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Patek Philippe Gondolo Rectangular Watch History

Patek Philippe requires little introduction. Founded in Geneva in 1839 by Antoine Norbert de Patek and François Czapek, and reformulated in 1845 into the partnership between Antoine Patek and the F...

Hamilton Rectangular Watches: Boulton & Ardmore History

Hamilton Watch Company was founded in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1892, born from the merger of two local watchmakers and propelled immediately by a landmark contract to supply pocket watches to th...

Girard-Perregaux Vintage 1945 Rectangular Watch

Girard-Perregaux is one of the oldest watch manufactures in the world, with origins tracing to 1791 in Geneva. In 1852, Constant Girard established Girard & Cie in La Chaux-de-Fonds; two years ...

Rectangular Watch Brand Guide | Söner Watches

The rectangular wristwatch did not emerge fully formed. It was developed over decades, shaped by a handful of brands whose contributions - sometimes a single watch, sometimes an entire design philo...

Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Rectangular Watch History

Jaeger-LeCoultre is one of watchmaking's great manufactures, a house that has produced more than a thousand calibres, invented the world's smallest mechanical movement, and consistently demonstrate...

Bulova and the Rectangle: An American Art Deco Story

Bulova is one of America's defining watch brands, and its story is inseparable from the country's own sense of style. Founded in New York in 1875 by Joseph Bulova, a Bohemian immigrant with an inst...