I was talking with our nanny yesterday and brought up that I was going to look at an IWC moon and tide that afternoon.
She casually mentions that her father (a retired and well know Austin area pediatrician) was recently moved to hospice and he was a big watch guy. She had a bunch of his collection at her house and had no idea what to do with them or what they were.
I told her to bring some of them by today and I’d take a look. I about shit my fucking pants when she pulled them out. No joke, she had 4 vintage patek phillipes, a vintage grand seiko, and solid gold piaget emperador. All in all, about $150k in watches, all with original receipts, all with original hand signed documents from the manufacturer.
That was just what she brought over for me to look at. I told her to get a safety deposit box immediately and call her home owners policy holder to get a rider that covers the collection. Seriously some fucking epic watches.
Here’s a couple of them