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Stainless steel · black or blue-grey dial · integrated steel bracelet · 40.5 mm
A flyback chronograph and a second time zone in the steel Nautilus, set from two pushers where the left hinge used to be. Sourced to your brief through our network.
Patek Philippe introduced the 5990/1A at Baselworld in 2014 to replace the steel 5980/1A. It keeps the 5980's flyback chronograph and adds a travel-time display: on the left flank, where the Nautilus case has a hinge, two pushers now move local time forward at eight o'clock and back at ten, an hour at a time. The date is a hand at twelve that follows local time, and two apertures marked LOCAL and HOME show day or night in each place. Patek's travel-time mechanism goes back to a 1959 patent and does not disturb the going train when the time zone changes.
To make room, the chronograph counter at six became a 60-minute counter, without the 5980's hour count. The movement, CH 28-520 C FUS, has 47 more parts than the 5980's calibre and is only 0.3 mm thicker, and it introduced a Spiromax balance spring in place of the Breguet spring.
There are two dials, by suffix. The 5990/1A-001 of 2014 has a black dial with a slight gradation, in our photograph. In 2022 the -011 replaced it with a sunburst blue-grey dial with a black-gradient rim. Tell us which one you mean, or that either will do; availability and timing are confirmed for your request before you commit to anything.
| 5990/1A | 5980/1A | |
|---|---|---|
| Chronograph counter | 60 minutes | 60 minutes and 12 hours |
| Date | Hand at twelve, follows local time | Window at three |
| Second time zone | Yes | No |
| Left flank | Local-time pushers | Hinge |
| In production | 2014 on | 2006 to 2014 |
The 5990/1A replaced the 5980/1A in steel. Choose the 5990 if you cross time zones; the 5980 if you would rather time hours as well as minutes.
| 5990/1A | 5990/1R | |
|---|---|---|
| Case and bracelet | Stainless steel | Rose gold |
| Dial | Black (-001) or blue-grey (-011) | Sunburst blue |
| Markers and hands | White gold | Rose gold |
| Introduced | 2014 | 2021 |
Same movement, complications and case dimensions. Tell us whether steel is fixed; if gold would do, the 5990/1R widens the search.
See the 5990/1REach page is a guide to the reference and how we source it, not a listing. If yours is not here, ask anyway.
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The dial: black -001 or blue-grey -011, or either. Say whether rose gold would also do, and if a full set with the Certificate of Origin is essential.
Confirmed for each request from our network, before you commit to anything. If the dial is open, say so: it widens what we can find.
Original box, Certificate of Origin, booklets and any additional links are itemised for the individual watch we propose.
That the suffix on the Certificate of Origin matches the dial; that both left-flank pushers step local time and the date follows; that the home and local hands align; the flyback at four; and bracelet stretch and polishing. An Extract from the Archives can be requested from Patek for the individual watch.
Send the reference by WhatsApp or the form, with the dial, set and timing that matter to you. A collection or a style is enough to begin.
We go to our network rather than a boutique list, and come back with what is realistic on availability and timing before you commit to anything.
Condition, documents and what accompanies the watch are set out in writing for the individual piece we propose. You decide with the details in front of you.
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Local time. The one at eight moves the hour hand forward an hour, the one at ten moves it back, and the date hand follows. Home time stays on the skeletonised hand, and the LOCAL and HOME apertures show day or night in each place.
No. Its chronograph counter at six records 60 minutes. The 5980 it replaced counted hours too; Patek gave that up to fit the travel-time display.
The dial. The -001 of 2014 is black with a slight gradation; the -011, from 2022, is sunburst blue-grey with a black-gradient rim. The movement and case are the same.
A single press of the reset pusher while the chronograph is running zeroes it and restarts it at once, instead of stop, reset and start.
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An exact reference or an idea is enough to start the conversation. We will take care of the search and discuss the options with you.
