Alright, so Baselworld is around the corner, a couple of months away, and now we're gonna
talk about Patek.
Now, Patek is really hard to make predictions because honestly, they're so secretive and
on top of that, conservative that they might not even come out with anything, cuz that's
the way they are, so I'm gonna go ahead and give my picks, but of course they have a business
empire to run and they're gonna have to release something because that's just what they do
nowadays.
I mean, a long time ago, brands didn't have that pressure I feel at least, that they had
to release something every year, a new variation, a new model.
Now with the whole form of Instagram and social media and all that, I feel like it consumes
so much that new models become old models in a matter of months.
So for these picks I'm gonna stick mostly to the sports models.
I just feel that the Nautilus and the Aquanaut are the ones that are a bit more easier for
me to predict because Patek has a lot of different model variations and they can go pretty much
anywhere with this, including brand new variations that we've never seen before, which would
make it a little bit harder to predict.
But look, they're very conservative man, and I don't see them coming out with exactly what
the public wants, alright, so I don't see them coming out with a 5990 rose gold blue
dial.
That would be like instantly a hit.
They're not gonna do that.
If they did it, I'd be stunned and worried at the same time.
But I have a couple little variations that I've thought about for quite some time that
would be the ones that I would wanna see.
So we're here in the Miami Design district, which is home to Miami's flagship designer
stores.
If you've ever been to Miami, you might have been here.
You might have not, but next time you come down, save a little money, work a little extra
hard before and get yourself something nice.
Alright, so I kind of feel that at this point we need another all gold Nautilus.
All we have right now is the 5711 and the 5980 and there's an absence for another model.
You see for me in my opinion, I do like the 5711 in steel, but in rose gold when you compare
it to the 5980, I just like the 5980 better.
But it would be nice to see maybe perhaps a 5726 or 5712 in precious metals.
You see, that would be nice with the gold bracelet.
That would be ideal and it'll give us more options, but again, they're so conservative
that they really don't wanna give us exactly what you want.
When I saw last year that they came out with the 5726 with blue dial, I was like, OK maybe
they're giving in a little bit, so we'll have to wait and see what would happen, but that
would be definitely one of my picks, which then leaves me to my next point.
I mean, is it time for finally we get a 5990 perhaps in rose gold?
I mean, the watch has already been out for quite some time and I think we're ready for
it, and I think that they're possibly gonna at some point obviously discontinue the 5980,
so wouldn't it be nice to have a 5990 in rose?
I mean, I think that would be ideal.
I think that would be the nicest thing of all is if you could get a 5990 in rose gold,
it would definitely be a hit.
I don't know what they're gonna do with some of those 5980s.
I don't know, you know?
There's always gonna be speculation.
There's always gonna be this or it's gonna be that, but the 5990 almost seems like it's
teed up to finally happen, so it's either gonna be that watch, the 5726 or the 5712,
would mean one of those has to finally come in precious metal, but then again, it's Patek.
They're so conservative that if they feel like it, they would just never give us that
option and it'll just never happen.
So I guess it would be clear to predict that there's a big possibility that we might get
one of those.
One that I don't think we would get, but I would love to see, would be a 5711 in yellow
gold with a black dial, almost a throwback to a watch they used to have, the Jumbo, that
was super popular.
I think we kind of need something yellow from Patek.
I mean, it has blown up and there's no way they can say that they haven't sold more Nautiluses
in the last ten years than they ever have, but a 5711 black in all yellow would be ideal.
I think that that definitely for me be a keeper and something that I would want.
I don't know if they're gonna do that because, I mean it's like, this in other words, is
not even so much of a prediction, but almost more of just what I wish they would make.
What is it that I would want them to make?
If I was up to me, that would be my vote, 5711 yellow, black dial.
So now we go on to the Aquanaut.
You know, there's not a lot of options there.
Ever since they came out with the 5968, I personally love that piece.
Would I like to see it on a metal band, not really.
I'm not that crazy about actually the Aquanaut's period on the metal band.
I kind of liked the idea of them being ultra sporty with the rubber strap.
So, is there a possibility that maybe we get a 5968 in rose gold.
I mean, tell me that wouldn't be nice!
That's something that I would like.
Then they might go crazy and just do a 5968 rose gold on a metal bracelet.
I don't know if I'll like it that much, but it would be very bold from them and bold is
not what they do.
I was already stunned enough when they came out with the 5968 already with the size and
the way it looks.
So, 5968 rose gold.
I'm sitting there praying and hopefully they'll do it.