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...eloquent testimony to the persistent high stylishness of premium wristwatches that jewelry shops in Milan and Paris will display a 1920s Patek Philippe, made of platinum and curved to conform to the wrist, right next to a new gold model. Antique stores in London will sell, say, a reversible Jaeger- le Coultre or a vintage Audemars Piguet, with only two small windows at the top of the solid gold case, as objets of decorative jewelry, like a piece of Lalique crystal. On the tony reaches of Madison Avenue, Watch Entrepreneur Stewart Unger last fall opened Time Will Tell, a watch...
...cost of such humanization can be considerable: for example, a very nice but unexceptional Patek from the 1930s may start at $1,700. Fanatics point out that newer models are not only much more costly (the least expensive contemporary gold Patek retails in the neighborhood of $3,950) but, as a rule, are much less interestingly styled. "I respect the old watches for design, form and their personality and character," says Unger. "They all have individuality, just like the people who choose them." They can also have repair problems. Unger, like many other dealers, gives a year's guarantee...
CALIFORNIA ANGELS: They lost fireballer Nolan Ryan to free-agency, but they gained Bruce Kison, shortstop Freddy Patek and right-fielder Al Cowens. Of course, there's always MVP Don Baylor...
...Where did Freddie Patek begin his Major League career...
...team. They get along together, play well together, hang around together. In an era of temper tantrums, when the fights in the dressing room are often more interesting than the action on the field, the most disruptive event that occurred on the Royals all year long was Shortstop Patek's missing part of a West Coast road trip. He claimed he was hurt, but a few players suggested he was a hypochondriac. Big deal. With such a mild-mannered crew to boss, Manager Herzog gives his players free rein and has found it necessary to call only one meeting...