What Is A Fashion Watch & Why Do They Suck?

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[@einvar]

Happy for people to label Cartier as a fashion watch. Less people competing with me while I build up my Cartier collection 😊

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[@davidpugh8772]

unfortunately my first watch (Movado) classifies as a fashion watch in my eyes, but if not for it then i wouldn't be into watches

[@maxrebo8455]

It’s puzzling why Tiffany & Co. aren’t given a degree of credence for their watches in the way Cartier are. Man, I love my Tank XL.

[@endy_fx]

My wife watches your videos with me and she put it really well: there's a difference between fasion and haute couture.

[@stonefist]

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[@Ixorpehc]

One of the best looking watches in my collection is a fashion dress watch: an Emporio Armani from 2003. It's sharp looking and the Miyota quartz hasn't failed all these decades. In my opinion, it is definitely superior to an MVMT.

[@brianmsahin]

I agree. I bought one, a tank style men's with a champagne dial back in 2000 while on a holiday in Venice and another for my wife in 2009 in Istanbul. Both are excellent and my wife actually stole the one I bought in Venice too! 23 years and 14 years respectively and both going great. My own watch tastes have changed over that time, but it doesn't change the fact that they're good quality. However when you compare to a lot of more trashy fashion watches like Daniel Wellington, MVMT and the dozens of other drop shipping nondescript brands produced in China where they just print whatever brand name you want on the dial, there is a difference. There are fashion watches and there are fashion watches!

[@Alan-cl2ix]

Fashion watches make some of the best dress watches, I was looking one from watch brands and couldn't find anything as beautiful as a 60 dollars fashion watch, If I were to buy from a watch only brand that dial would cost me 5,000 dollars if not more.

[@satai]

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[@PapriceP]

Literally nobody writes Cartier off as a fashion brand.

[@timothyekern8158]

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[@adrianfreeman2041]

Hopefully my next watch will be a Hermes slim. Planning to trade in a GS to purchase this "fashion watch".

[@ehrenkrause9861]

I would call Invicta a fashion watch. They're always making a current watch that's something trending regardless of who their copying or what big movie hit or big star is.

[@DallenRex]

To me, a fashion watch is a watch that feels, subjectively, like the people who made it don't care that it has a functional component. A lot of fashion watches might as well not even have moving hands. A lot of people who buy them only want the hands to move because they'd be embarrassed to wear a watch that doesn't tell the time. Every "real" watch feels like it is both a thing that does something and a thing that looks a certain way, and the people who make them put effort into both domains.

[@pootthatbak2578]

My invicta prodiver, all faux gold, looks very fashionable. A fashion watch is something you can call your own and match it with your unique "wardrobe" and other accessorie/jewelry. Fashion watches will generally be more exotic than an old round case stainless steel pulsar quartz

[@bradmcpherson7591]

If we keep the term "fashion watch" as a category in our hobby's parlance, might I suggest that a fashion watch is any watch where the visual or brand appeal as an accessory is paramount and little, if any, consideration is given to horological interest. This would exclude Cartier, Chopard and Bulgari from that category and there might be many other brands that sit on the fence. There might also be brands that start out as a "fashion brand" and over time move more into horological products as a strategy for market penetration. Chopard did this in reverse.

[@WMIYC]

What if one just treats a timepiece like a fashion watch? Or if one treats a fashion oriented watch as a personal relic?

[@ronnienes]

Gucci is another one. The 25h series is awesome in my opinion. From the high end automatics to the ETA quartz models, they’re well made and finished. The coloured dials have painted glass which is unusual and produces nice visual effects. The sizes range from 30-38mm and are very unisex. I really like the gold and pink face 38mm quartz models and may buy one if I can get a good price. I accept that they cost more than they should because of the name, but a good price in watch collecting is always “what one is willing to pay.” I like these watches and consider them “real”. Outside the 25h watches, I don’t like the dress watches with bees or the weird divers. Those watches, I call fashion watches. Because… um… I don’t like them. 😂

[@Smclaugh08]

a fashion watch is a quartz watch or automatic watch generally worth hundreds of dollars based on its accepted value in the real world then you slap gucci on it and sell it for thousands vs cartier or hermes who make thousand dollar watches that are worth thousands of dollars wheather cartier is on it or seiko or omega or longines it’s worth its actual value for the most part with or without the specific brand name

[@g43654]

Fashion watches: when fashion brands commission other manufacturers to slap their brand logo on crappy movements and tacky cases.

[@ScottinWV-bgij]

If their specs say how many rhinestones they have but fails to mention the movement it's a fashion watch.

