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

submitted 11 months 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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[–] Nerazzurro9@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Just a taste thing, really. The 556 has always struck me as being just about the least visually interesting watch imaginable, and I really don’t see the appeal—and I’m kind of a meat and potatoes field watch guy, but come on, give me something—so I just chalk it up to different strokes/different folks. It’s cool, just very much not for me.

(I do kind of laugh at the standard Sinn fan argument I see a lot: “this isn’t a fashion accessory, it’s a tool.” Come on bro. No one’s spending more than a grand on an automatic wristwatch purely because of its practical properties. It’s a pricy fashion accessory that you think communicates “I am not the kind of guy who acknowledges buying pricy fashion accessories.”)

[–] Meath77@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I used to think the same about the 556 but now I think it's a brilliant design. It's a watch for any situation.

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