£25k or best offer for a Patek atomic clock, now that is something different isn’t it?
It looks pretty ugly but I would not mind it in the workshop!
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F332524144468
£25k or best offer for a Patek atomic clock, now that is something different isn’t it?
It looks pretty ugly but I would not mind it in the workshop!
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F332524144468
Versus a free time app on App or Play stores, it looks pretty pricey.
That looks ace, particularly the hifi aesthetic.
Probably someone will buy it then stick a strap on and resell it as a marriage watch
I have seen an electronic Patek Master clock in the flesh at the British Horological institute's museum, and I actually quite like their design, the one in the museum had loads of analog dials and looked very interesting.
"hifi esthaetic" mentioned above is a good way to describe it, they are very retro hifi. They also remind me of the instrumentation found in outdated control rooms in the process/ Oil & gas industry. It makes them cool in my book!
Last edited by .olli.; 14th February 2018 at 23:32.
I don't believe that it's an atomic clock - more like some kind of time master source. When the BBC left Bush House in 2012 they sold off a stack of this time equipment; presumably used in their radio studios. Maybe the famous beeps were managed by a Patek Philippe? It's one of my horological regrets that I didn't bid in the auctions at the time; if I remember correctly a lot of these went for something in the region of £1200 plus fees. They were in better cosmetic condition than this one and could have looked reasonable if mounted in a bit of custom walnut, for example.
Last edited by Carlton-Browne; 15th February 2018 at 12:46.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
I want one! Ugly is as ugly does and I actually think I would rather look at that than some of the hideous objects that purport to be haut horologie. Perhaps a tad out of my price range though. Hurry up and buy it so I can come and see it
Ps
You win the award for most pointless & ridiculous post of the year decade internet.
Very cool. The ultimate tool watch?
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