You know a trend has officially arrived in the wristwatch world when traditionally trend-averse, stay-the-course Patek Philippe begins adopting it. The prestigious Swiss manufacture has not only contributed, in its own distinctive style, to the still-prevalent blue-on-blue aesthetic that began gathering heat several years ago ? its latest being a moon-phase-equipped annual calendar version of the Nautilus ? but has also now plunged into a more recent colorways trend with a new, khaki-colored version of the recently revamped Aquanaut. Here are what both of these sport-luxury models, introduced at Baselworld 2019, have to offer.
Patek Philippe Nautilus Annual Calendar Moon Phases Ref. 5726/1A
Blue being the more well-established of the color trends, we?ll start with the new Patek Philippe Annual Calendar Moon Phases Ref. 5726/1A, a steel wristwatch whose blue dial, with its emblematic horizontally embossed motif, features a subtle shading effect in which the bright blue at the center fades to black at the edges. The watch?s annual calendar mechanism, invented and patented by Patek Philippe in 1996, displays the day and month in two in-line windows at 12 o?clock and the date in a window at 6 o?clock; directly above the latter aperture is a 24-hour day-night indicator encircling a moon-phase display with extreme precision: it requires correction only once every 122 years. Like all annual calendar timepieces, a date correction is necessary only once per year, from Feb. 28 or 29 ...