Switzerland · est. 1839
Patek Philippe
01PATEK PHILIPPE · 11 OCTWhat Patek Philippe is showing the public in MilanThe free Watch Art exhibition runs until 18 October, with watchmakers and artisans in the programme alongside seven Milan editions.02PATEK PHILIPPE · 6 OCTWhy Patek Philippe’s Milan World Time Minute Repeater MattersThe five-piece 5531G-012 is much more than an enamel map of Milan. Its repeater chimes the local time for the city selected on the World Time display.03PATEK PHILIPPE · 5 OCTWhat Patek's quartz Gondolo asks us to valueThe Gondolo Ladies First 7043R-001 puts its rose-gold cushion case, diamond border and worked dial ahead of the movement. Is that enough?04PATEK PHILIPPE · 3 OCTCan Patek Philippe’s 5978P make an instantaneous calendar easy to read?A 500-part movement changes four calendar indications together. The harder question is whether the Milan edition’s crowded dial feels coherent.05PATEK PHILIPPE · 18 AUGPatek Philippe answers the Cubitus argument with a skeletonised perpetual calendarThe first grand complication in the collection puts a 27-jewel skeleton perpetual calendar into 10 mm of platinum, listed at US$187,547.
