/fa/ - Fashion

Based

>>15423815
I've been looking at this fuckers for awhile now.
>250 Euros
>40mm
>10 ATM water resistance
>the green looks kinda cool

>>15423853
the seiko 5's aren't worth the money nowadays considering what the chinese and some microbrands offer

Has anyone got any watch suggestions for someone with literally miniscule wrists and hands? I have a steel rotary watch. Very plain and not even a particularly large watch face but I had to ask the store to take off almost ever single possible link out of the chain just so it would fit on my wrist. As such it looks sort of awkward because the watch face almost covers my entire wrist and the chain doesn't wrap smoothly around my wrist despite the links being small. I have no specific budget but obviously the cheaper the better. I have no specific features I'm looking for but slightly waterproof would be nice just in case I go swimming.

I just want something nice and simple that I can slap on my toddler sized wrists and leave there for formal occasions, normal work days and going out hiking. Beyond that I'm not too bothered.

>>15423853
>250 european dinars
you could have this for that amount

>>15423809
>under $1000
>dress
>either but strong preference for auto
>roman numerals, no date window
>leather
Already eyeing the Stowa Marine that fits the above but looking for other options. I live in Japan so Jap watches are easy to come by while others are quite pricey. Still open to any recommendations.

>>15423874
Buy woman watches

Reminder that kanji day is peak aesthetic, and if your watch has some third world secondary language like Arabic, French, or Chinese, you're a faggot.

>>15423876
I think it will be hard to find one for 250 euro but they good watches

is this fascinating? aesthetic? fun?
or boring and meh?

>I freakin LOVE kanji!
>My wife's boyfriend said I was good this year so he's going to let me go to Japan and buy a Seiko so I can have the authentic Japanese experience!

>>15423889
I've considered that but it's on the other end of the spectrum. Their faces and straps are so tiny that it's obviously a woman's watch. Mind you, I'm no expert on watches so I wouldn't know where to find one that bridges that gap.

>>15423891
>kanji is effay but CN is faggot

kanji IS chinese, anon. Just modified for certain characters/different usage in areas. The kanji days is literally just the solar system written in chinese. (sun, moon, the historical 6 planets excluding earth)

>>15423905
A vintage man's watch. Alternatively a lot of men's square watches are smaller than average so they would look normal on you

>>15423899
Tudor is the antithesis of fascinating and fun. I don't think I will ever wear a Tudor. All it says is your boring and coping like a faggot.

You can buy several higher quality watches with more character for less money.

>>15423899
Might as well buy a Seiko if you want a cheap Sub ripoff.

>>15423912
I'll give it a try, thank you anon.

>>15423874
these are 37mm and under $50ish.

lorus is a sub brand of seiko's.
do you need smaller..? how big is your wrist?

>>15423907
Chinese became some bastardized mess along the way, look at simplified. Makes me want to puke.

The Chinese days of the week are also peak soulless, the only parity is Sunday and the rest are literally "oneday", "twoday" garbage. The Japanese one is derived from the western system of planetary hours.

>>15423924
Not that anon but this was my 2nd ever watch when I was about 12 years old, think I've still got it somewhere. Would make a very solid beater

Is this true?

https://youtu.be/2FJXeiUCn74

>>15423927
hmm... yes it is a bit "soulless" for the weekdays and doesnt look quite as nice

but trad. chinese was becoming too clunky/bloated/difficult. (I guess thats a side effect of being such a long lived civilisation)There were tens of thousands of characters hardly ever used or in only in extremely specific situations. I dont think the average person can even write more than the commonly used ones.

>>15423924
If I wrap some string around my wrist then measure that, it looks be roughly between 4 and 5 inches. Those watches actually look kinda decent, I might take a look.

>>15423876
>46.7mm

>>15423949
>roughly between 4 and 5 inches

>>15423874
R u a grll?
Post pics!(of the watch on your wrist, of course)
For what it’s worth: my gurl also suffers from girl-wrists and she’s quite happy with the 420 case Amphibia on a Perlon strap and we almost got her the smallest Citizen pro diver (36mm IIRC)

>>15423949
>between 4 and 5 inches
then a 37mm will not fit you. I have 6 inch wrists and the 38mm snk803 barely fits.

>>15423949
I seriously think you are measuring wrong, otherwise you have wrist like little girl. If you actually have a 5 inch wrist, get women's watches. Everything else will be too yuge on you

>>15423959
>>For what it’s worth: my gurl also suffers from girl-wrists
Does she have hairy arms? Post pics.

