Bill
32020
That is what collecting at the highest level looks like.
It is not about acquisition. It is about relationships built over a lifetime. The kind of bond where someone flies halfway around the world for a surprise birthday party. Where the most complicated wristwatch ever created finds its way to the one person everyone already knew it belonged to.
Thank you to cbb for opening the family album and letting us all into these deeply personal moments. Stories like these remind us why we are here. It was never just about the watches.
Bill
Hi All, This post is the third and final chapter of cbb’s and her late father LPPC’s (Legendary Patek Philippe Collector) horological stories, and to me the MOST special one because it involves the Grand Master Chime 5175R !
If the first two chapters were about a legendary collector's journey and his daughter's own path, this one is about something deeper, Friendship and Legacy, and a moment that left everyone in the room speechless ! A friendship beyond horology To truly und...
Amazing story!!
Speechless is the first reaction upon reading this. What an amazing journey and family. This is what Patek is all about prior to all the bundling of jewelry purchases and etc by ADs. We need to hear more of these classic pieces being allocated not based o...
Glad you liked the post and thanks for your comments !
Relationships and passion should be the foundation of our watch collection journey !
That is what collecting at the highest level looks like.
It is not about acquisition. It is about relationships built over a lifetime. The kind of bond where someone flies halfway around the world for a surprise birthday party. Where the most complicated wristwatch ever created finds its way to the one person e...
Hi Bill, Great that you liked the stories and appreciated cbb sharing her family album & behind the scenes details !
I am honored that cbb is so willing to let us into peek into her family's horological journey. Hopefully we will hear more !
I love this story, Gordon.
Thank you so much for sharing it and a big thank you to our dear cbb. I love the passion, the friendship, the nobility of feelings, and… the Grand Master Chime! Would I get my 5098P tattooed on my arm? No. But it’s my pride and joy: my personal (and affor...
Hi Emmaneul, having the gondolo
tatooed on your arm would be quite a statement ! It is a very attractive watch, especially with the guilloche and Brequet numerals !
Thank you so much, Gordon!
Getting this watch tattooed on my arm is not in my plans yet! 🤩😄
Thank you so much. Coming from you, it means a lot to me.
Best cordial regards, Emmanuel
Awesome story...
So happy that ccb is continuing his father's legacy, and sharing it with us here.
cbb had a wonderful relationship with her father and she is honoring his horolgical legacy with WPS !
Hopefully she will share more !
A profoundly endearing story.
Each watch I have ever owned reflected something personal and meaningful to me. Both in and of the time I had owned each piece, and looking back on my lifetime altogether. Sharing that, to whichever extent, with this community is an integrally enriching p...
cbb's brother Khun Nick was sadly only in his early 60s :-( Since he is the eldest, he knew more about
his father's journey and was so generously in sharing his family's horological history with me on a video call even though he and I had not met previously.
Tragic.
My father passed away at 59. It has now been 21 years almost to the day.... Be well, Filip
Hi Filip, you are most welcome ! Please feel free to
share more of your journey with us !
Thank you dearly....
In a nutshell, after having a couple of Swatches and Casios as a kid in the 90s, I began my mechanical horology journey in the mid 2000s with a variety of more affordable pieces like the Omega Speedmaster, TAG Heuer Monza, Longines Evidenza, and the TAG H...
Thank you Filip for sharing your journey during ups and downs !
I wish you all the best in your business dealings so that your horological passion and hunger can be fully satisfied and MORE !
What a incredible and wonderful story.
Thanks for sharing and for me these are the moments that are the most memorable ones . Collecting memories while collecting watches. I do have some pieces that have a great story behind them and for me this is priceless and what i really look for when col...
Great that you enjoyed the post ! Please
share more about your journey ! We would love to hear your thoughts on your collection !
Thanks for sharing such a great story with us Gordan.
Wonderful background behind how this Grand Master Chime 5175R #1 was delivered. True respect to CCB's' late father as the legendary Patek collector.
Your are most welcome Huei ! Sharing
is caring and WPS is all about sharing our horological passion !
Gordon, many thanks to you and to cbb for posting this incredible story of a man and his family’s great passion for Patek Philippe watches! What is far more
impressive snd meaningful to me than the actual watches is the deep friendship and family type bonds that grew from this passion. When collecting something for which one has an extreme passion, the friendships that flow therefrom can actually become far m...
You are most welcome Patekova !
cbb has been most generous in sharing her family's story. Let me alert her about your interesting question about other brands.
He loved all his collections!
My dad had Vacheron, FP Journe, Lange & Sohn, Ulysse Nardin, Haldiman and Franck Muller, etc. He knew Franck and FP quite well.
Thank you cbb for sharing this extremely interesting information. I suspect there may be no other collection of modern high end watches that
reaches this level. Plus all the special relations that go with it. Pretty amazing! Again, many thanks for your generosity in sharing your family’s horological journey and story! Best, Patekova
Thank you for this wonderful post
Throughly enjoyed reading it and marvelling at the photos. Also, for adding the links to parts 1&2 which showed how their enthusiasm and collection grew.
Glad that you enjoyed the trilogy !
Please feel free to comment on the prior two posts.
Thank you for presenting us PP enthusiasts with this magnificent trilogy.
Each story is incredibly moving (and on a completely different level), leaving us amazed and deeply touched. I express my heartfelt gratitude to the CBB family for sharing this private story, and to GLau for sharing it. However, what makes me happiest is ...
Thanks Shun-san for your kind words. It is my
honor, privilage and responsibility as a Patek moderator to write about such stories. Your enthusianm enables me to create more this type of posts!
Thanks Gordon
Appreciate your bringing this to life! Very interesting to learn about the relationship between the Sterns and their customers. Best E.
Thanks Gordon for sharing this amazing story 🙌🏻
And thanks to CBB for sharing the info, extremely kind.
You are most welcome ! CBB has been
most generous in terms of sharing with us the behind the scenes !
A brilliant read.
Installment one was actually the reason I joined WPS. LPPC and cbb are legends. I hope their stories get a reprise as I could read about them for hours. They (and you) may not know it, but you all had a part in shaping my (far much less grandiose) collect...
Hi pw927, It means a lot to me to read your kind comments, thank you ! I am so happy that the
collaboration between cbb and me on the first post resulted in your joining WPS ! Hopefully cbb will continue sharing.
Contemporaneous with your first post-
I was finalizing a decision to go for my “grail” watch for a milestone birthday- PP perpetual calendar chronograph. I chose 5270J. Spent a lot of time researching and going down the rabbit hole. Your post and the uncovering the trove of wonders and philos...
I’m honored
To have been a little part in your passion. Hope you will enjoy your journey as much as I do.