Rare Patek Philippe Timepieces Up For Auction In April

Antiquorum Auctioneers will feature a selection of extremely rare  Patek Philippe timepieces in its upcoming April 25th auction, “Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces” on Madison Avenue in New York City. The centerpiece of the sale will be the Patek Philippe Ref. 3974 in platinum. The watch is an astronomic, minute repeating, self-winding wristwatch with a perpetual […]

By Seth Semilof

Patek Philippe Ladies First Perpetual Calendar

Combining femininity with Grandes Complications, Patek Phillipes’ has created the Ladies First Perpetual Calendar. Equipped with the prominent ultra-thin 240 Q calibre, this first perpetual calendar for ladies blends technical elegance and aesthetic style with a graceful case that offers a remarkably slender profile, adorned in pink gold and delicately set with diamonds. Technical Details: […]

Patek Philippe Reveals New Site

Patek Philippe has recently revealed their new sleek and modern website, just in time for Baselworld 2012. Easy navigation, product information and ordering, along with informative information about the company, the site is reflective of the prestigious and undisputed reputation Patek Philippe has become known for. www.patek.com

Antiquorum’s Hong Kong Auction Features Rare Jaeger-LeCoultre Collection And Special Patek Philippe Timepiece

  After previewing in Shanghai, Beijing and Singapore, Antiquorum will present a 452 piece collection  modern and vintage timepieces at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong on February 26. The collection includes three very rare and highly complicated Jaeger-LeCoultre watches including the white gold Gyrotourbillon One, No.02/20. The watch is a highly complicated 18K […]

10 Facts About Patek Philippe President Thierry Stern

Recently in Dubai for the Watch Art Grand Exhibition, La Moda Dubai was able to obtain an elite interview with Thierry Stern, the fourth in a line of presidents who have steered 170-year old watch company Patek Philippe. The man who is as sophisticated as the watches themselves, told La Moda Dubai about his passion […]

Cartier and Patek Philippe Top The List Of Jewelry And Watch Brands

The World Luxury Association announced the world’s leading luxury brands with Cartier positioned first in the jewelry group and Patek Philippe leading the luxury watch category. Watch brands also making the list included Vacheron Constantin, Piaget, Jaeger-Le Coultre, Piguet, Audemars Piguet, Blancpain, Rolex, Breguet, IWC and Franck Muller. Like Haute Time? Join our Facebook page […]

A look at the Top Multiple Time Zone Watches

They’re the traveler’s best friend–world time watches and their near-cousins, two time zone watches. They are designed to help jet-setters keep track of local time and the time in one or more other time zones. Their invention and development follows the evolution of travel itself, as a multiple time zone watch depends on the existence […]

Inside Look at Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva

It is not more than a few minutes into the weekly English-language tour of the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva when one of the visitors asks the inevitable question: would you spend tens of thousands to millions of dollars on a Patek Philippe timepiece because you want something that is more accurate? The guide replies […]

Haute Time: Limited-Edition Perpetual Calendar 5550P and THe UR-110Zrn Torpedo

Patek Philippe Introduces New High Tech Heart for Limited-Edition Perpetual Calendar 5550P For hundreds of years watches were made with just three materials: brass, steel, and ruby bearings. Patek Philippe is often considered the guardian of watchmaking’s most elegantly conservative high craftsmanship (with prices that match its peerless quality.) But with its new limited-edition 5550P […]

Patek Philippe and Rolex at Antiquorum’s “Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces” Auction

Antiquorum’s “Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces” auction will take place on November 13 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Geneva. The highlights will include a recently discovered Patek Philippe quarter. The auction will also feature a special type five-minute repeating 24-hours in one revolution pocket watch and a Patek Philippe ref 1518 in yellow gold. […]

Less Is More : The Art of the Ultra Thin Watch

What goes around, comes around –call them ultra thin or extra flat, thin dress watches are back, and a rose by any other name would be just as elegant.  Though a newcomer to fine watchmaking in recent years might be forgiven for not knowing it, making a thin watch (and wearing one) was for decades […]

Haute Time: Patek Philippe Introduces New High Tech Heart for Limited-Edition Perpetual Calendar 5550P

For hundreds of years watches were made with just three materials: brass, steel, and ruby bearings. Patek Philippe is often considered the guardian of watchmakng’s most elegantly conservative high craftsmanship (with prices that match its peerless quality). But with its new limited-edition 5550P perpetual calendar, it’s taken a bold leap into a high tech future. […]