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Q) If One Were To Design A Unique Patek Chronograph, What Would It Look Like? A) Not This (Design -vs- Rarity)

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"What Is Up With Yo Eye!?" - The great Eddie Griffin in the seminal 2001 comedy "Double Take"Vintage Patek chronographs are in many ways perfectly proportioned.  There is a reason that they are regularly considered the archetypes of the the modern wristwatch.  But, say the year is 1942 and you aren't very happy with a perfect case and idealic symmetry to your wristwatch's dial. Say, you want strange scroll lugs and an oversized minutes register that just doesn't seem to make any sense.  Well, then you'd be the person responsible for the watch above - a completely unique and totally bizarre Patek Philippe chronograph reference 1491. 

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