Patek Philippe

quattro · 2026-02-28T07:32:42Z

Patek Philippe celebrates Chinese Year of the Horse with beautifully hand-engraved horse motifs and limited edition watches.

How Patek Philippe rides horses

Since some of us are celebrating the Chinese Year of the Horse and since Patek Philippe released last year a Minute Repeater with a magnificent hand-engraved horse, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at how the brand has represented this animal over the years.

Best, Emmanuel

CATHEDRAL GONGS MINUTE REPEATER REF. 5278/500G-001

20-piece limited edition introduced as part of the 2025 Rare Handcrafts collection.

The dial, inspired by the openwork sculptures of Indian origin known as Chunar horses, features an applied hand-engraved white gold horse motif.

credit: @patekworld_ & @ls_timepiece

THE CAROUSEL SERIES

Four cloisonné enamel carousel horses

REF. 5077P-061

REF. 5077P-062

REF. 5077P-063

REF. 5077P-064

credit: k2luxury (Green), essential watches & @watchanish (Red), Christie’s & @chronoclubwatches (Turquoise), hyjewellery.co.uk (Blue)

“FALCON HUNTING” REF. 5077P-091

Miniature enamel dial depicting a pair of Arab horseman hunting with a falcon

credit: @DubaiWatchClub, k2luxury & @patekcollector

“RODEO”, REF. 5089G-070

Wood marquetry dial & hunter case back

“AMERICAN INDIAN ON HORSEBACK 2”, REF. 5077P-058

The first series has been posted here by Dje

credit: Phillips

CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL HORSE REF. 5075G

Design inspired by a Qing Dynastry bowl

credit: @Ambitious_Bet_9932 on reddit & Sjx

“LORD RIVERS AND HIS FRIENDS – J.L. AGASSE”, REF. 866/54

Miniature enamel by Suzanne Rohr reproducing the painting “Lord Rivers and his friends” after Jacques-Laurent Agasse, a celebrated animal and landscape painter of the early 19th century.

credit: @repeticiondeminutos

QUARTER REPEATING POCKET WATCH

Case back hand engraved in a vermicelli pattern with a miniature enamel painting of a horse in the center

credit: Collectability

'THE SCOUT' POCKET WATCH

This pocket watch, called 'The Scout', after the original painting by C.M. Russell, 1907, was made for the 1995 Legendary Watches of Patek Philippe Exhibition at the Sid Richardson Museum in Fort Worth, Texas.

The miniature enamel painting was done by G. Menni

credit: Christie's

'BRONCO BUSTER' REF. 982/157G-001

Scene hand-engraved by the master engraver C. Blandenier, modeled after the American artist Frederic Remington’s famous sculpture called ‘Bronco Buster’