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

submitted 1 year 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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[–] NeurosciGuy15@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Aesthetically I like the 556 (and have had two over the years) but they don’t do much for me nowadays because they lack Sinn’s tech.

Right now, I have a Sinn T1 in my collection:
https://www.sinn.de/en/Modell/T1.htm

Titanium, nitrogen gas filled, copper sulfate capsule for moisture management, locking captive bezel. Aesthetically, I know it’s a weird watch. But I love it and I think it’s a classic tool watch. It’s so interesting and IMO is peak German watch engineering, very function over form with that massive minute hand and diminutive hour hand.

Is there a Swiss equivalent? No, there’s not. Japanese? No. And that’s why it’s great.

Sinn is a brand many people look at their 556 or 104 and think “what’s so special?” But they have a really deep catalog full of tool watches that are quite interesting.