6) PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 2499 "SERPICO Y GERALADIO DE RATNEROS" is truly vile.
Some crazily priced stuff in this list & not sure i'd take half of them if i had the cash......
https://squaremile.com/watches/ten-e...emile_20220120
6) PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 2499 "SERPICO Y GERALADIO DE RATNEROS" is truly vile.
This would be my pick.
8) PATEK PHILIPPE REF. 570 "CALATRAVONE"
ESTIMATE: CHF200,000 - 400,000
SOLD: CHF3,297,000
Torn between 7 or 3 myself.
delighted to assist
I know it's insane and I'm not even that much of a fan of a Nautilus but I *really like* the Tiffany blue...
(...runs for the hills...)
Nr. 10 (PP Ref. 2497) looks most appealing to me. Why you would pay CHF 3 million + for a Speedmaster with a degraded dial is beyond me, but I'll assume some of my watch decisions would seem equally far from logical and sensible to others. Huge discrepancies between the estimates and the actual winning bids. Estimates are probably kept low to rope in as many interested parties as possible, but it does seem like the watch game is just spinning further and further out of control.
What is clear is that the appraiser had no clue how to value them !
Looking over the rest of the list, those are all beautiful watches (except the Tiffany Nautilus). I don't really like the two F.P. Journe models, but I do appreciate them.
I don't get tropical dials either, but I do like speedmasters so I won't comment on that one.
The only one that actually appeals is the (birth year for me) Speedmaster at No.9. If it was mine I would have no hesitation wearing it. The closest I ever got was a 1962, 2998 Speedy, which I sold.
You can keep the Patek Philippe's and FPJ's
For me, and in a heartbeat, would be either of the amazing Philiipe Dufour timepieces.
IMO, one of the all time best Master Watchmakers.