Model family · Patek Philippe
Golden Ellipse
55 references58 variants1960–2000
Patek Philippe’s elliptical dress watch, designed in 1968 by Jean-Daniel Rubeli on golden-section proportions (1 : 1.618); its second-oldest collection after the Calatrava. By the late 1970s it came in some 65 versions on straps and chain, braided or milanaise bracelets.
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All recorded years
19602000
55 references in production order. Overlapping bars show overlapping recorded dates.
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