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Antoni Norbert Patek (French: Antoine Norbert de Patek; 14 June 1812 – 1 March 1877) was a Polish pioneer in watchmaking and the creator of Swiss watchmaker company Patek Philippe & Co., as well as a Polish independence fighter and political activist.
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The company traces its origins to the mid-19th century, when Polish watchmaker Antoni Patek and his Czech-born Polish business partner Franciszek Czapek formed Patek, Czapek & Cie in Geneva on 1 May 1839 and started manufacturing pocket watches.
Dec 20, 2018 · A genius entrepreneur and an accomplished (yet humble) political activist in exile. He pioneered large-scale production of luxury watches and charmed both Queen Victoria and Walt Disney with his miniature masterpieces. It was Patek who made the world measure success in seconds.
Oct 12, 2022 · Antoni Patek grew up in Poland before he made his career in the watchmaking industry. And his grave in Geneva still carries Polish flags to commemorate the fact. Patek’s creativity and business skill granted him an important role in this jewelry-adjacent industry.
Antoni Patek deserved his first Polish biography. War hero, brilliant and creative entrepreneur whose links with Poland are largely forgotten. As a Pole myself, I felt proud reading a book that is not entirely focused on watches, because Antoni Patek was not either.
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Jul 5, 2020 · A lifelong Polish patriot, he took part in the failed uprising of 1830-31 against the Russian Empire and it was only because he got stuck, stateless, in what is now Switzerland on a...