>/wt/ - skinny pussy and weak male general
possibly the least fit board on 4chan

>>15424000
I'm pretty /pol/ has much weaker men.

>>15424015
dilate

Why do you not have a hked yet?

>>15424015
Most definitely

>>15423809
Do you guys think there are any microbrand watches out there that might become collectors' items or otherwise sought after pieces in the future?

>>15423949
https://www.momentumwatch.com/products/atlas-32mm
https://www.momentumwatch.com/collections/dive-watches/products/torpedo-pro-29mm

32mm, $135 with possibility of sapphire upgrade. not as cheap but i think it looks nice enough..titanium too.
You can buy a ~$12 leather strap off AE to make it more dressy.

>>15424026
>Why do you not have a hked yet
because the blue hands sold out again.

>>15423927
>>15423947
>Chinese became some bastardized mess
Only in the PRC.
HK, Macao and Taiwan still use traditional notation and pronunciation.
>There were tens of thousands of characters hardly ever used
Funnily enough, these aren't the ones that changed with simplified chinese, instead it streamlined the more commonly used ones to make writing easier and faster and increase literacy without actually training competent teachers.
It basically did to the chinese language what some US schools tried to do with "ebonics" as an accepted dialect to boost the results of students who aren't good enough with normalized english.

>>15424015
Go do a strawpoll of their wrist size and compare to here. In fact do one on any other board. You faggots are always on about having the daintiest wrists and 38 being so big.

>>15424044
>instead it streamlined the more commonly used ones to make writing easier and faster and increase literacy without actually training competent teachers.
What's funny is all it really accomplished was making the language utterly hideous to look at, given computers came along a couple of decades later and completely trivialized input.

>>15424037
zelos is def. on their watch to becoming a big brand
stuff like their mako has all been sold out

they even recently had a $13,000 swiss made tourbillion collab piece

>>15424064
on their way*

>>15424049
It did make reading easier to an extent. The basics can be learned faster.
All it did was move the beginning of the learning curve. The idea was to cancel out the inherent "elitism" of written chinese but it just moved the issue a bit further down the road and created a wall even harder to climb as there is now a larger divide between everyday written chinese and more complex written chinese. Removing key ideograms by simplifying them also removed a key that can be used to contextually get some understanding of unknown words.
Great job Mao, you fucked up again.

JUST LOOK AT YOUR PHONE

rec a watch
>price
$7.5k to $10k
>style
sport watch, not a diver. I don't work in an office so I don't really have a need for the clean professional look
>features
2nd time zone/world time/gmt (any one of these)
>case size
40mm or under

kind of looking at a used overseas, but then I don't get the 2nd time zone.

>>15423986
Trust me, I'm measuring correctly. They are genuinely tiny. They used to be the only part of my body that was out of proportion but then I broke my collarbone and now my shoulders are completely different sizes.
>>15424041
I'll try looking at these too. Cheers for the suggestion.
>>15423956
Yeah, that's pretty accurate I can't lie. Only with smaller hands though. My wrists are 5 inches and my handspan when stretched to the max is 18.5cm. it's awkward.

>>15424114
Gr8 b8 m8

>>15424037
why does every microbrand diver look exactly the same
>chunky, mostly rectangular hands
>3 lines of text and a logo
>spacious, minimalist dial
>pretty ugly dive bezel
>often a single pop of color

but to answer your question aren't Ming watches already kind of collector items?

Where do you guys sell your watches? Ebay and other online dealers take a huge cut, reddit takes a lot of effort as far as reposting, and somebody tried to scam me on CL.

>>15424045
>go do a poll in the place filled with deluded shizos

10 $100 watches or 1 $1000?

>>15424144
> Ebay and other online dealers take a huge cut
You expect them to do it for free?

>>15424167
0.1 $10000 watch

>>15424122
also look at <$50 casios like these. These are petite at 34mm height and they have a retro vibe that works for dress and everything.

>>15424167
neither,
5 $200 watches

you cant buy anything with $100 except vostoks, super budget chinese shitters and crummy vintages. No quartz allowed

>>15423950
>46.7mm
yes sweetie, its an actual dive watch at a real dive watch size

>>15423950
Lmao imagine thinking this is big
Imagine being a wristlet
Oh no no no no. Might as well just kys

>>15424121
?

>>15424167
2 $500 watches

Sweet as fuck.

>>15424207
I like the face of this one. but when I tried it on the lugs extended into another dimension. it just looked really bad on the wrist

>>15424221
I got the ocean blue edition, I get looks all the time

>>15424223
nomos watches look aesthetic but they really have a weird fetish for long lugs. The amount of gap between dial and strap is kinda ridiculous for some models.

