PATEK PHILIPPE, REF. 5167A-001, A FINE STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH DATE

CASE NUMBER: 4’421’411 MOVEMENT NUMBER: 3’615’315

Details

CIRCA: 2007
CASE MATERIAL: Stainless steel
DIAMETER: 40 mm.
STRAP MATERIAL: Patek Philippe black rubber strap
DIAL: Black
MOVEMENT: Cal.315 S C, automatic, 29 jewels
FUNCTIONS: Time, date
WITH: Certificate of Origin dated October 22, 2007, product literature, Patek Philippe folder, presentation box and outer packaging
BUCKLE: Patek Philippe stainless steel double deployant buckle
REMARK: This timepiece is among the early production examples of this reference and runs the Cal. 315 SC movement and not the Cal. 324 SC.


Lot Essay

Fresh and clearly aimed at a younger, more adventurous buyer – the Aquanaut was the first model from the Geneva maison to come fitted with a tropical rubber strap – the Aquanaut was sports-luxe before it became a retail buzzword. Though the original reference was a modest 35.6-mm. Patek introduced the Aquanaut in smaller and bigger sizes in the years to come including the 38 mm ‘Jumbo’ case Ref. 5065 in 1998.
The reference 5167 debuted at Baselworld in 2007 to mark the 10th anniversary of the model and featured an updated Cal. 324 SC calibre and was also upsized to 40 mm. case (from 38mm). The 5167A was presented with a contoured tropical leather strap and a revised dial design was cleaner and was the first Aquanaut to breach the 40-mm case size.
The present timepiece is part of the early production and is fitted with the smaller Cal. 315 SC movement and not the updated Cal. 324.