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·Polished platinum has a distinctly brighter, more mirror-like white appearance than polished steel.
Platinum 321 on Sailcloth
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·Polished platinum has a distinctly brighter, more mirror-like white appearance than polished steel.
After months of research and negotiating, I'm finally wearing a 311.93.42.30.99.001.
First impressions: it's incredible. The onyx dial is deeply black. The meteorite subdials shift with the light, and there's something cool about wearing 4-billion-year-old pieces of the moon on your wrist. The polished platinum has a brighter shine than steel. And the heft is real and noticeable. Of course, the 321 is the cherry on top.
I put it on an Artem sailcloth; it's a "serious" watch, but I wanted to dress it down.
This is my sixth Speedie, my third Pro, and I think it's the capstone of the collection.
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·Here's a quick one...
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Subspecies
·Love the dial and love the platinum. As for the strap, it's not for me but it's your watch so good luck. As an aside, if the watch was gold I'd be completely meh! Also gold is well over twice the price of platinum yet watch manufacturers charge more for platinum cased watches than gold ones. Go figure. I have read that platinum is harder to machine but, really, modern manufacturing machinery will easily cope I'm sure.
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Dan S
·Wow, the visibility of the hands in the sub-dials is ... interesting.
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·Love the dial and love the platinum. As for the strap, it's not for me but it's your watch so good luck. As an aside, if the watch was gold I'd be completely meh! Also gold is well over twice the price of platinum yet watch manufacturers charge more for platinum cased watches than gold ones. Go figure. I have read that platinum is harder to machine but, really, modern manufacturing machinery will easily cope I'm sure.
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Vinz Clortho
·That's a beaut Clark! Sailcloth isn't my first choice but I would daily this for a few weeks to "test" it out for academic purposes.
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Trog
·Or Nato?
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·That looks great; really like the character on the dials. I've never done a NATO strap, but would be willing to give it a try. Where'd you get that one?
https://www.moosestrap.com/
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