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Today's video is gonna be on the Patek Philippe reference number 5990/1A-001.
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When it comes to the Patek Philippe Nautiluses, there's a lot of different ones for every
type of taste.
I, for one, do respect the beauty of the 5711 with how simple it is and all that, but with
my experience, I've worn one before and I just, honestly, have completely hated the
watch.
It just felt so, I don't know, maybe just too simple and basic for me, specially one
with the white dial.
I actually wore it one time for about 24 hours and when I took it off my wrist, I almost
just threw it in the garbage.
Not really, but figuratively.
So, when you get into the more complicated models that include also the 5726, the 5980
is when I really start to the like them.
The first thing you wanna notice about all the Patek Nautilus models is they're not very
large, so for me profile is important and the 5980 is the first model that starts to
get a bit more of that thickness in the case, so that helps the watch look a little bit
bigger.
Then they introduced the new 5990.
The 5990 is pretty much just the 5980 on steroids.
It has another complication, which will add a GMT dual timezone, pretty much.
So it's a travel time and a chronograph, so it has both those options and I can't say
that I like it better than the 5980 because personally the 5980 for me is a grail watch,
both on a strap, on all-gold or in the steel version, but the 5990 is a really good looking
watch.
It's something that I have already looked at several times.
I've taken some time to analyze it before doing the video, but I would say that for
the Patek Philippe Chronos, it's one of my favorite ones.
Some of the instant features that you realize about this watch is that it has two registers
instead of one, which the 5980 chrono has just one register on the bottom.
Another thing you'll notice it has a hand for a second timezone.
Now, that's the only thing that I would wanna...the only bone that I would have to pick and is
that one one hand it's very useful, easy to instantly push one of these side buttons.
Now, the Nautilus always has that classic bump on the side of the case, but in the 5990
that actually is a button and when push this button, it actually jumps the hour hand for
wherever the timezone of where you are.
Now, the one thing I don't like about it, although it's very easy to change, I also
feel like it's really easy for it to change on your wrist, like it's so easy to push it
and change it that what says you can't just accidentally bump into it and change the hour,
I mean, obviously we have phones nowadays, so it's not like we'll never keep track of
time.
But I don't know, I just kind of feel like that's one of these things that's not exactly
the most solid design.
Aesthetically, it looks amazing because you can't even tell there's a button here, but
as far as functionality goes, I don't know.
I think it's a little bit too easy to change and I know this sounds kind of weird, but
my gold standard that I like to compare any watch pusher is with that of the Daytona.
I feel like the Rolex Daytona pusher the most solid pusher that you can push.
I don't know.
That's just my opinion.
Some are very silky smooth, but the Daytona kind of feels like quality.
This on the other hand, I'm not really in true Patek form, it's like you push it and
it's like you didn't push anything, but like I said, I would have liked for it to have
a little bit more of a click to prevent you from changing it by mistake.
But other than that, the watch is amazing.
Like any other Nautilus bracelet, when you put it on your hand, it feels like nothing.
It feels like you're wearing nothing.
If you never have worn a Nautilus on a bracelet, it's the most comfortable bracelet you'll
ever wear.
It feels like silk.
I swear to God it does.
The gray, charcoal colored dial for me is a great touch.
I like it.
It has two window openings for the local time and wherever second timezone you're trying
to keep an eye on.
It's modeled after the 5164 Aquanaut, which was kind of like the first watch that came
out with this complication.
Has a retail of $57,300, so definitely this is not for the little league player.
This is kind of when you're getting into steel watches, this is a Big League steel watch.
It took a lot of commitment and knowledge in the Watch Game to spend over $50,000 or
to speak over $35,000 on a stainless steel chrono, but nevertheless, the Patek Philippe
Nautilus Travel Time Chrono for me is a win.
So as far as the Watch Game goes, any Patek Philippe Nautilus is an obvious contender
in the Watch Game.
This particular model for me is the most expensive one right now in stainless steel, so it definitely
a showoff piece.
The crazy thing about this watch is that it's a watch that you're spending over 50 on and
I guarantee you no one would notice.
This is not the type of piece if you're trying to be flashy and impress women.
A lot of them won't even know it's what you have on.
It's just that type of piece.
This is like the Stealth Bomber in stainless steel chronos.
You could probably pick one up in the pre-owned marketd anywhere from 54 to 52.
There's not a lot of them around.
This whole new craze of people putting the diamonds on these watches has caused a major
drought in the market.
They didn't make enough already to begin with and now that whole crazy has caused the whole
surge in demand and a shortage in supply.
So feel free to comment on this video how you feel about the Patek 5990.
And if you're looking to purchase a watch, contact me at eric@crmjewelers.com.
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