Patek Philippe Highlights Hardcover – 30 July 2010

If you are interested in high-end watches and in particular Patek Philippe, then this book is lightweight and uninspired. It provides a brief history of the company and its founders, and then follows with a number of early models with pictures and specification (pretty much brochure-like). The second half of the book deals with modern PP watches with the same format. It includes very brief descriptions of complications and super complications, but nothing very informative. I would have thought that there would have been scope to easily include more information about complications and some deatiled pictures/schematics on the calibres produced by PP. The language is down as ENGLISH, but the book is repeated both in German and English, so a lot of wasted space. If this was produced in English only (as advertised) then there could have been a lot more detail.I recently purchased the Patek Philippe 2010/20111 hardback brochure with over 200 pages on eBay for under £15 including postage, and this gave loads more information and for me is my definitive guide. So, don't waste your money on this book and get something a lot more comprehensive.

This seems much more of a catalogue of 2009 watches than the “essential acquisition” promised by the blurb. Disappointing.