Patek Philippe Aquanaut Ref. 5164A. I really thought we would see more stainless steel sports watches from Patek Philippe at BaselWorld 2011. We do have one stainless steel Aquanaut and the three ladies Nautilus watches, so I was not completely wrong.
The Patek Philippe Aquanaut Ref. 5164A is a dual time watch with a second 12-hour skeleton hand to display the second time zone. Normally, a 24-hour hand is used for this purpose in other watches like Rolex's GMT Master II. A 24-hour hand will show you the time in the second time zone and indicate whether it is day or night. With a 12-hour hand, whether it is day or night in the second time zone, will have to be indicated by a day/night indicator. This combination is frequently used by Panerai. Patek adopts this formula, but goes one step further by providing a day/night indicator for both local and home time. A sub-dial a the 6-o'clock displays the date of the local time zone.
Inside the 40.8 mm stainless steel case you have the self-winding Caliber 324 S C FUS movement which beats at a smooth 28,800 beats per hour and has a 45-hour power reserve. Like other Patek creations, the rotor of the watch are in 21K or 22k gold. It is water resistant to 120 meters consistent with its sports minded design. All-in-all another solid creation by Patek Philippe.
About Patek Philippe. Patek Philippe & Co. was founded in Switzerland in 1851. The company's emblem, the Calatrava Cross, was adopted by it at the end of the 19th Century. It is acknowledged as one of the finest, if not the finest, watchmaker in the world.
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