Visited my AD at the weekend and spoke to the manager of the watch department who had been at W&W - they seemed as confused as everyone else as to why Patek have done this. Seems to have a change directed from the very top down and not a lot of logic to it other than being able to say you can swim in most of the watches now.
Personally I think it's bad PR and makes the sports watches look under specced against the competition but Patek will sell every piece anyway so I guess they aren't bothered!
|