1593

The following nine Patek Philippe rectangular watches are coming for sale this June 4th in Lugano at the Monaco Legend “Exclusive Timepieces” auction . Eight of them are powered by legendary 9-90 caliber . I have stars in my eyes ... Best, Emmanuel REF. 4

when buying the 5098P, but I wasn’t convinced by the fit and look on my wrist: www.watchprosite.com Cheers, Emmanuel

And particularly ref 2461 as well as ref 425. They are incredibly classy and charming, this is definitely a watch for connoisseur. As you mention to my knowledge not all were originally delivered by PP with a faceted crystal (plexi actually) but the major

I haven’t yet been able to see a 2442 or a 2468 is real life, unfortunately. Given my experience with the 1593, I think I would enjoy the slightly smaller size of the 2468. And I would very much like to see how the curvy case of the Banana looks in person

The 1593, which is perhaps the most iconic; the 2442 “Banana” (my favorite); and the infrequently mentioned 2468 (pictured below), which is basically a slightly smaller version of 1593. Credit: On Behalf

According to Aircooltime, who shows two of your watches in his articles ( https://substack.com/home/post/p-167465045 ), it seems likely that both the curved and faceted crystals were original. Anyway, thank you for sharing your wonderful collection! Best,

My (limited) experience is indeed that a watch absolutely needs to be tried on. This 1593 looks wonderful on other wrists than mine and I think that it’s a great reference from Patek, but it doesn’t seem to be one for me, unfortunately. I’ll give it anoth

The Patek Philippe ref. 1593 was introduced in 1944 . It was nicknamed the “ Hour Glass” because the sides of the case feature a gentle curvature that taper inwardly to the centre from both ends - resembling the lines of an hour glass. The side of the cas

I even owned a rose gold version for years with its beautiful faceted crystal, I have to check my hard disk to try to find a photo of it (it’s many many years ago…) Unless I am mistaking the nickname of ref 1593 is the Hourglass and not the Pagoda which i

There is a spectacular reference article on this model a - also known as the pagoda buy a great collector called aircooltime on his sub stack I am not sure if rules permit advertising this so mods delete if inappropriate There are also some great pics of