/fa/ - Fashion

The most effay Rolex.

>>13574746
Second for vintage led watches

>>13574760
i can't believe rolex really made that

>>13574771
Fourth for vintage lcd watches

>>13574777
Fifth as well

>>13574746
Do you like my clock guys?

>>13574772
rolex has made a lot of stuff

>>13574782
Aye, that is a nice timepiece.

>>13574777
OK, sure

>>13574783
Cool Clock Ahmed! Bring it to the White House!

It's actually one of the hardest Rolex models to obtain as demand is pretty insane but availability is incredibly limited.

From a pure jewellery perspective it's incredibly well made. All the jewels are all perfect clarity, internally flawless with perfect color grading.

>>13574794
You bet, Mr. President!

>>13574777
sup /fa/

I have a cook watch project I am working on (well cool to me). There was a company called "fairchild" in the 1970s that made good quality steel case LCD watches. They became illegal to manufacture and sell because they included so much tritium the government said they would cause cancer. As a result someone just found a shit load of them on a pallet that were never sold. So you can get them for like $50 bucks now new in the box from 1975.

I bought one and I am going to mod it by putting a bunch of modern tritium vials in it. So it will be illuminated 24/7 with the equivalent of an indiglo watch for 20 years.

when i get it do you guys want pics?

>>13574772
It's actually one of the hardest Rolex models to obtain as demand is pretty insane but availability is incredibly limited.

From a pure jewellery perspective it's incredibly well made. All the jewels are all perfect clarity, internally flawless with perfect color grading.

>>13574803
I am not going to use rainbow, I can't decide between all blue and all red.

oh hell maybe I will use rainbow, I am pretty huge and i think i could pull it off as a silly thing

is rainbow /fa/?

>>13574803
What the fuck?
Hook me up with one bruh

>>13574783
I like it.
Are you going to finish it?

>>13574803
Nice DNA watch

>>13574807
what do you guys think? is this cool? it's an all steel illegally radio active well made watch that was the equivalent to $500 now when it was made. Pic is the one I am getting here, but the one I can find mod is a bit different but uses the same movement and display


http://www.timetrafficker.com/watches/lcd/fairchild-lcd-tritium/index.html

>>13574809
do you like?

if it works I could make several and sell them on ebay I guess if people really want them, IMO this is really cool

They are $50 on ebay but the one I have on the way I offed a seller $35 for and he accepted

>>13574803
>cook
cool

>>13574814
It's cool, but do not use rainbow colours, not effay at all.
Btw I think you could do a similar mod on a normal casio.

>>13574818
https://www.ebay.com/itm/NIB-Vintage-Fairchild-Solid-State-Tritium-Quartz-LCD-Digital-Watch-1331-FC1331/263627799511

Do these even work?

>>13574810
You mean am I going to attach a detonator to the piezo leads?
No, kek

>>13574746
how thick is thick? im mirin two SKAGEN watches, one is 6.5mm one is 5mm. I really like the look of the first but i dont want fatbump on my wrist

>>13574803
>>13574807
>>13574814
Thank you for posting this anon, never thought about this before.

>>13574820
>Btw I think you could do a similar mod on a normal casio.
ok should i use blue or green?

I don't think you could use a normal casio. I thought you could for awhile and I was actually planning to mod a regular casio to do this but I could not figure out if the tritium would be bright enough or if it was technically possible. This is a photo of the fairchild moment, see how big the tray is for the tritium? it's several mm, a regular casio is not this thick. You would have to somehow remove the normal reflective backing and install a back that would make the movement twice as thick, then mod the case to accept the thick movement.

>>13574824
>Do these even work?
I freaking hope so. I don't see why not. I have seen people buy them and post about it on forums and they seem to work.

That is the seller I bought mine for, he took $35 as an offer.

I'm windyknob guy by the way

>>13574834
>Thank you for posting this anon, never thought about this before.
i think it's a pretty great idea. I will post about putting everything together and if i can get it working when i get all the materials together.

The watch was $35 but the tritium vials will cost $100 as far as I can tell, i have the watch in the mail but have not bought the dials first, I want to measure the depth on the chamber in the case and make sure the watch works first

>>13574848
>dials
vials

>>13574848
>bought the dials first
bought the vials

>>13574848
Cool, waiting eagerly to see it.

