Check out this amazingly cool video for the manufacturing process of Patek Philippe: You usually find with most watch company videos that unless t is an endorsement of sorts or features a celebrity, they do not put much money into the productions. The Patek Philippe watch is famed for its craftmanship and is one of the most carefully handmade watch, hence their vast purchase price.

The history of the brand dates back to 1839 by Anton Patek who began making pocket watches in Geneva. In 1845 Patek met and formed a company with watchmaker Adrian Philippe, hence the company named of Patek Philippe. They did not produce their first wristwatch together until 1868. By this time Patek Philippe were supplying watches to royalty such as Queen Victoria and her consort, the King and Queen of Denmark and later Pope Pius IX.

The company is currently owned by the Stern family and is famed for some of the most complicated watches ever produced, with many watch collectors regarding Patek Philippe as the best timepieces in the world.