I have a fairly large soft spot in my watch collecting heart for a type of timepiece that?s often derided in enthusiast circles: high end, luxury sports watches that are actually more like leisure watches. The rainbow Daytona, I think, is the undisputed king of this category. It?s a pure flex, and an ostentatious signifier of extreme wealth, built on the platform of perhaps the most important sports watch of the last several decades (some might even call it a tool watch). It?s also, more than just about any Rolex I can think of, an immediate and obvious display of the high level of craft the brand is capable of. Make fun of it all you want, but there?s real skill in putting the thing together, which is harder to say about most of the stainless steel sports models with waitlists stretching into years. 
The new Continuum from Romain Gauthier fits neatly into this category as well, and I find myself coming back to it frequently in the few weeks since its existence was announced. At first glance, it has the shape and feel of a sports watch. Honestly, from the dial side, a fairly unremarkable sports watch, and yet another entry into the Hall of Integrated Bracelet Alternatives, although, yes, of course, this watch is fitted to a rubber strap. The dial is grey, has a traditional 12, 3, 6, 9 layout, with an off center subsidiary seconds register and thin red lines radiating from it for a bit of contrast and visual interest. It?s all a little asymmetrical, but only a lit...