Auction record breaking 70 million, the mysterious Patek Philippe factory is how to make it?

Patek Philippe

The year 2016 was an important year in the chronicle of Patek Philippe, and its steel watch REF.1518 finally sold for 75.86 million yuan at an auction held in Geneva, breaking the previous record of $ 39.93 million made by Patek Philippe's custom Observatory at 2458 J. BCchampion

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Patek Philippe, the only taboo factory that operates independently of its own family, has a different mode of operation nowadays. Its artistic accomplishments have marveled the world and enigmatic existence in the world. Today, we take everyone into the mysterious factory of Patek Philippe

Watch factory gate

The word "manufacture (watchmaking factory)", only at the top of the clock and watch industry, several brands can fully deserve. Patek Philippe's "manufacture" headquarters is located in the Plan-les-Ouates area of ​​Geneva suburb, where a collection of watchmakers, including some Patek Philippe competing products.

Many technicians are at work

Tabulation work is meticulous, and the artificial light source is very difficult to the nuances of the movement are bright, so most watchmakers prefer early in the morning 9:00 to 17:00, sunlight enough time work.

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Beautiful movement

The Ref.7059R is the first Patek Philippe to create a time-keeping watch for women, only the movement of the various parts of the grinding and polishing process will take dozens of hours of work

Bulk casing

Exquisite movement and case are not a pinch, CNC machine tools and stamping machine to give the original form of a watch, then there are more detailed modification process waiting for them. All remaining material generated during processing is also recycled

Part classification induction

Each watch movement at least have hundreds of parts, the watchmaker's workbench, these small parts are neatly ordered and labeled.

Assemble carefully

Acceptable tolerances in the production of the movement are usually in micrometers. Loupe (magnifying eyepiece) is an essential tool on every watchmaker's workbench. For different sizes and models of screws, watchmakers usually have ten Above the screwdriver.

Detailed polished

Fine grinding is undoubtedly one of the hallmarks of the Patek Philippe movement. Movement, no matter internal, external, every side, each corner are fine polished. In the factory, but also need to go through rigorous quality control procedures.

Slender

Small dust may damage the movement, or let the exquisite polished wear out. Some important workshops in watchmaking plants require as much as the environment for the manufacture of precision electronic components.

Stock parts

A Haute Horlogerie not only has to "serve" a generation, but it can not be damaged for long periods of time. Brands like Patek Philippe keep a large inventory of parts and drawings of discontinued or antique watches. Even if the parts of some antique watches are out of stock, the watchmakers can manually re-create.

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Top complex watch

There is a "fantasy designer" named "big complex", this Ref.5207 / 700P also has a calendar, three questions, the tourbillon three complex functions.

Bracelet

Although the use of metal chain Patek Philippe watch small. But these chains are also made by Patek Philippe itself.

Clock Laboratory

The room, which houses dozens of watchmakers, is filled with a variety of chemical and mechanical instruments, just like a clock-lab.

Keep going

As early as 1839 Patek Philippe is located in Geneva, but now this watch factory was formally completed in 1996, and its scale is still expanding.

Patek Philippe Encyclopedia

Patek Philippe (Patek Philippe) was founded in 1839. They are one of the only true independent watchmakers in Switzerland, producing everything from first to last, and it takes 10 years to train a Patek Philippe watchmaker. The symbol of watch lovers nobility is to have a Patek Philippe watch, noble artistic realm and expensive production materials shape Patek Philippe enduring brand effect. Antoine Norbert de Patek, the founder of Patek Philippe, was a brilliant and artistic talent since childhood. Due to the turmoil in Poland at that time, he participated in the Polish revolution in 1831 against Russian rule. After his defeat in the Polish Revolution, he fled to France and settled in Geneva, Switzerland, where he started to work in the clock and watch industry. Later, he became keenly aware of the great future of the watch industry and bought high-quality timepieces for self-assembly and sale, Business emerge. [Patek Philippe Wikipedia]