>>13574814
Cool projet.
Have fun, Marie Curie.

>>13574831
who cares? it's a quartz shitter that's <$100. just cop it if you like it ffs

regardless, both of those are pretty slim, as slim as it gets really, especially for poorfags

>>13574839
I'd go with green personally.

>>13574869
>>13574868
Yeah I mean what's the worst that could happen?... just because the Federal Government of the United States of America says it's a dangerous amount of radioactive material and it will cause cancer does not mean anything right?

I'm a genius for sure.

>>13574831
w2c the left skagen?

>>13574886
It wont cause shit unless you break the tubes and inhale the gases inside or eat the tubes.

>>13574886
It looks great but there's no way in hell I'd be working on that much tritium.

>>13574893
https://www.skagen.com/en-us/hagen-slim-mother-of-pearl-black-steel-mesh-watch-skw6472
nice choice

>>13574894
>It wont cause shit unless you break the tubes and inhale the gases inside or eat the tubes.
why did the gvt ban them? The literal reason they are available is because they were banned by the federal government so they just sat in a warehouse for 42 years and now that the original tritium has decayed due to it's half life some guy is selling them. They were the cost adjusted for inflation price of $500 then but they are $35 now. So the case is well made and i think fairchild was bought out by texas instruments but they were a very legit brand of good quality stuff back in the day.

I bet if I bought 20 watches from the guy and got them shipped at once he would sell them to me for $25 a watch. then I could mod them and sell them cheap if enough people care enough to want them

>>13574896
>It looks great but there's no way in hell I'd be working on that much tritium.
yeah, probably true :(

>>13574906
oh shit no i can't do that can I? The feds will find me and sue me or something

>>13574906
>They were the cost adjusted for inflation price of $500 then but they are $35 now.
A lot to ask for a base metal digital..
Crazy were the early lcd days.

The ban was probably just hysteria, why are there tritium vial watches all around us now if they were dangerous?

>>13574914
>The ban was probably just hysteria, why are there tritium vial watches all around us now if they were dangerous?
it's the amount, there are rules for how much tritium you can put in a watch. if you get into trit watches you will learn about this, watch makers who use tritium on watch hands always bump up against the limit and they sometimes offer several styles, such as trit hand or trit markers etc.. and what people do is buy one of each watch and combine the parts to make a super trit watch that would be illegal to sell

>>13574939
How is this allowed then?

>>13574946
I don't know, it could be that the amount in each marker is less than you would think by density. Maybe the gvt is just looking the other way or does not actually give as much of a fuck as I think they do about the letter of the law.

>>13574783

is this /fa/?

I am going to have to find a way to extend the bracelet as it's 7.5in and my wrists are 9in

>>13575029
>base metal digital
>$100 worth of tritium tubes in it

/fa/ as fuck my friend.

Am I stupid or doesn't every single 1-12 diver bezel watch in the world have this functionality? Seems like a weird thing to advertise.

>>13575044
Yes, they are just trying to bait clueless normie boomers

>>13575044
>>13575051
"It's just like a Rolex"

Thoughts on globlu watches?

>>13575044
GMT in general is an almost useless feature if you know how to add or substrac (meaning "if you are older than 6 and non retarded"). Some GMTs are cool tho.

>>13575099
Probably my favorite dual timezone here

>>13575067
Anyone?

>>13575067
>>13575142
Never heard of them but it looks like chinkshit.

>>13575142
>>13575067

cheap looking quartz with stupid script/font/logo

nothing interesting about it in any way and it is not stylish

>>13575099
I don't disagree but I really like the look of the Tudor Black Bay GMT.

>>13575158
I think it is stylish.
It has indiglo though, that's what the button is for.

>>13575067
I am not a fan. The lume dots seem out of place on the dial and the logo looks like it should be on a rotomolded cooler. I think the cheap factor is accentuated by the bracelet.

>>13575067
gay

>>13575099
I personally like to wear my sterile GMT with the 24 hour time set to match the 12 hour time, having the hand go around 1 time in 24 hours gives me a different feeling of what percentage of the day has passed when I glance at it

>>13575162
imo the tudor gmt is the best looking one ever made

>>13575165
>I think it is stylish.
lol

>>13575162
>>13575213
They look good and im not saying it is completly useless... and we all have watches that can do shit we will never need; from a Casio calculator to any helium valve.

