10836 - Patek Philippe Genève

The brand's 1st book on pocket watches.

Magnificent book with beautiful illustrations and a list of movement numbers up to 1971.

First Printing : 3000 copies

Table of Contents :
Foreword
Introduction
Chap. I The origins of the firm PATEK PHILIPPE (Biographies of Antoine Norbert de Patek, François Czapek and Jean Adrien Philippe – Dates of the early history of the firm.)
Chap. II The Successors (Persons, dates and history of the firm from the retirement of the founding generation to the present day.)
Chap. III Workshops and Retail Shop
Chap. IV PATEK PHILIPPE Today
Chap. V Patek's Travels
Chap. VI The Predecessors of the Modern Stem-winding System (Keyless-winding systems by: P. A. Caron (Beaumarchais) – H. L. Jaquet-Droz – R. Leslie – E. Massey – F. & A. Meylan – J. A. Berrollas – Ch. E. Viner – P. F. Ingold – Th. Prest – L. A. and Cl. F. Breguet – L. Audemars – Ch. A. Lecoultre – A. Nicole)
Chap. VII The Stem-winding Systems of Adrien Philippe (Descriptions of Adrien Philippe's patented stem-winding systems between the years 1845 and 1861)
Chap. VIII Additional Patented Inventions and Designs by Adrien Philippe (Watch movement with “independent dead seconds-hand” – The “free” mainspring – A precision regulator – A mechanism for a perpetual calendar in watches)
Chap. IX Inventions and Patented Designs by PATEK PHILIPPE, between 1891 and 1979 (Double chronograph – Ultra-thin watch movement – “gyromax” balance – Attachment devices for the balance-spring stud – Hand-setting device – Wrist watch movement with straight-line time display – Automatic winding systems for wrist watches)
Chap. X The Watches of PATEK & CZAPEK and PATEK PHILIPPE & CO. (Technical and artistic developments of the production – Successes at World Exhibitions – Forgeries)
Chap. XI Tourbillons and Karrusels
Chap. XII Chronometrical Competitions at the Geneva Observatory
Chap. XIII The Most Complicated Watch (“Marie Antoinette” by A-L. Breguet – “La Merveilleuse” by Ami Lecoultre-Piguet – “Montre ultra-compliquée” by M. Leroy – The “Graves” Watch by PATEK PHILIPPE.)
Chap. XIV List of movement numbers between the years 1839 and 1971
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Explanatory note concerning the illustrations
Illustrations (Watches by Patek, Czapek & Co. (Patek & Czapek) 97 – Watches by Patek & Co., and PATEK PHILIPPE & Co. 104 – Pocket Chronometers, Watches with Tourbillon and Karrusel 169 – Watches with Chronograph 181 – Watches with Perpetual Calendar 200 – Watches with Repeater 209 – Watches with two or more complications 221 – Wrist Watches 260)
Name index and subject index
List of the illustrated watches from the PATEK PHILIPPE private museum (Museum-numbers)

288 pages

Edition : 1982