FabR
[Senior Patek Moderator]
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Interesting data and good points --- it's all of course subjective, but I agree on the beauty/fitness of the white dial on a 5980, and frankly I also like it quite a lot on the 5711 ;-)
The fashion of the moment mostly favors the blue across the board, but these things easily change. A white LE 5712, maybe next summer, might indeed revive interest (and I'd buy it in a second!). Best wishes 
The Great White
How will this iteration of the 5980 go down in Horological History Books? I’m assuming it is a much less produced watch than the blue dialed version. Small search on Chrono24: 31 blue dialed for sale (of wich one Black Venom 😭) 6 white dialed for sale The...
Interesting data and good points --- it's all of course subjective, but I agree on the beauty/fitness of the white dial on a 5980, and frankly I also like it quite a lot on the 5711 ;-)
The fashion of the moment mostly favors the blue across the board, but these things easily change. A white LE 5712, maybe next summer, might indeed revive interest (and I'd buy it in a second!). Best wishes
I don't have the answers to your questions, but can tell that your watch is my favourite 5980 by far
Enjoy it in the best health!
Lovely pic of a lovely piece
The white 5980 and 5711 are both very gorgeous to me.... I do understand why the blue is priced higher even if the white is rarer.... simply more demand. Most will not afford the luxury of two Nautiluses so for choice of one most opt for a blue. The white...
Great and valid points!
I guess it's just one of those: People have spoken, it's the demand... I've never even considered a white dial while hunting 5980A. Interesting though, when you've brought it up. Latest pic of the blue version here attached: ...
Prefer the white
Nautilus blue is truly exceptional, but my preference for the 5980a is the white. Face and chrono dial being the same color makes the watch overall feel more integrated and seamless. Just my opinion though Another example is the 5980r, where the face and ...
The set of people who want a Nautilus but prefer a chronograph and won't buy two different Nautilus watches is
probably much larger than the set of people who would ever consider buying either two Nautilus watches or are buying this watch primarily because it is a chronograph not a Nautilus.