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Complex wristwatches (1925-1989) |
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Wristwatches with complications
As the fashion of wearing a watch around the wrist was catching on, watchmakers began challenging the integration of various complications into their new timepieces. The problems encountered in the miniaturisation of the parts and the reliability of the timekeeping, found in Patek Philippe the response worthy of the prestigious Genevese firm. As early as 1916, a lady’s wristwatch with a 5 minute repeating mechanism was produced (movement N° 174’603). It was ...
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