Patek Philippe

Dear All, On May 26th, I was fortunately enough to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Maison and had a wonderful evening. The weather was perfect for the event as the sky was clear with no pollution!! The Beijing Maison is tastefully done and has ...  

I just don't get the cow??? :) Cheers D

...the event was "transformed" into a location in Switzerland where cheese was served along with cows on the grass

I don't get that brand like PP is going for fake cow :) Was it so hard to got real one this looks just ridiculous Best D

...Patek felt that the Chinese customers wanted a Swiss like atmosphere (with chocolate, cheese fondue, etc.) but real cows might have been too much for the audience. Possibly a cultural difference in taste between the Western and Chinese clients. Gordon

Sincerely Damjan

Is breathtaking

when I looked at the back and admired the tourbillon and the gongs !! Here is photo of another repeater I saw and heard. Enjoy !! repeater with black dial & retrograde date ...  

I trust you got the 5153 you wanted! Chien Men 23 is certainly the place to be. The Maybach car was even filmed there for the 2010 Beijing Auto Show video. That was when I first became aware of the Patek Philippe boutique within Chien Men 23. Thanks for s... 

I did not know about this fact Will search online to find out more Allocation for a 5153 Beijing version, as you can imagine, is not that simple Cheers, Gordon

The 5153 looks simple yet elegant. a beauty. What's the damage?

it seems I know nothing anymore. One more reason to come back in the (near) future and one I really look forward to. G or J? Both look good on your wrist, but G would fit you even better - in this case. Thanks a lot for sharing! Oliver

have a bite at the "Lost Heaven" restaurant (serves food from Yunnan, a province that borders Thailand). Unfortunately Maison Boulud has closed a few months ago :( I agree with your assessment that 5153G looks better on my wrist. Off the wrist and just lo... 

we will find a nice place to meet. Don´t know when I will be back next, because at the moment we get fooled by someone in BJ who used to be a close friend ... :-( Anyway, good luck with your hunt! Oliver

for sharing with us here. Wonderful pics you took. Looks like another wonderful event with PP. I have never attended a PP event before and after reading your post would love to attend one at some point in my life! So which 5153 you got? :P cheers robin

...visit Beijing and Shanghai soon and have your breath taken away by the two Maisons !! Wish me luck on the 5153 !! Cheers, Gordon

Nice watch, nice air without pollution, nice former and current Patek leaderships, nice venue in Beijing, but I was really shocked by the fake cow, fake butterflies, fake flowers and that huge and s***y 5153 Beijing edition rotatable model. Not like a Pat... 

I quite liked the door at the entrance being the 5153J Different strokes for different folks !!

Thanks for sharing the photos. I have never seen a clear blue sky in Beijing, but looks like it was a beautiful day for the opening day of the Maison.

you can only see after (heavy) rain, but then you can even see the mountains and that is very nice :-) Cheers, Oliver

Fortunately the on-going flow of champagne helped to reduce the heat to some extent. FYI, the renovation for the upgrading of the Beijing boutique to a Maison was actually done around Chinese New Year (i.e. February) and the Maison was "opened" for busine...