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Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Contemporary Automatic is beautiful but you won't get it from an AD for $10k - they're priced deeper into the teens. There may be some $10K beauties in the Collectors Market. If not, ebay or other online sources at your own peril.

If not, what models is he taking orders for?

To follow in the footsteps of the new 1815? That would be a $weet cost savings over the Richard Lange platinum and a crazy cost savings over the RL PLM. The somewhat pale look of the Richard Lange Platinum (rhodium) hands against the silvery face is the ONLY part of the RL presentation that leaves m

My wife, Ana, doesn't care to know much about watches - but she cares about me so she indulges me with her opinion when I amass a bunch of 'competitors' in front of her on the computer screen. Over my many months of dress watch research she has come to appreciate my thought process and understands m

Lange lovers, I've been away from the Purist Forum for a while, and I'd like to share my thoughts concerning my continued search for my "1" dress watch. I've been busily conducting additional research to locate a dress watch for myself which will grow old with me. I'm 44 now, and steadily gathering

You picked an outstanding watch! Congratulations. Don't have the money to make a purchase yet myself. But while my wife and I were walking around Salzburg, Austria on vacation this past weekend we happened across a GO authorized dealer and walked inside (actually the ladies had to buzz me inside the

Being a newbie I made the mistake of mentioning price. I won't do that anymore. Thanks for everyone's input.

Alphabetical order: A. Lange & Sohne, FP Journe, Girard Perregaux, Jaeger LeCoultre, Montblanc, Parmiginani, Patek, Piaget, Rolex, and Seiko. Wow, the list has changed significantly. My original 10 had my own neophyte subjectiveness due mostly to the effects of marketing and heresay. I have to admit

Is there a generally agreed upon price range for a used, but clean and non-damaged platinum Richard Lange (with platinum tang buckle) watch? For example, if it's being sold for under $20k you KNOW something is suspicious? I know Purists have their reservations about ebay or any other online sellers