As with any social platform, its all about who you follow. Suggesting that everyone steals or fakes images is not accurate. I have an account and the people I follow are like me. The photos are legit, we respect each other and share information. I follow a good mix of dealers and collectors and find it very useful.
The problem with a lot of those so called IG collector-dealers is they care much more about money than anything. They'll agree to a sale and then sell to someone else if to get offered so much as a dollar more. Then you have the ones that get offended if you ask them for something basic like a pic of the movement. That said even though I don't have much of a collection IG has had a huge effect on it ....IG let me know which watches are popular with douchey people and should be avoided. 馃槣
Zero influence on me. I do my research on the forums, and some on Twitter by following bloggers and manufacturers. That generates enough noise to keep me busy in my research and in my limited foray into IG I found way to much vanity displayed for my tastes.
I very rarely look at Instagram, although I do follow a few of the watch guys. My problem has always been that without exception, if I see a nice photo, of a watch or anything else, I want to zoom in and look at the detail. The app either doesn't allow it or the photo is of too low resolution.
You're being a sexist. In 2016 the Seamaster can very well be a she. Everything else is not political correct 馃榾
Unless of course you by Seamaster mean the Seamonster. Then she in the water may very well be the bait, regardless of the sex of the monster 馃榾 Got it now
Unless of course you by Seamaster mean the Seamonster. Then she in the water may very well be the bait, regardless of the sex of the monster 馃榾 Got it now
It was a play on words - "Seamaster bait" / see ___________
I'm a little late to this party, but I think a couple great points were raised: it has a lot of influence in general as to whether or not certain watches blow up in popularity. There are a lot of younger collectors (like myself) who have only been collecting for a few years now, and it serves as a great way to observe the rarity of certain references / brands. More importantly, hashtags allow you to hone in on certain focal points (for me, Heuer, UG, and Omega) and discover collectors that do things the "right way." Like others have said, you only see what you want to see. There are definitely bad actors, but they're a non-factor if you choose to ignore them. I follow people that inspire my own collection, and that's typically driven by quality of the pieces and passion / knowledge for the brands and references that are shown. It's a beautiful resource for building knowledge.
Finally, it's been an unbelievable way to forge friendships, both far away and in Chicago. There's a regular group of guys in Chicago that meet a few times a month to bond over beers and watches, and it's cool that it was all born from Instagram.
Edit: my IG handle is @bazamu for anyone that's interested!
IG killed the French forum I was a member of. Why would you bother to write great indeep review when a bunch of filtered photo does the trick 馃檨
That's the way things are today. Sound bites and Photoshopped pictures for the ADHD world that we now live in. Guys like us who have patience and reading comprehension are a dying breed. If you can't say it in 140 characters or less you're ignored.
Guys like us who have patience and reading comprehension are a dying breed. If you can't say it in 140 characters or less you're ignored.
tl;dr pics?
Actually some of our members with photo skills are great to browse on IG. Between @rjkama @repomansd and others it's better photography than the Omega official catalog pictures.