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Great thread, Douglas!
Sep 09, 2021,22:59 PM
My personal pet peeves:
* cost-saving measures with simultaneous profiteering, especially:
• lovelessly produced movements without precision work in the high price (haute horlogerie) segment or
• movements that are too small in cases that are too large or
• calling rudimentary revised standard movements “in-house” or
• cheating in general
* hands, that are polished not on all sides
* standardized white date wheels that are built into as many watches as possible, regardless of whether the color matches the dial or not
* „Automatic“ written on the dial
* watch models from the diving watch segment with a water resistance of only 30m
* in general: watches with a WR less than 10 bar (especially if they are meant to be „sports watches“). A WR of 10 bar should be a minimum standard in modern watchmaking.
* concepts that are brought to market quickly, that are not well thought out and are driven by management and / or marketing departments that have no real passion for watches and could just as easily be active in the detergent industry
* artificial shortage
* etc
Best
Thomas
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Excellent thread!
By: Lankysudanese : September 9th, 2021-17:40
1. Date wheels at the 4:30 position 2. Date functionality that doesn’t automatically switch at midnight (slow changing) 3. Date functionality that can only be set forwards 4. And, last but not least, having the date functionality in general. After all, th...
👍
By: MTR : September 9th, 2021-22:57
Like what Lankysudanese said....
By: Clueless_Collector : September 9th, 2021-18:20
Date window at 4:30pm is a no-go for me...which is why I can't get any sought after APs P Brands that makes models that I cannot tell them apart, like Panerai. I also do not like imbalanced dial, a small seconds window on the side...like the FPJ CBs and e...
My Pet Peeves
By: Weems@8 : September 9th, 2021-18:21
Rolex deliver almost every watch on a bracelet. Rolex never heard of a sapphire crystal case back. AP thinks a Royal Oak is enough. PP is afraid to come with modern watches. Brand neutral Pet Peeves: Complex strap attach systems, you can only chose what t...
Limited editions
By: mhz vph : September 9th, 2021-19:18
As weems said, a pet peeve for many, and certainly for me. I'm especially disappointed to see GS going down the limited edition route. If you're the type of person who heavily analyzes your options before a purchase, it makes that analysis impossible. By ...
What I find really annoying
By: VinnieD : September 9th, 2021-19:28
Is the lack of available product... it drives me crazy not to be able to walk into a store and just order a piece that I like. Waiting 1 year or so would be perfectly acceptable but having to buy less interesting pieces in order to have the honour to be o...
Great thread, Douglas!
By: MTR : September 9th, 2021-22:59
My personal pet peeves: * cost-saving measures with simultaneous profiteering, especially: • lovelessly produced movements without precision work in the high price (haute horlogerie) segment or • movements that are too small in cases that are too large or...
Hehehehe…. But I admit that laughter often gets stuck in my throat….
By: MTR : September 10th, 2021-08:07
Unfortunately you are right, there are not many brands left but there are also always a few gems from almost every brand (I'm just thinking of my wonderful minute repeater from IWC from the good old days). I definitely won't let myself be blinded by any m...
Display backs on “tool” watches
By: Mario : September 9th, 2021-23:12
And also on watches where the only thing that shows is the rotor and/or balance wheel.
My peeves
By: roundel : September 10th, 2021-16:04
I do not like cathedral hands. Non quick set dates. Manual wind watches that are not comfortable to wind (Speedy pro) Brand names that remind me of feces (Shinola) Watch shapes that look like toilets (Towson Watch Company) Too many contrasting fonts on a ...
How about odd lug sizes
By: mjcruiser : September 13th, 2021-01:36
19 - 21 -23 just are not necessary. Surely an extra millimeter will not ruin the golden proportions of the watch; and open up the options for the next strap.
