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.
Hotter take: G-Shock will be a distant memory long before any of those other watches you mentioned will.
If lighters existed 5000 years ago people wouldn’t have had to rub sticks together.
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.
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.
It’s all dress watches, all just dress watches.
Hot take: the speedmaster is the most overrated watch of all time.
Yeah right 🤦♂️
“Nice” watches are jewelry and hobby
Not even a lukewarm take.
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
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?
I mean there are more Casios on the ISS than Omegas.
Ice cold take my man. A hotter take would be water is wet.
facts!! no need fir any deeper analysis and or discussions 🤷🏼♂️
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.
Counterpoint - there’s a reason why many airplanes, race cars, and ships still rely on mechanical instrumentation or have a mechanical secondary.
was that lvl of technology even capable back then?
thats like saying, if flying cars exists today everyone would be using them. no shit sherlock. more like a braindead take.