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Wincenty Gostkowski (March 29, 1807 – August 29, 1884) was a lawyer and associate of Antoni Patek and Adrien Philippe in the watchmaker Patek Philippe & Co. in Geneva, Switzerland.
Gostkowski was born in Grzymki, Poland. He became the financier of Antoni Patek's watchmaking business in Geneva that in 1851 became Patek Philippe & Co.
On June 30, 1847, at the age of 40, he married a Frenchwoman Marie-Antoinette de Rabaudy from Brest, twenty years his junior. For this marriage, Antoni Norbert de Patek and Jean Adrien Philippe were two of three witnesses. Gostkowski had two sons, [1] one of whom, Wawrzyniec, he educated in watchmaking [2]
Wincenty Gotkowski retired from Patek Philippe & Co. on January 21, 1876. [3] [4] He died in 1884 in Geneva; his wife Marie-Antoinette outlived him twenty-four years.
References
- ^ Przegląd polonijny. Vol. 22. Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Wydawn. Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1996. p. 121.
- ^ Dąbrowski, Krysztof (1995). Polacy nad Lemanem w XIX wieku. Wydawn. Polskiego Tow. Wydawców Książek. p. 98.
- ^ Przegląd polonijny, Tom 27. Zakład Wydawniczy "NOMOS". 2001.
- ^ Dąbrowski, Krysztof (1995). Polacy nad Lemanem w XIX wieku. Wydawn. Polskiego Tow. Wydawców Książek. pp. 95, 99.
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Wincenty Gostkowski (March 29, 1807 – August 29, 1884) was a lawyer and associate of Antoni Patek and Adrien Philippe in the watchmaker Patek Philippe & Co. in Geneva, Switzerland.
Gostkowski was born in Grzymki, Poland. He became the financier of Antoni Patek's watchmaking business in Geneva that in 1851 became Patek Philippe & Co.
On June 30, 1847, at the age of 40, he married a Frenchwoman Marie-Antoinette de Rabaudy from Brest, twenty years his junior. For this marriage, Antoni Norbert de Patek and Jean Adrien Philippe were two of three witnesses. Gostkowski had two sons, [1] one of whom, Wawrzyniec, he educated in watchmaking [2]
Wincenty Gotkowski retired from Patek Philippe & Co. on January 21, 1876. [3] [4] He died in 1884 in Geneva; his wife Marie-Antoinette outlived him twenty-four years.
References
- ^ Przegląd polonijny. Vol. 22. Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, Wydawn. Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 1996. p. 121.
- ^ Dąbrowski, Krysztof (1995). Polacy nad Lemanem w XIX wieku. Wydawn. Polskiego Tow. Wydawców Książek. p. 98.
- ^ Przegląd polonijny, Tom 27. Zakład Wydawniczy "NOMOS". 2001.
- ^ Dąbrowski, Krysztof (1995). Polacy nad Lemanem w XIX wieku. Wydawn. Polskiego Tow. Wydawców Książek. pp. 95, 99.
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