GALLERY WORTHY
It takes Patek Philippe nine months to make a basic watch and more than two years to finish one of its more complicated timepieces. Pedrazzini builds just six of its exquisite mahogany launches a year, each boat taking 6,000 hours to handcraft. And Rolls-Royce designers and engineers took almost three years simply to figure how to create the unique glass-covered dash, called The Gallery—the centerpiece of the spectacular interior of the all-new Phantom sedan.
MASTERPIECE Other luxury cars rely on wood and leather, but the Phantom dash is covered by a single pane of glass, behind which owners can choose to install their own bespoke artwork.
The 2018 Phantom is only the eighth car to carry Rolls-Royce’s flagship nameplate in 92 years. More critically, it’s the second Phantom designed and developed under the aegis of BMW. As the follow-up to the imposing sedan unveiled in 2003, there’s a lot riding on Phantom VIII. It must prove BMW truly understands what it takes to keep Rolls-Royce at the very pinnacle of automotive luxury.
One look at The Gallery ends all debate: BMW gets it. Placing a sheet of glass right
