My Watch: Laurens W. Floyd, Jr., custom Sarpaneva Korona Red Gold
My name is Laurens W. Floyd, Jr. and I am retired CFP and general partner of Edward Jones. I am a collector and currently own Maurice Lacroix, Breitling, Rolex, A. Lange and Sohne, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Perrelet, Hublot, Dornbluth & Sohn, Meistersinger, and Peter Speake-Marin pieces in addition to my favorite watch, a custom Sarpaneva Korona Red Gold.
I fell in love with the Korona the minute I saw it. I went to Stepan Sarpaneva’s workshop one Sunday in June and instantly knew I had to own one!
Over the next three months, Stepan and I took the Korona RG and customized the watch by adding steel indices to the front of the watch instead of black gold, had the rear skeletonized in blue gold instead of black, and had a special serial number engraved on the rear…all of these are different than the standard model.
I wore the watch to dinner the other night. No one saw it (I do not think!) as it was under my shirt sleeve and jacket sleeve but I knew it was there and I knew it was special.
I love this watch. It is comfortable to wear, not too heavy, and fits well under a shirt sleeve. In summary it is the perfect watch to wear when you “dress up”, it is unusual, and makes me feel very special.
Category: My Watch
What an amazing collection Laurens, not at all a “standard” one.
Thanks for sharing.
Ramsay
Wow, that is one sweet watch! Congratulations on having it