Patek Philippe Aquanaut Travel Time – 5164A-001

The Patek Philippe Aquanaut Travel Time 5164A-001 is based on a patent filed by Patek Philippe in the 1950s . The idea behind the mechanism is simple, smart, and beautiful. When the user is at home, local time and 'travel time' are both displayed by a solid hour hand. However, when the owner of the watch travels into a different time zone and sets the movement accordingly, the solid hand moves to display local time, revealing a delicately-skeletonised second hour hand that remains accurate to the time at home.
In other words, when you travel with a Patek Philippe Aquanaut Travel Time 5164A-001 on your wrist, the watch always reminds you that a part of you stays behind. Your 'emotional skeleton', if you will.
Whenever you come home again, the two hour hands become superposed and move as one. It's a nice touch of poetry to an already-impressive complication—but then this is a Patek Philippe. Which, as we all know, is a luxury watch built on the idea of emotional inheritance. The brand's advertising pulls father-to-child heartstrings on a regular basis, and this little quirk of the movement is a perfect fit for that concept.
The Aquanaut Travel Time is 40.8 mm in diameter. However, thanks to the slimline profile of the case, this luxury watch actually wears a little smaller than its true dimensions. The case is water resistant down to 120 m, ideal for leisure diving in far-flung locations. The crystal is sapphire glass, as is the case back. The in-house calibre 324 SC FUS can be seen beating beautifully away inside, at a frequency of 28,800 vibrations per hour. The movement in the Patek Philippe Aquanaut Travel Time 5164A-001 has a power reserve of between 35 and 45 hours and displays central hours, local hours, minutes, and seconds. It also displays the date at 6 o'clock (the date is accurate to local time) and has paired day/night indicators at 3 and 9 o'clock—one for home, and one for local time.
Operation of the local time zone function is simple and quick. Once home time has been set using the screw-down crown, local time is advanced or moved counterclockwise using plus and minus pushers on the left-hand side of the case. Not only do these brightly-polished pushpieces make it simple for a traveller to set the time at their destination—they also carry on the lines of the lugs with a smooth sweep, and add symmetry to the watch by echoing the crown protectors on the other side of the case.
The dial on the Patek Philippe Aquanaut Travel Time 5164A-001 deserves some comment. Its black embossed face carries the classic Aquanaut pattern, but the addition of the globe-style embossing inside the date indicator adds a nice touch of subtle theming to this luxury dual time-zone watch. The same pattern is carried on through the rubber strap, which Patek Philippe calls 'Tropical' composite rubber , to beautiful effect. And the polished steel case and brushed-steel bezel finish create a sophisticated depth of textures.
The clasp is a double deployant, standard to Aquanaut models. The Arabic numerals are gold-applied, and the hour markers are applied with lume.
Casual, comfortable, and beguilingly slender, the Patek Philippe Aquanaut Travel Time 5164A-001 is the perfect companion for the frequent traveller.
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