Both are suitable, as long as you like gold watches and have enough budget.

What kind of gold watch do you want?

This question about the definition of "gold watch" is enough to make watch fans argue for three days and three nights ... First of all, let's talk about science. 24K gold can't make a watch, it's too soft, so our common gold watchcases are 18K gold, which means that no matter what color or unique name they present, gold accounts for 75%.

18K gold, 18K red gold, 18K white gold, Rolex 18K eternal rose gold, Vacheron Constantin 5N red gold, Lan Zhi (A. Lange &; s？ Honey gold of hne, magic gold of hublot, sedna gold of omega, moonlight gold, etc. They are all 18K gold. In the case part, it can be divided into different factions: some people think that only a gold case (that is, 18K gold) can be regarded as a gold watch; Some people think that the warm color 18K gold case can be regarded as a gold watch; Others think that watches with 18K gold case are all gold watches, including cool 18K white gold. Even the more extreme view is that it is not enough to have a gold shell, but also a gold chain with a gold shell-there is no need to force unity, and there is no right or wrong. The key is logical self-consistency of consumption. In other words, when you buy a gold watch, please be sure to buy a gold watch that you think is a gold watch.

Since "golden labor" has been mentioned, what exactly is golden labor?

This is another question that has aroused widespread debate and has not been answered uniformly for a long time. Broadly speaking, any Rolex with a golden shell, whether it is formal or leisure sports, is a golden labor. In a narrow sense, a thousand people have a thousand explanations for gold workers.

Rolex Weekly Calendar 40 Watch 18CT Gold

Some people think that gold and labor services must be paid in full, not in the middle, not in the package, and not in the package; Some people think that it is only a Rolex with a "dog tooth ring" (fans' nickname for the outer ring of the toothed decoration "triangular pit pattern" of Rolex watch bezel), so it is not a cellini; Some people think that all gold means gold chain with gold shell, and all 18K kK golden days with belts cannot be counted; Others think that only the gold shell and gold chain of 18K gold are the only gold works ... Just like the definition of a gold watch, it is good for people with different views to seek common ground while reserving differences, but when actually buying, you must buy something that suits your own mind.

Gold is heavy. Is the gold watch too heavy?

It depends on the style. A gold belt watch with a diameter of only 33 mm is extremely thin. How much can gold weigh? And a 40mm diameter gold chain with a gold shell engraved with Rolex Day-Date is bound to be heavy, but Yi Bo wears this watch "This is street dance", which shows that the weight is limited and does not affect his dancing.

Moreover, people who choose this "heavy" gold watch often pursue the heavy feeling of gold. If it is light, they should wonder if there is something wrong with the watch.

Wearing a gold watch is grandiose?

Don't! Not to mention the variety of styles and temperament of gold watches, even Jin Lao, who is most easily labeled as "explosive" and "local tyrant" by the general public, is also the earliest popular place in the Chinese world, that is, Hong Kong. When it first appeared, it was the amulet of migrant workers-Cantonese and "Jin Lao" homophonic "Jin Lao" earned money. Therefore, from the 1980s to the present, from Hong Kong to the whole Cantonese circle, from Abreu in tea restaurants, taxi drivers and office white-collar workers, they have tried their best to save money and work hard. The subtext actually contains an attitude of hard work and self-reliance.

Breguet Classique Series 5 177 Blue "Fire" Enamel Watch/18K Platinum (left)

Rolex cellini Timetable/18CT Platinum (right)

Besides, there are thousands of choices besides gold and labor. For example, Rolex's cellini series, although the modern cellini series is made of precious metals, is generally not regarded as a "golden work" in the cognition of traditional watch fans, for many reasons, such as it has only one belt, no "dog tooth ring", and its appearance is extremely gentle, while the traditional cellini series is not waterproof. All these features make it impossible to be called "golden laborer", which just meets people's demand for low-key Rolex gold watches, especially cellini with 18K platinum case. For another example, the basic model of Breguet's Classique series, platinum shell, is not too big, with coin patterns on the side, narrow welded ears with strong Breguet flavor, large open flame enamel plate, italic Breguet characters and rhodium-plated Breguet needle ... not only is it not grandiose, but it can also provide young people with a little elegance beyond their age.

What do you remember about wearing a gold watch?

People are not represented by things, but by things. Your shirt, your shoes, your coat, your scarf, your wallet, your watch ... they spoil you all the time, describe you and describe the person you want. Of course, inner beauty is more important, but inner beauty also needs to be manifested and "visualized". This may be that when a person has no other feelings for a watch and only regards it as an accessory, he will have more social anxiety about the choice of a gold watch.

