What time is it? Watches and horology

I like the top right

Something different horology

https://youtu.be/lVWUyK_M934

Dear watch people, I’m looking for a Sinn 656 and it’s proving difficult to find a good example. I thought I’d ask here - maybe anyone’s got one they’d like to move on? Preferably on a bracelet but I’d take head only as I can’t be picky in this situation, it seems...

New Tudors at 13:10 CET today , the teasers show a cloud of black crashing into a cloud of red. I wonder if a coke GMT BB is coming?

I’d be surprised if they just do the coke GMT.
I’m keeping my fingers crossed for a BB58 GMT.

What about Rolex? Do you guys think the new Explorer II is coming?

Teaser on rolex.com clearly shows a watch with green glass (ie the Milgauss) and people cave exploring (the original purpose of the Explorer II) so I think it’s safe to assume those two watches are getting an update.

Don’t know if the Explorer I will also get the movement update. Wouldn’t be surprised if the Air-King gets nixed.

@Regal what do you think about the font on this one.. looks like Hermes are one of the few watchmakers that actually cares about their fonts

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I like what they're going for but not the execution. The way it's been done is quite amateurish/student-y IMHO - someone has had an idea ("circle within a rounded square") and slavishly stuck to the rules they made about what curve goes where, even though it makes things look weird/inconsistent/wrong. It looks good on some numbers and awful on others.

Shame, because the case and dial colour/ texture look great, and Hermès are usually pretty good with this stuff.

Which numbers look aweful? With my non designer eyes only the 5 looks a bit off...

Don't dislike the shape of the Hermes watch (do their delivery drivers get one if they make 10 correct deliveries in a row? Must be a v low circulation of them...*)
Do dislike the font and the date wheel.

(*poor attempt at a gag)

A lot of it is that they don't look right together, rather than awful per se, but the 6 and 8 are pretty awful, for example. See how small the 8 looks compared to the 2. The 9, 8, 6 and 3 are too similar to each other. But especially, check the 2 - when you use an outer radius that is the same or smaller than the internal radius, what you get is a stroke (line) that gets thicker in the middle of the curve. So you get blobs at the corners, and on the 2 you get it at middle left where it curves down to the bottom left corner. The left side of the 2 looks heavier than the right side.

They've generally not compensated for the rounded corners so where there's a sharp corner, the numeral looks much bigger - the top of the 5 looks wider than the curved bottom, which is the opposite of what you'd normally see in a 5. Obviously, that's the idea, the conceit, but it doesn't make for very nice numbers (IMHO as always).

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LMFAO two tone Explorer, Rolex, really.

Oh shit the steel one is back to 36mm! Did not see that coming.

Loool the updated explorer II is exactly the same??

Good luck selling a two tone Explorer!!

New Daytona is sweet though!

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Yup that’s cool.

Black face doesn't have floating hands... Not sure if they've tweaked the case too? Other than that, just looks like a movement swap out.

Wow meteorite dial?

Interesting! Thanks for explaining, I see the points you're making now

Yeah! They've also added jubilee bracelets to the Skydweller range and some more playful dial options for the Datejust.

Now waiting for the Tudor...

Wonder if they'll go green? A lot doing that this year, Cartier, Patek, JLC.

Oh I like the olive green datejust