AGREED.
That is one thing I wish Rolex would do: Make a display back. This is one of many arguments for why Omega is actually a better watch than Rolex, but Rolex has better marketing and aesthetics so they do better business. Tourbillons and skeleton watches are intriguing, but they're a little too "busy" for me aesthetically. Also, since I know very little of watch mechanics beyond the most rudimentary understanding of the main spring and escapement gears, it doesn't appeal to me as much. I think as far as that kind of watch goes, Breguet and Corum do it very well. You can get some high-end Corum Bridge watches for a couple hundred grand. Ditto Breguet.
My three main checkboxes for a watch is that the case and bracelet be steel or metal (I don't like leather bands and I'm not crazy about Nato straps), there be at least a date function--if not day/date, and that the watch have a pretty dial.
EDIT: Bulova is a turn of a watch these days unless you're going to get a Precisionist, and even then it is still a turd compared to lower-end Swiss luxury like Oris and Tissot. I wear Bulova because it is a Queens, NY brand with some heritage and my father and his father were Bulova guys, but I'm really a Corum/Rolex guy.
I've never been a huge fan of Rolex, not because they aren't great watches, they are just played to death by Hollywood which Jack's up the price. My requirements are a giant case because I'm a giant of a man, a metal band(fuck leather and rubber I like my watches loose), an automatic or similarly awesome ingeniousness of mankind and skill and science, and a unique but classy look. I don't like gaudy or garish. I like classy bordering on simple. Too much going on takes away from the look, unless the look is too much going on on purpose.
I am also big, so I need a case-size bigger than 40mm, typically. I aim for 43 or 44 these days, which thankfully is becoming more common. I like my watches a little garish because I am a little niggerish in my ways, but I don't like extremely tacky shit like, for instance, aftermarket diamond bezel inlays by a Bukharian Jews who make rapper bling necklaces.
A watch that is a little loud that I am really wanting to get, but I'm pretty sure you'd find too over the top is the Breitling Navitimer Pan Am with the Cosmonaute Air Racer bracelet. I like the look of that bracelet, but most watch people think it is too gaudy/douchey
Fashion is to be made not followed. If you like it and you are wearing it (and it's not wearing you) then it is good and you will look good with it on. Don't let others dictate your style.
Oh I like loud but in a classy way. HIGH CLASS NIGGER OVER HERE.
This is my jam I am just too poor lol
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