/fa/ - Fashion

First for wrist game.

>>13525019
Jefe as fuck, mang.

>>13525019
gay

Just read a couple interviews and learned that:

Philippe Dufour wears a Lange Datograph (pic rel.)

Robert Smith wears a second hand Rolex his wife bought him (unspecified model).

What do you think about this?

Anyone get any jap shitters during prime day(s)?

>>13525076
I have no idea who either of those people are.

>>13525085
Probably the top 2 watchmakers in the world.

>>13525076
>Philippe Dufour wears a Lange Datograph
I'm fairly sure that should be construed as an implicit critique of Swiss watchmakers. Dufour often goes out of his way to say good things about ALS, Credor and even Nomos, but almost never about other Swiss makers that aren't independents.

>Robert Smith wears a second hand Rolex his wife bought him (unspecified model).
You mean Roger Smith? I guess that's sentimentality oh his part.

>>13525019
Second for 1970s spinning tin disc polishing.

>>13525122
That polishing is sick.

The Dexter watch is on the wrist today.

>>13525019
>Wearing a box of watches on your wrist

This is the next level, I believe it

Should I get a Tudor Gaga?

>>13525085
>I have no idea who either of those people are.

>>13525131
I'm still working on trying to confirm that these cases write being done on Sallaz polishing machines in the pre-quartz period. Those machines made in Germany in the 1950s are what Grand Seiko uses for 'zaratsu' polishing today). They use a rotating tin disc with polishing compound applied to it and the cases are placed in frames to help the polisher guide them against the spinning disc to try and achieve a perfectly flat mirrored surface with no optical distortion and crisp case edges.

The only two possibilities are that Seiko was using those same types of machines in the 1960-1975 period, or that they were strictly manually polishing the KS and GS cases, because you cannot achieve their finishing using buffing wheels.

>>13525116
I meant Roger Smith yes, sorry (xD).

Do you think Dufour would wear a watch he didnt like only because of his "hate" of other swiss brands? He always praises the Val de Joux heritage at least...

>>13525236
It's rather thar Dufour respects ALS quote a bit for their dedication to doing things right, with no shortcuts.

>>13525092
Gotcha.

>>13525226
TFW

>>13525200
Only if you want to advertise your shit taste in music

>>13525297
How about my taste in watches?

>>13525297
At least she admits she's ugly in her new movie with Bradley cooper

>>13525085
> Anyone get any jap shitters during prime day(s)?
Literally nothing on special worth getting

>>13525431
No already got mine.

>>13525431
I ordered a Casio MQ24 the day before prime day for $10.19

>>13525157
Next up is someone wearing a watch winder

Post beautiful and sinfully shit watches

>>13525484
I’m already on it, senpai.

>>13525489
Can’t seem to find one.

Oh no no no no no
Wait till you see it

>>13525514
What? The number of the beast?

Middle is my day to day

>>13525569
fag

>>13525571
Well we do are in the fashion section of a mlp masturbation sanctuary.

>>13525122
Did you get your ks from ebay?

>>13525600
If you mean the 45KS (pictured), it came from me, and I got it on Yahoo JP. His 5256 KS came from Yahoo JP.

opinions on the omega flightmaster?

>>13525606
I think it’s ugly and shitty but some /g/ autist will defend it because mouvement, history and craftsmanship.

So I’m not answering this anymore.

>>13525606
Looks like a happy meal toy for adults.

>>13525619
The /g/ approved Omega chronographs are the 320/321, 5100, and the speedsonic.

>>13525637
What about the Seiko Flightmaster?
That one is pretty.

>>13525645
More like the Seiko Shitemaster.

>>13525619
Just manufactured bullshit

A Rolex movement from 2010 isn't any better than a Seiko movment from Malaysia.

But magazines say it's end all be all so it's a Grail to fagos

Also a lot of tards will pay $500-2500 for any random mechanical watch with any bullshit marketing.

I know this because swatch literally madeillions off slapping na bullshit 2824 into everything and selling it to mih heritage

>>13525654
>A Rolex movement from 2010 isn't any better than a Seiko movment from Malaysia.
The literal state of /fa/ wt

>>13525651
That’s what I thought.
I hate you people.

>>13525667
Have you even seen it? It's quite bad anon.

>>13525654
>>13525661
What are you drinking?
And who’s Fagos, the god of watches?

>>13525672
Yes kek
I was just asking because they had the same name and /g/ always shits on Seiko.

>>13525679
>/g/ always shits on Seiko
uh

>>13525688
Jesus Christ don’t play dumb with me cause I win every time.

Is Rolex lume a meme or does it really shine brighter and last longer?

>>13525692
Almost everyone from /g/ owns a Seiko. Some are reasonable about their quality and costs. Other cancer posters worship them so people shit on them.
>>13525705
Pretty sure it's just a meme colour change (blue is a colour our eyes pick up well on isn't it?). No one really knows because it's all different types of proprietary herbs and spices.

