Patek Philippe

heartbreaker
818

• Show profile
• Show other posts

Ref. 5980 + 1.5 mm. = Ref. 5995

The Patek Philippe Nautilus Ref. 5980 is one of the most appreciated chronograph in the whole market. A lot of watch-lovers celebrate its iconic design, its supreme comfort, its unrivalled exclusivity. It seems that this reference produce a true, universal approval, especially by the lucky ones that try it on the wrist, being completely enchanted. I yet hadn’t this opportunity and I have to judge only by the pictures. Well, in brief I must confess that I’ve never fallen in love with it. The main reason of my coldness towards the 5980 is its dial: I find it cluttered and a bit lost in the watch face. AFAIK this dial has exactly the same size of the one in the standard Nautilus Ref. 5711: the designers have decided not to take advantage of the (really slightly indeed: +0,5 mm. 10/4; +1 mm. 9/3) bigger case, so they had to enlarge the bezel. I think it’s the same choice made for the Nautilus annual calendar Ref. 5726. I’ve then decided to try to give this chronograph better aesthetical proportions..........risking to be blamed of lese-majesty-crime (hey, is there a lawyer out there?)..........

Ok, stop chatting, here’s my proposal for a “5995” with a slightly more spacious dial, that now has gained 1,5 mm. It isn’t simply made larger, since it would have been technically wrong, because we have to respect the position of the chronograph hands axle and of the date aperture. You can immediately recognize the new dial observing that it has gained 3 applied indices (2 of which are luminous, too). All the central hands have been stretched out to match the indices and the outer scale.

Any comment will be appreciated.

Ciao!