Patek Philippe Ref. 5085 Watch Available On James List
In my opinion this is a Patek Philippe watch you just don't see every day. Not sure if it is still being made, but this is a Patek Philippe Ref. 5085 and is quite stunning for what it is. You really don't see a lot of Patek Philippe watches on metal bracelets aside from the sport themed Nautilus. This piece is extremely classic in style, and very legible. The movement is always quite pretty.Interestingly enough there are at least two types of casebacks for this watch. Some have exhibition casebacks and some have solid metal casebacks with the Patek Philippe Calatrava Cross logo on it. Why two versions? I don't think. Not sure if one is more rare than the otherwatches-dealering in a 37mm wide steel case, this isn't a very large watch, but in line with the size of most Patek Philippe classic watches. I love the highly polished rounded steel bezel and very utilitarian feeling hands and hour markers. The hands have thin strips of lume while the hour markers are accompanied by lume squares.

How To Remove SM 300 Bezel?
I want to remove the bezel and bezel insert from my SM300 (see image) anyone know how this is done or have any experience of this. I will be repairing the chip in the plastic bezel insert:

Spotted a Railmaster on Top Gear tonight
Jeremy Clarkson had his on in this weeks Top Gear episode.That's a great looking watch!

Stainless steel nautilus.
Are these readily available at dealers anywhere in the world or are they as rare as people say? Unused selling for 5k over retail in the U.K.Could fly anywhere in the world to pick one up for that premium!

Question - where to sell a Patek?
So, I was thinking, if I were to buy a Patek for 100K and then flipped it in 10 years... where would I sell it? I just don't think that this would be suitable for a forum sales area would be sufficient exposure? Am I wrong?