Da appassionatissimo di orologi simil-ellittico, mi chiedevo, a parte il Breguet Maria Antonietta, che era ovale, tra gli orologi ellittici, quale viene prima, il
Patek Ellipse o il White Shadow o ci sono altri precedenti?
Tra i movimenti con microrotore, nasce prima l’UG66 o il calibro 240 di Patek?
In questo pezzettino di articolo leggo, tardi anni Sessanta, ma volevo sapere se prima o dopo il Patek Ellipse.
In 1968 Patek Philippe launched a line of oval-shaped watches called the Golden Ellipse. As Cartier did with square-shaped watches, the Golden Ellipse sent ripples through the horological world. Ellipse-inspired oval wristwatches emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s, created by brands like Universal Genève.
Universal Genève produced some of the most interesting timepieces of the post-war Golden Age, with build quality that rivaled the better known big Swiss manufactures like Patek Philippe. From humble beginnings, Universal Genève grew in the post-war years to become a small but leading quality manufacture of chronographs and calendar complications, peaking with small runs of high-quality sporting chronographs in the 1960s and 70s. It’s these watches—most notably the Tri-Compax—for which Universal Genève has gained a reverential following in recent years.
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