Miyota

Japanese design

$0.0567 a unit

Chinese produced

Surpasses COSC certification requirements

You need to service a Rolex before submitting to a digital timer to meet cosc on the models that do.

Your everyday Rolex won't make it

Where do you buy your soviet watches /wt/?

>the quartz shitposters are back
>launch another nerve agent attack

>>13525733
Ebay.ru

>>13525738
Man that coveted chronometer certificate

Only on the highest end watches +6/-4 seconds a day


You how man seconds does that Timex losenin a day? One!

Why the fuck ain't Timex cosc certified then bruh?!

tfw I want a IWC Big Pilot but bought too many shitters instead

But wait you like fancy decorations and non-functional jewels right?

Then why aren't you buying a Seiko kinetic?

They embed some useless ass jewels on the quartz half of the watch

post some /wt/ humor?

>>13525763
This is all I got.

>>13525772
Thats unironically more suiting as a dress watch than any bulky diver

>>13525772
Absolutely based

>>13525763

Diving today

>>13525797
Nice Submariner homage.

>>13525763

>>13525801
Thanks anon, I hope to get a Milgauss soon.

>>13525795
Nice homage.
>>13525804
Tbh it does look pretty good for a fake.

>>13525092
>Vacheron Constantin
>Breguette
>IWC
>Patek Phillipe

Are these not better than Rolex?

Pic related are 3 of my own, the Seiko is for work, the Tissot my gf gave me as a gift literally today, the Breitling she gave me from her dads collection (a 500,000 dollar plus collection of all the brands I listed and much more). Ive got a couple other crappy watches back home too, these three are my favorites.

>>13525819
>Are these not better than Rolex?
Nope.

>>13525824
Patek is better than Rolex, prove me wrong

>>13525804
did this anon not notice the blood on it?

>>13525829
>ooh, nice watch anon, very shiny, what is it?
>"i-it's a patek"
>pat-who? never heard of them, chad has a rolex you know
>*gets raped by a $3000 service bill*

Buying a luxury watch that isn't Rolex is basically just admitting you know nothing about watches.

>>13525836
Don't get me wrong, I really love Rolex, but Patek is farrr better. If normies don't know what they are, idgaf. I don't buy watches to impress normies. People buy Rolex to impress normies

>>13525840
They are in a completely different price bracket so it's a stupid comparison anyway. Rolex is for middle-class aspirational people, wearing 2-3 months salary on your wrist is a big financial hit but acceptable, wearing 8+ is stupidity unless you have serious autism.

Patek buyers probably don't even look at Rolex.

>>13525849
I'm was talking about the watches themselves, not their prices. But anyone who buys a Patek better be making 200-300k a year min.

>>13525855
Patek don't even make diving watches which are literally the only watches that matter so they are dead as a brand.

>>13525824
The fuck? You absolute plebeian, Constanin beats Rolex across the board.

If you want an expensive watch you pay the service because youre not fucking poor. Dont even buy one if you cant afford the damn service.

>>13525865
>dude just buy a $7000 watch then also lose half that on depreciation and spend $3000 on servicing it

Nah I think I'll stick with my Rolex that'll cost me $500 every 10 years tops and if anything gain in value.

Enjoy your dogshit Breitling you fucking faggot.

Watch noob here. When you guys buy a new watch, do you normally care about the strap material it ships with? Or is it just trivial to change it out

>>13525879
Depends what watch. If it's some shitter that comes on a crappy metal bracelet with folded links you'll probably be throwing it in the garbage the moment it arrives anyway so the strap doesn't matter. It's trivial to change a strap out, five seconds with a spring bar tool or a few more seconds if all you have is a pin.

>>13525868
Truth be told I love the Milgauss and want one.

I will likely own Rolexes in the future. The simple fact is that some fuck face claimed they are top 2 in the world. This is nonsense. If youre rich, and can afford a fucking 40,000 dollar watch, you should be able to afford a 3000 dollar service once every 15 years. Ive seen it firsthand.

Like I said the Breitling was a gift. It fits my wrist perfectly and I wnjoy wearing it.

The perfect watch doesn't exist. So why doesn't everyone just move on and buy a $10 to $300 shitter?

got this one for $10, anybody know anything about it? Supposedly has a swiss movement

>>13525900
Most people are brainlet consumerists

>>13525900
>the perfect watch doesn't exist
>posts it

>>13525900
I'm interested in watches of all price ranges

Decided to use the volvo today.
Do you guys match your car with the watch?
Wondering which shitbox suits this better, my toyota or volvo.

>>13525941
Toyota.

>>13525200
Is Gaga the Tudor-fag?

>>13525514
The bird face on the hour hand?

>>13525514
>Devil's diver.
Would not wear

>>13525819
IWC isnt.

>>13526054
>>13525819
Why does noone talk about IWC here?

>>13526059

IWC is the Mercedes of watches

>>13526061
Mercedes are good cars. Whats your point?

