The only watch in the collection of 33 Only One watches in a plastic bag. Apparently at auction, people will bid more for the bag! CLICK the following URL link: ...
is akin to the "virginity" of the watch. I will not be surprised if the winner simply keeps it that way. If the individual is $ rich enough to take part in this level of bidding war, he should be rich enough to buy another 5004P as a second wearer. But "r...
I always thought that mint Patek leave Switzerland vacuum packed. Bought my first pre-owned, so never had the chance to break the seal/open the vacuum pack. But I thought it is a granted thing to have when buying new. Isn't it not ? So why is it an Asian ...
but Europeans are not that crazy about it. There haven´t been (a lot of) plastic packed watches in stock at regular ADs, before the Asians became imortant customers over here ... ;-)
So Pateks that come without plastic vacuum pack in ADs could still be brand new mint ? There was this documentary which I saw on You-Tube. Having every watch vacuum packed is like the last step of their QC chain. That gave me the "mint new pieces must com...
to get a new watch without plastic? I trust the source and not the plastic and if I don´t trust the source, I don´t buy - even with plastic, seal or whatever. Another example from the same coming auction, the Roger Dubuis Only One watch. It is shown in ou...
Every other piece on display is unsealed, unwrapped, and available for inspection. Only PP, sorry to say this...but it spells and smells arrogance to me. Best, Horo