Patek Calatrava

[Quailhunter]

About 15 years ago while on a trip to London, my wife bought a Calatrava for me at Herrods.

It is an automatic, two hands (no seconds), gold, with the pebble bezel. It has an alligator band.

I can't find the watch on the Patek website.

I've still got everything that came with the watch.

Any idea what the model would be?

[Tony64]

Originally Posted by Quailhunter

About 15 years ago while on a trip to London, my wife bought a Calatrava for me at Herrods.

It is an automatic, two hands (no seconds), gold, with the pebble bezel. It has an alligator band.

I can't find the watch on the Patek website.

I've still got everything that came with the watch.

Any idea what the model would be?

Sounds like a 5120, and itt was just discontinued this year.
It's a terrific timepiece, deceptively simple and supremely elegant. Probably the classiest dress watch you'll see, and powered by one of the best movements Patek has produced - the cal 240 with micro rotor. Congrats on having a wife with such great taste!

[PJ S]

Sounds like a 5120, and the bezel is hobnail pattern.

[jon_jon]

Originally Posted by Quailhunter

About 15 years ago while on a trip to London, my wife bought a Calatrava for me at Herrods.

It is an automatic, two hands (no seconds), gold, with the pebble bezel. It has an alligator band.

I can't find the watch on the Patek website.

I've still got everything that came with the watch.

Any idea what the model would be?

As others have mentioned, it is probably reference 5120, which began production in 2001.

Reference 3992, the predecessor to the 5120, is another possibility. It had a smaller diameter (33mm), a solid caseback with leaf hands.

[Quailhunter]

Thanks for the information. Hobnail it is.