Patek
Phillipe Replica Watches
You have
to respect a company like Patek Phillipe. This company has
worked tirelessly since its inception in 1839 to push the
frontier of watch making excellence. The company is responsible
for numerous patents and technological advances in the art
of fine timepiece crafting. Before long, the company had
earned such a dominant position in the Swiss watch making
industry that the company was commissioned to produce timepieces
for Queen Victoria of England. Despite this high praise,
Patek Phillipe has in no way rested on its laurels. This
company pursues excellence ferociously and is founded on
a passion for the products it produces.
Patek
Phillipe’s bragging rights include being the manufacturer
of the world’s two most complicated watches, including
the famous Caliber 89. This accomplishment is an important
part of Patek Phillipe’s history. This accomplishment
means so much to the company that it has incorporated a line
of ‘Complicated Watches’ into its current product
offerings. The company views complicated design as the ultimate
test for a luxury watch manufacturer.
So what
can you expect from a company with such and illustrious history
and dedication to timepiece craftsmanship? Simply put, a
timepiece that is unmatched in craftsmanship and technical
brilliance. Patek Phillipe’s watches are simply breathtaking.
Materials quality is superb, and designs are both classic
and creative. There is literally nothing negative that one
can say about Patek Phillipe’s designs; they are all
beautiful, complicated, and rare… just like the lucky
individuals that wear these designs. If you are in the market
for a luxury timepiece that you can be proud of, you would
do well to investigate the Patek Phillipe lineup.
Patek Phillippe
Replica Watches - A Brief History
Patek Phillipe was established
in 1839 by Count Antoine Norbert de Patek and his friend Francois Czapek.
Their earliest watches were signed Patek, Czapek & co. Czapek left the
company in 1845 and several years later Jean Adrien Phillipe joined the company.
Phillipe, who went on to invent the famous stem-winding and hand setting
mechanism, became a full partner in 1851.
Patek Phillipe assumed
a leading role in the Swiss watch making industry by raising the standards
of workmanship and time keeping. The company introduced technical improvements
such as the free mainspring, and the sweep second hand. In addition, Patek
Phillipe implemented improvements to functions such as regulators, chronographs,
and perpetual calendar mechanisms. While attending the Paris Exhibition in
1867, Patek Phillipe displayed watches featuring functions that became the
benchmark for complicated watches in the early 1900’s, including a
chronograph with split-seconds, the perpetual calendar, and a repeater.
In 1932 Patek Phillipe
was sold to Charles and Jean Stern. The third generation of that family still
owns and manages the company today.
Shortly after World War
II, Patek Phillipe diversified and established an electronics division. During
the 1950's the company introduced quartz technology, filing several new patents
and winning numerous awards.
To mark its 150th anniversary,
Patek Phillipe engineered and produced the world’s most complicated
watch (the Caliber 89) in 1989.
Patek Phillipe SA, Geneva
remains family owned company, owned jointly by its president, Mr. Henry Stern,
and his son Mr. Phillipe Stern. The company continues to make timepieces,
watches and clocks. The company maintains its prestigious reputation by employing
highly specialized craftspeople capable of designing the most intricate of
watch movements and talented artisans, such as gold smiths and engravers.
Today, most of the firm's
production consists of wristwatches. The company does, however, retain the
ability to produce pocket watches and clocks to order, including those with
complicated movements and those decorated with miniature paintings and special
engravings. The company continues to patent new inventions and improvements
in watch making and time keeping.
Patek Phillipe Replicas
Patek and Phillipe set
out to make the world’s finest watches with top quality performance
and reliability. The design, crafting, manufacturing, finishing and assembly
have always been completed in-house by master craftsmen.
Patek Phillipe is the
only watch manufacturer who meets the requirements of the Geneva Seal – a
mark of distinction, which began in 1886 as a way to ensure origin and craftsmanship
of clocks and watches. The rules are such that only manual and self-winding
mechanical movements can receive the Geneva Seal. Every watch in the Patek
Phillipe collection qualifies under these regulations.
The quality is not lost
on those with the cash and the class to own one or two of the exclusive watches.
The wrists of Marie Curie, Leon Tolstoi, Queen Victoria and Richard Wagner
all reportedly sported a Patek Phillipe at one time or another.
But the company goes for
a more personal approach when promoting its brand. Communication typically
consists of tasteful black and white photography of an anonymous parent and
child scene to convey the generational aspects of owning a Patek Phillipe.
Works of photographers
such as Mary Ellen Mark, Regan Cameron, Regine Mahaux, and Ellen von Unwerth,
illustrate the reliability and timelessness of the watch, typically with
the tagline “You never actually own a Patek Phillipe. You merely take
care of it for the next generation.” Recent efforts have been underway
in the last decade to attract a largely untapped female audience. The creation
of the Twenty-4, a watch marketed toward women, carries the tagline “Who
will you be in the next 24 hours” and features color photographs of
a striking woman with the titles “mother, wife, boss, daughter, friend.”
The watchmaker also publishes
books on horology and an eponymous magazine, covering such diverse topics
as millenary, pets, flowers, lace and, the more obvious, origins of Greenwich
Mean Time. The timelessness of the content and the production quality of
the publication all reinforce the impression of Patek Phillipe as a brand
of premium distinction and lasting excellence.
With the current state
of economy, one would think luxury brand watchmaking would grind to a standstill.
However, according to a survey in the Financial Times, jewelry sales slowed
while the watch industry enjoyed a boom year (March 2001). The FT places
Patek Phillipe’s worth around the US$ 900M (983.5M euros) mark. Not
that anyone’s interested in selling. The ability to remain free of
global conglomerates means Patek Phillipe can continue making watches at
its relatively glacial pace of 23,000 a year – a figure with which
the company is content.
The brand is now headed
by another Phillipe. Phillipe Stern, whose family acquired the company in
1932, is the third generation to head the company, and plans are underway
for the succession of Thierry Stern, the president’s son, to continue
the tradition. The eventual retirement of the elder Stern will leave more
time for his leisure pursuits of sailing, skiing and dog sledding. And the
handing down of the company will reinforce the notion that Patek Phillipe
is among the family heirlooms to be treasured for generations.
Our Patek Phillipe replica
watches are the highest quality and most durable replicas available - almost
indistinguishable from the real thing. Our replicas are of unparalleled quality
and endurance. They'll last as long as the real things - and at a significantly
reduced cost. If you've ever wanted to own a Patek Phillipe watch, but couldn't
afford it, a Patek Phillipe replica watch is right for you.
