Launched at Baselworld in 2011 as part of Patek’s ‘Advanced Research’ series, the 5550P was produced as a limited edition of just 300 pieces in platinum. A testbed for advanced silicon manufacturing made in tiny numbers, the 5550P is an eclectic hybrid of Patek QP aesthetic nods. It is unusual...

Still today, there is nothing quite like the original 222. This is the original, vintage ref. 44018 222 ‘Jumbo’ in steel. Vacheron Constantin’s answer to the Royal Oak and Nautilus arrived in 1977 with the 222, created to celebrate the brand’s 222nd anniversary. The third and final member of the...

The 1675 is all things to all (traveling) men. There are a bewildering number of variants and this is one you won’t see often. Limited to a serial range of approximately 4.1-5.4M, this is the radial dial. During this tiny bit of production, the (marginally smaller) tritium plots moved closer...

The 3970's earliest two series are beginning to be considered true vintage, which is having profound effects. But this isn’t a 3970. It’s a 3971, a reference created before the standardization of selling both a solid and sapphire caseback with each 3970. The 3971 was a screwdown, sapphire-backed, equivalent of...

The 90s was a time of complicated watchmaking returning to power, no longer for purpose but as expressions of watchmaking skill and emotion. The Breguet 3947 is an oft-overlooked split seconds from this period (most dating 1998-2002), with a total production likely far lower than 100 examples (over both refs)....

This is the 5950R-001, a small run of 15 pieces which are all extremely sought after. Its calibre is a direct descendant of the CHR 27-525 PS in ref. 5959, introduced in 2010 as a direct successor. In the 5959, this was actually the very first fully in-house Patek Philippe...