Until July 23rd, 2017 in New York City, you can attend a rare and interesting luxury watch-world event at the Patek Philippe The Art of Watches Grand Exhibition. For 10 days (July 13-23, 2017) Patek Philippe invites (without any admission price) timepiece collectors as well as the general public to enter their curated world. I visited it personally, and [...]

Sponsored Post written for by advertiser.Christies is organizing a Patek Philippe selling?exhibition?that is historic in scale. Over 300 vintage Patek Philippe watches will be available for purchase in New York City at Rockefeller Center for only 11 days, July 13-23. Exceptionally rare watches, including many fresh to market pieces, will be available [...]

The history surrounding the first perpetual calendar wristwatch is a little hazy, but the Patek Philippe?Ref. 97975 is widely regarded to be one of, if not the first wristwatch to feature a perpetual calendar. As a result, theres something special when Patek Philippe releases a new perpetual calendar watch. And this was exactly what happened earlier this ye [...]

Sponsored Post written for by advertiser.In 1851, two watchmakers from Poland and France joined creative forces with the aim of producing innovative timepieces. Today, the vision of Antoni Patek and Adrien Philippe is a global brand, considered to be one of the most prestigious watchmakers in the world. Since the early days of the company, Patek Philippe watches have been am [...]

Watches, regardless of whether they were designed to be worn on ones wrist or carried in the pocket, can be unbelievably?complicated, irresistibly?desirable and, consequently, very expensive. The best of the best, one is often led to believe, are the ones fetching top prices either by selling well above [...]

The Patek Philippe 5711 Nautilus in steel is one of the hottest luxury sports watches around. It is hard to get and typically goes for over retail price unless you want to spend several years (depending on where you are in the world) on a waiting list. Part of this is because Pat [...]

For 2017, Patek Philippe has released their fifth Advanced Research watch, designed to show off the latest innovations and material developments from the brand. The Patek Philippe Aquanaut Travel Time Ref. 5650G Patek Philippe Advanced Research watch shows off two developments [...]

There is something intrinsically ornate about annual calendars like the Patek Philippe 5396. While a QP (quantieme perpetuel, French for perpetual calendar) is arguably the ultimate date complication, the annual calendar can be executed in a more aesthetically pure fashion, unencumbered by the need to display that pesky year indicator. There is an undenia [...]

The Patek Philippe Nautilus 40th Anniversary 5711/1P, this somewhat more modestly sized three-hander joins the massive 49.25mm wide Nautilus chronograph?reference 5976/1G?to commemorate the Nautilus?40th anniversary. When Patek launched the Nautilus back in 1976 with the 3700/1A, its 42mm wide case quickly earned it its Jumbo nickname. Now, so [...]

In 2016, the Patek Philippe Nautilus watch collection turns 40 years old, and a lot of the brands fans have been wondering what the important luxury Swiss watchmaker would come up with to mark the occasion. Today, we know the answer to that, and it is very large, gold, fitted with diamonds, and surprisingly not costing [...]

Its not every day we see new gemsetting techniques in?luxury watches, but this latest from Patek Philippe is certainly worthy of note, with its?new Flamme setting technique for diamonds. The venue for this new technique is the Patek Philippe Calatrava 7200/200R, the di [...]

The perpetual calendar is one of the most rare and desirable?complications to have in a watch, and few can claim mastery over this complication as Patek Philippe can. After all, Patek Philippe did introduce the worlds first perpetual calendar wristwatch way back in 1925. And if that werent enough, they even invented the annual calend [...]

For 2016, Patek Philippe released the new 5930 series starting with the white gold 5930G, a world time chronograph and a rare occasion for us to see arguably two of the most useful complications for mechanical watches in alluring combination. The Patek Philippe 5930G world time chrono [...]

A career path in watchmaking is not something very often offered to kids leaving school. Before we know it, were off to college or straight into the world of work without so much as acknowledging the continued existence of horology. These days, Im so ingrained in the watchmaking industry, it stuns me when people express amazeme [...]

One of the new 2015 Patek Philippe watches is an all 18k rose gold version of the Nautilus known as the ref. 5177/1R more specifically, the 5711/1R-001 and here it is in the flesh. Patek Philippe is a brand mostly known for its immaculately conservative mechanical timepieces that hearken to the past as well as high auction results. While the Patek Philipp [...]

Among mentions of modern Patek Philippe watches, the Calatrava line seldom receives the same level of enthusiasm as Pateks more complicated pieces. Perhaps, this is a real-world expression of their subtle, under-the-radar design language and steadfast focus on their roots. The Calatrava hails from the early 30s and represents a quintessential pi [...]

The most interesting thing to me about the current perception of the Patek Philippe 5270 Grand Complication Perpetual Calendar Chronograph is that it is considered a formal watch, while a look at its historical inspiration makes it more of a sports watch. How did this rather traditional, classic-looking sports watch desig [...]

Last year,?Patek Philippe released the hyper-cool stainless steel Nautilus 5990 Travel Time, and this?year, theyve continued the travel theme with a new pilots watch.?In a surprising move, Patek has?played to the trends and reached into their history to inspire the new Patek Philipp [...]

What you are looking at here is the new Patek Philippe Calatrava Pilot Travel Time Ref. 5524 introduced at Baselworld 2015. Yes, it is an unmistakably pilot-style watch from Patek Philippe. Your eyes are not kidding you.Patek Philippe has got to be one of the most unpredictable?brands in recent times. Most recently, the company announced that it would revi [...]

After Patek Philippes Geneva celebration to commemorate their 175th anniversary, the storied Swiss watch maker took many of their new limited edition 175th Anniversary watches on a road show around the world. This included what Patek Philippe hoped would symbolize the pinnacle of the brands achievements and value-a limited edition [...]