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Patek Philippe

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15 Apr 1960

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Timothée Chalamet, Tyler the Creator and Canadian businessman Kevin O’Leary show off watches with coloured straps at December’s New York premiere of Marty Supreme. Photo: Variety via Getty Images

Timepieces

Colourful watches: the simple upgrade that celebrities are obsessed with

The Marty Supreme star’s Urban Jürgensen UJ-2 had a custom orange strap, while the rapper’s Pierre Balmain watch was a lush dark green.

31 Mar 2026 - 6:00AM

Timepieces

5 watch moments in February 2026: the Baftas, Jungkook’s new role and more

2 Mar 2026 - 4:47PM

Timepieces

The luxury watch world’s marquetry masterpieces, from Hermès to Patek Philippe

22 Feb 2026 - 6:00AM

Style Edit

Style Edit: Breguet CEO Gregory Kissling on the brand’s 250-year heritage

To mark 250 years of horological excellence, Kissling spent 2025 on a global tour to showcase Breguet’s innovation and legacy.

12 Feb 2026 - 10:00AM

Gregory Kissling, CEO of Breguet, spoke to Style about his approach to re-energising the 250-year-old watchmaker to better showcase its long history of innovation. Photo: Handout

Timepieces

5 hottest watch moments in January – from the Golden Globes to Omega news

LVMH Watch Week showed off Louis Vuitton and Bulgari timepieces, while Jennifer Lawrence and Timothée Chalamet shone at the Golden Globes.

31 Jan 2026 - 2:00PM

Timepieces

How luxury houses are reviving elaborate goldsmithing techniques on watches

Breguet, Piaget and Buccellati are 3 more famous brands adding elaborate handcrafting to the gold surfaces of their timepieces.

26 Jan 2026 - 10:45AM

Jewellery

Nadine Ghosn on stacking luxury watches with her Crayola and Toothbrush jewellery

The designer likes to stack watches by maisons like Patek Philippe and Audemars Piguet with her brand’s Crayola and Toothbrush jewellery.

30 Dec 2025 - 6:00AM

Nadine Ghosn on her favourite watches, and how her popular and quirky designs, including her Toothbrush and Crayola jewellery, came to be. Photo: Jocelyn Tam

Timepieces

How dress watches have evolved and why they’re coming back

David Beckham, actors Oscar Isaac and Sebastian Stan, and F1’s George Russell are among the stars fronting campaigns for dress watches.

10 Dec 2025 - 7:00AM

Timepieces

November’s hottest watch moments, from awards to celebrity wrist candy

Victoria Beckham picked a special watch for Sir David Beckham’s knighting, and Chopard and Vacheron Constantin unveiled exciting new creations.

6 Dec 2025 - 2:00PM

Timepieces

6 lush coffee table books to gift the watch lover in your life

These tomes tell of timepieces owned by powerful women like Elizabeth Taylor and hip-hop stars such as Busta Rhymes, to iconic pilot watches from the Cartier Santos to the Omega Speedmaster.

6 Dec 2025 - 6:00AM

The Watch Book Rolex – Next Generation is just one of a handful of eye-catching tomes you could consider gifting to a watch lover. Photo: Handout

Timepieces

Jake Paul’s extravagant luxury watch collection

YouTube’s enfant terrible-turned-boxer has an outrageous watch collection that ranges from seven-figure grail pieces to a Mickey Mouse watch.

4 Nov 2025 - 6:00PM

YouTuber and professional boxer Jake Paul has a watch collection as wild as his antics. Photo: @jakepaul/Instagram

Timepieces

October’s biggest watch moments, from Rolex, Omega, Patek Philippe and others

Celebrities turned heads with rare timepieces, while Louis Vuitton, Cartier, Hublot and Breguet unveiled groundbreaking designs.

3 Nov 2025 - 2:00PM

Timepieces

From childhood Flik Flaks to six-figure grails: 3 watch collectors open up

Explore horology through the eyes of Hong Kong timepiece obsessives Mervin Ling, Felicity Ng and Kai Huang.

27 Oct 2025 - 11:04AM

Timepieces

WAG watches? Georgina Rodríguez’s ultra-luxury timepiece collection

Cristiano Ronaldo’s fiancée has a taste for superb timepieces, wearing rare and exquisite models that range from Hublot and Audemars Piguet to Richard Mille.

24 Oct 2025 - 6:00AM

Cristiano Ronaldo’s fiancée Georgina Rodríguez has a taste for fine and rare watches, such as this Jacob & Co piece. Photos: @georginagio, @jacobandco/Instagram

Timepieces

Watch aficionados assembled for a celebration of vintage watches at Rolliefest

Collectors of rare watches gathered at the Metropolitan Museum of Art last month for Rolliefest – it’s invitation only, and tickets are at US$1,600.

