SteveG
1529
This is perhaps self-indulgent, but I have found
that a platinum watch is typically self-justifying.
The examples given above are all one with which I agree. The original Datograph is a stern and commanding design
and color combination, in platinum the watch has a density and heft (about 180 grams with strap, I recall) fully appropriate
to how much is presented in its rather compact package.
JLC's 1990s ultra-thin is so ethereal, even in platinum it is light and elegant, a steel version would almost float away.
For the original Journe Octa, to present a textured yellow-gold dial properly, what white metal would you choose if not
platinum? Obviously not steel, and really not white gold, it is not naturally white enough.
So, let's have some other ones!
This Audemars Piguet dress watch from 1948 is wide and thin, and has a great, historic Valjoux movement. Almost
certainly a near-custom watch, is not platinum the proper casing?
and really, would you lavish all this brushing on any lesser metal?
How about one of IWC's rarest editions of their hugely popular Mark XII Pilot watch? The design is traced back to the
1940s, originally meant for legibility, durability, reliability and magnetic resistance; in an age of quartz timekeepers and
advanced material science, the entirety is an anachronism. How better to express this than to encase this edition of 80
pieces in virtually undetectable (unless you happen to be wearing it...), platinum?
Finally, if one is going to case up a simple watch containing an incredibly alluring movement finished tp the nth degree, what
better material would one choose?
