If you’ve been following Caviar’s work, you will know that the founder is a fan of luxury watches. So, when you hear “Holy Trinity”, you should know that it refers to the horological kind – Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet and Vacheron Constantin. These three legendary watchmakers are the inspiration behind the new additions to the Pair of Kings line, i.e. Caviar’s series that intends to pair a luxury watch with a luxury phone.
The phones in question are based on the iPhone 13 Pro and 13
Pro Max and have metal backs styled after the watch face and bracelets of the
watches that they are named after.
Let’s start with the Vacheron Constantin Overseas. One of
these will cost you a whopping US$ 52,000 (or more) and only 7 will be made. The
phone is decorated with a blue titanium "watch face", 18K gold
stylized cross-links bracelet, the Maltese cross and a decorative date
indicator.
Keep in mind that to complete the look, you will also need
the watch itself – and it costs over € 53,000. The Overseas ref. 4500V/110R-B705
was designed by Vincent Kaufmann, chief designer of Vacheron Constantin, with
30 years of experience at the company.
If you don’t have a hundred grand, consider the Audemars
Piguet Royal Oak. This one starts at a mere US$ 6,600 and Caviar will produce 99
units. The phone contrasts blue titanium against gray titanium to evoke an
image of the Royal Oak ref.15500 that it was based on (which is frighteningly
expensive in its own right).
There’s also the Patek Philippe Nautilus – both it and the
Piguet were designed by Gerald Gent. This watch was inspired by the biography
of Philip Stern, the head of Patek Philippe. As for the phone bearing the same
name, there will be 99 units produced, each costing US$ 6,670 or more. This one
also uses blue titanium with the same pattern as the watch face and yet more
titanium covering the rest of the back.
