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Celebrating Fifty Years of The Patek Philippe Nautilus!
The Nautilus has been bringing joy to human wrists for 50 years since 1976! The Nautilus was the first timepiece I ever bought for myself around 2010 (before they became extremely popular). And I wore it as my primary daily watch for about a decade. It's been a wonderful companion!
When I first saw the Nautilus, as a teenager, I thought it was a strange watch. I remarked, "it has ears" and in my mind I thought it was much too expensive. I always expected to acquire a Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso as my first watch. But, seeing it at a store display and seeing it on your wrist are two very different things. Several years later as a young adult, I finally I put the Nautilus on my wrist, I realized I was wrong - it was a masterpiece and out came my pocketbook! Plus, who could resist that beautiful movement!
Mine is the 5712/1A variant and has been an absolute delight to own. I chose the 5712 over the 5711 because I really enjoy the 240 caliber with its micro rotor. It's been reliable and accurate. It's been comfortable. It's thin enough to be worn under French-cuffed shirts, always elegant, and very versatile to be dressed up with a tuxedo and dressed down for a short sleeve polo shirt. Patek Philippe made a wonderful watch! I've gotten a lot of use out of mine and it has been a wonderful companion!
Now that I've bored you with my Nautilus story, please share your favorite Nautilus experiences as we celebrate 50 years of Nautilus! And do you have a favorite variant of the Nautilus?
Here's mine:
Taken at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco (a Natural History Museum), a nautilus cephalopod, meets a Nautilus wristwatch. The cephalopod sea creature has been roaming the Planet Earth for the past 500 million years - well before the age of the dinosaurs (it is estimated Dinos roamed the earth about 250 million years ago and started going extinct roughly 60 million years ago). Another ancient "Nautilus" in popular culture was Le Nautilus, a craft featured in a Jules Verne novel that was published around 1870! The Patek Philippe "Nautilus-model" wristwatch has only started celebrating its 50th birthday!
Photo by Patrick_y taken approximately 2015, titled "nautilus meets Nautilus"
My favorite variants of the Nautilus are the 5712/1A and the 3700/1A as I really enjoy the lack of a seconds hand - I find it adds a lot of elegance to the dial.
Looking forward to reading your thoughts about the Nautilus! And please tell us, which Nautilus model is your favorite?
Celebrating Fifty Years of The Patek Philippe Nautilus!
The Nautilus has been bringing joy to human wrists for 50 years since 1976! The Nautilus was the first timepiece I ever bought for myself around 2010 (before they became extremely popular). And I wore it as my primary daily watch for about a decade. It's ...
Thanks for your thoughts.
I have had two, the latter being the 5711 and the former the comet (3710/1A-001). The comet had a Matt dial which I did not get on with. They were both bought from the Geneva Salon for now relatively modest sums. The slim case, integrated bracelet, blue h...
What a lovely gift for your father!
Thank you so much for sharing your touching story! Didn't like the comet? That's okay. I find the comet a little strange too; how when you wind it the sub-dial moves and when the power reserve elapses, he hand moves but the sub-dial remains constant. Kind...
Patrick my story goes back a few years.
I was offered a ref 3700 at an extraaordinary price of around 25kpounds. I knew nothing about the different dials and I still do not know if that watch was all original or had a service dial. BuI met M Stanga and my education began I learned all about the...
I'm one of those people who are confused by the 3710!
But I have to admit, as confusing and confounding the 3710 can be, it is undeniably a very handsome and under appreciated Nautilus! I really like your 3800 - with the matching color date disc. Sharp looking piece - but looking at your wrist size, I think ...
Hi Patrick. Great seeing your wonderful 5712.
You know I share your love for 5712. It’s one of my favorite references of tue nautilus model. Although they are all wonderful IMHO. ...
Agreed! There really isn't a bad Nautilus. Glad to see you're enjoying yours!
I generally prefer all the thinner Nautilus models myself. But admittedly, I especially like the 5980 Nautilus models!
Wonderful hommage and wonderful composition frame of yours....
The 5712 is, in my opinion, among the most attractive variants of the watch. Cheers, Filip
My first and only Nautilus is a 5711.
Patrick, the Nautilus was also my first serious watch that I bought for myself, in Dec 2020 from an AD I’d never been to before!! Here it is straight out of the factory box. ...
Wow!
Hey, we must be geniuses! Since we both think alike! I'm really glad you really enjoy yours and use yours! And your 5085 has the same movement as my 5712! That AD really chose the right person for this watch!
An interesting question
I don't have one but I came close to getting a 5711/1A back in 2011 for 15k euros. I had been attracted to the slim case design, blue dial and water resistance. In the end I didn't do it because I could not answer one fundamental question, namely would I ...
I SO AGREE WITH YOU!
A lot of Patek Philippe designs are not that great. The Patek Philippe 6007 for instance. Nice watch. But, if it didn't say Patek Philippe on it, would people really give it a lot of thought? Would it sell in the quantities it currently enjoys? Doubtful. ...
I own several Patek Philippe watches, but my favorites are definitely the Nautilus 5711A and 5712A.and 3700JA
ハンブルク海洋博物館を訪れた際、いつかノーチラス3800や他のモデルを所有できるようになりたいと祈りました。 ...
Anaroku-san! I am so pleased to see that you're a Jules Verne fan!
And we have the same favorites! Mine are the 3700/1 and the 5712/1! Thank you for sharing Anaroku san!
Like you
I found the 5712 nautilus to be unattractive at first.. the case is really retro.. and the dial to be rather weird looking - all the indications were unusually placed That’s until I had the chance to try it on my wrist one day.. I was like wowww.. this is...
It's actually symmetrical from this point of view!
If you look at it sideways, it's actually quite balanced and symmetrical! Photo from another WatchProSite member. ...
That looks so good on your wrist!
I'm making the expression Italians make - where I close my hand and kiss my fingers, then open my hand! Bellissima!
I do too!
I think I took the photo sometime in 2014/2015 at a science museum in San Francisco. And it's one of my favorite watch photos! I don't have a lot of good watch photos - so this is a rare one!
What a great story Patrick…
This 5711 and the 5712 are my favourite Nautilus. Photo was taken when I was back in Singapore as I kept all my watches there. Remembered bugging and having waited many years for the AD to finally come through with the piano dial that I had asked for. Unb...
Very nice! That's a really nice photograph!
The 330 caliber really did improve upon the 315 and 324 calibers with that all-important hacking seconds! I'm a little sad that my 240-caliber 5712 doesn't hack! Your wrist looks wonderful with the 5711! I'm glad you were able to get it just in time!