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[Discussion] What are your hot takes or opinions you haven't yet posted for fear of downvoting? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by jewami@alien.top to c/watches@style.land

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In a post from a few days ago, I noticed that someone mentioned that they were afraid to post about their dislike of the Tudor BB58 for fear of downvoting. You know what? The BB is a boring watch that's not worth the money, and Tudor wouldn't be half as popular as it is without the connection to Rolex. If Rolexes were as attainable as they were in past years, cut that by a factor of 10. Would you really buy a BB if the reality were that you could just save a little bit more and get a Rolex Submariner? That's my hot take. What's yours?

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[–] Darkest_shader@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Droggles@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It’s all about proportions, think of it like buying a suite. It should look fitted and not too long or short or it looks weird.

[–] Darkest_shader@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Yes, absolutely!

[–] Leeeumm@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I wish I had smaller wrists because I love vintage stuff. I wear a 40-41mm. But I can't pull off a 35mm vintage omega 😢

[–] Zim_Crowley@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

It's funny because I'm the opposite. Have a 6.5" wrist and while I love some smaller watches, there are a plethora of cool designs and pieces I want, but can't wear because they're 42-46mm.

[–] Vandiemonian@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

i think anyone can pull off smaller watches, the problem is that you can't pull them off wearing casual modern clothing, i think modern shoes (brightly coloured, thick soles) especially do not work with smaller watches, if you wear simple clothing, casual but smarter than average, you can easily pull a smaller watch off.

take a look at these photos, all of them are wearing small watches, but they don't look out of place;

you just need to wear clothes that are not obviously modern, and the same advice in reverse would apply if you were trying to pull a vintage suit or some other type of vintage clothing off: don't wear a massive modern steel watch, or anything too busy. it just wouldn't look right.