Hands-On With a Travel Watch Lover’s Holy Grail Patek
The high-functioning, do-it-all Patek Philippe Aquanaut Travel Time Ref. 5164R is a nearly impossible-to-buy GMT watch that glows in rose gold.
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Originally published by James Stacey on Hodinkee.
Originally announced at Baselworld in 2016, the Patek Philippe Aquanaut 5164R is not a new watch. That being said, I hope you'll cut me some slack as, for me, it's kinda the watch. Among the ranks of modern watches, the 5164, and lately, the 5164R (the R lets you know it's made of rose gold) has long pulled at my heartstrings, even if it's unlikely that I will ever have the purse strings to make such a watch my own. So, I ask only that you dream a little rose-gold dream with me, as I go hands-on with a true grail, the Patek Philippe Aquanaut 5164R.
Many of you who know my writing are already well aware that I adore travel and travel watches. I've crossed the country to review a great GMT, dedicated my chapter of our recent book to travel watches and, to spend some time with this Aquanaut, I had to first remove a well worn Rolex Explorer II from my wrist.