I know this isn’t watch related, so my apologies. I just wanted to say that reading all of your hot takes as well as discussing some of them with you has been the most fun I’ve had on any watch subreddit in a long time! Thank you all!
ServiceGames
joined 1 year ago
Another hater of the snowflake hand design. Welcome to the club, my friend!
I don’t have a Hamilton and really don’t want one, but I’m interested in what the definition of a “dork watch” is. Would you mind elaborating?
Yay! Someone hit on one of my biggest pet peeves, so I get to talk about it.
- Divers are not the most versatile watch out there.
- There’s no reason to even buy a watch that is more than 100m water resistant unless you actually snorkel or dive.
- Jody from Just One More Watch believes that divers are the most versatile watch and has said something along the lines that you don’t have to be a diver to wear a dive watch just like most people who wear aviation watches probably aren’t pilots. IMHO, watches should say something about you, your personality, and your interests. I want an aviation watch or two because I love aviation (even though I’m not a pilot). Are people that wear divers fans of diving even if they aren’t divers themselves? I’m going to guess there are far fewer fans of diving wear divers than fans of aviation wearing aviation watches.
Just a couple of quick things (not downvoting or trying to start anything).
- Jody’s channel focuses on watches that are $500 or under (even he’s said this before). Does he occasionally show or review watches that are more than $500? Yes. Does he own watches more than $500? Yes. But, the vast majority of affordable watches that’ll allow him to continue making enough videos to be a professional YouTuber are going to be Chinese… and they are very easily available on AliExpress.
- Second point and maybe a hit take, his first watch from his own watch brand is horrible IMHO. He feels divers are the end all, be all of versatile watches. They simply aren’t (again, IMHO). I honestly think a GADA watch would have been a better idea for his first watch.
I was gonna ask which one as they have a rather large Seamaster line:
- Aqua Terra
- Diver 300M
- Planet Ocean
- Heritage Models
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I absolutely, positively hate the snowflake hands of Tudor watches. I don’t have any problem with people who like them or like Tudor… but, IMHO, that are UGLY!
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Also, Chinese market will be competing with the Swiss market within the next couple of decades.
That’s a beautiful piece… beauty in its simplicity!
Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 41, and I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to justify ~$6,000 on a watch. That said, I do believe it is the end all, be all of GADA watches.
Aqua Terra without a second thought