Patek Philippe Ellipse Aerospace Valjoux had long been a

Valjoux had long been a stalwart of the Swiss watchmaking industry

The privations of the war years engendered in him a hunger to succeed

Simple yet refined — and very thin — it features a satin silver dial with printed Roman and Arabic indices

and for many they were a budget-conscious choice

Patek Philippe Ellipse Aerospace Valjoux had long been aIntroduced in the late 1960s, the Patek Philippe Ellipse was inspired by the Golden Ratio, referred to as the Divine Proportion by 16th century Italian mathematician Luca Pacioli. An observed ratio in nature, the Golden Ratio is said to be an aesthetically balanced ratio found within the human body, trees, and more. With the Ellipse, Patek made the ratio of the major to the minor axis 1. 618 to 1 aka de divina proportione. The same shape is applied to