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

If I can offer another perspective...

Imagine two men walk into a bar. One wears a fine, crisp collared shirt, designer eyeglasses and a Rolex Submariner... Maybe even a Daytona. His hair is mid-length and flows wistfully as he sits down and elegantly places a napkin on his lap.

The other man wears a black long sleeved shirt, and a Sinn 556i. He is unnoticeable in every other way, and he likes it that way.

While the man wearing the Rolex may know nothing about watches, or maybe a thing or two, I guarantee you the man wearing the Sinn is a watch nerd.