Steel vs Precious Metals. Which do you prefer?
Reasons cited for choosing steel over precious metals include: 1.better value 2.less formal 3.lighter and more suitable for daily wear 4.less common Which metal do you prefer, for say Greubel Forsey's Signature 1 or Gronefeld's 1941 Remontoire?
Definitely steel for both these watches
The Signature One and Remontoire are watches filled with technology and they both have amazing movements. For both these watches, the choice of metal becomes less significant than say a dress watch. The Signature One in Steel was limited to 33 pieces (I t...
Hi Sham1, your answer is totally expected! I have read of your preference in your previous threads.
wonder if the steel ones will sell out first.
I have been told
that the Signature One in steel is sold out while there are still quite a few steel Remontoires remaining which is quite surprising to me as these watches have been priced pretty competitively taking into account the quality and beauty of the movement. As...
You are right Sake :-)
but I would have thought the 25 Remontoires would have been sold in a few months as they are a relative bargain I guess the stigma of buying from an independent will always exist.
The 11 blue dial signature ones for the US market are sold out.
The remaining 22 (with different dials) have to be ordered directly from GF. I would be surprised if those are also all gone.
Fully agreed with you on steel for all the reasons mentioned...
...and the same applies to Laurent Ferrier who makes wonderful steel versions.
In general I prefer steel and platinum. Both are "pure".
I like white metals more than coloured but WG turns yellowish with age. Best, Kari
It depends on the type of watch, and the watch itself...
Sports must be steel or titanium or other lightweight scratch resistant metal. Also some oldies formal watches in steel are to die for, look at the Patek amagnetik 3417 for example... For the rest, I personally prefer the importance, heft and shine offere...
For me steel are preferred most of the time...
especially on high complication model for the following reasons: 1: on complicated model, movement/finishing would typically make up a big chunk of the price/value. As such, precious case SHOULD typically command relatively small premium. So I would typic...
From my point of view it's quite simple:
If someone wants a color different than white, the rose or yellow gold is an easy choice. Said that, as a collector that wear every day my watches and don't like colored case on my wrist, steel is my real precious metal: a great material for the use I nee...