Patek Philippe

I was with my son on a college visit @ Princeton Univ this afternoon. During the tour, my wife noticed a gentleman wearing this "expensive watch" standing next to us. She whispered to ask if I know what brand it was. I walked towards him, and saw a PP 500... 

Very cool! I am glad that people such as that gentleman are wearing even the most complicated of Pateks every day. The Ivy setting is even better. As for your son, I wish him the best of luck in his college applications; I just went through them this past... 

Thanks. I hope my son's outcome will be as successful as yours. At this point, the odds of admission feels less probable than being allocated a hard to get Patek

you should have engaged that "gentleman" in a conversation! i'm sure he would be glad to see someone recognizing his watch and able to name the name of the model as well! but: there is nothing extraordinary seeing PP wearers on campus, they -including me-... 

When the tour started, it rained. The gentleman had a poncho on, but it was not long enough to cover the arms, that's why we noticed the watch. It just occured to me that it had a minute repeater function, and if my memory is correct, it's not as water re... 

i thought that -unless it's a fake- any patek model can survive undamaged a rain fall, or am i misinformed? if raindrops can damage a watch, how about sweating profusely?

I'm just commenting about the fact that the minute repeater is not as water resistant as other PP models due to the mechanism. The entire family is very well dressed, and their watches and jewelries all speak "money"

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