Patek Philippe Nautilus White Dial

Patek Philippe Nautilus White Dial Price

At Watch My Diamonds, white dial Patek Philippe Nautilus watches range from $54,999 to $122,900 across 5 priced listings.

The spread here is set by reference and case size, not by metal, which is the opposite of how most collections price. A discontinued 40 mm steel 5711/1A-011 sits in the same tier as the solid rose gold ladies’ references, and comfortably above the solid white gold 7011 — steel outperforms gold on this page because scarcity is doing the work. The smaller gold pieces, the 32 mm and the 28 mm, sit well below both. If you are pricing a white dial Nautilus, establish the reference first; the metal will tell you less than you expect.

White, Silvery-Opaline or Cream?

Patek rarely says “white.” The dials in this family are usually catalogued as silvery-opaline or silver-toned, and the horizontal grooves that define a Nautilus dial mean the colour is not fixed: the same watch photographs as clean white under a bright light and as pale grey or faintly warm cream at an angle. Our own specification sheet for the 7118/1200R-001 describes a silver-tone dial while the listing calls it a white dial. Both are accurate. What this means practically is that a “white dial” Nautilus will almost never be the flat, chalky white you get on a lacquered dress watch. Expect a soft, light-reactive surface with visible texture. If you want the coldest, most neutral version of the look, the steel references read whitest; rose gold cases push the same dial fractionally warmer, because the metal reflects into it.

White Dial or White Gold?

These are two different things and the reference number is where buyers get caught. A white dial describes the face. White gold describes the case and bracelet — and a white gold Nautilus is just as likely to arrive with a blue, black or brown dial as a white one. The 7011/1G-001 on this page happens to be both, which is precisely why it causes confusion. If the metal is what you are after rather than the dial colour, our Patek Philippe white gold collection is the one to browse. If it is the face you want, you are already in the right place.

White Dial Nautilus References

5711/1A-011 — 40 mm, stainless steel

The one everybody means. The 5711/1A-011 is the white — properly, opaline — dialled version of the reference Patek discontinued in 2021, and it is the only men’s 40 mm case on this page. Against the blue 5711/1A-010 it is the quieter and rarer choice, and the market has priced it accordingly. Steel case, steel bracelet, no gold anywhere, and asking prices level with the solid gold references rather than below them. Our Nautilus 5711 page collects every dial colour in this reference.

7118/1A-010 — 35.2 mm, stainless steel

The ladies’ Nautilus in steel, and the most wearable entry point to a white dial in this family. At 35.2 mm it is only marginally smaller than the 5711 in visual terms because the Nautilus case wears wide, but it is appreciably thinner and lighter on the wrist. We list this reference both new and pre-owned, and the distance between an unworn example and a well-kept earlier one is wide enough to be worth the compromise if the dial matters more to you than the paperwork.

7118/1R-001 and 7118/1200R-001 — 35.2 mm, rose gold

The same 35.2 mm case in solid 18 ct rose gold. The 1R-001 is the plain-bezel version; the 1200R-001 adds a fixed bezel set with 56 diamonds totalling 0.67 ct, both running the automatic Calibre 324 S C with a 45-hour power reserve, 8.62 mm thick and water resistant to 60 metres. Rose gold against a white dial is the warmest combination the Nautilus offers, and the one that reads least like a sports watch. See the full Nautilus 7118 and rose gold Nautilus selections for the other dial colours in this case.

7011/1G-001 — 32 mm, white gold

Solid 18 ct white gold case and bracelet with a white dial — the monochrome extreme of the collection. At 32 mm this is a genuinely small watch by modern standards, and it is the reference that most rewards being seen in person: an all-white-metal Nautilus looks flat in photographs and does not on the wrist. Priced well below the steel 5711 despite being solid gold.

4700/53 — 28 mm, yellow gold and diamonds

The quartz-era ladies’ Nautilus, and the outlier here in every sense: 28 mm, 18 ct yellow gold, factory diamonds, and a battery rather than a rotor. Examples like our 1990 piece are vintage Patek at a fraction of what the modern references cost, and the small case has come back into fashion in a way that seemed unlikely a decade ago. Not a substitute for a 7118, but not competing with one either.

Sizing a White Dial Nautilus

Four sizes, and the decision is more binary than the numbers suggest. The 40 mm 5711 is the men’s watch. The 35.2 mm 7118 is the modern ladies’ watch and the size most people of either preference actually find comfortable. The 32 mm 7011 and 28 mm 4700 are small by deliberate design — pre-2000s proportions, worn as jewellery. Because the Nautilus case is wide relative to its stated diameter and sits low, every one of these wears larger than the measurement implies. If you are between the 7118 and the 5711, the honest advice is that the 7118 suits more wrists than its “ladies’” designation suggests. Compare against the steel-cased alternatives in our stainless steel Nautilus collection, or the Patek Philippe Twenty-4 if a smaller case is the priority.

Nautilus or Aquanaut?

They are frequently confused and they are not the same watch. The Nautilus arrived in 1976 with the porthole case and an integrated metal bracelet. The Aquanaut followed in 1997 with a rounded octagonal case, an embossed chequered dial and a composite strap — younger, more casual, and generally less expensive for a comparable reference. A white dial Aquanaut and a white dial Nautilus photograph similarly and wear nothing alike. If it is the strap and the softer case you are picturing, our Patek Philippe Aquanaut collection is the right page.

Buying a White Dial Nautilus

Every watch on this page is sourced through authorized dealers, wholesalers and distributors, and is guaranteed 100 percent authentic and covered by warranty — see our authenticity guarantee for the full terms. Orders ship overnight and fully insured within the United States at no cost. Some listings show a price and some do not. Where a watch is in stock without a displayed price, it is priced on request — we do that for references like the 5711 whose market moves quickly enough that a published number would be stale before you read it. Listings marked sold have gone; we leave them up because they are a useful record of what these references actually traded at. Call (212) 382-2600 or send an enquiry through any listing and we will quote you the same day. Looking more broadly? Browse the full Patek Philippe Nautilus collection for every dial colour, or compare against the blue dial and black dial pages if the reference matters more to you than the face.