5711/1A is back again. Just with a different reference.
The world of watchmaking was rocked last year by Patek Phillippe's announcement that Nautilus 5711 was to be discontinued. But it didn’t leave without a "farewell tour". Ref. 5711/1A-014 was later unveiled. The similar steel replacement of the famous model had an olive-green dial instead of the familiar blue one.
Ref. 5711/1A is back again this year, albeit with some changes resulting in the new 5811/1G. The dial is back to blue again but the case is made of white gold this time and it's slightly larger, up from the familiar 40 mm to 41 mm in diameter. Encased inside is the same old automatic Caliber 26-330 S C movement comprising 212 components.
Patek Philippe Nautilus Ref. 5811/1G
Patek Philippe actually presented four new Nautilus watches in one go this October. Apart from successor continuing the traditions of Ref. 5711, the series has welcomed the stainless-steel Ref. 5990/1A-011 flyback chronograph with a Travel Time function, Ref. 5712/1R with moon phases and the ladies' jewelry watch Ref. 7118/1300R (the last two are rose-gold models).
Ref. 5990/1A borrows the unbeatable combination of a blue dial on steel from Ref. 5711. These watches have inherited the style of another model which stopped being made last year: 5990/1A-001.
The only difference is that the gray dial has been swapped for a blue one. It still houses the same movement — the self-winding CH 28-520 C FUS with a flyback-chronograph, 60-minute counter, two time zones for local and home time indication shown by two separate central hour hands, and an analog date hand at 12 o'clock.
Patek Philippe Nautilus Flyback Chronograph Travel Time Ref. 5990/1A
Patek Philippe Nautilus Moon Phases Ref. 5712/1R
Patek Philippe Nautilus Ref. 7118/1300R
Ref. 5712/1R with moon phases is a rose-gold version of Ref. 5712/1A. The designers decided against blue for the dial in favor of a more harmonious brown tone to complement the case's warm gold hue.
The dial still has the same composition with the date integrated into the moon-phase indication, a small seconds hand and power reserve indication for the self-winding Caliber 240 PS IRM C LU. The Ref. 7118/1300R-001 jewelry watch is in rose gold too, although this gilt-dial version is the same shade as its case, which measures 35.2 mm in diameter.
The gold monochrome look is punctuated by precious ogival- and baguette-cut stones: eleven cognac-tone spessartites serve as hour markers while the bezel is decorated with another 68 stones which display a color gradation within the same palette, transiting from champagne to cognac and back. The movement responsible for keeping track of the time in this watch is the self-winding Cal. 324 S C.