>>13525868
What's a 2008 date just worth, less than the MSRP was in 2k8 in b4 you say pre owned purchase. Nobody was selling dirt cheap 2k8 date just in 2k8

>>13525915
Flip it over

Go grab a stress ball or a raquet ball and twist the case open.


17 jewels implies mech movement

Mech movement implies threaded caseback.

If it's a snap back case back it's probably quartz and a dime store special

>>13525879
If it's used buy a new strap and retain the old one if /when you go to sell it

>>13525836
Reminds me of a dude I went to high school with.

We we're in Palm springs and he pulls up in a fisker karma, I told my girlfriend it's an expensive car.

And she said it didn't look that cool and how he should save up for a Tesla of he likes electric cars

>>13526059
Same reason watch snobs dropped panerai and Tudor, counterfeits are too close

>>13525900
>tfw I wore an f-91w on a date and the woman wore a Cartier

>>13526075
>stress ball or a raquet ball and twist the case open
is this better than a case wrench?

>>13526086
No

It's lazy like grabbing an adjustable wrench to loosen the drain plug on your car instead of finding the right size box wrench

>>13526093
It's not worth anything.

Fun fact you can buy new dials and cases for these watches and make a cooler looking one if you want.


I didn't in college with Walmart watches for some reason

>>13526084
It's better to be the person less invested in a relationship.

It's never equal someone always cares more

>>13526100
Do you mean I should get a non-adjustable wrench for the watch case?

>>13525514
Quack.

Polished or brushed steel case, which looks better?

>>13525733
Got mine on eBay

>>13525747
COSC certify quartz watches too, Christopher Ward sell a few chronometer spec quartz watches. The requirements for them is in pic related

>>13525819
He's not saying Lange & Rolex are the best two watchmakers, he's saying Dufour & Smith are.

>>13525860
>Patek don't even make diving watches
Aquanaut, whilst not a true diver would be okay for swimming and snorkelling.

>>13525936
>perfect watch
>No EL backlight
>poor wr
I think you mean pic related is perfect

>>13526084
>>13525900

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>>13525860
>diving watches are the only ones that matter
Are you fucking autistic?

>>13525860
>which are literally the only watches that matter
That's a very narrow view of watches. But I kinda agree. They should at least have one diver in their collection. It would absolutely blow up baselworld if they released a diver.

These old-ass Ricohs' are fucking wild lmao why didn't you guys tell me?

>>13526159
Ricohs are kinda ignored because they were kinda lower-grade compared to Citizen and Seiko. They did some wacky shit though with the intent of cost-cutting.

>>13526059
The only IWC i like is the minute repeater... rest of the range is quite bland.

>>13526139
Thats it

>>13526059
I like IWC's in-house watches. And I like the brand in general, I just wouldn't pay that much for their ETA-based watches. Their designs are very good, so I really like their watches in general. But that is a personal taste.

>>13526061
Rolex is Mercedes of watches, desu.

>>13526161
That explains it. These gemstone dials and the tungsten carbide bezels are pretty nice and unique though.

>>13525836
You mean $600-$800 service bill.
If you have a patek you don't get raped by service bills.

>>13525849
>Rolex is for middle-class aspirational people,
No it's not. Middle class has no business buying a Rolex, it looks ridiculous if they do, it's like they are trying to look rich, but aren't.

>>13526187
This basically
Middle class people with rolex is very cringe worthy

>>13526187
>>13526189
>retarded American definition of middle class
it's almost like there is no working class

>>13526191
I don't know what you mean by this.

>>13526196
I mean the American definition of middle class includes a lot of people that would probably be called working class in Europe. Americans are pretentious.

>>13526199
I don't think this changes anything about what I said, working class in Europe has no business buying a rolex either, lest they want to come off as someone who try to look a lot richer than they are. We have a kind of ridiculing word for it in my language, its meaning is "poor snob"

My watch kind of looks like a little puck.

>>13526204
Im a happy european poor snob. Deal with it.

I have a good job and can afford nice things easy, zero debt and save half my monthly income, own a cash paid new car and two houses etc. I have a Omega and a Cartier and many shitters; and im thinking about buying something nicer like a second hand Rolex (one month salary) or Lange (two months probably) i also wear some expensive shoes etc.

post aesthetic watch straps

>>13526204
Kek. I met someone like that not long ago, a friend of a friend. He was wearing an OP 39, but he was clearly someone who earned sub-80k a year. Prolly closer to 50k a year. Could be that he comes from a nicer family tho, which would make it ok.

>>13526155
You guys act like 90% of males dive. I've known two persons in my whole life that dive regularly and one of them is a girl.

>>13526221
>I have a good job and can afford nice things easy
>zero debt
>two houses
>own a cash paid new car
Cash? Are you a drug dealer?
Sounds more to me that you're not poor. More like you can actually afford and justify a rolex purchase.

