Patek Philippe Water Drop

Overall Condition: Good condition overall with bracelet and case showing wear from age and use.

The 'Holy Trinity' of watch brands: Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe, and Vacheron Constantin.

Perhaps the most celebrated of the three, Patek Philippe has an unrivaled reputation for crafting some of the most complicated — and some of the simplest, yet most beautiful — timekeepers the market has seen.

Sports watches came later to Patek, as pressure from the new 'luxury sports watch' category introduced in the early 1970s forced the storied brand to evolve — but historically, classically-styled dress pieces is where the maison cut its teeth.

This particular timepiece is a classic representation of the jewelry/ watch intersections of midcentury that helped build Patek's reputation. Measuring 16mm in yellow gold, it boasts a smooth bezel, with a brilliantly supple multi link waterdrop bracelet, an unsigned winding crown, and a petite black dial with diamond shaped gold indexes.

Powered by a hand-wound movement, this watch is equal parts watchmaking and fine jewelry. Few brands produce watches of this kind in the modern market, and it is pieces like this one that are the types of watches that made Analog:Shift the place it is today. So much personality, packaged with the class of Patek Philippe!