Patek Philippe

Hello folks, Long time reader, but first time poster. I wanted to ask a question regarding an odd detail that I have been curious about. I noticed while looking at some images of vintage Patek watches from the pre-1960's range, that they seem to have what... 

Dials all differed from reference to reference with vintage Pateks and indeed some are "raised" whilst others were not...the difference being in the manufacturing process of the dial itself. Obviously the raised ones were particular to certain references ... 

Yes, Vintage Patek do come with dials carrying varying signatures. Some reference numbers came with raised signatures, while others came without this. Regards, Rishad

Hi, I somehow feel it's a bit poor style to quote myself, but in this case I'm just a bit lazy You should find some info in this older post here: patek.watchprosite.com Best regards Suitbert

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Suitbert's image in his link is indeed a perfect example of the raised text I had observed. Seems to be a rather interesting process involved with production of that dial based on his description; an art form all it's own. So, based on what I can surmise ... 

Vedlen, I own a ref 96 from 1932 which has raised text on the dial and is produced by a process called CHAMPLEVE which is a form of enameling derived from the french and pronounced s ham-pluh-vay.

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