Founded in 1839 by Antoine Norbert de Patek and Adrien Philippe, Patek Philippe is recognized as the pinnacle of fine Swiss watchmaking. Patek Philippe timepieces are among the most collectible and coveted in the market, renowned for their intricate complications, famed sports watches, exquisite craftsmanship, and understated dress watches.
Patek Philippe is a Swiss luxury watchmaker and one of the oldest independent watchmaking families in the world. Patek Philippe is also one of the world's most respected luxury watch brands, with a history of innovation, craftsmanship, and cutting-edge designs. Grab one of the rarest Patek Philippe watches on sale because there is no better time to get your hands on one of these incredible timepieces than now.
Patek Philippe has always made timepieces for a discerning clientele, catering to European royalty in the 1800s and folding in American industrialists by the early 1900s. Serious watch collectors continue to look to the Genevan watchmaker for the very best pieces, and for many, buying Patek Philippe watches means moving into the upper echelons of high horology.
In 1932, the Stern family took control of Patek Philippe, and it remains in the hands of that family today. That was the same year the Calatrava watch debuted, Patek Philippe’s flagship dress watch. The Patek Philippe Calatrava watch remains a mainstay in the brand’s catalog. It is available in a wide range of sizes and styles but always with its characteristic round case and understated dial and always fashioned from precious metals.
Introduced in the 1930s and patented in the 1950s, Patek Philippe World Time watches, which display 24 time zones simultaneously, are some of the brand’s most historically significant and instantly recognizable models.
In 1941, Patek Philippe began its regular production of perpetual calendar timepieces — with and without chronographs — and today, Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar watches and Perpetual Calendar Chronographs are recognized as some of the finest ever made. Aside from its pioneering role in the perpetual calendar, Patek Philippe also invented the simpler Annual Calendar complication, which came around much later in 1996.
A seismic shift occurred at Patek Philippe in 1976 with the introduction of the Gerald Genta-designed Nautilus, a stainless steel sports watch that offered simple time and date functionality. Compared to complicated timepieces and gold watches that the company offered up until that point, the Nautilus was a dramatic alternative to what a luxury watch could be. The company expanded the collection over the next decades to include other materials and complications, and the Nautilus became one of the most popular Patek Philippe watches for sale. Furthermore, the Nautilus paved the way for the watchmakers’ other sports watch model, the Aquanaut, which was launched in 1997. The Aquanaut also became one of the most exceedingly in-demand Patek Philippe watches for sale. Other important Patek Philippe models to note include the ladies’ Twenty~4 watch collection, the sixes-themed Golden Ellipse models, the non-round Gondolo timepieces, and above all else, the Grand Complications, which offer pieces with minute repeaters, tourbillons, split-second chronographs, celestial indications, and other intricate complications.
Whether sports watches, dress watches, complications, or ladies’ models, to buy Patek Philippe watches is to have the opportunity to enjoy exquisite watchmaking craftsmanship. From its case and dial to its movement and bracelet, Patek Philippe watches are crafted from the finest materials and finished by hand by specialists, artisans, watchmakers, and other craftspeople.
The Patek Philippe seal, engraved on the company's movements since 2009, represents a standard of excellence that few, if any, other watch houses can match.