>>13575236
im a saturation diver bro

that seiko lume has saved my life more than once!

>>13575238
That's cool!
Can you describe the situations?

>>13574789

>4MHz

wtf

>>13574881
thanks man copped the left guy should be here tuesday

>>13575252
that 10spy casio AT-cut quartz

my watch(reds are more muted irl)

>>13575289
Be careful with them octopus.

>>13575296
>Be careful with them octopus.
?

>>13575289
Hnnnnnng
VERY sexy

>>13574839
green to indicate radioactiveness and cancer

What is /wt/s favourite watch under $2000? Looking for recs

>>13575368
Nomos club

Missed this thread. Buy or not?

Original post:
>>13575363

>>13575044
I am considering getting the grey dial one.

I see this watch classified for men and for women depending on where I look at it. I like the colors of it more than regular steel, any opinions?

Post some sexy sides, boys.
Mine moustaches.

>>13575368
Seiko SARA015
Damasko DA36
Nomos Club

>>13575368
They love the trifecta.

>>13575368
Sinn 556

>>13575469
>Sinn 556

Fine watch for sure. Sinn knows how to put a watch together.

>>13575480
I am actually thinking about getting the mop dial version instead of the 556i. Gonna go to their frankfurt store in October (hopefully) to buy it and I'll see how gay it looks irl or if it's okay.

>>13575469
I like Sinn as a brand and their catalog much more. But between the entry Sinn 556 and the entry Damasko DS30 I'd pick the Damasko.

>>13575494
Only reason I am willingly buying the worse(?) of the two is because Sinn is a lot cooler as a brand.
But actually the damasko's dial and hands look shitty compared to the sinn'.

>>13575489

remember to check your nations laws about pearls.

>>13575489
Nothing wrong with wearing a dial like that as a guy.

>>13575533
Wine dial best dial.

Just won this. The movement is supposed to be pretty fancy.

>>13575067
ffs just get a Timex

Finally adjusted this. Just a tad tight but im not willing to open it up again because the patchwork can be shotty. I also realized I used to wear watches on my left wrist in middle school but for some reason my right feels more comfortable now

>>13575553
in what way?

>>13575553
This is what the movement looks like.

>>13575396

pls respond

Thoughts?

>>13575564
> cal 3802
What's fancy about a cal 3802? It's an early quartz, but it's not especially adjusted and doesn't feature any unusual technology. It's not even the first watch using CMOS, which was Daini's 36 series.

>>13575368
Grand Seiko quartz.

>>13575579
Seiko is the biggest meme

>>13575591
Second to Rolex.

>>13575368
This bad boy.

What's the time only equivalent of the Lemania 5100 chronograph?
>>13575579
Nice Rolex Datejust homage (unironically)

>>13575599
Pretty nice. But a good boy more than a bad boy.

>>13575553
>>13575563
pls respond

>>13575584
Still, it looks to be of all-metal construction. I like those. Here's a 4623 I did earlier this week.

>>13575516
Mother of pearl has nothing to do with pearls, it's made from shells.

>>13575396
Nice classic Seiko 7Txx caliber (same as TGV's beloved Flightmaster f.e.). I dont like the watch as a whole so much tho.

>>13575610
Just did.
>>13575622

>>13575605
It's a very good boy.

>>13575630
what does a 7T chronograph have to do with a cal 3802?

>>13575591
Agreed. I think most of us are sick of the fact 90% of the watches posted are Seiko.

>>13575597
Rolex isn't a meme. They are too expensive for everyone here to own so all opinions by poorfags, me included, are irrelevant.

>>13575610
I'm talking about how early quartz movements tend to be of higher build quality (and more rare) the closer you get to that magical border between 1969 and 1970. 1970 production is already hard to find, 1969 is pretty much unobtanium.

Pic related, the grail of every collector of early Jap quartz watches.

>>13575648
They could have at least put it on a strap of the right size :(

Fair enough. The 3802 is certainly a good movement. I'm just not sure I'd describe it as pretty fancy - it's very basic. At least it's jeweled.

As a collector of early japanese quartz watches, it would definitely be cool to own a 1969 cal 35, although I do prefer collecting movements that work.

