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re-finishing job so bad the auctioneer thinks its AUTHENTICITY increases value by factor of x10!

southtexas
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from the listing:

Est. £150,000 - £180,000



An extremely rare 1926 Patek Philippe 18k tonneau gents dress watch with 'mis-spelt' (original factory error) dial, 32mm case, cream gilt dial with subsidiary second dial, blue gun metal hands and Arabic numerals, signed 'PATEK PHLIPPE & CO', movement no 810483, case no 290595, Patek leather strap, on 18ct gold Patek Philippe pin buckle, in perfect working order. This is an extremely rare watch, it comes with Sotheby's horology catalogue of 17th December 2002. Also a letter of provenance from Alexander Barter who was the head authenticator for watches worldwide at Sotheby's at the time of sale. With Patek Philippe box and Archive Papers.
 
DManzaluni
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yet the Sotheby's authenticator thinks PP's quality control was so sloppy in the 1920s that they might miss the mis-spelling of their own name! And, in case you have any questions, no photo of the movement or detail in the PP certificate!

Meanwhile gigantic gap between chapter ring and case and awful quality wording on dial.

Any other examples of PP being quite this desperate for SF500 in modern times?
 
Dan S
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I love this example of an old auction listing being used as provenance.
 
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