155:, into a prominent banking family, the son of Henry Graves Sr. (1838–1906), a founder and partner in the Maxwell & Graves banking firm. Graves Jr. made millions of dollars in banking and railroads. He was also an art collector whose single-owner sale was held in 1936 by
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in the world. In 1927 Packard commissioned a complicated watch but, not to be outdone, Graves surpassed his rival in 1933 to become the owner of the most complicated watch ever made.
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672:"THE HENRY GRAVES JR. SUPERCOMPLICATION PATEK PHILIPPE & CO., GENEVA, NO. 198.385, CASE NO. 416.769, STARTED IN 1925, COMPLETED IN 1932 AND DELIVERED ON 19TH JANUARY 1933"
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