Or do you rotate reps and gens (or reps and reps) throughout the week? Would you ever have a one-watch collection that consisted exclusively of a rep? Or, if not a one-watch collection, an everyday watch that is a rep?
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Is Your Daily Wearer a Rep?
- Thread starter Migraineur
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I rarely wear the same watch for more than a day, tbh. Its a healthy rotation between reps and a couple of cheapo gens (Swatch, Seiko, G-Shock and the like).
Personally, I’d never go for a one-watch collection, regardless of whether it’s a gen or a rep. Too boring. I need variety
Personally, I’d never go for a one-watch collection, regardless of whether it’s a gen or a rep. Too boring. I need variety
What is? You who are new all the time making confusion
People that only have one watch still travel by freight car in my mind
I apologize for making anyone think about only having one watch. I should have known that is triggering. It will be OK. I promise.
For spring and summer, I wake up in the morning and put on a Traska Commuter. In fall and winter, I wake up and put on an Oris BCPD. I’m trying to imagine whether I would ever do the same for a rep. Or whether they would always be more occasional pieces.
For spring and summer, I wake up in the morning and put on a Traska Commuter. In fall and winter, I wake up and put on an Oris BCPD. I’m trying to imagine whether I would ever do the same for a rep. Or whether they would always be more occasional pieces.
I’m really in love with the grand seiko heritage watches they made a few years back with a watch for each season, and I’ve been trying to figure out what mine will be ever since.
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I wear my Apple Watch everyday to work, sometimes I rotate between my Santos or my Datejust. When it's sunny and good weather I prefer my DJ as I got an aftermarket set bezel with lab diamonds.
Usually it's my Apple Watch though
In my free-time it's the prior two watches + an Omega x Swatch Speedmaster. Depends if it's more casual or sporty.
Usually it's my Apple Watch though
In my free-time it's the prior two watches + an Omega x Swatch Speedmaster. Depends if it's more casual or sporty.
For the most part I don't distinguish between rep and gen in my choosing anymore, they're all just eye candy 
If they give me a smile they get worn, if not they get sold/gifted (except for the sentimental ones)
The only exception is when hitting the beach/pool - there it's always a Casioak.
If they give me a smile they get worn, if not they get sold/gifted (except for the sentimental ones)
The only exception is when hitting the beach/pool - there it's always a Casioak.
I wear my watches for me, always have. But I’m not blind to the fact that, at work, rocking something that looks like a Rolex (for lack of a better-known flex) can catch a few too many wandering eyes. So here’s my system: I rotate everything, reps, gens, weird shit, dressy, flashy, whatever. One day, one watch, never the same two days in a row.
Weekends are when I lean into the fun stuff, more recognisable pieces, the Rolexes, the ones that would make people clutch their pearls if they thought they were gen. During the week I keep it tame, cleaner designs, less heat. Sure, there’s overlap now and then, but that’s the general rule.
And if I end up wearing a Rolex to work one day? Fuck it. Let them stare. I’ve got bigger things to worry about than wristwatch politics.
Weekends are when I lean into the fun stuff, more recognisable pieces, the Rolexes, the ones that would make people clutch their pearls if they thought they were gen. During the week I keep it tame, cleaner designs, less heat. Sure, there’s overlap now and then, but that’s the general rule.
And if I end up wearing a Rolex to work one day? Fuck it. Let them stare. I’ve got bigger things to worry about than wristwatch politics.
Which to the last point, makes me regret not having bought the “Fuck em” submariner a few years ago
