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Henry Graves Jr. (1868–1953) was an American banker descended from John Graves of Concord, Massachusetts . Early life and career. He was born on March 11, 1868, in Orange, New Jersey, into a prominent banking family, the son of Henry Graves Sr. (1838–1906), [1] a founder and partner in the Maxwell & Graves banking firm.
Nov 11, 2014 · The most complicated handmade watch, the Henry Graves Supercomplication, has been sold at auction for 20.6m Swiss francs (£13.4m), writes Luke Jones.
Oct 13, 2014 · I've seen the first Grand Complication ever made by Patek Philippe, and more than a few mega-timepieces owned by the most important timepiece collector in history, New York banker Henry Graves Jr.
Nov 7, 2021 · Henry Graves Jr., American aristocracy. Henry Graves Jr. was born on 11 March 1868 in Orange, New Jersey, the son of a prominent financier. Based in New York City, Graves and his wife Florence also had properties in Irvington on the Hudson River and on Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks, where they spent their holidays with their four children.
Sep 18, 2017 · The story of two American magnates – Henry Graves Jr. and James Ward Packard – in the early 20th century, locked in a desperate contest to acquire the most complicated — and expensive — watch will be familiar to those acquainted with the brand mythology of the Geneva watchmakers, Patek Philippe.
In 1933 Patek Philippe of Geneva delivered to New York banker Henry Graves, Jr. "the Supercomplication," a gold pocket watch with 24 functions. The watch, which took Patek Philippe three years to research and five years to manufacture, cost Graves 60,000 Swiss francs in 1933 (USD $15,000).
Jun 29, 2015 · The Henry Graves Supercomplication timepiece, made by the luxury watchmaker Patek Philippe in 1933 for the prominent banker Henry Graves, was sold at Sotheby’s in Switzerland.
