Patek Philippe 5712/1A-001

Patek Philippe

Ref. 5712/1A-001

Watch n° 32 for number of VIPs spotted with this watch
Patek Philippe n° 8 for number of VIPs spotted with this watch
Number of VIPs spotted with this watch: 22
Number of total spotted: 22
Preferred VIP category: footballer (5 VIPs)
List price: £70,000
Market price: £80,000

The Patek Philippe 5712/1A-001 has attracted a notably varied group of 22 confirmed wearers in our database, spanning sport, entertainment, business and music. Cricketers Virat Kohli, KL Rahul and Mohammad Sheikh represent a strong South Asian sporting contingent, while European footballers Steven Gerrard, Dele Alli, Ben Chilwell, Christian Eriksen and Tanguy Ndombele account for a significant slice of the sightings — suggesting the reference has particular traction in professional football circles. Actors Robert Downey Jr and Dhanush bring Hollywood and Tamil cinema credibility respectively, and musicians David Guetta and DJ Alesso add a club-culture dimension rarely associated with this tier of Patek Philippe. Entrepreneurs Tony Fadell (iPod co-creator), Marco Bizzarri (former Gucci CEO), Kamil Fahad Al-Said and Pierre Thomas round out a cohort with genuine purchasing power and, in several cases, demonstrable watch knowledge. The breadth of professions here is telling: this is not a reference that skews toward one scene or one geography.

That spread of wearers reflects, in part, how difficult the 5712/1A-001 is to obtain through official channels. Patek Philippe does not publish production figures, but the steel Nautilus family as a whole is widely understood to have waitlists measured in years at authorised dealers, with no guarantee of eventual allocation. Retail pricing sits in the region of CHF 55,000–65,000 depending on market and configuration, yet secondary market values have consistently run at two to three times that figure — sometimes higher during peak demand periods. The combination of a prestigious manufacturer, a complicated movement in a sports-adjacent steel case and genuinely constrained supply makes the 5712/1A-001 one of the more discussed references on the grey market.

The watch is a steel Nautilus housing Patek's Caliber 240 PS IRM C LU, offering moon phase, power reserve, date and sweep seconds in a 40 mm integrated-bracelet case. Model and influencer Mariano Di Vaio and motorsport champion Jorge Lorenzo are among those whose public sightings helped cement its profile beyond traditional watch-collecting circles.