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A Terrible Typeface on an Expensive Watch

This is the Patek Philippe 5131. It’s a world-timer with an intricate and lovely hand-painted cloisonné enamel dial, and is a marvel of engineering and ingenuity from one of the Holy Trinity of watchmaking that will set you back at least $150,0001 if you’re lucky. It also features one of the shittie…