Hi all, Now that I am enjoying my new vintage PP ref. 1431 (thanks all for the reassurances), I have begun looking for an inexpensive storage box for those humid days when my watch should stay inside with the air conditioning. I got a great price on an autowind box for about 1/3 or less than the cos
Next time around I will have it serviced by Patek. When I bought the watch I was uncertain that it was original and didn't want to go to the expense of sending to Patek only to have them laugh at me and send it back if it wasn't the real deal. The photos don't do it justice. I couldn't figure out ho
I used up a lot of "marital karma" buying my first Patek. So I don't think I will risk buying another for a while. The one for auction on Ebay is very similar to your mother's, except that it has a white dial and doesn't have the name of the dealer on the face. I hear this watch is very rare. May yo
Hmm...more PPs.... I'm afraid I may be in for some trouble. It's bad enough to have a jewlery problem, but to add a watch collection problem on top of that, well....THAT's TROUBLE, especially if they are PPs. (;-). I've already been eyeing a ladies enameled pendant watch from 1910 and a boy's Calava
Hi Julian, On the front left-hand side of the watch case there was a deep scratch which was easily visible. This scratch was "taken out". It seems to have been done well and was done by Tourneau, my local AR, by their watchmaker. It was a gift from them for gracefully accepting the cost of having th
Hi All, Not sure if my last post made it to the forum, so I am trying again. I am a newbie but have always admired PPs for their engineering. Recently, I had the opportunity to buy a vintage PP #1431 YG. I chose the #1431 because it was for sale in my price range and it was a good compromise, size-