So here's the story of how I was sitting in a cupcake shop in DC and a elderly Indian gentleman handed his Patek phillipe over to me....to try on =) Story to follow. Skip past the words for pics.
So I'm sitting at a cupcake shop waiting for my fiance to meet me there and head to a christmas party. An older couple walk in with two kids definitely grandkids. The older guy sits next to me, right next to me and asks me how I'm doing and starts a great conversation. He asks me about my life and who I am. I work for the DoD so I got a little suspicious but kept my holiday cheer answering him. He was admiring my watch, a rep Pam 111. I asked him if he likes watches and he said he collects watches. He asked if he could try my watch on. Being that he was old and I didn't think he was going to run with my watch I said sure. He said it was really heavy but really nice and that Panerai is making them a lot nicer than they used to. I laughed to myself and then I asked him if he had a panerai. He said "oh no, they're too specific". He knew from talking to me that I'd been in the submarine force in the USN. "th
ey're for deepsea travel and visibility". He gave me my watch back and then he started to take his off without me asking and he handed it over.
A PATEK PHILLIPE!!!! A REAL F-ING PATEK!!!! He just handed it over. I immediately started smiling and he asked me "do you know this brand?" I blew up in a fit of laughter "OF COURSE!!" He had his grandpa and great grandpa his name and his grandsons name engraved on the back of it when he went to pick it up in Geneva.
Here's one last pic of the movement. I gave him back him watch after I thought about the consequences if I actually stole it from him. Turns out the agency doesn't look to highly to stealing $30K watches from the elderly.
The rest of the night was ok =)
So I'm sitting at a cupcake shop waiting for my fiance to meet me there and head to a christmas party. An older couple walk in with two kids definitely grandkids. The older guy sits next to me, right next to me and asks me how I'm doing and starts a great conversation. He asks me about my life and who I am. I work for the DoD so I got a little suspicious but kept my holiday cheer answering him. He was admiring my watch, a rep Pam 111. I asked him if he likes watches and he said he collects watches. He asked if he could try my watch on. Being that he was old and I didn't think he was going to run with my watch I said sure. He said it was really heavy but really nice and that Panerai is making them a lot nicer than they used to. I laughed to myself and then I asked him if he had a panerai. He said "oh no, they're too specific". He knew from talking to me that I'd been in the submarine force in the USN. "th
ey're for deepsea travel and visibility". He gave me my watch back and then he started to take his off without me asking and he handed it over.
A PATEK PHILLIPE!!!! A REAL F-ING PATEK!!!! He just handed it over. I immediately started smiling and he asked me "do you know this brand?" I blew up in a fit of laughter "OF COURSE!!" He had his grandpa and great grandpa his name and his grandsons name engraved on the back of it when he went to pick it up in Geneva.
Here's one last pic of the movement. I gave him back him watch after I thought about the consequences if I actually stole it from him. Turns out the agency doesn't look to highly to stealing $30K watches from the elderly.
The rest of the night was ok =)
