#opinion #watches #tudor

The Tudor Black Bay Pro GMT was an interesting release, not least because of controversy, perhaps even panic, regarding its thickness. At 14.6mm thick there was a bit of consternation at first, largely because we all felt it 'should' have been thinner. The community got over that bit of worry but I wonder if other brands would have survived the 'should' scare. If Breitling or Tag dared try and release a watch that failed the 'should' test would people have given the watch a similar opportunity to prove itself.

My point is that many watches fall at the 'should' hurdle and that if we give up our ideas of what a watch 'should' be and instead embrace it for what it is I think we'd be happier and this hobby would be more fun.

For your awareness some things about me and the channel.

I'm an engineer who's into human behavior, loves the ideas behind art, and sees watches as a mix of science, craft, art, business, history, technology, philosophy, and psychology. As a result, my videos cover all that ground.

Just to be clear, I hate the expression "it's just a watch". If you got this far watches matter to you and they represent a bridge between us - dismissing them as unimportant seems wrong and disrespectful. That doesn't mean we can't and don't have fun, it just means we should not be totally mindless of others.

I'm a watch collector and curator - I like my collections to have a theme. My collection has several themes:
1. Vintage Alpina watches
2. Travel watches (GMT. UTC, world timers, home times, dual times)
3. Seiko Prospex dive watches
4. Breitling chronographs
5. Stuff I just really like.

I often forget wristchecks so if you want to see what I'm wearing, my collection and other random bits of my life check out my Instagram:

@not.so.obvious.watches [ Ссылка ]

You can email me at not.so.obvious.watches@gmail.com

virtually all the music you'll hear on my channel I get from BenSound - [ Ссылка ]

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