Patek Philippe Aquanaut Travel Time White Gold 5164G 2024

The Aquanaut Travel Time in white gold, reference 5164G, with the blue-grey dial and matching strap. The quietest of the Travel Time executions and, to a certain kind of collector, the most interesting one.

Travel Time is the complication that earns its place. Two hour hands, one for home and one for where you are, adjusted forward or back by the two pushers set into the left flank of the case — and adjusted without stopping the movement or disturbing the minutes. Two apertures read LOCAL and HOME so there is never any doubt which hand you are reading, and the date follows local time.

White gold rather than steel or rose, with a sandblasted bezel that kills the shine and leaves the case reading almost like titanium until you lift it. The dial is the embossed Aquanaut grid in a blue-grey that shifts considerably with the light, and the composite strap is matched to it.

The movement is calibre 26-330 S C FUS, self-winding, with the dual time-zone mechanism and a central sweep seconds. Between 35 and 45 hours of power reserve, water-resistant to 30 metres, 40.8mm across the case from ten to four o'clock.

Every watch is authenticated by an independent watchmaker before it changes hands, never by us. Viewing by appointment at our Collins Street boutique in Melbourne, insured delivery Australia-wide. We buy Patek Philippe outright and source specific references on request.