Patek Philippe has a lot of reserves and can weather Covid-19, says president Thierry Stern

Mr Thierry Stern said he believes in Patek and that in the future, it will still be here and stronger. PHOTO: PATEK PHILIPPE
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SINGAPORE - Covid-19 may be giving many head honchos of luxury watch brands frown lines and furrowed brows. Not Mr Thierry Stern.

The president of Patek Philippe was chirpy and full of beans in a recent Zoom interview from the Swiss watchmaker's new US$600 million, 10-storey manufacturing facility in Plan-les-Ouates on the outskirts of Geneva.

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