What time is it? Watches and horology

I'm sure @regal is currently writing a sermon on this but it looks like they've simply inverted the 6 and 9 which is well lazy. And the 3 is deformed to buggery, how hard would it of been to copy the OG ^

Also to my non-designer eye the "Ranger" looks like bog standard Arial

Missed this, congrats. Military watches are a next level of rabbit hole, good luck finding your way out!

The only thing I like about it is the brushed 58 case.

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Thanks! I had the Hamilton W10 reissue a while ago and really liked it. This is even better. And legit.

Woof. Not a fan of that side view. And yeah the numerals are terrible.

Yeah, that's what I noticed. Even Ive noticed. Sorry @Regal, I know how much it hurts you

Here's a breitling to cheer you up

That Tudor Ranger is lazy for sure but if you think it's offensive check out this beauty for a little perspective

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How does the day/date on this work?
Edit: ahh it's a smartwatch... thought it was a shit render

i was 50:50 on it until i saw the side of it. it just looks too thick. hockey puck spec :-(

Smart watch with the day date? I quite like it bar the football logo and the day date.

Wouldn't pay Hublot money for it mind...

OK let's take it up a notch

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At least it doesn't have that dumb Tudor fake rivet braclet.

Following the Christopher Ward chat I'm back wearing this again.

Found a very flattering image of the ranger on uhrforum.de.

If someone sees a very cheap and very dodgy Tudor ranger, preferably the fake red one, please let me know!

The Bonbon RMs are the only good RMs. I legitimately love those watches.

What I don’t like is the faux lume, it would be great if it’s white*

*unless the OG were cream originally before it faded.

Yes, the RANGER text is Arial. Tudor use Arial for all their dial text. You'd think it would be some sort of criminal offence for a Swiss watch manufacturer to use Arial (an ugly rights-free Helvetica pastiche designed for Microsoft Windows) but they seem to love it.

The 6 and 9 look even worse there

Have given up and gone to the park to watch the last part of todays stage of the tour in the sun

Happy Friday all!

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Yeah, the numerals have been drawn by someone that doesn't understand both a) how to draw numerals and b) how to make bezier curves not look shit.

The numbers are choking themselves, and they're symmetrical and asymmetrical in all the wrong places.

The 9 and the 6 look like eggs. They're not supposed to look like eggs.

looks better there...

Incredible. So many great fonts out there.

@Sumo must be the ugliest possible.

The 9 and the 6 look like eggs. They're not supposed to look like eggs.

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