Patek Philippe Watches, Volume 1 Pocket Watches, Volume 2 Pocket and Wrist watches, Catalog of the Patek Philippe Museum Geneva in English, 2013 This catalog documents with 1005 examples the design, the development and the production of the pocket and wristwatches at Patek Philippe since its beginnings in 1839 until the 1980’s. This catalog was published in 2013 (limited to 2500 copies) by the Patek Philippe Museum. These ‘must have’ volumes for Patek aficionados weigh a respectable 6.4kg and measures approximately 295x260x85mm. The book essentially is a catalogue describing the collection of Patek Philippe timepieces on display in the Patek Philippe Museum. The museum pays homage to the craftsmanship of the watchmakers of yesterday and today. The main purpose of the book is to “inspire the young people of the present and the future and to encourage horological vocations and promote the progress of haute horology” (citation, Mister Philippe Stern). Content of Volume I, 473 pages Volume I includes three parts. First, an introduction to the protagonists of the company: Antoine Norbert de Patek, Francois Czapek and Jean Adrien Philippe. The second part covers approximately 110 pages and describes the pocket watches without horological complications: early watches from 1839-1842, watches made for specific markets or companies, theme-related watches (nature, religion, objects incorporating), watches made for royalty, and other types. The third part covers approximately 270 pages and describes the pocket watches with horological complications, including repeaters, independent seconds, time zones, calendars, chronographs, double/triple/grand complications, sonneries, and singing birds. It covers the period between 1839 and 2000. Content of Volume II, 455 pages While Volume I focuses on pocket watches only, volume II expands into wristwatches and clocks. Volume II starts with pocket and deck chronometers, art nouveau and art deco specialties as well as watches made for Brazilian retailers Gondolo & Labouriau and industrialists James Ward Packard and Henry Graves Jr. Wristwatches are grouped into wristwatches without and with complications (chronographs, spilt seconds, calendar, perpetual, repeaters). Special sections have been included for prototypes, enamel and engraving, the calatrava cross, and commemorative watches. The book is very useful if you want to learn more about a Patek Philippe watch you hear about or when you want to compare the dial with a watch you see on auction or when you want to do some research into watches made by Patek. The literature references help you to find even more information.