patek in the wild

[wat44]

I was at a business gathering tonight and something caught my eye -

a guy was wearing a complicated watch, not large, perpetual calendar - I kept trying to steal glances at it...

then I saw the buckle, and bingo confirmed a Patek Philipe

now, I know this is a very expensive watch!

about an hour later I introduced myself and then said "thats a bloody fantastic watch, you've got there" and he said, yeah, its a $20 chinese one!

I smiled and said, "you know the real thing is about half a million bucks?"

I was wearing a Lange, but he didnt notice.....

[wat44]

want:

http://au.askmen.com/fashion/watch/patek-philippe-reference-24381-perpetual-calendar.html

[gran]

  On 2/21/2012 at 10:02 AM, wat44 said:

I was wearing a Lange, but he didnt notice.....

:bangin:

what an ignoramous he must be...BTW what Lange were you wearing?

[wat44]

big date, black face

[gran]

  On 2/21/2012 at 7:49 PM, wat44 said:

big date, black face

Easy one to spot

[asf]

Well it's not like he tried passing it off

[gran]

  On 2/21/2012 at 8:36 PM, asimplefarmer said:

Well it's not like he tried passing it off

That would have been more fun

[wat44]

mine is the non-chrono:

[gran]

  On 2/21/2012 at 9:33 PM, wat44 said:

mine is the non-chrono:

dream watch

[calatrava]

I would like a Patek 5396 Annual Calendar, which is similar to the one wat44 showed, but a bit more affordable (okay, less unobtainable).

[wat44]

we can only dream, eh?

[Ronin]

  On 2/21/2012 at 8:36 PM, asimplefarmer said:

Well it's not like he tried passing it off

...or he was afraid of being mugged and told you it was a $20 rep to un-target himself. Plausible?

[gran]

  On 2/22/2012 at 8:46 AM, Ronin said:

Plausible?

not plausible

[Adeodatus]

  On 2/21/2012 at 9:33 PM, wat44 said:

mine is the non-chrono:

Amazing watch. Everything is right about it. Do you own a gen or a rep, Wat?

[gran]

  On 2/22/2012 at 11:45 AM, Adeodatus said:

Do you own a gen or a rep, Wat?

[miracle]

Pray tell; where does one acquire a rep Patek for $20?

[Adeodatus]

  On 2/22/2012 at 11:56 AM, Gran said:

whatever it is,

[gran]

  On 2/22/2012 at 2:54 PM, Adeodatus said:

whatever it is,

:innocent:

[wat44]

mine is a rep!

re $20 - the guy bought it in china on a business trip

[opti]

I was meeting with somone at work, and he spotted my bigpilot, and he said wow, your watch is worth more than my car! Im a young guy (early 30's), he is atleast twice my age, I just laughed and said, no it isnt, its not a genuine. He just laughed and said, you should never admit it! We had a great chat about watches, turned out he was a watch nut also.

If your gonna lie, you better be convincing, a guy my age wearing a 15grand watch, doing the job I do, it wont fly.

[wat44]

caught up with him last week, and he was wearing a GEN IWC - he came up to me and we compared watches this time (I was wearing my rep rolex LV) which I freely admitted!