Once the punchline of Baselworld 2015 and now a bona fide modern classic, this navy-dialed pilot was the watch that taught Patek Philippe how to do casual. Picture a certain secret agent trading the tux for a leather jacket without losing an ounce of pedigree. Discontinued in white gold blue and built around oversized luminous numerals you cannot find on any other Patek, it is the brand’s first pilot watch you could realistically buy.

Presents itself in mint condition with little to no signs of wear. That deep blue lacquer dial reads almost black in shadow then lights up like a midnight runway when it catches the sun. White gold Arabic numerals sit oversized and luminous across the face, a clean cockpit-instrument look glowing like the dashboard in a fighter jet fly-by. And the 42mm white gold case throws polished light around the wrist with the quiet confidence of a first-class boarding pass.

Functions include hours, minutes, seconds, second time zone, local date, and dual day/night indicators. Two screw-down pushers on the left flank jump local time forward or back one hour at a time, no minute-hand drama. The date at 6 o’clock follows along automatically like luggage that actually keeps up with you. Crown at 3 o’clock winds and sets the time, and the supplied stylus fine-tunes the date operating the pusher located between 6 and 7 o’clock at the bottom of the case.

Comes as a full set, double-boxed with warranty certificate, collector’s library booklet, quick-guide, Patek Philippe museum pamphlet, travel time book, two pushers, and watch pillow.

Built for the traveler who wants trinity-tier prestige with a passport-stamp attitude, this is the Patek for the collector who would rather wear jeans to the jet than a three-piece suit. A finite, discontinued run means the blue dial era has closed for good, so it lands like a director’s cut that will never get reprinted. Add it if you want the moment Patek stopped playing it safe, sitting right there on your wrist.