The surveillance community contains individuals with unique styles, interests, and preferences. These styles make up some dazzling watch collections that are great conversation starters, yet they can also be obnoxious or tacky. To dig deeper, we'll discuss 5 watch trends that should emerge in 2024.
Rupture builds
Purchasing a tribute watch is one of the most popular ways to get a watch similar to a luxury watch without a huge budget. However, there is a clear line between honorarium and complete fraud. The watchmaking community is full of people making “fake” watches, mainly inspired by brands like AP, Rolex, and Patek Philippe. These designs typically include two-tone gold-plated Datejusts, the Submariner, and the cult favorite Patek Philippe Nautilus.
Crowded faces
Although style is personal, some aspects of design should be kept simpler. From structural discs to cardboard discs, you can sometimes get too much information with an excessive amount of information on the disc. Although watch designs should be original, they should not sacrifice the beauty of their dial for function or silly gimmicks.
Large watches
In the world of watches, size matters. This goes both ways: too small and too big. Now, all watches fit a certain person, and as we all know, our wrist sizes vary, making some watches more suitable for certain demographics. However, the growing trend since the early 2000s of building larger watches needs to stop. Although 41mm is great, smaller watches around 36mm are perfectly acceptable.
Poorly compatible collaboration
This is for marketing teams at watch companies. Please stop selecting your brand ambassadors through a random celebrity generator. While good marketing is sparse among watchmakers, we can do better than Z-tier athletes and actors to promote a watch that is in no way integrated with the core values or history of the company.
Gold plated watches
Gold plated watches do not belong on your wrist. Despite its tough attitude, it does not hold as much value as gold, fades faster, and is inconsistent in quality. Gold plated watches are usually standard on cheap luxury watches and some major brand vintage watches.
