best_of_badgers

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[Baltic] Hermetically sealed in all the right places in c/watches@style.land
[–] best_of_badgers@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Hermes would be proud to wear it

[Citizen Garrison] I don't understand why these aren't more popular in c/watches@style.land
[–] best_of_badgers@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

and so far keeps great time.

I sure hope so. A fifty cent quartz movement should be accurate within a few seconds a month.

[Longines] How do you feel about Longines as a brand in c/watches@style.land
[–] best_of_badgers@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The 6 drives me bananas on that specific one, though not as much as the one where it’s just a tiny date window cutting it off.

But I do love the other Master Collection versions!

[Longines] How do you feel about Longines as a brand in c/watches@style.land
[–] best_of_badgers@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

It’s the silliest sort of tribalism: the sort that Swatch executives make money on either way.

[Question] Is this the worst design element decision of all time? in c/watches@style.land
[–] best_of_badgers@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

It’s interesting what people are bothered by. I can’t stand the truncated 6, but I am totally fine with the dials interfering.

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[Question] Is this the worst design element decision of all time? (alien.top)
 

The Longines Master 40mm, an otherwise beautiful classic-looking piece, covers up some of the numeral 6 with the moonphase/date dial. The 42mm version notably does not.