2022 Patek Philippe Watches & Wonders Predictions: All The New Watches Foretold!

The 2022 Patek Philippe watches are only days away as Watches & Wonders 2022 approaches. For the first time, Patek Philippe will unveil its new watches in Geneva, home city of Patek and the Stern family. The Nautilus 5711 has been discontinued, the Aquanaut collection turns 25 years old, and the Calatrava dress watch prepares to celebrate its 90th anniversary. Today's show features Tim Mosso's predictions for what watch collectors will see from Patek Philippe when Watches & Wonders Geneva opens on March 30th. In 2021, Patek Philippe announced its intention to discontinue the Nautilus 5711 sports watch. A green dial model - reference 5711/1a-014 - and a Tiffany blue model - reference 5711/1a-018 - marked the end of sixteen model years of 5711 production. The Patek Philippe Nautilus had become such a phenomenon that Thierry Stern, CEO and principal owner of the brand, decided to end production of the core model for a time. His reasoning was sound; Patek Philippe as a brand is more important than any single model, and the 5711's speculative value surge was overshadowing Patek as a whole. Sure enough, the 5711 is gone for 2022, but there is potential for the Aquanaut sports watch family to step into the void of its older brother. With the flagship gone, Aquanaut 5167A becomes the premier Patek Philippe sports watch in stainless steel. With or without a matching steel bracelet, the Aquanaut 5167 is the only game in town for watch collectors seeking a simple sports watch from Pa