Patek Watch Company started their activity in Geneva in 1839. From the very beginning Polish Count Antoine Norbert de Patek worked with Franciois Czapek, which gave their early watches name Patek, Czapek and Co. After 6 years Czappek left and a new partner Jean Adrien Philippe entered the company. This French watchmaker introduced a new stem-winding system, which later made. Patek Philippe watches so famous. Soon their watches became welcome at Queen Victoria of England, which helped to get their name all over Europe.