Best looking reel to reel

Dokoder, & Crown used to be quite the rage. I saw RTR merely as tools. To put a ‘face’ onto them just add metal reels, or those whose appearance is not routine.

Why don't you tell us what looks the best to you?  Google "reel to reel tape deck" and go to "images".

For me, different hubs and reels can transform the look of the machine.

Wouldn't it be more prudent to invest in something that sounds good as opposed to something that looks cool? Just a thought.

Sadly, finding something that sounds good is the easy part these days. Any decent handheld solid state digital recorder will sound better than even the Studer. The beauty of these old recorders is their refined mechanical quality, and the look and feel that comes with that.
It is for the same nostalgic reason that I have not yet sold my LP12 turntable with its classically beautiful  SME arm, or my old analogue Nikons.

The SME III w/ slightly S-shaped super light titanium nitride wand is just beautiful, also the finest pivot arm for the most compliant cartridges ever produced, from the Golden Age of Vinyl. Period.