>>13525200
I'm saving up for a Tudor North Flag. They look great

>>13526227
What I meant is that Patek lacks a diver, not that I agree with what the other anon said about divers being the only watches that matters.

I don't particularly favor divers myself, I just think that all watch brands ought to have at least one.

>>13525569
Nice, I want the North Flag

>>13526224
What a moron. Unless he has a nice family that helps him financially as you said, then he probably had to save for a while to afford it, which is just stupid.

>>13526231
And I'm saying that divers don't matter at all because noone is diving.
It's just for the aesthetics and Patek is clearly on another direction aesthetically. Good choice for a top luxury brand desu

>>13526238
Then I disagree I guess.

>>13525569
I want to like these but aren't they using a 2824? I also can't really get on with the dive style dial on a non dive watch

>>13526293
What's wrong with 2824?

>>13526228
We call it "cash paid" here when you just have the money to pay it without having to borrow it. In fact its ilegal to pay such an amount in real cash here, it has to be made thru a bank account.

The two houses i own are: one inherited and the other one was only 100.000€. Im a bit old, 37.

I had nothing just 12 years ago when i started working, and im a tier 2 public servant that make less than 36.000€ a year after taxes.

So i consider myself poor.

>>13525654
Thank God I bought an Invicta then :^)

>>13526303
Nothing wrong with it. Only that the newer in-house Tudor movement seems to be nicer.

But that 2824 no-date Top grade modified is a great movement, reliable, accurate, cheaper and cheaper to service.

>>13526304
Did you pay for the rolex yourself with your salary? (you said you have a good job, I thought you meant you had a high salary)
Do you come from a nice family? How much is the inherited house worth?

>>13526315
I havent bought the Rolex or Lange yet. But i have savings of about a year salary in the bank now and growing.

The inherited house is worth like 200.000€ more or less. Currently a friend is paying me to live there because i live in the other house (its a nice little appartment by the beach).

I sold another little apartment i had prior to this one with a profit, and inherited other minor properties and stock that i sold too, but no big money at all, mainly spent in the new appartment and making the other house habitable.

My family are all working class, im the first who went to college actually.

>>13526315
I said my job is nice because i earn enough money to live comfy (above most people here), its for life and has good benefits and certain social status.

>>13525085
only Invictas subs were on sale to like 45-50 bucks.

What watch is he wearing in this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiIOSJu7AmA

STFU wage cucks.

Post your morning watches.

>>13526339
filtered dont bother responding i wont see it

>>13526339
Morning.

>>13526337
>watching talk shows

>>13526341
Beautiful King.
What strap is that again?

>>13526347
Just answer the man, you morose motherfucker.

>>13526350
That's an Eulit Kristal perlon in brown. I'd buy a Palma in the same color, but they apparently don't make the brown Palma in 18mm yet.

>>13526324
>>13526332
Well, you sound like you're doing pretty ok, but I still feel like a Rolex is too much for you, especially a Lange (wtf). It just doesn't seem right. The fact that you have to spend a big chunk of your savings to buy it is just very unsettling for me to think about. You're in that financial state in which you could buy a breitling or some omegas, but normally I would say even these seem a bit too expensive for someone like you, at least if they had a mortgage. It definitely helps that you have no mortgage or loans, so I think you can punch above your weight. But then again, you are literally spending your savings for your watches, this is the unsettling part. I guess owning that Rolex and that Lange is very important to you.

>>13526337
what in the fuck happened to jonah hill? also i too would like to know what watch hes wearing

>>13526341
>wearing his watch on the hand instead of on the wrist

>>13526363
I know is a bit too much, specially the Lange, buy a Rolex for like 3000€ would hurt me. Is less than 10% of my savings after all. I have all my other hobbies covered by now and a money doesnt make you happy, things do! XD

I have had other spending madnesses before, like nice bicycles, shoes... some grand spent are easy to overcome and forget, but the nice things stay with you ;-)

>>13526376
3000 in a Rolex WOULDNT hurt me i mean.

>>13526366
Hollywood happened.

>>13526376
>>13526378
Ok, 3000 is not bad. You get a rolex that cheap?
Well, I agree this sounds ok for you.

>>13526341
Goodmorning ks anon. How much did you pay for your ks? I'm thinking about getting a silver ks, but the gold doesn't look bad at all.

>>13526380
There are plenty of Rolex DJs for less than 3000€, yes.

>>13526371
You can see my wrist bone in front of the strap in that picture. A watch with the strap behind the wrist bone cannot, by definition, be on the hand.

>>13526387
Cool. I didn't realize that.

>>13526337
Yellow gold Daytona.

>>13526381
I bought it from Movement-Collector-Anon for the same $500 USD he got it for from Yahoo! Japan Auctions.

