Patek Philippe Aquanaut

The Aquanaut may be one of the most important modern luxury sport watches on the market.  The Reference 5060J, launched in 1996 for the 20th anniversary of the Nautilus, was a sort of transitional watch. Borrowing features from the Nautilus but doing away with the famed case “ears” of that porthole-inspired model and adding lugs, it provided the basis for the Reference 5060A in 1997, the first model actually bearing the Aquanaut name. The Aquanaut would go on to form the basis of a full collection of luxury sports watches that provided the entry point into the Patek Philippe catalog. This particular Aquanaut, a Reference 5165A, dates to back to the early 2010s and is virtually identical to the more commonly known 5167A, but features a slightly downsized 38mm stainless steel case, making it a rarer variant - and our favorite! Like its 40mm brother, the 5165A features sapphire crystal, a lovely anthracite textured hobnail dial with printed indices and a matching handset, and Patek's Cali