Micro Tournament Round 2 Day 4: Nivada Grenchen Vs. Halios
It is round two, you know the rules by now. Good luck to both brands.
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Watch enthusiast who insists on the next watch being the last.
Northeast, US
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6.50” / 16.51 cm
Dammit!!
Gotta go with Nivada. Even though I don't like chronographs without a 12+ hour totalizer, I like that Nivada has both quartz and manual wind options.
Look at this watch!!! and then try to vote against it. So. Good.
Their Antarctic reissues/homages are stunning.
I find it hard to vote for many of these Micros because you can’t buy many of the models. Often sold out, lottery, etc. I take availability into my opinion. Both of these guys are bad but slight edge to Nivada for more choices, if they were available.
Tough tough round
Poll closed for this matchup. Congratulations to Nivada Grenchen.
Poll closed for this matchup. Congratulations to Nivada Grenchen.
The voting machines were rigged! I demand an recount! 😉
Look at this watch!!! and then try to vote against it. So. Good.
No numerals , it doesn't do it for me. If it's the colour then there are others. Very generic design.
Good win for me.
No numerals , it doesn't do it for me. If it's the colour then there are others. Very generic design.
Fair enough. I prefer watches without numbers on the dial and most iconic diver style watches don't have numbers (Submariner, BB58, Seamaster, 62MAS, Willard, Aquaracer, Oris65, Blancpain 50 fathoms, Doxa Sub300, Devil Diver, ProMaster etc etc). I like the clean dial. The indices are minimalist and well executed. Legibility is about as good as it gets. The logo font on the dial is clean and unobtrusive and they don't mess it up with a bunch of unnecessary extra information. The hands are well proportioned and distinctive without being goofy with big arrow heads, or snowflakes, or mercedes dots etc etc. The bezel action is excellent and I very much like the font and markings on it.
You call it generic, but I struggle to find anything this well proportioned, clean, simple, and well executed. Most manufacturers want to use goofy hands, alternate the shapes of their indices between rectangles, circles, triangles, and scuba tanks, or they get very thick, or are very slab sided, or large, etc etc etc. It's what's missing from this watch that makes it so appealing to me. I wouldn't call it generic. I call it restrained, elegant, and civilized. Semantics.
"If it's the colour then there are others." It's not the colour. But I like the colour too.
Curious to know what your top vote brand is in this little competition. There's a reason why there are so many brands. All have appeal to somebody. I don't think any of us are wrong. Or right for that matter.
Fair enough. I prefer watches without numbers on the dial and most iconic diver style watches don't have numbers (Submariner, BB58, Seamaster, 62MAS, Willard, Aquaracer, Oris65, Blancpain 50 fathoms, Doxa Sub300, Devil Diver, ProMaster etc etc). I like the clean dial. The indices are minimalist and well executed. Legibility is about as good as it gets. The logo font on the dial is clean and unobtrusive and they don't mess it up with a bunch of unnecessary extra information. The hands are well proportioned and distinctive without being goofy with big arrow heads, or snowflakes, or mercedes dots etc etc. The bezel action is excellent and I very much like the font and markings on it.
You call it generic, but I struggle to find anything this well proportioned, clean, simple, and well executed. Most manufacturers want to use goofy hands, alternate the shapes of their indices between rectangles, circles, triangles, and scuba tanks, or they get very thick, or are very slab sided, or large, etc etc etc. It's what's missing from this watch that makes it so appealing to me. I wouldn't call it generic. I call it restrained, elegant, and civilized. Semantics.
"If it's the colour then there are others." It's not the colour. But I like the colour too.
Curious to know what your top vote brand is in this little competition. There's a reason why there are so many brands. All have appeal to somebody. I don't think any of us are wrong. Or right for that matter.
Indeed no wright or wrong. My favourite micros aren't in the competition but if I had to choose out of these probably #nivadagrenchen .
I respect your preference it's just a dial that doesn't do anything for me. As you say each to his own.