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Agree. Partially. I'm forced to judge those who proudly use a watch with the face of a mass murderer like this:
Too much political? Sorry.
That, to me is the most EPIC movie watch EVER.
The movie is awesome, and the timepiece design is just perfect in every detail.
There are not many movies that are that great, and not many watches look so stunning. They joined both things into one masterpiece. I know I sound intense, but for me, Interstellar is unforgettable. Cheers!!!
What a wonderful masterpiece! It's perfect in every detail!
People complaining about it having a power reserve and mechanical movement, I find it awesome! You know, people want total faux vintage. If it had 100 water resistance, it would be even better in my opinion!
There is this school of thought that preaches that a vintage watch should preserve the technology limitations of decades ago, but I disagree. Why not draw the line a little further and preserve only the aesthetics with the technology limitations we have today, of course keeping it completely made of non-electronic parts...
Well, I think that the first person to say: "scratches adds personality to a watch" was a marketing genious, and was able to sell a messy scratched timepiece by its original value.
For me, and I firmly believe that for the most of you guys, polishing is a form of art. The same way that designing a watch case is another form of art. There is no art in scratching a watch, though. My point is, if your watch is scratched, most probably you will prefer that it didn't happen at all. So don't come up saying "scratches tell stories". You know what tell stories? Photos!
My dad has a very nice watch. He doesn't mind getting it all banged up (to my horror) but every time we take a photo of him, there is that watch on the picture! When I eventually herr his timepiece, it will be scratched and beaten. But I will certainly pay for a professional to erase those marks and bring that timepiece to its original glory, so it will be able to remain on the family for many generations.
That might be an unpopular opinion but think: what would be preferable? Having a fully restored, minty conditioned 60's timepiece from your grandpa, or passing an all beaten, leaking, scratched and chipped vintage timepiece to your son? Do you really think that he will value that timepiece the same as you? It will probably end up on some dark drawer, and on Ebay later, where someone will buy it and... You guessed it: restore it.
RESTORE YOUR WATCHES. The sooner, and most professionally, the better.
Is there any Youtube channel where you can watch some artisan watchmaker like the fore mentioned Felipe Pikullik doing some decorations on common movements?
I always watch cool watch modders ("Lumeshot", for instance) where they mod an entire Seiko 5 but leave the movement without any kind of polishing. Or worse! When you have these watch restoration channels like Nekkid or Red Dead Restoration where they leave the watch movement with scratch marks and rust stains behind. That makes my OCD goes nuts.
