It is an interesting question indeed.

Jun 22, 2020,16:14 PM
 

The rose gold with white dial appears to be similarly rare, but is not as sought after as the more common platinum version, or its black dial sibling. 

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Original Dato Beauty Contest: 403.031 vs 403.035

 
 By: Robert65 : June 20th, 2020-14:24
Without regard to weight, comfort, cost, rarity, attainability, etc... which would you prefer to own and wear in your regular rotation? The RG panda 403.031 or the Platinum panda 403.035. Sorry too many technical issues attempting to load the photos of th... 

Thanks for your responses.

 
 By: Robert65 : June 20th, 2020-14:38
Tie!

Your pick? [nt]

 
 By: K-Lo : June 20th, 2020-14:39

for practical purposes

 
 By: Robert65 : June 20th, 2020-14:48
Believe the Platinum....

Bravo. [nt]

 
 By: amanico : June 20th, 2020-14:48

Fine. 😉 [nt]

 
 By: K-Lo : June 20th, 2020-14:58

RG if I didn’t care, PT because I do.

 
 By: Jay (Eire) : June 20th, 2020-15:46
So many of us have chosen the PT because of practical factors. But I’ve always thought the RG were more attractive.

Same! [nt]

 
 By: K-Lo : June 20th, 2020-16:38

Could flip a coin. Both are exceptional.

 
 By: CR : June 20th, 2020-17:20
In general, I prefer PT (and YG and WG) to RG. But if I already had several PT pieces, then I might opt for the RG/black dial version in this case.

Very helpful everyone

 
 By: Robert65 : June 20th, 2020-18:26
Many thanks for your valued input!

Dufourgraph for me.

 
 By: Rhyzen : June 21st, 2020-04:02
In my opinion, it looks nicer. And it appears to be rarer.

RG is definitely rarer

 
 By: CR : June 21st, 2020-06:41
403.031 was made for a shorter period of time. Not a ton of them out there. The extent to which rarity matters is an interesting question to me, when we're comparing otherwise identical watches (which in this case aren't really identical, since the weight... 

It is an interesting question indeed.

 
 By: Rhyzen : June 22nd, 2020-16:14
The rose gold with white dial appears to be similarly rare, but is not as sought after as the more common platinum version, or its black dial sibling.

Platinum for me [nt]

 
 By: Metachronous : June 21st, 2020-07:03