For a 45 KS in good condition you should expect to pay around $500 USD even on Y! Japan Auctions.

what are good color straps for green dial watches? i was thinking gray leather if i get a leather band, but for NATOs/Perlons i'm not sure what would work

>>13526206
kys

>>13526363
>>13526376
>>13526378
>>13526380
This is an interesting conversation, but I kinda agree with you. I myself own a few watches that I shouldn't really afford (a brand new speedy sandwich being the nicest), but my watches were basically gifts from my well-off parents. I bought the speedy from money I have from them, same with a seamaster diver I had, and a couple other expensive watches are gifts from them. All the other watches which I bought myself from my own money have been under $700. My salary is around 45k a year, and I have a mortgage that is going very well. But I would not use my own money on luxury watches at this point in my life at all. The speedy is my grail, and I don't plan on having anything nicer than this anyway.

>>13526135
tfw cosc has to change its rules to keep budget watches out of contention.

shitty timex > accuracy than rolex cosc graded meachnical movement

then cosc goes and crates a new category because the Japanese are fucking their shit

and patek trying to de-qual credor


best watches, denim, whiskey, designers and gaming platforms all stem from japan

>>13526315
36k euro a year isn't a good job.

it's like when you hear mexicans bragging about how great of a job they have on facebook

and you find out they're a medical assitant or a car detailer or some shit

@13526413
No one cares what you have to say, stop posting.

>>13526413
Who the fuck are you nigga and why do you post the thread full always?

Anyways, you are unironically right. But think it this way. The swiss are moving the goal posts and creating certificates to bait clueless normies and brainlets who buy those timepieces for full retail, no money is taken away with you.
Then you get a enthusiastic watch scene and good vintage watch offerings ripe for the picking.

>>13526395
What a cunt

>>13526421
>>13526422

itt poor fucking teenagerrs who just post

IMA BUY A ROLLIE ONE DAY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwk5OUII9Vc

you guys don't even know shit about watches, you don't even know why you want a rolex but you heard about it on instagram

>>13526387
>Rolex DJs for less than 3000€
They are all hugely inflated in price and not even worth 1/3rd of that.

>>13526405
If you are from a well off family then they probably dont think its weird that you own a speedy I should think

>>13526380
the one everyone wants is a submariner, stainless, about $10k US

datejust is entry level you can find examples from the 90's as low as $1200 at pawn shops


i see them at pawn shops all the time

>why are you in pawn shops all the time sieg

because the safe handgun roster ANON

i gotta buy them glocks and sig 320's used because im not a cop anon!

there is no other way to get them legally and i gotta stay as armed as the fucking cartels roaming the streets anon!

@13526429
>M-MUH CASIO IS MORE ACCRIT THAN A ROWLECKS

What a remarkable revelation, do you have any other new information to me? Truly this is new knowledge for me, I honestly did not know that Quartz watches were more accurate that mechanical ones.

>F91W
>accurate to +/- 30 seconds a month
>have to reset the time at the start of every month because no annual calendar

>rolex sub
>accurate to +/- 2 seconds per day
>have to reset the time at the start of every month because no annual calendar

What use is the tiny increase in accuracy if you need to reset the time once a month anyway? If you're doing mission critical work that requires absolutely precise timing you certainly aren't wearing a mechanical watch and you certainly aren't namefag shitposting on a watch general in the middle of the day.

>>13526438
>implying i have a casio

>implying im not the dude who /fa/ thinks is crazy because i sold my vintage tank to buy guns

>>13526433
Basically, they're not surprised at all that I wear some luxury watches, since they know which family I'm from. My father own a rolex, a patek, and a few omegas, and his interest in watches have basically been extended onto his son. I also have an ugly tag heuer, and my seamaster diver 300 is no longer mine. But I won't spend my own money on that kind of watches, as I have other things I should be spending them on.

>>13526445
when you're lying you should omit watches that only recently have become upmarket, and only recently have started to see a demand in vintage pieces of the brand

i was stuck with a pie pan for years at a few hundred thinking it would move

>be middle class
>max out 401k, Roth IRA
>shove 30k into my trading account every year because I can't put more into the retirement accounts
>still have 6k left over after taxes and bills
>hurr durr can't buy a single rolex

Why?

I remember back in 2010 or something when I was looking into rolex, and one could buy a Submariner for 6000-something from the AD. Why the hell do you have to pay 9000 now?? Are they really that inflated?

>>13526450
What??

>>13526451
you can't max out a 401k, because you can always put unlimited after tax amounts into it after your matched contribution.

also at that income level you wouldn't qual for roth ira benefits which is why lower income individuals tend to go with that

>>13526458
>claims vintage watche expert

>doesn't know what a tank or pie pan is

i'm not a virgin but how do you locate the hole to stick it in, and you just jam it in? does the clit get in the way?

>>13526429
unironically this

/wt/ has become nothing but a Rolex (and Seiko) circlejerk thread

>>13526462
Did you quote the wrong person or something? I haven't talked about vintage watches or about pie pans.