Cartier Sandoz watches medium/18K gold

However, a Jaeger-LeCoultre red gold flip tourbillon, a Cartier platinum mountain toaster, a Lange platinum ultra-thin Saxony and an Omega gold shell gold chain constellation are far from the "information supply" of the wearer's image. Therefore, there is no need to speculate too much about the scrutiny from others, and try to make your choice meet your expectations.

What age is suitable for wearing a gold watch?

A Patek Philippe Calatrava gold watch, with a dark crocodile leather strap, is absolutely restrained in size, with a thin round shell close to the wrist, and the ears are definitely not over the wrist bone. This kind of picture, we can imagine the object, either middle-aged people with successful careers or the image of elderly people who have experienced more ups and downs in their lives. And a large gold watch with exaggerated size can be seen at a glance from more than ten meters away, such as the offshore model of Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, then the watch owner we project will become a social elite during the day and a party prince in the middle of the night.

Audemars piguet Royal Oak Series tourbillon Watch/18K rose gold

Patek Philippe Calatrava Series 5 1 16R-00 1 wristwatch/18K rose gold

Therefore, it is not the gold watch that needs to be asked about age, but what is it like? However, "the older you get, the more you like gold" is an irrefutable truth. Although luxury watches have long been unable to distinguish between high and low in raw materials, skipping steel watches and buying gold watches is a "one-step" consumption path that people who have experienced it often agree with.

What is the budget? ...

Gold has its own "class attribute". Watches made of this material are not necessarily as unattainable as people think. Major luxury brands have different positioning, product design and production standards, and there are tens of thousands of RMB gold watches on the market, as well as hundreds of thousands of RMB basic function gold watches. At the same time, thanks to the development of modern commercial society and the convenience of information, we can find tens of thousands of good-looking big-name antique gold watches in auction houses and second-hand trading platforms. An antique mini gold watch made by Omega or Longines in the last century, with a timely movement, even has the opportunity to start at several thousand yuan.

1955 omega Ladymatic advertisement shines in gold for women's gold watch.

Longines 19 15 women's gold watch, with a faint golden new artistic dream and brilliant diamond gold finely cut and polished.

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In pawn shops around overseas casinos, even shopkeepers sell watches whose brands or styles are not as sought after as gold. Only with the development of the network, such opportunities are becoming more and more difficult to meet today.

What size gold watch should I wear?

The simple and rude answer is: how to choose the size of other watches and how to choose the gold watch.

The refined version of the answer is: although small-caliber watches are no longer popular, women's watches with 37 mm diameter cases are introduced (you know, even military pilot watches and diving watches could not reach this size decades ago), especially men. I know a friend in a suit. He thinks that modern men's watches are too big to fit in tailored sleeves, so he often lingers in front of the women's watch counter looking for his own small gold watch. "Nowadays, people can't imagine how burly actors like gregory peck and clark gable would feel when they raised their wrists to reveal a small gold watch of 365,438+0 mm and were seen by the people next to them ..." I specially searched, and the former was 189cm tall and the latter was 185cm tall. If you think these characters are too far away from our lives, look at Eguchi Yosuke in Love Story in Tokyo at the end of last century. He wears a square watch, which is probably smaller than most women wear now. The changes that have taken place in the human body in the past few decades are not enough to justify the increase in the size of watches.

Therefore, how to choose the size of a gold watch will eventually fall on the question of "who am I, and I decide how to express myself".

Fortunately, the years of blind beauty have passed, the wrist watch wearers in the new market are becoming more and more mature and rational, and their economic strength has also established growing judgment and aesthetic self-confidence. Therefore, how to choose the size of a gold watch will eventually fall on the question of "who am I, and I decide how to express myself". Young rich second generation can continue to wander among RICHARD MILLE, Audemars Piguet and Hublot, and strive for classic "old-school" suits, or they can continue to look for the time of the last century in auction houses. This is the beauty of modern society-each takes what he needs.

Richard miller

RM 72-0 1 lifestyle independent sports chronograph red gold

However, if we consider this question from a healthy point of view, we can get an absolute answer: the diameter of the body surface should not be greater than the diameter of the wrist.

In the world of luxury goods, is the gold watch really superior to the steel watch?

