Patek Philippe

Sport, classic and complicated

The Nautilus, drawn by Gérald Genta in 1976 around a porthole-inspired case, is the watch most people come to Patek for, with the Aquanaut offering the same integrated-bracelet idea in a rounded, rubber-strapped form. The Calatrava is the opposite argument: a plain round dress watch that has defined the house since 1932.

Gondolo keeps the rectangular and cushion cases alive, Golden Ellipse works to the golden ratio, and Twenty~4 is the women's line in both cuff and round automatic form. Complications and Grand Complications are where Patek makes its case hardest, covering annual calendars, moon phases, world time, perpetual calendars, split-seconds chronographs and repeaters.

Papers matter more here

With Patek, provenance carries real weight. An Extract from the Archives confirms the reference, movement and case numbers and the date of sale, and a full set with the original certificate and box will always be worth more than a bare watch. We record what a given piece comes with rather than describing sets generically, and we will tell you plainly when a watch is watch-only.

Movements and finishing

Patek stopped using the Geneva Seal in 2009 and replaced it with its own Patek Philippe Seal, which covers the finished watch rather than just the movement and sets a rate tolerance tighter than COSC on most calibres. It also commits the company to servicing every watch it has ever made. In practice that matters: a vintage reference can go back to Geneva and come home correct, which is not true of every brand at this level.

Buying and selling

Much of our Patek inventory is listed as price on request. Those watches are in stock and we will quote on enquiry, in the showroom or over the phone. We also buy Patek Philippe and take it in trade against other pieces.