Patek Philippe Nautilus 5990-1R-001

SPECIFICATIONS: 

The properly display a second-time zone, the Patek Philippe Nautilus Travel Time Chronograph ref. 5990/1R has two-hour hands on the same axis. The lower one is skeletonized, and the upper one matches the style of the minute hand. The skeleton hand displays the home time while the solid hour hand indicates local time. At home, where both times are identical, the two hands are superposed. When the owner moves to another time zone, the hour hand for 'local' time —travel time— can be adjusted in one-hour steps with the pushers on the left caseband. On eastbound trips toward the sun, the local-time hand must be adjusted counterclockwise and incremented in the opposite direction when traveling westbound. The skeleton hour hand is not affected by such corrections and continues to display 'home time'.

Equipped with a screw-down crown, the reference 5990/1R is water-resistant to a depth of 120 meters. While the first set of pushers located on the right side of the case —next to the crown—, activate and reset the chronograph function, the second set of pushers on the left caseband operate the travel time functionality.

The bracelet is exquisitely finished with satin brushed outer links and highly polished center links and it now features the new Nautilus double-folding clasp without a safety lock as on the stainless steel model.

Turning the watch over reveals the exquisitely finished automatic movement through the display case back. The Nautilus Travel Time Chrono ref. 5990/1R is powered by the automatic calibre CH 28-520 C FUS composed of 370 parts, 34 jewels, Gyromax balance and which provides a power reserve of 55 hours when fully wound, while beating at a frequency of 28,800 vph.

On the wrist, the 5990/1R wears true to its size, and impeccably. With its stunning blue dial and its 18K rose gold case, to us this is the new King of all Nautiluses. The 5980/1R can die tomorrow and the 5990/1R will forever live in our book. A perfect color combination, a flawlessly executed timepiece, and two complications that we absolutely love, a chronograph and a dual time zone function with a calendar.