Visit to Patek Museum
Hello All: Long time lurker but a regular on the site for many years. Since I was visiting Geneva, I took the opportunity to visit the Patek Museum. What a gift for Watch aficionados! Obviously there are so many interesting facets to explore in a museum l...
Thanks for post ! The Patek museum is on
my bucket list ! How many hours did you spend in this “candy” store ?
Pleasure to hear from you Nico
Please do. I was treated to the Salon and pieces there as well. But Musuem is quite extravagant in the amount of pieces - Patek and otherwise.
What I most remember from my visit was the look of disapproval from
the woman at the entrance, when I paid for the ticket with a handful of coins. Probably warm from being in my pocket.
All the beautiful and expensive pieces in the museum
Did make me a feel a bit less. Haha. But it went away quickly.
I've been there last year.
Wonderful experience. During the same trip I visited the AP museum too so you can imagine how excited I was.
IWC will be my next one...
... possibly this upcoming spring. I haven't been to Schaffausen in more than two decades, lovely city.
Great post - many thanks for sharing.
I plan on visiting while I’m in Geneva for the week of April 9 for Watches & Wonders. I’m not sure how busy it will be - I’m guessing - very!! Were you able to book tickets in advance? The only reservations I could see were for private tours which are not...
I did do the private tour
We got a person knowledgeable about the pieces who was able to tailor it to the amount of time we had available. Otherwise I felt that it was very difficult to pick your stops to focus. They do have the audio system that provide information for each piece...