Patek Philippe Vintage Rose Gold "Top Hat" Wrist Watch
By Patek Philippe
Located in Chicago, IL
Circa 1940s Patek Philippe 18k Rose Gold "Top Hat" 37 x 21 M.M. 2 Piece 18k Rose Gold case. Caliber 9-90 18 Jewel Nickle Lever, Mechanical, manual wind movement. Silver Satin dial wi...
18k Gold, Rose Gold
$19,600Sale Price|20% Off
Patek Philippe 425J "Tegolino" Mens Watch 18k Gold Manual
By Patek Philippe
Located in Miami, FL
Pre-owned 18K gold Patek Philippe 425J "Tegolino" manual watch, circa 1940. Complete with original Patek Philippe box. All case and movement parts original Patek Philippe. Movement i...
18k Gold
Patek Philippe, Elegant & Rare 18k YGold Chronograph "Ref. 130" Wristwatch, 1947
By Patek Philippe
Located in Paris, FR
Patek Philippe’s reference 130 is one of the firm’s best-known vintage chronograph models and chronographs of the 20th. Few Patek Philippe references enjoy such an iconic status amon...
18k Gold
Patek Philippe Calatrava Ref. 96, 1940 – Stainless Steel * Ultra Rare* Mint
By Patek Philippe
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
100% Genuine & All Original Fully Inspected, Completely Original Example All in Totally Unrestored Tip-Top Condition Very High Grade P.P. Cal.12-120PS, 18 Jewel, Hand-Wound ...
Stainless Steel
1940's Patek Philippe Vintage Ladies Ref. 1189 Watch - 18K White Gold & Diamonds
By Patek Philippe
Located in Suwanee, GA
NAMED ONE OF WATCHPRO MAGAZINE’S “HOT 100” - THE TOP 100 INFLUENCERS OF THE U.S. WATCH INDUSTRY. HOW CAN WE SERVE YOU? We’re new to offering our carefully curated collection on 1stD...
White Gold
Patek Philippe 18kt. Rose Gold Late Art Deco Round Original Dial from 1940s
By Patek Philippe
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Patek Philippe et Cie. STYLE / REFERENCE: Round Art Deco / Reference 2494 METAL / MATERIAL: 18kt Rose Gold CIRCA / YEAR: 1940's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: 41 Length X 33 D...
1940's Patek Philippe Vintage Mens 18K Gold Watch - Very Fine & Rare with Warran
By Patek Philippe
Located in Suwanee, GA
NAMED ONE OF WATCHPRO MAGAZINE’S “HOT 100” - THE TOP 100 INFLUENCERS OF THE U.S. WATCH INDUSTRY. HOW CAN WE SERVE YOU? We’re new to offering our carefully curated collection on 1stD...
18k Gold
Unavailable
Dm 1.38 in
Patek Philippe 565R Vintage Water Resistant Calatrava Rose Gold Watch Circa 1949
By Patek Philippe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The watch was made in 1949. The watch is further accompanied with a brown alligator strap, Patek Vintage buckle, and an extract from the archives confirming its date of manufacture...
18k Gold, Rose Gold
Rare Patek Philippe Pocket Watch
By Patek Philippe
Located in Rome, IT
Patek Philippe pocket watch for Hausmann, 1942, hands Luigi Filippo, roman enamelled numbers, Ref 881222. original leather box. It could be a piece of history, because in 1942, in R...
Patek Philippe Ref. 4357, 1948
By Patek Philippe
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
18k yellow gold Patek Philippe manual wind watch. Reference number 4357.
18k Gold
Patek Philippe 1431J Square Watch
By Patek Philippe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Introduction: This Patek Philippe 1431J vintage square watch 37 x 27mm is fitted with a 10"200 caliber movement #951699. The Watch is made in 18K yellow gold with a square case with...
18k Gold
Patek Philippe 1566J Square Watch
By Patek Philippe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Introduction: This 1566J Patek Philippe vintage square watch features large fancy lugs and a 18K yellow gold measuring 26 x 26 mm, with 10"-200 caliber manual wind movement #950651 a...
18k Gold
Patek Philippe Rose Gold Manual Wind Wristwatch Ref 1577
By Patek Philippe
Located in Paris, FR
Fine and rare 18k rose gold rectangular manual winding wristwatch with pink dial. Extract from the Archives Patek Philippe.
18k Gold, Rose Gold
Unavailable
Patek Philippe Rose Gold Pocket Watch
By Patek Philippe
Located in Westlake Village, CA
Pocket watches are amazingly affordable compared the wrist models. It's therefore possible to acquire very rare pieces at reasonable prices. A rose pocket watch with a black dial is ...
Gold, Rose Gold
Patek Philippe Rose Gold Manual Wind Wristwatch
By Patek Philippe
Located in Paris, FR
Fine and rare 18k pink gold manual winding wristwatch with two-tones pink dial and claw lugs. Extract from the Archives Patek Philippe.
