I do like the richness and luster of rose and yellow gold. Although most of my watches are white gold or steel. Looks like I need to add more colored gold watches! More excuses to spend money!
Yes. The RG was definitely much costlier. You seem to have a strong preference for RG watches in general - as you have quite a few of them! I like all the metals. I don't always like white gold though - the Patek Philippe white gold watches I have...
I'm glad the website is accurate! $870 is really quite reasonable for a full service and a case waterproofness check! Yeah... Those $400 straps annoy me to no end! Grrrr! I might need a new strap soon myself!