Cruz Beckham may only be 21 years old, but he’s already looking after the next generation. And possibly the one after that.
At London Fashion Week, at an H&M event no less (!), Becks Jnr was spotted wearing a Patek Philippe Ref. 5327R-001 Perpetual Calendar, a watch that sits firmly at the serious-est end of the serious Swiss watchmaker’s most serious catalogue.
LISA O'CONNOR Cruz company: Patek on wrist, right Introduced in 2016, it pairs a 39mm rose-gold case with an ivory lacquered dial, applied Breguet numerals and a dark-brown alligator strap. It is an extremely nice watch.
Inside is Patek’s automatic calibre 240 Q, whose perpetual calendar keeps track of the day, date, month and leap years, alongside a moon-phase and 24-hour display. Keep it running and Cruz won’t need to correct the calendar until 1 March 2100, by which point he’ll be 95.
Patek Philippe Becks’ choice: Patek Philippe ref. 5327R-001, in rose gold with a lacquered ivory dial. Nice It’s a rather different proposition from all the Tudors his father David has been wearing out and about this year . There’s no sports-watch swagger here, and Patek wouldn’t be seen dead giving it a luminous bright-yellow “Bumblebee” d...