You never actually own a Patek...

[YYR]

Post your own photos!

[GreenLantern]

Because you're always waiting on the wait list. :)

[YYR]

Lol

[GB-man]

I just look after mine until I can find someone else to pay me double.

[Kliminator]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern

Because you're always waiting on the wait list. :)

[Keldw]

Samuel at 8 months old inspecting my 5711 a few days after receiving it










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[YYR]

Love it!

[Keldw]

At 7 days old I hand to lend him a supporting finger. But he did hold on to it quite impressively


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[enjoythemusic]

Becuse 25% of the time it's being serviced at PP.

[Kilometerman]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern

Because you're always waiting on the wait list. :)

Genius! Lol.

[Handey0465]

For me....

Seeing the baby handle that watch and slobber all over it....

How utterly worthless does that watch seem when looking at your child?



it literally becomes just a watch...

[Busyboy]

Originally Posted by Handey0465

For me....

Seeing the baby handle that watch and slobber all over it....

How utterly worthless does that watch seem when looking at your child?



it literally becomes just a watch...

Word


This is so the " right on "

[ap1]

Originally Posted by GB-man

I just look after mine until I can find someone else to pay me double.

[Partekular]

Originally Posted by GB-man

I just look after mine until I can find someone else to pay me double.

I wonder if the grey market is packed with owners thinking the same as you! The Same watches seem to sit on Chrono24 for an age and give the impression that the various models sell for huge prices. How real is that market? See eg 5212A ..

[Keldw]

Originally Posted by Handey0465

For me....

Seeing the baby handle that watch and slobber all over it....

How utterly worthless does that watch seem when looking at your child?



it literally becomes just a watch...

Apologies if I derailed the thread.

But really, I like and appreciate watches, but I love my son more than life itself. No money, watch or other material good is comparable, or nearly as good, as hearing his footsteps approach and his little voice going “DADDY!” as I come home.


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[GB-man]

Originally Posted by Partekular

I wonder if the grey market is packed with owners thinking the same as you! The Same watches seem to sit on Chrono24 for an age and give the impression that the various models sell for huge prices. How real is that market? See eg 5212A ..

Of course it is lol

You’re asking the wrong chap I was just trying to be funny. I have sold 4 pateks. 2 for a substantial loss, 1 dead even and 1 was a win.

If you want my opinion on the 5212 market I’d say it’s not going to hold. Nice watch but nothing unique or particularly interesting. At msrp a fine choice but paying above would be silly to me.

[rolexest]

Originally Posted by Handey0465

For me....

Seeing the baby handle that watch and slobber all over it....

How utterly worthless does that watch seem when looking at your child?



it literally becomes just a watch...

So true

[Watchflair]

Originally Posted by Keldw

At 7 days old I hand to lend him a supporting finger. But he did hold on to it quite impressively


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That's great! Thank you for sharing.

Hoping to get my first PP in the near future. I have my share of Rolex and a few other brands but the aura of the PP is like none other. Would love to be able to pass a PP down to my son - my daughter would need a Rolex though she's tough and needs something to take a beating.

Oddly enough I didn't start to lust after a PP until after my son was born.

[fsprow]

Even with the Pandemic, your Patek gets to make a several month service trip to beautiful Switzerland.

[Breizh]

My 7 year old trying it for size

[Patton250]

Originally Posted by enjoythemusic

Becuse 25% of the time it's being serviced at PP.

Yikes

[kneedeep]

Because you'll never actually get a Patek from an AD.

[Partekular]

Originally Posted by GB-man

Of course it is lol

You’re asking the wrong chap I was just trying to be funny. I have sold 4 pateks. 2 for a substantial loss, 1 dead even and 1 was a win.

If you want my opinion on the 5212 market I’d say it’s not going to hold. Nice watch but nothing unique or particularly interesting. At msrp a fine choice but paying above would be silly to me.

I agree about the 5212. I loved the images but when I actually saw one I was disappointed. The images, even in the catalogue and on line, show a larger watch face than the comparably sized ones. In the metal it is a great disappointment. No wonder Chrono24 is inundated with them.

There is also the AD response to the demand - snobby and superior some of them.
‘You need to be a regular Patek buyer..’,
‘If you buy a different one (which you don’t want ) first then perhaps you can be added to the list.”
‘ There is a list but we can’t tell you how many people are on it”
“ The list is not a waiting list but there is a wish list”
“ Do favoured customers rise to the top? Patek collectors are usually offered new models before they are marketed so there is no question of jumping the queue as there isn’t one.”
“We only get one a year”

“SO you don’t in fact sell Patek’s you just show prospective buyers the catalogue?”
“ We can give you a catalogue.... I can ask if you would be suitable to be added to the list. What else have you bought from us? YOUR WIFE MIGHT LIKE THESE EARINGS....”

[dauster]

Originally Posted by Partekular

I agree about the 5212. I loved the images but when I actually saw one I was disappointed. The images, even in the catalogue and on line, show a larger watch face than the comparably sized ones. In the metal it is a great disappointment. No wonder Chrono24 is inundated with them.

There is also the AD response to the demand - snobby and superior some of them.
‘You need to be a regular Patek buyer..’,
‘If you buy a different one (which you don’t want ) first then perhaps you can be added to the list.”
‘ There is a list but we can’t tell you how many people are on it”
“ The list is not a waiting list but there is a wish list”
“ Do favoured customers rise to the top? Patek collectors are usually offered new models before they are marketed so there is no question of jumping the queue as there isn’t one.”
“We only get one a year”

“SO you don’t in fact sell Patek’s you just show prospective buyers the catalogue?”
“ We can give you a catalogue.... I can ask if you would be suitable to be added to the list. What else have you bought from us? YOUR WIFE MIGHT LIKE THESE EARINGS....”

lol

[jamestucker]

Originally Posted by Partekular

I agree about the 5212. I loved the images but when I actually saw one I was disappointed. The images, even in the catalogue and on line, show a larger watch face than the comparably sized ones. In the metal it is a great disappointment. No wonder Chrono24 is inundated with them.

There is also the AD response to the demand - snobby and superior some of them.
‘You need to be a regular Patek buyer..’,
‘If you buy a different one (which you don’t want ) first then perhaps you can be added to the list.”
‘ There is a list but we can’t tell you how many people are on it”
“ The list is not a waiting list but there is a wish list”
“ Do favoured customers rise to the top? Patek collectors are usually offered new models before they are marketed so there is no question of jumping the queue as there isn’t one.”
“We only get one a year”

“SO you don’t in fact sell Patek’s you just show prospective buyers the catalogue?”
“ We can give you a catalogue.... I can ask if you would be suitable to be added to the list. What else have you bought from us? YOUR WIFE MIGHT LIKE THESE EARINGS....”

I noted you have a 5320G and despite purchasing that did your AD mention this to you?