Probably the best there is in modern day watch making. Made with the highest standards of workmanship and quality control. It takes more than 1,200 operations to create one watch. Between three and five years are spent creating a new mechanical movement. Six hundred hours of quality control checks, followed by thirty days of observation and rigorous examination. Each watch is individually assembled, polished and regulated by hand.
100% of the Patek Philippe mechanical movement are awarded by the prestigious official hallmark of the Geneva Seal granted since 1886 to locally crafted mechanical movement which comply with 12 high quality criteria.
The Genève upon the dial of a watch merely means it is a Swiss watch and at least one of the major operations in fabrication have been performed in the canton of Genève so that at least 50% of the total cost of production incurred there and has no relation to the geneva seal.
With over 70 patents under their name, it really is
"You never actually own a Patek Philippe.You merely look after it for the next generation."
In his early life, Banksy beagan his career as a freehand graffiti artist and soon started to use stencils which he is fame for nowadays. His striking and humorous images are usually combined with slogans and the message is usually about anti-war, anti-capitalist- or anti-establishment. His subjects often include rats, monkeys, policemen, soldiers, children and the elderly.
His first exhibition was held in Los Angeles 33 1/3 Gallery entitled Existencilism. In 2003, he had an exhibition called Turf War, held in a warehouse . This was also the time when Banksy started to produce subverted paintings for example Monet's Water Lily Pond, adapted to include urban detritius such as litter and a shopping trollet floating in its reflective waters.
In August 2004, Banksy produced a quantity of spoof British 10 pound notes substituting the picture of the Queen's head with Diana, Princess of Wales's head and changing the text "Bank of England" to Banksy of England". Some one threw a large wad of these into a crowd at Notting Hill Carnival that year, which some people tried to spend the notes in local shops. These notes have been sold for almost 200 pounds each. A limited run of ten uncut notes were also produced and sold by Pictures on Walls for 100 pounds each to commemorate the death of Princess Diana. In 2007, one of these was sold for 24000 pounds at Bonhams auction houses in London.
His first official exhibition in New York, the "Village Pet Store And Charcoal Grill," opend 5 Oct 2008. The animatronic pets in the store window include a mother hen watching over her baby Chicken Nuggets as they pecj at a barbecue sauce packet.
Last but not least, in 2010, the world premiere of the film Exit Through the Gift Shop occurred at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah which is the only documentary that has Banksy in person despite the shadowing and altered voice. Banksy also appeard on one of the Simpsons episodes where his name was sprayed on certain places in the famous Simpsons intro.
Jarvis studied illustration at the University of Brighton and also managed to obtain a masters's in illustration from the Royal College of Art and started off as a freelance illustrator. 
One of my favorite "LIVING" artist, Brian Donnelly better known as KAWS. Born in Jersey City, he begin as a skater and graffiti artist as both of these activities could be done solo without a team. As Jersey City was soo close to MANHATTAN where the street scene is one of the most happening in the world, was the place where KAWS spend most of his time immereed in the culture of skating, which led him to art. When he got out of high school he was doing graf six nights a week, just tonnes of painting. He also started to unlock the glass panels encasing bus stop and phone booth ads and stealing the posters to add his own graphics to them, and surreptitiously putting them back. They were so well executed that often no one could distinguish the artist's work from the original ads.
After graduating from New York's School of Visual Arts in 1996, he travelled to Japan, where he met Hectic and Jun Takahashi of Undercover. In 1999 KAWS made his first toy with famous Japanese company Bounty Hunter, a vinyl figure of Mickey Mouse with X-ed out eyes.
