Pet Peeve with GO..

for a while now.. something has bothered me and keeps me from buying GO..

while i love the styling, i love the movements....oh the movements!, love the dials, love the cases...

2 flaws i find that if fixed would raise the level of GO very much.. as the movments/dials/cases/straps are phenomenal to me.. and i would say almost up to lange level in my book.

1: THE WRITING ON THE BACKS.... when you flip over a lange...what do you see? (Brand name, Model #, city (glashuette), metal stampings.. THATS IT!

take this beautiful senator sixties:

flip it over..

!!!!!!!

3ATM=not needed, if i needed to know the water resistance rating, i can look in my manual
Water Resistant=really... with the 3ATM there this is very redundant.. neither needs to even be there though
Shockproof=again, i could look in manual if i wanted to read this
Saphire Crystal=would be on spec sheet, not watch... i really honestly dont care if its saphire, mineral or plexi.. but seeing its a newer watch i would guess saphire and dont need to read this day after day when admiring my movemen.
St. Steel=if it was white gold or platinum, first would be able to tell from hue of metal.. but again if white gold or platinum.. it would carry stampings.. which it doesnt so we know its steel

the glashuette and serial/model #... understandable and needed/wanted... but the rest.. just an eye sore in my opinion.

look at this beautiful watch.. i would buy in heartbeat if only i wasnt afraid to turn it over..

just bothers me.. several pieces i like, but my AD is not local so i have him take a picture of the back and every model always has some frivolous writing on the back.. can they please stop this?

hopefully not alone, does anyone else feel the same way?

my only other flaw, is easily fixed.. the deployants look like the same deployants they sell on ebay for 25$... with the big fold over flip top... this can be fixed with using a tang, and i really like their tang design.. so this isnt a big problem

-riley

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I agree!

By: horologism : November 28th, 2008-19:51

Yep,

By: crabman : November 29th, 2008-08:47

I would love for GO to lose the silly scripts. I myself have now bought in and I hope everyone understands that my criticism is intended to be constructive but I really dislike this particular aspect of their entire line. Why crow about something a silly ...

constructive criticism all the way

By: rijowysock : November 29th, 2008-09:16

I think your first point is a fair one to make, Riley . . .

By: Dr No : November 29th, 2008-10:44

. . . and reasonable, too, although I'm sure you'll allow that there are others who aren't as bothered by the plethora of script. The example you chose to make your point is perhaps the most egregious in the line-up as pertains to script, necessary or oth...

A reasonable response as always Art but,

By: crabman : November 29th, 2008-11:10

in the end would you say that the script on the various watch cases is simply filling space or desirable as is for that purpose? In other words assuming it is desirable to fill that space is this the way you would yourself choose to do so? To my mind the ...

In the case (pun intended) of the Sixties, the problem . . .

By: Dr No : November 29th, 2008-11:22

. . . emanates from the unique sapphire back, which exposes not only the movement but the entire underside of the watch, and as a consequence, there's a greater amount of space that has to be absorbed in some fashion or another; leaving the exposed area u...

Authenticity

By: LarsDane : November 29th, 2008-14:19

While I can agree from a purely aesthetic point of view I think that there is some reason in putting the text on the back. Any watch from the sixties would have similar text: Waterproof, anti magnetic, and shock resistant, typically. It adds to the credib...

I thought the post was directed at the entire line

By: crabman : November 29th, 2008-17:51

and he (perhaps unfortunately) used the 60s as an example. To be clear my comments were not directed at the sixties in particular but the line in general. I would still lose some script on that one but would happily wear as is

My mistake.

By: LarsDane : November 30th, 2008-13:40

Usually, the descriptive terms that you listed were printed on the dial . . .

By: Dr No : November 30th, 2008-11:53

. . . and the issue at hand, if I understand correctly, is directed at the scripting on the back. Many G O's also have descriptive print on the dial as well, but my feeling is that most English-speaking aficionados aren't as bothered by 'gangreserve' as t...

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Pet Peeve with GO..

Pet Peeve with GO..

I agree!

Yep,

constructive criticism all the way

I think your first point is a fair one to make, Riley . . .

A reasonable response as always Art but,

In the case (pun intended) of the Sixties, the problem . . .

Authenticity

I thought the post was directed at the entire line

My mistake.

Usually, the descriptive terms that you listed were printed on the dial . . .

Interesting point about the different languages Art...

Let's be thankful the writing is sequestered to the backside...

Ably put, Khalil . . .