Keeping Up With Trends
I think, as with many things, watch trends are cyclical. Simple watches make way for fancier watches which lead to highly technological watches which make their way back down to simple looking watch designs.
If you really want to keep up with the trends make sure you get a Patek Philippe watch that is all of these things. For example this Patek watch shown here is the perfect mesh of simple, fancy, and technologically savvy.
You have a simple looking band with a simple looking face but is much more than meets the eye. It also has a complicated calendar system so you know the month, the day, and the year simply by looking at your watch.
The outer dial is the time piece that tells the time of day. Two dials set inside the watch reveal the day of the week and the month of the year. Down where the numeral “6″ should be is a different number which represents the day of the month. You can even tell where we are in the lunar cycle by looking at the dial set into the face of the watch.
In my opinion, this is exactly the type of watch that stays timeless and useful regardless of all of the other stylistic changes around it.
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Older Watches and Future Gifts
Getting a watch from your father, grandfather, mother, or other relative is a great honor and you should wear it with pride. You should also make sure that you take good care of it so it lasts you a long time. As an heirloom piece, it might be difficult to repair it once the style is no longer made. Taking it to a jeweler for maintenance can make an older watch last as long as your memories of the relative who gifted it to you!
If you are thinking of gifting a watch to someone when they’re older, know that it’s never too early to start planning. A small nephew, niece, or godchild might not have need of a beautiful Patek Philippe watch right now, but when they turn 16, 18, 21, or even get married, they will enjoy a beautiful gift from you. If you are considering purchasing this gift now, make sure it is of a classic style like the Patek watch featured here. It’s classic face and timeless hands and script give it an old fashioned feel with a modern class that cannot be duplicated or found in any other watch. Now is the perfect time to pick out an heirloom watch for someone you love.
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Fixing Your Patek Watch Face
When you spend all that money to get a high quality watch like a Patek Philipe watch, you want to take very good care of that investment. Your watch will certainly last you a long time if you care for it properly, but nothing lasts forever. In fact, even infrequent wearing of a luxury timepiece like a Patek watch can result in small scratches on the band and face. This can be desperately upsetting, however, there are ways to buff out small scratches.
You will need a common compound known as ferric oxide or commonly called “jeweler’s rouge.” This is a compound that cuts very finely and creates an immensely shiny finish on everything from gold to glass. It is sold in powder, paste, and even bar form.
To fix your watch you want to create a thin paste out of the powder or bar forms of the rouge. Put a very thin layer of the mixture all over the watch face. The idea is to evenly coat the face of the watch. With a soft, clean cloth, rub the mixture into the watch face until the scratches disappear. This may take more than one try. After a few minutes to let the watch sit, use a different cloth to wipe off any of the extra jeweler’s rouge.
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There’s Nothing Better Than Discounted Designer Watches
Designer watches are pricey and we all know that going in to the search to buy them. But knowing you can get a discount is still something everyone wants to hear, even if we are prepared to spend a little bit more on luxury. You might think that the words “discounted” and “designer watches” don’t go hand in hand, but if you know where to shop, they sure do.
Time Imports has a great selection of discounted designer watches in all sorts of well known, highly praised brands, like Panerai and Patek Philippe. And these aren’t tiny discounts, this is savings of thousands of dollars. That’s a major dent in the price and extra cash in your wallet to spend on a fantastic evening out. You can wear that new watch on your night out and show it off with your dress or new suit as you head to the restaurant you’ve been meaning to check out.
If you’ve been even slightly thinking of getting a new designer watch, now is the time with all the great prices floating about at Time Imports. And their designs are just beautiful, so you’ll be sure to find something that you’ll love and take good care of for years to come.
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Patek Philippe: Word Record Holding Watches
Patek Philippe is a Swiss watch manufacture of the highest caliber. They make some of the finest watches in the world. They also hold the record for the most expensive (and thus best) watch ever sold. The watch, a platinum tourbillon wristwatch, sold for $1.49 million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in 2008. The watch would undoubtedly fetch more if it came up for auction today.
They engineered the first wrist watch, chronographer and perpetual calendar. They have done more to change watchmaking than any other company. Unlike other watch makers they manufacture their own components giving them complete control of the watch making process.
Patek Philippe watches have rested on the wrist of royalty and heads of state. Queen Victoria, Pope Pius IX, and Hussein Kamel were all Patek Philippe watch owners. In the industry Philippe Patek has a reputation for innovation and craftsmanship. Their watches are considered the most complex in the industry and they hold many patents. Their Calibre 89 watch has 1,728 unique parts and 39 complications making it the most complex watch with the most individual parts. The watch was made for the company’s sentential and has yet to be bested.
If you are serious about owning a quality watch then a Patek Philippe watch is the only way to go.
