RARE COLLECTION - AUTHENTIC VINTAGE PATEK PHILIPPE GENTS WRISTWATCH (SOLD)

HIGHLY COLLECTABLE AND HARD TO FIND PATEK PHILIPPE GENTS WRISTWATCH - DRESS WATCH FOR GENTS CIRCA 1900'S

WHITE PORCELAIN DIAL

CRYSTAL IS CLEAN WITH NO CRACK OR SCRATCHES

EXTHIBITION CASE BACK

SOLID STAINLESS STEEL RE-CASED

EXTREMELY GORGEOUS COSMETICALLY (SEE PHOTOS)

THE 18 JEWELS WOLF TEETH PATEK PHILIPPE MANUAL MOVEMENT S/N 80,772 made for Shreve, Crump & Low Co

BLACK METAL HANDS

BLACK ARABIC MARKER

CASE MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 36mm EXCLUDING THE CROWN/PUSHERS AND 43mm LUG TO LUG

DISCONTINUED MODEL... VERY VERY RARE!

EXCELLENT CONDITION AND KEEPING TIME.

This is my personal collection but willing to be parted for a PRICE of RM12,500.00 (SOLD TO SYLVIA FROM NEW JERSEY, USA)

HISTORY OF PATEK PHILIPPE WATCHES

Antoni Norbert de Patek was a brave and intelligent soldier who took part of the Polish rebellion against Russian domination in 1830. After that, Patek among other people were forced to leave Poland and it was in 1833 when this man settled down in Switzerland.

By this moment Patek started developing his artistic abilities and he began studying with the well known landscape artist, Alexandre Calame. Together with his passion for the art Patek bought his first watch movements and then sold completed watches to Polish clients. Soon he became a businessman buying and selling watches to an influential Polish clientele. Due to the growth on this business, he thought about performing his own watches company considering the possibility of having a partner and he chooses his friend Franciszek Czapek.

In 1839 Antoni Patek and Franciszek Czapek settled down a company named "Patek and Czapek". At the beginning the company had no employees so they purchased movements from various companies specialized in the manufacturing of raw movements (ebauches), sent them to a case maker to be cased, and then finished them in their shop.

But in 1844 Patek met the young French inventor of the keyless winding mechanism; Adrien Philippe and he decided to start a new partnership leaving aside Franciszek Czapek. That was not an easy issue. Replacing Franciszek Czapek could mean loosing the current clientele and being in risk of bankruptcy. However, he made the decision. In 1845 Philippe became the head watchmaker and together with Vincent Gostkowski, Philippe and Patek signed an agreement. One of the clauses of the agreement stated that Patek was in charge of the general direction of the firm and for its marketing, Gostkowski of the accounting and correspondence, and Philippe responsible for the watchmaking. Patek was the only person entitled to make executive company decisions despite of the fact that Gostkowski and Philippe each received one third of the company's profits. During these years the company bought unfinished movements from several companies, including Louis Audemars, Vacheron & Constantin, Breguet, Doloche, Dupan et Haim, Piguet et Fils, Le Coultre, among others for Patek & Cie, but they did not produce its own movements. Patek, being afraid Czapek would create a rival company, took his cautions in replacing Czapek in the partnership. But it was not enough because Czapek not only established a new company but also he made Patek`s clientele leave him. Soon Czapek`s company became a serious competition as well as Patek`s new partnership with Philippe started to succeed. Philippe introduced in 1850 the first ebauches distinct movements thanks to the machinery Philippe acquired for the company. The first ones were stamped with "PP" on the dial plate. After that, an important event would change Patek`s fortune. Queen Victoria was going to buy to Patek & Co. a small lady's watch, about 30 mm. in diameter, which needed no key for win-ding or setting. This dated from 1857 when Queen Victoria attended the Universal Exhibition in London. And also did Prince Albert. With this immediately, Patek`s company gained prestige. Later, the company`s name changes to Patek Philippe & Cie. One by one, Patek`s financial problems began to disappear and he introduced his products on several markets such as Russia and also he supplied Rodanet of Paris, Peta in Madrid, Elimayer in Leipzig.

After world was divided into 24 time zones in 1870, most watchmakers tried to develop a device which would indicate the time in at least two different cities in the world. Later, Louis Cottier, an independent Genevan watchmaker created an ingenious universal time display mechanism that allowed watches to simultaneously indicate the local time in several cities. Cottier also created several series of universal time watches for Patek Philippe.

Patek Philippe constitutes one of the first watchmaking firms to enjoy business relations with the United States, signing an exclusive agreement with Tiffany & Co. New York. The firm is known in Latin America when business relations began with distributors Gondolo & Labouriau, in Rio de Janeiro.

Wearing a watch around the wrist was catching on, so watchmakers began challenging the integration of various complications into their new timepieces. Patek Philippe`s introduced his first perpetual calendar wristwatch in 1925. Apart from that, to indicate the day, date and month, considering the number of days of each month (29, 30, 31) and also the 29th of February in leap years, Patek Philippe`s displays the ages and phases of the moon. Patek Philippe`s general production introduced the first bracelet chronographs with or without a split-second mechanism and wristwatches with minute repeating.

