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

I cringe out of my skin whenever someone calls a luxury automatic watch a "tool watch" or balks at a watch because of water resistance or something similar. If you want an actual "took watch" just buy a fucking G Shock. Automatics are, predominately, men's jewelery these days, and it's OK to embrace that.

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

‘Sir, here is your $10,000 Rolex Explorer, it epitomises the tool watch, rugged, ultra cool and ready for anything’…. ‘Oh these white gloves I’m wearing? Yeah I just don’t want to scratch it, it is after all a tool watch’

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

"Hey guys, I'm looking for a new watch to add to my cOlLecTiOn. I want to spend Max of 2k. It needs to be a true tool watch that can stand up to rough wear and has 300m of water resistance. No quartz, please. What do I do for a living? Oh, I'm a software engineer. No, I don't go diving, why do you ask?"