Patek Philippe

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must be special when winding it !

an excellent latin inscription.

but whats the history that’s behind it? Great photos by the way

This should belonged to one of the holders of The Order of Garter (as shown on the back case, made with enamel, as confirmed by the Extract of Archives of PP) back to 1860s. The choice of using silver (instead of gold) for the case suggested that the owne... 

Here a picture of my VC dated at the beginning ot the 20. century I think it's a good example of how the swiss watch indstry was organised back than Btw, regarding winding these - it feels more like the winding of the 12-120 from the Ref 96 Calatrava Rega...