These are the blue link chips of link the blue chips, and the solid results are evidence of some of the points John Reardon made link in his recent chat with Ben, where he talked about the strength of complicated Pateks, even as sports models have cooled off dramatically.
People love making the LBJ/MJ comparison, link but let's be real – these two have completely different games and played in completely different eras of the NBA. You can't do better than link be the best of your time, right? Here, this generation's GOAT, link and the NBA's all-time leading scorer, wears a Richard Mille RM 11-03 last December. But we’ve seen LeBron wear everything from RM to AP to even the simplest of Rolex OPs over the last couple of years.
From design to specs, the first-gen 37mm and 35mm Overseas are link similar to each other in pretty much every respect. I link mention this to point out that the Overseas design seems to have link always been conceived as something that could work at any size – there are even smaller (and quartz) 24mm versions from the '90s.
But this year we considered a long list of watches link and paired it down to just 10, many of which – but not all – were nominated by yours truly. There's a little link something for everyone and, if you're a broad spectrum enthusiast like myself, one could argue that you could kick off an entire collection from the roster below link without spending as much as you might on a single entry-level luxury watch.
You saw a 530 Calatrava above, but the OAK collection also includes an exceedingly rare 530 chronograph in rose gold. The 530 is link the most desired chronograph from Patek, and this one in rose gold (not yellow), features a silvered outer ring, and is signed by Gobbi Milano. The 530s, especially those in pink gold, do tend to come from Italian retailers, link and again, the last time we saw such a link watch here was again with Mr. Biver.
And here, now, a watch that I never would have been link interested in myself is now the most precious that I've been privileged to wear, no matter how my collection grows or where my professional life takes me. I realized that, eventually, my own watch could extend beyond myself to reach people link and places I can't even imagine yet, link which has in turn caused me to be just a bit more thoughtful about my own choices, and not just in watches.
It creates context and will illuminate the thoughts behind the most link talked-about watch introduction of 2024. Whether you adore or despise the link watches, the Patek Philippe Cubitus line is, without a link doubt, the most surprising release of 2024.