Antiques Roadshow

first opened the box to look at the paddock fleet it's good thing I was sitting down because my knees started to get weak and I started to shake a little bit this watch was handed down from my great-grandfather he was the owner of the st. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch back in 1914 when he received this watch that's manufactured by the patek philippe company of geneva switzerland this is a photocopy of the original warranty depicting some of the complications of this watch the front of the watch has the hour and minute hand in the second hand it also has a split chronograph so you can time to things it also has a minute register for the chronograph when we flipped the watch over you have the day the date and the month along with the moon phase it's also a perpetual calendar which adjusts for leap year it's a very complicated watch an excellent excellent condition this watch at auction I suspect would bring close to a quarter million dollars yes this is one incredible watch I've never held a watch like this in my hand you're gonna that is one incredible watch it can be yes no what is incredible watch I can't believe it until today is still the best watch I've ever held in my hands the owner decided to sell it we contacted Patek Phillipe they went through their archives researching the serial number and then researching similar watches that may exist I thought there would be a run of perhaps five watches however we determined that there was only one watch made that is a unique watch made by Patek Phillipe I put him in touch with Safa B's and the auction took place in 2006 in Geneva Switzerland I appraised the watch at two hundred and fifty thousand dollars Safa B's appraised it at slightly more than that I believe everyone was surprised when it brought one point five four million including the buyer's premium I'm not sure who purchased it but I do know that it is on display in the Patek Phillipe Museum we've spoken with several other watch experts and that watch today we estimate is worth at least two and possibly three million dollars