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In Geneva, simply complicated timepieces

2023-03-29T16:07:13.025Z


SELECTION - At the Watches and Wonders show, the big names in watchmaking compete in talent to imagine the most complex and legible models at the same time.


Paradoxically, you end up losing track of time by dint of walking the aisles of Watches and Wonders.

Beige carpet stifling sounds, artificial lighting like a Las Vegas casino, infra-bass escaping from the high-powered speakers of the stands on which the (many) novelties of the year are unveiled... Until April 2, the cocoon of Geneva's time is closing on the thousands of daily visitors from all over the world.

In watchmaking, complication is an art.

Concealing behind a highly legible dial the complexity of the movements is another.

In this area, the big houses compete in originality and creativity… Discreet complexity and readability are a personal passion of Thierry Stern, President of Patek Philippe.

Among other things, this year it presents a superb creation with a sleek round case: a Calatrava reference 5224R-001 with dual time zone Travel Time, distinguished by its original 24-hour display mode.

100% homemade

Her…

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Source: lefigaro

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