Why is a Nautilus so expensive?
Demand, not material cost, drives the pricing gap. Patek’s gold dress watches (like the Calatrava) are available more readily, while Nautilus demand far exceeds supply. Which is the cheapest Patek Philippe Nautilus? The most affordable variants of the Patek Philippe Nautilus that you can buy on Chrono24 are predominantly older ladies’ watch models such as the reference 4700/1. This quartz watch costs around 21,924 USD in good used condition.The Patek Philippe Nautilus was born nearly 50 years ago, in 1976, and helped to re-energise the world of high-end Swiss watches, which was in the midst of the ‘quartz crisis’ at the time.