This Patek Philippe green Nautilus 5711/014 is up for auction, with all proceeds going to charity

Bid on this watch: https://loupethis.com/auctions/patek-...

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It’s the kind of anecdote that immediately causes the eyes to squint, and all internal radars for shadiness sweeping madly across the story points. A consignor sends an email to Eric Ku and Justin Gruenberg, founders of Loupe This, an online watch auction platform we’ve covered here, saying that he wanted to “let go” of his Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711/014, aka, the green Nautilus that one of our favourite meme accounts @youcanneverhaveenough would be dead in the water without.

Not just “let go” of the watch. But to donate the full hammer price to charity. My eyes are still squinting madly as I retell the story here. It’s still a faintly ridiculous proposition. Not because people don’t occasionally do nice things without a trace of an agenda. But because this is, almost officially, the most desirable and unobtainable watch on the planet right now. This isn’t just a nice thing.

This is insane.

In case the suspense is already killing you, hit the live listing right here. At the time I am writing this, the bidding is at $313,000 USD – so Justin’s hunch below is playing out. But there’s a long way to go. The auction closes in six days, after all.

I was on the journey of this unlikely turn of events since it began. Eric contacted me when the email came in. With the kind of pithy WhatsApp message I have come to look forward to, it went something like “Hey man. Call me. I have a crazy story.” So I did, and this is what was said.

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