>Hey, why don't we just fuck up the dial?

>>15424240
>3 oclock date window that fucks up the 3 instead of just replacing it
>five whole stars for no apparent reason
what else am I missing

>>15424240
are u talking about the cut numeral
im not familiar with lomgjeans

>>15424240
Is there any watch with Arabic or Roman numerals that has a date window that doesn't fuck up the dial?

>>15424239
It depends on the model. The Tangente is the worst offender for having long lugs.

>>15424238
Which one? Pic related or the more muted one?

>>15424254
>all that space
why? what did they mean by this? it makes some of their watches unwearable actually

FIVE IDENTICAL PHONES

>>15424259
its called being minimalistic and elegant.
its the opposite of mall shitters being crammed full of shiny surfaces and all sorts of subdials and text and logoes.
it works for nomos, its their scthick.

>>15424249
>Is there any watch with Arabic or Roman numerals that has a date window that doesn't fuck up the dial

yes

>>15424286
>posts a watch with indices and not numerals
>>15424283
I meant space between the strap and the case

>>15424283
He was talking about the lugs u twat

>>15424246
Only the cut numeral. I also found out that they have one version without the 3, but it doesn't look better this way.
The stars are not a problem for me, i liked orinet 3 star models, those cheap but great looking shitters from the past. So two more stars is not a bother.
>>15424247
Yeah, cut numeral.
>>15424249
I guess yes. It should be doable when the damn thing costs 2000€+. They could have chosen some movement that has the date disk a bit to the left and just mad the 3 a bit more narrow and smaller. But nah, they went with some ETA shitter as usual.

Don't know why i even care. Saw that random vid in my recommendation and liked the dial, but then i saw the 3.

>>15424259
Nomos was always retarded with their lugs. There is a way to do bauhaus/minimalism with shorter lugs.

>>15424286
He meant a watch where the hour markers are arabic, tard.

>>15424291
you should work on your anger management issues. No wonder you are single.

>>15424305
>doesnt recognise an obvious shitpost
>calling other people retards
empty cans make the most noise

>>15424306
not him but your initial response was snarky and condescending because you misunderstood the question. so you got called out for it.

>>15424239
>>15424259
it's kinda divisive but long lungs are derived from 1930's german watch design, you can see those on old Stowa, Laco and Arctos models with Pforzheim-made cases

>>15424310
>I-I was just pretending to be retarded! I knew what arabic n-numerals meant

>>15424311
how was it snarky? projecting much?

>>15424317
yikes if you really don't realize then I'm sorry anon

>>15424064
Some of Zelo's models look nice, but their cases are all WAY too thick.

>>15424321
i think you are reading too much into plain text

this is exactly like replying something innocuous to a female and then she gets angry and offended for no reason

>>15424310
>hurr, me was only shitposting, me swerr

>>15424306
Fuck up cunt

>>15424328
>>15424316
you really have to have the IQ of a plastic bag to even think an obviously ugly watch like that was a serious suggestion.

>>15424037
Here's a microbrand model that I've had my eye on for a while.
Too bad it's almost never available on their store, although it shows up on ebay every now and again.

>>15424338
This is worse than an homage, it's literally ripping features from three popular dive watches and slapping them together.

>>15424341
that octopus logo is cool tho, you can't deny that

>>15424341
I can't afford the three popular divers right now.

>>15424341
since when was patterns or pip shapes patented?
not even the look of a watch is patented. You could literally copy a watch exactly and add your own logo and it would be legal.

It finally came, comrades. And only took a little under 4 months.

If chinks can create super-replicas, why don't they just start their own watch company to compete against the Swiss?

>>15424355
because people are inherently racist. Even if the product was objectively superior in almost all ways(aka Grand Seiko) watch snobs will still deem it inferior to "swiss made watches"

>>15424348
I didn't say it was patented. When did I say anything was illegal? Stop putting words in my mouth.
What it is though is just incredibly devoid of original thought, since it's as if the creators googled "dive watches" and just took random elements from some of the famous ones and put them together without thinking of how the look works as a result. At least an homage is honest in the fact that it's just ripping off a popular watch. Other microbrands are capable of designing their own hands, or dial, or indices.

>>15423809
I used to hate this but I’m getting more and more bored of “classy” and understated watches and now I think it’s pretty much top of my list.

