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These 3 volumes represent the most complete work ever realized on Patek Philippe. They include more than 2000 wristwatches, everyone photographed in natural colors and more than 500 full page images..

The first two volumes show Patek Philippe wristwatches from their creation to 2003 and the third one is divided into two parts: one is about all the creations from 2004 to 2010 and the other one, larger and prevalent, is entirely dedicated to NAUTILUS models.

This model was designed in 1972 by Geral Genta and it was born from a sketch on a napkin in a Basel restaurant. This book explains all its characteristics and goes through its evolution from 1976.

All typologies of Patek are published in this edition:

– Aquanaut
– Calatrava
– Annualcalendar
– Perpetual calendar
– Chronograph with perpetual calendar split-seconds
– Celestial
– Classic and “form” watches
– Chronograph
– Chronograph and Perpetual calendar
– Split-seconds chronograph
– Ellipse
– Moon phases
– Timezone
– Gondolo
– Nautilus
– Officer
– World Time
– Art watches
– Complicated watches
– Repeating watches
– Repeating watches with tourbillon
– Power reserve and world time
– Sky moon
– Enamel
– Military watches
– Tourbillon

Here you can check the current collections, find the official retailers all over the world, find “the foremost” technical information regarding Patek Philippe watches, read about the watch maintenance and many more information. Here you can discover how a passion for timepieces has brought together an extraordinary display of watches, musical automata and portrait miniatures from the 16th to the 19th century, in addition to a library dedicated entirely to horology and its related subjects.

About Patek:
As an independent family owned company, Patek enjoys total creative freedom to design, produce and assemble what experts agree to be the finest timepieces in the world. With its vast experience and more than 70 patents to its credit, Patek Philippe is the only manufacture that crafts all of its mechanical movements according to the strict specifications of the Geneva Seal. These precious, timeless elegant watches, proudly handed down from one generation to the next, are the result of latest-generation technology combined with traditional watchmaking know-how.
Today, Patek Philippe includes the main workshops and headquarters at Plan-les-Ouates, the case and bracelet workshops at Perly, the Patek Museum at Plainpalais, all in Geneva, as well as the Patek Philippe Salons in Geneva, Paris, and London.