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Old 21 May 2018, 05:52 PM   #91
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Platona is regarded by some as the endboss in Rolex (probably because of the price tag) but it is not not by far the summum in Horlogerie. With a 50k budget I would be shopping for a Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet or maybe a Breguet. Good luck shopping!
Agreed. The Platona brought me little joy tbh, I owned for less than half a year and flipped it.

The 116719 BLRO is in my opinion the coolest modern Rolex, heritage, style, innovation (first red cerachrome bi colour bezel), WG, oyster bracelet, just a beautiful reiteration of a classic.

With the Platona, the initial wow factor wears out quick, the ice blue dial burns too brightly and gets a little boring after a while. The Brown bezel is cool but again, doesnt have much staying power for me.
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Old 21 May 2018, 06:17 PM   #92
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$50k on a watch, I’d go with either the RG 5711 or YG with the champagne dial AP 15202.
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Old 21 May 2018, 06:35 PM   #93
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White or Everose gold DD with the olive green dial.
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Old 21 May 2018, 06:56 PM   #94
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The dial on your DD is absolutely beautiful. It's one of my favorites. And it looks even better up close and in person.
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Old 21 May 2018, 06:57 PM   #95
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Been entertaining the thought of adding the Platinum DD40 to my collection.

Friend tells me I'm crazy and to spend that on a RG Patek 5711.

So my question..

If you were looking in the 50k range what would you be looking at?
unless you really want PM, i would still choose SS. 5990

I dont really get the rationale of spending PM money for a PM watch unless the metal is important or the watch is only offered that way. Sometimes it is, and that is OK. Sometimes its not though and people want to spend X amount of money and therefore they automatically buy PM and let the metal steer the choice.
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Old 21 May 2018, 07:01 PM   #96
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Another vote for datograph, though I think for 50k may have to go pre owned/gray

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Old 21 May 2018, 07:48 PM   #97
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That, for me, is close to perfection!
The tone and sheen on the blue face is sublime.
Nice shot too.
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Old 21 May 2018, 07:50 PM   #98
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That, for me, is close to perfection!
The tone and sheen on the blue face is sublime.
Nice shot too. [/QUOTE]

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Old 21 May 2018, 08:49 PM   #99
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Platinum DD40, slightly pre-owned at 40k. 10K for a Hulk. Two cool watches.
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Old 22 May 2018, 06:23 AM   #100
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White or Everose gold DD with the olive green dial.
Already have the rg dd40 olive dial.
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Old 22 May 2018, 06:23 AM   #101
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Platinum DD40, slightly pre-owned at 40k. 10K for a Hulk. Two cool watches.
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Old 22 May 2018, 06:24 AM   #102
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$50k on a watch, I’d go with either the RG 5711 or YG with the champagne dial AP 15202.
15202 is another great one but would have to be rose gold
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Old 22 May 2018, 07:03 AM   #103
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That, for me, is close to perfection!
The tone and sheen on the blue face is sublime.
Nice shot too. [/QUOTE]

Totally agree, stunningly beautiful watch and picture, should be on OP's list
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Old 22 May 2018, 09:29 AM   #104
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Plat dd40 is at the very top of my list
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Old 22 May 2018, 10:34 AM   #105
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This one today....

https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=500638
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Old 22 May 2018, 10:35 AM   #106
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Old 22 May 2018, 10:45 AM   #107
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To be honest, I'm not sure I'll ever get to the point where I am comfortable with spending 50k on a watch lol.
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Old 22 May 2018, 10:54 AM   #108
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Yea, don't think it would ever happen, but I'll say I would value brand/workmanship over precious metal (ie. would take Patek over Gold/Platinum)
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That, for me, is close to perfection!
The tone and sheen on the blue face is sublime.
Nice shot too.
Totally agree, stunningly beautiful watch and picture, should be on OP's list [/QUOTE]

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Old 22 May 2018, 11:48 AM   #110
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Old 22 May 2018, 02:00 PM   #111
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Yea, don't think it would ever happen, but I'll say I would value brand/workmanship over precious metal (ie. would take Patek over Gold/Platinum)
This is my debate, my collection is almost entirely Rolex too.
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Old 22 May 2018, 10:55 PM   #112
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To be honest, I'm not sure I'll ever get to the point where I am comfortable with spending 50k on a watch lol.
Probably the highest I would spend at this point in time.
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