When did Patek Phillippe stop hand finishing their watches?

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Originally Posted by tom2517

Yes you are not alone. I have been saying this for years but now I see more and more realizing Patek is not what they used to be. They are the largest producer of haute horological watches and made sacrifices/shortcuts along the way to achieve those production numbers and also fatten their wallets, the Stern family are billionaires don’t forget.

True hand made watches like Dufour and Roger Smith takes too much time to make and none of them gets rich from doing it.

Spot on IMO. If you want a truly handmade watch these days you need to go to the micro haute horlogerie houses.