![]() The Queen had another exclusive Patek Philippe timepiece, to be worn pinned to clothing. The watch was embellished with rose-cut diamonds set in the pattern of a bouquet of flowers. In the same year, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom acquired a keyless pendant watch at the Great Exhibition in London. On 1 January 1851, the company's name was officially changed to Patek, Philippe & Cie. Subsequently, Patek was joined by French watchmaker Adrien Philippe, the inventor of the keyless winding mechanism (although this has been discovered previously by Abraham Louis Breguet but not patented by him), and continued the watchmaking business with a new company, Patek & Cie, beginning on. On, Czapek founded Czapek & Cie with a new partner, Juliusz Gruzewski. The two eventually separated due to disagreements and the company was liquidated on 18 April 1845. The company traces its origins to the mid-19th century, when Polish watchmaker Antoni Patek along with his Czech-born Polish partner Franciszek Czapek formed Patek, Czapek & Cie in Geneva on and started manufacturing pocket watches. ![]() 6300A-010 currently holds the title of the most expensive watch (and wristwatch) ever sold at auction (US$31.19 million/31 million CHF), while Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication, the world's most complicated mechanical watch until 1989, currently holds the title of the most expensive pocket watch ever sold at auction (US$24 million/23,237,000 CHF). ![]() In particular, Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. As of December 2020, among the world's top ten most expensive watches ever sold at auctions, eight are Patek Philippe watches. Patek Philippe is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious watch manufacturers in the world. In 2001, it opened the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva. The company maintains over 400 retail locations globally and over a dozen distribution centers across Asia, Europe, North America, and Oceania. It designs and manufactures timepieces as well as movements, including some of the most complicated mechanical watches. Patek Philippe is one of the oldest watch manufacturers in the world with an uninterrupted watchmaking history since its founding. Since 1932, the company has been owned by the Stern family in Switzerland and remains the last family-owned independent watch manufacturer in Geneva. Established in 1839, it is named after two of its founders, Antoni Patek and Adrien Philippe. ![]() Patek Philippe SA is a Swiss luxury watch and clock manufacturer, located in the Canton of Geneva and the Vallée de Joux. The watch was passed down internally by the descendants of Adrien Philippe for 148 years. The watch is the earliest ancestor of the Calatrava possessing the profile and size that would become the standard for future wristwatches being slim with a round case. It is one of a kind as the only wristwatch owned by one of the founders of Patek Philippe. Joseph would replace Antoni Patek running the company in 1877 upon his death. A successor was desperately needed at the time for the company to survive the founding generation. Adrien gifted the watch to his daughter, Louise, as a gift for her wedding to Joseph Antoine Bénassy in 1875, which is noted as the marriage that saved Patek Philippe. Originally the watch was ordered and owned by the founder, Adrien Philippe. The highly historic Patek Philippe known as “The Watchmaker’s Daughter”.
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