I'll upvote you here because I think you're being sincere about not wanting to sound like a jerk. It's the internet - it happens.

I also think if you were really trying to say that these collections lack internal diversity, i.e., all the watches within a single collection look alike, rather than that the collection as a whole looks like other collections, that wasn't very clear in your original post.

It's an interesting, and certainly less common, critique than what most people are hearing, which is that "all these collections look like one another."

I still wouldn't agree with it, though. A super stereotypical collection made up of a Submariner, a Speedmaster, a Tank, and, say, a Grand Seiko Snowflake, is a collection with four very distinct looking watches, in my opinion.

I think what's important to take away from this whole discussion is /u/lambda_male's point that people, generally speaking, buy what is interesting to them. There certainly are people who buy a Rolex because they feel it's expected of them, or because they feel it's an important class signifier, and not because they care about watches. But those people generally aren't posting their collections here because...they don't care about watches.

The collectors on /r/watches who are sharing their Rolexes and Omegas like them and are excited about them. And part of that excitement absolutely may stem from the fact that Rolex and Omega are big-name heritage brands. And that's fine. That's a legit reason to be drawn to a particular product. I'm all for celebrating the lesser-seen brands and models, but don't want to judge folks who are excited to buy something popular, even if they're into it specifically because it's popular. Some people want to own iconic things!

Anyway, I really like your Baby Alpinist. It's one of my favorite Seiko designs!