Patek Philippe Calatrava Series [ka-la-tra-va] Today is a Patek Philippe watch family in one of the earliest classic meter series. However, in 1932 it is a beginning of the birth of the European avant-garde design watches against the times. In its course of development of the Eighty – three from the avant-garde to classic how, this article will lead us back to the era of the birth of Calatrava series prototype, from the time the magnificent background for your true colors Secret time.
Time backgroud
Prototype Ref Patek Philippe Calatrava watches. 96 was born in 1932. At that time, the First World War, European countries undone, the rapid development of the industrial revolution era and gradually mature. This chapter reviews the 1920s to the 1930s in Europe and America, from the following three aspects of your birth family narrative Calatrava great background.
Every era will have its mainstream artistic style and aesthetic taste, it is one of the best examples of Art Deco decorative arts in the 1920s to 1930s heyday development.
Art Deco, Art Deco, also known as Art Deco originated in Paris, France, with splendid modern and novel known. 1925 World’s Fair held in Paris, the term Art Deco was officially named. 1920s to the 1930s heyday of Art Deco decorative arts, which shares a strong driving force, the subtle influence of the time series of modern design. Not only reflected in the architectural design, interior design and exhibition design, more widely applied to jewelry, watches, paintings, clothing, book binding, furniture, glass, and so on.
1920s to 1930s, the rapid rise of Europe and the world auto industry, a large number of car brands have emerged, until today plays an important role in the automotive industry influence. During this period, more and more of the production line was born, car slowly into the public life of sight, people’s lifestyle also accompanied by new vehicles universal and undergoing subtle changes. Watch design has become the most diverse in history and one of the most innovative era.
That is the concept of speed profound impact on the sign of the times was still wearing a pocket watch gentlemen. That time, the rich beauty of women wrist watches with a stylish and sophisticated vocabulary as a young jewelry, has become part of the first row lady lady decoration, but gentlemen timepiece partner is still hanging in the suit or vest pocket watch. Since the process of driving the car, took out his watch to check the time becomes very inconvenient, gentlemen start looking for men to wear the watch. This period held each watch company innovation, many new designs continue to emerge, such as rectangular, square type, barrel-type, shaped and so on. Of course, and a lot of new things, born at the beginning must be debated. When the timepiece worn on the wrist gradually popular, many conservatives negative comments follow. Since the day the wrist exposed and extremely uneven and stability, critics even questioned the reasonableness of luxury watches worn on the wrist. But soon he recognized the usefulness of the watch, and quickly became the most gentleman’s timepiece selection. To 1934, watch purchase rate has reached 2/3, 1/3 only watch. Patek Philippe’s Ref. 96 watch is in this environment, with its masculine beauty, simple lines won the gentlemen’s favorite.
Patek Philippe Calatrava replica Series
Driven era background, Patek Philippe replica is also in this period ushered in the peak of innovative design, both in shape watch, or in the watch features exhibits on. In 1932, Patek Philippe bold avant-garde design, the Bauhaus introduced to simplify, with the shape and function as a source of inspiration for its first born Ref. 96 watch, which laid the mainstream round cheap replica watches.
In the Stern family management, cheap Patek Philippe replica in the early 1930s pioneered a tradition – to develop numbered watches. Early numbers are printed on the inside front and back, in order to distinguish different types of companies and retailers of watches. These early numbers with a watch in the future there will be famous: Ref.96.
It was officially launched by the end of 1932 in order to “form with function and health,” the Bauhaus design philosophy to break the shackles of decorative arts. Stearns family for the wearer that the watch is the most important function is to display hours, minutes, and seconds, and the round case is the best option. Therefore, Ref.96 case with a circular design, dial and hands styling is equally simple and practical, minimalist style display time. While this watch, once launched, it attracted the attention of timepiece connoisseurs, rounded appearance to become the first Swiss watch in the history of the classic image of the watch, called the count when the class model.
Calatrava’s name is derived from Patek Philippe trademark registered in 1887, which represents the success and perseverance of Calatrava doji marked. The mark first appeared in the twelfth century a Spanish knight team flag, decorated with four lily pointing to four basis points. Ref 96 prototype was to pay tribute to its inspiration – was very pioneering spirit of the Bauhaus design style, in 1985, Patek Philippe formally classic round watch named Calatrava series, becoming Patek Philippe wrist when the family first count table series.
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As one of the classic watches to Patek Philippe Ref.96 tribute, Ref.5196 crucial position in Calatrava series. Retro classic case, white dial, coupled with soft three-dimensional gold hour markers, small seconds dial delicate. Gold style, adding more luxurious atmosphere.
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Calatrava series watches under the simple design, but it will be a variety of complex functions one by one. Table slim body, made more complex and sophisticated challenge function skills. Patek Philippe with unlimited creativity and tireless pursuit of complex functions conferred Calatrava simple appearance under, from the aesthetic value to the functional skills, all reflect Bauhaus design trend, while the Patek Philippe innovation to create significant value demonstrated vividly
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Ref. 4937G-001 Ladies calendar moon phase watch
The Calatrava case design ladies calendar moon phase luxury replica watches, with a white mother of pearl dial, gold applied numerals; pointer dial with day and month display and window-type date display; Case set with 431 diamonds, crown inlaid 14 diamonds, clasp inlaid 27 diamonds, exceptionally bright.
Patek Philippe Calatrava series is the product of Pioneer Spirit in the magnificent background. Bauhaus design trend for inspiration, when attention to meter design relationships with the wearer, Patek Philippe to watchmaking craftsmanship and pioneer attitude, breaking the mainstream aesthetic values of the era, creating a classic that time tomorrow. When Art Deco Art Deco design is regarded as retro trend today, Calatrava series still revered round swiss replica watches model. It is also a Patek Philippe classic advertising slogan, “No one can have a Patek Philippe, but kept it for the next generation,” the interpretation of very profound meaning.