Patek Philippe Redesigns The Minute Repeater With $639,500 USD Platinum Watch

Patek Philippe has been hard at work redesigning the minute repeater, revealing its new fortissimo "ff" module in a new 15-piece limited edition platinum watch.Patek's Advanced Research series, which has been heading up the brand's watchmaking innovation since 2005, set itself the task of reworking the fundamentals of the chiming watch to improve on the achievable volume and tone.The team decided to create a module that "works like a mechanical loudspeaker," enhancing the traditional hammer and ...