Patek Philippe "Generation" Ad Campaign....
Jul 07, 2008
Patek Philippe, the famous Geneva watch manufacturer, has celebrated more than ten years of its highly successful "Generation" advertising campaign, marking the occasion with a traveling exhibit of photographs.
Noted for their touching elegance and subtly emotional appeal, the black and white photographs depict various snapshots in the lives of parents and children, which powerfully convey....
Patek Philippe Museum....
Jun 27, 2008
The Patek Philippe Museum, considered to be one of the world's most extensive horological exhibits, has recently seen its....
Antiquorum Summer Sale Nets....
Jun 20, 2008
Antiquorum's Summer sale, " Important Collectors' Wristwatches, Pocket Watches & Clocks", took place in New York on June....
Unique & Historically Important Watches Open Christie’s Fall Season
Sep 21, 2006
Building upon the momentum of a record first half of 2006, Christie’s international watch department is pleased to announce the opening sale of the fall season to take place in New York on October 12. The season commences with a selection of rare watches, including two historically important pieces from Patek Philippe, each appearing for the first....
Magazine contents April - May 2006 issue
Apr 30, 2006
Editorial
My time against yours
Cover Story
Patek Philippe: The long awaited chronograph A fundamental innovation: the “Spiromax®” balance spring
Perspectives 2005-2006
Behind the velvet curtain
Leading Players
FHH: The lofty ambitions of the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie
Vacheron Constantin:....
The long awaited chronograph
Mar 30, 2006
It is well known that Patek Philippe has produced exceptional chronographs for decades, timepieces that regularly reach record prices at auctions. It is also this same Patek Philippe, which, in 1902, applied for the first patent for a flyback chronograph (because of its two chronograph hands, it permits the wearer to measure or maintain the intermediate....
Greetings from BaselWorld 2006!
Mar 30, 2006
It's our goal at Europastar this year to provide you with news and impressions straight from the show. This year, we have three writers covering the show -- editor-in-chief Pierre Maillard, managing editor Malcolm Lakin and me, Keith W. Strandberg, the newest regular writer for the magazine. You might know me from the "Letters from America" and other....
Patek Philippe Timepieces Set
Feb 01, 2006
Records in Two Auctions World records were set by Swiss watchmaker Patek Philippe in two different year-end watch auctions, both held in Geneva, Switzerland. Also noteworthy at Antiquorum's auction: A 1900 diamond-set pocket watch (1,150 diamonds, with the largest weighing 14.50 cts.) with seven complications, attributed to Henri Grandjean & Cie,....
Europa Star Watches-for-China Update
Jan 16, 2006
New online, for all our readers of the Chinese communities, the December/January major contents update is accessible in traditional Chinese language on www.watches-for-china.com:
Cover Story: TAG Heuer, Features, Profiles, New arrivals: Patek Philippe, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Lange & Söhne, DeWitt, Chanel, Longines, Tissot, Milus, Orient...
Faces....
Symposium: The Lifestyle Worth Living
Jan 01, 2006
One day a few years ago, James Twitchell, professor of English and advertising
at the University of Florida, was browsing through a bookstore when he came
across a copy of Robb Report’s 1999 “Best of the Best” issue. He had heard of
the magazine before but had never seen a copy, so he picked it up and looked
inside. What he....
Icons & Innovators: Patek Philippe: In Perfect Time
Jan 01, 2006
But
beyond that, one
of Patek’s greatest achievements, today as in the
past, is the
distinctive look
of its watches. Patek watches are
instantly
recognizable by their elegance,
superb finish, and timeless
style—they never appear old-fashioned, or retro, or
futuristic. Even
the ones that are supposedly “pour le....
Patek Philippe gets top price at Nov. 13 Antiquorum auction
Nov 16, 2005
Swiss watchmaker Patek Philippe took the top price and set a record at the Antiquorum watch auctioneers' "Important Watches, Pocket watches & Clocks" auction on Nov. 13, at the Palace Hilton Hotel in Geneva, Switzerland. The Swiss watchmaker's platinum Monopoussoir wristwatch (1937), with a single-button chronograph and two-tone sector....
Time: Escape Artists
Nov 01, 2005
Parmigiani’s Hebdomadaire features Vaucher’s first in-house hairspring. ( Click image to enlarge ) Ulysse Nardin and GFD also conducted experiments using synthetic diamond, which, like silicon, can be formed into wafers and cut into low-friction escapement parts. After discovering that the material has outstanding elastic properties, the two....