24, Ritchie is returning to the type of film that made him famous. Before that, he took a trip to the magical realm of mystical legends with King Arthur: Legend of the Sword. He directed last year's live-action remake of Disney's Aladdin, which starred Will Smith in the role of the Genie. Love it before you get it.įor more details of the Pilot, read our news release here.Director and writer Guy Ritchie has been taking some fantastical journeys in film lately. Prestige and rationality aside, one should still subscribe to the mantra of sentimentality.
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Furthermore, you may possibly be getting a highly unique series production in modern Patek Philippe History.
For the price tag, you are getting a solid gold Patek Philippe with a dual time complication. They must have wondered if their astigmatism was working up.ĭespite varying woes and concerns, our take is that at USD 47,600 the piece is priced appropriately when we compare with Patek Philippe’s own products, of course. The uncanny similarity of the numeral font, leaves many feeling queasy. Fortunate, in a sense, lest the watch becomes compared with the likes of Chronoswiss or Ball.Īnother prominent woe we hear about this piece is the font of the hour markers just think of another brand under LVMH who has a pilot line and uses the same font. In live photos though, the green seems much less in comparison, and the default colour looks more towards the white side. The lume colour in the original rendering provided by Patek Philippe looked very green. Every case should have a dedicated movement.īlue varnished dial, gold applied numerals with luminescent coating This line of criticism is in tune with how we detest circle shaped movements in rectangle cases for instance. To circumvent the smaller sized movement, Patek Philippe uses a white gold movement bezel to fill up the gaps between the case and the movement. It uses the Calibre 324 S C FUS, previously used in a smaller sized Aquanaut 5164. Some other critics of the Pilot point out that it uses a smaller sized movement than it should for a larger case. The understated purity of the metal adds an element of finesse to the timepiece. Some may find it disturbing to use the soft metal in an otherwise tool watch, but we think it fits perfectly. It wears comfortably, has sufficient heft, and is fittingly cased in a white gold frame. Our editor Peter Chong handled and photographed the Pilot at Basel and he was amazed by its build and overall aesthetics.
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Although it may look crass as compared to its full classic brothers, it is actually very well made. Regardless, we are highly optimistic about this piece. The Pilot uses the calibre 324, previously used in the Aquanaut 5164. The less popular this piece is today, the more collectible it may be in future.
The irony therefore lies in an inverse correlation. If it is highly popular today, it might wind up as a new series with thousands more of itself being produced. Some watch collectors argue that the initial popularity of the model will determine the above two factors. Firstly, will this Calatrava Pilot be a one off unique design, or is it a start of a series of pilot watches? Secondly, how many pieces of these are produced? Rumours say that it is a small series production. However, a good gauge at how collectible this timepiece may be in the good future will depend on several factors. We are not saying that the Pilot will be the next Nautilus. But then again, in the 1970s when the Nautilus was first launched, wasn’t it shocking and shunned as well? Indeed, this is highly unlike anything we have ever seen from Patek Philippe’s modern collection. Comments like ‘this is not a Patek Philippe’ came ringing through the waves. From pictures, many have gasped at how audacious the design is. The Patek Philippe Pilot is arguably the most controversial timepiece we have seen at Basel.
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