◇ UN-POPULAR OPINION ◇ (Be nice 😂)
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Robert
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Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
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6.50” / 16.51 cm
Tank - too boring
Sub - too common
Careera - too common and boring!
Omega Speedmaster- big, ugly, dated, entire personality is space claim.
JLC Reverso- novelty sport watch with ungainly proportions and dubious usefulness.
Cartier Santos de Cartier: designed by HR Giger as a frighteningly ugly industrial watch, now available in cartoonishly large sizes. How do exposed fasterners and odd shapes gel with classic Roman numerals?
Omega Speedmaster- big, ugly, dated, entire personality is space claim.
JLC Reverso- novelty sport watch with ungainly proportions and dubious usefulness.
Cartier Santos de Cartier: designed by HR Giger as a frighteningly ugly industrial watch, now available in cartoonishly large sizes. How do exposed fasterners and odd shapes gel with classic Roman numerals?
Interesting! Thats exactly what I think about the Reverso, and totally agree with you on the cartoonishly large sizes on the Santos 🤢
Tissot PRX Integrated bracelet. Gentleman is better.
Metal G-Shock. Too big.
Any digital. It's not analogue.
Mine are more general, less specific -
1 Anything Genta ( or inspired by ) after the early 70's - integrated bracelet designs
2 Round indices
3 Day date complications (not a fan of dates, but if at 6 or small enough can be ignored)
There are obviously exceptions tho, so don't be a snowflake, I love all watches ❤️
Going by these rules
1 Nautilus/RO
2 Submariner/Bland Bay range
3 Day date, Khaki King
😱🤣
Rolex submariner, jlc reverso, cartier santos
Explorer 1 - dull and boring
Hamilton Khaki field - the epitome of boring
Seiko Alpinist, that green one....I find that so ugly....man, how hideous it is
Just my opinion...
Don’t care for intergrated bracelets, do not like long lug to lug (Longines, Nomos, etc…), and don’t like chronographs because of the thickness. Looking at my list, they are all connected by how it wears and feels.
Divers- All inclusive.
G-Shocks- All inclusive.
Invicta- All inclusive.
Love my Monaco. Out of all my watches this I would never sell
Seikos
G-Shocks
Nautilus/Royal Oak
Submariner - boring, speed master - too busy (most chronographs) skx - great for the original price but terrible for what they are now.
Digital watches.
The submariner, mostly due to the hype. It’s certainly a cracking watch, I’d just go for a different diver personally.
Integrated bracelets. There are some exceptions to this rule…
Daytona - difficult to read, no date, difficult to use with screw pushers and just whatever over the stupid hype, movement was meh. Yeah, it’s decent looking and built okay, but just all hype to me.
Royal Oak - I personally find the angles on the bracelet and case uncomfortable. Royal Oaks in general in the past have used JLC movements and for those prices they should have had their own movement, but generally overall I find them a bit uncomfortable (the smaller or mid size stuff is kind of nice though). I don’t see the market value or don’t care for the associated partnerships and limited editions.
I’ve also heard and read reports of them being fragile, especially for a sports watch.
I tried on occasion to make the Chronograph work and it only made it on the wrist once before I’d hand it back to the sales associate and say not for me.
Nautilus - Damn thing is ugly (to me) and bracelet is meh. Show me something new. I actually prefer it in the dressier and more complicated or precious metal variants. So, maybe I’m referring to a steel time/date only model on bracelet.
Tissot PRX - Its a great watch but I feel nothing when I look at at one.
Rolex Daytona - I dont really like Chrono's. Its not my style.
Anything Iced out - Just no.
Tissot PRX: I went to check it out but the underwhelming radiation sent me into a coma.
CW C63 Sealander GMT: Almost bought it until I realized that they just placed whatever hands they happened to have un the spare parts bin. Each hand was different and none of them matched the style of the dial, the old logo also didn't really help.
Just about any Squale: It's extraordinary how I manage to forget about this brand within 5 seconds of being reminded that they exist. The only thing that I do remember is that they have a weird looking logo that looks like sliced sausage.
Valid points on the CW, im 100% with you on that one Didnt get your experience with the PRX though...
AP royal oak in all its incarnations. To me it's just plain ugly.
Tag Monaco looks like it's made out of assorted bits of watches. Cluttered and awkward.
Richard Mille look like McDonald's happy meal toys.
100%
Damnit only 3? :)
I'll limit it to Watches i could actually buy with my budget.
Submariner: way too boring, too expensive for what it is. The Vintage Styled Seamaster 300 is better in every department. (except maybe in "Street Cred")
Zenith El Primero: especially those with 3 differently colored Subdials. Just absolutely do not like the aesthetic. This one hurts, because it has a cool history and movement.
Breitling Navitimer: looks like it's been designed for 15 year olds. Why? Cause noone with older eyes can actually see all the printing on the dial. Funny fact, i really liked the Design when i was young.
