historic room for the Art of Watches Grand Exhibition New York 2017. I am very proud that American visitors will be able to learn more about the historic and contemporary ties between our company and the American market.” Moreover, it is a tradition in my family that the owners of Patek Philippe train in the new world, following the path of my grandfather Henri who founded in 1946 the Henri Stern Watch Agency in the Rockefeller Center and my father Philippe, I trained in the US when I started in the company. Patek Philippe President Thierry Stern commented “From its earliest days, when our founder Antoine Norbert de Patek made his first journey to America in the 1850’s until today, the importance of America to Patek Philippe can be seen through our history exhibited in the Grand Exhibition in New York. After visitors have concluded their tour they are welcome to rest and relax in the Patek Philippe Café. Watchmaker and Artisan demonstrations are some of the interactive activities taking place during the exhibition as a way to educate visitors on the inner-workings of fine watchmaking. Visitors will have access to exceptional pocket and wrist watches dating back to 1530 in a space of 13,218 square feet. Kennedy by the Mayor of West Berlin in June 1963 during Kennedy’s trip when he made the famed “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech. This beautiful quartz-powered desk clock, showing the time in Washington, Berlin, and Moscow was presented to President John F. Ten specific rooms (including the Theater Room, Current Collection Room, Museum Room, US Historic Room, Rare Handcrafts Gallery and Grand Complications Room) have been created to showcase Opportunity to discover the world of the last privately family owned Geneva watch company from the inside.įor the first time ever a two-story structure has been created within Cipriani to accommodate the square footage required for an exhibition of this scale. Into the company’s 178-year history as well as its heritage in the domain of Haute Horlogerie. The 10-day public exhibition will showcase Patek Philippe’s tradition of high-precision watch manufacturing, an insight Only about Patek Philippe, but also the historical significance of timekeeping through the ages For Patek Philippe this is a rare opportunity to educate the public not
Patek Philippe is presenting The Art of Watches, Grand Exhibition New York 2017 which will take place from July 13th –Ģ3rd, 2017 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York.