The economic crisis of 1929 made the production to slow down throughout the 1930`s.

Although the economic problems, Patek Philippe`s continued developing its creativity and produced remarkable timepieces such as the "Calatrava" with triple date and perpetual calendar (with aperture), age and phases of the moon and minute repeating. This watch, the most complicated of its time, was encased in a new design named "Calatrava".

The name Calatrava has historical origins that are dated from the middle-ages when a Spanish religious order defended the Calatrava citadel against the moors. At the end of the nineteenth century, Patek Philippe adopted the emblem of the brave Spanish knights as its brand symbol, which signs Patek Philippe watches today.

In 1932 the company was bought by two brothers: Charles and Jean Stern and since then the company became a family company; Mr. Philippe Stern, President and Mr. Thierry Stern, his son, Vice-President.

In 1976 Patek Philippe introduced the Nautilus sports watch collection and in 1993 the Gondolo collection.

The beautiful Patek Twenty ladies watch was launched in 1999 and it is a modern interpretation of the Gondolo timepiece

VERY RARE LUXURIOUS AUTHENTIC PENA DE SOBRINO MADRID BY PATEK PHILIPPE GENTS DRESS WATCH

PERSONAL COLLECTION - NOT FOR SALE In 1845, as a result of a conflict with Patek, Czapek withdrew from business. Seeking for a new partner, Antoine de Patek got acquainted with Adrien Philippe, a talented French watchmaker, who boasted a revolutionary invention – a watch mechanism wound without a key. Thus, the company received its “almost” actual name - Patek Philippe & Co, and we gained the opportunity to wind watches without a special key, just by means of a crown. In their partnership, Philippe was responsible for the development and production of new models, and Patek got busy with the sales, traveling around the world and attracting influential customers, including acting monarchs. One of the first timepieces of the new brand was presented to Queen Victoria in 1851, during the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace. The success of the legendary watch company Patek Philippe is based on two major principles: commitment to innovation and adherence to traditions. The Patek Philippe watchworks have been repeatedly recognized as the world’s most sophisticated ones. So far, nobody has managed to conquer the peak ofPatek Philippe’s technical celebration – astronomical watch Calibre 89, featuring 33 functions and having 1728 unique parts. The results of testing of watches produced by Swiss companies proved the timepieces of Patek Philippe to be the most accurate annually during the period from 1880 until 1964. In 1868, Patek Philippe presented the first bracelet wristwatch, which is now kept in the company’s museum. This creation was followed by a number of patents and innovations – chronograph, perpetual calendar, minute repeater, etc. In 1932-1933, the company participated in the “watch contest” on the part of millionaire Henry Graves, having realized an ultra-complication pocket watch for him. In 1999, the Graves watch was hammered down for 11,000,000 dollars at Sotheby’s and became the most expensive watch ever sold. In 1901, both founders being dead for many years, the company was renamed to Ancienne Manufacture d’Horlogerie Patek Philippe & Cie, S.A. In 1932, it was purchased by brothers Jean and Charles Stern, who changed the company’s name to the actual Patek Philippe S.A. Patek Philippe, which is constantly striving for perfection, has always been demonstrating its good name. For example, in 1996, the wristwatch Annual Calendar was chosen “Watch of the Year” – it automatically adjusts months (except February) and needs to be manually corrected only once a year. This is how Patek Philippe became the only watch company, whose every timepiece bears the Geneva Seal  - the symbol of watchmaking perfection. Not many Swiss watch brands qualify for this desired hallmark. Nowadays, the entire assembly process takes place solely at the Patek Philippe factory in contrast to many Swiss watch companies, which purchase various parts from other factories. The company trains its masters: Patek Philippe’s specialists improve their artistry in the company’s specialized school. As the creation of the simplest gents’ watch takes about nine months, and the most complicated portable timepiece Caliber 89 required nine years of meticulous work. Patek Philippe pays special attention to the design of its creations. Each of the company’s watch collections is based on the finely calibrated, unique, aesthetic principles, which allow these timepieces to remain modern, even if produced several decades ago. Patek Philippe had many celebrities among its clients – from Queen Victoria to Albert Einstein. The Patek Philippe timepieces became the gems of many collections. Lev Tolstoy owned a pocket watch by Patek Philippe.  And Tchaikovsky had a gold timepiece with a unique dial and chiseled hands. As of 2009, the company is owned and run by the third and fourth generations of the Stern family – father and son Philippe and Thierry Stern. All factories and the museum are still located in Geneva. The production employs 220 persons. The company’s modern catalogue is represented by 45 serial mechanisms of 23 calibers. Given the exceptionally high prices, the output remains low – over the entire history of the company’s existence, the number of Patek Philippe watches equals to 600,000 pieces.