[Patekfinder]

Going on vacation to St. Tropez? Planning on some diving? No longer can you just bring your Nautilus. Make sure you have the backup Casio for when it gets flooded- or take your chances and leave it in the hotel safe. This new diminished WR really throws a wrench into the versatility of the Patek sports catalogue. For god sakes even the AQUAnaut is now 30m — it is absurd. You can’t just certify and build them for more WR? With all the technical and engineering prowess, you can’t just get more WR? You can’t just develop a new crown mechanism and seal between the caseback and crystal for more WR like virtually every other company is able to do? Pierre Jean-Paul is likely too busy filing anglage to worry about WR.

Water resistance and shock resistance are really the two prominent features that separate a sports watch from a dress watch. The Nautilus has quite literally zero technical advantage over a Calatrava. It is a sports-style watch perhaps, but not a sports watch. It’s just a dressed up Calatrava at this point.

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