Despite its name, the perpetual calendar has not been around forever. Patek Philippe patented the movement for a pocket watch in 1889 and the venerable Swiss watch brand introduced the first ...

Chinese buyers grew so enamored of Bovet’s 19th-century pocket watches that the name Bovet entered the Cantonese lexicon as a generic term for a watch. Reborn in 2001 under the stewardship of ...

Thomas Mudge invented the very first perpetual calendar in 1762—the gold pocket watch that contains it is currently on view at the British Museum. But it would take almost two full centuries for ...

Patek Philippe In-Line”Perpetual Calendar Ref. 5236P-001 ©Patek Philippe Patek Philippe reminded everyone today that there is more to this company than the stainless steel Nautilus.