Horological Meandering

I'm shore we all gotta em, I know I do lol. Here's a short list of my Pet Peeves please I'm not complaining just speaking the truth.

1) Multifunction watches that display day, date, month ect that have over sized chronograph pushers. If your gonna make a watch that isn't a Chronograph pleas use resist pushers

2) Gold plated two-tone watches only plated on the front??? I understand to some companies is more money and time consuming but come on would it kill you? I know its not solid gold, but not everyone else does

3) Fake looking Tourbillions with cheesy looking open heart complications? Now don't get me wrong there are some companies such as Federique Constant open heart watches that can pass with flying colors, but some look to dull even for a non watch lover to wear.

4) so called dive watches that are rated to 200m and up and don't feature rotating bezels? How can a manufacture have a dive watch and have no rotating bezel?

And my biggest of them all drum roll please

5) Quartz watches who second hand does not line up with the minute markers, I've passed up good looking quartz watches because the second hand didn't touch the minute markers.

OK what are yours?

LOL. I guess I'm the only one who has Watch Pet peeves.

there are many things that one could say i particularly dont like when dials have too much writing sounds crazy but i think it makes it look cheap

1) I sort of understand having "automatic" or "chronometer" in the dial, especially if a brand has various watches that look similar and it actually helps to distinguish the watches.  But writing "tourbillon" above or below the complication that is exposed on the dial? Realy? Also, if a watch is a chronograph, the dial does not need to say so.

2) why Can JLC make a reverso that fits me?  All are too big or too small and I have been trying them on for a decade.  Frustrating. And the most recent additions are just bigger though less tuna can-ish than the XGTs.  Oh well, all in good time I suppose.

 Jeff

a) My main pet peeve is brands using tiny movements in large cases.  I'm alright with medium sized movements in large cases, but miniscule movements in large cases is a no no for me.  Many brands try to design the dial with a lot of superfluous text or minute railroad tracks at the perimeter of dial to disguise the small movement.  But that doesn't do anything because all the subdials on the watch are too squished into the center of the dial.

b) Super skinny leather straps and buckles on large cases.  As the trend of watch sizes has increased over these recent years, the width of the straps really hasn't increased to accomodate these larger cases.  Many brands are still too cheap to redesign these straps and buckles to larger widths to improve comfortability.

Cheers,
Anthony

Good list especially the small movements in big cases.

leaves for an unbalanced dial, as you said.

And to add to your point Anthony, straps that taper ridiculously like from 22 to 16 on a big watch.

But very subjective, in my opinion, so I will only speak for myself.

The worst for me are fake watches.

Then, very colse to fakes, the " Homage ", I mean watches totally remade with spare parts, which we see a lot with Vintage Panerai.

Then, an excessive writing ( I buy a watch, not a book ) on the dial.

Then, the top of the subjective, the style of the watch: For example, the Zenith under the Nataf Reign, I don't get their interest.

That's what comes to my mind, if I think about this topic...

Best,

Nicolas

...my peeve is dressy or illegible Dive watches. There are so many great choices in that category that I wonder why....

Homage: when done well - Longines Legend Diver (no date), Polaris - wonderful. When done badly - Longines WWW - terrible. The remade watches are a little more complex. If done honestly, Watchco SM300s for example, I have no problem. You have a vintage diver able to happily operate as a new watch. When done to deceive, they are make a (bad) joke.

Other peeves: Pretend military watches - Stupid and misguided (to be polite) 'SS' logos, bad aeroplanes, Navy SEALs and guns on the dial, no. And no.

Hi Nico,

I generally agree regarding dial verbiage, but there are some watches, such as several Rolex models, where the writing seems to work with the design, at least to my eyes. Perhaps it's a longevity thing and I have got used to it after decades of exposure.

Andrew

I live within walking distance of the biggest brewery in Australia. In Summer, you can see the bottles whizzing by. I tried using the Tachy to determine the production rate (yes, nerdy) got about 3 different figures....and very strange looks from passers-by.

meantioned in some user booklets, when one runs out of milestones, kilometer markings, and a horse - with or without a carriage - with or without a whip..

What a way to put my mind at ease - timing bottles coming off the production line!

Cheers
amerix

The G.O. PanoMaticCounter XL, combining a chronograph with a push-operated counter from 1 to 99 or from 99 to 0, with ups and downs in either direction, was introduced this March.

Ninety-nine bottles of beer on the wall. Now what will happen if one of them falls -- ninety-eight bottles of beer on the wall . . .

So much for the tachymeter.

A diver‘s watch with a non-rotatable bezel really takes the cake!



amerix

 

 super luminova painted dial as a whole for example some chronoswiss  watches, green luminova ,  too much writing on the dial or non organized mismatch of colors on the dial small movements for big cases .

 

 Faisal

 

 

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Watches with horrible lume??? Whats the point of having luminous hands and Hour Markers with bad lume?

The color, the way in which it is applied, the parts of the watch it is used on (what's the use of lumed hands when the indices are not similarly lumed), mismatched colours on hands and dial, the duration and intensity of the luminosity, etc.

Interested...

Andrew

Its not the color, but some companies like Invicta for example say their lume (Tritnite) is some of the best I out there believe it when I say it sucks. And some companies can sometimes be a little lazy when they use luminous paint. But that's for other people to answer LOL.

Leather straps on dive watches make no sense to me.  Also sports chronos, the kind you would go swimming with, not having screw down pushers.

No big deal but just kind of makes me wonder....

Ray

1) Limited editions when there are a couple of thousands of the same watch out there. Or just come out with variations of dials and it's a limited edition? I dun think I need to mention the manufactures that does this...most are guilty.

2) 50mm or bigger watches. I know the trend is going to be BIG, but on a practical note who would be wearing these? Someone with serious long sightedness? Or really BIG wrist?

For your main pet peeve, I think Omega X33 that I have fits the bill!

cheers

PAt

I had a wonderful Zenith Class El Primero with large Arabic numbers; however, it did not have any distinguishing five minute markers.  This design feature prevented me from being able to accurately tell the time, which grew more frustrating over time.  I ended up trading in this watch for a Rolex GMT-IIC.  I won't get any watch without clear and distinguishable five minute markers... unless I do want to guess at the correct time ala Movado.

Regards,
Ira

Here is:

a) Bracelets without micro adjustment. Wrist size varies with the weather and ...

b) Unbalance between the watch head and the bracelet/strap. Example: See the recent Rolex models.

c) Blueish anti glare coating.

d) Fake military association.

e) Non "hacking" movements.

f) And the list goes.

Cheers,

Nilo

For me, apart from fake watches:

1. Limited editions which are only limited to the amount they can sell

2. Re-issue of limited editions, which are also limited editions

3. Trying to pretend/ copy another manufacturer

4. Associating with something that has nothing to do with the company.

Cheers

I want this thread to go on as long as possible. I know there are a lot of members here, who have not commented. If you have any more watch pet peeves please do tell.

 

 and LOL at reasons 1,2,4 .

 

 Faisal

"white" date boxes on colored dials, rather than paying the extra couple of bucks to get a same-color-as-dail disc with white font. (i.e.: it's my one pet peeve with my Superocean and Compressor Diver Chrono vs my Hour Vision).

Beyond that, mega-complication for the sake of pe*is-envy. (i.e.: Aternitas 4, etc.). You can't read the functions!

-Dean

I have seen some watches where I could not find the hands. I don't mean I couldn't find them at first glance, I mean they were invisible. Maybe my eyes are not as good as they used to be (they're not), but it really should be possible to tell that a watch has hands unless it's dark. Shiny silver on a shiny silver dial is the top culprit.

I also object to small movements in large watches.