Yes..I like it.
(1) If..only if..one likes weight, in itself a relative sensation...the X Pro will deliver.
When dealing with weight, it is often much more of how the mass balances itself on the wrist, rather than the actual mass itself.
(2) Second, some customers like the feel of how the weight of a watch delivers the sense of quality and substance when it is worn, especially while walking or when swinging up the arm. Some prefer light. It may be one less dimension to deal with in design, when making a light watch. BUT...in a heavy watch, the team has to deal with how the watch will move and swing around several axis on the wrist, to deliver "the feel of quality". The X Pro will deliver this in spades!
(3) The feel of the watch in the hand, and off the wrist. This one again, the X Pro delivers in the tactile sense of the cut and bevel of the metal. Bulgari is a master of this. I also want to mention that Bulgari has a distinct Bulgari "feel"...try this: closing your eyes, pick out a Bulgari from a selection of 6 watches with the same shape and size. Easy? Now try with most other brands...more difficult? of course, one must remove the straps and remove a few other tell tale clues...just for the sake of discussion...I am sure you will have MUCH more pressing matters to deal with than this.
(4) Making the crystal and bezel "peer" each other...or cross relate. Bulgari's scuba diagono has always had this strenght of design. It is not so in the other ranges.
(5) The strap with the rubber and metal inserts are the most aesthetically and tactile pleasing.
This a watch for either the guy who has everything, or is not interested in watch collecting, or is wealthy enough to have such a watch for "rough and tough" use. Definetely NOT for the man who needs to sell it down the road in 2011 to buy another watch. For that, a Patek or AP will be safer.
This last sentence is something I normally have not mentioned before, but with the growing of several new and powerful markets, I have been repeatedly asked this.
With the OLDER markets, the standard answer is Patek and Rolex and limited editions, with a bow to the auction results as well. One can read about these "advice" anywhere. BUT...and only the wealthy, and brave, need apply here...to make some serious changes to the after sales markets and returns, and I feel this is healthy...it is good to spread the return investments more broadly over more "blue chip" counters than just Patek and Rolex.
However, this will take time. Already...I have seen, but NOT at auction houses, (since the dynamics here are very different and complex)...the returns of Greubel Forsey, AP, RM, Panerai, Dufour, Kari are showing more stable and getting more blue chip values. This is very good, compared to 2001.
Bulgari, cartier , AHCI and IWC will grow..I am sure.