kia
@kia.eth
Apple's hardware aesthetic design feels outdated But that's the curse of the trendsetters: This happened to Rolex before. Most watch brands has a very specific look. It's quite easy to spot a Patek Philippe, Richard Mille, Cartier from 10 yards away. This is not the case with Rolex. - Submariner looks like your average dive watch - Daytona looks like your average chronograph watch - GMT-Master II looks likes your average GMT watch The reason is that Rolex pioneered those categories. So of course all dive watches look like the submariner... Apple's designs were a major contributor to the aesthetics of today across UIs, Hardware or, even things like packaging and physical stores. But now that their aesthetic is so well adopted, it feels outdated and generic for their own products and we just unreasonably expect them to usher in a new aesthetic for the next generation, without breaking faith with hundreds of millions of users.
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Ramsey 🎩🤝
@ramsey
I mean, Blancpain FF was before the Sub, no? Panerai and Omega had dive watches even before that. And Daytona came after Speedmaster? But your point remains. Rolex should change certain things up.
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kia
@kia.eth
not that they invented those but that the cultural impacts came through the rolex implementations and your average dive watch looks more like submariner than the ff same with daytona vs speedmaster (although they're closer there) same goes for apple with the dieter rams vs jonny ives debate no matter who did it first, the cultural impact at large was through apple i actually don't think rolex should change those desigs that's why it's a curse
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