Ref. 5016
This isn't something that you are likely to see often, so when opportunity knocks, you seize the chance. I'm usually not that enamoured with complicated watches but this one is exceptional. The glossy black dial makes it fiendishly difficult to photograph...
Wow...really rare and...
...gorgeous. Have never seen this dial with red before. I've attached a photo of my 'If I win Powerball' watch. Some similarities. I go in for odd case shapes : ) ...
Wow 🤩! This is a super
rare bird 🐦 and it looks wonderful ! 👍 Can you guess how many were produced ?
I tried but...
the lighting setup there is challenging. To get a shot of the back I would have had to put it on a tray and there were lots of really bright spot lights that caused a ridiculous amount of glare and reflection. To get the wrist shot I had to turn away from...
Thanks for posting the amazing white gold 5016 black/red. It will be very interesting to see how well it does next month at Sotheby’s HK. Your post reminded me of another. Here is a similar one,
but I think even more appealing (and that is saying a lot). This one is platinum and has noticeably more red on the dial. It was sold at Christie’s Geneva in 2019. Best, Patekova ...
Seems to me between the Big 3 auctions in Geneva and HK there are a great number of fine to amazing watches coming up. And then
there’s NY. It will be interesting to see with all these watches, the pandemic and our generally upside down world if the ridiculously high prices at auction will hold.
Indeed, this of course has always been a big auction season, but no doubt there are a few extra elements this year that make it even more special! ;-)
Will certainly follow Phillips HK (perhaps live) because of the marvelous Rare Handcraft selection on display, but will definitely also stay informed on several others! Enjoy.
Thanks Patekova for reminding us of this beauty with even more red on the dial ! Your post on the auction houses
is very topical indeed. Here is the link for others who might have missed out on your thread on this topic www.watchprosite.com
I'm not a Patek guy, but I love their repeaters.
What I do find frustrating is that the windows wheels don't align well.
This very watch was part of the John Thompson collection of twenty one Patek repeaters . . .
. . . that I not only saw in person fifteen years ago but actually held in my hands. Thompson shared his whole collection with a group of collectors at a private event in Nor Cal to which I was invited. My recollection is that this black dial with red acc...
Thompson not only displayed his entire collection of Patek repeaters . . .
. . . he also set a more than a few of them chiming. You could almost say the event was a concert with the Patek Philharmonic. 🎐
John Thompson's PP repeater collection viewing was attended by at least forty aficionados . . .
. . . from around the country and perhaps even overseas. I believe it was held in 2005 (not 2007 as first reported) in Sun Micro's offices in Santa Clara. Besides myself from this site, Thomas M, Alan, and Larry Seiden were there. Kohei from TimeZone was ...