That watch you Wanted then wore. 😫

What’s that watch you had to have only to hate later on your wrist or after you saw  in person? 🤢 

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16750 Explorer 2. Fawned over it online forever and tired one on about 6 months ago. Noooo thanks. 

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It was like a frickin' hockey puck on the wrist!  And the 2 o'clock pusher broke after 1 month of ownership!  

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I was on the waiting list for the Submariner Bluesy.  It came in, and did not love it.  The deal breaker was the clasp.  The clasp with the micro adjustments was too big.  It was as wide as my wrist - did not like and sold it.

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This one.

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The Citizen Promaster Land GMT BJ7086-06E.

I had to have it. Almost as soon as I got it, I regretted purchasing it. It felt like a lump on my wrist; very top heavy, and the internal compass bezel moves if a slight breeze hits the crown. Luckily, my brother loved it and happily accepted it as a gift.

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Breguet Type XXI 3817, lovely looking and well made. Just looked too small on :-(

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Not hating the watch just had to accept it doesn’t really suit me and it’s to small for my Wrist sadly. Nomos club campus 38mm

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And all Royal Oaks.

In 2014, my AD at the time offered me a Royal Oak for purchase.

Just hated it.  It felt stupid to me...never sat well on my wrist, didn't feel like it fulfilled any purpose.  Too expensive to be a real sports watch, too informal to be a GADA watch.

My only regret turning it down was the fact that it appreciated as much as it did.

The real lesson is that if you want to make money as a watch flipper, just do the opposite of what I do.

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Wanted more a while and waited for my AD to get one in, just loved the look but its just to big. 

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Max Bill Chronoscope; hate is far too strong a word, as I still very much admire this piece (particularly the font on the dial).  Was simply too big (it's all dial), too thick, and with the Valjoux 7750 too damn loud/distracting with the rotor.  Ended up selling it and actually making a bit of a profit.

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Sapphire speedmaster, night and day difference from my sub. It felt like a toy on wrist. 

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Audaz Seafarer. I'm not wearing it, it doesn't work for me. Too big and the clasp is stiff and chuncky

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Taking about "Catch and Release" here eh?  A small collection of Seiko Monsters that I kept buying even though I knew the size and style just didn't work for me.  I think I had one of each color at the time because they were super cheap for a while.

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Tutima Seven Seas. Too big lug to lug, so swapped for a Sinn 104 STi

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Wimbledon. I could not get past the nine o'clock marker in person. 

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Ming 1706 slate. Bought it and loved it but it was just too small in my opinion. flipped it quick 

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Grand Seiko SBGM221

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I obsessed over the dial and general GS finishing for months. Finally tried on at local AD... looked small on my wrist, felt fragile, and I’m pretty sure I scratched the case just putting it on for trial. 

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Alsta Nautoscaph.

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Cool watch from a cool movie and looks great on others, it just didn't sit well on me. I was gutted.  

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The Steinhart Ocean Explorer 39. The case does not contour to the wrist at all and the bezel is incredibly hard to turn.  I thought I would love it but it doesn't wear very well.

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Hamilton Jazzmaster Slim.  It might be slim but so is a dinner plate.  

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Cerebralwatchdood

I figured it was going to be controversial for me to say that. 

i really wanted a cream dial from 1986 (birth year), but will NEVER be able to afford one, so I tried on a 16750 and Looked down and said to myself, 10k for this? No thanks. 

its a cool watch, don’t get me wrong, but for me, it Just didn’t do anything.  I’ll be checking out a Bremont Supermarine 300 S302 hopefully soon to see if that feels more like home on my wrist. 

so a 16550 was out of price range and the closest thing ended up being not worth 10k to you

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Plenty that the dial color didn’t come close to the picture on the internet.

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Furlan Marri, waited ages for it to come after ordering 

when it came the hands were silver and I couldn’t see it properly to tell the time at a glance.

it was gone in an instant 

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The GS Snowflake. Much talked about of course, so I was eager to try it o, and I was new to Grand Seiko and luxury watches at the time. It underwhelmed. That famed dial just didn't excite me, it mostly just looked white, and it wore too big. The Shunbun however wowed me from the moment I tried it on, so I'm wearing it as I write.

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@ first yeah! I saw this watch roman numbers, color blue. But once I got it I did not realized how big it was didn't like the chrono. And learning about Fossil I lost interest.

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The Hulk.

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AllTheWatches

Wimbledon. I could not get past the nine o'clock marker in person. 

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That marker is a war crime 

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Cerebralwatchdood

I figured it was going to be controversial for me to say that. 

i really wanted a cream dial from 1986 (birth year), but will NEVER be able to afford one, so I tried on a 16750 and Looked down and said to myself, 10k for this? No thanks. 

its a cool watch, don’t get me wrong, but for me, it Just didn’t do anything.  I’ll be checking out a Bremont Supermarine 300 S302 hopefully soon to see if that feels more like home on my wrist. 

I think a 16570 is a dynamite $3,500 watch.

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PO 2500.  Even in 42mm I just couldn't get it comfortable.

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Before I settled on my JLC Master Control in 2011, I really wanted this (in stainless):

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It's an IWC Vintage Ingenieur.  Then I tried it on.  It's as thick as a brick!  I couldn't get over the 14.5mm thickness for a dress watch, even though I loved the looks of the face and hands.  The JLC made me much happier in the end -- and it's so thin!

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My Snowflake saw maybe 6 days of wrist time. It's beyond beautiful in every way = too beautiful.  Love my SBGA463.  I'm just a sports watch person