Anatomy of a classic: ref. 5002
Our horological correspondent Nicholas Foulkes discusses the Sky Moon Tourbillon, a seminal model in Patek Philippe's oeuvre. He looks at the context in which the model was conceived and reveals what it is that makes the watch's minute repeater chime sound so exquisite.
Director of photography: Jonas Marguet, Yves Kuperberg
Set design: Flora Mottini
Profile
Delve inside the Madrid workshops of Factum Arte, a company that is working to conserve and replicate the world’s cultural heritage and contribute to contemporary artworks via the use of new technologies, including recent projects in collaboration with Marina Abramović and Grayson Perry.
Director: Ben Roberts
Director of photography: James Rajotte
Stills: Alamy
In love with lava
Follow a journey to extreme and awe-inspiring volcanic locations as the photographer Olivier Grunewald recalls some of his most memorable trips to capture these brooding, lava-spouting mountains.
Director of photography: Christophe Boulze
Sound: Olivier Lechat
Archival footage: Marc Caillet, Régis Etienne, Olivier Grunewald, Pierre Vetsch
The greatest show on earth
Following the success of last year’s Grand Exhibition, John Reardon, from Christie’s New York, explains how the American market has influenced design at Patek Philippe.
Director of Photography : Adam Golfer
Stills: Alamy, Library of Congress, John Reardon
Life and Times: Ray Charles
Ray Charles Junior reminisces about his childhood, recalling the special braille timepiece that Patek Philippe produced for his musician father.
Director of photography: Adam Golfer
Stills: Alamy, Getty Images
Life and times
Timothy Naftali, a presidential historian and the founding director of the federal Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in California, discusses the life and legacy of John F. Kennedy – and the remarkable Patek Philippe clock that was given to Kennedy as a gift during his famous trip to West Berlin.
Director of Photography: Sasha Arutyunova, Ike Edeani / Still Photos: Alamy; Bridgeman; Getty Images; John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, MA
How to turn heads
We visit the London workshop of Philip Treacy, whose early work appeared in the very first Patek Philippe magazine. Now one of the world’s most celebrated milliners, we see how he uses the formier Lorenzo Ré’s wooden hat blocks to create his own fantastical haute couture hat designs.
Director of Photography: Mel Yates / Stills: Jérôme Galland, Getty Images
Patek Philippe in America
From world’s fairs to Patek Philippe’s own The Art of Watches Grand Exhibition in New York in 2017, exhibitions have played an important part in fostering the company’s long and fruitful relationship with the US. John Reardon explains.
Director of photography: Adam Uhl / Stills & archival footage: Alamy, Getty, Library of Congress
In other words
The choreographer and dancer Tan Hui-Chen describes the way in which she has been influenced by the ancient Chinese language of Nüshu – a language created and used only by women in a small area of southern China – in her critically-acclaimed dance productions
Choreography: Tan Hui-Chen
With thanks to: Water Reflection Dance Ensemble
Nautilus
As the Nautilus celebrates its 40th birthday, Patek Philippe’s iconic steel wristwatch seems as fresh as the day that Gérald Genta unveiled his first design. Nicholas Foulkes celebrates the versatility and longevity of this much-loved model.
Director of Photography: Jake Walters
Another time, another place
All time is measured from the prime meridian at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in London. Dr David Rooney, Keeper of Technologies and Engineering at the city’s Science Museum, explains why.
Director of Photography: Adrian Wolfson
Archival Footage and Stills: Alamy, Architekturmuseum TU Berlin, Bridgeman, Getty Images, The Times/News Syndication
Land of fire and ice
Award-winning landscape photographer Simon Norfolk recounts his adventures in the Kamchatka peninsula at the eastern edge of Russia: experiencing the wilderness is a privilege as well as a challenge, he finds.
Director of Photography: Adrian Wolfson
Still Photography: Simon Norfolk
Divining the path to harmony
Photographer Andrew Rowat travelled to Anhui province in China to meet a seventh generation feng shui compass maker.
Director of Photography: Algirdas Bakas
Still Photos: Andrew Rowat
Land of fire and ice, part two
Before he traveled to Kamchatka, the photographer Simon Norfolk had been on a number of exciting assignments for Patek Philippe magazine. Here he recalls his trips to Socotra, Syria and Iraq.
Director of Photography: Adrian Wolfson
Still Photography: Simon Norfolk
Origami emblem
Robert J. Lang folds a Calatrava cross from one single piece of paper.
クレジット： Director of photography, Adrian Gaut
Wide blue yonder
It was the practical needs of the earliest aviators that dictated design rules of the pilot watch, says Nick Foulkes, introducing the Calatrava Pilot.
Director of Photography: Frederic Aranda
Archival footage: Getty Images
Stills: Getty Images, Library of Congress
Sweet thing
Watch amezaiku (candy sculpture) expert Shinri Tezuka at work.