>>13575639
Dunno. Not much i guess.

Pic a 7t42; the Flightmaster i think is a ¿7t65? which has pushers only on the crowns side of the case.

>>13575640
Why do you assume we are all poor? Not that im wealthy, but a Rolex is not so much if you really want one.

>>13575658
Yeah, that's the other thing. The more you go back in time in the 70's the better built quartz movements get, but also the less reliable.

>>13575671
>a month's salary
>not too much
'no'

>>13575677
The 35SQ was a different issue though. Seiko rushed that thing out the door to be the first quartz watch to market ahead of the Beta 21. It's unreliability is way, way above other quartz pieces of the time.

>>13575661
The 7TXXs btw are great calibers: cheap, full of features (chrono, date, dual time, alarm, timer), reliable and accurate (mine, from 1992, run at like +5sec/month).

>>13575289
My dick is so hard I'll scratch that sapphire

>>13575640
>Agreed. I think most of us are sick of the fact 90% of the watches posted are Seiko.
>most of us are sick of
>the fact 90% of the watches are Seiko
So... you're saying "most of us" are sick of posting our own watches? Because that's what you're saying. You try to speak for everyone, but in your retardness you yourself are actually pointing out that "most of us" are indeed the same people who are posting seikos. Therefore "most of us" are NOT sick of seiko posting.

You big DUMBASS.

>>13575601

Rolex Explorer with the 3031 movement.

>Superb shock resistance
>Anti-magnetic and metallic hairspring
>Superb accuracy
>Free sprung balance
>Extremely easy to service. Watchmakers love working on them.
>Superb water resistance
>36mm
>Extremely slim
>904L steel

>>13575681
A month's income is not so much... depending on the vice amount you have to fund.

>>13575368
Try to look for an used Seamaster Professional with the cal.1120, or maybe an used tudor, they have eta movements which are pretty cheap to service and not that bad, and should hold some value

>>13575289
What movement?

>>13575681
I think if you can afford a watch by saving one month's worth of income, then I think that's a pretty reasonable purchase. If you have to save many months' worth of income, like half a year or something, to get that watch then odds are that it will look quite ridiculous on your hand, and you would be better off spending your money on more important matters.

>>13575711
Thats a Valjoux 7750 chronometer grade; or the pre-coaxial era were at least.

>>13575681
>>13575700
> Rolex
> one months salary

like anyone here earns enough in a month after bills to afford a brand new Rolex.

>>13575721
I think he means one month's gross salary = one rolex
But you're right, one would have to save for more than one month to afford it even then.

>>13575622

>>13575721
Nobody is saying new or "after bills".

Anyway my most expensive watch was less than 1/3 of my monthly income. But i have 12 watches, so...

Hello wt

Happy red day

>>13575721
After taxes, rent, and utilities and other fixed payments, and not counting year-end bonus, I can probably manage an OP, but it's not like you buy one every month.

>>13574760
nigger fashion right there

>>13575752
>it's not like you buy one every month.
lol poorfag

>>13575396
>buying a Seiko Shitter.
Don't waste your time and buy a ROOOOLLLEEXXX

>>13575739
So what's your most expensive watch?

>>13575752
That's exactly what I'd expect from /wt/

any love for gear s3 here?

>>13575588
Why the fuck would anyone buy a $2000 quartz watch??????????

>>13575719
>Valjoux 7750 chronometer grade

Solid choice my dude. Don't ever let watch snobs try and put you down because it's ETA.

>>13575772
This

>>13575772
Why not?

>>13575772
Because they're Superior

>>13575772
Welcome to the /g/ rejects, they love some quartz.

>>13575579
need this with a blue dial sol much

how many of you /wt/ have a six-figure salary (in USD)? pls b honest

>>13575784
Comfortably yes

>>13575791
liar

>>13575601
>What's the time only equivalent of the Lemania 5100 chronograph?
Philosophically I'd say the Rolex 313x is the closest. The 313x is a paragon of functional design, technical specification, accuracy, shock resistance and reliability.

>>13575784
Me.

>>13575791
So why did you even ask?

