
This edition is limited to 3000 copies. Cloth cover with dustcover. This book is in perfect condition and is in a protective case.
Pocket watches.
Contents :
Foreword
Introduction
The origins of the firm Patek Philippe
The Successors
Workshops and Retail Shop
Patek Philippe Today
Patek’s Travels
The Predecessors of the Modern Stem-winding System
The Stem-winding Systems of Adrien Philippe
Additional Patented Inventions and Designs by Adrien Philippe
Inventions and Patented Designs by Patek Philippe, between 1891 and 1979
The Watches of Patek & Czapek and Patek Philippe & Co.
Tourbillons and Karussels
Chronometrical Competitions at the Geneva Observatory
The Most Complicated Watch
List of movement numbers between the years 1839 and 1971
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Explanatory note concerning the illustrations
Illustrations
Name index and subject index
List of the illustrated watches from the Patek Philippe private museum (Museum-numbers)
288 pages
Edition : 1982