which is why I have avoided it so far. I think I can speak for the majority here...

 
By: holdemchamp1225 : March 3rd, 2021-12:50
and say that we are delighted that you both have chosen to join the WPS community. We all are looking forward to more posts from you both and hope you have as much fun as all of us do daily in an environment with like minded individuals of all backgrounds... 

Welcome!

 
By: watchbiao : March 1st, 2021-14:45
Like many others, I have been following your IG for some time and am glad to see you share more on this platform. I have also been a quiet lurker here for a long time but feel the need to come out of my shell once in a while

I am very familiar with you on IG

 
By: Horology_Ancienne : March 3rd, 2021-11:55
So it’s nice to know I’m in familiar company. Thank you for the warm welcome. Perhaps we can both do better to stop lurking hahah

Welcome!

 
By: walidk : March 1st, 2021-14:54
I am also not on Instagram, which looks to be a common theme for some of us here, so I am happy to read that you will be contributing to WPS. Your reputation precedes you and GLau's posts where most intriguing. Although not a Patek guy, I find the brand a... 

Thank you for the very nice welcome!

 
By: Horology_Ancienne : March 3rd, 2021-11:55
I am so very much looking forward to all the great conversations I know will happen here!

Big welcome and what an appropriate entrance post/photo/watch!!!

 
By: HobbyCentric : March 1st, 2021-15:03
Big welcome to our horological community and what an appropriate entrance post, photo and watch! That is arguably the most beautiful Patek PCC created .... love the Breguet numerals and salmon dial!

My first post had to be one of my most treasured watches.

 
By: Horology_Ancienne : March 3rd, 2021-22:29
Thank you so very much. The sandblasted hour markers and hands work extremely will against the salmon backdrop.

Great and warmest welcome for both of you

 
By: Gelato Monster : March 1st, 2021-16:55
Looking forward to your double passion, double knowledge , double collection, double joke, double dynamics, double everything.😁🥂🥂

AMAZING...

 
By: Patekfinity : March 1st, 2021-17:10
Thank you for your posts on IG and finally can follow you here as well!! Definitely been an eye opener seeing the rare and unique pieces... looking forward to more!! Love the educational composition of your posts on all things Patek...welcome!!

So glad to welcome you here

 
By: Mike H : March 1st, 2021-17:24
Welcome to the Purist family, I hope you will enjoy being here as much as we do. What an entry with this first post! 5970 is a grail in any iteration but with salmon dial even more and with these Breguet numerals I am speechless 😶, just fantastic ! Enjoy ... 

This is what I would call an "arrivée en fanfare", a real plebiscite actually

 
By: Mike H : March 4th, 2021-02:54
Looking forward to your next posts, you will enjoy the kind and friendly atmosphere here. We are all so glad you've decided to join the family Have a great day, Mike

What an absolutely beautiful piece and first post

 
By: s_haverford : March 1st, 2021-18:12
I only recently came across your IG and have found myself going deep! Your collection is stunning and passion unmatched. I appreciate you and your father taking the time to share with the community at large.

Welcome.

 
By: fuigo : March 1st, 2021-22:26
I loved reading your posts in Instagram as they are candid and thoughtful. Great to see you here as well.

Hello 👋 HA ! A sincere welcome to our forum !

 
By: GLau : March 2nd, 2021-08:47
So our forum got two lurkers for the price of one so to speak🤣 As you come out of the dark and into the bright side, you definitely should feel the “warmth” of our forum. A collector duo of father and son is simply the “holy grail” of a true horological p... 

I am certainly feeling the warmth here. We were on a few forums years ago but your community is unmatched!

 
By: Horology_Ancienne : March 3rd, 2021-22:34
No defined way. We spend a long time debating to reach a shared and agreed conclusion. We represent a United front. Rarely we may speak from a personal opinion that only one of us can attest to - or of course when sharing individual stories.

This is clearly the best watch forum on the internet.

 
By: Costa (aka Connie) : March 7th, 2021-08:51
The members are nice ,helpful and extremely knowledgeable. Everyone is kind and accepting of all sorts of opinions. Everyone’s opinion is valued. Welcome. CB.

Welcome!

 
By: chk : March 3rd, 2021-18:58
And I do admire the clarity of your writing. Thank you for posting. Chk

I may be late to this party...

 
By: mrds : March 4th, 2021-11:55
but never too late to welcome a new member to this wonderful community. It has taught me a lot about watches, and quite a bit about myself. Wish you‘ll have the same experience! Looking forward to learning more about you, your collection and the passion t... 

A very warm welcome to you on your much anticipated and hoped for entry as a contributing member of this Forum! Having thoroughly

 
By: patekova : March 7th, 2021-04:55
enjoyed the images you have posted on Instagram of your truly extraordinary vintage and modern Pateks, I look forward to seeing the watches you will post here. Even more than the images I look forward to your accompanying erudite reviews and analysis. You... 

Thank you so very much for the super kind words. Very appreciated buddy. Means a great deal to me.

 
By: Horology_Ancienne : March 7th, 2021-18:20
You’re right, generally uniques are not unique but in a handful of cases they genuinely are unique. Some of mine even have it written on the papers. So this 5970 was part of a set of 3. All three were made in Platinum. Glad we agree, this is my favourite ... 

Thank you for your reply and your confirming that you have the good fortune to have all 3 in platinum. Separately, often we see at auction

 
By: patekova : March 8th, 2021-04:28
watches described as “possibly unique”. To have watches made by Patek on special order and described in the papers by Patek as “unique” IMHO has to be the holy grail of Patek collecting! Best, Patekova