Who here also has a limited taste in watch styles?

My more serious watch collecting hobby started around 2017. Before it was mostly Casios and fashion watches.

I tried out many designs which you can see from the picture below of all the watches i’ve owned at some point.

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But if you compare that to my current collection, only two styles of watches have survived:

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The digital watches and dive (style) watches.

I’ve never owned a field watch or pilot watch as those…

Who here also has a limited taste in watch styles?

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Casio’s worst design decision

I love the B5000D-1, but who would deny it’s too blingy/flashy? Why they did a mirror finish on the case is beyond me. It’s a tool watch after all. It also gives a weird contrast to the (mostly) brushed bracelet, so they don’t look like they belong together. It would have looked a lot better with a brushed case and just some polished chamfers.
Recently i wore the watch during nighttime tennis and the watch looked pretty appalling with all the night lights reflecting on it.

So i took matters…

Casio’s worst design decision

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