Which car brand is Patek most like?
Theirry Stern, the CEO of Patek Philippe says in this interview that Patek is nothing like Porsche. So which car company is Patek most like?
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Hamish
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Royce Royce?
I don't like them
Know bugger all about cars, but I'd say PP's motorcycle equivalent would be a classic Brough Superior SS100..
Morgan. Oh wait, they use outsourced engines. TVR? Bristol?
Honestly, I think both the interviewer and the CEO are dumb. I never wanna drive a modern car that’s made completely inhouse because the safety of the modern cars depends on technologies no one company can provide on its own.
CEO should have dismissed the question rather than offending his customers who love Porsche😂
Patek is the Rolls Royce of watchmaking
Patek is the Rolls Royce of watchmaking
Pre-BMW Rolls Royce, right?
Not sure I can pick a brand
I compare them to the bmw range. Not an full list but you get the idea
Mini -Ali express brands
1 series -Casio timex etc
2 series-sinn Tudor longines
3 - Rolex omega
5- GP JLC
7- holy trinity
RR - mbnf Roger Smith
Honestly, I think both the interviewer and the CEO are dumb. I never wanna drive a modern car that’s made completely inhouse because the safety of the modern cars depends on technologies no one company can provide on its own.
CEO should have dismissed the question rather than offending his customers who love Porsche😂
nailed it
95% of added value. That is such a lovely metric, could mean anything. They might make almost everything or if they value their brand high enough it might as well just be printing their logos...
Also, the best way to control quality from A to Z is to control quality... from A to Z. Doesn't matter who made it, if you do a good job filtering lemons then you won't be selling of them to the customer.
Watches are watches and cars are cars. Comparing the two is simply pointless and really irrelevant.
Rolls Royce IMO.
Pre-BMW Rolls Royce, right?
BINGO. The pre-BMW qualifier makes it my choice.
Snobby, over complicated, under produced and horribly overpriced? Some McLaren supercar?
95% of added value. That is such a lovely metric, could mean anything. They might make almost everything or if they value their brand high enough it might as well just be printing their logos...
Also, the best way to control quality from A to Z is to control quality... from A to Z. Doesn't matter who made it, if you do a good job filtering lemons then you won't be selling of them to the customer.
Yeah 95% added value is the cost of the watchmakers who assemble it. certainly not the parts... he clarifies that they make most things themselves though a bit later on. But do they make steel wheels or pivots? Unlikely. They won't make the hairsprings either. Four or five companies make them all.
Watches are watches and cars are cars. Comparing the two is simply pointless and really irrelevant.
But that's no fun!
Watches are watches and cars are cars. Comparing the two is simply pointless and really irrelevant.
Yes! I think that's precisely what Stern was saying at the end there, rather than suggesting that PP is more similar to some other, better car company.
Pre-BMW Rolls Royce, right?
I would say post BMW, RR evolved as much as a lot of modern PP.