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[Discussion] What are your hot takes or opinions you haven't yet posted for fear of downvoting? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by jewami@alien.top to c/watches@style.land

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In a post from a few days ago, I noticed that someone mentioned that they were afraid to post about their dislike of the Tudor BB58 for fear of downvoting. You know what? The BB is a boring watch that's not worth the money, and Tudor wouldn't be half as popular as it is without the connection to Rolex. If Rolexes were as attainable as they were in past years, cut that by a factor of 10. Would you really buy a BB if the reality were that you could just save a little bit more and get a Rolex Submariner? That's my hot take. What's yours?

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[–] g_force76@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Watches are status symbols and because it's a scene dominated by men we can't accept them as jewellery and attempt to intellectualize the topic. I don't see women justifying a Chanel bag because of the specification of the leather stitching. Just get over it. It's ok to just like watch a more than watch b

[–] lemon31314@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Yep, watches are just bracelets that tell time.

[–] owiseone23@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

100%. If you actually care about performance and specs, get a G shock. Mechanical watches are inherently impractical so there's no point in evaluating them on practicality.