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Hi 👋 All, a big and silent Patek collector showed me a piece I did not know existed !
A Patek coin watch that used a US$20 coin from 1904 !
The watch, with a manual wind movement, is embedded into the thin coin. So thin and so cool 😎!
What is the reference number ? Are these sought after by collectors? Your thoughts on this piece ?
Very niece piece. You can occassionally find the very same by Rolex, Audemars Piguet, Vacheron, Elgin, Cartier, Corum, and even unbranded.
They do sometimes show up for auction.
Here are links for you for the PP Lepine Collection etc...
Thanks for the links, it is amazing to see how (relatively) inexpensive these little treasures are in today’s watch market😉👍
Perhaps I should
borrow this coin watch and only return to the owner another $20 coin 😂
Would he notice ?😇
Would he notice ?😇
Be interesting to know the manufacturing process. Is it one coin or two coins that is used
Umm 🤔...good question !
Upon checking the site provided by a member below, two coins were used for each watch.
There are also $10 and $5 coins by Patek
In Nick Foulkes' Patek book, there is a paragraph about Philippe Stern flipping a $10 coin watch to Tierry symbolically passing the company on to the next generation.
Thanks, apparently the owner’s dad bought it long ago and eventually
passed it to my friend.
Amazing! And I would love to see the peak in Google searches for PP coin watches after you publisbed this article ;) Best, E.
Was this a real coin made by the US Mint?
Or did Patek manufacture the coin?
I always wondered.
Vacheron has coin watches too.
My understanding is that it is made from an
authentic $20 dollar coin by US mint.
Otherwise it is a “fake” coin.
Otherwise it is a “fake” coin.
Thats cool
But looks like only the top watch face cover is from the actual dollar coin. The coin edge and the back is made by patek.
John Reardon's Collectability has some information on coin watches
Very nice, thanks for the link. John's site is always a terrific source of information on vintage Pateks. Cheers.
What a watch!
Just hope it is not inadvertently used for the so called, ‘flip a coin’ routine.