Patek Philippe

31mm manual wind yellow gold ones from the early 1960ies? Aquanats in quartz? Sculpture? Mid-size Ellipses with that Italic "Quartz" logo on the dial?

My wife has a quartz aquanaut I bought her 25 years ago. She still loves it. I have the 3923 and 3796, both 31 mm with the 215 PC, and they are well balanced and a joy to wear. Later iterations just enlarged the cases.

For the same money, you could get a nice VC or AP?

Unloved doesn't mean undeserving!

The most under-the-radar/department-store-watch-look a PP ever sported?

Actually. I respect historic AP a lot more than Patek. You would have a treasure if you get your hands on a nice historic complicated AP. Have a look at this article ... www.hodinkee.com

I respect JLC more than PP, AP or VC. They conceived the ideas, but often JLC executed it. For the price of an unloved, used Patek, you could buy a new fully in-house movement, case and bracelet from the brand many call Patek's "kissing cousin." And JLC h... 

I'm getting some flak for bringing up AP. So, let's keep the discussion focused on Patek. Thanks