====== Clous de Paris ======
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Dial pattern

**Clous de Paris** is a special type of dial [[guilloche]] or embossing, resulting in small square knobs. It is also called **Paris hobnail** or simply **hobnail** and is found, for example, with the watch model [[Audemars Piguet Royal Oak]].

One of the most famous watches to use Clous de Paris as its signature design element is the [[Patek Philippe Calatrava Clous de Paris|Patek Philippe Calatrava]].


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