Patek Philippe has always been one of the leading brands in the watch industry. Staying in good position on the marek wasn’t easy but yet they manage to stay stable by offering a big range of high quality luxurious time pieces with sensational characteristics, exceptional punctuality and timeless design.
For those who can afford Patek Philippe time machine, buying one is never a bad investment, having a piece made of fusion of elegance and noble materials is a start sign that you invested your money for something with great value.
Patek Philippe 5980/1R-001 is the newest from the Nautilus line and it prolongs the good tradition of introducing a luxurious quality to their faithful costumers.
Solid bock of 18 k Pink Gold (Rose Gold) with high performances, enough descent to continue his line and justify the expectations, Patek Philippe Nautilus has whole case, bezel, bracelet, clasp, entirely build of Rose Gold. The amount of gold used later on justifies the price of this time piece.
Willy, the back of the case is made of transparent non-scratching sapphire allowing the whole automatic movement to be clerly seen, and screwed with special technic, so only can be opened by Patek Philippe’s jeweller, making this gold rose piece water resistant up to 120m/400ft.
When it comes to the case dimension this is a jewellery with 40,5 mm diameter from 4 to 10 o’clock position knowing that the shape of the case is not perfect circle.
This Automatic, Self-Winding movement works with the help of CH 28-520C caliber composed of 327 parts, the balance is held with the help of a Gyromax balance wheel, by the way additionally35 jewels are set to help holding the balance of the movement and keep all parts together.Knowing that it’s Patek Pilippe’s watch it’s a guarantee this is one of the finest movements that’s going to lass with decades, showing the time with great accuracy. This kind of movement provides power reserve up to 55 hours which is very good in comparison with some other models.
One of the most beautiful features of this wrist beauty is the black gradient dial perfectly matching the pink-yellow shine of the rose gold, additionally the gold hour hands with luminescent coating and same hour markers are showing up brightly in contrast with the black colour. The round chronograph positioned at 6 o’clock is indicating hours, minutes and small-seconds. Date indicator is positioned at 3 o’clock and the number of the date can be seen clearly.
At the end the nice shin and matt polished finish gives elegance to the whole piece, some people find too much of rose gold on one place, but taste is something that can not be discussed. On the other hand the price is something that we can talk about, knowing that at the moment this wrist watch can be found on the market from a start price of $75,000, and can go up aditionaly for another 10k.
