Patek Philippe

Here's a selection of square-shaped Patek Philippe watches that I've been able to assemble thanks to xto 's fantastic indexing work. It's quite fascinating to see the creativity Patek Philippe has been able to deploy with this case shape. Some lugs , in p...  

Is possibly my favorite - what a watch! Thanks for compiling all of these 👌🏻👍🏻

however, might we see a revival of such offerings again as part of the new Cubitus line??🤔 Now, that would be an impressive move with a nod to this impressive past. As an aside, it’s interesting to me how a Cubitus offering can seem so uninspired in contr... 

I intentionally didn't mention the Cubitus because it's just the recent tip of a deep iceberg! Best, Emmanuel

However, to please you I have just included a ref. 3485 in the boy of the thread! Best, Emmanuel

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what a beautiful watch! Thanks for sharing and have a nice Sunday. Best, Emmanuel

It might be because square mechanical movements are very rare. Rectangular ones have been made quite often and when one speaks of "shaped" caliber, it usually means rectangular. But square... Anyway, all these models have a solid case back, so the movemen... 

But the one thing that really struck me as odd was the thickness of them even the manual wind watches seem to be quick thick and sorry but side view of the Ref 2540 makes it look like a pebble to me. Marc

These squares watches might have been designed to have a strong presence on the wrist. Just my guess. Have a nice Sunday. Best, Emmanuel

Since you mentioned that there are many more square references not mentioned, the lineage of this shape seems not immaterial. To me, the design of the hour markers makes a big difference. For example, the use of numerals 6 and 12 on 2514 to me is more att... 

and Patek Philippe could (should?) have taken the opportunity of the introduction of the Cubitus to highlight this part of their heritage. I find the 2514 quite delightful too. And I think I would like the platinum/yellow gold ref. 2487 very much. Thank y... 

I personally always admired this design. It’s also interesting that historically Patek used round movements for square watches. Which is one of the main criticisms of cubitus. But I guess Patek is true to its history in using a round movement there as wel... 

(and with the Cubitus itself). In fact, truly square calibers seem to be ultra rare. Rectangular are quite "common", but square not at all. Have a nice Sunday! Best, Emmanuel