A lot of people wear speedmasters because the Apollo astronauts wore them. This is mostly in jest, but if people really wanted to emulate those Apollo astronaut icons, they would choose the most practical options which would be quartz watches, not mechanical watches. They’d be brighter, have better battery, keep better time, more durable, etc

But in seriousness, I totally respect the history and craftsmanship of these watches, just not their practicality in modern day.

  • pablete_@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Hot take: If G shocks existed 2075+ years ago, all the Romans, Egyptians, and Persians would have used them instead of sun clocks, hour glasses and crowing roosters

  • RangerGripp@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Stupid fucking take.

    The watches of yesteryears were that time’s G-shocks etc.

    Getting a tool that is 100 years from the future?

    Yea I’ll take it.

  • kapparino-feederino@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    i never find anyone who buys speedmaster because:

    “they wanna be astronauts”

    they buy it because its the moonwatch, the watch that went to the moon, the history of it.

    and 2nd reason is because they like the looks.

  • rb4osh@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m curating a value stack of basic watches.

    Basically, field, sport, dress, and workout.

    I have the field but more and more I look at it and think “this should be a G shock”

    If I ever go camping/skiing/whatever else, I want a g shock.

  • allgonetoshit@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I just want to say that people who are over 40 grew up when everyone wore a watch. And, you know, in the 80s, everyone wore a digital Timex or Casio or Seiko or whatever. There is a LOT of revisionist history from Rolex fanboys of all ages and a lot of younger people who simply did not experience the watch world pre-mobile phones. Sure, there was always people wearing super high end dress watches, but that’s ALL that high end watches have been for a LONG time. Those divers, sports watches, GMTs, whatever are all dress watches and have been just dress watches since the 90s, probably the 80s for most people too.

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    I don’t care what the overweight Rolex fanboy that dives 2 times a year in Cancun with his Sea Dweller. Serious divers use dive computers. Hikers, rock climbers, explorers use Garmins, Apple watches, etc. People exploring caves have watches with backlighting, etc.

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    It’s all dress watches, all just dress watches.

  • UsefulSchism@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yeah, and they would’ve used machine guns at the Alamo if they were available. What’s your point exactly besides an unoriginal cold take?

  • ivanyufen@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    i think people that boast about spec on their automatic watch, talk about it and compare them with another mechanical watches. No sane person would compare their mechanical watch to a quartz/solar/smartwatch (unless about history or aesthetic)