14 Oct 2025 - 12:00PM

Vintage watches at this year’s Rolliefest at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Photo: @troybarmore/Instagram

Crime in Hong Kong

HK$5 million worth of watches and jewellery stolen from luxury Hong Kong flat

Police probe theft at Villa Verde estate on The Peak after domestic helper discovered signs of forced entry and ransacking inside the property.

29 Sep 2025 - 8:17PM

Timepieces

Lionel Messi’s colourful watches – from a ‘Barbie’ Rolex to Flamingo Blue Tudor

The Inter Miami football player rocks a Patek Philippe Cubitus, Rolex Daytonas, and unique Audemars Piguet Royal Oaks.

19 Aug 2025 - 10:21AM

Singapore

Singapore to sell luxury items, gold bars seized in US$2.3 billion scandal

The sale of confiscated watches from brands like Richard Mille and Patek Philippe is also part of Singapore’s largest money laundering case.

12 Aug 2025 - 8:03PM

Luxury handbags seized during an anti-money laundering raid in Singapore in August 2023. Photo: Singapore Police Force/EPA-EFE

Crime in Hong Kong

Bogus shop used for HK$4 million theft of Patek Philippe, Richard Mille watches

Hong Kong police arrest two men after luxury watches stolen from mainland Chinese merchants in elaborate scam.

10 Aug 2025 - 1:48AM

Crime in Hong Kong

Fake Hermes, Chanel, LV and Gucci goods seized in HK$44 million Hong Kong bust

Customs officers uncover 25 cases and confiscate 67,000 counterfeit items in a joint operation with mainland Chinese and Macau counterparts.

7 Aug 2025 - 7:20PM

Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong police on the hunt for man who used fake bills to buy luxury watches

Owners of Patek Philippe and Richard Mille timepieces discover they were given counterfeit banknotes about 30 minutes after suspect flees.

5 Aug 2025 - 12:37PM

Peninsula Centre on Mody Road. Photo: Google Maps

Fashion

Why did this Tiffany blue Patek Philippe watch wind up so many rich people?

Everyone wanted the limited-edition ‘Blue Dial’. But many who spent millions on Tiffany jewellery expecting one came away empty-handed.

24 Jul 2025 - 7:15AM

Patek Philippe crafted 170 limited-edition Nautilus 5711 watches with a dial in Tiffany’s robin’s-egg blue. Demand was so high that Tiffany executives realised clients would be willing to spend millions on other jewellery for the chance to buy it, according to former staff. Photo: Instagram/wristcheck

Hong Kong property

Skechers to take over Patek Philippe space on Causeway Bay’s Russell Street

American footwear and apparel company takes advantage of a slump in Hong Kong’s retail market.

16 Jul 2025 - 4:13PM

Celebrity style

Inside Pete Davidson’s glittering watch collection, from Rolex to Casio

Pete Davidson may be known as a funnyman, but he’s serious about timepieces – here’s a look inside his top picks, from Rolex and Patek Philippe to Jacob & Co.

11 Jul 2025 - 4:00AM

Crime in Hong Kong

Rolex, Patek Philippe watches stolen in HK$2.1 million Hong Kong burglary

Watches, jewellery, gold ornaments and cash stolen from Tuen Mun flat, police say.

1 Jul 2025 - 9:06PM

The burglary occurred in a flat at 28 Castle Peak Road. Photo: Google Maps

Timepieces

Meaningful milestones or marketing run amok? A closer look at anniversary watches

Anniversary editions hold value if the stories behind them are relevant – see the likes of Jaeger-LeCoultre, Hublot, Zenith, Patek Philippe and Tag Heuer for good examples.

6 Jun 2025 - 10:00AM

Watch fan Jay-Z wearing the Patek Philippe 2499, one example of the anniversary editions that dropped at Watches and Wonders 2025. Photo: Handout

Timepieces

Jon Hamm’s watch collection includes everything from Apple to Rolex

In his latest project, Apple TV+’s Your Friends and Neighbors, Hamm steals a Patek Philippe Nautilus – in real life, his own watch collection is just as covetable, with plenty of limited editions.

6 Jun 2025 - 4:00AMvideocam

Timepieces

Inside A$AP Rocky’s luxury watch collection, from Rolex to Piaget

The rapper, whose collection ranges from the holiest of grail watches to Japanese bargain brands, favours rare, obscure and niche timepieces that reflect his esoteric style.

16 Apr 2025 - 5:00AM

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