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spacemission
·You can buy it only with a single bitcoin.
Platinum 321 on bracelet (new Speedmaster Calibre 321)
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G-Web
·This really changes things for people like me, for whom the leather strap was a total deal-breaker.
Cheers,
-GW
Cheers,
-GW
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Gruesome
·My local Omega boutique was nice enough to find out for me, so if anybody else is curious about the weight: the platinum 321 on platinum band weighs about 270 gram, according to Omega HQ.
That is about the same weight as a 1200m steel Ploprof on steel shark mesh (280 gram), but a bit less than the 320 gram gold Deepsea. The 13.4 mm thickness also compares favorably to the Rolex's 17.7mm. Of course, the Rolex is a lot more affordable than the 321 Pt, both new (if you can find one) or used.... ;-)
That is about the same weight as a 1200m steel Ploprof on steel shark mesh (280 gram), but a bit less than the 320 gram gold Deepsea. The 13.4 mm thickness also compares favorably to the Rolex's 17.7mm. Of course, the Rolex is a lot more affordable than the 321 Pt, both new (if you can find one) or used.... ;-)
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Annapolis
·I'm not in an informed position to doubt this, but I'll express surprise. I'd expect a full platinum Speedy to weigh north of 300g.
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Gruesome
·Well, the gold on gold 321 supposedly (according to the technical data tab on the Omega website) weighs 212 gram. Assuming (I do not know) the alloying material for Canopus gold is mostly palladium, the resulting 18k gold density would be 17.5 g/cm^3. Pt950, if alloyed with Pd as well, should be around 20.7 gram/cm^3, so scaling just by that would result in an estimate of 250 gram for the platinum on platinum, neglecting the weight of the movement in the scaling. (If alloyed with Iridium, it would weigh 21.4/17.5*212=260 gram, again ignoring the non-precious metal content.) So 270 gram sounds plausible to me.
Somebody ought to buy one, and weigh it!
Somebody ought to buy one, and weigh it!
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texasmade
·Well, the gold on gold 321 supposedly (according to the technical data tab on the Omega website) weighs 212 gram. Assuming (I do not know) the alloying material for Canopus gold is mostly palladium, the resulting 18k gold density would be 17.5 g/cm^3. Pt950, if alloyed with Pd as well, should be around 20.7 gram/cm^3, so scaling just by that would result in an estimate of 250 gram for the platinum on platinum, neglecting the weight of the movement in the scaling. (If alloyed with Iridium, it would weigh 21.4/17.5*212=260 gram, again ignoring the non-precious metal content.) So 270 gram sounds plausible to me.
Somebody ought to buy one, and weigh it!
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njlam
·The strap version of the platinum 321 is $65K, so adding the bracelet is another $30K?
Perhaps the bracelet version should cost $65K and the strap version could be had for $35K?
This would make a lot more sense.
The Rolex Platinum Day Date 40 with full President bracelet is $64K...A bargain?
Perhaps the bracelet version should cost $65K and the strap version could be had for $35K?
This would make a lot more sense.
The Rolex Platinum Day Date 40 with full President bracelet is $64K...A bargain?
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Gruesome
·N njlamThe strap version of the platinum 321 is $65K, so adding the bracelet is another $30K?
Perhaps the bracelet version should cost $65K and the strap version could be had for $35K?
This would make a lot more sense.
The Rolex Platinum Day Date 40 with full President bracelet is $64K...A bargain?
Actually, Platinum is about $30k/kg, so the watch should cost $10k for the material, give or take, plus whatever it costs to make a case and bracelet out of it (harder to melt, but softer and thus probably easier to machine than stainless steel, if you start with bars of suitable thickness), plus the movement, plus overhead and a reasonable profit. A movement of similar complexity to the 321 can be had for $150 or so (Sea-Gull ST19; actually for that price you get a whole watch, just not made from platinum, and not from Omega). So, $11k? Or maybe double or triple the movement and machining costs, because Switzerland, so $13k?
But something makes me think that this way of reasoning is not how watch prices are set. I believe even Sea-Gull is trying to get away from this pricing model...
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ppierce
·If that was in steel i'd be all over it. Beautiful watch.
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