Founded in 1839 Patek Philippe is the only one Swiss existing independently operated entirely by the family watch manufacturer. Patek Philippe has always been shape table design and manufacturing processes, the watch factory in Geneva, the completion of all processes, is the world's only one of many brands in the table all the movements of the "Geneva Seal" brand.

Not long ago, Patek Philippe antique watch once again to refresh the world auction record for the United States in 1933 a banker customized watches, the price at up to 11 million U.S. dollars. This watch has 24 functions, the design time spent 3 years with 5 years before they are made. A watch of 8 years of production, which is how the quality consciousness. With such a strong sense, in the company since its establishment more than a half century, only 600,000 or so total. Commendable is that Patek Philippe never became popular because of the excessive build a market. The plant has a secret workshop, over a hundred years to maintain a tradition of hand-made each year only one product, but who will get only watch, wait at least 8 to 10 years.

PATEK PHILIPPE watch the average retail price of 13,000 dollars to 20,000 dollars. Is the last remaining truly independent Swiss watchmakers, one from beginning to end is its own production, to train a PATEK PHILIPPE watchmaker take 10 years. Create a complex PATEK PHILIPPE Watch 2 to 3 years, a simple table-based system to send out at least 9 months, which is the same as a person's birth.

The history of Patek Philippe watches

Patek Philippe watch factory to have today's success depends not only do all the R & D and innovation, and its creation, from Antoine de Patek, a Polish noble ideals and vision.

Antoine de Patek in the 1830s because of political considerations was removed from the home in exile of Poland, and finally settled in the Geneva watch industry of the Holy Land, he refined the development process watch, determined to create the world's best watches. 1839, Patek and Francois Czapek and co-founded a company leads the industry elite at the Geneva watch, gold and other precious metals and using the most advanced production equipment, introduced high-quality clocks and watches, began reputation.

However Czapek own company in 1845, Antoine de Patek and subsequently with a young French creative genius Adrien Philippe watch partnership. Adrien Philippe was just invented the combination of style on the refining system to bring revolutionary changes to the watch industry, remove the previous use of a key on the refining of trouble. The design changes affect large, today's watch design is still benefit.

They will combine their surnames, as PATEK PHILIPPE-since then to create the world's most renowned high-quality watches and so far.

In 1930, Philippe Stern family took over the Patek Philippe, Patek & Philippe stick business handed down approach, which dates from the nineteenth century, passing from generation to generation, because after the test of time watch method, so as Patek Philippe Geneva only the transfer of the family watch business.

Patek Philippe is the world still uses hand-refined the only manufacturer of watches and clocks, is now the only way to Geneva to complete all the tabs in the original process, watch manufacturer.

7 kinds of traditional watchmaking

Tan said the traditional Swiss watch manufacturing practices for the "The Seven Crafts of Geneva", the combination of designers, watchmakers, goldsmiths, watch chain maker, sculptor, ceramics artists and stonemasons Po traditional process.

Since the beginning of the seventeenth century, the Geneva watch industry has been the center of teacher proficiency in the seven ancient watch handed down process, and the combination of art, craft, technology and love of the craft. These traditional crafts are preserved, Patek Philippe to make good use of these skills, made detailed and accurate clocks, and many achievements.

Due to the artificial time-consuming and very refined watch more Patek Philippe yield less than 20,000 per year. The output of such a rare and often make Biao fans is "money will not buy" and threatened to worry, 96 year, Patek Philippe watch factory successfully Di Li will Fensan in production around the factory Jizhong Dao new after completion of the Factory, this year , in the exhibition in Basel, PP President and General Manager Felix Shi Dengen smiling said: "In the future, no longer limited to 20000."

Patek Philippe most of the watches are labeled inThe Geneva Seal, this is a high quality internal operating parts of the mark. Mark since the 1886 Geneva Pioneer has set standards for manufacturing watches, to confirm the superb Swiss horology.

Over the years, Patek Philippe is committed to building a unique style, which created the watch models can be categorized into five major categories: Calatrave series of classical form, Nautilus series sports watch, Golden Ellipse series watches, Flamme series ladies watches and Gondolo watches.