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wagudc
·I don't know why, but I just don't like the simple crosshair subseconds. The have turned me off of sever otherwise very nice watches. For example:
Which Design Elements Do You Not Care For On A Vintage Watch?
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noelekal
··Home For Wayward WatchesHah! We're going to have to have a "design elements favored" thread for I love sub-seconds any way they are served up.
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vintage hab
·
Many more details through this link:
https://www.rolexmagazine.com/2012/09/the-history-of-california-dial.html
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janice&fred
·I never liked stylized lugs. The Constellation dog legs and twisted lugs on Speedmasters and SM300's just about reach my threshold of tolerance, and even then only on the appropriate bracelet.
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LesXL
·Cyclope for sure... Trying to avoid date windows as much as I can
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noelekal
··Home For Wayward WatchesI forgot to mention the wretched Cyclops. That feature is a non-starter for sure and an offense to the eye. I'm a fogy so perhaps that opinion might be forgiven.
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johnireland
·I’m not a big fan of date windows unless they are discrete or don’t bugger up the symmetry of the dials … and don’t get me started on Cyclopes … the more apt nomenclature here would be browneye
I think the cyclops is a great solution to unreadably small windows.
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johnireland
·I will pass on a watch that has a see through case back, mixes digital and mechanical, has an absurd number of complications, is just another resurrected name that has no link to the original brand, is over 38mm in diameter, looks like the 70s, has cross hairs on the main dial, tries to look like a Submariner while claiming it isn't trying to look like a Submariner, is made by Harry Winston, has an ornately decorated movement, has an illegible dial, comes on a rubber strap that doesn't use standard spring bars, or is a tribute to an earlier model.
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gbesq
·I will pass on a watch that has a see through case back, mixes digital and mechanical, has an absurd number of complications, is just another resurrected name that has no link to the original brand, is over 38mm in diameter, looks like the 70s, has cross hairs on the main dial, tries to look like a Submariner while claiming it isn't trying to look like a Submariner, is made by Harry Winston, has an ornately decorated movement, has an illegible dial, comes on a rubber strap that doesn't use standard spring bars, or is a tribute to an earlier model.
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LesXL
·I think the cyclops is a great solution to unreadably small windows.
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johnireland
·So Timex then? 😁
Well, my Omega Constellation, my Seamaster, my 266 movement Jumbo Omega, my two Rolex 1018s, my two Rolex 1013s, my 1601 DateJust, my mid-fifties Bulova, my 1940s Gruen, and my 1930s LeCoultre all work for me and have none of the items I object to. And a friend of mine has a great old Timex automatic that still runs beautifully...and I may start looking for one just on general principle.
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gbesq
·Well, my Omega Constellation, my Seamaster, my 266 movement Jumbo Omega, my two Rolex 1018s, my two Rolex 1013s, my 1601 DateJust, my mid-fifties Bulova, my 1940s Gruen, and my 1930s LeCoultre all work for me and have none of the items I object to. And a friend of mine has a great old Timex automatic that still runs beautifully...and I may start looking for one just on general principle.
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Spruce
··Sunburst dial fanJust kidding. But I disagree with you on the display case back and decorated movements, at least for some watches. My JLC Master Ultra Thin Moon has both and the movement, with its solid pink gold rotor shaped like the JL symbol, is both a mechanical masterpiece and an art object.
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rob#1
·+1 (or should that be -1?) for the Cyclops.
Also, not a big fan of the Mercedes hands (so that counts out most Rx watches for me 😉)
Also, not a big fan of the Mercedes hands (so that counts out most Rx watches for me 😉)
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FREDMAYCOIN
·Not a fan of fluted bezels.
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Tony C.
··Ωf Jury member...and on with the list.
6) too much text (e.g. "officially certified superlative..." 😁)
7) sub-second register on an automatic watch
8) Masonic dials
9) stick hands on otherwise substantial watches (the dissonance is painful)
10) soft case lines which make it difficult to discern whether, or how much polishing has been done
6) too much text (e.g. "officially certified superlative..." 😁)
7) sub-second register on an automatic watch
8) Masonic dials
9) stick hands on otherwise substantial watches (the dissonance is painful)
10) soft case lines which make it difficult to discern whether, or how much polishing has been done
