Patek Philippe’s revival of the Nautilus Ref. 5726/1A-014 Annual Calendar and Moon-Phase is energised by a blast from the past and then some

The&nbsp;Nautilus by Patek Philippe&nbsp;is a timepiece that needs no introduction, being one of the most coveted in the world of horology. With a notoriously long waitlist, the Nautilus collection has continued to evolve and progress since its debut in 1976. Last year, a slew of&nbsp;five sleek new <a href="https://www.lofficielsingapore.com/jewellery/spring-into-time-patek-philippe-adds-5-new-editions-to-its-nautilus-collection">Nautilus Ladies</a> iterations were launched, together with an extension of the&nbsp;Nautilus Ref. 5726 Annual Calendar&nbsp;with&nbsp;moon-phase display.&nbsp;

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Patented by&nbsp;Patek Philippe in 1996, the&nbsp;Annual Calendar&nbsp;shows the day and the month in two in-line apertures at 12 o&rsquo;clock, and the date in an aperture at 6 o&rsquo;clock. The complication cleverly considers the varying month lengths&nbsp;of 30 and 31 days, requiring the owner of the watch to make just a single alteration per year at the beginning of March.

A 24-hour indicator in the lower half of the dial helps to simplify calendar adjustments, whereby the&nbsp;secondary dial housing the ultra-precise moon-phase display&nbsp;necessitates correction only once&nbsp;every 122 years.

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Back in 2010, the Nautilus was crowned as&nbsp;Patek&rsquo;s first steel watch&nbsp;to be endowed with an Annual Calendar, representing a significant&nbsp;crossover&nbsp;fusing sporty sensibility with the technical sophistication of the Swiss watchmaker.&nbsp;

Over the years, several other variations have joined&nbsp;the inaugural leather strap version of the Ref. 5726A-001&nbsp;in steel with an Annual Calendar, moon-phase display, and&nbsp;24-hour indicator.&nbsp;

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Unveiled in 2019, the&nbsp;Ref. 5726/1A-014&nbsp;boasts an elegant and&nbsp;au courant blue dial, echoing the colour of the&nbsp;original 1976 Nautilus. It replaces predecessors&nbsp;Ref. 5726/1A-001 and Ref. 5726/1A-010,&nbsp;launched in 2012.

The latest dial, with&nbsp;horizontal embossing and gradations of blue to black at the periphery, syncs seamlessly with the&nbsp;subtle glimmer of steel &mdash; rendered in&nbsp;a mix of mirror-polished and satin finishes&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;in&nbsp;the case, bezel, and bracelet.&nbsp;

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Exquisite without sacrificing legibility, the white gold hour markers and hands are applied with a luminescent coating to provide indication of the hours and minutes, alongside the slim sweep of the seconds hand.

Water-resistant to 120 metres and shielding a calibre 324 S QA LU 24H/303 self-winding movement comprising 347 parts (visible through a&nbsp;sapphire crystal case back), the refined yet sporty case of Patek&rsquo;s Ref. 5726/1A-014,&nbsp;with its recognisable octagonal bezel and case construction&nbsp;inspired by a ship&rsquo;s porthole, wins yet another race for the&nbsp;Nautilus collection, sailing ahead of&nbsp;the fine watchmaking fleet.

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Visit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.patek.com/en/home">patek.com</a>&nbsp;to find out more.

Patek Philippe Writes A New Chapter In The History Of The Nautilus

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