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Famous Patek Philippe Watches by ajaxblogger
June 14, 2010, 10:01 am
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Patek Philippe & Co. is a Switzerland-based watch making company founded in 1851. For generations, a Patek Philippe watch has been considered one of the best in the world.

The watch manufacturers created this reputation by supplying individual Patek Philippe watches for royalty. Some of their royal clientele included Pope’s Leo XIII and Pius IX, Victor-Emanuel III, and Hussein Kamel.

The company also has a reputation for creating specifically commissioned designer watches for specific individuals. Some of these individual Patek Philippe watches include…

A 24-function pocket-watch for Henry Graves, Jr., used by the American banker in a friendly horological bet with James Ward Packard. It was auctioned in 1999 for $11 million, the most ever spent on a timepiece.

There was also a platinum Patek Philippe tourbillion wristwatch called “Ref. 5002P Sky Moon” set a world record at $1.49 million, making it the most expensive modern wristwatch in existence.

In honor of their 150th anniversary, Patek Philippe created the Calibre 89, which included 33 complications. Some of its many features included a thermometer, time of sunrise, equation of time, sidereal time, a split second hand, and even a star chart.

Of course, the 160-year-old watch-making company does offer luxury watches that are slightly more fiscally responsible, such as the Ladies Nautilus 2-Tone 4700/1 and the Men’s Golden Ellipse Bracelet 3844/J2.

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Luxury Watches Are More Than Fashionable by ajaxblogger
February 17, 2010, 9:35 am
Filed under: A Lange, Audemars Piguet, Cartier Watches, Luxury Watches, Panerai, Patek Phillipe, Raymond Weil Watches | Tags: , , ,

To me, there’s nothing like designer watches. Some people get fanatic about clothes, some about shoes, and other about cars, but me, I love a fine watch. I can tell a Patek Philippe watch from a Panerai Watch with the greatest degree of accuracy.

But I feel I have to justify my love of fine watches to most people who don’t understand why you’d pay so much for a watch. They simply don’t understand what it’s like to have that kind of luxury wrapped around your wrist. Many feel that in today’s world where we have the time on our cell phones, ipods, computers and other gadgets, the need for a watch is over.

The common consensus today is that it’s almost overkill to have all those time-telling devices on you.
But unlike these gadgets and gizmos, watches are timeless.

I got my first watch from my grandfather for my thirteenth birthday. He got it when was 19, from his father after the war, and now he was handing it down to me. I remember feeling like an adult for the first time having this beautiful timepiece on my arm. And you just don’t get that kind of nostalgia with a cell phone or iPod. So in short, designer watches are more than just a fashion statement or a way to show off your status.

A fine watch can be a timeless, meaningful heirloom that can be passed on from generation to generation.

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