Top 5 Oakley Watch list, your favorites

[agentshane]

What are your top 5 Oakley Watches, I am thinking of thinning my collection.
I tend to favor the Large watches, and love the metal bands, my 5 would be:
1. Minute Machine
2. Hollowpoint
3. 12 Guage
4. Gearbox with Ti Bracelet
5. Double Tap Metal Bracelet
Looking for yours, might help me decide what I decide to sell.

 

[saltparrot]

It’s common knowledge that it goes like this (in no particular order):

1. MM
2. Hollowpoint
3. Auto gearbox
4. Time Bomb 2
5. FMJ

 

[agentshane]

Maybe I should have said a realistic list, I don't really consider the FMJ available to most of us...
Thanks!

 

[Dallas O Hog]

1. Minute Machine
2. Auto Gearbox with Ti Bracelet
3. Judge
4. TB2
5. FMJ

 

[Dallas O Hog]

Maybe I should have said a realistic list, I don't really consider the FMJ available to most of us...
Thanks!

I listed ones I have and ones I see as iconic or collector pieces.

 

[zwc0442]

1 Auto Gearbox Ti bracelet
2 Orange Hollowpoint
3 FMJ
4 TB2
5 Minute machine red dial is my preference

 

[Steven Goldberg]

1: FMJ easily the nicest and most thought provoking watch oakley ever made. They really went all out.

2: Minute machine red diamond- a true exquisite piece of art. One of the few pieces I’m sad to not have in my collection anymore. The honed red with diamonds is gorgeous

3: Minute machine polished blue- it doesn’t get enough talk but this piece was very well put together from OF. They have a great way of making the right color combo. Pure fire.

4: Hollow point honed red- although I’ve never owned this watch, I really love the color red. Hint hint all my cars I’ve ever own. Truly a beauty, but any HP will fit the bill for most collectors. A true upgrade at the link spacing with better breathability and a decent overall price point.

5: Holeshot devils brigade w/ metal band- the white band does the watch just fine but the upgrade at the rubber/steel band makes it very transformative and clean. Def one of the most underrated watches that oakley sold.

Honorable mention: Tb1
I’d love and sit and say the TB2 is better, with the mechanical movement and the appearance but I’d tend to disagree. The fit and feel, size and simplicity def drew me in over TB2. If I wanted a more advanced movement then I wouldn’t be looking at oakley LOL. TB1 has great color pop, and just works. If I were picking up my first TB1, I’d get emerald.

hope my top five was descriptive enough. I put a solid 6 years collecting the watch line. The journey for every piece was a lot of fun. Met and chatted with amazing members. Also made great friends from the passion they have for their watches as well.

thanks and look forward to the rest of the groups insight

 

[agentshane]

1: FMJ easily the nicest and most thought provoking watch oakley ever made. They really went all out.

2: Minute machine red diamond- a true exquisite piece of art. One of the few pieces I’m sad to not have in my collection anymore. The honed red with diamonds is gorgeous

3: Minute machine polished blue- it doesn’t get enough talk but this piece was very well put together from OF. They have a great way of making the right color combo. Pure fire.

4: Hollow point honed red- although I’ve never owned this watch, I really love the color red. Hint hint all my cars I’ve ever own. Truly a beauty, but any HP will fit the bill for most collectors. A true upgrade at the link spacing with better breathability and a decent overall price point.

5: Holeshot devils brigade w/ metal band- the white band does the watch just fine but the upgrade at the rubber/steel band makes it very transformative and clean. Def one of the most underrated watches that oakley sold.

Honorable mention: Tb1
I’d love and sit and say the TB2 is better, with the mechanical movement and the appearance but I’d tend to disagree. The fit and feel, size and simplicity def drew me in over TB2. If I wanted a more advanced movement then I wouldn’t be looking at oakley LOL. TB1 has great color pop, and just works. If I were picking up my first TB1, I’d get emerald.

hope my top five was descriptive enough. I put a solid 6 years collecting the watch line. The journey for every piece was a lot of fun. Met and chatted with amazing members. Also made great friends from the passion they have for their watches as well.

thanks and look forward to the rest of the groups insight

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You spent 6 years collecting, what do you still have, have pics? I currently have 50, but I think I am going to thin the herd and get it down to about 20, that's why I have started this thread, hoping some of these posts will help me decide which ones I should hang on to and which ones to sell.

 

[Steven Goldberg]

You spent 6 years collecting, what do you still have, have pics? I currently have 50, but I think I am going to thin the herd and get it down to about 20, that's why I have started this thread, hoping some of these posts will help me decide which ones I should hang on to and which ones to sell.

tb1s, mms, tb2, gearboxes, holeshots and a few others. the gearbox is another nice watch, its pretty plain but I seem to keep it for a beater. ill take some pics later, but those on my last post all are in my collection

 

[agentshane]

tb1s, mms, tb2, gearboxes, holeshots and a few others. the gearbox is another nice watch, its pretty plain but I seem to keep it for a beater. ill take some pics later, but those on my last post all are in my collection

How many did you have at your peak, and how many now? Thanks Steve.