New watch! Bit of a change up for me

This one is a change up for me. I generally have been drawn to “cutting edge” watches. My focus has been on technical ingenuity rather than beauty or classicism. Basically, I was a sports car guy. Richard Mille: Bugatti, URWERK: Lamborghini, FP Journe: Aston Martin, etc.

I view this as more of a Rolls Royce Phantom: beauty, class, and LUXURY. Without a doubt this is the most luxurious feeling watch that I have owned. Everything about it is indulgent. There is A LOT of gold, beautiful engraving, etc.

This marks an interesting shift in my preferences. I started really getting into watches about 5 years ago. Since then I have had a lot of incredible pieces, and my tastes are still changing dramatically. A year ago I was not into gold at all. I would have felt incredibly self conscious wearing this watch. Lately I have found myself staring at yellow gold watches. I’m not sure what brought about the switch, but it’s one of my favorite things about this hobby.

Words and pictures cannot describe how beautiful this watch is. The finish is as good as any I have ever seen. The watch is yellow gold but the bridges and hands are rose gold so they really pop out and shine. The alternating of brushed and polished surfaces is just awesome and the case itself is much more complex and interesting than it appears on first look. The automatic microrotor underneath the winding barrel is ingenious.

Anyway, here are some pics.

and here it is in the wild:

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WOW WOW WOW!!!

By: PeterCDE : January 29th, 2007-13:06

Hi Steve, sincere congrats on a wonderful addition! A big piece, in any aspect! And in weight, i´d guess The funny thing is, the "cutting edge" approach of the Three Gold Bridges to be widely underestimated. Sure it´s the oldest movement still in producti...

Thanks for all your help Peter!

By: SteveH : January 29th, 2007-13:08

I'll try to take some better pictures in the coming weeks. I'm having some camera difficulty right now (my flash won't work hence the dark wrist shot by the window). Looking forward to spending some more time in the GP forum! -Steve

Pleasure!

By: PeterCDE : January 29th, 2007-13:42

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Like your style Steve!

By: Doc : January 29th, 2007-14:40

Just do it!This is a 180° turn, at least :-) But what a watch! I said it before, and now again, YG is the gold that's always is classic.And more and more WIS dare to show gold watches,not just WG or PT. I'm a big fan of YG. And of GP, of course :-) Just b...

thanks for the kind words [nt]

By: SteveH : January 29th, 2007-22:30

Thanks guys. One probem though, this watch makes me feel incredibly wealthy!

By: SteveH : January 29th, 2007-15:45

I think it's going to get me in to trouble. Within 2 hours of strapping it on my wrist I was in a wine shop buying 12 good Bordeauxs. Then off to the cheese shop to sample and get three hunks of good cheese. This could be very dangerous.... ;-)

Not so quick...

By: Bill : January 29th, 2007-20:15

Buying those 12 Bordeaux wines might be pretty hazardous to your wealth. As they too are damned addictive. Bon Appetite. Bill PS. Ariel on its way yet. - Now that could be hazardous to you health. 0-60 in 2 seconds.