Sell Your Patek Philippe in London
We buy Patek Philippe from our counter in Hatton Garden. Send the reference and the paperwork and we will come back with a figure; on a scarce or discontinued reference we will also tell you honestly if you are likely to do better taking your time than taking our offer today.
Patek is a thinner market than Rolex and a more informed one. Fewer watches change hands, buyers are collectors rather than passers-by, and the difference between a correct example and a compromised one is enormous. That means provenance carries far more weight here than it does on a steel sports watch, and it means the right buyer is worth waiting a few days for.
What moves the number on a Patek Philippe
The Extract from the Archives
Patek will issue an Extract confirming the movement and case numbers, the model and the date of sale from the manufacture. On an older or unusual piece it is the difference between a good price and a cautious one, and it is worth obtaining before you sell.
Originality above all
A replaced dial, a service hand set or a refinished case cost far more on a Patek than on almost anything else. Collectors here pay for correctness. If a watch is untouched, that is the headline fact about it.
Discontinuation
The 5711/1A ended production in 2021 and the market re-rated it immediately. Discontinued references behave differently to current ones, and a piece that has just come off the catalogue is usually worth holding a conversation about rather than moving quickly.
Complication and metal
A perpetual calendar, a split-seconds or a minute repeater is valued on the movement first. On simpler references the metal and the dial do more of the work — a Calatrava in rose gold and the same reference in white are not the same watch to a buyer.
Patek Philippe references we buy
Not a complete list — we buy the whole catalogue. These are the ones the desk is asked about most.
- Nautilus
- 5711, 5712, 5980 and 5990. The 5711/1A in particular is priced by the market rather than by any list.
- Aquanaut
- 5167 and 5168G. Strap condition and the presence of the spare strap both count.
- Calatrava
- The dress reference. Valued on metal, dial and case condition — an unpolished Calatrava is a genuinely different proposition.
- Complications & Grand Complications
- Annual calendars, perpetual calendars, chronographs. Send the reference and the Extract if you have it.
- Twenty~4
- Both the original quartz and the automatic. A complete set matters here.
Box, papers and provenance
For Patek the paperwork is the Certificate of Origin, the setting pin, the outer packaging and, ideally, an Extract from the Archives. Service records from Patek's own workshops help rather than hurt — unlike some makers, a documented Patek service is read as care rather than as intervention.
None of it is a condition of sale. A watch with no box and no card is still a straightforward sale, and we would rather tell you what the paperwork is worth than have you assume it is worth nothing — send the details and you will have both figures.
FAQS
To a specialist rather than a general watch buyer. Patek's market is narrow enough that a desk without collector contacts prices defensively — it has to, because it may hold the watch for months. Ask any buyer how they intend to sell it on: the answer tells you a great deal about the number they have just given you.
Outright is faster and certain. A private sale usually nets more on a scarce or discontinued reference, because the buyer is the person who will wear it rather than the dealer who will resell it — but it takes longer and the figure is not guaranteed on day one. We will tell you honestly which one your watch suits.
Not to sell, but it will usually pay for itself on anything older or unusual. It confirms that the movement, case and dial left the manufacture together, which is the single question a serious Patek buyer asks first.
No obligation
Get a figure for your Patek Philippe
Send the reference, the year and a couple of photographs. No obligation, and no pressure if the number is not what you hoped.