Description

Best known for their Grand Complications watches Patek Philippe masters the “Haute Horlogerie” and are arguably the best if not the most prestigious in the industry.
In 1989, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the manufacture, Patek Philippe developed what is one of the most complicated portable timepiece in the world: the Calibre 89 with 33 complications but half a century ago in 1932 they had built the “Henry Graves Supercomplication” which had at that time 24 complications, including Westminster chimes, a perpetual calendar, sunrise and sunset times, and a celestial map of New York as seen from Graves’s apartment on Fifth Avenue.
For decades they did held the title of the most complicated watches built. Mastering their craft they perpetuated the skills and traditions to deliver in their current collection pieces of the highest quality.

*In 2000, the brand introduced the most complicated wristwatch ever made, code named “Sky Moon Tourbillon” under the reference 5002, a watch that featured thirteen complications such as a minute repeater, tourbillon and a perpetual calendar with a retrograde date with moon age display and a very first second dial on the case back indicating the sidereal time, a sky chart with phases and orbit of the moon.
13 years later the present Master Piece reference 6002G-001 was unveiled, it has the same number of complications (13) as the previous 5002 model but with some differences such as the moon phases display instead of moon age, it also shows now the perpetual calendar information through apertures.
The major visible difference with this new model is the massive gold case is now fully hand-engraved with arabesque motifs, even the pushers and the fold-over clasp are hand-finished.
A beautiful blue dial made in champlevé and cloisonné enamel with gold applied Roman numerals that took countless hours to perfect sits now proudly on the almighty Sky Moon.

Patek Philippe – Bio

Patek Philippe & Co. was founded in 1839, located in Geneva and the Vallée de Joux. It designs and manufactures timepieces and movements, including some of the most complicated mechanical watches. It is considered by many experts and aficionados to be one of the most prestigious watch manufacturers.
In 1868, Patek Philippe made their first wristwatch, which was sold on November 13, 1876 to the Hungarian Countess.
It is the last independent, family-owned Genevan watch manufacture with uninterrupted operating history spanning nearly 180 years.