Patek Philippe on Thursday unveiled Cubitus, a new collection of elegant sporty timepieces with a square-shaped slim case with rounded corners, and a dial adorned with horizontal relief embossing. It is the watchmaker’s first new product line in 25 years.
This new design is available in three models: The Cubitus Instantaneous Grand Date, Day and Moon Phases, Reference 5822P-001 in platinum, powered by a new movement with instantaneous displays; the two-tone Cubitus model Reference 5821/1AR-001 in steel and rose gold with a blue sunburst dial; and Cubitus Reference 5821/1A-001 in steel with an olive-green sunburst dial.
The Swiss watchmaker said the aim of the Cubitus collection “was to offer a new reinterpretation of the ‘elegant sporty’ style” through a design in which the square bezel adopts rounded corners, “blending the square, the circle and the octagon.”
The new Cubitus case also stands out by its two attachments, the company said, “one on either side of the case and its two-part construction (back/caseband + bezel) with casing-up done from the front.”
The geometry of the design is enhanced through contrasting finishes with a vertical satin-brushed finish on the flat of the bezel and the front of the case, and a polished finish on the bezel’s chamfer and the case flanks. These finishing techniques require about 55 manual operations per watch, Patek Philippe said. The integrated metal bracelet on two of the three Cubitus models features this same pattern of alternating finishes – vertical satin-brushed on the main links and polished on the central links.
Patek Philippe said it “enriched” the dials of the three models with horizontal relief embossing, which highlights its sporty elegant appearance. As a signature feature of this collection, the horizontal decoration is also found on the rotors and mini-rotors of the in-house movements for the Cubitus models, accompanied by the Genevan manufacture’s emblem, the Calatrava cross.
