Patek Philippe Geneva Trip - 2013

[Bulliondesk]

I wanted to share one of the greatest experiences of my life, as one of fifteen collectors from around the United States to be invited by Patek Philippe for a week in Geneva to tour everything that is Patek Philippe.

Patek flew us all Business Class to Geneva with hotel accommodations at the Mandarin Oriental, with a weeks worth of activities to follow. Here's a short and very brief synopsis..

Day 1 - We arrived in the morning at the Patek Factory to experience Manufacturing/Hand Finishing and Grand Complications. We had lunch in Patek's private dining room with Thierry Stern and Larry Pettinelli. Following lunch we departed to the Patek Philippe Museum with a tour of the past and present watches.

Day 2 - We departed to St-Imier to visit the dial factory. Following the factory we traveled to Montreaux to visit the Chateau de Chillion midieval Castle.

Day 3 - We arrived in the morning to the factory to experience the International Service Center/Restoration Division as well as the Department of Creation presented by Mrs. Stern. Afterwards we departed to the factory of Perly to visit Patek's Case and Bracelet Manufacturing which included Case Stamping/Bracelets, Links and Clasps/Engine Turning and Jewelery.
To finish the day we went back to the headquarters and was presented with the entire current collection (All 200 references) to look at, admire, and try on!

There were many breakfasts, lunches, presentations, dinners, meet and greets, outings (Geneva Boutique was mind blowing!), sight seeing etc. But I just wanted to give you a quick synopsis of some of the weeks activities.

This trip was a once in a lifetime experience that I will cherish forever. I always loved the brand, but this took it to a completely different level and perspective to see, meet, hear and experience first hand what it truly takes to make an incredible masterpiece, a Patek Philippe timepiece.

Here are a few pictures from the trip..

A light dinner on my way to Geneva..











View from the Mandarin..



Some sight seeing after arrival..











Sneak peak inside the first floor of five at the Patek Geneva Boutique. It was the most stunning a Boutique I had ever seen..





Wrist Shot outside the Headquarters..





Sme more wrist shots..









Meet and Greet during lunch..





Seeing all the reference inside their vault room..











Trying some beauties on..













He wants back on the wrist..



Patek Museum.. (1518, 1527 etc!)









Midieval Castle..





Bracelet Factory..



Sightseeing on the Le Savoie Cruise..







To top it all off..





myopiccoog and I.. Week long memories together, now friends for life..



So many more pictures and memories.. Hope you enjoyed a small glimpse!

[HL65]

Wow!! Just awesome and what a trip!! You guys are truly lucky....Cheers and thanks for sharing!

[Puffy]

Amazing!!!!

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[myopiccoog]

Nicely done my friend!

[mb23]

You lucky son of a.... B! Thanks for sharing J, and thanks for the pics along the way! :)

[Bulliondesk]

Your welcome guys. Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take pictures inside the factories, tours etc. otherwise I would have posted a thousand photos! ;)

[Ticking_Sonata]

one of the luckiest men.

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[de66]

Nice! Very impressive boutique and watch collection pics.
Nice pics of the harbor and the Jet d'Eau. One of my friends has a (little) speedboat in the harbor there :)

[Toony]

Thanks for sharing. Awesome

[111forza]

Wow truly amazing trip you guys had sure you had a fantastic time from start to finish & what a gesture from patek

Thanks for your report on a trip of a life time

[Oryx]

Totally off the charts - thank you for sharing

[TimeOnHand]

Fantastic experience I am sure! Thank you for sharing

[codecow]

My jaw hit the floor man, literally. Congrats on your good fortune and thanks for sharing!

[subtona]

Very nice, special opportunity!

[alexlt730512]

what can i say, amazing..........

[johnbeth]

[jnelson3097]

Amazing pictures

[Mauiguy]

It's hard to describe how much I've been enjoying these Geneva trip reports. Thank you and myopiccoog for sharing this experience with us. I have every confidence you put in a good word for the rest of us here on the forum so we can get on the list for next year's trip! hahaha! Just kidding! Thanks again!

[topcat30093]

Please, please, please

Can you republish the photos?

I am not able to see them as the bandwidth has been exceeded and though words are nice, photos & words are even better.

Kind Regards

Tony

[Bulliondesk]

Fixed! Sorry. Had to subscribe for more bandwidth!

[paverman]

Sounds like an amazing time. Thanks for sharing.

[alanski]

fantastic post guys :)

gonna get me 5270 outta the bank this week and figure out how to set it :)

thanks for sharing , looks like a wonderful once ina life time trip

[jerseyden]

Absolutely fantastic trip. Something to remember always.

[s14roller]

Awesome pics and thanks for sharing.

Good thing it's summer, I think your faces need some color.

[myopiccoog]

Had to go blue strap for the trip

[topcat30093]

Superb photos.

Thank you for addressing the issue with the photos.

[Hughiee]

Thank you for sharing these photos.

[vc_watches]

Hah! You put on the blue strap, myopiccoog!

Great pics, Bulliondesk - thank you for sharing!

[Stuxnet]

There is a 0.0001% chance that I will ever be one of the chosen ones so thank you very much for posting the pictures and sharing your trip with the rest of us.

[FeelingTheBlues]

Very nice pictures from the tour, thank you for sharing!