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Simple question: When you buy a watch, what's more important for you, the movement or the looks? I recognize that there is also a point about functionality. But the way I see it we can handily integrate that into either category. Example: You like divers. A diver's function depends largely on it's case design and a simple but reliable movement inside will do. So you choose "looks". Or you want a complicated watch with a certain feature set, you choose "movement".
Things like history and craftsmanship can also be summed up under these two categories. Some watches have fantastic outside and inside craftsmanship but the movements are simple. Others have a historically important movement but the craftsmanship is nothing special.
When I make a buying decision it can be based on either of the two. Sometimes one is more important than the other. Both are valid choices and standpoints for me. I'd just like to see where WUS stands.
So I'm not giving a 50/50 option because that would be boring. Are you a movement person or a looks person first and foremost?
For me I guess, with a pistol to my head (and it would still be a hard decision) I'd say movement. But I admit that if I found a watch totally ugly and it had the greatest movement, it better be really affordable. ;-)
What's your choice?
EDIT: When I think about it, and this might help, I only bought 4 out of 24 watches I own for their looks. An E1, a sea Dweller, a Panerai PAM001 and a Citizen Diver with monocoque case. It does help that they all keep excellent time, though.
Things like history and craftsmanship can also be summed up under these two categories. Some watches have fantastic outside and inside craftsmanship but the movements are simple. Others have a historically important movement but the craftsmanship is nothing special.
When I make a buying decision it can be based on either of the two. Sometimes one is more important than the other. Both are valid choices and standpoints for me. I'd just like to see where WUS stands.
So I'm not giving a 50/50 option because that would be boring. Are you a movement person or a looks person first and foremost?
For me I guess, with a pistol to my head (and it would still be a hard decision) I'd say movement. But I admit that if I found a watch totally ugly and it had the greatest movement, it better be really affordable. ;-)
What's your choice?
EDIT: When I think about it, and this might help, I only bought 4 out of 24 watches I own for their looks. An E1, a sea Dweller, a Panerai PAM001 and a Citizen Diver with monocoque case. It does help that they all keep excellent time, though.