For fans of luxury watches, there are a few timepieces that stand out among the others. Sporting iconic designs, there are a handful of timepieces that are so legendary they can be spotted from a mile away. Once such watch is none other than the Patek Philippe Nautilus watch. However, merely having the will and the funds to want one doesn’t necessarily guarantee that you’ll get one. In fact, the Patek Nautilus is one of the hardest high-end watches to find right now. Let’s find out why.
The Patek Philippe 5711/1A-001 model has been a staple of the legendary Nautilus range since Gerald Genta’s first designs were manufactured in 1976. For a watch born into a period that saw a crisis in traditional Swiss watchmaking thanks to modern Quartz technology, the 5711 has become a favourite among luxury watch aficionados for its sleek, elegant design and peerless build quality. ‘It doesn’t come much more luxurious than a Patek Philippe 5711’ you might say, but you’d be wrong - just take a look at this…
As the trademark slogan goes, “You never actually own a Patek Philippe, you just look after it for the next generation”. After nearly 170 years in the luxury timepiece industry, Patek Philippe occupy a very special place in the hearts of horologists world-wide, and with good reason. The Patek Philippe brand is a byword for the quality and craftsmanship that these stunning watches embody, and the qualities are nowhere more prominent than in the Nautilus line.
Patek Philippe revisted some of its most iconic bestsellers at this year’s Baselworld. One of the most talked about new launches includes the Aquanaut Travel Time Ref 5650 G, created in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Aquanaut collection. The piece, available in a limited series of 500 pieces, features two of Patek’s new innovations – the Spiromax balance sprint made of Silinvar and a compliant mechanism that’s used to set the second time zone in time-zone watches.
Finishing off our #MoonphaseMonday theme, we though we’d try on the Nautilus 5712/1a-001 from masters of time, Patek Phillipe.
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