3 watches (or brands) you would not want even for free.
Imagine a fantastic world where all the watch brands come to you and offer any of their watches for free. There is only one condition: you cannot sell those watches. Only own and wear. What would be 3 brands you would say no?
For me they would be:
Ulysee Nardin (Uglysse Nardin in my brain. No offence, please)
Jacob an Co. Absolutely not my thing. Too big, too crazy.
Richard Mille. Think this is the most controversial. All the same, all chunky, ugly beasts.
What are yours?
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Aleksandr
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Great choice.
MB&F
Richard Mille
Kobold
I try to never say never, but...
I am excluding ANY fashion brand.
Richard Mille
and I cannot think of a third... I feel most brands will have at least one watch I would want.
I've sworn off ever purchasing a Rolex (easy for me to say in that I refuse to play the AD game and won't ever be able to afford secondary market prices), but would accept one if offered for free.
MVMT
DW
A Lange and Sohne (fight me)
MB&F
Richard Mille
Kobold
MB&F could be added to my list. Have never heard of Kobold before.
MVMT
DW
A Lange and Sohne (fight me)
Lange and Sohne? Wow! Impressive boldness from your side.
Mvmt, Dw, all those fashion types and yeah the ugly Rm
I try to never say never, but...
I am excluding ANY fashion brand.
Richard Mille
and I cannot think of a third... I feel most brands will have at least one watch I would want.
I've sworn off ever purchasing a Rolex (easy for me to say in that I refuse to play the AD game and won't ever be able to afford secondary market prices), but would accept one if offered for free.
Interesting to know when a brand stops being a fashion brand and becomes watch brand?
Roger Dubious
Moonbiffy:
Oulm:
I find it hard to find three brands that's not pure "homage" or terrible quality fashion watches that I actually wouldn't wear, but watch models? Sure. Maybe.
I guess my have grown soft with age.
Roger Dubious
Moonbiffy:
Oulm:
It's so shameful to say, but I had an Oulm watch long before I got into watches. But a fact is a fact 🤣
I find it hard to find three brands that's not pure "homage" or terrible quality fashion watches that I actually wouldn't wear, but watch models? Sure. Maybe.
I guess my have grown soft with age.
What would be the three models? That are good quality, but you wouldn't take that for free?
I don't like Vostock Bostock or whatever they're called. Nothing to do with the war and everything to do with me thinking they look crap. Same with Nomos or Junghans; boring looking to Me
For me MVMT and DW & I would not, could not keep a Richard Mille.
Wow. That’s a good question. Hate is a strong word. I just don’t like them. Both brands are just profiting from cheap and very badly made watches and they’re targeting folks who don’t know any better. I was one of them in the past.
I think we've all been there at some point
Wow. Thank you for notifying. Will probably stay away as well. There are too many watches to like ))
All those watchmakers with bold and tacky watches. Mainly Richard Mille, Uhrwerk, Jacob & Co.,…
If we are following the fantasy task - you can't sell it. It's the only condition.
alright then id have to go with Richard mille
Just 3? No, I'll list more.
The first one, I'm thinking it could be not true, or that you hold a grudge against Rick, that is unless you provide solid evidence about what you are talking.
Did you get bad luck with that particular Metric?
The first one, I'm thinking it could be not true, or that you hold a grudge against Rick, that is unless you provide solid evidence about what you are talking.
That is a pretty hot take.
I don't know Rick, but he seems generally well-liked and comes across well in interviews.
I certainly appreciate his resurrection of the DOXA Sub (one of my favorite lines of watches).
That is a pretty hot take.
I don't know Rick, but he seems generally well-liked and comes across well in interviews.
I certainly appreciate his resurrection of the DOXA Sub (one of my favorite lines of watches).
Well, it's not a hot take, it's just that seeing Rick being slandered like that make me think that the person slandering him must have a bad interaction with him or that they hold a grudge towards him, or, in the absolute worst case scenario, bad faith actors being paid by someone to undermine his reputation.
Well, it's not a hot take, it's just that seeing Rick being slandered like that make me think that the person slandering him must have a bad interaction with him or that they hold a grudge towards him, or, in the absolute worst case scenario, bad faith actors being paid by someone to undermine his reputation.
Sorry, I wasn't clear with my wording. I was totally agreeing with you; the post that you replied to was an unusually personal shot.
That said, I've been known to take those at Kobold, but that stuff is pretty well documented.
Do you have proof? Also, Teddy Baldassarre praised the watch in one of his video on his main channel (link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n6l0hkFaN0) and he isn't paid by Jonathan from Brew to do so.
The first one, I'm thinking it could be not true, or that you hold a grudge against Rick, that is unless you provide solid evidence about what you are talking.