>>13526465
it's idiots from /g/ who are obsessed about consumer jewelry that has a smaller market share every year as wearables slowly take over and will fade since wearing shit on your wrists is annoying


they're the same fucking morons who think a makerbot is a magic microwave that spawns free shit

>>13526473
You bought a fake tudor instead of buying a seiko or some other affordable watch. I don't know who is more obsessed.

>>13526473

>>13526474
i have a fake tudor where?

i just told the motherfuckers that asian 2824 = parts compatible with a eta 2824 so much so that when eta slowed the blanks and parts for third party service centers they're using the asian parts on real eta movements


so a fake ass tudor is just as functional as the real thing just shitty finishing and a fake ass dial and bezel and strap but those can all be upgraded with real shit on the second hand market

and that you can pop out the shit tier crystal they use with a $13 harbor greight watch press tool and put saphire in it if you want

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abW6jU3oDKM

>>13526426
that talk show host is a bigger cunt. Every few months he crocodile tears about something and makes national news. politics aside all media should be hanged

>people replying to an attention whoring namefag retard instead of just filtering him instantly

>>13526418
I said im poor already. But considering i earn mostly the same as a judge here or more than a basic doctor, my job is not that bad.

>>13526492
This. It's clear he is trying to troll and failing miserably but at least one dummy keeps feeding him

>>13526525
what am i lying about? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydb9YFFF-ro

>>13526525
>>13526492
Sieg's been around for years and years. He dropped the trip to get more attention. When he posts people on fa usually just post one of the embarassing photos he's taken over the years. A particular favorite is the one of himself ~300 pounds, and his then girlfriend ~the same. With the watch thread moving from g he sees an opportunity to interact without being immediately shamed.

Well it seems I finally found a confirmation that Seiko imported the Sallaz polishing machines in the 1950s and that they were Sallaz polishing ('zaratsu' is the Japanese translation of Sallaz) in the 1960s. I'd never been sure that they did the historical cases using the same approach as the modern ones until now.

https://www.grand-seiko.com/uk-en/special/9f9s9stories/vol2/2/

>In the 1950’s, the Hayashi Seiki facility which manufactures many of the Grand Seiko watch cases began using a polishing machine that had the words GEBR.SALLAZ engraved on it. GEBR. is an abbreviation of the German word for “brothers” and SALLAZ (pronounced in the German fashion as “zaratsu” in Japan) was the family name of the company that built it. The main feature of this polishing machine is that the front of the rotating disc, not the side, is used to polish surfaces. In Japan, this process came to be known as Zaratsu polishing. The Grand Seiko Style, with its highly polished, clearly defined ridges where plane meets plane, is only achievable through use of this machine and its successors and the expert skills of the craftsmen who mastered its application.

>>13526538
Do us a favor and track down those pics please. I'm only on /fa/ for /wt/ but will gladly splash this fat fuck's face every time he posts.

Also I see you replied to me, what part of filtered do you not understand retard?

>>13526538
Do you have the image?

How do you filter someone? Do you have some kind of extention?

>>13526490
But what about his watch game?

>>13526570
4chanx

>>13526570
It's part of 4chan's built-in features, go to settings.

>>13526547
I have him filtered but I just checked who you meant. Going down the rabbit hole in warosou was pretty pathetic. It was 7 years of misogyny and MRA. Lots of weird comments on /cgl/. Here's his trip code password btw. >>/fa/thread/S6617581#p6617600 . I remember that time. Anyway it's easy enough to find the two photos that I'm talking about but seeing an archive of 5 years of Sieg being called a fat spic just kind of makes me sad for all involved. Honestly all boards that aren't /po/ suck.

>>13526570
Please don’t filter me :(
I’m new to this.
I’m so lonely.

>>13526399
dark brown perlon
navy/white nato maybe? idk prolly not

Good morning wt. Bit of a mess in here.

>>13526629
Morning. How the GPs running?

>>13526633
They've been on the winder. The observatory still clicks when I wind it so I don't. I haven't had an occasion to wear them yet.

>>13526655
Right, I forgot those are autos, it's good that the winder is an option for the Observatory.

>>13525492
>>13525499
Info on these?

>>13526773
The box one is an Hamilton Kahki Pioneer Limited Edition

h78719553

Jesus, the real thread on /g/ was bad, but you /fa/ggots are so fucking dumb. This thread is retarded.

>>13526782
It's got such a nice style.
Looks like a vintage homage, did they do a rerelease of it or something?

>>13526790
I don’t know.
And I’m still trying to understand the purpose of the box and bracelet.

>>13526791
Well, I'm assuming the box is a watch winder, for one watch. Which is a little silly.
And what about the bracelet is strange to you?

Love this watch. Thoughts?

>>13525606
I want one.

>>13526798
Looks nice desu

>>13526798
You love it now? Kek.

>>13526798
How many layers of irony is this meme going for?

>>13525733
Hey someone posting my watch, cool.
Do your research, though. I bought it without knowing it was a franken-watch (the dial is a mish mash of other soviet watches).

