Patek Philippe Yellow Gold Watches

The brightness and durability of yellow gold is what has made Patek Philippe watches so popular over the years.
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Despite the launch of the company's first stainless steel sports watches like the Nautilus, yellow gold was used regularly at Patek Philippe's manufacturing facilities in Geneva, Switzerland. Not only do the company use this precious metal for creating cases, crowns, bezels and buckles, but gold has been used for some of the components of their in-house built movements, to promise the longest possible life. Yellow gold is incredibly slow to tarnish and corrode, making it a popular material to use in watch manufacture at a time when Patek Philippe was establishing itself as a leading creator and supplier of luxury Swiss-made wristwatches and pocket watches the late 1880’s.