These are my notes from a recent youtube video I've done. Please remember these are just notes so a little rough you really should go check out the VLOG.
The vlog is here.
Also - please note that if there are any links in the text below I probably used them doing some research. I dont rebuild them for these posts, if they are broken they should still work if you cut and paste them into yout browser.
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DONT BUY AN SKX: (UNLESS YOU WANT TO)
PICTURE THIS ITS THE MID 90’S
NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR 94
COMMERCIAL USE RESTRICTIONS LIFTED 95 AND AOL OFFERING EASY CONNECTION TO INTERNET AT HOME
YAHOO 95
BULLETIN BOARDS HAD BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE BUT IT WAS NOW THE ERA OF THE FORUMS AND WATCH GEEKS ACROSS THE GLOBE COULD GEEK OUT TOGETHER.
AMAZON JULY 94
EBAY SEP 95
THEN IN 1996 THE SKX WAS RELEASED.
BUT
ALIBABA STARTS IN 1999
KICKSTARTER 2009
INSTAGRAM 2010
FIRST MICROBRANDS HITTING THE STREETS AROUND 2010 AND A WHOLE NEW INDUSTRIAL BASE HAS BEEN ENGAGED.
BUT ITS 2018 AND WE HAVE TO ASK CAN THE SKX BE JUSTIFIED 22 YEARS ON.
IN A WORD - NO
DESIGN
MOVEMENT
7S26. NO HACKING/HANDWINDING. NOTE - PRETTY MUCH EVERY MICROBRAND OFFERS MORE.
CASE
OK - THIS IS MY OPINION, YOUR MILEAGE MAY DIFFER BUT TO ME ITS A LUMPEN BLOB THAT LOOKS LIKE THE TOOLING HAS WORN OUT AND CANT PRODUCE CLEAN CURVES OR CRISP LINES ANYMORE.
EXECUTION
RANGES FROM ANNOYINGLY BAD TO EGREGIOUS
ANNOYING
SLOPPY BEZEL WITH LOTS OF PLAY
SIMPLE ALL OVER POLISH
PAINFUL
POOR MOVEMENT REGULATION
THINGS LIKE NON-ALIGNED CHAPTER RINGS
EGREGIOUS:
ACCESORIES
UBIQUITY.
.
INSANELY COMMON/A CLICHE/HARD TO SAY IT EXPRESSES YOU
ALTERNATIVES:
LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF OPTIONS - DIVIDE INTO THREE BROAD GROUPS
MAINSTREAM JAPANESE:
SEIKO. TURTLE/SAMURAI: COMES WITH
MICROBRAND
DAN HENRY 1970: 270USD
NH35/SAPPHIRE/MORE COMPLEX CASE/DIAL
RICHARD LEGRAND ODYSSEA II: 260-300USD
NH35/SAPPHIRE DIAL-BEZEL/SUNBURST CERAMIC DIAL
PHOIBOS WAVE MASTER: 219USD
NH38/SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL/COMPLEX DIALS AND CASES
LEFT FIELD
VOSTOK. 50USD
DEEP BLUE NATO 300.
NH35/SAPPHIRE/300M/BLACK PVD?/QUALITY
NOW TWO REASON YOU MIGHT STILL WANT TO BUY THE SKX:
MODDING
COLLECTING.
TAKEAWAY
UNLESS YOU WANT TO COMPLETE A COLLECTION OR WANT TO MOD A WATCH TO MAKE IT YOURS I CANT RECOMMEND THE SKX
IT WAS A GREAT WATCH AND GREAT VALUE 30 YEARS AGO, MAYBE STILL 10 YEARS AGO, BUT IN 2018 IT REALLY IS OUT OF ITS DEPTH AND TAKE AWAY THE ROMANCE ITS SIMPLY NOT COMPETITIVE
THERE ARE BETTER OPTIONS
JAPANESE MAINSTREAM
MICROBRANDS
EVEN SKX REPLICA/VOSTOK
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