FabR
[Senior Patek Moderator]
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Thanks, that was VERY interesting, Patekova and GuinnessForMeAndTheWatch --- I was really not aware of the story behind the "Phillipe" misspelling!! :-)
A HenriStern buckle in platinum
from 50-60s only for USA market as seen in a 1961 US brochure and on a 2499. Complimented with its European Wenger buckle equivalent also in platinum both 14mm. ...
tx to be fair i always suspected only for US market
as only seen in us catalogs. but confirmation was from john
so that design is much older than I thought
thanks for that rich piece of history it hurts a little to imagine the 'bad' watchmakers who tossed away/melted old buckles when replacing the strap (it happened to my grand father)
Notice the misspelling on the buckle. It should NOT be “Phillipe”. Also, the quality to me doesn’t look great. So fake? While logic would say “yes”, reality may say “no”. Huh ??? … read on …
It is my understanding that many years ago some of these tang buckles made for Patek had these misspellings of Philippe. Also, why the hyphens? And 10% IRD?? And what about there not being .95 for platinum? I had a similar one in YG. When I noticed the mi...
i wont lie i thought was weird fake too for many years
welcome surprise not and most interesting to me is the QC angle! i could take about lapses there for days? the 10% ird also on casebacks from time ...