In 1996, Patek Philippe patented the Annual Calendar complication, a new mechanism that took into account the different lengths of the months and required only one annual adjustment in February. The new complication was a very welcome “middle ground” between the simple calendar (requiring correction at the end of every non-31-days month) and the almighty (but expensive and produced in very small amounts) perpetual calendar.
It made then perfect sense for Patek Philippe to create a Nautilus with this complication, and in 2010 reference 5726 was launched.

Housed in the immediately recognizable case designed by Gerald Genta with a fair 40.5 millimeter diameter, this annual calendar movement displays its indications on a beautiful white dial.

Indeed, the present reference 5726/1A-010 is the second variation of the Annual Calendar Nautilus, launched in 2012. For the first time (with the exception of a vintage prototype piece) the Nautilus was donning a white dial, joining in the catalogue the black dial version launched two years prior. A third dial version for the watch (the classic petrol blue) was introduced in 2019, and it is now the only version available, the white and black dial variations having been discontinued.

Offered by the original owner complete of all of its accessory and in close to “as-new” condition, the present lot is an exclusive occasion to own what is quickly becoming a cult piece.