Only Watch 2017 is coming to us – just in case you don’t know much about the auction, it’s a benefit held once every two years to benefit the Association Monégasque Contre les Myopathies, which supports research into better treatments. This is the most severe form of muscular dystrophy, which is an inherited disease in which muscle tissue irreversibly wastes away. The newest version of the auction will be held on November 11, and the Patek Philippe replica’s achievements have historically been critical to the event’s success, to put it mildly.
However, the fake Patek Philippe provided a piece of steel which ended up hammering for an incredible CHF 7,300,000. This was in fact a new auction record for any wristwatch, although the steel 5016 was not destined to hold the title for very long. Patek Philippe took the crown last year: a stainless steel reference 1518 hammered at Phillips, Geneva, in November. That record still stands as the highest price ever paid for a wristwatch at auction.
All this is by way of saying that the fake Patek Philippe’s Only Watch contributions draw by far the greatest attention together with the highest results, often accounting for half or more of the revenues for the entire event. As such it’s no wonder that there was much curiosity about what Patek might unveil for Only Watch 2017 and they’ve contributed a watch which at the very least is possible to draw at least as much attention and which may indeed draw equally impressive results (certainly it’s for a worthwhile cause).
The replica watch in question is a self-winding minute repeater, chronograph, and instantaneous perpetual calendar, in a titanium case. Titanium is seldom used by Patek Philippe – for instance, there is only one known Sky-Moon Tourbillon in a titanium case and it’s so unusual for titanium cased Patek of any reference to come up for auction that when they do. So, it seems reasonable to assume that this piece will perform extremely well.
The recent failure of a replica Patek Philippe Caliber 89 to find a buyer when it was provided by Sotheby’s recently has been taken by some as a sign that the market for Patek at auction is somewhat soft, but that typically offering was a special circumstance in that it was a pocket watch being offered (admittedly one of the most horologically important of the 20th century) rather than a wristwatch and as well the low estimate may have been optimistic, discouraging opening bids. A unique titanium grand complication wristwatch from the Patek Philippe replica should produce an excellent result for only a fake watch in any case, though it remains to be seen whether the breathtakingly superlative results that Patek has enjoyed will or can be surpassed in the current climate.
Find out more about Only Watch and the Association Monégasque Contre les Myopathies right here: self-winding chronograph with minute repeater, caliber R CH 27 PS QI, and instantaneous perpetual calendar with day/night indication. Dust and humidity protected (no water resistance). Blue dial with hand-guilloché “carbon” pattern, gold applied indexes with luminous coating. Cordura strap with folding clasp.
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