Solid vs open caseback

[Nobbing]

at first, open casebacks seemed to me something WOW. I ended up buying a few watches with display backs. However, my interest quickly decreased and I wish I would have pid less for this feature. the point is that open casebacks have almost no significant value. i mean, you notice the movement a few times, and then you don't even pay attention to it anymore... why then exceed the price? i mean, i'm fine with paying the same prive for the watch with or without open display. But to pay more for the display - NO, THANKS

I can get those movement views on youtube

 

[Energybooster]

I don't think I would buy an open caseback for a sports/daily/diver watch. that is, in watches that prioritize durability, I think that open casebacks have no significant value. sporty watches are meant to provide durability and efficiency in any circumstance. if I wore an open caseback, I would think more about how to protect the watch from impacts than doing what I have to do in the gym or in other active tasks....

instead, I would get a formal watch with an open caseback. these watches are for beauty and aesthetics. and an open mechanism is exactly what is needed to show its beauty... in addition, everyone can make a beautiful dial... what about a beautiful movement?)

 

[Calatrava]

i don't mind having an open display on my watch... but i don't pay more for this extra feature. the caseback leaves me indifferent regardless if it is open or not. I don't see why I should pay some extra money for it... after all, it's the watchmaker who wants us to see his masterful movements why should WE pay for it?

either way, I know exactly what I'm looking for in my watches and I trust the brand I buy them from.. so don't need a special proof for it, especially since I don't really sit around looking at movements)

 

[SonReir671]

so many debates, and why don't u just understand that there cannot be a definite rule for all watches. it all depends on the execution. I embrace both options, but I never accept a bad execution.

for example, some rolexes like sea-dwellers and deep sea have a solid flat caseback of an execution that looks cheap and does not inspire aesthetics at all. Rolex should be inspired by a LONGINESS LEGEND OR HERITAGE CONQUEST if they want to produce really inspiring solid casebacks. Even 8 omega offers wonderful sea horses on their Sea/SPEEDMASTERS- LOVE THEM!!!
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If we are talking about seetrthough casebacks, well- it has to be about superior beauty to show. In some cases, the manufacturer would be better off opting for a solidly decorated caseback than for an open display with movements that are too plain and have no attractiveness in them.

I can give u a wonderful example of superb execution with both open ans solid da=sebacks; look at the newer Seagull 1963. Both options are priceless and the manufacturer did know well what he was doing. So it all comes down to the decoration of the open/solid casebacks and their inner movements. not a defined rule for all