Patek Philippe watches

Patek Philippe traces its origins to 1839, when Antoni Patek and Franciszek Czapek formed a watchmaking company in Geneva. Patek was later joined by the French watchmaker Adrien Philippe, inventor of a keyless winding mechanism, and the company took the name Patek, Philippe & Cie in 1851.

Since 1932 the company has been owned by the Stern family. The Calatrava was introduced the same year. The Nautilus, a sports watch, was introduced in 1976. In 2009 the company replaced the Geneva Seal with its own standard, the Patek Philippe Seal.