Patek Philippe

Is there a better way to mark an important date than with exceptional timepieces made by scarce specialists? So far we almost only have seen and talked about the regular Anniversary collection, but when it comes to Patek Philippe there is always more to...  

My favourite from the 175th Anniversary. Now, that is something different, elegant, refined, and coherent. Well done! Best, Nicolas

I much prefer the enamel ones... The good point is that the themes of these watches are less ridiculous than usual. But you can't prevent me thinking that they still look like themes for the French Post Calendar. Fx

Stunning and very impressed by the skills of the employees of Patek. Thx for the report!

those 5089 are making me dream. I wish I'll be able to see one or two one day. Cheers, Mark

I remember a discussion with Thierry Stern... Patek is clearly attacking now Vacheron Constantin on the Métiers d'Art field. Patek has the feeling to have given them too much space. Thanks Oliver. Fx

From my point of view PP was to "shy/silent" of those crafts for too long - even when there are dedicated books about rare handcrafts from PP. They just did it, even when there was almost no real market. Maybe except from some very few pieces in the colle... 

Im not a fan of the engraved pieces at all. That may have looked nice on the caseback with more of a traditional dial. Thanks for sharing! Tony

The enamel dials are my favorites !! Look forward to live shots. Thanks again, Gordon

At last that gave us a chance to see these LE that we were all waiting for since long. I can't say that I am crazy of all but they are certainly few of them that I would be delighted to get... Best, Mike

To be honest, until a few months ago I never heard about marquetry dials before. First time was when I got that book they made for their 175th anniversary. A few pages in this book are about enamel, engraving and…. marquetry. How does this compare to for ...  

Hi Bruno, Patek has previously created marquetry dials in year 2010 (Tiger), 2011 (Rabbit) and 2013 (Snake) within its Chinese zodiac series. Over 200 wood pieces of different types and colors are used in creating each dial. These are the pieces that I kn...  

Thanks for the reply and your link strange bur somehow I completely missed these, I was not aware of the previous watches they made I'll take some time to learn a bit more about these and hope to see one in the flesh one day I can tell you that I would no... 

"Guess we would have to perform a side by side comparison test to prove his comment. This comparison will be a fun and worthwhile task !!" I would LOVE to participate, but I guess this is no suprise to you :-) Thanks for sharing your pictures and knowledg... 

3 February 2011 to 22 January 2012 So the information in Patek's book is only partly (a small part) right because the Year of the Rabbit began in 2011 and most of this zodiac resided in 2011 Perhaps the book was referring to when the watch was delivered W... 

rare handcrafts watches. There have been always some on display at their Basel Fair booth, for example. You ask what comes next? Well, I bet we will only see pieces dedicated to outstanding (traditional) crafts from Geneva. Nothing more, nothing less. Som...