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Unless you wear something glaringly ostentatious, > 99% of people will not notice nor care what’s on your wrist. Those that do notice won’t be judging you, they’ll be geeking out with you.
Personally, I prefer the Datejust. I prefer watches with date and think it’s more versatile for most people.
Go secondhand and buy from a reputable seller (I.e someone with many confirmed transactions, great feedback history, and provides a detailed description and pics of the watch). Use some of that $500+ you save to buy yourself a really nice bottle of champagne or whiskey. When the watch arrives, stand in front of the mirror and tell yourself how amazing it looks while sipping said champagne/whiskey and putting it on your wrist.
Boom there’s ya go. Same watch, same affirmation that it looks amazing on your wrist, and a much better drink to go along with it.
And if you need the bracelet resized, you can buy a link removal kit on Amazon for literally $10. That’s it. They’re super cheap and it’s not hard to do.
1·1 year agoI’ve been “into” watches since 2010 or so and only have 3, one of which was passed down to me by my father-in-law. By my standards, your Steve McQueen
Great choice! Is this ref 3210.50? I have the same one in white/silver, ref 3211.30.
These are one of the best values out there imo and immensely overlooked! This are numerous reasons why I picked this over the traditional Moonwatch and honestly like it more.
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I’ve got a 17cm/6.7” wrist, and the 40mm fits better than the traditional 42mm Moonwatch.
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This watch is automatic, which I find much more convenient for regular wear.
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I rely on the date function too often and honestly won’t consider a watch without one.
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Speaking of date, the 6-9-12 chrono layout with a date function at 3 looks aesthetically better to me than the 3-6-9 layout and a date function embedded within the 6 o’clock subdial or offset between the 3 and 6 o’clock subdials.
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these are rated at 10 bar water resistance, compared to 5 bar on the Moonwatch. This increase the versatility and piece of mind wearing it everyday, especially around water in the summer
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The movement, a modified Valjoux 7750 is much more serviceable than modern co-axial movements. Don’t get me wrong, coaxial are great, but a the 7750 can be serviced by most watchmakers and for cheaper than co-axial movements, or the stacked movements in the speedy reduced
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the Speedy Date has applied indices that really pop in the light and make the watch aesthetically feel more premium to me than the Moonwatch’s pained indices
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and you get all of these benefits in your Speedy for around just $2000 +/- $500 depending on condition and if it has box and papers, which is quite a bit cheaper than the traditional Moonwatch goes for
Tbh, the only thing the Moonwatch has over these Speedy Dates imo is the history. If you really care about having the watch closest to the original Moonwatch, the Hesalite Moonwatch is the way to go. But if you just want a quality Omega Chronograph, and care more about function and value over history, the Speedy Dates are hard to beat.
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The mesh on the Breitling is 🔥
1·1 year agoTMac had some dope kicks though. In middle school in the early 00s, I had a pair of TMac 2.0s in white and blue.
Lol yea, I would be too. Give me that chrono overseas, GMT Master, and Speedmaster, and I could never buy another watch again and still be very happy
Honestly, just wear one on each wrist and quit caring what people think.
From my own perspective, I have an Apple watch for running/biking. I’ve tried wearing it for normal day life and found the constant notifications to be irritating to the point I turned them all off. At that point though, the watch simply became a digital watch.