I have the bronze bug. Probably going to be my next one. It seems to be a love or hate thing but I love the mechanical feel and the warm colors of them. Anybody have one? I'm starting to scour the market to see what's out there. IWC actually just released a beautiful one but 11K is way above what I want to go on this one. Hoping to find something nice around 1-3 grand.
A patina is to be expected, but how hard is it to polish up if it gets too bad, or if you just want to be shiny again? Also from what I've read its basically safer to do this yourself, unlike stainless, since you are not removing the actual metal when polishing.
Here's IWC's for example, love it times a thousand, but I would also love one with a brown strap. And less expensive.
