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The collections of two great American watch lovers - James Ward Packard and Henry Graves Jr. - have long been heralded as the earliest and .
The last commissioned timepiece from Patek Philippe would be the “Packard” (no. 198 023) in .In 1927, Packard commissioned Patek Philippe to create the world's most complicated watch that could never be outdone; banker Henry Graves Jr. surpassed him in 1933 to become the owner of the Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication, the most complicated watch ever made, spending nearly five times the price paid by Packard. The collections of two great American watch lovers - James Ward Packard and Henry Graves Jr. - have long been heralded as the earliest and most important private purchases in watches. It was their "Grand Complication" watches . As the story goes, he was engaged in a gentleman's competition with fellow American industrialist James Ward Packard to keep outdoing each other as they got Patek Philippe to produce ever.
One such man was James Ward Packard (1864-1928), automotive mogul and founder of Packard Motor Company. During his lifetime, he acquired approximately 14 Patek Phillipe timepieces, most of which were custom made.The last commissioned timepiece from Patek Philippe would be the “Packard” (no. 198 023) in 1927, a double-sided astronomical pocket watch featuring a rotating celestial map of five hundred gold stars, accurately depicting the night sky over Warren, Ohio, the Packard family’s hometown.
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Auto tycoon James Ward Packard ordered 13 important watches from Patek Philippe, culminating with a 10-complication extravaganza that included a celestial map of the night sky above. Well, two early 20th Century industrialists, James Ward Packard (of Packard automobile fame) and Henry Graves, Jr., a New York financier of some note and ability, entered a gentleman’s competition to see who could commission .James Ward Packard's Patek Philippe collection was comprised of very different watches all unique in their complications and decoration.
The James Ward Packard Patek Philippe No. 174907. Estimate: 0,000-400,000. A second major discovery of the collection is a previously unrecorded and completely unique watch that Packard commissioned from Patek Philippe circa 1919. Patek Philippe took inspiration from a desk clock with a perpetual calendar and a power reserve of 8 days originally created in 1922/1923 for James Ward, an engineer and automobile manufacturer who ranked among the most .In 1927, Packard commissioned Patek Philippe to create the world's most complicated watch that could never be outdone; banker Henry Graves Jr. surpassed him in 1933 to become the owner of the Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication, the most complicated watch ever made, spending nearly five times the price paid by Packard. The collections of two great American watch lovers - James Ward Packard and Henry Graves Jr. - have long been heralded as the earliest and most important private purchases in watches. It was their "Grand Complication" watches .
As the story goes, he was engaged in a gentleman's competition with fellow American industrialist James Ward Packard to keep outdoing each other as they got Patek Philippe to produce ever.
One such man was James Ward Packard (1864-1928), automotive mogul and founder of Packard Motor Company. During his lifetime, he acquired approximately 14 Patek Phillipe timepieces, most of which were custom made.The last commissioned timepiece from Patek Philippe would be the “Packard” (no. 198 023) in 1927, a double-sided astronomical pocket watch featuring a rotating celestial map of five hundred gold stars, accurately depicting the night sky over Warren, Ohio, the Packard family’s hometown. Auto tycoon James Ward Packard ordered 13 important watches from Patek Philippe, culminating with a 10-complication extravaganza that included a celestial map of the night sky above. Well, two early 20th Century industrialists, James Ward Packard (of Packard automobile fame) and Henry Graves, Jr., a New York financier of some note and ability, entered a gentleman’s competition to see who could commission .
James Ward Packard's Patek Philippe collection was comprised of very different watches all unique in their complications and decoration. The James Ward Packard Patek Philippe No. 174907. Estimate: 0,000-400,000. A second major discovery of the collection is a previously unrecorded and completely unique watch that Packard commissioned from Patek Philippe circa 1919.
The Earliest Known Patek Philippe Grand
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