Bespoke strap for Patek Nautilus
The Nautilus was born in 1976 with the bracelet continuing the case, and for almost everyone it has remained so. But not for everyone: the maison fits it on a strap too, and those straps tell how it must be done.
- By appointment only
- In the atelier in Milan or by video call
- Four to five weeks
- Eighteen months of care
Your Patek Philippe Nautilus with the leathers of the atelier
Matte Louisiana alligator leather
Anthracite
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Real photographs of the atelier’s leathers. No generated images.
Two Nautilus
Those born on a strap. The annual calendar 5726A, the 5712 and the 5980 in gold, the 7010 at 32 millimetres, the 5810. They come with a hand-sewn square-scale alligator, with a denim-weave calf, or with a fabric-weave composite, and with the Nautilus fold-over clasp in the case metal. This is the family for which the bespoke strap is the natural path: the end follows the case profile between the two lugs, the original clasp is refitted when the attachment allows it, and only the leather changes.
Those born on a bracelet. The 5711, the 5811, the Travel Time 5990 in steel, the 7118. There, the first link is part of the design, and not every case leaves room for anything else. We do not make promises from a distance: send a photo of the back, with the bracelet fitted, and we will discuss it. If it can be done, we will tell you how; if it cannot, we will tell you straight away.
The size
We do not ask you for it. The atelier's archive knows eighty Nautilus references, from the 32-millimetre cases of the 7010 to the 41 of the 5980, with the 40.5 of the 5726A in between. From the reference engraved on the case back, we trace the case; from the photo, the attachment. The watch stays on your wrist.
The leather
Square-scale alligator, as in the original, or large-scale alligator; the blue and the anthracite grey of the dials, the brown that warms them. Where it enters the case, the strap is as thin as the piece it replaces; at the wrist, it returns to its own thickness. The calf lining, the edges painted in several layers, machine stitching as standard or hand saddle stitching, by choice.
The time
Four, five weeks from confirmation. At the atelier in Via XX Settembre, or by video call, wherever you are. Care for the first eighteen months is included.
The next step
The right strap is not chosen. It is built together.
In the atelier in Via XX Settembre or by video call, wherever you are.
Request an appointment →Casati Milano · Via XX Settembre 15, Milan · by appointment only