Patek Philippe

The line everyone quotes about looking after it for the next generation was written by a London ad man.

Big name·Global·Founded 1839·Members

At a glance

Founded
1839 in Geneva, as Patek, Czapek & Cie, making pocket watches.1
Founded by
Antoni Patek, a Polish watchmaker, with Franciszek Czapek, and from 1845 the French watchmaker Adrien Philippe.1
Home
Plan-les-Ouates in the Canton of Geneva, where a new manufacture brought all the workshops together in 1996.12
Owned by
The Stern family, dial makers who bought the company in 1932 and still hold it.12
What it sells
Mechanical watches and clocks, through its own salons and over 400 retail locations.1
Size
About 70,000 watches and revenue of US$2.05 billion in 2023, on Morgan Stanley and LuxeConsult estimates.1

How it got here

1839

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Antoni Patek and Franciszek Czapek form Patek, Czapek & Cie in Geneva on 1 May and start making pocket watches.1 They fall out, and the firm is wound up in 1845.1

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Sources for what is above

  1. 1Patek PhilippeWikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
  2. 2The Stern FamilyPatek Philippe · patek.com

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