18k Gold, Rose Gold
Patek Philippe Yellow Gold Chronograph Wristwatch Ref 533
By Patek Philippe
Located in Westlake Village, CA
For sale is this Patek Philippe Chronograph Ref. 553
Gold
Patek Philippe Yellow Gold Manual Wind Wristwatch
By Patek Philippe
Located in Paris, FR
Fine and vintage 18k yellow gold manual winding wristwatch circa 1940.
18k Gold
Patek Philippe Ladies Rose Gold Concealed Dial Bracelet Watch
By Patek Philippe
Located in Verona, IT
18k rose gold Patek Philippe concealed dial bracelet watch, made in the 1940s. Pink dial with painted indexes and baton markers; manual-wind mechanical movement. Published on the ori...
18k Gold
Vintage Patek Philippe Ladies 18 Karat Yellow Gold Watch, 1943
By Patek Philippe
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
1943 Vintage Patek Philippe Ladies Ref. 2292 18k Yellow Gold watch with Silver Dial with Applied Yellow Gold Bar Markers. 13mm x 33mm lug to lug (0.51 in. x 1.3 in.) - Equipped with ...
Patek Philippe Lady's Yellow Gold Wristwatch Ref 2292/2
By Patek Philippe
Located in Paris, FR
Elegant 18k yellow gold rectangular manual winding lady's wristwatch circa 1940's.
18k Gold
Unavailable
W 0.99 in L 1.58 in
Patek Philippe 2435J Vintage Rectangular Watch, Unusual Large Lugs, Circa 1948
By Patek Philippe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Introduction: Patek Philippe 2435J rectangular shaped 18K yellow gold watch, made in 1948. The watch measures 25 x 40mm. The case design is with a flared case with large half roun...
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Retro Sub-Dial Patek Philippe & Co Hand-Winding 18 Karat Gold Vintage Watch
By Patek Philippe
Located in Little Neck, NY
Retro Sub-Dial Patek Philippe & Co Hand-Winding 18 Karat Gold Vintage Watch . Authentic Mechanical wristwatch with second hand Sub-Dial Patek Philippe GENEVE 18 kt Yellow Gold Mid Ce...
Unavailable
H 1.64 in W 0.81 in L 1.68 in
Patek Philippe 425J "Tegolino" Vintage Art Deco Watch in Yellow Gold, Circa 1940
By Patek Philippe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Introduction: Patek Philippe 425J Tegolino Art Deco watch, measuring 42.5 x 20.5. The watch is fitted with a 9"90 caliber movement # 833788, case# 622162. The dial is a silver with...
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Patek Philippe Classic 2553 in yellow gold with a Grey dial 31mm Manual watch
By Patek Philippe
Located in Surfside, FL
Vintage Patek Philippe in 18k yellow gold with silver dial with gold stick hour markers. Manual wind w/ subseconds on brown leather strap & gold filled tang buckle. 38 length (lug to...
Yellow Gold
Patek Philippe Ref. 1596
By Patek Philippe
Located in Firenze, IT
Patek Philippe & Cie, Genève. Ref. 1596. Produced 1947 and sold April 2nd 1948. Accompanied by the Extract from Archives. Fine and rare, 18K yellow gold gentleman's.
C. three-...
18k Gold
c1940's Patek Philippe Ref. #1493 Rose Gold Waterproof Chrono
By Patek Philippe
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
. #1493 Early Chronograph by Patek Philippe - Waterproof Chronograph, Archive Papers, circa 1949
18k Gold
Gents Patek Philippe Steel Pocket Watch
By Patek Philippe
Located in Chicago, IL
Gents Stainless Steel, Triple Signed Patek Philippe Pocket watch, 45 M.M. 3 Piece case, 18 Jewel Manual wind movement, original metal Dial with Raised Breguet Arabic Numerals.
Stainless Steel
Gents Vintage Platinum Patek Philippe Wrist Watch
By Patek Philippe
Located in Chicago, IL
Gents Triple Signed Platinum Patek Philippe with Original Diamond Dial. 18 Jewel Manual wind Nickel Lever Movement.
Platinum
Vintage Patek Philippe Yellow Gold Men's Watch
By Patek Philippe
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Classy and elegant watch crafted by Patek Philippe in circa 1940's. Rectangular face, yellow gold case, champagne color dial, separate second hand, gold Roman numerals, original blac...
Patek Philippe 1940s Gents Mechanical Wrist Watch
By Patek Philippe
Located in Chicago, IL
Circa 1940s Patek Philippe Wrist watch, 40 X 24 M.M. 2 Piece 18K yellow Gold case. 18 Jewel Mechanical, Manual wind nickle lever movement. Patek Philippe Logo crown, Silver Satin dia...
