SWISS TIMEPIECE brand Patek Philippe’s new home in the Philippines was opened to great pomp, thanks to the arrival of Patek Philippe’s president himself, Thierry Stern. READ
The Stern family has owned the brand since the 1930s when it was acquired by Charles and Jean Stern. The brand had already known prestige back then, counting Albert Einstein and Queen Victoria as customers. It also held the distinction for making one of the world’s first wristwatches in 1868, making a watch the centerpiece of a bracelet for a certain Countess Koscowicz. Mr.
A special touch is the Ref. 20011M Scarlet Macaw dome table clock released in 2016, spinning slowly in a case within the boutique. Among the collections on display is the eye-watering P18-million 6102P Grand Complication, with a dial showing a galaxy. The watch shows the time, of course, but also a sky chart, the phases and orbit of the moon, and the time of meridian passage of the star Sirius and of the moon.