[time-nuts] patek phillipe digital clock, sold as curio/antique

Jim Lux jimlux at earthlink.net
Fri Feb 27 07:27:34 EST 2015


On 2/27/15 3:23 AM, Flemming Larsen wrote:
> Check the price here:
> Patek Philippe Digital Display Clock
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> | Patek Philippe Digital Display ClockVintage digital display clock by Patek Philippe of Geneva. Made for Abou Watfa of Damascus, circa 1970. Rare Patek Philippe digital clocks for sale at M.S. Rau Anti... |
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wow.. $50k. I hope it has an interesting provenance.. "This clock was 
used to countdown to the first French nuclear test" or "This clock was 
used to time Formula 1 races in Monte Carlo". Lots of other clocks in 
their stock, probably using the same movement that tvb was describing..



> In yesterday's Wall Street Journal (or maybe USA Today, I can't remember..)
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> Nice Nixie displays...
> I wonder if it normally displays the same time on all, or if it is a
> multi-time zone/elapsed time kind of thing.  It looks a lot like clock
> display stacks used for displaying Mission Elapsed Time, Local Time,
> UTC, etc.
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