Patek Philippe Ellipse Strap serious dive watch watch with

serious dive watch watch with some heft

This lovely 38mm stainless steel case remains in exceptional unpolished condition with sharp bevels and crisp engravings on the caseback

a matching ‘skeletonized-sword’ handset

Powered by an automatic Vacheron Constantin movement

This beauty is a first generation matte dial 1675 with what the Rolex cognoscenti call a “Mark I

Patek Philippe Ellipse Strap serious dive watch watch withDebuting in 1968, eight years before the iconic Nautilus, the Ellipse with its distinctive oval shape was unlike anything else in Patek Philippes catalog. Inspired by the Golden Mean an observed ratio in nature said to be an aesthetically balanced and used throughout the human body, trees, and more the Ellipse features a ratio of the major to the minor axis of 1. 618 to 1. Elegant and appropriate for both men and women, the Ellipse encapsulated pared