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Gold Watches That Punch Above Their Price

Gold has a reputation problem in watchmaking, mostly because the wrong gold watch at the wrong price point looks immediately cheap. Thin plating that wears through at the lugs, a yellow so brash it reads as costume, a case that catches light badly. We know what that looks like and none of it is here. What we have been looking for specifically are watches where the gold treatment is considered rather than showy, where the case finishing is done with enough care that the price does not announce itself, and where the dial does something worth looking at. Some of these are gold toned without being solid gold, and at this price point that is the right call made well. A good gold watch worn with a navy suit or even a simple white shirt earns its place immediately. The ones that fail do so loudly. The ones in this collection do not fail.