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Patek Philippe World Time 5230G (5230G-001)

I like my other Joan Boyce but not this. It is too heavy, so I returned this today. Too bad because this was really pretty.

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Review by Atagana Great, From U.a.e Sharjah

Patek Philippe Grand Complications Mechanical Cream Dial Men's Watch 5940J-001

Good Transaction A+

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Review by Craig Williams, From Uk Oldham

Patek Philippe Complications Black and Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 7071R-010

This Patek Philippe watch is sleek and provided the no non-sense basics,.Time! It has the black dial and is a chhange up from the big bulky watches we've all grown accustomed to. This watch is lightweight, thin and classy, overall a beautiful piece of Jewelry. You can't go wrong with this one.

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Review by Michael Godfrey, From United States St. Louis

Laurent Ferrier is a watchmaker's watchmaker, having worked at Patek Philippe for more than 30 years, rising to the rank of technical director, and then starting his own brand five years ago. I caught up with Ferrier to find out what makes him tick.

You have had quite a career. What is your secret of success?
The opportunity to have worked for 40 years with the best craftsmen, designers and watchmakers gave me a taste for excellence and performance. During all those years I had the chance to fulfil my dreams and meet people passionate about fine watchmaking with whom I continue to share fantastic moments along this common passion.

What do you love about watches?
Watches are for me a form of elegance, harmony in an object which is a paramount of craftsmanship and refinement. It combines visual arts and technical expertise and knowledge.

How did you come to the decision to start your own brand?
Both my father and grandfather worked in the watchmaking industry; I always wanted to perpetuate this legacy. For me, producing my own timepiece was really a once in a lifetime chance to fulfil a real watchmaking dream.
Our initial intention was to design the piece that a watchmaker would love to wear. This is how the Galet Classic was born. Following the GPHG award in the men's watch category, the brand awareness really took off.
Laurent Ferrier is now five years old and we have learned a lot during this fantastic experience. The GPHG award was just overwhelming and is perceived as a real encouragement to keep striving for the same level of commitment and passion for excellence.

What was the biggest challenge to getting your brand off the ground?
The success of the Galet Classic Tourbillon Double Spiral helped us build brand awareness. The challenge we faced was to enhance our collection and offer new models that stick to the highest standards of Haute Horlogerie excellence while offering appealing products to our customers.

What is your favourite, non-Laurent Ferrier watch?
The Patek Philippe 5159 Officer's watch, a legendary timepiece.

Do you remember your first watch? What was it and what is the story behind it?
My very first watch was an Orator timepiece that I received at the age of 10 as a gift from my father who was the brand agent.

What gets you up in the morning? What do you enjoy about what you do?
I had the chance to be given the extraordinary opportunity to create my own timepiece from scratch with total freedom.
When I realized we had a customer base to support us, I kept doing what I really enjoy in life: design timepieces. And I have so many projects in mind ... a few of them may surprise you.

A resolutely avant-garde 19th century brand, Czapek is being revived by three passionate devotees, complete with powerful technical content and an unusual marketing concept.
170 years after the creation of Czapek & Cie, Czapek is reborn on November 10th 2015. The enthusiasts behind this promising initiative have chosen WorldTempus to announce today's official launch.
Fans of watchmaking history will doubtless have recognised in the name Czapek the first associate of Patek. The two Polish exiles sought refuge in Geneva in the 1830s and jointly created the company Patek, Czapek & Cie in 1839. The contract they signed stipulated an initial six-year phase of cooperation, during which several hundred watches were produced, most of them bespoke creations for various European courts. Some of these models are indeed exhibited in the Patek Philippe Museum. In 1845, the two men decided to go their separate ways, each with a new associate. Czapek & Cie was founded on May 1st 1845 and proved extremely successful with a workshop in Geneva (first on the Quai des Bergues and later at 175 Rue du Rhône), boutiques in Paris (one of the first on the Place Vendôme!) and in Warsaw, official status as watchmaker to the court of Emperor Napoleon III, and the publication of the very first watchmaking book in Polish. François Czapek unfortunately died before completing the second volume.

From historical wealth to technical accomplishment
Will Xavier de Roquemaurel (CEO) and Harry Guhl publish it with their anonymous associate after reviving the brand? The three founders have been working on their project since 2008, when the brand name was registered after having been previously abandoned. Having decided to pay tribute to this exceptional watchmaker, François Czapek, they drew inspiration from his 1850 twin-aperture pocket watch featuring a forged iron hand between 4 and 5 o'clock cleverly indicating both days of the week and the 7-day power reserve, while echoing the small seconds subdial between 7 and 8 o'clock.

