Nautilus Perpetual Calendar 5740 White Gold / Blue

In Context

At 40 mm it is sized to the current mainstream: 40 mm is the median across every watch measured in this catalogue. At 8.42 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. 60 m covers rain and hand-washing comfortably; it is not a watch to swim in.

The movement winds itself from the motion of your wrist. 48 hours of reserve is enough to set it down on Friday evening and find it still running on Monday. At 21,600 vph the seconds hand advances 6 times a second, the slower and more audible rate of an older design.

5740/1G-001 stands on its own in this catalogue — no other reference here shares its base number. It pairs a blue dial with a white gold case. Introduced in 2018. Beyond the time it carries a perpetual calendar.

The perpetual calendar built on the 240, and the movement behind Patek's first self-winding perpetual calendar with moon phase — the reference 3940 of 1985. The calendar works sit as a module over the ultra-thin base, and the whole assembly still measures 3.75 mm. Thinness is the point: a perpetual calendar is normally a thick watch, and the 3940 established that it did not have to be.

21 other watches in the library run the Patek Philippe 240 Q.

Patek Philippe

Twenty-4 Perpetual Calendar Rose Gold / Green

7340/1R-010 · 36 mm

Patek Philippe

Perpetual Calendar 5327 Yellow Gold / Ivory

5327J-001 · 39 mm

Patek Philippe

Perpetual Calendar 5940J Yellow Gold / Silver

5940J-001 · 37 mm

Patek Philippe

Perpetual Calendar 5039 Yellow Gold / Silver

5039J-001 · 36 mm