Here it is: The new Patek Philippe Nautilus reference 5811/1G-001. In Patek-speak, "G" stands in for white gold, meaning the new 5811/1G has a 41mm white gold case, one millimeter bigger than our dearly departed steel 5711. Other than these two changes – one of them admittedly pretty weighty – the new Nautilus is a lot like the old blue-dial Nautilus we bid farewell at the beginning of 2021, with a few other aesthetic updates and technical upgrades. And after a brief green and Tiffany Blue victory lap, we're back to a familiar (blue) face; the new 5811/1G features a sunburst blue dial with black gradation.
But those who appreciate what made the original Nautilus "Jumbo" ref. 3700 from 1976 so special will notice some subtle nods to that watch. The new 5811/1G features a two-part case, a callback to the "monobloc" case of the Nautilus 3700.
The 5711 always had a modern, three-part case construction. The tricky thing about these two-part cases is taking the movement in and out of the case since there's no caseback to be opened. In the old days of the 3700, this was solved via a "split stem" approach that allowed the winding stem to, well, split apart from the rest of the watch so that the entire movement could then be lifted out of the watch's front side.
Patek now says it's solved this problem with a new system that enables the winding stem to be pulled out from the dial side. The new case construction is a historical wink not only to the original Jumbo, but also to the inspiration of the Nautilus itself. After all, Gérald Genta's muse for the Nautilus design was the porthole of a ship, the idea being you had to open the "porthole" to get inside the watch. Forty-six years later, the porthole is again the only way in. With this new case construction, the 5811/1G still features a sapphire caseback.
The movement inside the new white gold 5811/1G is the Patek caliber 26-330 S C, the same that came inside the last version of the 5711, from 2019 until 2021. Like the 5711, the 5811/1G is water-resistant to 120 meters. Finally, Patek has updated the bracelet's clasp: It's a fold-over clasp, but it features a new, lockable, adjustment system that allows you to easily adjust the bracelet size by two or four millimeters.
The Nautilus 5811/1G will retail at $69,785. For perspective (again, different metals), when Patek introduced the steel, olive green 5711 last year, its MSRP was $34,893.
Let's be honest: It's kind of what we expected, right? Sometimes that's not a bad thing. Ever since Patek Philippe discontinued the 5711 last year, we've all engaged in some playful conjecture about what might be next. Over the past month or so, speculation heated up as it started to feel as if a day like today might be coming soon. And most of the informed guesses I heard – as much as the phrase "informed guesses" isn't a total contradiction in terms when it comes to anything Patek – came back to one potential reference: "5811G."
Is it anything crazy from Patek? No, of course not. It's a subtle evolution of the Nautilus: a few aesthetic tweaks and some technical updates that make it a slightly better watch. But if you expected anything else, well, maybe you're the crazy one.
As for the new two-part case construction: It's certainly something Patek didn't have to do, which makes me love it even more. These technical updates and nods to history are fun for watch nerds, the type of details that keep us coming back, day after day.
By the way, a few years before Patek officially launched the steel 5711 on the Nautilus collection's 30th anniversary in 2006, it introduced a watch called the ref. 3711G – a white gold Jumbo – that was produced for only two years (this was the last white gold Nautilus to feature a bracelet; the 5711G never came on a bracelet). Nowadays, the 3711G is a bit of a collector's item, something of a "pre-series" to the 5711 (stay tuned tomorrow for more on collecting the 5711).
Now, the 50th anniversary of the 3700 is only a few years away, but before we start to rev up the speculation machine once again, let's just enjoy that we've got a new white gold Nautilus, an evolution of the old Nautilus.
The Basics
Brand: Patek Philippe
Model: Nautilus
Reference Number: 5811/1G-001
Diameter: 41mm
Thickness: 8.3mm
Case Material: White gold
Dial Color: Blue
Indexes: Applied white gold
Lume: Yes
Water Resistance: 120 meters
Strap/Bracelet: White gold bracelet
The Movement
Caliber: Patek 26-330 S C
Functions: Time and date
Diameter: 27mm
Thickness: 3.3mm
Power Reserve: 35-45 hours
Winding: Automatic
Frequency: 28,800 vph, with Gyromax balance and silicon Spiromax balance spring
Pricing & Availability
Price: $69,785
Limited Edition: N/A
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2022-10-18 07:00:00Z
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