Although several decades ago, Mr. Jerome Zunda has proved that the fine steel case can also create high-class and noble watches with Audemars Piguet's royal oak, for human beings, gold and steel have never been on the same level. Gold has been the most mainstream precious metal since ancient times. The unit of calculation also indicates its status, in ounces or grams, while the unit of steel is tons. From this point of view, even though Rolex Paul Newman Daytona with fine steel case has been auctioned for over 100 million yuan, even Patek Philippe Nautilus and Audemars piguet Royal Oak with fine steel case are hardly more expensive than many brands' gold-shell gold chain tables.

But gold is gold and steel is steel. You'll understand when you wear it.

For human beings, gold and steel have never existed, and it is impossible to be on the same level. Gold has been the most mainstream precious metal since ancient times. The unit of calculation also indicates its status, in ounces or grams, while the unit of steel is tons.

Is there a fashion trend in the gold watch industry?

It exists and does not exist. This answer is not limited to gold watches, but applies to the whole watch industry.

If you care about hot money, whether you care about preserving value or not, then it definitely exists. In this case, your choice will be very narrow, after all, there are only a few popular models in any era. However, flowers are not always red, and the previous price increase may not be popular at some point. Fashion comes and goes, who can guarantee it? Similarly, a watch that was once left unattended in the street window will become a good thing for everyone. For example, Rolex, which used to have a black face (black dial), sold well in Cantonese, because the black plate was reminiscent of "black pot". But later, more and more people in Macao wore blackboards, because there is another explanation for black face: "Black is buried", and black and white kill! Is there any logic in this? Can it be reasonable? Obviously not. Besides, if time goes back to almost ten or twenty years ago, how can teenagers imagine that one day they will be infatuated with a gold worker who was once the standard for young dangerous people in Hong Kong movies?

If you believe that buying a watch, like buying a car and a shirt, is a consumption, not an investment, not a preservation (of course, accidental preservation is also good), then there is nothing popular and unpopular, only whether you like it or not, whether it is appropriate or not.

Round shell or square shell?

Based on the habit of pointer reading, circle has become the most common disc shape of clocks and watches. In actual production, it is much more difficult to make a square shell than a round one in order to be sealed, waterproof and dustproof. However, none of the above can be the reason why we choose the case. In daily wear, people generally think that round watches are versatile, while square watches are very attractive. Therefore, 90% watches in the watch market are designed in a round shape, and the rest are shaped like square watches, barrels and tortoise shells.

Patek Philippe Twenty ~ 4 Series 7300/ 1200R Watch/18K Rose Gold

Although the square watch is selected, it can be more outstanding than the round watch if it is well worn. I believe that everyone's heart has never given up the pursuit of being different. Some time ago, the discussion about true and false celebrities was out of the circle. We discussed an interesting conclusion with watch fans privately, that is, people who wear square watches are generally more serious, such as the flip (Reverso series) of Jaeger-LeCoultre and the1kloc-0/movement watch worn by the Queen of England. The obvious example is Cartier's tank series. From Jacqueline Kennedy to Princess Diana, from Michelle to Angelina Jolie, they all wore it.

In addition, there is Patek Philippe's Twenty~4 series, which belongs exclusively to women. At present, the choice of golden shell is both square and round, but the fact that can be truly perceived is that the seriousness index of square shell is higher than that of round shell, and its representative figure is European Central Bank President christine lagarde.

So in the face of such an attractive shell, how do we know whether it is picked by ourselves? My suggestion is to try it on. Only when you try it on yourself can you really know whether it looks good or not. In fact, even if you like round watches, you still have to try them.

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Oyster perpetual calendar 36 watch

Rolex 258,900 yuan

Navigation series 5527 chronograph

Breguet 43 1.700 yuan

Reverso One Duetto jewelry double flip series jewelry watch

Jaeger-lecoultre 540,000 yuan

Constellation series men's watches

Omega 286,300 yuan

Defy El Primero 2 1 chronograph

Zenith 32 1, 500 yuan

Serpenti Seduttori luminous snake shadow series watches

Bulgari 205,000 yuan (18K gold)/220,000 yuan (18K white gold)

Ah, the gold watch! What an interesting topic, about our understanding of things, about our understanding of ourselves, about our understanding of things and their relationship. Some people say that our choice is not necessarily our choice. The logic of commodity supply chain determines the logic and form of output, so it is difficult for us to stay outside the modern commercial society. But we still believe that everyone has a unique experience, as long as everyone is willing to pursue and express.

Zhuzhe still life photography

Modeling Zhao Yu

Author Jennifer