Micro Tournament Round 1 Day 1: Vaer Vs. Maen
Rules:
• Voting is based on the overall brand, not the individual model or sample photo.
• There are no rules on how you should choose, but you are welcome to civilly debate quality, value, heritage, etc.
• Voters are encouraged to look at the hashtags for threads on individual brands or visit their sites.
• Poll closes apx 11PM ET 3/14.
• Be respectful of all the brands and members, even if the vote does not go your way. This is meant to be lighthearted fun to raise awareness of 64 microbrands.
• Ties will go to the brand with the most unique user-owned photos of their watch on this thread.
Good luck and have fun!
All posts and results will be tracked here and under #microtournament
11 comments
Sort by
Watch enthusiast who insists on the next watch being the last.
Northeast, US
Member since
Last active: 10 min ago
6.50” / 16.51 cm
Tough choice. Maen is doing a lot of cool stuff, the Brooklyn 36 looks great, and the integrated bracelet on the Manhattan 37 is amaze, but Vaer just has such a breadth of choices and (admittedly conservative) styles. With Maen you either like their style or you don't. Vaer is like the gateway drug of microbrands. Easy to choose, designs are varied but all color within the lines, not too expensive. Points to Maen for having a consistent design language though.
I think I'd go with Vaer because they have so much variety.
Maen is meh...
Closer match, I think I’d give it to Vaer by a hair.
Agree this is tough...all the design options of Vaer vs the outstanding quality (feedback of others) but fewer style options...
This is 50-50 so far after nearly 300 votes - what a contest!
I gotta say... I don't love MAEN's logo. The font looks a bit too Times New Romany for me. The watches themselves look like they are good quality though!
For me it's A hands down.
Poll closed for this matchup. Congratulations to Vaer.
Max! You can’t put these together so early on - Maen should be in the final four😅
Max! You can’t put these together so early on - Maen should be in the final four😅
That is the way of the random sort. Only a couple were moved to better balance the bracket. This was perhaps the closest match we have had.