Maison 42 of 100 · Haute Horology
Patek Philippe
The reading
You never actually own a Patek. The Nautilus is the most argued-over steel watch of the century; grand complications are the reason the steel watch is allowed to cost that. Independent, vertically integrated, allergic to fashion collaborations.
The house
- Origin
- Switzerland
- Founded
- 1839
- Atelier
- Haute Horology
- Ownership
- Stern family
- Signature
- Nautilus / Calatrava
The figure, and where it comes from
Limited100 Luxury Brand Index 2025 Q4: No.2 of 100, the highest-placed watch house.
Source: Limited100, Luxury Brand Index (L100i), 2025 Q4.
This claim was re-checked against the publisher named above on 2026-09-23, and it is held in this build’s claims ledger as l100i-42.
Its place in the register, counted
By founding year it is the 15th-oldest of the hundred. No other house in this register sits under the Stern family. Switzerland puts sixteen maisons into this register, the third-largest national group, and this is one of them. Of the eighteen houses filed under Haute Horology, it is the 2nd.