Aquanaut Luce Self-Winding Rose Gold / White

In Context

At 38.8 mm it sits just under the modern norm — the band that suits the widest spread of wrists. At 8.5 mm thick it is about average for a modern wristwatch. The case back is open, so the movement is visible without taking the watch apart, and the sapphire crystal will resist everything short of deliberate abuse. 120 m is genuine swimming resistance — more than the shape of this watch suggests it would need.

The movement winds itself from the motion of your wrist. 45 hours of reserve carries it overnight, but not through a weekend in a drawer. At 28,800 vph the seconds hand advances 8 times a second.

5268/200R-001 is one of 2 executions of the 5268/200R base reference. Underneath they are the same watch; what separates this one is a white dial and a rose gold case. Introduced in 2021.

The 26-330 S C is Patek Philippe's automatic of 2019, the successor to the 324 S C in the Nautilus and the Aquanaut. It adds a stop-seconds and an anti-backlash reduction wheel. It powers 18 watches in this library. It keeps the 324's proportions, 27 mm across and 3.3 mm high, with 212 parts, 30 jewels, a 21-carat gold central rotor, a Gyromax balance and a Spiromax silicon spring beating at 28,800 vph for 35 to 45 hours, and adds what the 324 lacked: a seconds hand that stops when the crown is pulled, and a reduction wheel with a sprung tooth that takes the play out of the seconds hand. It carries the Patek Philippe Seal. In the library it powers 12 [Nautilus](/brands/patek-philippe/nautilus) references, the last 5711s and the 5811, 3 [Aquanauts](/brands/patek-philippe/aquanaut), 2 Cubitus references of 2024 at 45 mm and one [Calatrava](/brands/patek-philippe/calatrava). 2 are limited editions. The [324 S C](/calibers/patek-philippe-324-s-c) is the movement it replaced, and the [240](/calibers/patek-philippe-240) the maison's ultra-thin automatic beside it.

17 other watches in the library run the Patek Philippe 26‑330 S C.

Patek Philippe

Nautilus 5723 Rose Gold - Ruby / Brown

5723/112R-001 · 40 mm

Patek Philippe

Nautilus 5723 Rose Gold - Diamond / Brown

5723/1R-010 · 40 mm

Patek Philippe

Nautilus 5723 Rose Gold - Diamond / Rose

5723/1R-001 · 40 mm

Patek Philippe

Aquanaut Luce Self-Winding White Gold - Sapphire / Checkerboard

5268/461G-001 · 38.8 mm