Vintage Patek Philippe Classic That Can Never Go Out Of Fashion
Gone are the times when wrist watches were simply a device, a utility, to keep track of time. Today’s watch manufacturers cater to an increasing body of people who swear heavily by their watches as a very necessary fashion accessory that is a reflection of their own personality. Nowadays, watchmakers take all the care to make sure that the products they come up with have the necessary level of sophistication that is needed. This brings us into the area of luxury watches.
There are several fine luxury watch manufacturers and among them, Vintage Patek Philippe holds a prominent spot. The Swiss watch manufacturing company was started about the year 1839 since when it has been instrumental in producing luxury watches with great design and quality. The brand counts among the top competitors in the luxury watch market around the world and especially among the other esteemed Swiss luxury watch making brands.
Founded originally, by the two Polish immigrants, Antoni Patek and Francois Czapek, the two of them are a businessman and a watchmaker respectively, the company has had its share of changes in ownership and partners. It has however retained its commitment to producing the finest specimens of watches around the world. Soon after its foundation, another watchmaker named Philippe collaborated with them and the name of the company was changed to accommodate his name. The Vintage Patek Philippe is one of its recent and popular lines launched.
The brand has launched several watch lines for both men and women. They are different, catering to different tastes, and are highly popular because of their classiness. Among the different lines that have been launched, the Vintage Patek Philippe line is a particularly popular one. It is distinguished by its simplistic design and classy look that has a lot of appeal for a prospective gentleman.
Among the different watches belonging to this line, some of them can be mentioned to impart a good idea of what Vintage Patek Philippe wants to deliver. The 17367 Patek Philippe 2570 is an ‘amagnetic’ watch. It has a yellow gold on its strap and around the dial. It is equipped with a manual wind movement and has a small seconds dial at the six o’clock position. Besides, it has 18 jewels in it, has a dial made of matte silver and has baton hands. We can now begin to comprehend how the classic Vintage Patek Philippe watch looks like!
Another fine example would be the ellipse shaped dial, 17301Patek Philippe Golden Ellipse. It is a bit offbeat with its blue rectangular dial. Besides it has sapphire crystals, and is even water resistant up to the depth of 21 meters. Plus it also possesses a forty eight hour long water reserve. All these make it truly different, offbeat and a bit jazzy while still being classy.
The Vintage Patek Philippe watches are a fine line of watches and count among the top specimens of luxury watches produced from all around the world. They are truly, in full sense of the term, a class of their own and carry on the legacy that they have started out on.