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Don Draper’s Watch
Men of the world unite! Mad Men protagonist Don Draper is the man that all men want to be. He’s smooth, has a sense of style, and gets whatever he wants. The man is the epitome of class. He’s the James Bond man of the people. Instead of high tech gizmos and gadgets, Draper relies on his silver tongue to get him where he needs to go. He’s the man’s man.
Sure, Draper is a fictional character, but that doesn’t stop people from examining his every move and trying to emulate it into their own lives. I’m not suggesting you go out and do what Draper does but I am saying that you can emulate some of his class and sophistication with a great Patek Philippe watch.
I think if he were a real person, Don Draper would choose a watch very much like the one shown here. It actually sort of resembles one of the watches he wears in the show. It’s a Patek watch that shows the simplistic style and class of a person who has everything. Even though it’s simple, it has personality pouring from every facet. It’s rose gold casing and sapphire crystal case back are a perfect example of the extravagant simplicity that Don Draper has in spades.
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Legibility From Patek Philippe
Often times the more ornate designs of luxury watches make them look glorious while also adding an inscrutable quality to the actual reading of the time. Patek Philippe watches have a wide range of models that have ornate designs but they tend to manage to have this high style without sacrificing the functionality of the watches themselves.
The model shown here has one of the most easily legible calendar functions of any watch I have seen. The piece is gorgeous over all, finding it’s place within the pantheon of great Patek Philippe designs, but I am most impressed by the sturdy font choice and clear functionality of the calendar. Of course that is not all that this glorious timepiece has to offer. The off-white face and well designed hands are fantastic design flourishes, the likes of which only really come from an expert company like Patek Philippe.
We have been exploring the various lines of Patek Philippe’s company for some months now and it seems like a bottomless well of inspiration and variety. I have been impressed each time I seek to find a new model to highlight and yet here I may have met my absolute favorite of the entire bunch.
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Patek Philippe In Classic Gold
Nothing says “I am a mature and affluent adult” like a gold watch from a high end watch manufacturer. Patek Philippe watches are a perfect option for anyone looking to, as the rappers say, “get their grown man on.” The model shown here is a perfect option looking for a clean and clear 18 karat gold watch in a somewhat traditional vein. The look is classical in a way that so many watches tend to ignore these days.
If you are interested in the sort of classical looking luxury watch pictured here the Patek Philippe line is a great option to start shopping around. These watches are well designed and have the same sort of classically excellent internal engineering that you expect from all of the best watch brands. They have several models that offer the kind of clean and classic gold watch styles we associate with the successful business people of yore and the kind of vintage hip look favored by people attempting to flaunt their wealth a little.
I for one think these are the perfect watches. They can tie a suit together or they can make a more casual outfit look all the more attractive. A great option for anyone on the market for these kinds of watches.
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Springtime Patek Philippe Watches
In the springtime women get excited about some stylish shifts in their wardrobes. From long coats and dark colors into flowing dresses with a far brighter pallet. Sun dresses and playful skirts come out and accessories flow a little more loosely.
Of course when it comes to designer brand name watches some women stick with their precious metal pieces all year long still others begin looking for something lighter to match their more playful outfits. Lighter, of course, does not insist on a less elegant or stylish model, especially not when Patek Philippe watches are an option. The tan leather band and gold casing of the model pictured here is a perfect example of a watch stylized perfectly for those playful spring outfits. It can also translate to lightly colored gowns and dresses you might wear to elegant outdoor cocktail parties that should, in the coming months, begin to fill up your calendars.
Wearing a gorgeous Patek Philippe watch out can make you feel like a million bucks even when the decor is pleasantly spring-time casual. The sun is out and a playfulness can more easily return to your wardrobe but wearing a designer watch like the one here can keep you feeling stylish throughout.
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One Hundred And Sixty Two Years Of Quality
The Patek Philippe watch company was established in 1851 making it one of the oldest and most respected brands of luxury watches on the planet. That legacy of fine watch making is present in each new model that Patek Philippe continues to produce. Each has a fantastic sense of style and an excellent fine tuned mastery of engineering. The resulting time pieces are nothing short of works of art.
These pieces are fantastic and luxurious. The one pictured here this week is a great example. It has a modern typeface on it’s dial and a fairly modern feel yet it’s apparent elegance and fantastic craftsmanship is a clear through line to Patek’s early days. Their established branding demands that each watch stand on it’s own while also living up to the very high expectations that people have for these fine watches.
All of Patek Philippe’s watches are brilliant models of what a high end watch company should be producing on a regular basis. These are fantastic watches that can stand up to any and all other well established classic watch brands from Rolex to Hublot. Patek Philippe’s legacy of fine watch making and beautiful looking watches continues on more than one hundred and sixty years on.
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