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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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[–] Lucky_Lefty23@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (8 children)

99% of watches don’t need lume. Yes, it’s a cool feature to have, but to pretend it’s necessary or even a deal breaker for a watch is comical

[–] Pelomar@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Oooh now that's a hot take!

I completely disagree because, to me, the ability to check the time in the middle of the night without having to blast my face with the light of my smartphone is one of the very few areas where a watch is genuinely superior in terms of functionality.

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

I'm with you on this one, I find myself looking at my watch in the dark at least once a day

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

Yeah! People will say that a watch is nothing more than men's jewelry these days because it does nothing that another tool doesn't do 100x times better, and I think that's true 99% of the time, but lume is only of the very exceptions. Lume genuinely gives you a functionality that you can't really get anywhere else, the ability to check the time in the dark without the need to turn on a light.

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