I really couldn't care less because I dig the look, but just be weary if you are into the whole authenticity or collecting thing.

>>13526794
That box is a gimballed mount for a marine Chronometer

>>13526413
>best watches, denim, whiskey, designers all stem from japan

Yiiiikkkessss that's a no from me, boss

>>13526798
you rang?

>>13526844
>donkey kong complication
I always kek louder than I should

>>13526844
Delete the fucking donkey kong watch, you pulled it out of your ass

>>13526844
yeah the donkey kong doesn't belong in there

>>13526802
thanks, it really grew on me
>>13526844
why are you obsessed with me?

>>13526862
>>13526867
donkey kong was to give context for the peacocking line, will delete for future reference

>>13526870
why do you shit up threads with a cheap, ugly watch that you yourself only like because of sunk costs, which is ridiculous since it didn't cost anything in the first place.

>assemble movement
>a part is missing
>assemble movement
>left with one part

>>13526794
Firts time I see a bracelet with a socket.

How do I into watch repair? Seems like its a cool skill to learn

>>13526937
You could take the course from timezone as a way to start. You could also get so that information by reading stuff but if you're willing to pay and not motivated enough to find all the resources yourself it's not terrible.

>>13526937
I shake too much and sometimes my eyeballs wiggle for nothing.
Guess It’s not for me.

just bought this at a second-hand store and considering getting a new battery and band. what do yall think?

>>13526967
fresh af, hope you're smoking camels while wearing it

>>13526967
I once saw those camel trophy watches going for like 10 € at a second hand, didn't get one because it's a ugly shitter though.
I'd flip it if I were you, there are people (at least one confirmed) that collect camel trophy watches kek.

>>13526896
Someone post the windyknob bait compilation, that was gold.

>>13527015

>>13525085
What kind of watch is the bottom one?

>>13526798
Did you get the new strap?

>>13527090
https://countycomm.com/collections/view-all-watch-products/products/sr-35-diver-automatic-watch
actually pretty legit except for the water resistance

>>13527043
Thanks familia

why did they change the typeface for the GMT II?

>>13527043
What in the fuck

>>13527015
I want to see his qt gf
And I want to know why I still don’t has one.

>>13527109
>Improve bezel
>fuck up dial

>>13527144
it's just the bezel typeface i don't like. looked way better before imo

>>13527134
You have to be a /wt/ shitposter in order to get a gf.
Note that if you do not take the quartz route, you are going the way of the tudorfag and will not be granted a qt gf

>>13527196
Post her friend with the bigger boobs

>>13527207
Sorry senpai, I haven't saved any more windy pics.

>>13527196
Welp
I really don’t need one right now.

Going to cop this badboy, y'all niggas be jelly.

>>13527238
Wear it in good health my friend.

>>13527238
Whatever floats your boat dude. Looks gaudy as fuck to me though.

>>13527238
Wow, that's 2 legit 2 quit

if i built this, what would you all think of the aesthetic

dial will be held on via dial dot

>>13527284
Very nice dress watch if you have 9 inch wrists

>>13527286
i was planning to wear it to an office, case is huge since fucking pocket watch movement

>ask question about the watch from seller
"duhh, i dunno"

Simple thing about case dimensions.
Why the fuck are they even trying to sell it if they can't be bothered to answer one question.

>>13527323
Normies don't have calipers or basic research skills

Is chronograph accuracy something to worry about or consider?

Is my question retarded?

>>13527344
Yes it is retarded.
Human response time will always be the inaccurate part in them, that's why it's ridiculous to see 1/100 chronos or something like the microgirder.

>>13527238
My jewelry guy has the same one kek.
Always mirin it when I go adjust my shitter’s bracelet.

>>13527377
Your jewellery guy has a fake as fuck Rolex?

>>13527379
He probably has a real one.

>>13527344
A running chronograph can decrease the amplitude on a balance, which can in turn change how the watch responds to positional variance and can in turn affect the mean daily rate. In practice, if you're not running the chronograph all day, it shouldn't make a big difference.

Alright, I'm jumping on the MN strap bandwagon.

Recommend me one, as I'm not sure what would match the gold accents on my Baby Tuna.

>>13527416
>Alright, I'm jumping on the MN strap bandwagon.
Erika's Originals offers more color choices and a thinner strap, but the new parachute webbing they are made out of isn't as stretchy as the old stock MN stuff, and her strap designs is, in my opinion, less comfortable than the thicker NDC Straps design.

That said, the NDC Strap only comes in olive and would not be a great aesthetic match for that watch.

>>13527421
How about these? These seem to be the current French military issue.

>>13527428
I'm not familiar with those. When people talk about "MN straps" I usually assume they mean parachute webbing straps.

>>13525797
inb4 a octopus steals your omega

>>13525797
Kinda brave bringing a kinda expensive diver that old underwater.

