Nautilus 1:1 on gen Patek Philippe grey composite strap

[mt666tm]

I've always loved the grey dial nautilus on composite (waterproof) grey strap, so when something is called 1:1 you would think a strap change would be straight forward. This was not the case.

First problem was that one of the strap pin lock screws was stripped so I had to drill it out. Then I ran into the real problem. The strap lug that fits into the strap is too big on the rep. It has to be shaved down all around in order for the gen strap insert to slip on. After everything was shaved and fitted the pins slide in and lock screws were reinstalled (one properly and one is a head glued in place, both look perfect).

There was also a big speck of dust on the dial so the whole watch was opened up to blow it out, along with refinishing screwheads and repressing the stem tube which was sticking out a bit, bad QC I guess...

So for those wanting to install gen Patek straps, now you know what you may be in for;

Compare with a gen picture pulled from online:

GEN:

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[gran]

Very interesting

Thank you for showing this to me

Dr.Gran

[zenpang]

Does anyone know if the MBW version would have the same problem?

[dluddy]

Beautiful strap

[webvan]

Catching up with some Nautilus threads. Nice work! Where did you get the deployant? I'm guessing it came with the 1:1 and was not a problem to fit to the composite strap?

[Watchmeister]

Very nice combination. Didn't you know 1:1 means they look the same.