Intro & Context:Hi all. First and foremost, a simple confession, I caught the 'horological bug' in 2017. As a result of thirst for knowledge and (no doubt) time piece acquisitions, I started to read a lot of online resources about the history and evolution of some of the famous timepieces most of us here love and love to own.
I notice that a lot of fellow forummers (newbies in particular) started the way I did, i.e. not knowing much about watches, or perhaps don't have the patience to really know more beyond buying advise - i.e. can advise me which watch to buy bro?
So here is my own personal effort to help elevate our local community's knowledge since I have nothing better to do with the information anyway.
Format:- I have created a series of Instagram-friendly infographics called "The Ones to Watch" which is about the icons of our popular brands. With each entry, I will put some basic trivia about the watches, followed by my own personal 'highly opinionated' commentary (some call it trolling).
- Each new series will focus on ONE brand. I will subjectively identify what I feel are Legendary Icons, Modern Icons and Honorable Mentions. Some of course won't make the cut.
- My list will only feature current catalogue models, and does not include limited editions. Reason being, if you can't even get them anymore from brand boutiques and ADs, it doesn't encourage us to buy anyway.
- As a bumper debut, I will update for 3 days consecutively. Following this, I aim to release a new entry every 2 days.
- Once I'm done with a brand, I will move to another brand. Series 1 is Rolex (our MWF favourite), and Series 2 is Omega. My planned 3rd is Tag Heuer. Following this, I'm open to suggestions but have in the pipeline to look into JLC, Zenith and Breitling.
- I am not a watch professional - purely a watch addict. So please don't flame me for my amateur work!
- If you like what you see, like and follow my posts on Instagram to keep updated. https://www.instagram.com/watchaddict.wt/
Appreciate your support and do let me know if I have the facts wrong. Tell me if you like what you see - it keeps me motivated to do this. Of course, be reminded that I will include my opinion and some may feel offended by it. I encourage you to treat them as a point of view, to which you may disagree.
Without further ado, my first post.
https://instagram.com/p/BoltcL-BaW8/Trivia:First launched in 1953, the diving icon of Rolex retains the same DNA as the very first model even though the current day variant now has a Maxi-case and ceramic bezel. The Submariner was designed to be a professional diver’s watch and through Hans Wildorf’s marketing genius, was affixed to a Bathyscape deep-diving submarine, diving 300+ metres and resurfacing still in working condition. The Submariner’s simple good looks and famed reliability as a luxury mechanical sports watch, added with its silver screen presence via Sean Connery’s James Bond are just some of the many reasons it has achieved legendary status.
WatchAddict (WA)'s View:There is a classiness to the watch that somehow has been lost a little when the bezel became thicker and the symmetry was broken by the cyclops on the date edition. And don’t get me started on Kermit, Hulk and Smurf – these are really for acquired tastes. My vote still goes to the no-date version as it epitomises the timeless design of the Submariner best. Regardless, it will definitely remain a best-seller for years to come. Rolex, if it’s not too much to ask, could you please give the Glide-lock feature to other watches as well?