Patek Philippe

Dear Fellow-PP friends, I‘ve got a question regarding a beautiful 5227g that I could get my hands on. Ref 5227 was officially introduced in April 2013… Is anybody familiar with how that watch could have made it‘s way through the NY Tiffany boutique in August 2012, six months before the official disclosure? Would appreciate if anybody has experience with similar glitches 🤔

indeed !

Here are some genuine Tiffany dial stamps owned by a grey market dealer.  Be careful.

… important information indeed. But the strange thing is the matching reference/ movement/ case numbers with the stated sales date. You would confuse the day maybe, but usually not the year (especially as we are talking warranty here, too). Tiffany &Co on the dial is legit and all the rest is matching. Strange setting… 🤷🏻‍♂️

I would love to have an authentic Tiffany stamp. But maybe a damaged scrap one.
Who ever that grey market person is, if they use that…I don’t ever want to buy anything from them

What is this thing? Just looks like a block of metal.

But if an honest and genuine piece, perhaps the year is wrong as a mistake.

… indeed. Will try to retrieve more info from the archives. It‘s either a very odd setting or a very early, special piece. Who would put effort into counterfeiting papers to match an existing and legit watch, and make the watch older than it actually is and could ever be??

Unfortunately, I have had "the pleasure" of seeing fake PP Tiffany, stamped dials, and made papers.
As in your case, the price difference between the Tiffany and the normal one is not big, I would bet on a mistake, a date added later, or a pre-release sale.

Does it have the Patek code? 

You should definitely check directly with PP

To clear any doubts on its legitimacy and whether it was simply a typo on the certificate, I'd advise you to contact Patek directly. I'm reluctant to give out internal numbers for obvious reasons, but we have a boutique ('Maison') right there in Shanghai if you need assistance to get in touch with Patek China.

… I will have the service center here in Shanghai check the watch. Hope it’ll turn out as a spellow or a pre-sale. Both would be fine for me. Will post the outcome whenever there‘ll be news from the SC or PP archives. 🤞🏻

Not sure why? But how come same person writes the last 2 in “2012” differently!!

... and another part of the odd setting. Because, if you put effort into the whole thing, why not write 2019 but a non-production year?