Patek Philippe Jumbo 'TV' Ellipse Tray and gold dauphine hands to

and gold dauphine hands to its beautiful skeletonized lugs and polished bezel ring - we've never seen another quite like it

this approach sometimes leaves collectors and enthusiasts feeling a sense of manufactured scarcity and thus

attestation papers

making it an important historical artifact with ties to NASA that cannot go understated

and all of the additional links for the adjustable steel bracelet

Patek Philippe Jumbo 'TV' Ellipse Tray and gold dauphine hands toIn 1968, Patek Philippe released the Golden Ellipse. Debuting eight years before the iconic Nautilus, the Ellipsewith its distinctive oval shapewas unlike anything else in Patek Philippes catalogs. And in the early 1970s, Patek expanded the Ellipse line to include squarish case shapes immediately dubbed "TV Cases" or "Jumbo" by enthusiasts. This particular Reference 3604 is once such example. Finished in solid 18k white gold, this piece comes in at