Patek Philippe Grand Exhibition

To celebrate 175 years since Patek Philippe was founded, it is hosting a one-off event at the Saatchi Gallery in London, The Patek Philippe Grand Exhibition. The event only runs for twelve days (May 27th to June 7th) and is something that is unlikely to be repeated. The exhibition takes visitors through a well crafted and presented journey from company formation to its current crowning achievements in the form of its anniversary timepieces.

I had the opportunity to visit the exhibition last Sunday, dodging the rain and the crowds on the Kings Road my partner and I ducked into the Saatchi Gallery and we were warmly greeted by the Patek Philippe representatives. We handed in our coats and bags, were given free headphones made for the event to use with guide app and stepped through into the immaculately presented exhibition.

As we entered, a short video introducing the exhibition and the Patek Philippe company was shown, guided on from there by attentive staff (this continued throughout the exhibition) into a recreation of a turn of the century theatre (right down to original seating) we were shown a more personal and historical film about the history of the founders, Antoine Norbert de Patek(1839) and Adrien Philippe (1845).

Concept Art – Interactive Room & Historical Theatre

Moving on we found ourselves in the first collection room, and this was a room fit for a King or Queen. The Royal Room as it is called recreates in style the 1851 Great Exhibition at The Crystal Palace, a defining moment of the time and one where Patek Philippe first introduced the revolutionary keyless winding watch, a marvel of technical expertise for the era. This was the same exhibition where Queen Victoria purchased one of Patek Philippe's watches, a watch that was on display today in all its splendour. Sitting along side it an equally impressive selection of antique pocket watches that have been owned by monarchs from all over Europe.

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