Ok, well I learned I have crap taste from this thread, lol. Love Breitlings and the Hublot Classic Fusion is one of my favorites. So clean, elegant, and sporty at the same time. Who cares what it costs and what movement it has. It's beautiful. Like a Rolex movement is so special. Change a spring out and balance wheel and boom. Same movement (slight jest). And that Invicta, yeah it's big but look at the Proplof that people drool over wanting. Put Invicta's name on it and people would want to gouge their eyes out after seeing it. It makes no sense (I would still totally own one as a rep though and will probably get the Steeldive version at some point). Those weird Invictas are like cheap art. I wouldn't wear one but they're cool, have lots of details and are actually built pretty well for the price. They're not trying to be much for the 250 you might pay. Love double AR. I can't stand any reflectivity in my crystals.
Ok so a list but I'm sure I'll think of more later.
1) Date omission. I need to have a date.
2) Followed by bracelets with no micro adjust. I've been lucky several times but why? Calibre De Cartier has enormous lugs with no half links. I don't know how anybody is getting that to fit on bracelet. I put my rep on a strap unfortunately.
3) Gradient dial paint. Pick a darn color. Do you want a black dial or another color? Gradient dials remind me of tunnel vision like you going to pass out. The transitions almost look digitized. Haven't seen many I'm a fan of really (I only have one in my collection which is actually pretty nice. There are always exceptions
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4) No double AR. Hate any glare. I'd rather see scratched AR that is invisible most of the time unless directly hit by light than a milky glarey crystal 100% of the time. AR's point is to be invisible 80% of the time so scratches visible only 20%. That's better than glare and I can tune it out.
5) Dive watches. Yeah I have a few and they're great (there's that exceptions thing again) but it still doesn't change this opinion and they're still not my favorite. Most (not all) of those I have are stainless steel bezels (Breitling type) so the don't really look like divers. If wearing a dive watch isn't like dressing up like a Halloween costume as a kid or cosplay I don't know what is. So you want to rip on Invicta or Breitling or whatever but you want to wear a costume piece? If you haven't been more than touching the bottom of a pool or you live in central Idaho or something you don't need anything that says you dive and play in water. Timing bezels can be found on any type of watch. It doesn't have to be a dive watch. People say "I love dive watches" FOR WHAT?!? It certainly isn't diving. There I said it. That one will probably pucker the bung holes of 80% of the people on here but I feel better and after taking the anal bang train from the anti Breitling people tough
It's good we like different things. If y'all didn't like Rolex and AP, my least favorite brands and designs, I wouldn't have gotten to enjoy experiencing them and well..... you guys probably don't enjoy the Breitling and Hublot, Bvlgari, Bell & Ross experiences like me but that's ok because I got both experiences. More variety for me. All good. And that Graham Chronofighter. It looks really cool and I would buy it as a rep. As a watch though it's pretty bad....but still cool!
