Tiffany Blue & Nautilus

A shared success story

Founded two years apart (Tiffany & Co. in 1837, Patek Philippe in 1839), the American jewelry house and the Geneva watch manufacturer have always shared the same values. Striving for perfection. Passion for craftsmanship. Appreciation and service for customers at the highest level.

In 1851, Patek Philippe signed an agreement with Tiffany & Co. that made the American jeweler the first official dealer of the manufacture’s watches on the US market. On his first business trip to America in 1854, Antoine Norbert de Patek reaffirmed the trusting relationship and paid a visit to Charles Lewis Tiffany in New York. On his departure, he was deeply impressed by the volume of business at the jewelry house and the large order of 150 watches.

In 1876, the two companies reached a new agreement. Tiffany & Co. became the general agent for the entire USA and represented “the interests of Patek Philippe & Cie. as if they were its own interests”. In return, the Geneva-based company undertook to represent the interests of the American jeweler in Switzerland. The façade of the historic Patek Philippe headquarters on the Grand Quai in Geneva bore the inscription “Agents for Tiffany & Co., New York”. In the Patek Philippe Salons in Geneva, there is further proof of this good relationship to this day: a large steel safe formerly owned by Tiffany & Co. and adorned with an American eagle wielding two cars.

In the years from 1900 to 1930, Tiffany & Co. also played an important role in Patek Philippe’s relationship with important American watch collectors such as Henry Graves Junior, for whom the manufacture produced numerous complicated watches. In 1946, the Henri Stern Watch Agency was founded in New York by the grandfather of the current President of the Manufacture, Thierry Stern. It maintains the successful partnership to this day.

In 2008, Patek Philippe strengthens its close relationship with Tiffany & Co. and opens a boutique within the famous Tiffany & Co. store on Fifth Avenue. The entire current collection of the manufacture can be admired here.