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[Question] What is the appeal of Sinn? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by No_Personality6685@alien.top to c/watches@style.land

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Their dials are just so... bland. It's always black and white and minimalist to a fault. Like there's nothing interesting. Even Nomos has splashes of color here and there and play on typography. For example Nomo's simplest watch - Tangente, has a slight splash of color with blue hands. Other minimal dress watches usually differentiate with dial finishing - like with sunburst or a textured dial. But nope, Sinn design language is just: stainless steel, pure black, sans-serif numbers, and white indices. That's it. Yet they are super loved in here. Help me understand?

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[–] originalchronoguy@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

OK. Let me answer from my POV. I bought my first Sinn back in 1999. So I am not a new Sinn buyer. The appeal to me have always been:

Value
Legibility of dials

The #2 is key. The dial use methodical use of colors, typography. Red chrono counter hands for example on some of their flieger watches.
The watches serve a tool-like purpose. The Sinn 356 is a good Flieger with the warm tool-watch aesthetics -- acrylic crystal and matte dial.