I was actually thinking of buying some more. lol. I have decided that I am only interested in skeleton watches. I will now explain, even though you probably don’t care.
I’ve realized over time that having a personal style is simply a series of self-imposed limits you enforce on your own choices. If your style is to wear hats, you are removing the option of not wearing hats most of the time. If your style is to always wear suits, you are removing the option of wearing non-suits most of the time.
One part of my personal style is I don’t wear jeans. This limits me and I accept (and even welcome) that. I’ve decided another part of my personal style is to wear mechanical skeleton watches.
I think my next one might be this Forge & Foster. I like it.
Interesting question. I know I should give up any of my possessions in a robbery. My life isn’t worth a watch or a phone. Knowing myself, I might consider whether I had other options first. If I thought the guy had a gun, I’d definitely give up any possessions to save my own life.
Seems both the link copying- as well as reply function doesn‘t work well with my tablet, for that I can‘t link to that older post of the only watch you ever posted, which design (and even colour) I like. But that older post was from 3rd May 2019 and for whatever reason this post was shown in my „reply-news“ today.
Interesting. Most women I know like them. To each their own, however.
There’s a German guy from Frankfurt I watch on Youtube and I asked him why never reviewed skeleton watches. He read my question on his show and his answer was simple, “I like dials”. His segment where he answers my question starts at 12:18. I’ve cued the video there.
He is cool. He married a Brazilian woman and lives with her in Frankfurt. I can admire his taste without sharing it. I would look ridiculous in those old-school suits he wears but they suit him. He makes them himself as a self-taught tailor. I dislike his music but I like that he plays it. And I really dislike his old-school vintage watches but I can appreciate his fascination with them. He has a tiny following on Youtube and he gets very few views (a few thousand a week) but he is his own man with his own style and I can admire that.
It just occurred to me that @Gundi’s dislike of skeleton watches could be a racial defect. The Germans make some of the best watches in the world. They are equal to the Swiss if not as famous at the art. They almost never make skeletons, however. A. Lange & Sohne, perhaps Germany’s best watch brand, makes some of the most beautifully decorated movements in all of watchdom but they’ve never made a single skeleton. They’ll do the display caseback thing so you can see the movement when you take the watch off, but the dial is always opaque. The same is true for all the other German brands I can think of. A strange and unfortunate trait.
