Patek Philippe Rose Gold Watches

This watch sports a classic look that will take you back in time. We are talking about the Patek Philippe Calatrava Platinum Mens Watch which is priced expensively at $32,900. Such an amount can be disappointing for some watch collectors who do not have enough cash to spare.The Patek Philippe Calatrava Platinum Mens Watch comes in a Platinum case with a luxurious black crocodile leather strap and a tang buckle to keep it secured on your wrist. The dial is in two shades of silver with an applied floral design. You will find Arabic numerals in silver color encircling the darker shaded dial.The watch has silver toned hands to complete the silver theme. The watch has a single sub-dial which you will find at 6 o'clock. It is powered by a manual winding movement with approximately 44 hours of power reserve. It has a solid 950 platinum case which keeps the watch sturdy.The Patek Philippe Calatrava Platinum Mens Watch is water resistant by up to 80 feet; not much so it is not recommended that you bring this watch when bathing. A little rainfall might do but regular water exposure should be avoided.

Patek Philippe’s storyIn 1839, Antoine Norbert de Patek and Fran?ois Czapek founded Patek, Czapek & C�� in Geneva. At the 1844 Universal Exhibition in Paris, Antoine Norbert de Patek met Jean Adrien Philippe, inventor in 1842 of a pocket watch with stem winding and hand-setting, and offered him the post of technical director as soon as Czapek’s contract ran out. In 1845, Patek Czapek & C�� was dissolved, and Antoine Norbert de Patek, Jean Adrien Philippe and Vincent Gostowski founded, in Geneva, Patek & C��. In 1851, the three men changed the company’s name to Patek Philippe & C��.1868 Creation of a key-wound watch with brass bracelet.1887 The Calatrava Cross became the company’s registered logo.1902 The Gondolo Chronometer name was registered.1914-1930 Creation of grande complication and tr��s grande complication watches, certain of which, with astronomical complications, were sold to James Ward Packard. These included the first two most complicated pieces by Patek Philippe: one, made in 1916, with 16 complications and another, made in 1927, with 10 complications.1915 Creation of the first ladies’ wristwatch with five-minute repeater.1925 Creation of the first ladies’ wristwatch with perpetual calendar (inspired by a pendant watch).1933 Henry Graves Jr. purchased what was then the most complicated watch ever made by Patek Philippe. It was sold again in 1999 for $11 million.1936 Creation of an astronomical wristwatch with perpetual calendar and retrograde date.1940 Special order for a wristwatch with a pulsometric chronograph and world time.1959 Creation of watches with second time zone.1974 Creation of the Calatrava model.1981 Launch of the Nautilus model.1982 Creation of the Ellipse d’or model.1989 The Calibre 89, the world’s most complicated pocket watch (33 complications), was unveiled to commemorate the company’s 150th anniversary.1996 Launch of the self-winding wristwatch with annual date.1997 Launch of the Aquanaut model.2000 Launch of the Star Caliber 2000 (21 complications) to coincide with the third millennium.2003 Unveiling of the 10 Day Tourbillon with COSC certification.