Weekend Reading: John Reardon Interviews Dr. Peter Friess, The Curator Of The Patek Philippe Museum (The Most Important Collection Of Timepieces On Earth)

The Patek Philippe Museum is, without debate, the most important collection of watches in the world. Its curator, Dr. Peter Friess, is the man tasked with managing it, maintaining it, and indeed, continuing to build it. With a CV that contains the names Smithsonian and Getty, it is no surprise that Friess was selected to manage the Stern’s most prized possessions, but in this interview with our old friend and former HODINKEE contributor John Reardon, we learn much more about the man behind the collection (like, for example, did you know he once helped Steve Jobs disassemble a watch?) and the collection itself (did you know the very first perpetual calendar ever created for a portable timepiece was recently added? It was, a Thomas Mudge from 1726).

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