Patek Philippe

Hello All, I am thinking of purchasing a relatively rare vintage piece that has had some 'refinishing' done to the dial in past years. The refinishing of the dial is not all bad and I'm not particularly anal about such defects so I believe I could live wi... 

I think it kind of depends on the era of which the watch relates. For example, 1940s and 1950s era pieces had dials with the 'printing' actually done in enamel (i.e. the dial details were engraved into the plate and filled/fired with enamel). A refinish w... 

restorations, the first was a rectangular cased piece from the early 1940's and the other was a square cased piece from the early 1930's retailed by Tiffany (Tiffany on dial, mvmt marked Patek). Obviously, both pieces sent to Geneva for estimates. The 194... 

1930's square watch, 36 to 48 months.

I picked up my wife's 2106J-SCI from 1950 on 19th March 2013. The watch was completely renovated including the dial. The service receipt says as follows: Quote Dial restoration: The protection glaze as well as the background color have to be removed. The ...  

Congrats to your wife! Oliver

My wife loves the watch: she calls it her "little Girl". But wait when the next one is coming from full renovation... All I can tell is that "she" has a hand painted enamel dial. and that is just like it was made yesterday. Best, Kari

"the next one is coming from full renovation ..." :-) Who has chosen the latest one, you or your wife? Best, Oliver

but she loved it more than anything. I spoke about the watch with Mr. Thierry Stern when we walked from the pier to Cutty Sark in UK, According to Mr. Stern, such a watch is something that has been in the minds of him and his wife. Patek heritage again...... 

a dial restoration is not going be a exorbitant as I thought it would possibly be. I'm guessing in the couple thousand $'s, and not 5's or 10k's. In this hobby, nothing really surprises me anymore. Anything is possible! Thurmond