I worked on a hands-on review only 20 days after its release last year and I called the 18K rose gold 5990/1R the ‘King of All Nautiluses’. Almost a year later, this watch with a sticker price of $106,450 USD is selling/trading close to half a million dollars. Yes, that is not a typo. In my book is this watch worth that amount of money? Absolutely not. Many will differ with me and will say that something is worth what people are willing to pay for it. In theory, yes; but in the practice this is pure stupidity.
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Insider: Patek Philippe Nautilus Travel Time Chrono ref. 5990/1R. Hands-On with the New King of All Nautiluses.
Twenty days after its release, we have the pleasure of bringing you our hands-on review of the new Patek Philippe Nautilus Travel Time Chronograph ref. 5990/1R. Following the success of the 5990/1A —one of our favorite Nautilus references—, Patek Philippe decided to launch a new iteration of this reference in 18K rose gold. Even though Patek’s stock images blew our socks off and we knew we would love the watch in person, handling this watch in the metal is a totally different story.
