Patek Philippe - 5712R - Advice please!

5712R - Advice please!

Jul 31, 2020,06:02 AM

I’m currently going through the process of buying a new watch. I had thought of the AP Royal Oak Chrono but I have finally decided to by the PP Nautlius 5712R.

I will be buying this watch second hand, my question is if there have been changes to the model since 2006?
to make matters even more confusing I have found variance in the dial’s appearance between being brown/black and grey/blackPhotos below give examples. I can’t tell if it’s just a subtle effect of the photography or if there has been changes to the dial colour (and or anything else) the 5712 over the years.

If someone is able to oppine on it there have there been changes to the design of the 5712R since they updated in 2006 and is able to provide some information on the changes that have occurred on the 5712R since it was first released I would be hugely grateful!

2009 Model

2019 Model

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First of all, a warm welcome to our forum, and congrats on choosing a beautiful Patek for your next purchase!

By: FabR : July 31st, 2020-09:42

I'm not sure where these pictures come from, but if they are taken from different sources on the net, the dial color might look different for a number of reasons. While I have never looked into the history of the 5712R, I believe the only version that has...

Hmm a brown dial

By: openworked : July 31st, 2020-18:13

I've never seen a brown dial until now but other sources on the Internet seem to indicate it's real and factory. My guess is that the brown dial is a a lot more rare than the common grey dial. The brown dial seems to work better with the yellow gold IMO.

Welcome to our community, Ollie.

By: joenghenry : July 31st, 2020-19:33

As mentioned by Fab, there is only one version, 5712R-001, since its debut in 2006. It has a degraded brown colour dial (darker colour in periphery) all along. The variation of dial colour in your two photos is most likely due to different ambient lightin...

Thanks!

By: OB215 : August 2nd, 2020-02:21

Many thanks for your feedback. Really appreciate you comments and thoughts! It seems to be there hasn’t been a change since 2006, so I can focus on the condition of the pieces! I will let you know once I have made the purchase - hopefully this week! Cheer...

Lovely piece.

By: russell996 : August 2nd, 2020-02:54

Have you tried reaching out to an AD, a rose gold strap Nautilus might just be available in an acceptable wait time?

I am also not aware of significant changes to the dial colour and as mentioned above the dial colour may look different due to a number of reasons.

By: DOCSF : August 2nd, 2020-05:15

In 2019 Patek made a subtle change to the dials of all variants of 5712. Now the dials of all variants of 5712 have larger dots at 25 and 35 positions which makes it bit easier to read time in the sub dial region.

Got the watch!

By: OB215 : August 19th, 2020-07:29

Many thanks everyone for your help with clarifying my questions! I have taken delivery of the watch, really happy with it. ...