[@stasmishchenko]

Curious, what would you say about Tiffany watches? They seem to have a legit history, but now almost no-one talks about them. I personally find them interesting, some look similar to Cartier (which is not surprising, take into consideration very similar DNA and audience of the companies), but some are surprisingly fresh, like the East West

[@MrJamesDuffy]

I have a Tiffany & Co. Mark Coupe Resonator (tonneau case) and it is definitely a fashion watch-a fashion watch with a chronometer grade ETA movement and an amazing leather strap that smells like a luxury handbag. It has also garnered more comments and positive reaction from women than all of my other watches combined...and I have some really cool stuff.

[@roberthudson8172]

Of course you do. Bet they're queuing up to sniff your wrist too... 😂

[@MrJamesDuffy]

@@roberthudson8172 Y'know, that has only happened once and it was because the woman was really into luxury handbags. The conversation then went into an hour-long presentation about the quality of stitching and hardware on luxury handbags and watches were never brought up again.

[@brianmsahin]

I suppose Rolex is the ultimate fashion watch. Daniel Wellington on steroids. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dimasakbar7668]

6:51 whats that and whats that means?

[@gilbertjorgenson9012]

I would say fashion designers that are primarily in the clothing or accessories business like Gucci, LV, Armani etc... those are fashion watches. They have no long history of watchmaking. Cartier literally made one of the first wrist watches, so they are definitely not a fashion watch brand.

[@jonnyd1017]

I love Cartier watches and class them as a proper watch!! But the likes of Chanel and others I do class them as fashion watches because they do more than just jewellery/watches!!

[@MrMettwurst96]

so do cartier?

[@jonnyd1017]

@@MrMettwurst96 Cartier are mainly Jewellery and watches. That’s what they are well known for. Other companies like Chanel are more well known for their clothing, bags etc..??

[@speedmaster001]

What about St. DuPont? Or maybe even Montblanc that are best known for their luxury pens?

[@drdesign6886]

At this point any luxury watch is technically a fashion watch. Thousands of dollars on polishing and precious metal. That’s for fashion - high fashion perhaps - but fashion nonetheless.

[@alexmilward9732]

"Fashion Watch" is to haute horology as Denny's is to fine dining. But, what Denny's does in its class is great...and what a Fashion watch can do in ITS class, can also be great. At the end of the day it's about value: what the consumer values. People vote with their dollars. As long as Fashion brands keep making a product that people spend money on, they will stay relevant and legitimate.

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[@davevan6984]

At ny age you don't care about hair color, you just rejoice at the ones still attached to you!

[@AlessandroGenTLe]

For me fashion watches are watches with no value (or the value is just in material, like gold etc), made just as a side dish of a company that has no focus on them, that are made from external companies and just used as money grabbers. I put in this category watches from the likes of Gucci, Armani, Maserati, Guess, most of the Hermes ones, Swarosky and so on...

[@HansWick]

Fashion is the main point for a watch these days, everyone has a cell phone to tell the time

[@frankdefranco9436]

You can't name a watch brand as a "fashion watch brand" out of a one single watch. In fact watch brands just cannot be categorized like that period because most luxury brands have a very wide range of designs in their portfolio. That being said these are my personal characteristics of a luxury (fashion or not) watch. 1) Attainable at least by the top 20% citizens of the country where that particular watch is from 2) Advanced inner mechanics and innovative horological engineering 3) Those mechanics must benefit the end user period. Anything beyond that it's just a fares, a lie, a jewellery, a deception of a watch, a waste of money. You just can't categorize a watch as a fashion watch from external appearance because the design taste is very subjective.

[@sagaciousid]

A fashion watch is a watch intended to be an accessory more so than a watch. It doesn’t need water resistance or any complications. It doesn’t even have to tell the time.

[@Zotrax1946]

Still, I don’t understand why you don’t use the full screen? Oh , you just said why 😂….

[@Watchtrain]

Corum gets a bad rap.

[@mschumer]

I think we need to remove the term fashion watch from our lexicon. Movement, Daniel Wellington et al are for people that don’t give a crap and just sell/buy them as accessories. If a person pigeon holes Cartier as a fashion watch, isn’t a knowledgeable watch collector/enthusiast.

[@robbied4766]

The man maketh the watch. There's quality and then there's how you feel wearing it. There may be bad brands, or low-quality, but from just being comfortable in your skin- wear what makes you happy. I see too many people owning Rolex and never wearing them, but beating around a Casio. It's honestly just a waste of engineering.

[@bjoernaltmann]

The fashion watch category would include Daniel Wellington, MVMT, Michael Kors, Fossil, ie generally cheaply made, Ali Baba grade junk. Then we have jewellery brands that also have watches in their line-up. Those are sometimes heavily influenced by the jewellery making skills of that brand, to a degree where the jewellery part is taking over.

