‘Poor Man’s’ absurdity
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As a poor man, I love the term. I guess if I had a more inflated or more delicate ego, I'd feel differently?
Worn and Wound is just a poor man’s Hodinkee.
I agree with the article, it's a turn of phrase that says more about the person using it than the object being discussed.
Watch blogs, IG, and YouTuber tends to lean toward elitist, likely due to the fact that many of the personalities involved have expensive luxury watches, and have been immersed in the luxury watch world for a long time. When people describe a $5K watch as a "starter", or "entry level", it's a sign they have lost touch with the majority of watch buyers.
I am with W&W on this. It is not just a cliche phrase for lazy writing, but is an insulting and out of touch people who actually struggle to make ends meet, never mind spend thousands on decorative trophies.
Trying to rid the broader watch community of the kind of pretentious/patronizing attitude that gives rise to terms like “poor man’s” and “entry level” feels a little pointless to me. It would be nice, but it’ll never happen, because there’s always going to be a contingent of douchebags in the hobby. It’s unfortunate, but it’s how it is.
Trying to rid the broader watch community of the kind of pretentious/patronizing attitude that gives rise to terms like “poor man’s” and “entry level” feels a little pointless to me. It would be nice, but it’ll never happen, because there’s always going to be a contingent of douchebags in the hobby. It’s unfortunate, but it’s how it is.
I absolutely hear you, but if we can start with some of the more popular sites and content creators, we can limit some of the endless parroting that happens in the community as well. It is okay to be self-aware and poke fun at ourselves for taking a hobby like watches serious. I am all for eliminating cliches regardless. Looking at you "workhorse movement" when referring to mostly reliable movements even though we all know they have questionable tolerances and accept 20 seconds a day is okay.
Every hobby has it, but not many other hobbies revolve around small, outdated objects, that one can spend a fortune on without many people noticing.