this two-tone Hausmann signed ref. 130 is quite something. As for your question, I’d personally hunt for an authentic period correct PP steel pin buckle, as I think it was missing when MLG sold it last June. And I would choose a brownish leather strap (wh

In his comment to my thread dedicated to the Patek Philippe/Somazzi partnership , our dear Gordon aka GLau asked me how many retailers were able to have their signature on some Patek Philippe watches . Here's my answer : A / I have identified 58 retailers

In showcase 64 of the Patek Philippe Museum , entitled " The Second at the Center ", sits this magnificent watch with a two-tone sector dial signed “ Somazzi Lugano ”. The movement was manufactured in 1919 and the case in 1934 . As shown by these pages fr

Yesterday, after finishing my post about the partnership between Patek Philippe and the Grogan Company of Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , I looked for other examples of the ref. 1401 on display at the Patek Philippe Museum , whose double-signed dial had pique

I still like this watch, but I ordered a 5131G in 2009, only special ADs could put down an order then and I had to contact Patek to ask them if I am "worthy" to buy this watch by telling them which Patek timepieces I already own...Finally they agreed to s

What surprises me is that, contrarily to the similar example shown in John Goldberger’s Patek Philippe Steel Watches (see below), the tachymeter scale seems to overlap the two subsidiary dials. I would love to see more photos of this timepiece if you have

130A ! What do you think of this piece ?

Sold by Antiquorum in 2005, this Patek Philippe Platinum Monopusher Chronograph from 1937 seems to be absolutely unique. Before stumbling across this page by chance, I had never heard of it. Here is an excerpt from the notes from on Antiquorum page: "The

Just a couple: amanico: Patek Chronograph 5370, 130, 1463. The epitome of fine chronographs? Miranda: Patek Philippe: the lure of the steel complication

This yellow gold Patek Philippe single button split-seconds chronograph ref. 130 was made especially for William Edward Boeing (1881-1956), founder of The Boeing Company. Several elements set it apart from the other known early split-seconds chronographs: