My Top 5 Patek Philippe Timepieces Since 2005: A Very Subjective List

A while ago, friend and fellow journalist Victoria Gomelsky asked me for a subjective listing of my "Top" Patek Philippe watches of the twenty-first century When the brand finally introduced a watch in 2005 - Reference 5250 Advanced Research - utilizing the new materials it had been researching for some time, I found it to be nothing short of a revelation: Patek Philippe had managed to add what was then considered space-age material to its very traditional style of watchmaking without changing anything about itself Quick Facts Patek Philippe Reference 5250 Advanced ResearchCase: 39 mm, white gold, sapphire crystal case back with magnifying "Bubble" over the escape wheel.

Quick Facts Patek Philippe Ladies First Reference 7071Case: 39 mm, pink gold, yellow gold or white gold with 136 brilliant-cut diamonds Quick Facts Patek Philippe Dawn on the Lake Reference 993/100G-001.Case: 44.1 mm, white gold with diamond-setting and enamel Remark: the very first high jewelry grand complication for women at Patek Philippe.

Though Patek Philippe has been skeletonizing its Caliber 240 since 2008, it's this version that really captured me with its silky-smooth red gold bracelet, exquisitely artistic skeletonization, and engraving of the automatic mechanism with micro rotor. . Source