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CREDIT<br />
T1ME<br />
FOR STYLE<br />
Over the decades the humble<br />
watch has been elevated<br />
to superstar status.<br />
Patek Philippe is the most<br />
exclusive of them all<br />
WATCH COLLECTORS<br />
all over the world were<br />
stunned when a pocket watch<br />
commissioned by horology<br />
enthusiast and wealthy<br />
landowner Henry Graves Jr<br />
in 1933 was sold at Sotheby’s<br />
auction house for a staggering<br />
US $11m in 1999, making it<br />
the most expensive timepiece<br />
ever sold. Created in order<br />
to win a friendly competition<br />
with Graves’ friend James<br />
Ward Packard, the mechanical<br />
pocket watch, dubbed the<br />
‘Supercomplication’, came with<br />
24 different functions, a feat<br />
Words Martin Klipp<br />
unheard of at the time. Its<br />
maker? Patek Philippe.<br />
Widely renowned as the<br />
finest timepiece in the world,<br />
Patek Philippe is the last<br />
family-owned independent<br />
watch manufacturer in Geneva.<br />
Collections such as the<br />
Calatrava, Nautilus, Aquanaut<br />
and Ellipse d’Or are under the<br />
logo of the Calatrava Cross<br />
which dates back to the 12th<br />
Century. Adopted by the first<br />
military order in Castile, which<br />
later won papal approval,<br />
the symbol now represents<br />
perfection and expertise.<br />
s t y l e<br />
JUNE/JULY <strong>2011</strong> // WIZZ MAGAZINE 27
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