Double Flee A

The most expensive thing ever to be estimated on the antiques roadshow was a watch from in Saint Paul. Somebody had it and didn't really know what it was, so they had it estimated at two hundred fifty thousand dollars. It's a Patek Phillipe from about 1924, a one-of-a-kind double chronograph with three repeaters, much thinner than any other double chronograph they ever made, of which there were less than ten. A guy from NAWCC came in and gave a little presentation about it and I copied down the URL from the screen.

Here it is.

That's as pretty as it gets. 46 jewels, utter gorgeousness. It sold at auction for 1.3 million swiss francs.

posted by dale @ 5:12 PM