Having a six figure salary in 2018 isn't even that weird. I have a friend who's a public school teacher with a fellowship making in the 80k range.

sigh

>>13575805
>>13575794

>>13575699

Shit, I meant 3130, like this frog over here said >>13575797

>>13575766
My most expensive watch, Seamaster 300m quartz. Its a shitter and im poor and stuff.

Now they are a bit more expensive than when i bought it, i just checked Chrono24, but i do get paid more too.

>>13575784
I don't. 55k

>>13575772
To know what the fucking time really is maybe? We have some autism issues here you know?

And that Seiko is a very nice thing to have on your wrist too.

>>13575821
It's not

>>13575699
>>13575797
>>13575810
Hell, I hoped something different from the usual Rolex calibers.
Nothing wrong with them tho, it's just I was looking for something a little more affordable

>>13575829
Over 9000 times better than most mountain jew wrist fedoras.

>>13575773
The issues with the V7750 have nothing to do with it being an ETA. It's horizontally coupled (meaning the start/stop pusher actuation is jerky and the Chrono second hand tends to jerk forwards upon activation) and the chronograph second hand has some serious stutter issues from being indirectly driven.

Since the other, technically superior, mass production capable mechanical chronograph isn't available anymore, the V7750 is fine at a reasonable price point, but it's only a good enough solution.

>>13575847
ETA 2824 top grade maybe then?

>>13575851
Nope

>>13575847
>>13575859
I'd rate the 2892-A2 top grade well ahead of it, personally.

>>13575784
i've never been below 6 figures after i started working full time

>>13575847
Actually, now that I think about it, maybe the Seiko 4Sxx or older 520x/521x models might the the highest grade mechanical movement you are likely to find reliably pre-owned in good shape for under $500 (though you'd have to learn to use proxy bidding sites for Yahoo! Japan Auctions).

>>13575865
2892 is easier to find in chronometer grade than in top i think... and gets more expensive than most 2824s...

>>13575859
>>13575865
http://www.chronometrie.com/eta2892/eta2892.html
http://www.chronometrie.com/rolex3135/rolex3135.html
http://www.chronometrie.com/eta2824/eta2824.html
Looks like I already knew the options
Does the lack of a free sprung balance in the ETA mov'ts affect shock resistance or it is just a matter of accuracy?
>>13575870
oh, interesting

>>13575888
Supposedly free sprung is more shock resistant in the sense that a hit can move the regulator... but in such case the problem could be solved with ease; and i dont think it would be a common thing to happen.

Free sprung is more high end but less of a need with the development of better materials (less affected by temperature etc) for the wheel and the coil.

A non issue really if you "only" want a workhorse caliber.

Now I dont know shit about watches but I've got a wedding coming up so I'm gonna wear one of my dads watches.
Should I wear the Jaeger Le-Coultre master moon phase or Rolex submariner? I need the hardest flex to impress my gfs family

>>13575914
ok thank you very much for the advice

>>13575929
The moonphase obviously, wearing a Sub with a suit is tacky I don't care if James Bond did it.

>>13575929
The JLC of course.

>>13575382
I think the grey dial loses a lot of the fun summer charm that the blue on strap has. Although I bet the bracelet would help balance out the T H I C C proportions better.

>>13575929
JLC
>>13575949
This anom only got it half right, Rolex are tacky in general

>>13575929
The JLC is a very good classic dress watch perfect for a wedding. However unless your gf's family are watch people they won't know wtf it is. It's much much more likely they'll be able to recognize a Rolex.

>mfw countdown bezel
why don't more watches do this?

>>13575990
I think a picture of what the fuck you're talking about would have helped as I have no idea what that is.

>>13575996
does your ISP block google?

>>13575996
most watches with timing bezels count-up so the minutes markers correspond with how time is normally read, e.g. the 3 o'clock position is marked 15 for minutes elapsed, while countdown bezels are the opposite, e.g. 3 o'clock position is marked 45 for minutes remaining

Are $70 Kenneth Cole, Armani Exchange, Michael Kors etc. watches from T.J. Maxx worth it?

>>13576027
ffs just get a Timex

>>13576027
>>13576030
Just pick the shitter you like. They are all equally bad.

>>13576022
well that's stupid

>>13576027

No. The quality and movements in those watches are legitimately most likely under $10 per unit.

What do you want in a watch? We can recommend something.

