r/Watches is a subreddit with 3.4M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses watch, recommendation, struggling, question, and collection, and they frequently recommend/review dive watch, field watch, and dress watch.
A subreddit for discussion of wrist watches and pocket watches
Popular Themes in r/Watches
#1
Advice Requests
: "[OMEGA] Got my first Omega, how do I take care of it?"
13 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "[Question] Looking to buy a birth year watch (2000), what would you recommend?"
3 posts
Popular Topics in r/Watches
#1
Watch
: "[Citizen Tsuyosa] My first Watch!"
244 posts
#2
Recommendation
: "Looking for an Everyday Watch Recommendation."
39 posts
#3
Struggling
34 posts
#4
Question
: "[Question] watch shopping"
34 posts
#5
Collection
: "[Collection] Filling the last slot with a 5811G: would you sell the 6119R or the Royal Oak, and which dress watch would you keep?"
25 posts
#6
Seiko
: "[King Seiko] 56KS 5621-7021"
23 posts
#7
Frustrating
20 posts
#8
Worst
18 posts
#9
Identify
: "Help me Identify these watches"
18 posts
#10
Tired
18 posts
Products Discussed in r/Watches
Dive Watch
811 reviews
#1
Omega
4.4★ from 194 reviews
#2
Rolex
4.4★ from 110 reviews
#3
Seiko
4.5★ from 72 reviews
Field Watch
435 reviews
#1
Hamilton
4.7★ from 93 reviews
#2
Seiko
4.2★ from 53 reviews
#3
Timex
4.2★ from 43 reviews
Dress Watch
382 reviews
#1
Seiko
4.5★ from 81 reviews
#2
Orient
4.6★ from 29 reviews
#3
Tissot
4.2★ from 20 reviews
Flair Used in r/Watches
#1
Discussion
: "[DIY Antireflective] Mom said we have AR at home"
76 posts
#2
I took a picture
: "[Orient] This $235 watch has me questioning my entire collecting journey"
73 posts
#3
Identify
: "Can anyone tell me the value of this?"
17 posts
#4
Review
: "[Franck Muller] The one nobody talks about: the all-titanium Vanguard Line Cut (and the mystery FM 708 inside)"
8 posts
#5
Fake Check
: "[WOTD] I got this watch from a seller from fb. Not sure if it's original, as I couldn't find much details online. But I liked the dial very much so I brought it. It's Automatic, and got it at much affordable price."
1 post
Member Growth in r/Watches
Yearly
+278k members(8.8%)
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Last updated: June 26, 2026