Thomas meets one of his grail watches ✓ The Patek Philippe Nautilus ref. 3700/1A ✓ Does it live up to his expectations? ✓ ...

Those pandemic-induced “hype watch” days of 2020 and 2021 were mostly driven by stainless steel sports watches: The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, Rolex Daytona, and Patek Philippe Nautilus.

From left: Patek Philippe Cubitus 5822P-001, £75,690, and Cubitus rose-gold and steel 5821/1AR-001, £52,480 To its critics, it was lazy, it was too big, too like the Nautilus, too unlike the ...

Watchers of Patek Philippe have been waiting to see what would replace the blue-dialled stainless-steel Nautilus 571 that the Genevan watchmaker so summarily cut from the catalogue, making it the ...