18k Gold
Vintage 1940s Patek Philippe Gents Manual Wristwatch
By Patek Philippe
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful and rare 1940s gents Patek Philippe wristwatch. The watch features a silver dial with white hour and minute hands and a seconds subdial at 6 o'clock. The watch ha...
Gold, Silver
Gents 1940's Patek Philippe Pocket Watch
By Patek Philippe
Located in Chicago, IL
Classic Gents 18K yellow gold Triple Signed Patek Philippe Pocket Watch, Original Gold Tone Dial with the name of the Retailer E. Gubelin. 17 Jewel Manual Wind Nickle Lever Movement.
18k Gold
PATEK PHILIPPE Rare Steel Vintage Gents Wristwatch
By Patek Philippe
Located in Chicago, IL
Circa: 1940s gents Patek Philippe in a 2 Piece signed and numbered Stainless Steel case with slide Opening Mechinism. 21 M.M. Round Manual Wind Movement. Raised markers on an Excelle...
Stainless Steel
Ladies 1940's Rose Gold Patek Philippe
By Patek Philippe
Located in Chicago, IL
Ladies Triple Signed and Numbered Rose Gold, Retro, Patek Philippe. 18K Rose Gold Head on Removeable 14K Rose Gold Link Bracelet ( not Patek Signed ), Manual wind movement.
18k Gold, 14k Gold
Patek Philippe platinum "tophat" diamond marker dial
By Patek Philippe
Located in Great Neck Plaza, NY
A striking rectangular watch from the 1940s. Crafted by Patek Philippe, this exquisite piece features a manual movement encased in platinum. The dial is adorned with diamond marker...
Platinum
It shouldn’t be surprising that a Patek Philippe holds the world auction record for a watch ($31.2 million for a Patek Grandmaster Chime, sold at Christie’s). Known for impeccable craftsmanship and some of the most complicated timepieces ever created, the brand is considered by many to be the height of fine watchmaking. Collectors simply love Patek Philippe watches.
The house was founded in Geneva in 1839 by Polish expats Antoni Patek and Franciszek Czapek. Czapek left the firm, and in 1845, Patek partnered with French watchmaker Jean Adrien Philippe. It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Catering to the glitterati of Europe, the pair counted among their clients Tolstoy, Pope Pius IX and Queen Victoria, as well as Countess Koscowicz of Hungary, for whom they created the first Swiss-made wristwatch in 1868. They also had their eye on the American market and in 1851 entered an arrangement with Tiffany & Co. still in effect today.
During the Great Depression, brothers Jean and Charles Stern, who had previously supplied Patek Philippe with watch dials, bought the company, and it continues to be run by the Stern family today.
Under the Sterns, the house has developed some of its most famous models, including the Calatrava, an elegantly minimal dress watch introduced in 1932 and named for the Calatrava Cross (the company’s logo since 1887), and the Nautilus, the brand’s first sports watch, conceived by legendary designer Gérald Genta in 1976.
Despite the house’s longevity, it’s rumored that it has manufactured fewer than a million Patek watches, making each one all the more coveted. (The brand's pieces are understandably attractive to counterfeiters — make sure you know how to spot a fake Patek Philippe watch.)
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Antique, vintage and luxury wristwatches have captured the hearts and minds of all manner of watch collectors as well as the watchmakers themselves — it's time you found your own.
Certain vintage watches for men and iconic watch designs for women are sought after not only because of their graceful proportions or innovative materials but also because of the illustrious histories of the houses that created them, histories that they stylishly embody.
Bulgari’s legendary Serpenti watch was on everyone’s list after the collection’s bold bracelet, which technically debuted after the timepiece, graced the wrist of actress Elizabeth Taylor. If anything, elaborately crafted timepieces — the unmistakably boxy silhouette of Cartier Tank watches, the elegant and minimal Calatrava designed by legendary Swiss house Patek Philippe — are even more effective than the shape we associate with traditional wristwatches.
Form watches — the all-encompassing moniker bestowed upon non-round watches — are making headlines and completing contemporary fashionable ensembles the world over. At the same time, both casual fans and careful collectors are drawn to the unbeatable charm of vintage styles, such as the icons designed by Omega that even James Bond can’t resist.
In the early days of watchmaking, watches were fragile enough that they necessitated protection from the elements. Now, wristwatches made of gold and steel can withstand the harshest climates — even 100 meters underwater, in the case of Rolex’s Submariner. Designer Gérald Genta, whose range of clients included Rolex, created for Audemars Piguet the first luxury sports timepiece to be made from stainless steel. First introduced in 1972, the Royal Oak was a perfect choice for blending the form and function that are now synonymous with sports watches.
Are you shopping for a wristwatch? It’s good to keep your needs as well as your specific personal style in mind: A smaller, subtle timepiece is a good fit for small wrists. When will you be wearing your new accessory? There’s a versatile model out there for everyday wear, while a rugged, feature-heavy watch is a safe bet if you’re prone to embarking on all-weather activities in the great outdoors.
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