Patek Philippe, as well as Rolex and other manufacturers, entrusted the Swiss company Inducta with the production of their display clocks. These clocks rarely appear on the market as they are eserved for a firm’s showrooms or retailers to display in their boutiques.

Launched in 1968, the Golden Ellipse and its divine proportions has without doubt inspired one of the most beautiful chapters of horological history. Thanks to its unique blend of bold simplicity and formal purity, the model has become one of the flagships of the Patek Philippe collection and most certainly one of its most instantly recognizable creations.

The elliptical design is based on the golden section, or "divina proportio", a ratio defined by the Greek mathematician Hippasos, around 450 BC. This discovery has fascinated both artists and philosophers and is instinctively recognized as visually agreeable and wholly balanced.