That is the discussion if someone who sells the stuff can/should review it? Personally I like reading that stuff, seeing the (often great) pictures and videos and that's it. It has never happened that a watch review has influenced my decision to buy something. That is always a mix of research and talking to other likeminded/knowledgeable people. Publications like Hodinkee are mainly "feel good" content for me and a welcomed distraction these days.
Buying a mechanical watch from any respectable brand is basically nothing dangerous (for your wallet maybe ; ) and should be a very personal decision and should be based on personal preference only. Do you like it on your wrist? Do you like the brand? Do you care about resell value or not at all? etc.
On another note: It took me forever to write these few lines because the page would always jump back to the ad so it is a lot of back and forth needed to post. Not the best user experience...
F Freq18HzThat isn't what I would call a review - more like a sales prospectus or a try-out for Omega's marketing team. Personally I find Hodinkee to be the least reliable, and least informative watch site. It reads like a magazine from the seatback on a commercial airline.
-Freq
...but it is music to our ears and feels so good for fanboys like us (me?)!! 😁
I suppose so. But he talks about being ridiculed by his peers for being such a "gearhead" but then doesn't really talk about any real technical changes in the movement, other than co-axial and free spring balance, and a lot of talk about decoration level. All pretty obvious things to anyone paying a little bit of attention...
F Freq18HzPersonally I find Hodinkee to be the least reliable, and least informative watch site. It reads like a magazine from the seatback on a commercial airline.
It’s a nice watch with a nice new bracelet, I still wish they’d go back to the old pre-quartz Omega logo for it (and for all of their branding) as I think it looks far more elegant but you can’t have everything.
F Freq18HzI don't think that's the case so to speak. It has nothing to do with the good ole days, there are plenty of great watch sites that have meaningful content, which take an objective view about what they cover, including those that also sell stuff.
F Freq18HzMakes sense... although now I can’t figure out if I am hungry for sushi or a burger...😉
Like many things with this recent great shakeup of western society, mechanical watches as an industry and hobby have gone through a bit of a reset. For every WIS who is tired enough of Rolex shenanigans to give up the hobby, there are three more Hodinkee encouraged investment speculators. I think we’ve also seen some of this leak into Omega watch collecting recently.
It’s good to keep calling a spade a spade, such that new comers are informed about who’s producing meaningful content, and who is merely bowing to their investors with a never ending sales pitch.
-Freq
