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Patek Philippe Nautilus Flyback Chronograph (White Gold), reference 5980/60G-001

Patek Philippe

Nautilus Flyback Chronograph (White Gold)

Ref. 5980/60G-001

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Case40.5mm 18k white gold
DialBlue grey, embossed
ComplicationFlyback chronograph
MovementAutomatic CH 28-520 C
StrapDenim

The Nautilus is Gerald Genta's 1976 porthole, and the 5980 is the chronograph version, a flyback worked into the case without adding a millimetre of visual weight. In white gold on a denim strap it is the quietest way the reference has been offered.

This Patek Philippe Nautilus Flyback Chronograph wears a 40.5mm 18k white gold case with an embossed blue grey dial. Automatic CH 28-520 C inside.

Fun fact: A flyback resets and restarts the chronograph from a single push, a function built for pilots timing successive legs of a course. Patek combines the two chronograph counters into one register at six so the Nautilus dial keeps its symmetry.

The collection

Nautilus

Patek's sports watch of 1976, its case shaped after a ship's porthole

Patek introduced the Nautilus in 1976, drawn by Gerald Genta and shaped, as the house still describes it, after a ship's porthole. The original ref. 3700/1 was 42mm across and 7.6mm deep, water resistant to 120m, and sold in steel on an integrated bracelet at a time when Patek was known for gold dress watches; it was later nicknamed the Jumbo. The rounded octagonal bezel, the two ears at the case sides and the horizontally embossed dial still identify it. The family now runs from a time and date model through the chronograph and the travel time flyback chronograph, the moon phase with power reserve, and annual and perpetual calendars, with smaller diamond set versions alongside.

Sizes in the family

35.2mm on the smaller models, 40mm to 41mm on the rest

Who it suits

For the buyer who wants the Patek name in something worn without ceremony, on a bracelet rather than a strap.

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