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SUBSCRIBE TO EUROPA STAR MAGAZINE www.europastar.com/subscribe | SUBSCRIBE TO THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER www.europastar.com/newsletter | CHAIRMAN Philippe Maillard PUBLISHER Serge Maillard EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Pierre Maillard CONCEPTION & DESIGN Serge Maillard, Pierre Maillard, Alexis Sgouridis PUBLISHING / MARKETING / CIRCULATION Nathalie Glattfelder, Marianne Bechtel, Jocelyne Bailly, Véronique Zorzi BUSINESS MANAGER Catherine Giloux MAGAZINES Europa Star Global (Europe & International) | USA | China | Première - Switzerland | Bulletin d’informations | Eurotec EUROPA STAR HBM SA Route des Acacias 25, CH-1227 Geneva - Switzerland, Tel +41 22 307 78 37, Fax +41 22 300 37 48, contact@europastar.com Copyright 2017 EUROPA STAR | All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Europa Star HBM SA Geneva.

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PATEK PHILIPPE NAUTILUS: A LASTING CRUSH Nick Foulkes on the saga of PANORAMA the legendary watch ANTARCTICA UNDERWATER WORLD

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PATEK PHILIPPE Nautilus 5711 Launched in 2006 for the 30th anniversary of the Nautilus, this iconic “steel jumbo” version, reference 5711/1A, is directly inspired by the historical reference 3700 born in 1976. The basics are here: stainless steel octagonal case, two lateral hinges, an integrated bracelet, a mix of brushed and polished surfaces, a simple display on a grooved blue dial. But the new 3-part case has grown a bit to 43 mm and is equipped with a sapphire caseback, the hinges are slightly curved, the crown is larger and the bracelet has rather flat central links.

The 5711 is equipped with a new automatic winding in-house movement calibre 324 SC (for seconde centrale or central second).

A freezing dive beneath the continent’s icebergs

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PARAPHERNALIA

IN THE MIND OF URWERK’S MARTIN FREI A photo report on the tools that inspire him

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PATEK PHILIPPE SA Ch. du Pont-du-Centenaire 141 CH 1211 Genève 2, Switzerland Tel. : +41 (0)22 884 20 20 www.patek.com

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LESS, PLEASE !

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SUBSCRIBE TO EUROPA STAR MAGAZINE www.europastar.com/subscribe | SUBSCRIBE TO THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER www.europastar.com/newsletter | CHAIRMAN Philippe Maillard PUBLISHER Serge Maillard EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Pierre Maillard CONCEPTION & DESIGN Serge Maillard, Pierre Maillard, Alexis Sgouridis PUBLISHING / MARKETING / CIRCULATION Nathalie Glattfelder, Marianne Bechtel, Jocelyne Bailly, Véronique Zorzi BUSINESS MANAGER Catherine Giloux MAGAZINES Europa Star Global (Europe & International) | USA | China | Première - Switzerland | Bulletin d’informations | Eurotec EUROPA STAR HBM SA Route des Acacias 25, CH-1227 Geneva - Switzerland, Tel +41 22 307 78 37, Fax +41 22 300 37 48, contact@europastar.com Copyright 2017 EUROPA STAR | All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Europa Star HBM SA Geneva.

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