I want to have a custom bezel insert produced and I'm trying to figure out the best way to do it. Has anyone worked with CNC manufacturers on Alibaba like this https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Professional-CNC-manufacture-custom-stainless-steel_60748762782.html?spm=a2700.7724857.normalList.6.892b290dbzowqP ? Anyone have any experience with custuom bezel or bezel insert design? I've read on WUS that Yokobies want's a 100 pieces for an order which I could probably get enough interest in WUS but I'd prefer to do something like 10 pieces or so.

>>13576146
Alternatively should I be considering laser cutting? The quality on this is is pretty shitty but I think that comes down to the shitty laser cutter he used.

Reminder that if you've ever posted non-Swiss watches in this thread you need to gas yourself.

>>13576333
trips of truth

>>13576333

Anyone own an ae1200? Do ya like it?

>>13576129
Cheap
Full silver colour
Nice looking, i want a classical look that will suit to 18yo

>>13576333
Hi :^)

>>13576333
>>13576422

>>13576455
Yes. Yes.

But the acrylic face scratches if you look at it funny

Are these nice?

>>13576506
Any big cons? Also, do you know the weight of it?

I've seen a lot of people putting leather straps on it, is that an easy mod or is it not at all designed for that?

>>13576531
They're okay

>>13576532
Case is plastic and the band is cheap.

I'd say the easy scratching is the biggest con. Don't know the weight, it's not much.
It's also bigger than you think.

>>13576531
Pricey if you can find them, especially the ones that are true to the move one.

>>13576502
Hnnnnng

>>13576531
GAME OVER
GAME OVER MAN.

Thoughts on Nixon watches?

>>13575414
Love me the Manhattan.

>>13575784

used to, but moved across the country to a job at 70K. MUCH happier, much more balanced work life

Why the fuck would they make the hour markers out of rose gold when everything else is yellow gold?

>>13576585
Because only retards buy them

r8 my bak

>>13576585
can't tell shit from that, you could just be tasteless. post a better pic of the whole dial & hands in better light

>>13576615

Just got a 501 seamaster, rice bracelet on the way
wearing my fathers vintage seiko in the meantime

>>13574760
i want to eat it

>>13576636
>domsday
>vintage seiko 5

>>13576604
would finish on it/10

>>13576546
Why buy a Nixon when you can buy a D.T.C Agnew Watch?

>>13576624
Looks mighty swell to me. Definitely not seeing the rose gold tho.

Sleep tight /wt/.
Have a great week.

Is 8mm too thick?

>>13576755
quit posting skagens, shill

>>13576759
pls no bully, I'm getting my first watch and that one is cheap and simple, but I don't know if 8mm is just too thick on my baby wrists

Does anyone know which model this is?

Thoughts on Roamers? Considering this one in particular. Is the face too busy?

>>13576803
Yes

>>13576797
Man. It's the current year and Hamilton STILL knows how to make a watch look brand new AND retro-future.

Ordered this watch today. I wear a lot of brown/ dark Italian leather oxfords with business casual clothing for work so I thought this may look nice. Thoughts?

>>13576883
chinkshit. Since you only care about how it looks it works, but anyone who actually cares about quality will be disgusted.

How is this for an every day beater? Just something I throw on in the morning.

>>13576910
Fucking perfect

>>13576797
That shit is beautiful.
Too bad it gives me holesphobia.

>>13576333
ORLY?

>>13576914
Other watch I had in mind is this Junkers with cool hands.

>>13576927
Jesus just cop it.

>>13576935
Yeah, I'm thinking the Junkers is even prettier. Only €169 plus free shipping from German Amazon.

>>13576939
Get both
You’re a man of great taste

>>13576763
8mm is flatter than most.

Sup phuckers. Visodate helping me cope with shit at the office.

The "tech specialist" of my team broke his hand yesterday (needs surgery) while he was mountain biking... i have to re-schedule pretty much everything and try to get a replacement... fuck.

>>13576959
Lmao faggot

What ya'll think?

>>13576797
Found it, Viewmatic Open Heart Lady.

>>13576883
>>13576910
>shitters

Is this a good grab for $800?