I christened my newly restored slavshit diver, that's only somewhat older than that Omega, by dumping it into the Tisza just last week, but I paid like $12 on the fleamarket for this watch, plus another like $20 for the new crystal and gaskets, so if it would have somehow still flooded I wouldn't have given much shits.

>>13527456
Kek I actually saw an octopus that day. They're pussies for the most part. I was more worried about it falling down in the coral.

What are the best 2-piece cloth straps? Nato? Perlon?

>>13527484
I had it pressure tested a week before my trip. I was only freediving, so I wouldn't break 25 meters even if I tried.

>>13527497
Octopussies?

>>13527546
Any thoughts on my Jap watch? Sorry for low quality pics

>>13527546
>>13527548
Orient Stars are great

Whats a good watch with a silver or grey dial under 1k?

>>13527594
If you don't mind a lack of a second hand and want something brand new, the Hamilton Intramatic 38mm is pretty nice. Has an ETA 2892-A2 at a sub $1k price point.

>>13527548
Gonna be getting myself one of these soon, severely underrated watch, and very low priced thanks to the bambino taking the limelight

In my opinion the Casio F28W is the best watch ever made

>>13527641
You'd be wrong.

>>13525448

this is clean af

>>13527246
serious question. Are you not bothered by it having a 1 where the 11 is supposed to go?

>>13527664
Fuck, can’t unsee.
Thanks a lot, lad.

>>13527664
Only the even numbers have numerals, the rest are baton indices.

>>13527677
Well no shit?
We have Microsoft Encarta 95 with us, guys.

>>13527681
Well I don't see why you are so bothered by the 11 being replaced by a baton when the 5, 7, 9 are also batons

>>13526798
nice larping
>>13526844
rang?

What's the classiest size of a watch?

>>13527754
38

>>13527754
36mm

>>13527428
Why are you even on this board. For the love of god don't wear VELCRO on your wrist like some kind of toddler

>>13527754
34mm

Do women really care what watch you wear?

>>13527796
yes

Where can I get a blatantly fake Rolex? Like a fuckin Bolex or something funny like that. For the novelty of course.

>>13527849
Look around on DHgate

>>13527863
hey if you believe these chinks Daniel Craig bought the watch he wore in Spectre from this site to the tune of $36 lmoa
I'll have to look around, but it doesn't seem like much of those actually say the brand name. thanks for the recommendation tho

>>13527769
This

>>13526079

Your girlfriend fucked that dude later

>>13527796
Its more like, looking good makes you subconsciously more confident, and it's the confidence that they pick up on.

>>13527796
Yes, believe me. I get no female attention because of my basic watch.

>>13526429
Until now that song was unintelligible to me and I didn't know what they were saying.

>>13527677
Oh yeah I see that now. Makes sense. I'm sure they went with that design to avoid the uncluttered diall. Thanks. Not this dude.>>13527681

>>13527344
are you sure you're not asking about chronometer accuracy?

chronograph and chronometer are two different things.

in a mechanical watch, the chronograph will be (about) as accurate as the watch runs normally

>>13526079
Why would anyone buy a car made by a scissor company

>>13527284
dawg, that dial is super fucking heavy for dialdots. better use a lot

Just make a new thread, nerds.

>>13528039
this
Some nerd pls make a new thread

>>13527796
Vaguely

>>13528039
>>13528072


>>13528098

>>13525569
>>13526232
>>13526293
I think it is a 2824, I’m a fan all the hardware is rolex made but I can get it serviced at anywhere that does etas. Its not necessarily a dive style watch, its more in keeping with the classic explorer style, the snowflake hands are I guess and tudor messed up calling it a black bay. As a wristlet I don’t really care. Its reliable luxurious and quite beautiful. I also have a speedmaster 38, but the quality is abysmal, it requires constant servicing, and the bracelet is very hard to keep clean. Maybe I’m not a watch purist but with money to spend I’d rather have these peices that always draw compliments and get me good services at boutiques rather than a random soviet peice of crap or japanese knock off. That being said might get a Nomos weltzeit, a yachtmaster, or a calatrava next, thoughts?

a bunch of Rado from my collection, greetings from Poland

>>13527796
Some do, but mostly it is this >>13527980

>>13528652
Ew

>>13525076

Dufour has said more than once that he thinks it's the best chronograph ever made. It's the only watch he has from a manufacture.

Roger Smith wears an Explorer that his wife bought to " replace" his first watch, which was a Rolex he had to sell to fund his own first watch he was building.

>>13528688
If the chinese can make 1:1 Rolex copies that are indistinguishable from the original even by experts for like $300, then why can't a supposed watch manufacturing genius make his own? I smell a fraud.

>>13528830
What are you talking about? They both make their own watches.

>>13528846
Allegedly, but then why didn't he replicate his first Rolex? Like I said even the Chinese can do it for $300, then why not him?

>>13528855
Why would he replicate a Rolex? He's not chink.

>>13528855