GQ: AJ Michalka's Patek Philippe Ref. 404J From Wind Vintage

Cam Wolf recently wrote about Jaeger-LeCoultre’s The Collectibles latest article for GQ ‘All the Wildest, Rarest, Most Beautiful Watches at a High-End Vintage Watch Party’. Wolf highlights AJ Michalka's incredible vintage Patek Philippe Ref. 404J, where she cites Eric Wind’s assistance in adding it to her collection.

“My first purchase with Eric Wind [owner of Wind Vintage] was this watch. I talked to him about this watch because I was like, I really want something with some provenance and something I can look back on and appreciate and maybe pass down to a future child and something I'll keep in the family forever.

At the time, I only owned an [Audemars Piguet] that I absolutely loved. This was my second watch and I said specifically I wanted a Patek. He said he had something for me, a 404J . It was owned by a pilot named Henri-Laurent Dalliere, and he flew a record sea flight from Cherbourg, France to Ziguinchor, Senegal. When he landed, Patek awarded him with this watch. It's such an amazing story.

So I was like, this is something I would want to have forever, whether I'm onstage or just hanging out or whatever it might be. I was like, I absolutely love this watch.

I bought it as a gift to myself when I booked my first lead of a series on ABC [Schooled]. I was like, I want to do this to reward myself for the hard work and how long it took to get here, because I've been doing this for 20 years and it was a big deal.”

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