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Patek Philippe: Welcome to the 5970 Club and if I had some small influence on your deciding to join that makes me very happy.
And yes practicality vs complexity. Definitely don’t need a 5970 to know what day of the week and month it is. The appreciation of complexity and seeing the functions in action, plus seeing the beauty of the movement as a “practical” matter can bring great joy. For me appreciation and joy are what w
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Patek Philippe: Good point Patrick. Yes, I applied the literal definition of “cash”, but it is possible the dealer would be ok with a wire transfer or check
and merely wants to avoid bearing the 2/3% or so that the credit company charges the dealer.
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Patek Philippe: For me the basic problem is too much demand relative to supply. This has led to all sorts of craziness. As far as the US AD asking for all cash,
that takes craziness to an even greater extreme.. Any cash received in a transaction by a US retailer that is $10,000 USD or more, must be reported by that retailer on a special form to the Internal Revenue Service. Of course, that doesn’t mean that the AD will actually comply with that legal requir
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Patek Philippe: Cash only may be to eliminate any traceable record of who purchased the watch if combined with a purported name of a local person on the Certifcate.
Both conditions would be totally unacceptable to me.
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Patek Philippe: Great post - both the images and the descriptions! Many thanks for this delightful post! While I am not a clock person, the clocks are truly extraordinary.
Wondering, do you know the prices of these pieces, eg the Surfer. Best, Patekova
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Patek Philippe: Thanks Gordon for posting some of the new watches and showing more daring strap possibilities. I am a huge Patek fan. It pains me to write that I am extremely disappointed
by all the “new” offerings you show which are mostly rehashes of existing references in different metals/dial colors, none of which I find to be particularly creative or appealing. All the dials are basically the same except for a different color. Compare this to 5270 and 5396 where different dial c
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