Patek Philippe Nautilus Travel Time Chronograph

A few years ago, Patek Philippe launched a new Ref 5980 / 1A, white dial (lay: this is the Nautilus chronograph). We were surprised at the Monochrome watch that at the Basel Watch replica watches shop Fair in 2014, Patek had stopped the steel 5980 / 1A model and used a second time zone for the Nautilus Chronograph, such as Aquanaut Travel Time Reference. 5164.

Patek Philippe 5990 Nautilus
This means that 5980 / 1A-019 (white dial Nautilus Chrono) will only produce for two years. Since we are talking about Patek here, the production figures are quite low, and this reference is now a very rare bird, and we want to be very popular. While other steel 5980 / 1A models are not so rare (but super rare compared to Rolex submarines, for example), we will not be surprised to see their prices climb now, the demand is no longer able to meet the boutiques in Patek, but only In the secondary market. But now, let's take a look at the Nautilus series 2014 model, with its additional second time zone feature working like the Patek Philippe Aquanaut travel time in 2011 (see here).

Patek Philippe ref. 599 / 1A - live

On the dial, we saw the chronograph at 6 o'clock, similar to Aquanaut travel time, and its pointer date is on the top of the dial. The date indicates the connection to the local time, which is your travel destination. When traveling, you can adjust forward and backward to follow the date of your time zone. knock off watches There are two small apertures on the left and right sides of the dial, representing the local time zone and the local time zone. Timer Pusher - Start, Stop and Reset to Zero - Located on the left hand side of the box, just like the nautilus chronograph Ref. 5980 / 1A. In the old 5980 / 1A there is a 60 minute and 12 hour measurement of the elapsed time register, 5990 / 1A only a 60 minute counter. Although you can not measure how long an intercontinental flight has taken, changing the sub-dial is cleaner and easier to read. And the extra pointer date register, which is a good thing.

Patek Philippe ref.5990 / 1A - Wrist

There are two putts on the left side of the box that are used to change the local time zone while traveling. In terms of design, Patek Philippe is doing well here because these putters look like the typical "ears" of the Nautilus case. However, adding them to force Patek to change the model's typical two-part case more traditional three-part case. Although the entire box structure has changed, but the diameter is still 40.5mm, the box is still waterproof to 120 meters. In addition, the overall thickness of the shell is much larger than the thickness of 1280 mm of 5980 (no official data is provided). When we see the first image, we "fear" the watch will be too thick, too busy on the dial. After trying on the wrist, we believe that our fear is unfounded.

Patek Philippe ref.5990 / 1A - Wrist angle

Nautilus Travel Chronograph, Movement 28-520 C FUS, starting from the same basic movement as its predecessors; however, it has two time zones (called "FUS") additional modules - again, in Aquanaut Travel The same module used in time. The Swiss franc retail price is 47,000 Swiss francs (about $ 57,300), only a few thousand dollars higher than the price of steel. 5980 / 1A, when the watch was released in 2014. This is still a lot of money, but we are happy that Patek has not set the price higher. Although the Nautilus travel time chronograph is a good addition to the Nautilus series, I will miss 5980 / 1A because of its sporty appearance. I still think 5980 / 1A is the luxury sports watch cheap replica watches for men Magnum Opus. See our detailed introduction to Nautilus 5980 / 1A here.

Our conclusion In terms of size and comfort, 5990 / 1A is more or less equivalent to 5980 / 1A. However, in terms of functionality, the 5990 / 1A is better than the old 5980 / 1A, and we believe that this is exactly what many of Patek's customers - their daily business travel life - are looking for watch types.