Patek Philippe Nautilus Chronograph 5980/1A-001 Luxury Watch Review

Watchuwant is now WatchBox! Browse our selection of Patek Philippe here: https://goo.gl/9nn8MV The Patek Philippe Nautilus 5980/1A may be an exception among the firm’s catalog anchors, but if you’re going to launch just one sporting chronograph, make it a great one. Patek took its sole bullet and hit dead center. On the occasion of the model’s 30th anniversary, Patek Philippe debuted the first ever Nautilus chronograph. By combining the king of sporting complications with its flagship sports watch, Patek created an historic model with unprecedented youthful vigor and robust wrist presence. The revolution was an inside-job. Specifically, the Patek Philippe Nautilus 5980/1A packs the first automatic chronograph ever designed and produced in-house by Patek. Despite its august reputation and history of complications innovation, the Stern family’s horology empire spent most of its history reliant on outside specialists for base movements, especially chronographs. In 2006, the new CH 28-520 chronograph movement launched simultaneously in this Nautilus chronograph and the 5960P annual calendar chronograph. It’s a gem of an engine. Consider the feature set that Patek Philippe crams into the Nautilus 5980′s case: maintenance-free ceramic winding rotor bearings; a vertical clutch that enables the chronograph to run continuously without damage; a column wheel that keeps the pusher feel crisp; a 55-hour power reserve that easily trumps the industry’s 42-hour norm; a free-sprung bal