Director: Christoffer Rudquist
Director of photography: Hirokazu Kishida
Editor: Andonis Trattos
Grading: Joseph Bicknell
時計のある人生
John Reardon celebrates Gilbert Albert, designer of Princess Marta zu Windisch-Graetz of Austria’s famous 1960 18k-gold bracelet watch, as well as many other masterpieces at Patek Philippe
Director of Photography: Raspberry & Jam
Still Photos: Christie’s Images Ltd, John Reardon
Surfboards
James Malcolmson meets one of the founders of professional surfing, the acclaimed board shaper Randy Rarick, at his home in Honolulu.
クレジット： Director of photography, Jesse Chehak
Archival footage: Opper Sports Productions
Taking on the World
Peter Bellerby, globemaker, on the history of his craft and his landmark commission for the Louvre museum in Paris.
Credits: Director of photography, Tom Turley
Still photos: AKG, Alamy, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Getty, private collection
Bucking the trend
The architectural successes of maverick inventor Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983).
クレジット：Footage, audio and images of Buckminster Fuller and his works, courtesy of The Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller
Still photos: Alamy, Corbis, ESTO, Getty
Africa’s Eden
Videographer Carol Sachs filmed behind the scenes on a shoot for Patek Philippe magazine in São Tomé, an island off the western equatorial coast of Africa.
クレジット：Carol Sachs
Forecasting the future
Nick Foulkes takes us on a journey through the history of perpetual calendars at Patek Philippe.
クレジット：Frederic Aranda, Mark Arrigo
Homage to horology
The directors of Patek Philippe’s three salons take us on a tour of the magnificent premises in Geneva, Paris and London.
クレジット：Director of photography, Tom Turley
Still photos: Lee Mawdsley
Pictorial
Musician Stephen Coates from the X-Ray Audio project explains the origins of music “on the bone”.
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工具の驚異
Manufacture guide, Daniel Jaquet (formerly head of movement components, development and production) takes us on a tour of Patek Philippe’s unsung heroes: the watchmaking tools.
クレジット： Director of photography, Christophe Michaud
時を超えた癒しの家
The Passion of Christ at Santa Maria Novella pharmacy are among Mariotto di Nardo’s best preserved frescos. Sonia Chiodo explains their significance.
クレジット： The Bridgeman Art Library - Photo Scala, Florence. The restoration was undertaken on behalf of the Soprintendenza Speciale per il Patrimonio Storico Artistico ed Etnoantropologico e per il Polo Museale della Città di Firenze.
光を見るクレーター
It is the hands-on experience of astronomy that connects us to the universe, says Kristen Lippincott, the former director of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich.
Credits: With thanks to University College London Observatory
Still photos: AKG, Alamy, Corbis, Getty, Middle Tennessee State University
未知なる花園
Artist Macoto Murayama explains his fascination with flowers and the process behind the botanical blueprints he creates in his Kanagawa workspace.
クレジット：Shiho Fukada, Macoto Murayama
印画紙の上のサイエンス
American artist Caleb Charland is inspired by the work of early experimental photographers.
クレジット：Jeremy Liebman, Courtesy MIT Museum and William Henry Fox Talbot, by John Moffat
レマン湖と伝統
The genesis of a creation inspired by Lake Geneva. Interview with Sandrine Stern, Head of Watch Creation at Patek Philippe.
クレジット：Frederic Aranda
輝く星は永遠に
Classic car collector Justin Banks explains his particular passion for the 1962 Facel II and why he can never part with it
クレジット：James Aiken, Tom Turley
Bauhaus
Wolfgang Thöner, Head of Collection at the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, explains the impact of the Bauhaus School of Design – inspiration for Patek Philippe’s iconic Calatrava watch – and how its treasures are to be kept for future generations
クレジット：Kate Reid, Getty Images
国際博覧会の時代
A whistlestop tour of World’s Fairs
クレジット：AKG images, Alamy, Art Resource, Bildarchiv und Grafiksammlung Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Bridgeman, Corbis, Mary Evans, Framepool, Getty Images, INA, Roger Viollet
グランド・コミッショナーズ
The origins of many private American museums lie in the private collections amassed by the tycoons of the gilded age. Stacy Perman explains.
クレジット：Age fotostock, AKG images, Alamy, Bridgeman, Corbis, Framepool, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Huntington Library Collection, Lost & Found films, Office for Metropolitan History, Museum of the City of New York, Scala
広告に見るブランドの歴史
「マッドメン」時代へ遡る、パテック フィリップの画期的な広告が生まれるまでの軌跡と、商業戦略の歴史的変遷をピーター・ヨークが考察する。
クレジット：Jake Walters, Advertising Archive, Corbis, Getty Images, Kobal Collection
Illustrating 175 years of Patek Philippe
Artist Nabil Nezzar explains how he created the stunning artwork for our special anniversary issue.
