Author: Anka DraganescuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
Patek Philippe Museum
Author: Anka DraganescuPatek Philippe
Author: Nicholas FoulkesPublisher:
ISBN: 9781848094451
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Patek Philippe
Author: Nicholas FoulkesPublisher: Preface Publishing
ISBN: 9781848094628
Category : Clock and watch makers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Founded in Geneva in 1839, and to this day a family-owned company, Patek Philippe makes what are widely regarded as the world's finest mechanical watches. The famous 1933 pocket watch known as the "Graves" supercomplication, sold at auction in 2014 for US$23,934,00. This book tells the story of the world-renowned watchmakers, Patek Philippe.
Patek Philippe Museum
Author: Anka DraganescuPatek Philippe
Author: J. Michael MehltretterPublisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764342134
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"The distinctive watches from Patek Philippe are among the finer things of this world. Long valued for their precision and elegance, here they are appreciated as well for their financial value and its potential for growth. This book serves as a guide for watch collectors and investors alike."--Jacket.
A Grand Complication
Author: Stacy PermanPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439190100
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
Two wealthy and powerful men engage in a decades-long contest to create and possess the most remarkable watch in history. James Ward Packard of Warren, Ohio, was an entrepreneur and a talented engineer of infinite curiosity, a self-made man who earned millions from his inventions, including the design and manufacture of America’s first luxury car—the elegant and storied Packard. Henry Graves, Jr., was the very essence of blue-blooded refinement in the early 1900s: son of a Wall Street financier, a central figure in New York high society, and a connoisseur of beautiful things—especially fine watches. Then, as now, expensive watches were the ultimate sign of luxury and wealth, but in the early twentieth century the limitless ambition, wealth, and creativity of these two men pushed the boundaries of mathematics, astronomy, craftsmanship, technology, and physics to create ever more ingenious timepieces. In any watch, features beyond the display of hours, minutes, and seconds are known as “complications.” Packard and Graves spurred acclaimed Swiss watchmaker Patek Philippe to create the Mona Lisa of timepieces—a fabled watch that incorporated twenty-four complications and took nearly eight years to design and build. For the period, it was the most complicated watch ever created. For years it disappeared, but then it surfaced at a Sotheby’s auction in 1999, touching off a heated bidding war, shattering all known records when it fetched $11 million from an anonymous bidder. New York Times bestselling author Stacy Perman takes us from the clubby world of New York high society into the ateliers of the greatest Swiss watchmakers, and into the high-octane, often secretive subculture of modern-day watch collecting. With meticulous research, vivid historical details, and a wealth of dynamic personalities, A Grand Complication is the fascinating story of the thrilling duel between two of the most intriguing men of the early twentieth century. Above all, it is a sweeping chronicle of innovation, the desire for beauty, and the lengths people will go to possess it.
Patek Philippe Museum
Author: Patek Philippe MuseumPublisher:
ISBN: 9782839900799
Category : Clocks and watches
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Patek Philippe, Geneve
Author: Martin HuberPublisher: Scanlon Amer Reprints
ISBN: 9783906500034
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Patek Philippe Steel Watches
Author: John GolbergerPublisher: Damiani Limited
ISBN: 9788862083041
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With this magnificent volume, watch expert and authority John Goldberger, author of 100 Superlative Rolex Watches, presents the most beautiful and remarkable watches ever fitted with steel cases by the Geneva-based watch company Patek Philippe. With the collaboration of the world's leading collectors and connoisseurs, the collection presented in this exclusive publication is the result of painstaking research, supplemented by professional photographs that show the most minute details and characteristics of the movement, case and dial of each timekeeper. With 187 superb examples, as well as over 900 color illustrations and 800 descriptive texts, this volume offers the watch collector and enthusiast invaluable information about the finest rare masterpieces of Patek Philippe's production, including recent research on referencenumbers, dials, movements, related calibers and each watch's year of production. Organized in 12 chapters, this tome covers a century of the company's quintessential spirit and style.
Patek Philippe in America
Author: John ReardonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780982037928
Category : Clocks and watches
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description