A few things that annoy me about watches.
Upside down numerals on dials or bezels. Unless they bezel rotates, as on a diver, there is NO reason to have them upside down. Particularly when they are on the dial. There is a Ball Trainmaster Roman that I like a LOT, but the reversed numerals from IIII to VIII are a deal breaker. The IIII is no real problem, as it reads the same either way, but IV is. There are a couple of Tissots I would consider except for that.
Dive watches that aren't really dive watches (minor peeve). Fixed bezels on a dive watch are almost useless.
Really huge numerals on a dial. Completely out of proportion with the rest of the text.
Hard to read dials. It's a watch; it's supposed to be easy to read.
I like my date to be at 3; 4 or 6 is acceptable, 12 is just wrong. So is 9.
Really BIG watches. Some folk's wrists are just not meant to have a 50mm on them. This is a very minor peeve; you wear what you like. A lady friend asked hiw I liked her latest watch. She's about 5' nothing, weighs in it about 100lbs (if that). Told her it was too big for her wrist. She was a tad annoyed, but it didn't break our friendship.
Watches that are not what they are advertised as. On one of the larger online sites, they have several Omega Seamasters listed a Aqua Terras. They are not.
Watches that dont keep particularly good time. At the outside, I'm ok with up to about 20 seconds/day, unless it costs considerably more than my Seiko 5.
Watches that have NO numerals or index markers (I'm looking at you Movado)
Skeleton watches. Just too hard to read, and not appealing to me. No offense meant to you who like them. I understand the appeal, but they're not for me.
24 hour only dials. I learned to read time on a 12 hour dial, and thats how I liked it. No problem with dials that also have 24 hour markings, i.e.. smaller 13-24 numbers from 1-12 (hope that's clear)
The "Bubble" or 'Cyclops" over the date. Just ugly.
I have more, but that's all for now.
What your peeves/dislikes about watches? Or come back with what you like that I don't.
Upside down numerals on dials or bezels. Unless they bezel rotates, as on a diver, there is NO reason to have them upside down. Particularly when they are on the dial. There is a Ball Trainmaster Roman that I like a LOT, but the reversed numerals from IIII to VIII are a deal breaker. The IIII is no real problem, as it reads the same either way, but IV is. There are a couple of Tissots I would consider except for that.
Dive watches that aren't really dive watches (minor peeve). Fixed bezels on a dive watch are almost useless.
Really huge numerals on a dial. Completely out of proportion with the rest of the text.
Hard to read dials. It's a watch; it's supposed to be easy to read.
I like my date to be at 3; 4 or 6 is acceptable, 12 is just wrong. So is 9.
Really BIG watches. Some folk's wrists are just not meant to have a 50mm on them. This is a very minor peeve; you wear what you like. A lady friend asked hiw I liked her latest watch. She's about 5' nothing, weighs in it about 100lbs (if that). Told her it was too big for her wrist. She was a tad annoyed, but it didn't break our friendship.
Watches that are not what they are advertised as. On one of the larger online sites, they have several Omega Seamasters listed a Aqua Terras. They are not.
Watches that dont keep particularly good time. At the outside, I'm ok with up to about 20 seconds/day, unless it costs considerably more than my Seiko 5.
Watches that have NO numerals or index markers (I'm looking at you Movado)
Skeleton watches. Just too hard to read, and not appealing to me. No offense meant to you who like them. I understand the appeal, but they're not for me.
24 hour only dials. I learned to read time on a 12 hour dial, and thats how I liked it. No problem with dials that also have 24 hour markings, i.e.. smaller 13-24 numbers from 1-12 (hope that's clear)
The "Bubble" or 'Cyclops" over the date. Just ugly.
I have more, but that's all for now.
What your peeves/dislikes about watches? Or come back with what you like that I don't.