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Alexander Vanquish Nikos Automatic Watch

Alexander Vanquish Nikos Automatic Watch

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Alexander watch company takes its name from Alexander the Great, the charismatic pupil of Aristotle and formidable conqueror. Its timepieces exude character, resiliency, and magnetism, just like the legendary leader Read More

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ZeroAPR
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May 21, 2018
not a bad price for a valjoux chrono. seems to be racing theme inspired design. but not my cup of tea.
I don’t mind a busy dial so long as the hands, registers and indices/numerals are clearly visible in a design. Here the design seems like a hodgepodge of different watches and my eyes don’t fix onto anything on the dial.
inconsistencies/issues:
> date track is exposed under the minute register but not the other registers. I think exposing the date track would have been ok if they kept the date track apart from the registers.
> tachymeter is squished against edge of the dial Put the tachymeter on the bezel.
> The pilot hands are too short. The black outline of the hands make them appear smaller and reduces contrast against the dial. Use longer solid white or bright colored hands
> Arabics - the fonts don’t look good. Clashes with brand logo font. Ditch the arabics. applied indices would improve symmetry around the major minute track (then the cog motif would be more coherent on the dial).
- Day/Date frame doesn’t work here. It should be recessed under the dial, no frame required. Or just ditch it and reduce costs.
My guess is that this watch was created from very different watch parts from different watch suppliers. Hope they make improvements in the future.
Daisy_Cutter
1288
May 21, 2018
Some people think that there is no bad art, and no bad design. If you are one of those people, then perhaps you might consider buying this watch.
Because if there is such a thing as objectively good design, then this is objectively bad design. It would be nigh impossible to enumerate all the reasons this is bad design, but let's go for the highlights:
1. Clutter - Words, numbers, lines. So many. There are numbers layered on top of other numbers that are upside down (see left subdial).
2. Imprecise - The Valjoux 7750 is a fairly precise movement, and it demands precision from whoever puts it in a case - when the chronograph is reset to zero, it's pretty obvious when the chrono seconds, minutes and hour hands are out of alignment. Like here.
Also, surprisingly for such a cluttered watch, you have no way to time stuff to the second, because there is no chrono seconds track. Instead, you get a tachymeter track, which approximately 0.5% of the population might find useful (and that 0.5% already have radar guns).
3. No Design Coherence - The chrono seconds, minutes and hour hands are blue. Okay.. But so is the running seconds hand. Dude, you aren't part of that club. You ought to be black like the main hands. Also, the main hands are solid while the subdial hands are skeletonized... except the running seconds hand which has that solid lume tip. Get with the program, running seconds hand. Also, needle hands don't really work when you can't actually see the needle bit, like what's happening with the hour hand right now.
Plus, there are at least 4 different fonts on that dial. Count 'em. Four.
Why is there a metal rivet between 10 and 11? Why do the stripey cutouts inexplicably stop between 1 and 3? Why do I keep finding more awful stuff the longer I look?
You know what, I guess I would not call this a bad design.
It's a terrible design.
Daisy_Cutter
1288
May 21, 2018
If this is a watch you would spend more than $1,000 on - by all means! Every face has its admirer (else mankind would have gone extinct ages ago).
But since we can apparently agree that there is objectively good and bad design, and that the criteria I identified are important elements in design, allow me to offer a quick rebuttal:
1. Clutter - I admire the fact that you are a pilot, and envy your ability to process large amounts of visual information at a glance. However most people are not pilots. Also, unless I am very mistaken, the concept of a pilot's watch is to make his job simpler, not give him an extra visual challenge.
2. Precision - You are precisely right that a watch in a publicity pic ought to be looking good. So if the hands are misaligned in the glamour shot, imagine what it looks like in real life...
3. Design Coherence - It's not so much about what the design elements are, but how they fit together. For example, even if you gave your 5 year old Picasso's palette and a canvas, odds are her work would not end up in a museum.
Finally, I keep finding more awful stuff precisely because I am looking at this thing with a critical eye and noticing the details. Certainly I would not find awful stuff if I did not look at it closely, but why would I want to pay over $1,000 for something I don't want to look at?
Actually no, I correct myself. Even at a glance it is awful.
Alev
May 22, 2018
Daisy_CutterRespectfully disagree. Beautiful watch!
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