He and his "mods" at WUS are well known for indiscriminate banning of everyone who posts anything questioning Doxa's marketing claims. You're welcome to try posting there any underwater photos of a colour disappearance sample, which questions their claims of the superior legibility of orange dials underwater. Let's see how long will it last.
I also happen to know a few members of a forum he took over - and in the process of shutting it down, he sold all the members' email addresses to spammers.
https://thegreynato.substack.com/p/the-grey-nato-128-aquastar-doxa-and
All of them started to receive it at the same time? Coincidence?
Then there was him trying to claim that Doxas - including SUB - were made entirely in Switzerland. Let's have a look... Oooops!
If you'd like to think that a coincidence... Let's look who owns Walca, with the parent company in Switzerland, and a manufacturing facility in Hong Kong...
https://moneyhouse.ch/de/company/walca-ag-14619288901
...the owners of Doxa.
And from Mr. Marei's career as a Doxa mod at WUS - a watch owner complains? Ban him!
https://watchlords.com/viewtopic.php?t=12963#p331865
Now, Swiss companies outsourcing parts manufacturing to China is something commonplace. But you can either be open about it, or handle it the Doxa-Jenny-Marei way.
I’m in agreement with your three.
Jacob & Co never ever made any sense to me. I still don’t truly under what they are…🤷🏽♂️
I’m in agreement with your three.
Jacob & Co never ever made any sense to me. I still don’t truly under what they are…🤷🏽♂️
I would call them artisan jewelry makers that use delicate and accurate mechanisms. They are mindblowing, but not as watches to me. I don't want Faberge eggs as well as I don't want Jacob and Company watches.
He and his "mods" at WUS are well known for indiscriminate banning of everyone who posts anything questioning Doxa's marketing claims. You're welcome to try posting there any underwater photos of a colour disappearance sample, which questions their claims of the superior legibility of orange dials underwater. Let's see how long will it last.
I also happen to know a few members of a forum he took over - and in the process of shutting it down, he sold all the members' email addresses to spammers.
https://thegreynato.substack.com/p/the-grey-nato-128-aquastar-doxa-and
All of them started to receive it at the same time? Coincidence?
Then there was him trying to claim that Doxas - including SUB - were made entirely in Switzerland. Let's have a look... Oooops!
If you'd like to think that a coincidence... Let's look who owns Walca, with the parent company in Switzerland, and a manufacturing facility in Hong Kong...
https://moneyhouse.ch/de/company/walca-ag-14619288901
...the owners of Doxa.
And from Mr. Marei's career as a Doxa mod at WUS - a watch owner complains? Ban him!
https://watchlords.com/viewtopic.php?t=12963#p331865
Now, Swiss companies outsourcing parts manufacturing to China is something commonplace. But you can either be open about it, or handle it the Doxa-Jenny-Marei way.
Hold up, is this from before 2019? Also, in one of my BanG Dream!, Love Live and South Park crossover fanfic (link here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/42165000?view_full_work=true ), Yukina Minato of Roselia got a Doxa Sub 300T Sharkhunter as a wedding gift from Kyle Broflovski for her big day with Nana "Setsuna Yuki" Nakagawa from Nijigaku.
He and his "mods" at WUS are well known for indiscriminate banning of everyone who posts anything questioning Doxa's marketing claims. You're welcome to try posting there any underwater photos of a colour disappearance sample, which questions their claims of the superior legibility of orange dials underwater. Let's see how long will it last.
I also happen to know a few members of a forum he took over - and in the process of shutting it down, he sold all the members' email addresses to spammers.
https://thegreynato.substack.com/p/the-grey-nato-128-aquastar-doxa-and
All of them started to receive it at the same time? Coincidence?
Then there was him trying to claim that Doxas - including SUB - were made entirely in Switzerland. Let's have a look... Oooops!
If you'd like to think that a coincidence... Let's look who owns Walca, with the parent company in Switzerland, and a manufacturing facility in Hong Kong...
https://moneyhouse.ch/de/company/walca-ag-14619288901
...the owners of Doxa.
And from Mr. Marei's career as a Doxa mod at WUS - a watch owner complains? Ban him!
https://watchlords.com/viewtopic.php?t=12963#p331865
Now, Swiss companies outsourcing parts manufacturing to China is something commonplace. But you can either be open about it, or handle it the Doxa-Jenny-Marei way.
It's quite scandalous. I really dislike cleaning comments and banning people for negative comments (if all of those is true). The claims about Doxa made in Hong Kong by a screenshot on a website? I don't know. It is suspicious but doesn't prove really anything. I work in design business. It could be just a photo from a production line they had and placed on the website without actually producing parts there, but, again, that is just a possibility. Reading this I could say Doxa couldn't keep spotless reputation, nor is Rolex, nor is AP.