We take up what was written previously.
It all began in 1838 with the founding of "Patek, Czapek & Cie" in Geneva by entrepreneur Antoni Norbert de Patek, an immigrant from Poland, and watchmaker François Czapek, an immigrant from Czekia.
In 1844 Antoni Patek, founder of the Maison, met the French watchmaker Jean-Adrien Philippe in Paris, where the latter presented his futuristic and convenient system of setting the time and winding the watch via the crown, which would replace the use of a separate key.
In 1845 François Czapek decided to leave the company to continue on his own, and the company name was changed to "Patek & Cie."
The first pocket watch for ladies is produced: the timepiece is decorated with a miniature rose. The company manufactures its first minute repeater pocket watch, and a patent is granted for the Patek watch with a winding and setting mechanism using the crown.
In 1851 Jean-Adrien Philippe officially joined the company, which changed its name to "Patek Philippe& Cie."
At the Great Exhibition in London, Queen Victoria is among the admirers of the world's first keyless timepiece, the first example of which was patented by Jean-Adrien Philippe in 1845. The Queen of Great Britain and Ireland invests in a powder-blue enamel pocket watch with rose-cut diamond floral decoration.
The pendant watch with exposed dial and brooch apparently belonged to Queen Victoria.
Patek Philippe is among the first watchmakers to export to the United States and forges a still thriving partnership with Tiffany & Co. of New York.
In 1881 the patent for the precision regulator system is awarded, and in 1889 Patek Philippe & Co is awarded the patent for the perpetual calendar mechanism for pocket watches.
In 1932 La "Ancienne Manufacture d'Horlogerie Patek Philippe & Cie, S.A." was purchased by brothers Charles and Jean Stern, who already owned a dial manufacturing company in Geneva. Since then "Patek Philippe S.A." has remained a family-owned business.
It is precisely with this style of management, "family-owned," that the parent company continues to strive to guarantee buyers an extremely reliable product with a restrained production that can be revalued over the years.
A Patek Philippe is forever, and we find ourselves being its custodians and handing it down to our posterity.
The Patek Philippe 5020 J was born in 1995 and, with its shape similar to a 1960s television set, was not appreciated by collectors until some time after it was made.
According to one estimate fewer than 300 Patek Philippe 5020 watches were made in two years of production. As is now well known Patek Philippe is synonymous with reliability, and it is staying true to that characteristic that it equips the above watch with the caliber (Lemania base) 25-70/155. We attach photos of the watch in this article.
It has been evident for many years now how the watches produced by the Geneva-based company have given owners not only the use of an extremely reliable object but also a great investment.
