Another noteworthy detail about our 2509 is the fact that it is put together by a steel bracelet and is accompanied by an original Patek Philippe box. GUB Glashutte East German water resistant watch, for her. Their obsessive attention to detail combined with ground breaking feats such as the first serially produced, perpetual calendar wristwatches as well as the first split-second chronograph wristwatch, have made Patek Philippe wristwatches and pocket watches some of the most sought after in the world. The watch featured here takes that importance a little further by the fact that it is cased in steel and is fitted with a Gubelin signed dial. Vintage wrist watch, retro wind-up women's mechanical watch, 14 karat gold plated. The central barrel motif, flanked by square-cut rubies, opening to reveal a watch with pink dial and blue steel hands,mounted in 18K pink and yellow gold. Today, vintage Patek Philippe is a titan in the vintage luxury watch community. remains a family owned firm, with the 4th generation at its head. In 1932, the company was purchased by two brothers Charles and Jean Stern and since then, Patek Philippe S.A. The history of the Gbelin brand dated 1854, when Jakob Josef Mauritz Breitschmid opened a small watch shop in Lucerne. before changing once more in 1851 to Patek Philippe & Cie. The watch is powered by an automatic movement and the case is ornate with the split style lugs. This Gubelin is in mint condition with an unpolished case and a mint dial with no damage or cracks. The company then changed its name to Patek & Cie. This is an extremely rare square Gubelin watch from the 1950s with an original cloisonn dial in 18k yellow gold. Czapek decided to leave the company in 1845 and Adrien Philippe replaced Czapek as Patek’s partner. Case: 47mm x 32mm (including outer case), inner polished square case. Then in 1844 Patek met the French watchmaker, Adrien Philippe in Paris where the latter presented his pioneering keyless winding and setting mechanism. Straight away becoming involved in the city’s watchmaking industry, Patek Czapek & Co was founded with a fellow Pole, François Czapek in 1839. Taking part in the revolt against Russian rule was a young cavalry officer, Antoine Norbert de Patek who, like many of his compatriots was forced to flee Poland and eventually settle in Geneva.
The founding of Patek Philippe in 1839 can be traced back to the Polish insurrection of 1830.