Watch Traveling Report: Patek Philippe, founder of Antoine Norbert de Patek was originally against Russian rule in Poland in 1831 the revolutionaries. Poland, he fled to France after the defeat of the revolution, settled in Geneva, Switzerland after the start in thewatchindustry, opened in 1839 hundreds of watch companies. In 1844, Anthony Butterfield and Jane Fei Li (Francois Czapek) met in an exhibition in Paris. Fei Li was simply a case has been designed to thin, and the chain and adjust the key of the watch do not have the traditional pocket watch. The bags under the watch at the exhibition even ignored, while Anthony has hundreds of deep drawn for their new design. After some conversation they immediately reached an intention to that KAN Fei Li joined the hundreds of companies. In 1851, hundreds of company officially changed its name to Patek Philippe company.
Patek Philippe's factory standard by the knights of the sword and the priest, the cross combination, also called "Cross." Its origins are: 1185, the Spanish city called aggression by the Moors, the brave knight Dige Bellas Pastor Keith Raymond and a death in the war led by the people and eventually the Moors off. Pastor (cross) and Sword, together have become a symbol of the solemn and bravery. This is just a symbol representing the percentage of Anthony and Jane Li Fei spirit of cooperation. The factory standard from 1857 has started. Patek Philippe watch company, there are strict restrictions on the production, each no more than 1 million. A common Patek Philippe watches at least from the design to the factory 9 months, there are special requirements for watches or pocket watch, design and production time is able to up to 9 years. From the company was founded nearly a half century to the present, the total output of only 60 million. Fine plus limited, so that the watch Patek Philippe great store of value. In 1989, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the establishment of hundreds of companies and production of the watch, to 4 times the appreciation of the early 90s. In 1953 the company produced a platinum diamond moon and star calendar male form, held in Hong Kong `97 spring auction by a buyer in Europe to 5.3 million Hong Kong dollars bought in 1999, a percentage of 1933 production Patek Philippe pocket watch auctions in the United States out of the $ 11,000,000 of the price.
London World Exposition in 1851, the British Queen Victoria, selected and bought a Patek Philippe pocket watch. Only handle new spin bag hanging on a watch set with 13 diamonds, 18K gold brooch on the watch covered with enamel decorated with blue and gold diamond makes up roses. At that time, the Queen's husband Prince Albert also buy a Patek Philippe for a cat form. Share boutique celebrity, Patek Philippe, which established its aristocratic status.
Patek Philippe was finally a fully independent Swiss watch factory, the products are in Geneva in every part of the production, the production of mechanical watches all have a "Geneva Seal." All the regular channels to buy from Patek Philippe, the purchaser's information will be registered in the archives of the Geneva watch, when the owner of the watch changes, such as gift, inheritance, etc., the file will also change
When the Communists raised in Geneva, bought a Patek Philippe presented to Stalin, when the early 80s to go to Hong Kong to promote the vice president to wear a Patek Philippe confidence in reform and opening up leaving when the people of Hong Kong, Patek Philippe's name, a watch is no longer so simple.
Patek Philippe in 1839 and build factories. Average selling price of 13,000 dollars to 20,000 dollars. Is the only truly independent Swiss watch one from beginning to end is their own production, to train a PATEK PHILIPPE (Patek) watchmaker take 10 years.
A banker for the United States in 1933, custom watches, and now its price up to $ 11,000,000. This watch has 24 kinds of features, design time spent 3 years with 5 years before they are made. Production of a watch for 8 years, this is what the quality consciousness. With such a strong sense, in the company since its establishment more than a century and a half, the total output is only 600,000 or so. Commendable is Patek Philippe are too popular not because the market made one. The plant has a secret workshop, over a hundred years to maintain a tradition of hand-made only one product per year, the price of 30 million yuan or so, and who will receive this watch, at least to wait 8 to 10 years.
Patek Philippe several times by the Hong Kong and Taiwan experts as the world's top ten ranking of the first antique watch.
Patek Philippe experience fashion heart
Every time I go Bund 18, a Patek Philippe stores, always some new harvest, sometimes even amazing. A few days ago as the company had just received the news side, Patek Philippe launched the latest product --- AquanautLuce. What a wonderful name! The specially for ladies, diamond color dial strap, sport-style watch just in Italy, Spain officially listed, much sought after women in the European fashion, blink of an eye, this beautiful and refined design of the watch to display excellent In the Shanghai store. Sections of flashing in the window full of vitality, but also contains the classic Patek Philippe watch the quality of the festival's dress was beautiful under the light radiation, a Christmas gift of Miss Gao Ya. The unique character of the work entitled AquanautLuce: "Luce" in Italian, the word means, "Guanghua" to celebrate the precious stones on the watch issued by the sparkling light. AquanautLuce Ms. wrist for profile design, with the size of the two models. This new and elegant sports watch for the modern, active and dynamic women to create, in the timeless colors, the Patek Philippe watch as each character to add relaxed style and bold:
Face in the window Patek Philippe watch, feeling me the most is that this is an old company has maintained a strong innovation. Take now this AquanautLuce, for example, by the younger out of the octagonal Nautilus series of partial interpretation of the circular case is particularly unusual, made of composite materials Tropical strap color, especially in the rigid stainless steel inlaid with diamonds Its much more difficult than diamonds inlaid in gold, only the real big reveal that experts can only appreciate the hard effort.
As a watch collection for the house, like Patek Philippe, almost without exception, those from its calendar, tourbillon mechanical watch such a complex function of the beginning. For me personally, however in recent years, beginning with the practical some of its features, but not interested in how complicated watches. Such as the increase in number of trips abroad, more and want to buy a time to display time zone watches, Patek Philippe "World Time" (Ref5110) watch my heart set on a practical, simple and stylish in one of the "Need." Knowledgeable people know, Patek Philippe, early in the last century, 30 years to start making the world when the watch is now in the Patek Philippe museum to a collection of 1937-1966 between 20 antique watchs, as experts often heated discussions topic. For me those exquisite ceramic world map dial, though elusive, but a gold watch when the world, no matter where, just gently press the handle to know home and local time, is enough to boast some of the.
In fact, many seemingly simple watches, Patek Philippe, where in there are many details and interesting stories. Such as the oval Golden Ellipse series began in 1968, the first design, the use of classical architecture, "Golden Section" principle, and "divine" proportion of the theory designed, modeled, you can buy and watch men in particular, matching cufflinks and other accessories, gentleman full of air, so popular in Europe. Gondo-lo was rectangular or barrel-shaped case design, modeling fashion design ideas from classical decorative arts. In particular, he also added in the new one can show day, date, moon phase, at the end of February each year need only adjust a calendar's "full calendar" style (Ref5135), only one step away from the calendar, can be described as both stylish and complex, but also not too expensive.
Patek Philippe for such a classicwatches, the fashion is to people to mind, and want one to see through it it is not possible.
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