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this watch i would not buy

these days watches with high collector values are sometimes made up from a collection of genuine parts laying around a workshop.
to have a extract from the archives -does not mean anything-unless a paper trail can be established and proven.
the red lightbulb in my head went off as soon as i saw this watch-as the two missing screws to me are a dead give away
that this may be a 'ringer' and the extract from the archives could be fake
the two missing case screws are always the part the made up watch will not have for that model of this aged watch
and so hence are missing. the photos do not show the soft iron cap or the case back-why?
the two screws missing in this case -maybe the case is not exactly for this model-the screws were left off
so that the soft iron cap and the case back would fit correctly on closing the watch up.
i hope the buyer who paid 60,000 chf has been to patek phillipe since purchasing and had the watch verified personally by them
and that the extract from the archives is genuine.
i always say to myself that a secondhand watch of this type and value is a ringer -until i have it in my hands and to verify myself
and to see the paper trail.
i may be completely wrong about this watch and it is genuine-but without having it in your hands and checking and confirmed personally by patek phillip.
as for the servicing-has not been done by pp trained engineer in its life -by the looks of it-as i say i would not buy this watch.