Horological Meandering

amanico
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Thomas is THE Expert, but I'd say that the ROO

was released in 1992, or 1993.

Hey, I'm not responsible for that sudden love, my friend...LOL

I'm more in love with the RO, as I find the ROO a bit too large.

Let me elaborate, and this is just my personnal take, nothing more:

When GG created the woman and the RO, he made it in a certain size: 39mm, but correct me if I'm wrong.

So the original concept of this watch was sized.

I mean, that the whole balance of the watch is deterimend also by the size...

If you go in a bigger size with the same watch, I'm afraid that you loose the balance of the original concpet.

Personnaly, when I compare , side by side, a simple RO like a Jumbo, or a Kasparov, I find both of them very classy, and even with this characteristic design...Timeless.

Now, you have very nice ROO, of course.

Do you want me to get wrong?

Let's speak about the RO concept!

LOL

I'm crazy about it, well, the 1st one, less the new Black one.

The Barrichello and the Montoyas are also fine.

And my favourite, the Orchard Road..For this one, I'll be ready to publicaly say that I was wrong with the ROO, LOL

All that to anser you: Go on it if you love it, really love it.

Now:

1/ The luminova can't be faded, only tritium can.

2/ The size is a matter of wrist, if you have the wrist to go on a 45mm watch, why not?!!!

3/ I think, but I'm not sure of that, AP is or has recently developped an in house version of its ROO chrono.

4/ As for the value, I'd answer that it has the price you want to pay...

Best, my friend.

Nicolas

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