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I was in the car listening to the same podcast the other day. I don't always agree their take on watches, but I have to agree with his assessment of Patek. It seems like years ago their $50K watches were truly impressive, and even many of their more reasonably priced watches, or reasonably priced for Patek I should say, seemed special. Perhaps, the many years of seeing various brands and the paths they have taken, has left me feeling less impressed by where Patek has gone. However, maybe with the success they have experienced in recent years they see no reason to go out of their way to really wow us unless it's a piece so dear that you will have to sell vital organs on the black market to afford, along with a promise during the application process to name your 1st born Thierry.A Berneron Mirage update, through the lens of Watches & Wonders:
This obviously comes from a place of extreme bias, but the Berneron Mirage was, to me, the new watch of Watches & Wonders. The renders were nice and all that but the perceived quality of the final watch has greatly exceeded my already high expectations. I understand that mine will be here by the end of the year and I could not be more excited.
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Further, today, Sylvain posted the following update on the company:
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I knew that a second watch was in the works, but the fact that it is arriving in the middle of 2025 is, to me, a complete surprise. For a nascent brand, that is pretty darn impressive. I am very curious to see the second watch because, in my opinion, the second watch is sometimes more difficult. The second watch will always be compared with the first, and with a second watch you begin to create a brand.
Finally, I was catching up on the Hodinkee podcast and Ben Clymer said something pretty darn surprising: to paraphrase, he said that he hoped that Patek would release something for $50,000, give or take, that was beautiful, because he cannot in recent memory think of anything that Patek released for that amount that was beautiful. Ben said something to the effect that a $50,000 watch from Patek does not feel like a $50,000 watch, and the watches from Patek that do feel worthwhile are way up the food chain or are application pieces etc. Obviously, Patek did not do that this year. And I question whether, going forward, Patek will do that anytime soon. And, on a separate podcast, picking up on Ben's thread, one of the persons mused that Patek's failure to produce such a product will cause younger collectors to choose something other than Patek, because there is not that value. To complete the circle here, I think that the Berneron Mirage is that beautiful watch, and at least as to this collector, I did choose to take my money elsewhere. Just some musings.
Patek getting worse and worse.
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https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/patek-new-water-resistance
They can't swim.
I saw that and while I understand the process of making the dial is very labor intensive, I couldn't help but think what a waste of a case and movement.Patek getting worse and worse.
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https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/patek-new-water-resistance
Patek getting worse and worse.
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https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/patek-new-water-resistance
I saw that and while I understand the process of making the dial is very labor intensive, I couldn't help but think what a waste of a case and movement.