In March 2020, the Patek Philippe completed completed the construction works on its new manufacture outside Geneva which that began in 2015. Exhibiting modern architecture, the facility unites all of the manufacture’s Genevan ateliers under one roof, offering ample space for the rare handcrafts professionals and training facilities.
With its impressive dimensions (10 floors and a length of nearly 200 meters), the expansion anticipates the manufacture’s growth in the next 20 to 30 years. The new building reasserts Patek Philippe’s confidence in the future of watchmaking artistry.
Patek Philippe new new Manufacture in Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva
In celebration of the completion of its new Manufacture in Plan-les-Ouates (Geneva), Patek Philippe created a new limited edition Calatrava in stainless steel with unique design elements which makes this the most recognisable Patek Philippe Calatrava.
From the expressly graphic style emphasising the technical personality of the dial to the broad cambered bezel in polished steel, a very rare material in Patek Philippe’s collections, its perhaps historical irony that once more, gripped in the throes of the greatest recession since the Great Depression, Patek Philippe has deigned to bequeath us another vision of hope.
Patek Philippe new Calatrava watch Ref. 6007A in steel (2020)
The Patek Calatrava made classical understatement a signature personality trait. The Ref. 96, an emblem of the modernist Bauhaus school was at its most influential at the time and like timepiece itself, a necessary salve for trials and tribulations of the era. It was trendy without tacit attempts to pursue trends and it was appropriately quiet for the times – the epitome of classical elegance.
Patek Philippe new Calatrava watch Ref. 6007A in steel (2020)
Named for an order of Cistercian knights who defended the Calatrava fortress with great chivalry, perhaps the new Patek Philippe Calatrava Ref. 6007A, produced in a limited edition of 1000 watches, is the symbolic leitmotif of the boldest act of faith since the good knights, ordered by Pope Innocent III, to retake the historic fort, did so in the face of all adversity (having retreated from two castles) and overwhelming odds.
The new exclusive 40mm steel Patek Philippe Calatrava Ref. 6007A features a sapphire crystal case-back specially marked with a Calatrava cross and the “New Manufacture 2019” inscription, to recapture a future so tragically paused by the pandemic
Patek Philippe new new Manufacture in Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva
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