Do people notice your watches?
So a few weeks ago, I spent an afternoon at Kirchhofer, in Interlaken, where I often visit during weekend to meet with fellow watch lovers. I was wearing this Retro Sport, designed by Gerald Genta, and I was surrounded by everyone, enthusiasts customers, sellers, and even their in-house watchmaker. It's not a super expensive but it's a rare piece from the early 2000s. Of course I was humbly gloating all afternoon.
Now, back to the real world. I worn the exact watch to work. No one noticed, it not even the one self-proclaimed watch snob (who only buys a Rolex) bat an eye. Big reality check here, very few people outside of WIS care what watch you are wearing. Good thing we don't wear them for other people we just appreciate them.
Any thought or similar experiences?
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I get the reverse. I go to work with a Seamaster 300 diver on and no one will say a word. I then go to work with a Casio Duro on and get three or four comments during the day. LOL.
Only watch I’ve ever had a comment on is a Ball Roadmaster TMT. I no longer have it though.
I am the invisible man . I only feel validated when I think I might get robbed 😂
Nope. No one ever notice the watches I wear or even that I wear a different one every day. The only time I got asked about a watch was when I wore my Glycine Airman because of its 24 hour dial and even then it only happened twice during last year.
You want to get noticed? Get a pair of boobs.
Only in the watch store 😕
Get complements from women are when I'm wearing the "Seiko Tank" or a vintage "Seiko Santos". My Tudor, Omega, Hamilton.... nothing. Oh I get complements for wearing the Casio Calculator Watch too ... coz it's 80s retro chic!
A couple of times my Seiko Presage got noticed at my work. The dial kept glimmering under the bright light and caught attention.
Apart from that, nobody really cares about what watch you are wearing.
Yes, in my experience people generally have to come very close to notice. The last person to comment on my watch (PRX) was a woman hugging me at a party.
Sales people may comment on your watch no matter what you wear.
I get the reverse. I go to work with a Seamaster 300 diver on and no one will say a word. I then go to work with a Casio Duro on and get three or four comments during the day. LOL.
Duro for the win! 🤣
I usually wear long sleeves, and my watch is hidden underneath the cuff 99% of the time. Most people don't even realize that I am wearing a watch.
the watches that get the most attention from non-watch folks are my orange dialed divers, for obvious reasons.
My Grand Seiko green birch SLGH011... is a chick magnet.
A nice jumper , with a nice watch and a decent aftershave, can be a great combination.
Of most of my watches, many notice my Radio Shack talker — especially if the well-spoken chum has just announced the time.
No , well not often. Only the odd college at work, but as they are into watch's too it doesn't really count as " in the wild".
I get the reverse. I go to work with a Seamaster 300 diver on and no one will say a word. I then go to work with a Casio Duro on and get three or four comments during the day. LOL.
Can you share a picture of your seamaster and Duro ? Please
Can you share a picture of your seamaster and Duro ? Please
No one outside our watch community will notice your watch. Some people might even think it too intrusive to even mention that they notice you’re wearing a watch. It doesn’t matter if you wearing a $20k watch or a $500 watch, the same reluctance to make a comment still applies. However a thief will most certainly notice that you’re wearing a valuable watch!
My Speedy has been recognized out in the wild more times than all of my other watches combined which still isn't much. The folks noticing were a pretty curious mix though including a commercial pilot sharing a flight from Georgia who said he was hoping to get one "someday" and a teenager working at Porto's bakery here in L.A. who came out from around the counter to breathlessly ask if it was the "moon watch"(I let him try it on). It's funny how most enthusiasts have seen so many regular Speedmasters like mine that they yawn if it isn't a special edition.
If my watch grew a beard it might get noticed : ; otherwise my original thinking applies “ thieves notice watches or job applicants 😂
Once on holiday with a RM, and it was actually by a gentleman that works in retail, on the same road as the RM boutique
Nobody cares what watch you're wearing. You literally have to shove it under their noses if you want them to notice 🤣
I have a watch buddy at work who notices my watches. Otherwise, only my Tudor BB GMT has been noticed unprompted in the wild. 2x because people asked if it was a Rolex (then immediately lost interest when I said it wasn't). One person on the NY subway noticed it for what it was and we had a nice discussion about Tudor watches.
I've never had a comment, positive or negative, about a watch I've worn. Round where I live there are a lot of well off folks (oil industry), many of whom I've noticed, may flex a Carerra or Seamaster to the local pub or on the school run. But it has dawned on me that they're not watch guys at all; they're label guys, prestige guys. They wouldn't notice, or care to comment on what is on my wrist, whether it be a Casio or a Rolex. Doesn't put me up nor down though; the pleasure I derive from wearing a nice watch is all mine.
In 5.5 yrs of collecting, my watch has been noticed once. That was, unsurprisingly, my Squale 1521 BLR. As luck would have it, I was in a hurry, late for a lunch appointment and couldn't stop longer than it took for me to show it to him.
No one notice. It's a self-satisfied hobby.
Yes, in my experience people generally have to come very close to notice. The last person to comment on my watch (PRX) was a woman hugging me at a party.
Sales people may comment on your watch no matter what you wear.
Mm.... PRX are women magnets? Good to know! 😀
I love the GG Retro Sport. I have almost the same watch with a black DLC coating. I love the Retrograde and jump hour complications.
The Watch that gets most attention is my small JLC reverso due face in rose gold. People always ask me whenever I wear that watch.