Patek Philippe chimes in with a car-inspired watch plus tiny speaker
The brand has taken inspiration from the automotive world – and upped the volume while at it. From our Machine supplement, featuring the best in cars, watches and things that move.
Venerable watchmaker Patek Philippe is no stranger to headlines, and so it was in December when a Tiffany-Blue-dialled Nautilus model sold at auction in New York for $US5.35 million ($6.5 million), with an additional buyer’s premium of $US1.53 million.
Given this was for a watch with a retail price of $US53,000 – if you could actually find one – the headlines were no surprise. But it was another watch announced by the brand in the same month, and available for a tenth of that multimillion-dollar figure, that in horological terms is the scene-stealer – and a noisy one at that.
