THE FAMOUS SWISS HOUR MANUFACTURE PATEK PHILIPPE FIRST TIME OPENED IN DUBAI A UNIQUE EXHIBITION “WATCH ART GRAND EXHIBITION”, WHICH HAPPENED FROM JANUARY 24, 27 IN JANUARY FROM JANU JANU FROM JANAJARAJARAJARAJARAJARAJARA JARAJARAJARA JARAJARAJARAJARA KRASANIA. THE EXHIBITION CAUSED GREAT INTEREST NOT ONLY AMONG AMONG CLOCK COLLECTORS AND HIGH CLOCK ART FANS, BUT AND MANY PEOPLE OF THE UAE WISHED BETTER TO FIND OUT THE WORK, BETTER. At the exposition, which will be presented around the world, everyone could freely get. Its exhibits were housed in eight thematic rooms, specially designed to recreate the spirit of Patek Philippe House. In total, visitors were able to "discover" more than 400 unique watches, including 60 rare antique ones delivered from the Patek Philippe Museum, as well as watches with Complications, watches with great complications (Grand Complications) in the form perpetual calendars and minute repeaters and watches with Star Caliber Supercomplication caliber. Next to these masterpieces, one could see models that differ in that they have engraving or unique multi-color enamel as jewelry.
On an area of 1400 square meters. meters, in the thematic halls of the exhibition was almost completely recreated the unique space of Patek Philippe, as well as the historical Geneva headquarters of the brand, its watch shops and museum. This feeling was conveyed in everything, including even the smallest ones, starting from the fabric on the upholstery of the seats arranged here and there and beating out the melodies of complex clockwork and ending with a projection of a panoramic view of Lake Geneva from the Patek Philippe salon window, changing in full accordance with real time - morning, afternoon , evening night. The “Diamond in the Crown” of the exhibition was, of course, the unique Star Caliber 2000 watch, known for its 21 complications. This watch is the result of eight years of work by Patek Philippe manufactory craftsmen dedicated to solving technical problems that were previously considered insurmountable. The uniqueness of Caliber 2000 in the "filling", which lies under an expensive case. Among the additional mechanisms of this watch, it should be noted: the “perpetual” calendar, moon phase indicator, chronograph, tourbillon, minute repeater, leap year indicator, power reserve indicator, etc. The merit of the creators of Star Caliber 2000 is that they managed to fit into one housing 21 is a complex mechanism. This model ranks third among the most complex watches in the world after Patek Philippe Caliber 89 (1989, 33 functions) and Patek Philippe Graves (1933, 24 functions). That is, no other company in the world was able to surpass Patek Philippe.
The Star Caliber 2000 case is decorated with two casement lids that open by pressing a button located in the crown. The dials are on both sides of this watch. On one is the time and calendar, and on the other is a map of the starry sky that shows the movement of stars, as well as the orbit and phase of the moon. The clock reproduces the tunes of the Westminster chimes located in the chapel of the parliament building in London. Melodies allow you to find out the exact time without looking at the clock. Both watch covers have round holes that not only decorate the case, but also improve the sound resonance. The clock also has a calendar synchronization mechanism with a time equalization function, sunset and sunrise displays, given our love of watchmaking and the long tradition of our family business in the Middle East, Dubai, in my opinion, has become an ideal venue for this exhibition, " - Thierry Stern, president of Patek Philippe, said at a meeting with representatives of the emirate media on the opening day of the exhibition. “I’m sure that the local audience will like our exhibits, including our most sophisticated models, and a large number of The history of watches and mechanisms from our watch museum in Geneva.
The exhibition consists of so many different components that it will be equally interesting for both expert collectors and people who come just out of curiosity. We expect that thousands of guests will visit our exposition. ”Recall that Patek Philippe was founded in 1839 by Polish emigrant Anthony Patek and the talented French watchmaker Adrien Philippe. Their portraits were placed in the museum part of the exposition in Dubai.
From 1932 to the present day, the factory is managed by members of the Stern family, and the current president of the company is Thierry Stern, a representative of its fourth generation. It is worth noting that the watch museum of the company, which is located in Geneva, presents two thousand exceptional masterpieces with unique movements, miniature portraits on the enamel of the dials, which can be safely attributed to the works of watch and jewelry. Of course, it was not possible to bring them all to Dubai. The museum’s collection shows the fantastic five-hundred-year history of the development of European watchmaking, as well as the 173-year-old legacy of Patek Philippe, which, according to experts, is considered the best in the world. The museum consists of two complementary sections. One is devoted to rare watches of European and Geneva origin, the other to exclusive Patek Philippe watches, from the moment the manufactory was created to the present day.
The exhibition in Dubai featured antique clocks of the 17th century, the well-known antique pocket and wrist watches of the Grand Complications category (great complications), as well as a retrospective of 19th-century Patek Philippe chronographs, including the first pocket-made chronographs of the manufactory.
We can say that the “Watch Art” exhibition has become a fascinating, entertaining and bewitching event in the cultural life of the UAE, which, no doubt, sparked in many a love of real high watchmaking art, as well as deepened knowledge about the creation and production of some of the best watches in the world. Note that the exhibition was held under the patronage of Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the deputy ruler of Dubai and the Minister of Finance of the UAE.
