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What do those letters on the Certificate of Origin mean?
Hi everybody, how are you?
Someone might know and someone not what do those letters on the Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin exactly mean.
Ok, I'll tell you. They say the month and the year (MM/YY) of production, but do we have the "Rosetta stone" to decode? And until when they used such a kind of code?
You will find this and much more on the future updated release of: "A study of the Patek Philippe ref. 3700 Nautilus" 
Marco
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What do those letters on the Certificate of Origin mean?
Hi everybody, how are you? Someone might know and someone not what do those letters on the Patek Philippe Certificate of Origin exactly mean. Ok, I'll tell you. They say the month and the year (MM/YY) of production, but do we have the "Rosetta stone" to d...
Ciao,
thanks fine! I visited last week Rome and I got a present from an Italian friend: A study of the Patek 'Philippe ref. 3700 "Nautilus" by mstanga That was a most welcomed present because a short time ago I managed to acquire a full and complete 3700-001. J...
Here's 3700-001
I do not have pictures here of 3700-011 - it's not mine. I just wanted to have your opinion: am I totally crazy if I'll have both 3700-001 & 3700-011? Best, Kari ...
please find here the answers
Dear Marco and Purists, The PATEK codes are as follows: P=0 a=1 t=2 e=3 k=4 h=5 r=6 o=7 n=8 s=9 For example: POPR=0706 -> Production month is July 2006. The practice of putting this four letter code on the certificates was discontinued around June 2008. B...
Great Patrick
Great, I already knew that, it was like a little surprise for some collectors who did not know it. Thank you anyway
Thank you Marco
I didn't remember the code and think that it is a kind of information that everyone will appreciate knowing when buying older references. I hope we can still get the year after 2008 by asking Patek. It is always nice to know when it was build, for servici...