>>13576531
I own this. Pretty ok sorta feels more like a $200 watch in some ways but still like it. This colorway is kinda hard to read the time gotta get used to it. 1/4 main chrono second hand "sweep" is nice for a quartz. 24 hour slaved to main time dial is kinda useless but whatever does not really bother me that much. Feels comfy on the wrist and looks funky. I'd buy it again.

Any recs for mechanical watches that are around $200 but are still nice?
DW is way over rated, and I want to get something for my boyfriend since he'd mentioned wanting a watch. I'd spend more but I think he'd be overwhelmed by that..

>>13577211
Orient and Seiko.

>>13575772
why would you pay 5k for an automatic watch which you need to service every 4 years for another 500$

I'm trying to get into watches and i'm thinking about buying the piece in the picture, a Maurice Lacroix Aikon Automatic for about ~1300 EUR.

Would love your opinions about the watch and/or any recommendations you might have for me.

Thanks!

>>13577236
Get a seamaster aqua terra

>>13575700
A new oyster 36 is like 5k brand new. Not that much depending on how much you make, but generally it's a stupid investment even fashion wise to spend a months salary (the large majority of people don't make even half of 5k USD a month btw) on a fashion accessory. It's all about perspective, i make roughly 7.2k a month after taxes with over 10 years in my field of employment, but buying a 5k watch is throwing away 70% of my monthly income. That's fucking stupid.

>>13577236
Shitter

>went to my local AD to buy a rolex sub
>got told to fuck off because I'm not important enough

Thoughts on the Haskell? I have a thing for leather straps, this one has a decent price for something I'd use as a casual dress/work watch. I'm not well versed in the mechanical side of how watches work and what makes them good other than some small tidbits I've taken from here. If anybody could edumacate me real quick it would be appreciated

>>13577263
the ceramic bezels look like shit anyway

Thoughts on Sternglas watches?

>>13577263
Why does this surprise you?

>>13577371
Shitter

>>13577385
what?

>>13577371
the poor man's DW

>>13577401
Those are automatic watches worth way more than a dw

>>13577371
>>13577400
>>13577404
Poor man's DW crossed with Junghans. Just buy a junghans max bill.

>not filtering "thoughts on" so you don't have to read all the deliberate shitposts about total shitter brands

>>13577431
Thoughts on the fact that you will soon have a thread full of hidden posts when you filter everything you dont like, sissy.

>>13577431
filters for max thread enjoyment. Sieg. Windy. filter by that image too. Filter that gaga tudor image. Filter the word gaga. Filter that btfo image of the guy showing he has an expensive watch from like 5 years ago.

Wouldn't filter thought's on because the thread would be too dead without it

>>13577441
>666 ft.

A hell of a diver.

>>13575929
last anon is true, even retarded people recognize rolex which can be advantage

>>13577263
that’s bullshit

>>13577566
>thinks you can just buy a rolex
Newfag.

>>13577577
It's just their steel sport watches that are impossible to get hold of. No AD has any in stock right now.

Any other model you can just walk in and buy.

>>13574760
Drek made to cater to the tasteless, classless, nouveau riche in L.A., Palm Springs, or Palm Beach. And the dope dealers. Can't leave them out.

>>13577589
>It's just their steel sport watches
i.e. the only ones worth buying

>>13577598
> made to cater to the tasteless, classless, nouveau riche in L.A
You're not wrong.

>>13577601
Wrong.

>>13577610
While they are nice they are too much money, give me my steel stunners.

Rate my Seiko
NH36 Movement with modded dial

>>13577613
Who cares about the price? I'd kill for that platinum day date.

>>13577655
>not the rose gold one

>>13577638
What was your base watch? Personally that dial is not to my taste. I hate the symmetrical 6 and 9. I usually like date windows but that one feels out of place. It is good that it has the same font though. Also, and this is really just nitpicking, the hand lengths seem too short for the dial. The hour in particular looks dwarfed in that setup.

But I'm not the one who has to wear it so if you like it that's what matters. I do approve of the NH36. What's your accuracy like?

>>13577655
Good choice anon.

>>13577682
That is also great but that ice-blue dial ...

What is the /wt/ consensus DW watches?

>>13577716
Overpriced garbage
Personally Bauhaus isn't my cup of tea

>>13577638
Noice. You could go braver than the black strap though.

