Wincenty Gostkowski

Wincenty Gostkowski

Wincenty Gostkowski (March 29, 1807 - August 29, 1884) was a lawyer and associate of Antoni Patek and Adrien Philippe in the Patek & 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, in 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.

Wincenty Gotkowski retired from Patek Philippe & Co. on January 21, 1876. He died on 1884 in Geneva; his wife Marie-Antoinette survived him twenty-four years.


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