Unfortunately many people have an aversion to anything two-tone, we tend to have a herd mentality and if enough people say it's not acceptable, then it's not acceptable. People can make their own minds up. My first good watch was a 1976 Rolex DJ in steel/gold, the standard 'good' watch of the 70's, then they went out of style and I never had another two-tone watch. No animus against them but other than Rolex there weren't many of them made. Now there are a few entering the catalogues again. When Omega introduced the Sedna and Moonshine editions last year I immediately liked the Sedna version better than the silver dialled Moonshine version. Last August I was stumbling around Chrono24 and a BNIB Sedna/steel one popped up for a price that didn't seem right, just too low. So I sent a note to the US seller to confirm the price and he came back knocking another $500 off without asking. I'm in. Got the watch in a couple of days, completely new, all cards, watch sold through an AD just a month before. I like it, the pink dial, the pink bezel and pink numbered ceramic insert, and the pink bracelet. It has a bit of a vintage feel to it. I don't wear it enough, so I strapped it on today for the first time in months.
None of these watches are cheap and many complain that adding gold is a waste of money. But to most people paying $8,000 for a hand wound steel watch is a waste of money. You pay for luxury, it's never cheap. You are either in, or you're not. No right, no wrong.
Steel/Sapphire strap $8,000 Basic watch
Steel/Sedna strap $11,900 (Delta $3,900)
Steel/Sedna bracelet $19,100 (Delta $11,100)
Sedna strap $31,800 (Delta $23,800)
Sedna bracelet $44,900 (Delta $36,900)
