A Grand Time
Although the company name of Patek, Philippe & Cie wasn’t registered until 1851, the two founders of the storied watchmaker in fact first came together in 1844. It was thanks to a fortuitous encounter at that year’s Products of Industry Exhibition in Paris that one of the most legendary partnerships in the history of horology was born.
French watchmaking prodigy Jean Adrien Philippe had been awarded a prize at the exhibition for
