Brand: Gucci Model: 6000L Reference: 00 6000L 1742 Case Material: Gold-tone plated Case Shape: Round Case Size: Approximately 23 mm Dial: Green and red stripe with gold-tone hands Bezel: Gold-tone with horsebit-style links Strap: Brown crocodile-embossed leather Movement: Swiss quartz Gender: Women's Founded in Florence in 1921, Gucci built its reputation on equestrian-inspired design and meticulous Italian craftsmanship. The 6000L represents the house's classic approach to horology during the 1990s, when Swiss quartz movements met iconic Gucci codes. The dial bears the signature green and red stripe—often called the Sherry Line or Web stripe—that has appeared on Gucci accessories since the mid-century, a direct descendant of the brand's saddlery heritage. Gold-plated horsebit links connect the case to a crocodile-embossed leather strap, echoing the equestrian hardware that distinguishes Gucci leather goods. Compact in scale and precise in proportion, the round case houses a reliable Swiss quartz caliber, engraved with the Gucci crest on the caseback. Notes from the Curator The 6000L belongs to Gucci's definitive late-1980s and early-1990s silhouette, a period when the house established its own Swiss watch division in Bienne and married Italian design audacity with horological discipline. This example carries the desirable and very rare striped dial—green, red, green—known as the Sherry Line or Web stripe, introduced in 1951 and inspired by the girth straps used to secure a horse's saddle. The horsebit links, first conceived by Aldo Gucci in 1953 as a loafer embellishment, are a stylised miniature of the double ring and bar metal clamp in a horse's bridle, and here they connect the gold-plated case to the leather strap with the same equestrian precision that informed the house's saddlery. The 6000L's compact 23 mm round case and Swiss quartz movement reflect Gucci's reliance on high-quality ETA or Ronda calibers during this era, prioritising design purity over mechanical complication.