vintage rolex/hedi slimane - Page 2

fair enough to you guys who slated me for the slimane comment- it was very much an afterthought to put it in there. i think the point i was trying to make is that a pared down, slimmer design goes well with the fitted clothes i like to wear- just looks wrong to me with a big dial-covered shiny panerai or breitling or whatever.
it also explains, rather obliquely, why i like the air king. i have a datejust that i was given but find the dial rather busy and the cyclops date window just plain ugly.
i am no horologist but why should i not be able to appreciate other things about the watch? its beauty and also the 'wabi-sabi' feel of its age. rather like a beautiful functional pair of denims or tweed jacket that have only gotten better over the years. i tend to look for that quality in all my things, i just prefer it.
thanks also for the suggestion of the explorer- i actually agree that they are more beautiful. again i would go for the older explorer 1 model. however i travel a lot, brazil, russia, china- and just dont want to be wearing a watch that expensive. again and again im told that if a mugger approaches you, you just need to hand stuff over. a friend of mine was slashed across the face in sao paolo when he hesitated in front of a knife-wielding mugger.
anyway bought the watch and i love it!

can't say i agree- do i need to know every nuance of coffee growing to enjoy a really good brand? not necessarily. i don't need to have gone to some gourmet coffee appreciation course to allow the depth/subtlety of the flavours to become apparent to me on a daily basis. i have worn rolexes for years and feel there is a level of quality in build/aesthetics and mechanical engineering there that i value, that weathers well over time. that seems to me worth the money- and is surely the point of all that watchmakers art? i mean in terms of simple accuracy a quartz casio would keep better time.
you're right that i might get something out of understanding more the actual mechanics of horology but where would you draw that line? people can spend a lifetime actually doing that...
and re your earlier point about rolex not even being the best of the swiss brands, well sure. i know that! it fits my own criteria of quality, aesthetics, price, value etc...