Fresh from the Showcase here at SwissWatchExpo. We are now in the expert level, socially distance
challenge. So let's talk about some really cool watches that you hardly ever see in the
marketplace. The Nautilus, these are watches that are extraordinarily popular and people are looking
for everywhere. And a lot of people have a lot of questions about what makes this particular
Nautilus so expensive. Sure. You can probably buy it for around $30,000 brand new for a steel watch.
Probably one of the most expensive watches in the world in terms of secondary value
for a steel watch. This watch has been around since 1976. We've talked about the design from
Gerald Genta and how it came about in the past. But let's talk about the fact that
we actually have one of these watches in the 43 millimeter design, the most recent
history since 2006, this particular watch it's on my left is the most recent 5711.
We have, it is one of the most difficult watches in the world to get by far. And the interesting
thing is, is that this particular watch does have the blue and black dial, as you would
expect it to have. This is the portal design and in the ship lap form on the dial, it has
the porthole design. The case is interesting on this watch because believe it or not,
it's actually three pieces that has a top middle and bottom layer on it. And
the little ears that are on the side of the case here and here are actually from,
if you imagine a ship's window where it opens left, and right, these are the,
these would be the hinges for those windows. So you have one side that opens to the outside,
and then you have the latch here where the crown is. So a very interesting design because prior to
2006, this watch was actually a two piece design and it had a bottom layer that was all one piece.
So it had a case and the bottom layer, and then it had the top layer with the gasket around the
bezel ring, where the top ears actually laid down on top of the watch. And it kind of, it almost
looked like it snapped into position. So this is a really interesting watch and the way that
it's made, because it's evolved a lot over time. And a lot of people don't realize that in 1990,
they had actually discontinued of the versions of the Nautilus. And I have that watch here on
the right. This is the, 3800 series watch, which evolved from the 3700. This is actually a 37 and
a half millimeter watch. And what I wanted to do today was actually show you because I have larger
wrists. I wanted to show you what these watches look like, because a lot of folks have questions.
Why am I paying more for the 43 millimeter? Well, in 2006, when they went to the three-piece design
from the two piece design, this watch went from a 42 millimeter to the 43 that we have now.
What's great about this watch is that it's really, really thin compared to other sports
watches like it. And the water resistance value is really great in combining that with the
visual caseback that this particular watch has, you can see through the back the crystal case,
caseback all the design of the Nautilus inside. It's a really great watch. It's really beautiful,
but what's wild is when you look at the rotating assembly inside that winds the watch
it's made out of gold, but it's very, very thin. It almost defies imagination. It looks
like wow. If it was, if it was weighted too heavily, it would actually bend. It just is.
It's an enormously cool design because of the thinness of this particular watch.
One of the other things that you'll notice about the watch also is the bracelet and how it tapers.
A lot of folks have the mistaken belief that this watch has a bracelet that actually stays
the same width all the way down. It does not. It actually tapers. So I wanted to display
that to you as well because people have questions about these types of things. And
they also have questions about the dial color. The dial of color on this particular watch
is blue with a black background. It is made out of gold and the hands are made out of gold as well.
So when Gerald Genta first designed this watch, the idea was to make this watch, um,
extraordinarily visible and flashlight extremely well. And I don't know if you can see that
in the way that I'm rotating this through the light, but it's a beautiful watch and this is
what makes it so popular. It's extraordinarily, uh, interesting from the fact that it was
first developed in 1976. It was sort of the bicentennial year for the United States.
And for somebody like me, it was my birth year. So every time this watch gains an anniversary.
So do I, let's not talk about the next anniversary because I'd rather not. Let's put this on my wrist
here because I want to show you the size of this. Watch the way that it snaps down.
This is a little bit tighter than I would like to wear the watch,
but it's only lacking by about one link and I have a rather large wrist.
So you can see that depending on what you're wearing, whether it's casual or whether it's
a suit and tie event, this watch works really well. The fact that it's thin it does. It's not
bulky. It's not top-heavy, it doesn't have that typical sports watch. It's got a very
classic appeal. Now. It's very controversial as well. A lot of people don't like this style,
a lot of people, but the majority of the people do and which is what's driving the price for obvious
reasons. It's been popular since 1976, the first four years of this watch. Weren't very popular.
Now I would, if you went back in history, I would say that a lot of folks would laugh at the fact
that people scoffed at the design of this watch. Um, but this is the 43 millimeter. You can see
that I have, I wear around a seven and a half to seven and three quarter inch bracelet on my wrist.
So you can see that this watch works very well on my wrist, even though it's large. Now,
I want to contrast that because we get a lot of calls about the smaller version of this watch.
Let me pull this one here, off here.
And this is the 37 and a half millimeter watch. They still open the same. They still have that
same tapered bracelet. You can actually see this. One's got the black dial and the Roman numerals.
So this was the last iteration and generation of this particular watch in this particular design.
This is one of the most highly coveted colors. There are other colors available,
but this Roman numeral design was the one that really caught everybody's attention for the 37
and a half millimeter. Now, funny thing about this,
the larger design was called the jumbo. So if you hear this referred to as the Jumbo, it's the 43
millimeter watch, or even the 42 millimeter watch from the original design days, the 37 and a half
millimeter would be what would be considered the regular size. Now there are ladies' pieces
as well, and they also come in different precious metals and that type of thing, which we also have
in our inventory, but I want to put this 37 and a half millimeter watch on, and it's not.
Yeah,
It looks relatively tiny on my wrist. As you can see now, in the early days of this
particular watch, smaller washers were normal, then used to wear between 32 and 35 millimeter
watches. Obviously the Datejust being 36, that was standard fare. So for this particular piece,
when you measure across the dial and sort of a diagonal pattern that 37 and a half millimeter
really makes a difference for me, even though it's smaller, it doesn't look necessarily out of place,
but you can see why a lot of people prefer the 43 versus the 37 and a half.
The interesting way that these watches clasp on the back,
they have a little bit of an overlap on the security side, just like some of the other sports
models that you find from other manufacturers, but it has that butterfly design. So you lay it over
and snap it down. It's a really great design for this particular style of watch,
obviously both of these automatics. So you don't have to worry about having to wind them yourself.
It's an interesting piece. So if you really want something that's out of this world and something
rare in the marketplace, definitely give us a call here at SwissWatchExpo because we do have
the 5711, the 3,800, a lot of other styles too, because we have the ladies gold pieces
with diamond surrounds as well. We've got a lot of things to choose from here.
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