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

NATO detract from clean and polished look of the watch and makes the watch look cheap. The latter point I never really realized until seeing Teddy Baldassarre's video of non-watch people reacting to watches. Just about all of them thought Blancpain was a cheap watch and nato seemed be the reason why they came to that conclusion.

I use that to my advantage though. By throwing my nicer watch on a NATO I can appreciate the watch for myself without worry of it drawing unwanted attention. Also it's scratch resistant and pretty reliable, so great for everyday wear.