Patek Philippe

Many consider Patek a watch for an older more sophisticated person. I own/have owned a variety of brands from Rolex, Panerai, IWC, Audemars Piguet & now have acquired pieces from the most respected watch house (as it's hand made & not factory buil... 

Live your Patek as you want and feel free

It was a 5110P. I still own it. Best, Nicolas

and I did it to celebrate a big tanker deal. After that I have made many more these deals than what I have bought Pateks. However, I still have more than a handful and at the moment there are none I would need to get. Best, Kari

This one and I was 35 years old and I still have it ...  

Years goes very fast.

"now have acquired pieces from the most respected watch house (as it's hand made & not factory built)." Care to elaborate more on that? Patek Philippe watches are indeed hand-made, but the term factory-built is true as well (they're built in a factory... 

was at 19, but I failed because of the ignorance/arrogance of some sales people at an AD ... Still today lots of people have paradigm´s ... so don´t worry and choose carefully were you spent your money :-) Cheers, Oliver

Is sadly common amongst higher end brands of all sorts of products... While I don't own a PP yet, I can imagine feeling the same thing you must have felt. I too am still fairly young (although not 19), and when buying a first 'nice' suit, I just felt the ... 

personal frustration, uncertainnes ... or just stupidity :-) Even today, more than 20 years later, it happens to me from time to time. My solution today is to support only the good ones and to avoid all others. I can´t solve all the "retail" problems, but... 

Damjan I'm 38 years old and never owned and probably never will own Patek so congrats and enjoy life Best D

Damjan- assuming your post was seriously meant, I am curious why you write that. Is it because you like other brands and are dedicated to those only? Best Edmond

Well I like some brands more than other that for sure but primary I love the certain model no matter the brand name behind it If the watch is nice than it's nice regardless the brand of course level of finish and movement quality differ and that's for sur... 

Well you know something. I am not too serious either! My mother taught me when I was young not to believe half of what people told me. So maybe the person in the shorts has xyz watch but maybe he doesn't! Maybe someone who is under 30 owns a sky moon but ... 

Best regards to You and Your mother from Zagreb Cordially Damjan

... ever since i got my 5070R, i was 35yrs old, it was 5 yrs ago. Ever since, i've slowly sold most of my watches, which were AP, RM, JLC, Lange, Rolex,.... to buy mainly Patek. Now, about your dress code, looks like you need yourself a nautilus. The 5970... 

25 for me, a 5000R, in 1996; sadly sold it a few years later, but the love affair with PP has never ebbed.

Got my first PP last year when I was 30yrs. Got 5167 1st and then my 2nd PP was 5712/1a, 5960p was my 3rd PP, 5140g was my 4th PP, 5th PP was 7010/1r for my wife, 6th PP was 5726/1a, 7th PP was vintage 4918/5 for the wife, sold my 5167 to get the 5164a fo... 

Owned my first AP at age 30…and I shall own a Nautilus by 33! ;) We all need goals, don't we?

back in 2007 feb 28 ,i got my first pp. great feeling. i have 5296r in sectoral dial in 2007. the manual wind 5196r in 2008. then graduated in 5130g wt , in 2013. 2013 i am 50. geross

after that, I wore mostly modern Rolex and then I saw the 5070g when I was 44 years old. I was told by the salesman at a well-known PP AD in NYC that I would have no chance of getting a 5070 from them and that they had far more valuable customers ahead of... 

Hi Sam, where I come from many consider Patek a good gift for their children as a rite of passage into adulthood, so for their fortunate off-spring the answer to your question would typically be "on my 21st birthday". The Nautilus is popular for boys, Cal... 

How's that for backwards priorities, eh? I don't know what Ref. number it is - but it's a Calatrava, I think. It's thin, gold, and elegant. Cazalea

being only 33 when you got your first Patek. Please post pics. I do not own a PP as yet. However, I have two VC's. One I inherited when I was 26. And the second I bought myself when I was 34. I am 36 now. I still have them both and I love them both, and I... 

its not about watch...

For example, you could say which was your first Patek, and why you decided to get one. ;) Best, Nicolas

my first one was 5130R and i still like every scratch on it... Why? because i flew a lot these times

Seriously, it is amazing to see how many of us went to Patek due to the World Time! Best, Nicolas

seriously I think that the world time is or should be the signature model for Patek. I know its not advertised as much as the nautilus or the 5960, but it should be the icon for patek.

When it comes to charm and icon... Best, my dear friend. Nicolas

Hadn't really heard of PP at that time. Was looking at a few B&Ms and happened to see the Pateks. The 5111 was my first. It so reminded me of my dad. Bought it a few months later. From then on, I've been diseased. :-) Aloha, Bob

coincidentally, I got my first Patek at 33 too. You can read about my post here : Bump. Cheers !

my first Patek (3450) with my opening order, just 32 years ago. Seems like yesterday. How things have changed.

Still, 30 and got my second a 5127R as well :)

with hunting the next one for his fiancé - Christmas is close :-)

.... i forgot, Xmas is at the doors!

Hi Sam That was in Dec 2012 one year ago! Time to do my annual review of the 5146R. Cheers Robin

It was a 5711 1/A which I upgraded it to a 5980. Then I bought a 5109 R, a 1578J and a 5070G, all these by 38 which is my age now. My first and only Lange was at 33, a beautiful Grosse Langematik in rose gold. Sadly, nothing planned for 2014. R

And at such young ages........? When I was 32.....I was trying to support a family, make inroads in my profession and pay off a mortgage :-( By the time I was 64.....I could justify my first Patek :-)

Conspicuous consumption is the spending of money on and the acquiring of luxury goods and services to publicly display economic power — either the buyer’s income or the buyer’s accumulated wealth. Sociologically, to the conspicuous consumer, such a public... 

but currently there are 24 posts from the thread starter. Still most of them feel like "show off", more or less. Still it would be nice if he would reply to this thread and maybe we have the wrong picture about the person behind ... you never know ;-) Hav... 

I can't say it better myself. I can totally see where EDJA is coming from. But at the same time, in this particular case, we should be generous and give the poster some benefit of the doubt. It certainly doesn't harm us to give this poster the benefit of ... 

I feel a little bit offended by your message. That is because at 32, I had 45 employees, 26 mil euro turnover, no kids and worked nearly 14 hours a day. Was an entry level PP an act of conspicuous consumption? I don't know. It joined my Blancpain Fifty Fa... 

I don't begrudge anyone their right to buy whatever they want and can afford? This is a Patek appreciation Forum......not a 'contest'? Threads like this one are likely to be perceived as 'boasting'? Do we really want to see Threads in the future.....'Who ... 

I think the point of these message boards is to find common ground for an otherwise entirely "conspicuous" and superfluous hobby. Patek's happen to be expensive, yes. they also happen to represent the apex of collecting (IMO). I'm honestly surprised at th... 

My first Patek was bought at age 37.

I never thought I would be able to afford this watch, but a trade with a PAM127 made this dream come true. I don't own the 5711 any longer. But still have a decent collection of PPs none the less. Heavy on the Nautili.