Quality and Fine Workmanship
The Finest Timepieces in the World
In line with the spirit of its founders, Patek Philippe has continued its mission to design and manufacture the finest watches in the world since 1839.
Our Creations
Our independent family-owned company offers an incredibly rich and diverse collection of watchmaking creations, produced in limited quantity to ensure they respect our extremely high standards for quality.
The Calatrava is recognized as the very essence of the round wristwatch. Pictured: Ref. 6119G-001.
The Nautilus has epitomized the elegant sports watch since 1976. Pictured: Ref. 5811/1G-001.
The Golden Ellipse collection features a very distinctive elliptical case inspired by the principle of the “golden section”. Pictured: Ref. 5738/1R-001.
Wristwatches
Before the First World War and its wide adoption by soldiers, the wristwatch was regarded as a women's accessory. It has since established itself as the most practical and efficient way to wear a watch. With more than 150 references, spanning 10 major collections and equipped with one of our fifty in-house movements, our wristwatches accommodate all types of needs and watch enthusiasts.
To this day, we produce mechanical pocket watches featuring hunter and open-cased models.
In moving watches from the pocket to the wrist, the first obstacle to overcome was movement size.
Pocket Watches
For decades, pocket watches were the main stage on which we demonstrated our skills. Today, as guardians of watchmaking artistry, we are one of the last manufactures that perpetuates the craft of making pocket watches as part of our current collection. Produced in small numbers, their aesthetic finesse remains a source of fascination and inspiration.
Rare Handcrafts dome table clock “The Muses” Ref. 20157M-001 in cloisonné enamel, enriched with miniature painting on enamel.
Rare Handcrafts dome table clock “Carp and Kingfisher” Ref. 20124M in Longwy enamel on faience.
Rare Handcrafts dome table clock “Bol d’Or” Ref. 20118M in cloisonné and paillonné enamel.
Clocks
We have always been particularly attached to the safeguarding of traditional crafts and Genevan watchmaking heritage. Faithful to this commitment, we enhance our collection of outstanding timepieces each year with new dome clocks and table clocks that perfectly embody our mastery of Rare Handcrafts artistry.
Our perpetual calendars collection features a variety of calibers and additional complications. Pictured: Ref. 5160/500R-001.
This chronograph, a first for the manufacture, measures and displays 1/10th of a second: Ref. 5470P-001.
For the In-Line Perpetual Calendar, we presented an innovative, panoramic aperture. Pictured: Ref. 5236P-010.
The Rare Handcrafts World Time in white gold with a Grand Feu cloisonné enamel dial: Ref. 5231G-001.
Today, we produce the broadest selection of regularly produced minute repeater wristwatches. Pictured: Ref. 6301P-001.
Watchmaking complications are even further magnified when they are combined in one single watch. Pictured: Ref. 5205R-011.
Complications
From chronographs to chiming watches, tourbillons, calendars, world time or astronomical watches, the world of watchmaking complications is one of infinite marvels. Today, we offer the largest collection of complicated watches in regular production, continuously reasserting our unparalleled excellence and our position as the undisputed masters in this supreme domain.
The Patek Philippe Archives
All watches produced since our creation are listed in our company’s establishment books. Upon ordering an Extract from the Archives, you will receive a document detailing all the meticulously kept information we registered since 1839 (type of watch, movement number and type, case number, type of dial, date of manufacture, date of sale, type of bracelet and other available information).
Understanding our Watches
We produce the internal and external components required for the creation of our exceptional timepieces. From movements to dials, cases or bracelets and everything in between, we master the entire development and production process, which allows us to ensure that our watches perfectly embodiment the quality we stand for.
With its caliber CH 29-535 PS, Patek Philippe yet again delivered proof of its expertise in chronography.
Upon its release in 1977, the Patek Philippe caliber 240 was the thinnest self-winding movement of its time.
Caliber E 23-250 S C is a quartz movement that equips some watches in the Aquanaut and Nautilus collections.
The Movements
We craft mechanical watches featuring automatic or manual winding, and some quartz watches. Our movements are marked by their distinct code summarizing their features and complications.
Grand Feu champlevé and brown cloisonné enamel dial with gold applied Roman numerals. Sky Moon Tourbillon Ref. 6002R-001.
Hand-guilloched, gray-blue dial with gold applied hour markers. World Time Ref. 7130G-016.
Sunburst brown horizontally embossed dial and gold applied hour markers with luminescent coating. Nautilus Ref. 5712/1R-001.
Olive green sunburst dial featuring gold applied numerals with luminescent coating. Twenty~4 Automatic Ref. 7300/1200A.
The Dials
We have a very special relationship with dials. The Stern brothers, who acquired Patek Philippe in 1932, were owners of Cadrans Stern Frères – considered “the” Swiss dial specialists. Today, crafting our dials remains a balance of techniques and crafts to create beauty with legibility. Our dials interpret the hundreds of components that lie beneath them, and make sense of our most complex complications.
Stainless steel case measuring 25.1 x 30 mm with a solid caseback. Twenty~4 Ref. 4910/1200A-010.
Rose gold hand-engraved case with a hand-engraved hinged dust cover. Sky Moon Tourbillon Ref. 6002R-001.
White gold 39 mm case featuring a guilloched bezel with a hobnail pattern. Calatrava Ref. 6119G-001.
Yellow gold 41 mm case with interchangeable solid and sapphire crystal caseback. Grand Complications Chronograph Ref. 5270J-001.
Platinum 40.2 mm case with interchangeable solid and sapphire crystal case backs. Grand Complications Ref. 5316/50P-001.
The Cases
Among the many fine details that distinguish our watches, the design, crafting, and finishing of a case contribute profoundly to the impression that a timepiece makes. The skills of our artisans are essential to achieve the character of a case using different shapes, sizes, colors and materials, and by magnifying its beauty through various techniques such as guilloché, gemsetting, engraving or polishing.
Steel bracelet featuring a patented fold-over clasp with lockable adjustment system. Nautilus Ref. 5726/1A-014.
Hand-stitched, alligator leather strap with a platinum fold-over clasp. In-Line Perpetual Calendar Ref. 5236P-010.
Midnight blue composite strap with an Aquanaut fold-over clasp. Aquanaut Ref. 5968G-001.
Rose gold bracelet paved with multicolored baguette-cut sapphires. Grand Complication Aquanaut Luce. Ref. 5260/1455R-001.
The Bracelets
A watch strap or bracelet must be as aesthetically pleasing as it is comfortable to wear, all the while remaining easy to manipulate. As our bracelets can be made of leather, polymer, composite material, metal, or synthetic fabric, they require different treatments and techniques to allow us to satisfy our criteria in order to provide the best possible wearing experience for our customers.
The Patek Philippe Seal
All of our mechanical timepieces are produced according to the uniquely demanding quality criteria of the Patek Philippe Seal. Developed under the stewardship of our Honorary President Philippe Stern, it is an emblem of horological excellence that exceeds any standards of the Swiss watch industry and reaffirms our independence.
