The model in gold, with a white dial, is almost a different watch completely (which you'd expect given the very different dial treatment and the yellow gold case). Of the three models, this is the one that feels the most classic in its execution; it wouldn't look out of place sitting next to some of the great mid-century time-only watches produced by Patek, Vacheron, and Audemars Piguet (the domed crystal and flatter-than-usual case has a lot to do with this as well). The opulence of gold is always an interesting thing to add to the Grand Seiko mix – the sheer level of attention to detail that Grand Seiko lavishes on the elements of each watch already make steel look like pure unobtanium, and in combination with gold you get a very definite, if also very discreet, lushness.