Patek Philippe

Patek has increased the production, they also made many different version of repeaters. anyone have idea of how many repeaters they made each year ? or per model basis?

and all numbers you might get, are pure guesses. Best, Kari

5% of mechanical watches (41000) are grand complications. That is 2050. Patek put that number up on the PowerPoint during our visit. Either it is true or Patek is lying to its clients. So I don't think it qualifies as a guess There are 38 Grand Comps curr... 

We all want something rare no one else has. Why? I guess we want to feel special. Anyways, the number I received from various sources (I consider reliable) is 50.

I have heard also this number "50". But who knows and who really cares... If they produce 40, 60, 80 or 100 it does not make much difference. It will not happen often that we will see a PP Minute Repeater in somebody's wrist and if I would have one, the c... 

yes, it is true, but when you paying over 300K for a watch you dont want to see it too often, so to keep the value of what you paying for. besides the relation of how much you pay, and how many they have made. I personally do not think it cost this much n... 

You dot t think it costs that much to make because most of the parts are made from CNC machines? Wow. I don't even know how to respond to this! First the price PP charges is a function of demand and supply. If they are lucky, then their selling price exce... 

You said what I wanted to say. Words of wisdom. Best, Kari

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What you have to take into consideration is the cost of R&D upwards of 15 million per movement, on a watch that you're going to produce only a handful of. It takes up to 2 years to assemble and test some of the uber grand comp movements... Some you ha...