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It is ironic you bring up YELP,
as I was out in your neck of the woods on vacation a few weeks ago (Yosemite, Sequoia, San Francisco) and I wanted to look at watches in SF. In my home area there are no luxury watch dealers above Rolex/Omega so if I can I like to ogle some watches when I travel. I put some search terms into my Ipad and was taken to YELP. I used it to locate stores but did not pay much attention to the reviews of the stores. I also bring this up because I am somewhat behind the times when it comes to computers, apps, etc. and I mentioned to my wife that I used this great site to help find watch dealers in the Bay area. She proceeded to laugh at me and let me know that YELP has been around for quite some time while giving me the you are a moron look. I continued by asking her about this facebook and twitter that everyone is talking about thus cementing my moron status in her eyes. On the subject of watch dealers San Fran. has a really nice Tourbillon boutique. They have a lot of nice pieces at that store, I have been to Tourbillon in NYC, Vegas, and Seattle and the SF location had the largest inventory and largest number of high end Breguet, Blancpain, and GO pieces. I enjoyed looking at what they had and talking with one of the salespeople there. I also visited a nice Montblanc boutique and dropped by the Tourneau, where I picked up my first Patek, a preowned 5035 annual calendar in yellow gold. It was kind of an impulse buy but I fricking love it! I am becoming more and more comfortable with thinner smaller watches and the size and feel of this watch is great, dial layout is great, just a really cool kind of vintage looking piece. I had wondered why people would pay the premium for Patek watches but I can kind of understand it after wearing this one for a little while. Anyway, that is what YELP will get you. Locations of watch stores leading to impulse purchases of PP watches. Thank god for the internet 
Stewart
Patek 6000
By: MarcsPatek : July 21st, 2014-02:38
Hi guys, This is my first post on this forum, and I have a question for you all. I am planning on buying my first Patek Philippe soon. I really like the 6000 in white gold a lot. What do you think about this one? Would that be a good first Patek for inves...
patek dial
By: MarcsPatek : July 21st, 2014-12:19
They showed me the grey dial. I liked that a lot. I am not buying the watch to make any money. But let's say that my son doesn't like the watch anymore in about 40 years or so and he doesn't want it anymore and he wants to trade it for something else. I d...
5227g
By: MarcsPatek : July 22nd, 2014-13:00
Thanks for your advise. I really appreciate it. I actually meant the 6000 or the 5227g. My autocorrect kinda messed up there. I saw both watches in person and they were both amazing pieces I really love the 6000 but do you think that the price will deteri...
Well said!
By: patrick_y : July 22nd, 2014-14:05
Well said! By someone who has first-hand experience with both. The hinging on the hunter back in the 5227G is unusually good. That's definitely a difficult case to produce and I too agree it's better than the 5153.
6000G all the way
By: keks : July 22nd, 2014-13:38
The 6000G in gray dial with a dark gray strap if I had it my way, but that is just my vote. A far more exciting movement, slimmer profile and fit, the deployant clasp, and the versatility. If you are getting something to wear regularly I would recommend g...
Savor the process...
By: patrick_y : July 22nd, 2014-14:31
I really like your post keks! And I too really like the 6000. One of my favorite Patek Philippe watches. I found your statement of interest: "Best of luck with the decision making. Savor the process for once you have made your purchase you may miss the se...
Patrick, I love your posts,
By: docsnov : July 22nd, 2014-18:08
it is like stream of consciousness relating to watches which is great. I had to go look at the watches being discussed as I can never picture the Patek watch in my mind from the reference number given. It amazes me when you guys rattle off all the referen...
Thank you!
By: patrick_y : July 23rd, 2014-16:01
That "stream of consciousness" (very elegantly put by the way) where model numbers are abled to be rattled off is just a crazy amount of nerd-like knowledge for the various watch brands and their models. I'm probably a mildly obsessed individual, and many...
I only had time
By: docsnov : July 23rd, 2014-20:01
to go to the Tourbillon, the Tourneau, and the Montblanc boutique which I happened to walk by. I feel weird sometimes in Tourbillon stores because the sales people are trained to give you certain phrases or stats that imply knowledge of the watches, but t...
I assure you...
By: patrick_y : July 24th, 2014-10:34
I assure you that you definitely know more about watches than the people in watch sales at that specific Tourneau store. I think that overall these employees are given a very thorough training. However, they only retain a very small amount of it. And then...
Thank you all
By: MarcsPatek : July 23rd, 2014-03:48
Thanks for all the information and nice words everyone. And indeed I am gonna savor the process of buying the Patek. Reading some books and brochures about Patek as we speak. Maybe someday I will know as much about Patek as you guys.
I can see that...
By: patrick_y : July 23rd, 2014-16:03
It really isn't easy to choose among all of the excellent pieces on the market. But I usually fall in love with one, and thankfully one at a time. I almost look at watches as a marriage (not really, but some analogies do exist).
