Patek Philippe
– The last privately owned, independent Genevan watch
manufacturer. Since 1839, Patek Philippe has been continuously
perpetuating the tradition of Genevan watchmaking. As an independent
company, it enjoys total creative freedom to design, produce
and complete what experts agree to be the finest timepieces
in the world. Relying on its extraordinary experience, Patek
Philippe cultivates a tradition of innovation crowned by an
impressive portfolio of more than 80 patents. In creating its
precious, classically elegant watches, designed to be handed
down from one generation to the next, the company relies on
latest-generation technology combined with ancestral watchmaking
know-how.”
Patek Philippe is the last watch “manufacture” in
Geneva. In the Swiss watchmaking industry, a manufacture is
a company that conceives, develops and builds entire mechanical
watches on its own resources. There are barely half a dozen
true manufactures left in Switzerland today. |
