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The Man Who Built the Empire State Building Owned This Vintage Patek Philippe. Now It’s up for Grabs.

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This story is from an installment of In the Loupe, our weekly insider newsletter about the best of the watch world. Sign up here. In January, Paul Boutros, deputy chairman and head of watches in the Americas at the auctioneer Phillips, opened his inbox to discover an email from the grandson of Paul Starrett, a master builder […]

This story is from an installment of In the Loupe, our weekly insider newsletter about the best of the watch world. Sign up here. In January, Paul Boutros, deputy chairman and head of watches in the Americas at the auctioneer Phillips, opened his inbox to discover an email from the grandson of Paul Starrett, a master builder…

This story is from an installment of In the Loupe, our weekly insider newsletter about the best of the watch world. Sign up here. In January, Paul Boutros, deputy chairman and head of watches in the Americas at the auctioneer Phillips, opened his inbox to discover an email from the grandson of Paul Starrett, a master builder […]

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