In an earlier post I mentioned my preference. www.watchprosite.com Other than the geographical depiction on the map, I like an enamel dial that strikes a balance of 1) as many colors as possible, 2) bright colors where appropriate to make the dial...
not only since I own the R but my preference was (right after the enamel dial ) the colour of the case material, i m a sucker for rose gold . The differences you ve mentined are noticable under high magnification and these dials are ALL magnificent as soo...
Not sure I follow the differentiation you are making since there are such drastic differences between the dials R to R and G to G due to the process. I would say the G in your photos seems to have a lot of air bubbles in the enamel which is unusual? Not s...
I don't see the anything in the many photos I have seen that suggests there are smoother transitions in the G compared to the R except to agree that some R's have a hard brown area at about 10 - others do not. I will dig out some high res photos.
On the other hand, R has more vivid and high contrast colours, especially the initial version like Russell's one. However, the colours transition of R is more abrupt. Personally I like G a bit more than R, as the grass next door is usually greener.
All WTs are of course great pieces, but I would't mind another "special" rare handcraft at the moment... let's see what the future brings at retail! ;-)
Honestly I think they’re all lovely...clearly my connoisseurship has some way to go! Congrats to Gordon our resident cloisonné expert, this kind of detailed examination and knowledge (and the conversation around it) is superb and the kind of content that ...