Patek Philippe – Patek Philippe Ref. 5531R World Time Minute Repeater Patek Philippe by wholesalewatches - April 7, 20180 Minute repeaters and the World Time function play a pivotal role in the portfolio of Patek Philippe’s complicated timepieces. With its chiming watches, the Genevan manufacture has defined the benchmark for decades, as evidenced by their exceptional acoustic quality, the broad range of models and variations, and the interesting
Patek Philippe – Reference 5230 World Time Patek Philippe by wholesalewatches - April 7, 20180 We owe the world time display on the Patek Philippe Reference 5230 (and indeed on other high-end world time watches) to a 1953 patent by Louis Cottier, a watchmaker from Carouge, who succeeded in displaying on a watch dial the notion of coordinated universal time devised by Sandford Fleming.
Patek Philippe – Playing with the Devil Patek Philippe by wholesalewatches - April 7, 20180 The older and more traditional a watch brand is, the more difficulty it has in developing products. When a company like Patek Philippe has a waiting list of several years for its Nautilus collection, whose design is over 40 years old, it has to maintain this privileged position while
Photoshoot – Between design and power Patek Philippe by wholesalewatches - April 7, 20180 The design, artistry and workmanship balanced at a Patek Philippe is peerless. Patek's instances, by way of instance, say it all: they may appear simple in their overall implementation, but Patek takes no shortcuts. Among a few other watchmakers, cases are cast and machine-finished, often in an outside
Baselworld 2018 – Four Company favourites Patek Philippe by wholesalewatches - April 7, 20180 Bulgari Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater Carbon The first watch made entirely out of carbon and the thinnest ever minute repeater actually sounds pretty good, and that’s something of a surprise. Where minute repeaters are concerned, thinness is not usually an advantage. Decent volume needs decent… volume, and the world’s
Patek Philippe – No gimmicks let you know ! Patek Philippe by wholesalewatches - April 7, 20180 It’s usually my cat or the vibration of my Jawbone activity tracker that gets me up in the morning, but in the case of Thierry Stern, president of Patek Philippe, it’s innovation. In the brand’s latest campaign to promote its more technical side, Mr Stern explains that innovation can
Patek Philippe – Ref. 5531 World Time Minute Repeater Patek Philippe by wholesalewatches - April 7, 20180 The Ref. 5531R in rose gold, that was unveiled at Baselworld 2018, is the world’s first World Time minute repeater that always strikes local time. All other minute repeaters with 24 time zones systematically strike home time even if they and their owners are far away from home. The
Trends – Interchangeable straps are all the rage Patek Philippe by wholesalewatches - April 7, 20180 For Baume & Mercier, Chopard and Hermès, the interchangeable nature of the Linea, Happy Sport and Heure H straps is well established and each new season brings new creations flaunting a whole new colour palette. Other brands have however succumbed more recently to the vogue of interchangeable straps. A
Patek Philippe – No gimmicks, thank you Patek Philippe by wholesalewatches - April 7, 20180 In the Patek Philippe’s latest campaign to promote its more technical side, Thierry Stern, president of Patek Philippe, explains that innovation can “open the door to new ways of thinking” and that "it demonstrates the imagination of Patek Philippe". His eyes, tired from witnessing the plebs go about their lives
Patek Philippe – The 2017 Ref. 5960 models Patek Philippe by wholesalewatches - April 7, 20180 The annual calendar and the chronograph are two very useful complications, but putting them together creates a big challenge: chronographs usually have at least two subdials to record the elapsed hours and minutes, and the annual calendar requires separate displays for the day, date and month. With a case