Horological Meandering

Wanted to do a quick photo study from some of my watches. Especially interesting is the difference in white gold (Piaget P10077) and platinum (FPJ Automatique) and rose gold from PP (5205R-001) and everose Rolex DD (228235). Both of these watches are “ros...  

You hit the nail on the head: precious metal offerings aren’t created equal. It’s all in the alloy components. I notice it even in the difference between 316L and 904L stainless steel P.S: you’re a man with attention to detail…all of these watches are syn... 

Especially if you compare vintage vs current. But even in the current collection there are differences. All my automatic watches are in winders. It’s the only way I can wear whatever I want daily.

Reminds me of an argument I had with more than one SA at several Patek ADs. I wanted to buy the 7234 when it was released first in red gold, because it’s a much better fit for my wrist than the original “mens” version. But upon seeing it the case appeared... 

I think the use of precious metal in watches is under-appreciated these days. And nothing tops yellow/rose gold for luxury.

For me personally that’s really been my focus. Unless someone wants to sell me a nautilus or aquanaut at retail (which unfortunately no one does), I’m more interested in precious metals and its variations.

I think looking “beyond the watch” itself is super interesting.

I would take yellow gold everyday, the 5205 is gorgeous, ok i know it is a R🙂 Different companies seem use different formula of gold in their watches, the yellow from my zenith is so 'pale' and it oxidised real quick🤔

But I think sometimes PP YG is too yellow (unless you’re talking a 5070 with black dial).

I think my taste is boring. But I’m trying to