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Ladies’ Nautilus

The ladies’ Nautilus keeps the porthole construction of the larger references and shrinks it: a 35.2 mm case, 8.62 mm high, with the bezel set around its whole circumference with small stones. The dial in this collection is golden brown opaline carrying the collection’s wavering wave pattern, with applied rose gold numerals and hour markers and luminescent coating, and the date sits in an aperture low in the dial beside the six. The bracelet is integrated into the case in the usual Nautilus way, and the frames on the watch page show how the case, bezel and bracelet read together at this size.

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Golden brown wave-pattern dial straight on in a small rose-gold case, with small set stones around the bezel, a date aperture low in the dial beside the six and the bracelet leaving the lugs
  • Size 35.2 mm across, measured from 10 to 4 o’clock, and 8.62 mm high — the smallest case in this collection.
  • Bezel Set all the way round with small stones; the reference is documented with 56 brilliant-cut diamonds, a figure that applies to the named reference rather than to a photographed piece.
  • Dial Golden brown opaline with the collection’s wave pattern rather than the larger references’ horizontal ribbing.
  • Bracelet Integrated rose gold links with a patented fold-over clasp and a lockable adjustment system, as catalogued for the reference.

In this collection

One Ladies’ Nautilus configuration

The Patek Philippe brand page

This collection lists a small number of configurations. Series not shown here can still be discussed — send the model and reference and availability is checked for you.

Design notes

What defines the Ladies’ Nautilus

Why the wave pattern matters at this size

On a larger dial the embossed pattern is one texture among several things competing for attention. On a 35.2 mm dial the pattern covers most of the visible surface, so it decides how the watch reads in the hand: it catches light in short bands rather than one continuous sweep, and the applied numerals sit on top of it. That is also why a straight-on photograph in daylight is more useful than a studio shot with a single hard light — the banding either reads evenly or it does not.

A stone-set bezel is an inspection question

A photograph can show that the bezel carries small set stones; it cannot show what those stones are, how they are held or how the setting is finished at the edges. The same applies to the metal behind them. Both are worth asking about directly, together with a close-up of the bezel at an angle and a note of anything that has been replaced. The watch page keeps the reference’s documented stone count separate from what the photograph can support.

These notes describe the design as it appears in the photographs on this site. Movement, water resistance, weight and material composition are not stated here, because those belong to the specific unit being offered and are confirmed in the conversation before anything is paid.

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Other series and guides

Other Patek Philippe series here

  • Nautilus — The porthole case with its softened octagonal bezel, offered here in rose gold with four dial reads and in white gold as a perpetual calendar.
  • Calatrava Pilot Travel Time — A 42 mm pilot’s watch in rose gold, with applied Arabic numerals, two time zones on the dial and the local-time correctors on the left of the case.
  • All Patek Philippe series — the brand page lists every series in this collection.

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