Patek Philippe

Not A, but THE wristwatch. The Beyer Museum holds as one of their treasures a timepiece that I regard as the nearest thing possible to the perfect watch. The simplest of dials: nothing but the time in hours, minutes, and seconds. The number: 866500: the m...  

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No Poincon de Geneve,, no declaration of adjustments. Nothing but the essential exquisite quality. This is the pre "advertising campaign" Patek which created the whispered legend.

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thank you soooo much to share the pics of the great timepiece. these pics are very important that i did not think i couuld see in lifetime. thanks again. john

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Does this movement feature the Geneva Seal? If it's from 1989, I would imagine it would have the Geneva Seal. Fantastic piece and deliciously square. Just like the famous song, "it's hip to be square."

Thank you for sharing these photos and the information. I join others in saying that it would be great if more watches were made like this.

for the great post and heart pounding pictures. What a beautiful piece. I have never heard of that one before. I'll cry along with you in regards to 1989. Aloha, Bob

a tourbillon I could actually see buying. Eric von Schonberg

Hi Andrew, Thank you for sharing these pics and for the very interesting article coming with them. This watch is indeed just gorgeous! Rarely the marvels from today equal such marvels from the past! Cheers Dje

This must be one of the all time Pateks. Nothing new stirs my soul anymore, but looking at this post just blew this jaded collector away. Regards Rene

in a truly magnificent way ! What a marvel ! Many thanks for the great post.

It is a very rare beauty that I will almost never get to see in reality. Thank you. Stephen

. . . "Wristwatches" authored by Halmut Kahlert, Richard Mühle, and Gisbert Brunner on page 350; on the following page are photos of the 1948 Omega observatory tourbillon that was similarly cased in the 80s, and which I had the immense pleasure of viewing...