The Patek Philippe Nautilus Chronograph Replica Watch has always been a muscular boardroom watch—a sports watch with the sportiness subtly clothed in shining metal bracelet links and the alternate brush-and-polish of the bezel. It’s like a really buff guy who also happens to be MD of a multinational corporation. Or a Hollywood action hero dressed up for the red carpet. Beneath the subtle cut of the expensive suit, you can still see the solidity of the body: the triangular deltoids, the bulk of the shoulders.
I’ve written before about chronographs that can get away with appearing at board meetings, or on the marina at Cannes, as well as in true sporting situations. And mainly, those chronos are luxury sports watches first, and dress watches second. What I mean by that is they have the unmistakeable air of sporting endeavour built into their DNA. The multiple counters on the dial. The rubber-backed leather strap, or the solidly masculine three-link bracelet. What they don’t always have (I’m thinking Hublot here, or Richard Mille) is the sophistication to slip into a suit.
There can be few luxury chronographs that pull off the trick of being ‘stealth sports’ watches. And by that, I mean a luxury watch that looks all boardroom but performs admirably in a sporting environment. A word of definition here: I’m discounting finicky timepieces like the Piaget Altiplano Chronograph, and I’m also leaving out muscular watches made by brands that normally create ‘fine’ timepieces—the Breguet Type XX, for example. To fit into my category, you’ve got to be a very special animal indeed.
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