To coincide with the opening of the Watches and Wonders Geneva 2021 show, in which it is participating for the first time, Patek Philippe is enriching its Nautilus collection with four new versions of existing models. One is Ref. 5711/1A-014, which, as the steel Ref. 5711/1A comes closer to being taken out of the collection, features a new olive green dial to replace the Ref. 5711/1A-010 with a blue black shaded dial and joins the Ref. 5711/1R-001 in rose gold in the collection. This unprecedented shade of green, embellished with a sunburst decoration, matches the steel reflections on the case and creates a pleasant contrast with the luminescence of the applied indexes and the white gold hands on the dial. The new date display, with its different font and silver frame around the window at 3 o'clock, does not escape notice. Water-resistant to a depth of 120 metres, the watch houses the self-winding 26-330 S C calibre, present from 2019 in the 5711 model and visible through the sapphire crystal on the case back: it is derived from the 324 S C calibre and boasts several innovations and technical optimisations, concerning in particular the winding system, also differing in the "stop seconds" function for a time-setting to the second. Price: 30,856 euros.
This model is also offered in a second version, the new Ref. 5711/1300A-001, again with a steel case and olive green sunray dial but with 32 baguette-cut diamonds of Top Wesselton Pure quality on the bezel. Price: €83,677.
The third new Nautilus is the Travel Time Chronograph Ref. 5990/1R-001 in rose gold with a sun-blue dial, which joins the Ref. 5990/1A in steel in the collection. The timepiece, which combines three complications - the flyback chronograph, the Travel Time function (dual time zone) and the date display with a hand combined with the local time - is fitted with the self-winding CH 28-520 C FUS chronograph calibre and is water-resistant to 120 metres. Price: 94,136 euros.
Finally, the Haute Joaillerie model Ref. 7118/1450R-001 offers a new interpretation of the Nautilus, featuring no less than 2,553 Top Wesselton Pure quality brilliant-cut diamonds, set in serti neige on the case, bezel and bracelet. It features a brand new dial where the rows of stones are set in the characteristic wave relief of the Nautilus Ladies collection. Slightly larger than its predecessor (the case measures 35.2 mm in diameter as opposed to 33.6 mm), it is perfectly legible thanks to a dial equipped with luminescent-coated rose gold "alpha" hour and minute hands and applied hour-markers and Arabic numerals made of the same metal and also luminescent. The pink gold case houses the self-winding Calibre 324 S, with fine finishing visible through the sapphire crystal case back. Price: 324,246 euros.
Statements made to the press by Stern this year suggest that Patek Philippe has a new material in store for the case of its Nautilus. Who knows, it may not arrive by 2021 or we may have to wait until 2022 to find out.
