Introduced in 2014 for the 175th anniversary of Patek Phillipe, this watch is part of the Rare Handcrafts Collection. The craft in question here is wood marquetry. This craft utilises fragments of wood which are assembled and arranged into designs. In thi...
Glad the version in your hands performed so well at the HK auction, definitely a deserved tribute to this amazing craft and the genius behind it! Greetings from one of its siblings, from my personal collection: You can even see here the slivers of wood th...
...but I'm happy this gave a chance to other watch enthusiasts to see it (Rare Handcrafts are typically not even available at client events! ) And of course, my HUGE congrats to the auction winner! ;-) Cheers.
These pieces are truly worth any wait, in my opinion. Even if my pursuit goes unfulfilled, I will admire them as purely a lover of the craft. Cheers, my friend.
For the interested readers, since the information was not in Christie's catalog essay, this spectacular reference was one of three "Lighthouses of France" themes we introduced earlier this year, each limited to 10 pieces. It represents the lighthouse of L...
My first emotion is similar to yours in that it makes me a little sad to see it change hands so quickly. While we almost never know the circumstances behind such a motivation, I am glad the piece will go to someone that will rightly appreciate it now.
The auction winner does totally deserve our most sincere congratulations --- a real watch connoisseur who, I'm sure, is as happy a Patek collector as we are right now! Cheers.
Especially since people like myself would gladly jump at an opportunity and keep the piece forever. It sold for less than $150k USD approx. I just don’t understand the thought process ? What’s the retail price $110k or so ? So you get blacklisted after go...
It looks like this beauty retailed for Euros 90,650, when I received mine in Italy in 2015 (while the auction result roughly translates as USD 149,300).👍 Cheers.