Today, the Patek Philippe Art of Watches Grand Exhibition is open to the public, and we had an opportunity to walk through it with none other than Thierry Stern yersterday, the CEO of Patek Philippe. If you’re wondering what the show is like, we can definitely say – as the saying goes – that it’s “just what it says on the tin.” This really is a Grand Exhibition, with an incredible diversity of watches and clocks spanning centuries of production.
Of course there is a perfectly comprehensive choice of current and contemporary Patek Philippe replica watches ranging from the simple to the most complex, and here Patek has been able to strive for comprehensiveness with great success – you can see a phenomenal range of the cheap Patek Philippe’s more modern production watches. There are also two rooms devoted to high complications, including repeaters, astronomical complications, and the fake Patek’s signature perpetual calendar chronograph watches, with a separate room devoted to high complication movements (that has a virtual reality installation that you really have to try; it’s good clean horological fun).
Of course, the exhibition is quite logistically complex and though it is in theory a regular traveling show, it’s been two years since it last went live (the last time was in London). Visiting the exhibition, you can understand why – it’s located inside the cavernous main room of Cipriani 42nd Street, and the Patek has constructed a two story, building-inside-a-building to house the whole show. A major feature of the New York version of the show is the addition of a room housing Pateks that were owned and worn by major American figures from industry, politics, and the arts and here you can see cheap watches owned by such greats as Joe DiMaggio and Duke Ellington, and a clock gifted to John F. Kennedy during the Cold War. 
Patek hasn’t just brought Patek Philippe watches to New York, either. The Patek Philippe replica Museum in Geneva has contributed a number of rare early timepieces, the oldest of which dates to the early 1500s and the very birth of watchmaking itself. If you’re interested not only in Patek, but in the social, cultural, and technical history of timekeeping itself this is a must-see. The Art of replica Watch, Grand Exhibition will be open to the general public free of charge from 10:00am to 7:00pm Monday through Sunday, and with special extended evening hours on Thursday, July 20th from 10:00am to 9:00pm. More info on location and admission is right here and we hope to see you there!
