Gold Watch
Many watch collectors regard a gold watch made by Patek Philippe as the ultimate item in their collection. Many wealthy, famous and notorious people have owned Patek Philippe watches, including members of royalty, movie stars and tycoons. Patek Philippe & Co. is one of the most famous and exclusive brands of wrist watches in the world. The company is currently owned by the Stern family. The company has an interesting history.
Antoni Patek started making pocket watches in 1839 in Geneva, along with his fellow Polish migrant Franciszek Czapek. They separated in 1844, and in 1845 Patek joined with the French watchmaker Adrien Philippe, inventor of the keyless winding mechanism. In 1851, Patek Philippe & Co was born. In 1868, Patek Philippe made their first wristwatch. They specialize in making the gold watch. They have also pioneered the perpetual calendar, chronograph and minute repeater in watches. The company has produced quartz watches in the past, but has never produced digital watches.
Patek is also famous for being the creator of the most complicated mechanical watch ever made, the Calibre 89, which was created for the 150th anniversary of the company in 1989. It holds 33 complications, including the date of Easter, a thermometer, time of sunrise, equation of time, sidereal time, and many other indicators. The Calibre89 is can also add a day to February for leap years while leaving out the extra day for every 100 year interval. A gold watch by Patek Philippe is a mark of appreciation to its owner.