/fa/ - Fashion

>>15406319
>way too autistic
That's what happens when I'm drunk..it comes with the package. Tearing apart shitty watches is unnecessary because the average person can do that. Do you think people buy Fossil watches for the horological merit? They buy them because the watch will match their outfit for a few months. It's disposable shit, like Swatch. There's no challenge in that.

To make a 'dent' in the industry, you'd have to review everything 15grand and up essentially, including independents. Then you'd have to find a way to compare what you're critiquing so that it wouldn't sound as if you're just throwing out groundless opinions, and you'd have to offer alternatives or ways to improve the problems.

For a moment, I'll give you a review of my own.
>I hate the Lange Zeitwerk, in all its iterations, and I've hated it since they came out with it. While the technology has merit, it has serious drawbacks due to the power required for the number wheels, which over time will affect the accuracy and performance. Furthermore, the aesthetic appeal is lacking both in size, proportion, and layout of the dial; this is glaringly obvious when the Zeitwerk is compared with any of the other models, from the simple Saxonia even to the oddly proportioned Ein-und-dreisig. Perhaps Lange should stick to their origins.

Now, I know that fans of Lange love this watch, even people I know in person. I know that it's been a successful model for them. I still hate it. It's ugly as shit, and not worth the price in my eyes. How can I justify what I said above? The finishing is just as good as their other watches...the attention to detail as immaculate. I simply hate the design and think it's should be priced lower.

Is there any justification for my thoughts, or is it just me being an ass for the sake of being an ass?

>pic is the best Lange. Prove me wrong!

>>15322889
Well...nobody's perfect.

Jesus...I should probably start drinking again.

>do any of you wonder about the serious questions that plague the industry? For example: independent watchmakers are slowly being pushed out because companies no longer want to sell their parts, which means that watches will have to be serviced only by the manufacturers at their prices. Or how about the obvious problem that the government response to Coronavirus has created in terms of halting the exchange of money for Rolexes? Will luxury brands like this recover? Were they in any danger to begin with, or was it just a temporary halt? With average people 'doing without' for a few months...will they return to the avid status spending they did before, or will they be more careful for long enough that the industry will have to modify itself?

>or it doesn't really matter....

>>15090317
HEY!!! YOu've got the water you watch!!!
Fucking awesome! Do you still wear it in the rotation? Fuck...still the most awesome and unique thing I've ever fucking seen.

Well, if the collection is 'incomplete', it means youcan have fun searching for the missing compononets. One day I might have to ask you your advice about Accutrons....dunno why, but I've always wanted one. Just as a different thing to what I've got. One day though, not today (the info would be lost on em right now).

Aw man....

>>14110460
What do you mean 'specs'? As in, how large are they, or how quickly do they change, or ...what? In short, I have no idea...they just look good to me in the proportion of the face. I think Lange uses golden section measurements for almost everything, which is why the 'slices' tend to all fit together nicely...but I'm just guessin.

>>13902323
Thanks for the suggestion; I'll put it on THE LIST.

I'm still quite far away from that point though...still studying the arithmetic. There's a shit-tonne to learn, and though I get the basic mechanics of it all, I want to know the inside stuff far better before I begin to actually manipulate things. Lots to learn...but it's fun nevertheless.

>>13875176
All that being said, is there any reason I should avoid the Accutron 214s? I love the spaceview, but the astronaut (black face) is really in my wheelhouse in terms of aesthetics....

>as usual, pic unrelated

>>13675163
Okay, I've seen you post this pic before....so you're this guy. Cool! Which one, if you had to choose one, would be the most 'grailish' to you? In other words, if you could put one above all others, perhaps for its rarity or 'choiceness'....which would it be? Love to see a pic...

>>13675172
Hmm...okay, a Rolex Milgauss...with red lettering and second hand tip. Help me to understand. Why? What makes this special to you? Is it the fact that it was made specifically for CERN researchers? (perhaps like the Comex diver watches?) or is there something I'm missing (like very impressive statistics in performance or what it was designed to do)?

>>13675181
Sleep well Anon...hopefully we'll be nice, but debate hard.

>>13675184
The blue one, or the CERN one you posted earlier? Help me I'm drunk! The Milgauss is made to be impervious to serious magnetic fields, right?

Pic WAS a grail of mine....but as I said, I'll probably never buy a Lange. It's still fucking beautiful though...

>>13113073
God they're beautiful...I stopped looking at them long ago, because life got in the way. God...have you seen the ones they do with the mother-of-pearl face? It's probably the only watch outside one of the limited edition chronographs from Omega that I will lust after until the day I die...