Thursday, 13 October 2011

Patek Philippe Golden Ellipse, the perfect shape for 40 years

For the introduction of the enduring classic series of Patek Philippe watches are world-renowned noble tradition. Is celebrating the birth of the famous Golden Ellipse watch the fortieth anniversary of the Geneva Watches brands, will introduce the first of the series of platinum and men's watches and jewelry to match, the world dedicated to the pursuit of lasting elegance and classic elegance of the people.

In 1868, Patek Philippe produced the first Swiss watch. This is a beautifully inlaid jewelry watches. 100 years later, watch over the world, and designers seek to make almost all shape of the watch.

Case style types, from classic round to rectangular and square, as well as triangular Masonic watch, nothing is there. A source of creative designers seem to have dried up - until 1968, the famous Geneva watchmaker Patek Philippe Golden Ellipse family of launch day, it uses both round and square, non-party non-circular shape. In short, Golden Ellipse shape of the advantages of integration of the two, and the case of the width to length ratio is just as 1.618033988 ..in full compliance with the mysterious golden definition, that is, the sum of two length ratio of the longer one, just a longer period and is equal to the ratio of short period. 450 BC, the Greek mathematician Metapontum City Heber Hughes (Hippasus) the first time in the analysis of pentagonal patterns describe this ratio, but also which found a "irrational number" (can not be expressed as a fraction, and decimal there are an infinite number of digits). It was found that the construction industry and the people seem very harmonious nature of many forms, fits the golden ratio. This ratio is called the divine proportion King quickly and is still the most wonderful natural and cultural phenomena.

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