For this contemporary version, the exclusive calibre developed by Chronode picks up the same attributes, attractively displayed on a Grand Feu enamel dial crafted by Donze Cadrans. Pushing the concept of horizontal production to its ultimate limits, Czapek works with the finest artisans: Lab for the complex yet refined case, HMW Waeber for the stylised hands and Camille Fournet for the straps, while the design work is done by Neo-Desis, a firm known to collectors for the Tourbillon 24 secondes by Greubel Forsey as well as Harry Winston's Opus 6 and 8 models.

Loyal to the spirit of the original timepiece with its elegant and authentic personality, the result is interpreted in an initial "Quai des Bergues" collection (a nod to the original workshops) composed of six models, all powered by the seven-day calibre developed with Jean-François Mojon. A prestigious version in pink or white gold with a Grand Feu enamel dial comes with a CHF 25,000 price tag; while a sportier titanium and steel version (retailing at between nine and ten thousand francs) features a highly innovative "vinyl" carbon dial: its 0.4mm wire-wound (single spool) carbon ring is as light as it is sturdy. Supplied by the Swiss steel specialist Montanstahl, the stainless steel of the case itself also makes an exclusive first appearance in the watch industry. And the innovation does not stop there…

Why buy the watch if you can buy the brand?
Keeping close track of the times and of their kopecks, the Czapek founders have also adopted an original crowdfunding equity growth concept regulated by the Swiss financial market supervisory authority (FINMA). The system enables Czapek to build up a worldwide circle of shareholders, as well as offering collectors from around the world the chance to acquire a stake in the capital of a brand whose destiny they will be able to influence, as well as the possibility of acquiring watches at preferential rates. To complement the distribution of this production slated to reach less than 1,000 timepieces per year (and only 250 during the first year), Czapek will entrust the brand to one retailer per country. Two other collections are already in the pipeline for the next three years. The resolutely functional first models will be given their first public preview today in Geneva at the Flower Clock (La Potiniere) and subsequently at the Belles Montres watch show in Paris as well as back in Geneva during the SIHH in mid-January, at the Hôtel… des Bergues. Where else?

WORLDTEMPUS - 12 May 2010

Collectors alert! This is the year of the chronograph for Patek Philippe, who introduced three different proprietary calibers in Basel, all destined to become auction darlings. The brand also charged up its Nautilus line with two new models, a first-ever 18-karat gold case, and a stainless steel model with a grey dial.

Split-second timing
Most notable are two new split-second chronographs, Reference 5950A and Reference 5951P (with perpetual calendar). The 5950A ("A" stands for acier, or steel) is a split-seconds monopusher model outfitted with caliber CHR27-525, the world's thinnest split-seconds chronograph movement with column-wheel control, coming in at just 5.25mm. A separate department was set up in 2003 explicitly to develop this proprietary movement in order to continue cultivating future chronograph calibers. One of its new facets is the continuously running 60-minute counter, which is driven directly by the cannon pinion. The 5951P is based on the same movement and boasts the addition of a perpetual calendar module that adds a mere 2.05 mm in height, adding up to an overall height of just 7.3 mm, making it the thinnest rattrapante chronograph with perpetual calendar ever crafted by Patek Philippe. The 5950A is priced at 440,000 Swiss francs, and the 5951P at 500,000 Swiss francs. Collectors will understand the whopping prices: the unusual cushion shape and rare material of the case—stainless steel is indeed rarely used by the Genevan brand—and the extremely complicated in-house movement.

Collection chronographs
The manually wound chronograph caliber CH 29-535 PS incorporating six patented innovations and numerous technical improvements that pay tribute to modernity was first introduced last November as the Ladies First Chronograph model following five years of development. Coming out in a men's watch at Baselworld as Reference 5170J, it is a classic, yellow gold, 39 mm Calatrava whose appearance is based on a design from the 1940s. This chronograph, which is outfitted with a classic column wheel and a horizontal clutch, comes in at 65,000 Swiss francs.

Also launched at the fair this year was a new version of the Reference 5960P Annual Calendar Chronograph. First introduced in 2006, this timepiece was the first regularly produced chronograph movement developed from the bottom up by Patek Philippe—Caliber CH 28-520 IRM QA 24H—crafted entirely in-house from the movement blank to the finished caliber. It combines two of the most popular horological complications and has ranked among of the manufacture's bestsellers since its introduction. This year it was launched in a second platinum edition, this one with a matte blue sunburst dial instead of the previous silvery grey dial, and is priced at 72,000 Swiss francs.

