Malaysia Watch Forum
Main Forums => General Discussion - Modern Watches => Topic started by: Omnipotent on December 04, 2011, 02:44:31 PM
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What really turns you off when you see a watch? I'm talking physical appearance of a watch, so let's not dwell into issues/perceptions/stereotypes related to a particular watch brand.
For me it's the hands...watches with hands that are not long enough really turns me off! i would expect to have the minute/seconds hands to reach the minute markers else i will not part with my cash no matter how good the watch excels in other areas! :thumbsdown:
what about everyone else? :thumbsup:
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For me is those watches which have high water resistance of 100m, 200m or even 300m but yet have no lume at all!
Seldom you see this kind of watch, but believe me I seen a few of them. :Laughing_on_floor:
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I'd look at the quality/finishing of the case, hands, date window (if any)- a turnoff for me is undersized dates on a big dial, which looks so out of proportion. This problem arises when manufacturers use ubiquitous ETA 2824/2892/7750s in current 42mm & above cases which they were not designed for, eg Zeno. The Valgrange was designed for that.
Quite agree that the finishing of the hands is also one of the areas that lesser brands do not pay much attention to. Try looking at the hands of fashion watches and you'll see skinny hands with no finishing and rough edges on the sides and bare unfinished metal on the undersides.
Lesser watches try to replicate guilloche dials by stamping instead of hand turned.
Look at the hands on a PD, RS, VC, Brequet, Lange through a 20x loupe and you'll realise why you pay big bucks... apart from the in-house movt. development costs & finishing of course. Grand Seikos seems to be able to do a great job at realistic levels as they use industrial rather than artisan finishing.
At this stratospheric level the finishing appears to more impt than the accuracy or rate of the watch for some of these watches.
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Definitely must have lume, no lume will turn me off too regardless, cause I live in the Dark :Laughing_on_floor:
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atm , diamond ;D
20 more years maybe :Cheers:
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pet peeves ar.....
they are too expensive lor...... the horological world should revolve around me and should work their pricing in accordance to my paycheck. that is only my pet peeve :Laughing_on_floor:
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small case, anything below 44mm look too small on my big wrist
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my pet peeve would be metal bracelet with very poor tolerance (i.e. loose fitting, shaky)
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after purchasing the Big PO Seamaster, anything I wear now feels small... for me, it's the bezel... the orange really catches my eye.
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small case size, weak lume, short strap...
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Imitations????
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1.Double deployant buckle ;D but still ok lah , this one still can change . But i will never put on a double deployant buckle . Feels funny .
2.Very thick watches , uhh don't know how people pull it off .
3.Roman Numbers . Hate it .
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At this moment, it's diamonds and gold.