Patek Philippe

Every year Patek Philippe produces limited editions of enamelled waches, or unique pieces of Dome table clocks or other pieces.

This year again much work has been done to create these marvellous pieces of art. Those who visited the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva know to what extent enamel watches are an essential part of Patek Philippe's history.

Please let me present you the new models that were shown at Baselworld.

Let's begin with the men's limited edition set of wristwatches reference 5077P.

Those four watches are sold in a set and show this year four different dials of "Native Indians of the Great Plains".

Patek Philippe 5077P first watch

These watches are powered by an ultra thin automatic calibre reference 240.

Patek Philippe 5077P second watch

The platinum case only emphasizes the work done on the dial made of "cloisonné" enamel. The gold ribbon used for the partitions is only 0.1mm thick. The dial also shows feather-patterned white gold hands.

Patek Philippe 5077P third watch

These four watches are referenced #57, 58, 59, 60 inside the reference 5077P.

Patek Philippe 5077P fourth watch

Then comes a series of unique pieces Dome clocks.

Patek Philippe 1595M Sacred Temple Cats of Siam

The "Sacred Temple Cats of Siam" Dome clock is made in engraved Baccarat crystal with heat applied gold gilt. It is crafted from two lawyer crystal: moss green crystal at the exterior and clear crystal at the interior. The base is in clear crystal. The engraving of Siamese cats, Thai temples, Buddha, Thai dancers and orchids was performed using a lathe with cutting wheels and necessitated over 100 hours of work.

Patek Philippe 1594M Spring Swallows

The "Spring Swallows" Dome clock shows the same mode of production.

Patek Philippe 1569M Orchids

The "Orchids" Dome table clock is made in "cloisonné" enamel dial with integration of silver thread and silver leaf at the center of the flowers. The length of the gold ribbon used for the partitions is around 20.9 meters.

Patek Philippe 1587M Butterflies

The "Butterflies" Dome clock is decorated with "cloisonné" enamel and enamel paint finishing. It uses 28.39 meters of gold ribbon. It shows 56 enamel colors (Limoges and Japanese enamels) and 6 finishing enamel paint colors.

Patek Philippe 1586M Bleu de Sevres

The « Bleu de Sèvres » Dome clock is also made in "cloisonné" enamel. It shows 25 transluscent, opalescent and opaque enamel colors.

Patek Philippe 1535M Wild Horses

The « Wild Horse" Dome table clock is made with "cloisonné" enamel on a hammered and engraved background.

Patek Philippe 1580 Pandas

I guess that this Dome clock "Pandas" may have been the star of the show! This animal has a huge capital of sympathy. It is decorated with "cloisonné" enamel with enamel paint finishing.

Another view of the same

Anybody tempted by this loving mother ?

Patek Philippe 1581M Schooners

The « Schooners » Dome clock is decorated with "cloisonné" enamel.

Patek Philippe 1584M Arabic Calligraphy III

The « Arabic Calligraphy III » shows a very beautiful mix of gold and green colours (of enamel of course).

Patek Philippe 1585M The Golden Twenties

 "The Golden Twenties"  shows another style with an Art deco decoration.

Patek Philippe 1598M Art Nouveau after Mucha

Obviously there was a wide selection of themes but you may keep in mind that these clocks are all unique pieces.

Patek Philippe 1600M Chinese Floating Market

They are an old tradition for Patek Philippe and I can say you that they are much more impressive in real life than they are on pics.

Patek Philippe 1591M red and White Ibises

Of course you don't have to love them all as they have very different styles.

Patek Philippe 1590M Peonies

Here is a last one!

Patek Philippe 1588M Goldfinches

Then I propose you to have a look at the Ladies wristwatch models.

Patek Philippe Ladies model dial one

This year the choice is among four dials showing trees surrounded by stones, or diamonds should I say!

Patek Philippe Ladies model dial two

Should we see this choice of theme as a wish to span the attention on the importance of the trees for our future?

Patek Philippe Ladies model dial three

I particularly like the maple tree as it reminds my lost youth in Canada !

Patek Ladies model dial four

Here comes the time to end this post with the last two watches, those I found the most appealing ones.

They are piece unique pocket watches. Enjoy!

Patek Philippe 982/128 Royal Bengal Tiger

The "Royal Bengal Tiger" is a white gold pocket watch equipped with calibre 1-17 LEP PS IRM. It is a manual winding watch with power reserve indication.

The case is decorated with a "cloisonné" enamel dial depicting a Royal Bengal tiger across water. It shows a guilloched gold dial with blue guilloched mother-of-pearl and gold applied Breguet numerals. The crown is set with an aquamarine cabochon. The engraved white gold bow is set with 12 diamonds.

Patek Philippe 982/129 Bouquet of Roses

The "Bouquet of Roses" is the same watch, if I dare say so, in yellow gold with a red rose pattern in "cloisonné" enamel and enamel paint finish, with integration of gold leaf. It has a "paillonne" enamel dial (splangling under transparent enamel) decorated with a bouquet of roses, with integration of 26 gold splangles and gold applied Breguet numerals.

The crown is set with a "briolet" cabochon. The bow is set with 44 rubies. The watch has a yellow gold chain decorated with cylinders set with 60 diamonds.

This selection of "art" pieces is quite amazing IMVHO and let us imagine that you can probably order such pieces to your own taste.

I hope you enjoyed them as they are rarely seen and quite impressive.

Cheers

Dje