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

I don't care if people wear fake watches as long as they own up to it.
People use the word grail too lightly. I don't care how broke you are (because I'm not rich either), a $500 watch that you can get at the department store is not worthy of being called a grail. A true grail should be a pipe dream fantasy for 99.9% of people. All of the watches I consider to be grails are comfortably six-figures and I'll never come close to being able to own them. Anything you can attain at some point is a goal.
You aren't a true watch enthusiast if you hate everything outside of a very specific genre. Be more open minded to what is out there, not everything has to be a <40mm white metal time only monochrome dial watch on a leather strap. You wouldn't call someone a foodie if they only liked one kind of food would you?

I might have some others but those are kinda my top three spiciest ones.