Im 100% with the sub. With the Zenith I thought the same until I saw the Revival Shadow.
And the Navitimer, I got the one without the Chronographs for dress-ier purposes and is my 2nd favorite of my collection. Cheers brother.
Sub: too common and boring
Reverso: to me it looks like a very conservative and old fashioned watch. Just not my taste.
Royal Oak: Over hyped. I love the integrated bracelet and the Genta Design but to me nothing is better than the new VC 222
We could be good friends 😂 because those 2 (royal oak and reverso) where the next watches on my post. Obviously everything in good fun
The Royal Oak, any Tudor, and the 50 Fathoms. I just think they are fugly. I know I'm in the minority, but I don't get it. 🤣
Seikos
G-Shocks
Nautilus/Royal Oak
I agree...except I do own a G-Shock for when I'm doing rough work on the ranch. If I break it, I can just buy another. 😜
Daytona - difficult to read, no date, difficult to use with screw pushers and just whatever over the stupid hype, movement was meh. Yeah, it’s decent looking and built okay, but just all hype to me.
Royal Oak - I personally find the angles on the bracelet and case uncomfortable. Royal Oaks in general in the past have used JLC movements and for those prices they should have had their own movement, but generally overall I find them a bit uncomfortable (the smaller or mid size stuff is kind of nice though). I don’t see the market value or don’t care for the associated partnerships and limited editions.
I’ve also heard and read reports of them being fragile, especially for a sports watch.
I tried on occasion to make the Chronograph work and it only made it on the wrist once before I’d hand it back to the sales associate and say not for me.
Nautilus - Damn thing is ugly (to me) and bracelet is meh. Show me something new. I actually prefer it in the dressier and more complicated or precious metal variants. So, maybe I’m referring to a steel time/date only model on bracelet.
These are the exact three watches that came to my mind.
My AD has been trying to make me do the bundle purchase, in this particular case, he asked me to buy a Hublot (any model) and in return he would offer me the panda Daytona (however, with no guaranteed arrival date, but he's a man of his words after years of knowing each other).
He did say a simple time-only ETA Classic Fusion would do (i.e. no need for any of the Big Bang models), and I simply told him I wasn't interested in the panda Daytona (i.e. I'm not a chrono guy). He was like "are you seeeerious?" 🤣
Rolex Daytona - Yup, there's another panda dial. Can we got off this ride now? 🐼 😐
Rolex Submariner - I just can't take a luxury tool watch seriously.
Tissot PRX - It looks so generic to me. Not because it has a bunch of imitators, but because it just sits there being angular, but somehow in a really underwhelming way. It just seems so awkward.
These are the exact three watches that came to my mind.
My AD has been trying to make me do the bundle purchase, in this particular case, he asked me to buy a Hublot (any model) and in return he would offer me the panda Daytona (however, with no guaranteed arrival date, but he's a man of his words after years of knowing each other).
He did say a simple time-only ETA Classic Fusion would do (i.e. no need for any of the Big Bang models), and I simply told him I wasn't interested in the panda Daytona (i.e. I'm not a chrono guy). He was like "are you seeeerious?" 🤣
Right, I had two previous gen Daytonas through my hands and I passed. I like the idea of chronographs and occasionally look at purchasing one and to this day, one has never stayed and I’d have a few good ones I think.
I have somewhere close to 25 ish watches and not a single chronograph still around.
I’d have loved to see his face when you were like meh on the Daytona.
Tissot PRX
Richard Mille
Rolex Date Just - I just can't get past the cyclops
Longines Legend Diver is an incredibly ugly watch, an infinite number of marks.
Rolex Celebration - I can't imagine who might like it. Remove the Rolex label and no one will buy it.
G-Shock is not a watch. It's better to wear an apple watch then.
Any #tagheuer, the #applewatch and any #breitling.
Longines Legend Diver is an incredibly ugly watch, an infinite number of marks.
Rolex Celebration - I can't imagine who might like it. Remove the Rolex label and no one will buy it.
G-Shock is not a watch. It's better to wear an apple watch then.
Well you should give the G-Shocks an opportunity. There are spectacular pieces that can stand any abuse. I don’t see the American Sniper using an Apple Watch! 🤣
Right, I had two previous gen Daytonas through my hands and I passed. I like the idea of chronographs and occasionally look at purchasing one and to this day, one has never stayed and I’d have a few good ones I think.
I have somewhere close to 25 ish watches and not a single chronograph still around.
I’d have loved to see his face when you were like meh on the Daytona.
Apologies, correction, I have a Moonswatch
Richard Mille watches.
Incredibly ugly and ridiculously expensive watches for people who have more money than common sense, and want everyone else to know it.
This is the Invicta Watch for the filthy rich. And Hublot gets the first runner up award for some of their bizarre designs too.
I will never understand it. If you really want an ugly watch you can get one for $15 at Walmart. There is no need to spend $200,000 for one....