Patek Philippe cal. 240

Adam2941
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Does anyone know where to locate Walt Odets’ review articles about the Patek Phillippe cal. 240 micro rotor movement? I can find mentions of them online but not the articles themselves. One is apparently a review, and the other a photo essay. Odets is quite an interesting person and an acute observer of horology.
 
Tony C.
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It won't be easy, I'm afraid. His reviews of individual watches that appeared on Timezone ~25 years ago are no longer archived on that site. I saved a couple of them in pdf format, but not the PP 240 one. Someone else may have, though.

For those who are unfamiliar with Odets, he is indeed a very interesting and knowledgeable man, and you can get a taste of this from this linked "The Great Lange Debate", in which he is critical of Lange, and very complimentary of Patek in comparison.

http://people.timezone.com/mdisher/LangeDebateText.html
 
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It won't be easy, I'm afraid. His reviews of individual watches that appeared on Timezone ~25 years ago are no longer archived on that site. I saved a couple of them in pdf format, but not the PP 240 one. Someone else may have, though.

For those who are unfamiliar with Odets, he is indeed a very interesting and knowledgeable man, and you can get a taste of this from this linked "The Great Lange Debate", in which he is critical of Lange, and very complimentary of Patek in comparison.

http://people.timezone.com/mdisher/LangeDebateText.html
Thanks for a great link. I have enjoyed my morning reading. Thanks to you again. Regards
 
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Does anyone know where to locate Walt Odets’ review articles about the Patek Phillippe cal. 240 micro rotor movement? I can find mentions of them online but not the articles themselves. One is apparently a review, and the other a photo essay. Odets is quite an interesting person and an acute observer of horology.

Was this the one you had been looking for? It's called "Sweet and Simple: A Photographic Portrait of the Patek Caliber 240 by Walt Odets" and I found it on the Wayback machine (archive.org):

https://web.archive.org/web/20140213183359/http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/240/
 
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Was this the one you had been looking for?

Good find! I seem to recall a more extensive article, but that is a useful reference to it.
 
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