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I understand but much...
Depends on what you wear e.g. many people would never wear a tie and have a smart casual attire most of the time that would work fine with the royal oak AP or nautilus steel etc.
I appreciate your candour and, clearly, if you don't see a point on a watch made of gold or platinum we are getting into a personal taste territory that can simple not be argued with.
This said a platinum DD feel is substantially different than a steel one 
The price is not necessarily insane is compared to many other high-end watches.
The price is not necessarily insane is compared to many other high-end watches. Producing a watch in platinum is not as simple as you might think e.g. the cost difference is not simply the price of the precious metal but accounts for the fact that, as a metal, it is not as easy to work with than steel.
My original question was driven by the curiosity to know what other forum members would have invested this budget on. Now, as you know, the AP or PP nautilus still are prices as less than half than the day date so obviously it is not an entirely fair comparison.
Rationalising prices is not an easy task and -- with such an emotional purchase - an almost impossible task. Rest assured that the margins are very healthy in the steel watches too.
Perhaps the beauty of some watches - like the DD platinum - is that they are indeed not for everyone and this makes it to me very special.
At times I feel that both patek with the nautilus steel and AP with the royal oak ultra thin steel are exaggerating with the artificially created limited supply to generate an even increasing demand.
I still love my patek 5711 and don't particularly resent the waiting time but, clearly, it is in a different league and price range. Obviously this is subjecting and wouldn't be persuasive to someone that doesn't like gold or platinum watches.
I can somehow related to your points differently: I am not excited by many complications like tourbillon, chrono, grand complications so may be the DD platinum is ma final milestone!
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the rolex day-date platinum game!
I am always intrigued by the wise and inspiring choices of other puristsPro members so I would like to play a simple game. Taking the rolex day-date platinum price as a budget which watch you would have bought with the following characteristics: a) It has...
Curious minds would also like to know.
I am seriously considering the Rolex Platinum Day-Date. I used to have the Rolex YG Day-Date (1999), but it was stolen alongside my Rolex GMT Master 2 (1997) and Rolex SS Daytona (2006) in 2008. Now, my collection consists of: 1) Breitling Ti Aerospace Re...
Congrats for your nice collection..can't go wrong with the day date platinum if...
If you don't mind a heavier watch - you will get used very quickly - the day date is an excellent choice. I have a 5711 and is certainly not the same feeling as the day date platinum. The PP, being steel, is obviously much lighter watch and a different fe...
Patek Nautilus 5980. Rolex 6542. Audemars Piguet Royal Oak 5402 Full Set.
Vintage JLC Polaris 1965 or 1968. There may be several other possibilities. Nicolas.
Patek Nautilus 3700
mint with box & papers. I bet this one will please a lot, WIS recognise the watch without problems and it holds it's value unlike Rolex Day-Date. Best, Kari
thanks for sharing but...
I wouldn't be so sure about holding value with a used watch ..it could increase in value but it is so difficult to say. For a nautilus I would rather go with the 5711. I really prefer new watches that start their history with me ;) but this is highly subj...
I would love to spend that much money
"to a used steel watch". I guess 3700 is not your thing. It's the original Nautilus with two-parts case and a very interesting movement. Getting rarer and rarer. Best, Kari
not so little...gorgeous watch thank you!
Thanks for sharing the photo of your beauty - gorgeous watch :)
A lot...
a) It has to be a statement and recognisable I don't know and neither i don't care what is statement and recognisable, i cannot answer on this point. b) To be usable in all business settings (suits) Any ultra thin watch is usable in suits, there is a very...
thanks for sharing...
Own the first two of your list already...very nice watches but a bit sporty for a business / suit setting (and so is the submariner). Of course everything can work with every outfit but I think that the dd is more elegant and more of a statement. Oh well ...
I've to disagree...
If we talk from the point of view of the so called "dress code" the royal oak 15202 is a more elegant wristwatch than any other DD because of its low profile of case and bracelet which makes it to hide under the (possibly tight) cuff of the sleeve like th...
I understand but much...
Depends on what you wear e.g. many people would never wear a tie and have a smart casual attire most of the time that would work fine with the royal oak AP or nautilus steel etc. I appreciate your candour and, clearly, if you don't see a point on a watch ...
The price is not necessarily insane...
"...if compared to many other high-end watches." The matter is the DD is not an "high end" watch at all. " I can somehow related to your points differently: I am not excited by many complications like tourbillon, chrono, grand complications so may be the ...
it is certainly more high-end
than a 5711 in steel. It might come to you as a surprise but I am well aware that this is an horology forum :D The movement on the 5711 doesn't have anything special in terms of horology. As you well know it doesn't even hack -- which speaks miles about p...
Hacking...
Any ETA, sellita, soprod, or valfleurier movements hack, as they do it the chinese stuff. Maybe the swatch system 51 too... Do you really consider the value of a movement by the hack of seconds? Regards
so what? many nomos...
have a thinner automatic movement e.g. the patek 324 SC is 3.3 mm the nomos DUW 3001 is 3.2 mm thin so here it goes the argument about horology and thinner movements..
Perfect example...
Of high value movement from a not well known brand. Nomos is a stunning example of what you said before, not only famous and well known and recognisable brands can do high end horology. Nomos does it, with great value for money. Rolex doesn't, neither int...
wrong because....
There is no day-date in steel (your caterpillar example) and, more importantly, the day-date is the "high-end" collection of rolex and was never a workhorse :) This is a fact :) I don't really know what high-end is to you but " a platinum Rolex simply rem...
Is pretty evident...
The things we consider important to define an high end watch are completely different. You consider an high end watch that which has an insane price, which is statement, which is recognisable, and other things not related to horology, completely ignoring ...
I know...
That the 324 is not the best of the automatic movements ever made, as they are the 2121 in the AP 15202 or the 240 in the 5712. But still remains a far better movement than the really cheap one in a day date. It shoud be sufficient compare the thickness o...
you are obviously...
looking for an argument but I am not. My question / survey was precisely to see what else people would buy with this budget. I love to hear about other people choices and I am genuinely curious on what makes a certain watch special to some. I am well awar...