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Robert65 shares the deeply personal journey behind acquiring a Patek Philippe, a testament to years of dedicated sacrifice and disciplined saving. His initial post captures the raw anticipation of a long-awaited delivery, a feeling many collectors can relate to, especially when a significant horological piece is involved. This article delves into the emotional investment and the community's response to such a momentous occasion, culminating in the reveal of a Patek Philippe Ref. 5170R-001.
guard dog 🐕 protecting your prized possession! Are you sure that it will ALLOW you to take the box away from it ? Any hints ? Sporty, classic, chrono, travel time , ding 🛎️ ding 🛎️ ding 🛎️ , etc ???,
Understood Amanico. I'm stretching out my anticipation of opening the box because it took 6 years (of a minimum of things going wrong in my life) to assemble the funds. This is a very rare event for me. Best, Robert
Her incoming treat will be 225 grams of food when I get home
Sadly, I don't get this "anticipation" feeling anymore... I have watches from 2019 that I haven't opened the boxes to. Yikes. And I don't think I've really worn many Pateks since June of last year when I brought one of my Pateks to Tokyo for the Patek Philippe exhibition. Love to see your excitement and looking forward to the reveal!
For my wife and I - a moment like this is the culmination of extreme sacrifice of several years. Zero restaurant outings, no take-out nor delivery food, no movie theaters, very few outings, one mini-vacation per year, etc. We've been happily operating on discipline mode. Kind of like a sport. Not looking for sympathy at all because we understand the crazy exclusivity/blessing of being able to acquire a Patek. To be sure we are punching way above our weight class to be able to do this and we're b
Sounds like your wife might want to borrow your watch on occasion!
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