クレジット：artworks (c) Nabil Nezzar/Folio Agency
Patek Philippe 175th Anniversary
Nick Foulkes chooses his favorite pieces from a special Christie’s auction in November 2014, celebrating Patek Philippe’s 175th anniversary.
クレジット：Frederic Aranda
トロンプ・ルイユの芸術
ロンドンDulwich Picture Gallery学芸員、歴史家ロイス・オリヴァー氏
クレジット：Jake Walters, Art Institute of Chicago, Banco de Espana, Bridgeman, Getty Images, Kassel Museum, Museu del Modernisme Català, RMN, Scala
ヒンジ付カバーにおける伝統と革新
ジョン・リアドンがオフィサーウォッチの源泉を究める
クレジット：AKG, Alamy, Getty Images, TopFoto
ヒンジ付カバーにおける伝統と革新
5227モデルの製作
写真クレジット：Christophe Michaud
ガラスの水族館
Photographer Guido Mocafico on his nature morte project and the nineteenth-century glassmakers, the Blaschkas
クレジット：Bridgeman, Laure Flammarion, Guido Mocafico
疾走するモダンアート
モダンアートの巨匠らが手がけたBMWアートカー・プロジェクトは、動く媒体に描かれた独創性と多様性あふれる芸術である
クレジット：BMW Group MediaPool, Christian Kain
もうひとつのエルサレム
著述家ロバート・ビーヴァンが写真家と共にエチオピア山間のラリベラを訪れ、伝説的な地下の教会群を紹介
クレジット：Joël Tettamanti, Jeremy Ayer, Alexander Story
プラントは色彩に包まれて
カルロス・クルズ・ディエズによる、ベネズエラのグリダム発電所をはじめとする、色彩豊かなパブリック・アート・プロジェクト
クレジット：Atelier Carlos Cruz-Diez, ÖE Buddy Mays/Corbis, Getty Images, Christophe Boulze and Oliver Caillard
宮廷の花火師たち
ルイ15世の宮廷において花火師として最初の成功を収めたルジェリ兄弟による花火スペクタクル技術の遺産は、今世紀に至るまで受け継がれている
クレジット：AKG images, Art Archive, Bridgeman, Getty Images, Getty Research Institute, James Reeve
ピュア・アンド・シンプル
パテック フィリップ名誉会長フィリップ・スターンが新しいカラトラバ5123モデルの魅力を語る
クレジット：Scala
シアトル・カメラクラブ
アメリカ日系人によるシアトル・カメラクラブ設立発起人の一人、小池博士の著作から
クレジット：University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division, David F. Martin, Nicolette Bromberg
完璧なポリッシング
ニック・フォークス愛用のノーチラスとポリッシャーの芸術
クレジット：Oliver Caillard, Christophe Michaud
生まれ変わる孤島
地元出身の優れた女性実業家の尽力によって芸術家村として蘇った北大西洋の孤島、フォーゴ島
クレジット：Adrian Gaut
歴史的タイムピース
世界の蒐集家たちを魅了してやまないパテック フィリップの記念タイムピースについてニック・フォークスがジョン・リアドンに聞く
クレジット：写真 Jean-Daniel Meyer
火の鳥、百年の系譜
ストラヴィンスキー「火の鳥」を復刻上演する英国ロイヤル・バレエ団の振付家ジョージ・ウィリアムソン
クレジット：AKG, Bridgeman, Corbis, ITN Source, Scala, Andrej Uspenski
パリ、路地裏のラビリンス
錚々たる顧客を抱えるフェオ&カンパニーの壮麗な木彫細工、ボワズリーの工房を訪れる
クレジット：写真 Christophe Boulze & Olivier Caillard
聖獣たちの献身
何世紀も昔から、教会の天辺に鎮座しているグロテスクな石像、ガーゴイルの起源
クレジット：AKG, Alamy, Bridgeman, Camera Press, Centre des Documents Nationaux, Corbis, Getty, Pedro Pegenaute
文字盤の誕生
1860年創業のフルッキガー社は、60年以上にわたりパテック フィリップの文字盤を製作してきた
クレジット：James Bort, Mark Arrigo
幻想のデザイナー
天才美術監督ケン・アダム卿の幻想的な世界
クレジット：Henry Bourne, Alamy, Getty Images, Kobal, MGM, Rex Features, Thames & Hudson
アトラス山脈
1800年代のインフォグラフィックス
クレジット：AKG Images, Corbis, Getty Images, David Rumsey Collection
1894年の装丁オリンピック
19世紀末、ジェイムズ&マリー・リー・トレガスキス夫妻は、世界各地の著名な製本工房にある興味深い仕事を依頼した
クレジット：Thomas Brown, The University of Manchester Library, Alamy, Getty Images, Bridgeman Art
光年の彼方を描く
エティエンヌ・レオポール・トルーヴェロが描いた宇宙の風景
クレジット：New York Public Library, The Royal Society, SuperStock
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