PATEK PHILIPPE. AN 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS AND DATE

The Aquanaut followed in the wake of the Nautilus’s 30th anniversary jamboree in 1996 which launched the celebrated and now-discontinued Ref. 5711 and the Ref. 5712. The first Aquanaut reference 5060 was launched in 1997 and borrowed a lot of its design cues from big brother Nautilus – most notably the rounded octagonal bezel. The present example features a solid case back instead of sapphire crystal.