>>13577692
I can't find any pic, but it was just stuffed with shit like pic related (different watch, same problem)

>>13577795
I will take the metal strap from pic related and will transfer it to the mod seiko

>>13577714
Ugly dial

>>13577716
The consensus is that they used to be overpriced shit, but now they are actually producing more appropriately to that price point, so in a way they are OK.

>>13577811
[citation fucking needed]

>>13577811
Can you link to any discussion at all of this on watch forums or magazines? My understanding and perception of them is that they are and always have been overpriced mall shit. They are one the brands where you're better off buying a fake because the movement will be the same and the finishing will probably be better quality or at least from the exact same factory production line.

>>13577716
>too big
>shit logo
>muh minimalism
>so secondhand or seconds sub-dial
these watches are hideous. why are they so popular?

>>13577236
dont buy that AP ripoff

>>13577852
It's 1/10 the price of an AP. There are a lot of worse watches in that price range.

>>13577857
why would you pay 1.3k for a fake ? just get a nomos or sth. for that price

>>13577844
They are cheap, both in terms of production and sale price, and manage to have enough of a minimalistic style that heavily borrows from other makers to impress normies.

>>13577858
It's a copy, not a fake. If he likes that design why not?

>>13577868

>>13577876
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Black Bay, is in fact, Replica/Black Bay, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, "Shitter".
The genuine Tudor Black Bay is not a bad watch itself, but rather another meme dive watch, Rolex made by put together left-over parts, screws and other components, resulting a full watch defined by very insensitive marketing.
Many watch fuckers wear a replica versions of the Black Bay wristwatch every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the replicas of the Black Bay which is widely worn today are often called “Shitters”, and many of its users are not aware that it basically makes them gay instantly, intensifying their desires to suck cock while wearing their Fake Tudor.
There really are better watches for cheaper, like Seikos, and these people aren't buying those, but it is just a part of their gay nature.

>>13577876
where do you source good replicas?

>>13577893
>good replicas

>>13577878
>>13577898
t. brandfags
>>13577893
Finding a good replica takes time, you could probably find a chinese 1:1 replicating website

>>13577878
>Implying that the SKX isn't a meme dive watch
I know it's a copypasta

>>13577906
If you want to call people brandfags at least i hope you buy sterile replicas without fake names on them.

>>13577908
>SKX
In what world is it a meme diver?

>>13577906
>good replica

>>13577906
>t. brandfags
What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little fucker? I'll have you know I graduated top of my class in the ECOLE D'HORLOGERIE DE GENÈVE , and I've been involved in numerous movement designs for Patek, and I have over 300 COSC certified chronometer watches. I am trained in whorology and I'm the top watchmaker in the entire Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie. You are nothing to me but just another TGV-fag. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me here in /wt/? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of wristwatch collectors across switzerland and your ref and serial number is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your wristwatch. You're fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I could buy your grail over seven hundred times, and have money leftover for a Lange. Not only am I extensively trained in watch repairs, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the Beyer Clock and Watch Museum and I will use it to its full extent to flex on your miserable collection off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little "clever" comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn't, you didn't, and now you're paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit shitters all over you and you will drown in it. You're fucking dead, kiddo.

>>13577263
ADs usuall policy is that you have to be their long time customer who left atleast 10k in their shop before they let you buy some heavy hitter like Submariner.

>>13577963
So do I just go in and buy a bunch of Rolex shitters from them and sell them the second I leave the door?

>>13577985
Well you can try that. Or buy it on grey market. You can buy new Sub even on Amazon.

>>13578035
But the Rowlecks I want is 32% more expensive grey market.

>>13578054
Get a JLC and enjoy your superior watch. Let normies buy the Rolex meme; it is made for them.

NEW NEW NEW NEW NEW

>>13578084
>>13578084
>>13578084
>>13578084
>>13578084

TIME FOR NEW BREAD

>>13577263
Buy a Davosa Ternos and put tell Rawlecks to fuck right off.

>>13574746
new non shitpost one

>>13578120
>>13578120
>>13578120

>>13578117
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>>13577876
>>13577893
>where do you source good replicas?
bump, i'd rather a fun fake as a complete beater than an overpriced real Caseikio.

>>13579227

lol

>>13577876
Are you stupid? a Maurice Lacroix isn't a chinese replica, it's an actual swiss watch that has a decent mechanic.