Patek Philippe 2450 Vintage Calatrava, Yellow Gold

Diamonds for diamonds sake? Maybe not. Don't overlook the importance of ludicrously gilded timepieces in the haute joaillerie watch category. While such timepieces might wreak of excess, they are often times as complex, or more complex than the mechanical creations we so love. The process of choosing and cutting diamonds (not to mention setting them) is in credibly time consuming. All that in a white gold case with a automatic tourbillon mechanical movement - and you might just start saving up g........

I've had my automatic for nine months now and for most of that time it's been (pardon the pun) running like clockwork at about +1.5 seconds per day but since I got back from vacation last week I noticed that it was a few minutes fast so I reset it and checked the time this morning and in less than 24 hours it's gained over 15 seconds and I'm not sure why.While on vacation I did go out on a jet ski and snorkeling and body boarding etc. so I'm guessing that may be what knocked it out of whack but ........