Patek Philippe Ellipse Framed Ads this watch is a bit

this watch is a bit of an oddity

and later versions had the addition of a date window

its genesis involved consultation with multiple divers — Jacques Cousteau among them — and brought together features that have since become iconic: the decompression scale bezel

but wants to be able to wear it whenever

which can be used to track a second time zone

Patek Philippe Ellipse Framed Ads this watch is a bitIn 1968, Patek Philippe released the Golden Ellipse. Debuting eight years before the iconic Nautilus, the Ellipse with its distinctive oval shape was unlike anything else in Patek Philippes catalogs. The case proportions relied on the ancient Greek golden section ratio of 1 1. 6181, heralded as the purest way to depict harmonious shapes. In the early 1970s, Patek expanded the Ellipse line to include squarish case shapes dubbed "TV Cases" by