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on the brand's iconic space view timepiece or visit acutron watch.com. And the Hi it's me James Stacy and and when I say the Patek Philippe 5711, I'm going to assume most of you have some sort of a reaction.

This Nautilus has become nothing short of a touchpoint in the rapid rise in demand for exclusive stainless

steel sports watches from a group of high-end luxury manufacturers.

Long, a difficult watch to buy, the 5711 all but defines the situation today

as weightless and gray market

dealers scramble to keep up with and in some cases cash in on demand for a

product that Pateck recently decided to discontinue. Despite not wanting to have the 5711 define all that is

protect the final reference was recently announced via a limited 170 unit run made

for Tiffany and Co and I'm sure most of you have been following this story as the watch was

announced and then just days later the only publicly available example went for auction at

Phillips and sold for a proper boatload of cash in support of charity.

As with any big and divisive story, my goal here is to develop some sense of context

that should help to inform the widest possible perspective for those who wish to truly be in the know.

As I am neither a Tiffany VIP nor really little more than a hopeful future Patec owner,

I've asked Ben Clymer to join me, along with Logan and John, both of whom who have covered this expanding story, to take a closer

look at this seemingly important watch and what it means to protect, to watch media and watch

collecting, you know, as a whole.

All right, Ben, Logan, John, thanks so much for coming back on the show I think this is going to be a fun one how's everyone doing doing okay exciting times here in New York City doing well man thanks yeah

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