PATEK PHILIPPE

1839年5月1日，兩位波蘭移民安東尼·百達（ANTONI PATEK）與弗朗西斯·查佩克（FRANCISZEK CZAPEK）在日內瓦創立了公司（Patek, Czapek & Cie）在日內瓦成立。最初的工廠位於羅納河右岸的貝爾格碼頭29號。查佩克離開後，天才製錶師讓·阿德里安·翡麗（JEAN ADRIEN PHILIPPE，無鑰匙上鍊機制的發明者）正式加入。1851年公司正式更名為 PATEK PHILIPPE & CIE，這也是「百達翡麗」這個名字首度完全合體的年份。讓·阿德里安·菲利普（Jean Adrien Philippe）接任查佩克（Czapek）後，公司遷至貝爾格碼頭15號，並更名為百達翡麗（Patek, Philippe & Cie），1853年，隨著公司的發展壯大，百達翡麗需要更大的辦公場所，於是遷至羅納街41號的一棟兩層樓建築。 1996年，如今的日內瓦沙龍正式成為專屬顧客的空間。

On May 1, 1839, two Polish immigrants, Antoni Patek and Franciszek Czapek, founded the company Patek, Czapek & Cie in Geneva. The initial factory was located at No. 29 Quai des Bergues on the right bank of the Rhone River. After Czapek's departure, the genius watchmaker Jean Adrien Philippe (inventor of the keyless winding mechanism) officially joined. In 1851, the company was officially renamed to Patek Philippe & Cie, marking the very first year the name "Patek Philippe" was fully united. After Jean Adrien Philippe took over from Czapek, the company moved to No. 15 Quai des Bergues and changed its name to Patek, Philippe & Cie. In 1853, as the company continued to grow and expand, Patek Philippe needed larger premises, so it relocated to a two-story building at 41 Rue du Rhône. In 1996, what is now the Geneva Salon officially became an exclusive space dedicated to customers.

1947 - Patek Philippe 1461

這張印有「& Co.」的格式保單是非常稀有的收藏，保單左下角的草寫清楚標示：「Sold 16th June 1947」。 在百達翡麗的歷史中，1947 年至 1948 年正是公司從「合夥制」（& Co.）轉向「股份制」（SA，Société Anonyme）的轉折點。雖然內部決策已在 1947 年逐步推動更名，但舊有的實體保單、信箋以及行政用印，並不會在決議通過的那一天立刻作廢，通常會延續使用直到庫存消耗完畢。

THIS CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN PRINTED WITH "& CO." IS AN EXTREMELY RARE COLLECTIBLE. THE CURSIVE SCRIPT IN THE LOWER-LEFT CORNER CLEARLY INDICATES: "SOLD 16TH JUNE 1947." IN THE HISTORY OF PATEK PHILIPPE, THE YEARS 1947 TO 1948 MARKED THE CRITICAL TRANSITION FROM A PARTNERSHIP (& CO.) TO A JOINT-STOCK COMPANY (SA, SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME). ALTHOUGH THE INTERNAL DECISION TO CHANGE THE NAME WAS GRADUALLY IMPLEMENTED STARTING IN 1947, EXISTING PHYSICAL DOCUMENTS—INCLUDING CERTIFICATES, STATIONERY, AND ADMINISTRATIVE SEALS—WERE NOT IMMEDIATELY RENDERED VOID. INSTEAD, THEY CONTINUED TO BE UTILIZED UNTIL THE EXISTING STOCK WAS EXHAUSTED.