The Nautilus collection was broadened at the fair, starting with the chronograph, Reference 5980R, which was introduced on a brown leather strap and, for the first time, a gold case (18-karat 5N red gold). Powered by automatic Caliber CH 28-520 C, a column-wheel chronograph movement, it is priced at 49,000 Swiss francs. The final new Baselworld chronograph is a Nautilus: Reference 5980/1A has been redesigned with a charcoal grey dial, which complements the stainless steel case and bracelet. It also contains Caliber CH 28-520 C and is priced at 41,000 Swiss francs.

On a first European visit in Milan from the 1st to the 4th of July 2009, the Patek Philippe Grand Exhibition displayed 250 timepieces including rare and legendary watches from the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva, Grand Complications from the Geneva watch manufacturer as well as its new 2009 collection.

 
After New York and Los Angeles in the spring of 2008 and Hong Kong and Shanghai in previous years, the Patek Philippe exhibition "The Values of a Family Watch Company" took place in Italy for its first European visit in the prestigious Palazzo della Ragione in Milan.

The press opening took place on June 30th in the presence of President Philippe Stern and Vice President and designated successor Thierry Stern and was attended by more than 80 members of the Italian press including 2 national TV channels. Public visiting days received more than 4'000 visitors.
Last independent watch manufacturer in Geneva, Patek Philippe has been in the hands of the Stern family for four generations. Since the purchase of the company in 1932, the Stern family has promoted the ten basic values that reflect the company's philosophy and inspired the exhibition: Independence, Innovation, Tradition, Quality and Workmanship, Rarity, Value, Aesthetics, Service, Emotion and Heritage.
The exhibition offers a journey through the past and the present of watchmaking. The 250 timepieces exhibited embody some of Patek Philippe's most beautiful creations and illustrate the shared passion of Philippe and Thierry Stern.

Rare and precious timepieces from the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva
The exhibition offers not only insights into the Geneva watch manufacturer but also a real journey through the history of watchmaking. Patek Philippe has devoted a large area of the exhibition to the many rare and precious timepieces from the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva which boasts more than 2,000 watches.
Exhibited among the rare museum pieces visitors where able to discover the famous Star Caliber 2000. This timepiece which hallmarked the new millennium features 21 of the rarest complications along with six patented innovations. Based on five centuries of watchmaking, it stands for the future of mechanical horology. Among the most complicated Patek Philippe timepieces ever, the Star Caliber ranks third, right behind the 'Caliber 89' and the 'Graves'.

Grand Complications and the Realm of the Exceptional
Patek Philippe has established itself as the undisputed leader of the supreme watchmaking art of Grand Complications - from ultra flat perpetual calendars to patented annual calendars, from classic chronographs to the most renowned World Time watches. The ultimate dream of watch collectors, this realm of the exceptional brings together the rarest and most complicated Patek Philippe timepieces, ingenious works of craftsmanship and miniaturization, as for example the tourbillon escapement watches or minute repeaters.
The exhibition offers visitors a unique opportunity to admire the largest collection of complicated watches in regular production and proposes an innovative film to experience the unique and much sought after sound of Patek Philippe minute repeaters.

The current collection enhanced with the new models introduced at Baselworld 2009
To grasp the very best of an era through shapes that go well beyond the fashions, to succeed in being both novel and eternal, modern and timeless - such are the challenges and the spirit that have always driven Patek Philippe through each of its creations. The company's designers have thus created legendary watches that have been established as great classics of elegance: pure simplicity for the round case of the Calatrava, Art Deco variations for the shaped Gondolo models, perfect balance for the Golden Ellipse, casual elegance and sports performance for the Nautilus and Aquanaut collections. The entire current collection was exhibited, along with the latest creations launched during the 2009 Baselworld Show.
To mark this exhibition an Italian language catalog was produced, covering the values of the last independent Geneva watch manufacturer and describing the precious timepieces brought together for the event.

Since 1839 and without interruption, Patek Philippe has evolved the traditional art of Geneva watchmaking. The independent watch manufacturer enjoys total creative freedom to design, develop and produce what specialists consider to be the most beautiful watches in the world. Patek Philippe nurtures a tradition of innovation which generated an impressive repertoire of more than 80 patents. To create its precious timepieces of classical design and intrinsic value to be passed on from one generation to the next, the watch manufacturer relies on leading-edge technology while preserving the tradition and ancestral know-how of watchmaking.