1842, Jean Adrien Philippe, a French watchmaker (For Patek), invents the keyless winding mechanism.
This invention enables to noticeably improve the regulating behavior of the watch, modernization, innovation related to the manufactoring processes.
The inventor, presented a thin pocket watch that could be wound and set at the stem with a winding crown. The following year Patek hired Philippe and split up with Czapek, and in 1851, Patek changed the firm's name to Patek Philippe & Co.
The founders, Antoine Norbert de Patek and Jean Adrien Philippe vowed to produce only the world's finest watches and to honour the watch making art by perpetuating the traditional values and the ceaseless quest for innovation that are its lifeblood.
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