RARE PATEK PHILIPPE MID-CENTURY 1970s vintage watch It is as if time

It is as if time were going to the opera

Dial:Rare Authentic Blue Vignette Dial with Diamond Markers

while blue has represented the heavens

Please note that we do not guarantee waterproofing on vintage or pre-owned timepieces

As a coveted collector’s item

RARE PATEK PHILIPPE MID-CENTURY 1970s vintage watch It is as if timeFor most of history, a woman was not expected to wear a watch. As if she had no use for time. Elizabeth I owned watches. In 1571, Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, famously presented her with an elaborate jeweled watch set in an armlet as a New Year's gift. For the next three centuries, a woman's watch usually swung from a ribbon, nestled inside a pendant, or hung from a chatelaine at her waist. The wrist belonged to bracelets, lace, and gloves, not