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1839
Founding of "Patek, Czapek & Cie" by Antoine Norbert de Patek and François Czapek.
1844
Jean Adrien Philippe wins a bronze medal for his winding system and keyless time setting at the National Exhibition of Industrial Products in Paris.
1845
Patent pending winding system and keyless adjustment.
1851
During the "Great Exhibition" in London, Queen Victoria is among the visitors admiring the world's first keyless watch.
1851
The company is renamed "Patek, Philippe & Cie - Fabricants à Genève".
1868
Patek Philippe creates the first Swiss wristwatch for the Hungarian Countess Koscowicz.
1881
Patent for precision controller.
1889
Patent for a perpetual calendar mechanism for pocket watches.
1902
Patent for the first double chronograph.
1910
Patek Philippe creates the Westminster "Duc de Regla" chime pocket watch.
1916
Patek Philippe produces its first complicated ladies' wristwatch, the five-minute repeater (No. 174 603).
1923
Patek Philippe delivers the first wrist chronograph in a fraction of a second (No. 124 824).
1925
Patek Philippe creates its first perpetual calendar wristwatch (No. 97 975).
1927
James Ward Packard receives his Patek Philippe astronomical pocket watch known as the "Packard" (No. 198 023).
1932
Brothers Jean and Charles Henri Stern have a stake in the company "Patek, Philippe & Cie".
1932
Start of the first Calatrava, reference 96.
1933
Patek Philippe creates the "Graves" pocket supercomplication (# 198 385) for Henry Graves Jr.
1941
Patek Philippe produces its first production wristwatch with a perpetual calendar.
1944
Patek Philippe wins a record number of first prizes for precision at the Geneva Astronomical Observatory competition.
1949
Gyromax balance patent
1953
Patent for self-winding mechanism of 12-600 AT calibre
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CALIBRE / AUTOMATIC WINDING
1956
Patek Philippe creates the first fully electronic watch.
1958
Henri Stern becomes president of Patek Philippe.
1959
Watch patent with time zone
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UNIVERSAL TIME
1962
A Patek Philippe tourbillon movement achieves a precision record for a mechanical watch at the Geneva Observatory that is still unmatched today.
1968
Start of the first Golden Ellipse, reference 3548
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COLLECTION / ELLIPSE DOR
1976
Launch of the first Nautilus sports watch, reference 3700/1 in steel
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COLLECTION / NAUTILUS
1977
Patent for the self-cocking ultra-thin calibre 240
1985
Launch of the ultra-thin perpetual calendar, reference 3940
1986
Patent for a secular perpetual calendar with retrograde date indication
1989
Launch of the Calibre 89 on the 150th anniversary of Patek Philippe. With 33 complications, this watch was the most complicated wearable watch in the world at the time.
1993
Philippe Stern becomes president of Patek Philippe.
1993
Launch of the Gondolo collection (opposite reference 5024)
1996
Patent of the annual calendar mechanism (reference 5035J)
1996
Patek Philippe is consolidating all its production sites in a new building in Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva.
1997
Launch of the Aquanaut collection (compared to the 1998 reference 5065A)
1999
Start of the first twenty ~ 4, reference 4910/10A
2000
Star Calibre 2000 launched to celebrate the turn of the millennium
2001
Launch of the Sky Moon Tourbillon reference 5002, the most complicated Patek Philippe wristwatch at the time, with a reversible case
2001
Opening of the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva
2003
Launch of the reference model 5101P "10 Days Tourbillon".
2005
Launch of the anniversary calendar reference 5250, with the first leak proof wheel for Swiss lever escapements made from a new avant-garde material derived from silicon
2006
Reopening of Patek Philippe Salons in Geneva, rue du Rhône, completely renovated
2006
Patek Philippe Advanced Research: launch of Spiromax hairspring made of silicon derivative
2008
Patek Philippe Advanced Research: launch of leaked Pulsomax made from a silicon derivative
2009
Thierry Stern becomes president of Patek Philippe.
2009
Launch of the CH 29-535 PS in the Ladies First Chronograph
2011
Launch of Oscillomax controller unit combining Spiromax hairspring, Pulsomax escape channel and GyromaxSi balance
2011
Launch Ladies First Minute Repeater reference 7000R
2012
Patek Philippe Grand Exhibition of Watchmaking in Dubai
2013
Patek Philippe's Grand Exhibition of Watchmaking Art in Munich
2014
Patek Philippe celebrates its 175th anniversary with a new collection of commemorative watches.
2015
Launch of Calatrava Pilot Travel Time reference 5524G
2015
Patek Philippe Watch Art Grand Exhibition in London
Launched in the current Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime reference 6300G collection
2016
Launch of the Universal Time Chronograph, reference 5930G
2017
Patek Philippe Advanced Research: Aquanaut Travel Time reference 5650G
2017
Patek Philippe Watch Art Grand Exhibition in New York
2018
Introduction of the Universal Time Minute Repeater, reference number 5531R
2018
Start Twenty ~ 4 Automatic reference 7300
2019
Starting Alarm Travel Time, Ref. 5520P-001
2019
Launch of the Calatrava Weekly Calendar, Ref. 5212A-001
2019
Patek Philippe Grand Exhibition of Watchmaking in Singapore