Patek Phillipe Steel Aquanaut

[detee]

I know there is a lot of talk about Rolex premiums, but has anyone seen this?

https://www.watchcollecting.com/for-sale/2017-pate...

Lovely watch, very understated but wow.

[fitzmoresco]

Aquanaut and Nautilus values gone nuts. SS blue faced 5711 approaching £100k for a watch that retailed around £24k before it was discontinued

[IJWS15]

And the seller can't even spell . .

[IJWS15]

And the seller can't even spell . .

You know when the computer doesn't pick it up because it is a word, just the wrong one!

[Bacon Is Proof]

Forty grand for a cheap and nasty rubber strap?
No ta.

[anonymous-user]

I've mentioned it before but I'll say it again. I do not get the appeal of the Aquanaut or the Nautilus. Not one single bit.

To my eyes, they are horribly dated, odd, ugly, 70's looking things.

You can tell I'm not a fan

Patek make loads of extremely nice watches, yet every man and his dog seem obsessed with the Aquanaut and Nautilus.

[Bacon Is Proof]

Lord Marylebone said:

I've mentioned it before but I'll say it again. I do not get the appeal of the Aquanaut or the Nautilus. Not one single bit.

They have cool names.

[Maxym]

I wasn't overly keen but the 5726 is a lovely thing. Want one. Probably won't get one.

[amare32]

If the Aquanaut had a Tag logo on it no one would pay attention to it.

It's like Yeezy shoes, looks trash but people buy into it because of the name/hype.

[Flying machine]

Lord Marylebone said:

I've mentioned it before but I'll say it again. I do not get the appeal of the Aquanaut or the Nautilus. Not one single bit.

To my eyes, they are horribly dated, odd, ugly, 70's looking things.

You can tell I'm not a fan

Patek make loads of extremely nice watches, yet every man and his dog seem obsessed with the Aquanaut and Nautilus.

I was trying to resist, but I just can't. Yep, completely agree with all of that, I don't understand the admiration at all - in my head Patek is more about beautiful complicated watches in precious metal. Admittedly towards the lower end of their complications, I have a 5205, which is far more to my taste, but what do I know, a variety of opinion is good!

[gregs656]

I don't know who pointed out the non-matching date windows but they really stand out to me now. Only got hacking movements in 2019... something people bh about on Seikos costing low three figures.

edit: I acknowledge that my opinion on these is entirely academic as I am never going to own one, and the prices are so high now that I cannot reasonably compare them to watches I do own. They don't appeal to me anyway.

Edited by gregs656 on Thursday 26th August 19:15

[simong800]

Lord Marylebone said:

I've mentioned it before but I'll say it again. I do not get the appeal of the Aquanaut or the Nautilus. Not one single bit.

To my eyes, they are horribly dated, odd, ugly, 70's looking things.

You can tell I'm not a fan

Patek make loads of extremely nice watches, yet every man and his dog seem obsessed with the Aquanaut and Nautilus.

I had the chance to buy a 5711 at list, tried it on and thought what is the fuss about. It was a white dial one and honestly just didn't "get" it.

I got an Aquanaut instead which I kept a year before moving it on last year, it just didn't do much for me. I think I liked the fact I had a Patek a lot more than I actually liked the watch.

The Nautilus versus a Royal Oak is just a complete walkover in my opinion, the AP is leaps and bounds ahead.

All subjective of course. But in summary - I agree!

[x5x3]

si800 said:

I think I liked the fact I had a Patek a lot more than I actually liked the watch.

agree with this, hence I parted with my 5711, although with hindsight......

[NDA]

I had one and didn't get on with it - too small and flimsy looking. I was pleased with the profit and bought a Sky Dweller with it - but looking at prices now, I should have kept it! Ridiculous pricing for a watch, even at RRP, that is over priced.