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[Discussion] What are your hot takes or opinions you haven't yet posted for fear of downvoting? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year 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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[โ€“] MrCodeAndWatch11@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Watch lovers with small wrists should make their complaints directly to the watch companies and stop flooding watch reviews and release videos with useless and pathetic "WHERE MUH 35MM VERSION!?!?" comments.

Elitist mechanical watch snobbery based on "craftsmanship" makes no sense in a world where Swatch exists and is a successful company. It makes even less sense when that same company saved the entire mechanical watch industry from being killed in the Quartz Crisis.

The waffle dial on the PRX automatic is ugly. It is also ugly on the Royal Oak.

Even worse than the flippers are those who purchase watches just to keep them in safe deposit boxes.

Hype is a valid reason for buying a watch.

There's nothing wrong with buying a Rolex because you see it as a rite of passage or a symbol of success.

[โ€“] Leeeumm@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I agree with almost everything. Especially the "where's the 35mm for my wrist size" people, super obnoxious. A company is not going to cater to you being a boney 19 year old.