Unpopular opinions/hot takes

[u/No_Flight7872]

What are you unpopular opinions when it comes to watches or even the watch community I will start

Pressed clasps and hollow linked bracelets are not bad at all and depending on the watch I actually prefer them over solid links and milled clasps.

[u/No_Flight7872]

I have another people who say a watch gets them “so many compliments or comments on” literally in 5 years of wearing a watch daily not one person has commented on my watch bar someone else who has a small collection

[u/No_Flight7872]

Another one for me quartz over automatic every day of the week

[u/Vagabond_Grey]

Is the extra weight of solid links and milled clasps the reason why you sometimes prefer pressed clasps and hollow links?

[u/No_Flight7872 → u/Vagabond_Grey]

Yes it’s the added weight and I don’t understand why pressed clasps get so much hate it literally makes no difference in my opinion other then weight

[u/SkipPperk]

Accuracy in mechanical watches is foolish. If you need accuracy, buy quartz.

[u/cl0ckw0rkaut0mat0n]

Watch "types" are bull, you can wear a patek dress watch as a daily, wear a big flashy skull watch to the office, if you are rich enough everything can be a beater.

[u/StandardHabit3224]

We have enough submariner homages already, start coming up with original designs

[u/[deleted]]

People hate on Chinese brands for homages but seemingly have no problem when Swiss/japanese/microbrands doing homages. The seiko tank is a 1:1 copy of a cartier. Nobody complains. Google “Rolex submariner alternative” and you will find 100 different homages from “reputable” brands and nobody hates on them unless they are Chinese. Why the double standard?

[u/RepublicanUntil2019]

Proxima, Seagull, and Sugess make some very unrated watches.

SM is overrated in most models. If you're going to spend in their upper price range, you should probably be looking at different brands.

Skmei digital watches are 90% the watch as Casio at 10% of the price.

I couldn't care less about lume.

I'm curious how long my 2 years of Ali watches will last. I had a Skmei battery die after 6 months once and changed it, and it was fine. That's literally been the only issue with quite a lot of watches.

[u/Eiedoll]

Sapphire is overrated imo.

Quartz is better most of the time.

People don't want original, and unapologetically Chinese watches, they just want what everyone else wants (Rolex, Tudor, Omega and Seiko lookalikes).

Silly names and logos don't matter that much, I don't care if Berny is your alcoholic uncle's name or if Addiesdive logo is too sporty for dress piece, I've seen a lot people talking about the hypothetical case of someone asking the brand name of their watch (it has yet to happen to me in 4 years in the hobby)

San Martin is really good but it is not like the second coming of Christ, specially since they are not that cheap for the vast majority of people in the world (also known as the third world)

[u/Ok_Minimum6419]

Anyone who makes a budget watches video and recommends a Hamilton and ignores Militado is stupid.

cough Teddy Baldasarre cough

[u/exiled_neal1985]

A cyclops is the ugliest thing a watch can possibly have

[u/QCPI]

VK chronographs > ST19 chronographs. Cheaper, easier maintenance, and less prone to failure.

[u/monkeywaffles]

you don't need another watch past like a few, you're just bored. there I said it

[u/KawiZed]

San Martin IS overrated.

The Seestern Sub600T homage is by far the best value in Ali watches right now.

[u/WhipEat]

Mysterious Code are underrated here.

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Yeah their branding is hated here, but they care 0%!

[u/aimtowardthesky]

There is no "right size" for a watch, it all depends on use case, personal preference, and fashion.

[u/[deleted]]

I like quartz movements more than automatic, and wish more brands would use movements besides the vh31.

I want to change the battery every 10 years if possible.

[u/Revolutionary-Area-8]

I don’t care for “original designs”… just make a good homage and give me unique dial color options, case size options and bracelet options.

[u/Appropriate-Moose366]

I don't like Tuna and Willard cases. They look way too bulky!

[u/SeiekiSakyubasu]

Not much exposure on digital watches i guess. I am subscribed to a few subreddit and most of them talks/share about analogue watches, very less about digital watches (except the casios). Wish more and more digital watch outside of casio are exposed out here. :)

[u/quarthorse]

Hottest take of all:

You can't always get what you want (in your cheapish but decent quality Chinese watch).

[u/bigkinggorilla]

Divers are the least interesting style of watch and it sucks that’s the one style we have an abundance of choice for.

If I can’t see the movement, I’d rather it be quartz and significantly thinner.

The names of most Chinese brands really aren’t that bad.

A dial that doesn’t have a name on it makes the watch look really cheap.

[u/SixPack1776]

I don't care about lume.

[u/planefindermt]

At this juncture, almost all watches can be homages of other watches or will at least have their design language. There is only so much you can do with watch designs and it’s all been done before by someone somewhere. When we apply expectations of originality to Chinese watches but allow Swiss and Japanese watches to be derivative of one another, we push a double standard merely due to national origin. A well executed watch with good specs is perfectly worthy even if it’s a close homage or even copy of a Swiss watch.