Music was such an important part of life in the Baroque era that it can be found in all kinds of places. This instrument, the Trompe Dauphine, is a kind of hunting horn and would have been carried on horseback during the hunt and used to play signals to let the rest of the hunt know what was happening.
As a general rule: 1  Quartz models should be given a routine service every other time the battery is changed. 2  Regular mechanical models should need routine service only every 5 years or so. 3  OMEGA states that their Coaxial models should need routine service only every 10 years.
The final piece of the puzzle as to why a Patek Philippe costs so much is the fact that they are produced in such limited numbers. While there are more than 200 models in regular production, the company only produces around 45,000 watches per year. Compare that with the likes of Rolex - which produces around 1 million per year - and you begin to realise just how exclusive a Patek is. Is it worth it?