Patek Philippe

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Some people see at "just another assett class"....

just a demonstration of how dark and audacious this current market is, too much money to be made "Poor", "pure" collectors like many of us can only watch and curse.

at least in those cases where an insanely high number is listed. In such cases the seller must know that no one will buy, not at this point in the game.

then sell to those who have the big $$ and loves bragging rights on social media. I know this sounds like serious allegations but we heard those stories so nothing new. The current allocation games that is going on with many brands really helps secondary ... 

I’d believe there are many more real collectors out there that get the hard to get watches over flippers. Specially since Patek now seems to require specific store endorsements for the hard to get models.

At our factory trip over the summer, it was made clear that Patek is buying suspicious pieces on the secondary market and having a conversation with the AD as to why this showed up like it did. If it’s a US dealer- they are in serious jeopardy of losing t... 

If this C24 ad is genuine (which I have no reason to doubt...), you can be sure the AD involved will be in serious trouble ;-) Cheers.

...the Nautilus isn't an actual watch, it's a myth perpetrated by the powers that be to keep us loyal to our ADs, governing our primal desires through the secret 26-330 mind control device: nobody knows what it is, the only thing we know is that it now ha... 

So sad. Any of us would love to have that beast, and keep it .

Pretty sure the market-clearing price will be far lower in the next 3-6 months. But I guess this discussion is verboten...

I think I’m done with this this hobby, and will take up knitting or basket weaving instead.

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