u/Extension-Rope4505

Seriously, some of you guys own more watches than my ex owned individual pieces of jewelry. You're worse than those guys from 2014 who owned 20 Snapback Caps or Jordan's in different colors.

Unless were talking about G-Shock Rangeman's here, all of the watches you own are jewelry / fashion accessoires. Your watch is there to look nice and (maybe; probably not) complement your outfits. Let's not kid ourselves, we don't *really* need watches when our smartphones are always right next to us anyways (not to mention apple watches).

Would you spend 1000 Dollars on a single necklace or a ring (engagement/wedding ring not counted) for your personal enjoyment? Probably not - then why not apply the same logic to watches? (But muh horology and muh mechanical movements, yada yada)

Any more than, like, 5 watches is overkill and spending more than 500 dollars on one individual watch is insanity (probably more than 300 is already pushing it).

I don't know about you, but I wouldn't wear my Rolex Submariner for mountain climbing or lumberjacking (nor does a Rolex exactly suggest "no-nonsense" or "gets the job done"-kinda guy; you're not James Bond, my guy). Most dive watches also don't easily fit under a shirt cuff for dressy event.

Tool-y, Dressy, Sporty - you can pick max. two, but not all three. "GADA" only works when your lifestyle is limited. One watch can't possibly fit all occasions ever.

It's a great development that chinese brands offer more and more unique and original designs - however that creativity is mostly reserved for their dials. The cases are heavily "inspired" by the likes of Rolex/Grand Seiko (sports watches), Hamilton/Sinn (field watches) - I think you get the idea.

Shapes are just as important as colors when it comes to design - and when you look at AliExpress lists, it all sorta blends together. Like visiting a village where everyone has the same damn face, but maybe different hair colors (uncanny).

I know that it's a cost cutting measure to re-use cases, but are there any brands that also take risks in the case shape department?

(Picture just used as an example, I know it's a blend of Formex [case] and Serica [dial] - I'm actually fine with combining two design lineages)

Hey there, does anybody know an homage to the Boldr Polaris Moonstone? Case Size is 38mm, the OG is also in titanium (don't really need titanium, just a "tooly" look). The homage doesn't necessarily need the little stars, but a minimalist design. Thanks in advance!

Hey there, does anybody else have this issue that sub-dials on chronographs look too small? I own a Watchdives WD1863 in all black, which is a 10/10 watch imo, and I'm looking for a Panda-Dial chronograph (reverse panda is fine as well). So I ordered the recently released Seiko chrono (38mm) but didn't like the size of the sub-dials (i considered the blue panda WD1863 too). Does anybody have recommendations for AliExpress watches, where the sub-dials look more "substantial" (double or triple sub-dial, doesn't matter)? Maybe a 40mm watch with a big main dial?