big william's world

For those not familiar with the brand - Patek watches are not usually
seen on wrists because they live in safes.
The cheapest ones cost around $20,000. The museum covers 500 years of
watchmaking from all over the world. Most fascinating to me was an ALL
wooden watch - before anyone asks I don't know about the springs but
it did have wooden wheels and a wooden cylinder escapement. All I
could see was wood. It even had a wooden chain with jointless links
carved from one solid piece. Different colors of woods were used for
contrast between hands and dial.
The watches that attracted me were the "first quarz watches" from
Patek. Photography was forbidden but I stole these snaps of the only
quarz models in the place. These were from the 70s and unusual
looking. Most Pateks look conventional.