[@apparaoapparao]

I’ll happily wear my Calvin Klein, Fossil, Diesel fashion watches (one of each). If you are selective, some are great for the low cost. Hate away, don’t care.

[@mrpablomx]

Well, Legit brands could learn a thing or two from these “fashion” watches because they tend to almost always be better looking. Armani and Boss make some pretty gorgeous ones… I once bought a gorgeous Emporio Armani and returned it because I saw some videos saying Fashion Watches suck. I regret doing that.

[@mrpablomx]

Well, Legit brands could learn a thing or two from these “fashion” watches because they tend to almost always be better looking. Armani and Boss make some pretty gorgeous ones…

[@jdiluigi]

I hear fashion watch.. I think insult.. DW, MVMT etc.

[@XEZGOLDZ]

All watches are fashion watches! Exemptions: dive computer and other “wrist computers” All other watcher are Jewelry. That’s not a bad thing! Let’s just stop pretending and being snobby 😅

[@irfanhakimi2721]

Can you or someone list me watches under $100

[@damieg82]

To me a fashion watch is anything wholly made by another company, with the fashion brand's name just slapped on it. So when I see watches from the like of Guess, Tommy Hilfiger, and on the women's side, Anne Klein, and Kate Spade, I think fashion watch. There's zero history, soul, or any certification or brand recognition for accurate time keeping for any of their models, ever produced. Not to mention, if there's an air of shameless product diversification or marketing stunt, that adds to the notion of it being a fashion watch because they are generally cheap Chinese made watches that cost less than $5 to produce, but are sold by the fashion houses for hundreds of dollars. Some even have fake features, like a chronograph looking watch, but the sub-dials do nothing and are purely cosmetic.

[@Mirel.]

Fashion watch shaming it's a real thing.

[@GiladAvidan]

IMO the difference between a fashion watch and a “real” watch is that a real watch was designed and built with respect to what matters in horology (accuracy, mechanical complexity, finishing, heritage) and a fashion watch merely exists to look a certain way. Is it designed to just go well with an outfit? Or is it a time telling instrument first and foremost?

[@alwayspooh1588]

The J12 is not a real fashion watch as it has proper inners and is made by a real watch company. Cartier are not fashion watches, they are real watches and have a history of over 100 years including being one of the first wristwatch making companies.

[@stephens2r338]

A fasion watch is simply a designer named watch thats not built to last more than a year or two on perpose. After that time its gone out of fasion and you need to buy a new one. Sadly people who buy them dont understand that a designer name and high price does not equal quality or value. Always gold plated, fake stones and cheep movements.

[@stonec2166]

Watches are a piece of jewelry on your wrist, from the most rugged ones to the finest of creations. They’re an unnecessary item in the age of technology.

[@Questron7]

Every watch nowadays is a fashion watch. No true functionality in real life anymore. It is a superfluous item. The fact that men would like jewelry is considered feminine in society therefore men build this world of marketing and tapping into the male ego by rebranding and trying to create a non jewelry category (tool watches, functional watches etc). So now they talk about it more than any woman talks about her jewelry. We collect jewelry, simple as that. Maybe it is for seeking confirmation, justification and hope to gain status and class. And maybe in hopes, the 'greater fool theory' does not hurt the investment. I collect happily but call it what it is...

[@moneymikz]

Yeah sure blame us for the ravages of time…

[@birdytiger]

Love this channel generally. But today, I'm here for a trash take

[@TheLegitAlpha]

Fashion watches: my favorite thing to take a stab at. I do miss seeing them torn apart, or commended in the event they do something that indicates improvement. I do not consider Cartier to be a fashion watch, because there is heritage.

[@waynemaas7517]

I don't see how anyone could call a watch a fashion watch if it costs 4 or 5 figures.

[@pootthatbak2578]

No no no..its about your style..and i can find cool watches at the thrift store for 10 bucks. Rolex and grand seikos are " statement" watches, meaning i have 13,000 bucks to blow up

[@larifari_das]

chanel is made by chatelain, look them up

[@theshadowman1398]

Hermes is for me fashion only brand. I don't see them as a watch maker.

[@the_dietcam]

Quartz are fashion watches. There. I said it. And no, not a hot take. It's such a cold take the dead body actually *was* cold and got warm again due to the decay process. I'm infinitely more interested in anyone who wants to tell me about their watch made by a Chinese WOZBWVORQQEL brand if they start off saying "sorry it's powered by a cheap miyota but..."

