Patek Philippe Ellipse specialpricing W" and their Mark XI

W" and their Mark XI aviator's watches--are enduring examples of tool watches whose movements are as beautiful as they are reliable

Although perhaps less sought-after than the Seamaster or Speedmaster

NASA had selected the Speedmaster through trial and error—on the watch itself

For the Mark II

as it did for its immediate predecessor and every other Daytona model - including the legendary 'Paul Newman Daytona' until the introduction of the Reference 16520 in 1989

Patek Philippe Ellipse specialpricing W" and their Mark XIIntroduced in the late 1960s, the Patek Philippe Ellipse was inspired by the Golden Ratio, referred to as the Divine Proportion by Luca Pacioli. An observed ratio in nature, the Golden Ratio is said to be an aesthetically balanced ratio used on the human body, trees, and more. With the Ellipse, Patek made the ratio of the major to the minor axis 1. 618 to 1 the golden ratio, de divina proportione. Debuting eight years before the iconic Nautilus, the