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Well I guess this really is a question for me given a 7.25in wrist and I own both the RG and Pt 44 ‘standard’ ROO (with the RG being my favorite watch I own) !!
So I have agree the tourb version are relatively good value and I have looked at them a lot over the past 2-3 years given their relatively good pricing. I have not jumped for one as; 1) even if I sell both ROO I have to fund a tourb I would still need to put even more €€ on top of the two. Only so much €€ I can afford to put in :) 2) I like having the two metals so going to one would be a hard call 3) while I know manual wind is seen as more ‘purist’ I still like auto. Overall prefer open worked for AP complication 4) If I need/have to I could get out of one of my existing ROO relatively unscathed but I think the tourb would be really painful (note my RG ROO is a long term keeper, even still prefer it to 43, at least for now) |
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Love it! I have the White Gold Japan version with Ceramic bezel. Probably my favorite offshore, and limited to 50. A friend also has one of the 50 that he recently purchased.
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Super cool piece congrats!
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I think they’re probably really cool. Like most APs you have to see them in person to appreciate. My favorite watch I’ve ever tried on is the 43 flying tourbillon. I bet if I saw you wearing yours I’d freak out!
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This one def has the wow factor the other one was lacking imo
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For sure an amazing piece but that is 300k vs 100k. Different ball game.
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he
THIS is an excellent specimen, Roger. I don’t know why Japan/Asia gets all the better releases, but this is a platinum ROO I can appreciate!
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I don’t know the actual numbers but my sense is that Yoshida has more ultra VIP AP collectors than most other markets combined. Hence the vast array of limited series.
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![]() Unfortunately, only got to try it on, but man, what a watch! The detail and bridges are amazing and zero chance a picture can do it justice. I think this might be my favorite watch I have ever tried on. The Ti QP is right there as well. |
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I could pretty much clean house for that thing. What else would I need? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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![]() I have been blessed with a wrist, that IMHO can pull off the size. I would wear it with shorts, jeans, a suit or a tux! And, if while wearing that tux in say Monaco, you end up in a pool or the ocean.....100M WR ![]() The rose gold bridges were just.....amazing. I would be stoked to see how something like this would look with sand gold. |
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I don’t think they are very attractive honestly- looks ugly imo sorry Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Fair enough! You mean these two specific models I assume rather than 44mm offshores generally? Any particularly aspect that you don’t like?
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I just don't like the look of the dial of these two specifically, looks cluttered and confusing. Generally, I always liked the ROO - I used to have one myself.
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Usually not a fan of quoting large pictures in replies, but in this case it's justified. If I had to pick one AP to replace my entire collection, this (or the Ti version) would probably be it.
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Thanks for coming back and appreciate the thoughts.
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Personally, I really like smaller watches as I find them more confortable, harder to ding, etc.
Wrist is 7.25 which means i can usually pull off larger, but whenever I put something on that is on the smaller/thinner side, I remember how much more I like that. Then, the other part of it for me is at that price point, there are other watches I'd rather have. The Greubel Forsey Balancier is around 100k - $120k used, Voutilainen Inverse is a smidge more, Romain Gauthier has the Logical one that goes for ~$120k - $130k used, etc. To me, those are all much, much more interesting. |
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I believe that cross pollination of models leads to this phenomenon particularly as it relates to ROO. It was always supposed to be modern chronograph version of RO. Once ROC was introduced, depending on trends, one or the other version tends to be out of favor. ROC circa 2000s all the way up to 2015, ROO these days. Further, introduction of tourbillon into ROO makes little sense homologically. It absolutely adds nothing to what the watch represents and is sold at stratospheric levels as compared to competition. Therefore, secondary would not hold.
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