Watches

The Tissot gentlemen’s is far too bulky and cumbersome

It’s funny I’m a large vintage Tudor fan! Was hooked after a bought a Tudor oyster air tiger. But never got down with the new ones. Just didn’t do it for me.

I'd answer, but I'm afraid of being down voted!

The BB58 is more interesting than the Submariner for a fraction of the price.

80% of the people on here are complete pussies with their watches

Grand Seiko logo in the gothic font is straight up ugly, and wrong-looking.

Audemars Piguet is overrated and is only being carried by the fame [or infamy] of the Royal Oak. Time to kick it out of the trinity and give the splot to Breguet or ALS. Heck even JLC.

I like Quartz movements. For me when it comes to watches, its more about how they feel and look, than what’s the movement inside of them.

My $200 quartz microbrand watch is more interesting than your Aqua Terra

People who only have Casios and seikos are losers or students

Two-color bezels (Pepsi bezel style) are hideous and immediately make me think of something a middle schooler would wear

Hamilton and all field watches are dork watches

Longines is not that great and only pushed on Reddit for some unknown reason

The Air King 126900 is pretty fkn hot

Miniature seconds wheel looks tacky to me. I know Nomos gets a lot of love, but personally I am not a fan at all. Having a sweeping or ticking seconds hand it quintessential watch aesthetic to me. It's the visual heartbeat of the watch. I love dial complications like date, moon phase, day, etc, but they should be visually secondary to the main watch face. By having the a small seconds hand being the only active thing on the watch face, it distracts from the rest of the watch. A full seconds hand draws the eye over the whole watch instead.

Everything that youtube reviewers crack on aren't that important. If every watch had a sapphire crystal, an adjustable clasp, 200m WR with a screw down crown, was "value for money" and had good lume... well, we'd all be wearing a dive watch from a microbrand.

I like the variety of watches out there.

Tissot PRX hater 🙋‍♂️

"Fear of downvoting". I truly feel pity and a lot of contempt for the new generations.

Let's try, even if I'm afraid of everyone downvoting my comment: Your collection is ugly and irrelevant, what it needs is to be sold, maybe just that one watch can be saved; On the other hand, what your impressive collection says about you is that you have money, not taste. Yes, it's too big for your wrist. Ugh, another watch shot from a pov that includes your crotch and shoes. Stop coming to the internet to be told what to buy. It's the same picture. Yes, that shit is fake.

How did I do?

My unpopular take: people that can't afford luxury watches shouldn't go voicing their unpopular opinion about them.

Never be afraid of downvoting. If you say what you think nobody can take that away from you.

I really wish women's watches could just be scaled-down versions of men's watches. I hate "feminized" styles, bling, and fewer available automatic movements than the male-targeted options.

Smaller watches look good on men and the idea that a watch needs to be the right size is ridiculous. When people ask "is this watch to small?" my answer will always be no. 36mm and 34mm watches look great too, especially dressier options.

Stop worrying, if you love the watch and dial wear it.

Square watches are an abomination. And I don't want to hear about how the first watches were square. A lot of bad ideas throughout history have been kicked to the curb.

The Powermatic 80 family of movements are unfairly maligned, and horribly underrated.

Big steel sports watches are the sneakers/street wear of the watch world. They are tacky as hell and their popularity is driven largely by hype.

I don’t like color-matched date wheels. They’re always difficult to read, and it’s a cop-out toward placating fussy enthusiasts. I like a date with a white wheel that’s easy to read and framed prominently. It’s a useful feature; don’t try and hide it.

Every passing day I respect Jody/Just One More Watch less because of how much bootlicking he does for the Aliexpress brands. I don't necessarily hate brands like San Martin and Pagani Design on their own, but how much he insinuates that you'd be better off with Ali brands' (admittedly very well made and affordable) copies over the genuine article doesn't sit right with me for some reason. While Jody is right from a completely logical and financial perspective, I don't think he realizes that collecting watches is kinda illogical in of itself. People who can afford them WANT expensive watches because it makes them feel special and cool, and getting something that merely apes the look of a desirable watch when they could afford the real thing simply doesn't do it for a lot of people.

For example, he straight up says in his most recent 11/11 video that you'd be better off with an Aliexpress copy of a Doxa than an actual Sub 300 because he couldn't discern how the real thing would be any better. Given Doxa's reputation for making capable, well-crafted diver's watches that were able to stand up to the rigors of military operations, I sincerely doubt this. I also find it very hard to believe his claim that San Martin will become a legitimate threat to other affordable brands' sales, especially when 1. San Martin's sales are practically dwarfed by how many mall watches Seiko and Citizen sell, and 2. Their whole shtick and success is inherently contingent on either copying other people's homework, or otherwise producing original designs that range from generic to gaudy.

I respect Jody and like his content, and I don't mind his and many other people's affection for the Ali brands, but I have a hard time believing that some tried and true watch brands are shitting their panties because some niche hobbyists are buying homages of their watches.

Watch size positivity movement is dumb. Sure enough, you can watch of any size on any wrist, but should you? Nope, because lugs going over the wrist by a large margin look ridiculous indeed. I am saying that as a guy with small wrists whose first watch was way too large, but who is happy now after having switched to a smaller size.

Tissot watches are ugly

Don't really got a hot take but replying to yours.

Popular ≠ the best.

If Tudor = Poor man's Rolex.

Rolex is like the default rich man status brand, then Rolex is like the Tudor to AP, Patek etc..

I've seen at least 50 Rolexes in Hong Kong every day.

If Rolex was more affordable, wouldn't everyone would want an AP or a Patek or an IWC, a Jaeger le Coultre?