A one-year dial on a reference that was already impossible.
Patek announced the end of the steel 5711 in 2021, then released this — an olive green version of the same watch — as the send-off. It was produced for a matter of months. The steel Nautilus had already been the hardest watch in the industry to buy at retail for the better part of a decade; making a farewell dial and then stopping did not calm anything down.
The watch itself is Gerald Genta's 1976 design, essentially unchanged in silhouette: the rounded octagonal bezel with its two hinges at the flanks, the horizontally embossed dial, the bracelet integrated into the case rather than attached to it. Inside is calibre 26-330 S C, self-winding, with a sweep seconds and a date.
There is no list to join for this one, because there is nothing to join a list for. It exists only on the secondary market, and what you are buying is a specific watch with a specific history. That is where our work actually is.
- Olive green dial, produced for a single year in 2021
- The last steel Nautilus reference before the 5711 was retired
- Calibre 26-330 S C, self-winding, with sweep seconds and date
- Genta's 1976 case and integrated bracelet, essentially unchanged