[@pootthatbak2578]

Generally agree, but you can buy a regal mechanical hamilton thats fashionable, or almost fashionable

[@jamesrobert4106]

Completely wrong, but at least you stated your position.

[@vinceotero8467]

Where does movado fall on this list for you?

[@pootthatbak2578]

I call movado very fashionable.

[@kingsnurglegurglesonthevik4517]

Those disgusting Rolex's encrusted in diamonds, that people like Producer Michael are so keen on are fashion watches, definitely a completely ruined Rolex at least.

[@MrGeirSteinar]

I don’t care what name is on the dial - I’ve always thought of fashion watches as cheap throw away pieces with cheap parts and low quality movements. Watches you buy for the looks and the looks only. Watches made to last, watches made with proper parts, proper specs and proper movements - mechanical or quartz - are, at least to me, something else….

[@VersedNJ]

I'd kill for a Cartier Crush. If you include men fashion, many of the less expensive Tag's Quartz are fashion watches for primarily men.

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[@matthewyoung6284]

Not first but close

[@drbobsnightmare2521]

Not even close.

[@matthewyoung6284]

How was it not close

[@drbobsnightmare2521]

I don't know. Im just Salty. The last time I posted first, I said. "I don't want to be first." And the next bastard said. "Too bad." Maybe it's not even close because you blew the competition out of the water?

[@E1sun]

All watches now are "fashion " watches. They are used to express one's tastes and style. Rolex is the biggest name in fashion watches . If I'm wrong why make them out of precious metals and decorate with diamonds etc

[@PapriceP]

Omega watches are fashion watches.

[@flaviofelix99]

😂😂😂😂 how???

[@garyboyle695]

Rolex fan boy by chance?

[@flaviofelix99]

@@garyboyle695 just maybe 😂😂😂😂

[@PapriceP]

@@garyboyle695 Yessir

[@carlossantos-rios9337]

Fashion watches are the gingers of all watches made: THEY HAVE NO SOUL 😂

[@matthewyoung6284]

I would look at louis vuitton watches as a fasgion watch really interesting movements and such ( i do work for the brand

[@DisplayKeesBack]

Not as good as the short version.

[@VersedNJ]

And I was first.

[@jim2950]

Invicta makes fashion 58mm watches for six-foot six 350 pound gorillas. But they also make dress watches for men of normal size . You could probably call most Chinese watches fashing watches. You never know if it will work.

[@watchsixto]

I guess you can make the exact same for other watch company due to the fact that you can make any watch a fashion watch if it matches you're style it fashion to your taste 😉

[@ZoomZoom-ng6sn]

I've seen and handled several fashion watches. They're really bad in every way. They look good from a distance but that's it.

[@vittoriorapizza2279]

They are better known as Designer watches, and not really fashion watches.

[@alwayspooh1588]

Fashion watches are mainly made in China, lack real horological pedigree, are not looked upon favourably, and are for people who seem to know little about watches. Also, most are made by Fossil.

[@VersedNJ]

Years ago my wife gave me a Michel Kors (Fossi) still have it, my wife passed 3 years ago, I won't sell it.. But at least my Stowa has no date and sterile dial. Only watch brand that is true horology and fashion is Cartier. And they pull it off well.

[@tigernotwoods914]

They’re not made by watch makers and your over paying for nothing. You’re better off with a $30 Casio than a fashion watch because at least the former is a real watch. The only exception to this is Cartier because they use legit movements

[@simplytao]

I have always viewed a fashion watch as a watch that looks expensive but is made pretty cheaply.

[@drbobsnightmare2521]

Swatch is a fashion watch. Final answer.

[@drbobsnightmare2521]

I forgot about Gucci.

[@SteveHolst]

I started going gray in my mid 20s. It's not really a big deal, it will make you look distinguished.

[@bigmacdaddy1234]

For me, Rolex is a fashion watch. Great marketing, very basic horology and overpriced. You can get so much more for the money.

[@harrycee656]

Truth.

[@robertm.9633]

You’re not wrong.

[@EJ_7715]

Not every opinion is created equal

[@cecaju9516]

Nonsense

[@lonewolfemcquade8133]

Oh bullshit

[@jim2950]

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[@egutzait]

Man, this might fall into the category of "What's the difference between pornography and art, you can't describe it but you know it when you see it" type of discussion.

[@Joe-nh8eq]

When I think fashion watches, I think an Ali Express watch slapped with a logo and sold at a premium.

[@jjss4291]

Cartier was a watch maker first before they've become fashion designers. I believe the grandmother started the jewelry part of Cartier.

[@lavawolf666]

ok. good. is prabably an ad