What time is it? Watches and horology

I've not seen the Bamford but I've had a carbon inox and I've seen carbon models from squale, zenith and hublot up close so affordable to very expensive and to my untrained eye the finish looks the same on all of them as they're all forged and there's nothing else you can do with the case or crown especially one on a rubber strap so hard to make look expensive and the Bamford isn't cheap. You could probably get a Tudor fastrider black shield for that. The carbon and blue seems to be a bit of a trend at the moment with Bremont x rapha and Squale doing it but it's a look that may not age as well as others.