Whit, thank you for your reply! and certainly you may be right that the sole reason for the 5020's "grail" status is low production. However, I must disagree with your more general statement "The price point is not supported by its level of complication".

The 2552, the final ( I think ) link in my 12-600 collection I have written in the past about the different themes in my collection I have written about the Rolex Prince and also the rectangular Pateks with the 9-90 movement. I am going to cover the next

Kari, in another post of mine you lamented the marks of wear on your 5167 bezel. I'd like to respond and ask all the readers to post a pic of your best scratch and proof of wear yet to be won on your Patek's skin, regardless of which model. I nearly celeb

Here is some info from Antiquorum regarding the 12-600 and the 2526 as well as the later and apparently rarer 3428. I have also included a picture of mine. Ref. 2526. First launched by Patek Philippe in 1953, this was the first self-winding wrist-watchmod