Patek Philippe

My father always stressed the importance of being ON TIME. As long as I remember, he was never late, always punctual or even early. He often told us that anyone who doesn’t keep time, is never respected and rarely is successful. That’s why, I believe, kee...  

Being on time is such an essential ingredient to real, long-term success. Punctuality shows respect for the people that you are dealing with as well as respect for yourself. I don’t feel right if I am not wearing a watch. It must also be a watch that I am... 

Who looks at the watch one is wearing sometime even before I notice the clothings 😅

Not quite!

Respect your commitment to time and you will respected. Words to live by. Thanks for sharing these important messages. Bill

I always try to be a little early, so if there is an unexpected delay, I am still on time. Though I’m the only one in my family with this mindset 😰

The mark of a successful man.

I love the Patek back story with your great father. I was wondering if you could answer a few questions..... 1) what was his first Patek ? 2) what was his favorite Patek ? 3) when did you do start a love of Patek ? 4) how big was his collection ? 5) what ... 

1. His 1st Patek was 1526 which was a trade! I posted in July this year. 2. His favorite PP undoubtedly are 6002, and 5175! 3. I think I saw the lady’s Nautilus on display in Geneva Salon almost 30 yrs ago (the salon entrance door was still on the lake si... 

The last photo showing the GMT looks so good ! Thanks cbb for sharing ！

and as the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words so your 7 photos speak volumes about your father and his love of Patek.

I’ve seen you post a few pictures of your father where he was clearly wearing a watch on each wrist. And in some pictures I noticed what I think was a watch on the right wrist, but couldn’t see the left wrist. Was wearing two watches something he did regu... 

He did wear both hands very often. Both at home and when dining out with his watch enthusiast friends. There were so many watches he enjoyed and liked to cherish daily. So every morning he’d wind his favorite of the day and wear them on both wrists. Chang... 

Thank you for sharing. My suspicions were, with such a wonderful collection, he was indeed “double wristing”. And for the reasons you mention, to own them you must enjoy them.

I am always on time even earlier. For me it is a question of respecting yourself and the person you will meet. Unfortunately not everybody has the education and manners like your father did. A great gentleman