Patek philippe watch
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Patek Philippe
Swiss luxury watch and clock manufacturer
Patek Philippe SA (French:[paˈtɛkfiˈlip]) is a Swiss luxury watchmaker and clockmanufacturer, located in the Canton of Geneva and the Vallée de Joux.[3] Established in 1839, it is named after two of its founders, Antoni Patek and Adrien Philippe. Since 1932, the company has been owned by the Stern family in Switzerland[4] and remains the last family-owned independent watch manufacturer in Geneva.[5] Patek Philippe is one of the oldest watch manufacturers in the world with an uninterrupted watchmaking history since its founding.[6][7][8] It designs and manufactures timepieces as well as movements, including some of the most complicated mechanical watches. The company maintains over 400 retail locations globally and over a dozen distribution centers across Asia, Europe, North America, and Oceania. In 2001, it opened the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva.[9][10][11]
Patek Philippe is widely considered to be one of the most pre
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The definitive history of the world-renowned watchmakers, Patek Philippe.
Founded in Geneva in 1839, and to this day a family-owned company, Patek Philippe makes what are widely regarded as the world’s finest mechanical watches. Among them, the most valuable watch ever made: the famous 1933 pocket watch known as the “Graves” supercomplication, which sold at auction in 2014 for US$23,934,00. A cult among collectors, Patek Philippe and its timepieces have been treasured by kings and princes, rock stars, and sportsmen. Notable customers of the storied Swiss watchmaker include Queen Victoria, and her great-great-granddaughter HM Queen Elizabeth II.
Drawing exclusively on interviews with the company’s owners and with staff and watchmakers past and present, as well as on hitherto unseen documents from the company’s archives, Patek Philippe: The Authorized Biography, celebrates the history of a unique company. Nicholas Foulkes traces the Patek Philippe history from founder Antoine Norbert de Patek’s early life in Poland as a young cavalry officer fighting in a doomed uprisin
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Recommended Reading: ‘Patek Philippe – the Authorised Biography’ by Nicholas Foulkes
Patek Philippe - the Authorised Biography
During my visit to Geneva last month, after spending a wonderful afternoon exploring the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva, I was somewhat disappointed when we had left that there wasn’t anything to purchase as a memento. You aren’t allowed to take photos in the museum, and given the extraordinary collection on display, I felt like I wanted something to remind me of the visit and just exactly what it was that I had seen.
When I got home, I started researching various books and writings on Patek Philippe, which led me to the Patek Philippe Library on their website. After a visit to the salon to look at what the various books contained within them, I ultimately landed on Nicholas Foulkes’ book, Patek Philippe: The Authorised Biography.
Having spent my evenings over the last couple of weeks enjoying this book, I wanted to share my experience of it, and why in my humble opinion this magnificent work is a must-read for watch enthus
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