Fresh from Dubai

[fsprow]

Is orange the new blue?





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[uniqueMR]

Flawless :)

[sxdcfv911]

I really don't like the red. It's looks like a kids watch.

[fsprow]

Originally Posted by sxdcfv911

I really don't like the red. It's looks like a kids watch.

Could be. For me a fun warm weather watch. Patek made a small number of them to feature at an exhibition in Singapore 2019.

[vtsyrlin]

Amazing piece.
Love the Singapore edition.
Was it hard to come by in Dubai?

[fsprow]

Originally Posted by vtsyrlin

Amazing piece.
Love the Singapore edition.
Was it hard to come by in Dubai?

I’ve been on the hunt for two years but recently helped get some women teachers out of Afghanistan one of whom is related to the fellow who had it.

[vtsyrlin]

Originally Posted by fsprow

I’ve been on the hunt for two years but recently helped get some women teachers out of Afghanistan one of whom is related to the fellow who had it.

Great deed and an unexpected reward!
Wear it in good health!

This is would be your 3rd aquanaut in the collection?

[fsprow]

Originally Posted by vtsyrlin

Great deed and an unexpected reward!
Wear it in good health!

This is would be your 3rd aquanaut in the collection?

Yes indeed. I love them.

[fsprow]

The first Aquanaut I had a decade or so ago was torn off my wrist sailing (not a skill area) and now lies in deep water in Lake Malawi. So I have probably overreacted.

[vtsyrlin]

Cant wait to see the collection pic?

[fsprow]

Will do when together. Thanks.

[Carlazzo]

Congrats, I like it very much!!

[m3tek44]

that is stunning piece!!

[Ichiran]

Big congrats!

[Xerxes77]

Congratulations
Love it
Enjoy!

[cascavel]

What a fun watch, the way the Aquanaut is meant to look. True Hi/Lo fashion.

[1William]

Congratulations.

[Emery]

Congrats! By chance, any more photos? Not many of them out there.

[Booth9999]

Wow! That’s a watch for me! I’d love to see more shots of it.

[QuantumOceanLawyer]

Congrats! I love the Singapore edition.


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[JerBear]

Congratulations! That's a serious pop of color!

[fsprow]

Originally Posted by Booth9999

Wow! That’s a watch for me! I’d love to see more shots of it.

And here is my rogue’s gallery of Aquanauts (all 5167's)





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[bullies]

[Flex368]

Originally Posted by fsprow

And here is my rogue’s gallery of Aquanauts (all 5167's)

Love it, you can never have enough Aquanauts.

[SDDS]

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[PPcollector]

Originally Posted by fsprow

I’ve been on the hunt for two years but recently helped get some women teachers out of Afghanistan one of whom is related to the fellow who had it.

What an honorable deed…this is a great reward! Wonder how did the watch end up in Afghanistan? Or was it just someone related but doesn’t live in Afghanistan .. the owner of the watch that is. I thought this was released only for the SE Asian market…specifically Singapore.

[fsprow]

Thanks for the note. I’ve done lots of volunteer work in Afghanistan, primarily building girls schools. When it became obvious that women and perhaps especially teachers were threatened by the Taliban takeover, I went in country and was able to get 13 teachers out, both to the US and into Germany. I often go to Dubai and on a visit there several weeks ago it turned out that one of the owners of a large retail store and watch distributor there was related to one of the women teachers and had heard the story. Very generously, he gave me the watch. I don’t know its history but he may have been in Singapore for the 2019 event or purchased it separately.
All the best, Frank

[Mini2]

Originally Posted by fsprow

Thanks for the note. I’ve done lots of volunteer work in Afghanistan, primarily building girls schools. When it became obvious that women and perhaps especially teachers were threatened by the Taliban takeover, I went in country and was able to get 13 teachers out, both to the US and into Germany. I often go to Dubai and on a visit there several weeks ago it turned out that one of the owners of a large retail store and watch distributor there was related to one of the women teachers and had heard the story. Very generously, he gave me the watch. I don’t know its history but he may have been in Singapore for the 2019 event or purchased it separately.
All the best, Frank

Good deeds being recognised

[PPcollector]

Originally Posted by fsprow

Thanks for the note. I’ve done lots of volunteer work in Afghanistan, primarily building girls schools. When it became obvious that women and perhaps especially teachers were threatened by the Taliban takeover, I went in country and was able to get 13 teachers out, both to the US and into Germany. I often go to Dubai and on a visit there several weeks ago it turned out that one of the owners of a large retail store and watch distributor there was related to one of the women teachers and had heard the story. Very generously, he gave me the watch. I don’t know its history but he may have been in Singapore for the 2019 event or purchased it separately.
All the best, Frank

Thank you for that background story. You are definitely deserving of that watch!

[llngoc]

Originally Posted by ppcollector

thank you for that background story. You are definitely deserving of that watch!

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