So I do have my own watch collection of swatches and various brands, but I noticed no one really posts anything about wooden watches. I’ve been pretty big on them the past couple of years and have 5, but I usually see more classic/staple watch posts on Reddit and now Lemmy (Reddit is dead to me).
What’s your opinion; are you for or against wood Timepieces and why?
Wood is for clocks that sit indoors, stay stationery and in a controlled temperature environment.
Wood expands and contracts in heat, is naturally pourus, is brittle and can’t be sized down accurately to the micro-milimetre.
There’s a reason that wood has been around far longer than metal yet we only started getting wood watches in the last decade or so - it’s because it’s impractical.
Just because you can make watches out of certain materials that doesn’t mean that you should. You could probably make a watch out of cardboard, leather, wool, bread or pasta. Doesn’t mean you should.
Watches are ultimately a way for a person to express themselves. If a person likes a particular style, they should enjoy themselves!
I’m all about exotic materials (meteorite), difficult processes (chamfered bracelets), displays of time (jumping hours), or just excellent engineering, attention to detail, etc.
I personally have yet to come across a wooden watch that would make me want to wear it.
