This Patek Philippe From the 1920s Doesn’t Feel Like a Relic
One of the brand’s legendary minute repeaters is up for sale this month.
Source: Hodinkee
Originally published by Stephen Pulvirent on Hodinkee.
A few weeks ago, I reported that the famous minute repeater that Henry Graves Jr. commissioned from Patek Philippe in the 1920s is coming up for sale again at Christie’s Geneva on Nov. 11.
In addition to this watch having a ton of historic value—for Patek, for collectors, for watchmaking in general—it’s a watch that has intense personal significance for me. You can read all about that here, but the tldr version is that reporting a story about this watch when it last sold in 2012 is how I ended up on my professional path in the watch world and at Hodinkee. So last week, when I had a chance to see this legendary watch in the metal for the very first time, you can bet I jumped at the opportunity.