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I’ve got two:
The only Rolex steel model of any interest is the polar Explorer ii (and the newer one is nice and the older one isn’t). All the rest are dull.
And
The best colour Nautilus is white, not blue.
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Yikes, you said "unpopular" - that opinion's so bad it's a war-crime.Originally Posted by tobywatches
I like California dials.
Also, screw-down crowns on a manual watch are dumb. (Looking at you, Panerai Radiomir.)
Quartz is brilliant.
The Speedmaster is boring and mediocre.
You need a slap if you wear anything other than a G10 or a diver on a NATO.
A good, cheap homage beats an expensive original any day :)
Most prestige brands are wildly over priced - though most buyers of them are quite happy about this.
Bell & Ross. The non-instrument watches are superb: original and distinctive with a certain elan.
And: natos are for potatoes.
1) Sapphire crystals are overrated.
2) In the long run, there's no such thing as an "affordable vintage watch."
3) Every Seiko wristwatch ought to be smaller.
From time to time, part of me hankers after a solid gold dress watch.
One Rolex is quite enough; and three mechanical watches in all, is quite enough.
1. Patek Philippe has done nothing of merit for a decade or more. A once serious watchmaking company has become a pretentious, low-mid quality fashion house chasing Rolex down to the lowest common denominator of you-tuber wannabes.
2. Roger Smith watches are ugly and uninspiring. The man himself is in the lower ranks of watchmakers and lives purely on hype. Gluing two bits together is not re-inventing the coax escapement (which he still doesn’t have working properly).
3. Rolex should stop making stainless steel watches. It just cheapens the brand.
Every time I put on a Rolex I look at it and think "meh" and swop it for a Panerai.
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Mechanical watch movements are pointless. Even bad quartz movements are better than the best mechanical.
Yes that is true but there is something nice about mechanical watches.
My only dislike is two tone, it just looks sooooooo trashy. What makes a man spend a small fortune to end up looking like a second class pimp.
Mmmmmn unless the battery runs out. You might as well have a digital watch imo.
Give me mechanical any day.
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Rolex are overrated.
(1) Coloured bezels - Cokes, Pepsis, Batmen etc etc etc - are for twelve year olds
(2) the G-Shock ruined Casio digital watches
I quite like Franck Muller watches
I like the look of a cyclops on a Sub, not that I'd ever own one!
1. I prefer the Sub date to the Sub no-date
2. I really like Christopher Ward watches
3. I don't think I'd ever pay for a manufacturer's leather strap or NATO. If it comes with the watch then of course it is fine. Buying bracelets is also fine. But can't justify the prices for leather straps or NATOs when you can get nearly the same quality for a fraction of the price.
Rolex watches are only worn by...
1)Arthur Daley types.
2)Drug Dealers.
3)A combination of the above.
Rolex gold fluted bezels look much better set off against a stainless steel background.
There is far more pleasure in unusual run of the mill watches than luxury watches.
Helvetias are much more desirable than their Omega cousins.
Nato's are crap
I am not 5 years old; therefore I do not need numbers on a dial.
I can work it out just fine, thanks.
I love my more "luxury" ones but I have really got into Micros in the last year/18 months. Allows so much variety for a vastly cheaper price than just one luxury watch and some serious quality too.
Don’t like NATO’s - especially in larger watches
I really like the Milgauss
The standard speedmaster pro is dull, and the Speedy Tuesday is one at double the price, but with a pretty dial.
I really dislike homages. Just make your own design for god’s sake
Chronographs with screw-down pushers is a mistake born in a head of drunk watchmaker.
Agreed!
All Panerai look ugly and as if they've been designed by a 5 year old.
Cant stand all the micro brand rolex lookalike watches
Every one now has a pepsi or green bezel yuk
There probably all made in the same factory in china that produces all the replicas ie lolex
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I'm seriously enjoying this thread!!!!
I prefer Omega watches over Rolex watches.
I like quartz as much as mechanical movements, provided they are of similar quality, and wish more higher end manufacturers gave this option.
A two or three watch collection is ideal.
1. I like the cyclops
2. I dislike G-shocks
3. I quite like some Tag Heuer models
4. NATO straps look stupid
Its no coincidence that breitling rhymes with eye sting, as their overly busy watches make my eyes water from straining to look at all that information.
This, and:
Bigger is not always Better.
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NATO straps are overrated and ugly.
Watch should be serviced only when there is problem.
Any watch over 45mm looks big on any wrist.
Just the 2 from me.
I don't give a monkeys about the re-sale value of any of my watches and find any discussion about the topic tedious and vulgar
I give slightly less of a monkeys about the + or minus seconds per day accuracy of any of my mechanical watches as long as they aren't wildly out.
Cheers
Ian
I love reversos! I know I'm not alone in this but reverso fans do seem quite few and far between.
I love the retro, quite nostalgic art deco design. Nostalgia of times gone by is actually quite a big thing for me, which goes hand in hand with mechanical watches, for me.
I've only owned one so far, but am toying with getting a duo face. It's just the fact that they seem to take a big value hit and also seem a bit niche, holding me back a little.
Most people could probably do without a watch and use their phones and wall clocks instead.
Yes I love the Reverso too so take advantage and buy secondhand !
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Why buy a Rolex when Steinhart are superb?
the rolex daytona looks like it fell out of a cracker.
the old ones look lovely, the new ones with the rounded machining on the bezel and blobby indicies look like they were cast in the back streets of a chinese industrial city out of pot metal.
the tachymeter scale line on the left of the bezel make it look like the bezel is off centre.
they actually look like knock-offs of a Rolex than what you imagine the real thing to look like.
this monstrosity with another name on the dial would sit in that cash converters window for years before some chav came along and needed some tat for the wrist.
This is fun....
1- I see no particular reason why a Swiss factory would automatically be better than the same factory in China, for instance when making a bracelet. They seem to able to make iPhones pretty well. It just depends on the factory in question.
2 - While I like GS as a brand I would only actually pay real money for the quartz. All their autos are too thick and they should start over on their divers and chronos (this last point may not be all that contentious!)
3 - The 16570 was the last reasonably appealing Rolex with the exception of the 36mm DJs and OPs, and even they used to look better. The black and white Oyster Perpetual 39s and possibly Explorer would be their best current watches but are very slightly too big.
4 - The Cellinis actually look quite nice! (Though that wouldn't extend to buying one, there's still something odd about seeing their logo on them)
5 - Vacheron Constantin have yet to make a perfect Overseas
6 - Omega have yet to make a perfect Aqua Terra
7 - I will never get over the fact that Tudor is called Tudor, no matter what they make
8 - Gerald Genta made some minging watches in his later years
9 - I have never wanted a Sub (though I'll admit battered old ghost bezel maxi dial ones are cool).
Tudor watches are as dull as ditchwater.
Nato straps (regardless of what they are attached to) are hideous.
Most of the best watch designs came from the 70's.
Probably a far from unpopular opinion if you stretch to 60s / 70s.
I love my airking, the yellow and green really stand out and with the green seconds hand, it livens up what could be a really boring watch.
I think it would be more unpopular to say that the 70s two most iconic designs - the Royal Oak and its laughable little brother - are absurdities that are only rendered socially acceptable by the quality of their execution and prestige of their branding.
Their car batteries ar ok
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BUBI 0_0
Timex make the ultimate street/city watch
You can wear it without being mugged
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