By the way, a few years before Patek officially launched the steel 5711 on the Nautilus collection’s 30th anniversary in 2006, it introduced a watch called the ref. 3711G – a white gold Jumbo – that was produced for only two years (this was the last white gold Nautilus to feature a bracelet; the 5711G never came on a bracelet). Nowadays, the 3711G is a bit of a collector’s item, something of a “pre-series” to the 5711 (stay tuned tomorrow for more on collecting the 5711).
Now, the 50th anniversary of the 3700 is only a few years away, but before we start to rev up the speculation machine once again, let’s just enjoy that we’ve got a new white gold Nautilus, an evolution of the old Nautilus.