I thought of another one, and it’s controversial...
Nov 10, 2019,14:49 PM
....I described the WG Pepsi GMT that came out a few years back as ‘an abomination’. Maybe ‘worst watch of all time’ is hyperbolic, but I remember finding it really disappointing. It struck me as very cynical.
I'm going to throw in my vote for this abomination: the Romain Jerome Pokemon Tourbillon I usually don't like to hate on watches, but this is one of the select few that I would actually wish out of existence is possible. I remember Tim Mosso once talking ...
And in this way I feel sorry for all these multi-billionaires. Whether it’s blinging out a Casio or dropping 31 million on a Patek, it strikes me as an attempt to find the next “high”, but I imagine the feeling of euphoria is a fleeting one. NickO
... the ones I hate are the Titanic series, too much profiting off the dead for my taste. A brand I usually really hate is Jacob and Co. I'll single out this one (from the web obviously), not just for the absurd conspicuous consumption but also for the ge...
I didn't actually think that anyone was going to be able to top the RJ when I made this post. But if you put a gun to my head, didn't allow me to choose having my brains blown out as an option, and forced me to wear one of these watches, I might actually ...
....I described the WG Pepsi GMT that came out a few years back as ‘an abomination’. Maybe ‘worst watch of all time’ is hyperbolic, but I remember finding it really disappointing. It struck me as very cynical.
Surely Jacob & Co has numerous contenders! But I've also run across a few Zenith Defy pieces that made me gag. I have a boxing enthusiast cousin who keeps yapping about Mayweather's amazing collection. I keep trying to help him "get it" with horology....
To be frank, I'm not fan of this type of topic. The "worst" watch could be the watch somebody likes. It is just a matter of taste. Or we can talk about engineering failures, design mistakes (for example a non legible scale) or some other objective downsid...