aquanaut 5167 movement

It looks like this watch is delivered with 2 different movements.
The 315 and the 324.

The Aquanaut 5167 is only a few months available and only the first seem to have the 315 movements.
For some reason shortly after introduction they changed the movement into a 324.
I guess the 5167 with 315 was only 1, maximum 3 months in production.

This ofcourse makes it a VERY RARE Patek.

Yes, we had a longer discussion about that fact here: Aquanaut gross Ref.5167 ... unfortunately for you it is in German language :( ;)

no problem, thanks for the link.

I have to read it a few times extra because my german ain't good :)

A very few of thrm will have the 315, all the rest (in the years to come) the 324

This is the info I got from Patek Philippe

Dear Sir,

We thank you for your mail we received via our Website.

Kindly note hereafter our reply to your questions :

1. New Caliber 324

Kindly note that our Caliber 315 SC will progressively be replaced by the Caliber 324 SC AIG.S - an improved movement, and this is forseen as of April 2008.

It is possible that some 324 Calibers has already been mounted in some models.
For the end user there is no difference in terms of accuracy and reliability between the Calibre 315 and the Cal. 324. The advantage of the Calibre 324 vs. the Cal. 315 is a gain in efficiency and time in terms of our watchmakers’ work as it is easier to time the calibre 324 to the Patek Philippe high precision standards.

For your information, only the referende 5127 rwill emain equipped with the Caliber 315 for the time being. Patek Philippe does not divulgue the information about quantities of Aquanaut delivered with cal. 315.

Sincerely yours,

NORTHERN EUROPE



Patek Philippe S.A.

Thanks for providing us with this precise info, Bruno :gut:

does anybody have some news about this theme a few months later now.
do they only deliver with the 324 movement now, or are there some new 315 movement watches? thanks, andi :grb:

In meiner Nautilus 5711, gestern gekauft, ist ein 315er drin.

Hallo Andi!

Meine 5167 ist am 27.12.2007 ausgeliefert.
Die hat das 324 Movement.

Auf der PP Seite wird für die 5167 noch das Kaliber 315 genannt. Ich gehe jedoch mal davon aus, dass die 5167 in der Zukunft nur noch mit dem Kaliber 324 kommen wird. Das 315 werden wir wohl noch länger in der 5711/1 finden.

Imho spielt es auch keine Rolle welches Kaliber in der Aquanaut seinen Dienst versieht. Ob das bewährte 315 - oder das modernere 324. Wird sich gleich bleiben.

Love & respect
Frank
http://i25.tinypic.com/11jnp10.jpg

hi frank,

schon klar. is eigetlich wurscht, aber dennoch sehr interessant. danke für deine info.
mal sehen wie´s weitergeht.

der andi