Patek Philippe

russell996
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Interesting question with a refreshing answer.

None.

7 years ago after the release of the 5131G I visited 2 London AD's from whom I had bought several high end watches (not Patek) and was told there was no chance of getting on the list - basically I was not an important enough customer and would need to buy a number of Pateks to be considered. I even posted on this forum asking for suggestions for European Patek dealers that might be worth contacting - not surprisingly no suggestions.

Finally having looked at the list of UK Patek dealers I actually discovered an AD 30 miles from home. Contacted them and was told they had one person ahead of me on their list but that they WOULD register my interest with Patek and this despite never having purchased from them. They are a 6th generation family owned business and believe in dealing with local clients who will actually wear the pieces. Sure enough within hours I received an email from Patek to say my interest had been registered.
When the guy ahead of me received his watch I was even invited to pop by and have a look at the watch (5131J).
I received assurance that I was next on the list and it was only a matter of time assuming that they received an allocation from Patek - no one would be put ahead of me. They were true to their word.

So you can guess that my next watch purchase will be from this AD, the last 7 years have been spent on my other passion of cars but I do already have plans to expand my wife's collection with another Patek - they are now working on making this happen.