>>15424358
>without thinking of how the look works as a result.
is this actually objectively true?
it probably doesnt work for you since you have a memory of what "those other watches" look like

if you knew nothing about watches and saw this thing for the 1st time you'd probably think its the bees knees

>>15424357
Oh, fuck off you insufferable reddit cunt.
Chinese products have earned their shitty reputation because they use cheap materials and slave labor, not to mention that they steal intellectual property from competing nations and companies and then slap their government owned company logo on it.
It has nothing to do with westerners being racist.

>>15424355
That would mean they would have to design their own watches, ones that would sell. If they went "legit" they could not replicate a real movement because they are patented so they would have a design and build their own movement from scratch. They would have to compete with other watches at that price level and no matter how cheap their labour is they lag behind in material science and build quality. So once they have done all that work and spent all that money designing and manufacturing a good, desirable watch Chinese watch their neighbours down the road have already stolen the design and are producing reps for a 1/10'th of the price.

My vintage 16610. :)

Fucking Seiko, why so expensive?

>>15424389
bro the bezel is misaligned, might want to get your money back...

>>15424391
That's not expensive, you're just poor.

>>15424395
You must be trolling...

>>15424400
no here I made a drawing to help you see
the green and yellow lines should match up :)

>>15424384
>he thinks his rolex has no slave labour involved somewhere
everything you consume has slave labour
unless you buy $200000 watches or bespoke $4000 suits
its definitely has race involved in it. Its the same reason why Swatch can make straight up garbage like sistem51 and everyone gives them a pass just because they are swiss

>>15424389
>>15424395
>>15424400
>>15424406

Going on vacation tomorrow and can’t decide if I should take my new San Martin diver or my trusted M5610. Leaning towards the latter so far.

>>15424406
Anon you need to ask your parents how often you were dropped on your head as a kid because you are fucking retarded.

>>15424420
:( I was just trying to help

>>15424398
Rude.

>>15424391
why would you even consider buying this and not the old one in the 1st place

>>15424419
The San Martin is -1 sec after almost three days of wear and dial up during the night btw.

>>15424350
Based orange strap comrade

>>15424422
Instead of helping go read up on dive watches first and the fact they all have *rotating bezels*. It's one of their primary characteristics.

>>15424443
no :)

>>15424412
>moving the goalposts this fucking hard
Nowhere in that post did I say Rolex or any other western company didn't use slave labor. I said the Chinese have earned their shitty reputation because of their dirty business practices, cheap materials and theft, and that you were an insufferable reddit cunt. And I was right on both counts

>>15424406
It's rotated 1 click...

>>15424350
>>15424432
Orange strap gang.

>>15424447
no you are trying to justify subconscious racism

explain to me why grand seiko or credor still isnt held at the same level of the old swiss brands no matter how hard the japanese try

its literally polished and refined to microscopic perfection and yet people still disregard them, just because they are not swiss

>>15424466
FUCK OFF TO REDDIT YOU RETARD! I'M NOT A RACIST!!!!!!

Thoughts on the new Dan Henry that released today?

39mm with 46mm lug to lug, date option (4:30 position though so probably a nono), 2 leather straps (pic related and black), sapphire coated mineral double domed glass crystal, stainless steel, Seiko vk64 mecaquartz. 4 different variations.

>>15424488
I like this variation

>>15424447
>cheap materials
they -literally- make the cases and links many luxury brands like rolex or omega use

>only willing to pay $50 for a watch
>wonder why its cheaply made
>brainlet. jpg
maybe it wouldnt be made out of pig iron if you pay actual money, cheapo
$1000 iphones are made in china and those are high quality

>>15424026
Just got mine in the mail. So far love it. It actually might change my preference to 38 mm watches and champagne dials. Speaking of, anybody know of a time only watch that looks similar to the 1963? Preferably under 1000

>>15424466
>yet people still disregard them
*yet swissfags still disregard them
It's a specific subset of people that only swear by swiss made stuff.
Less wealthy watch enthusiasts have had time to grow fond of japanese as well as german or russian manufacturing and tend to agree that swiss mass-production is pretty overrated and the competition has pretty much caught up.
The people who can actually get into very high-end watches look at specific watchmakers rather than country of origin. That's why some of the highest luxury watches can come from Japan, France or even Belgium and their limited run of 10 pieces a year will be sold out anyway because what matter is the individual people working on it (who at that level are known by name) rather than the origin label.

>>15424355
With the lax regulation of the swiss made label it's more profitable and takes less effort to acquire a mid-range Swiss company with a still reputable brand name and a traditional flagship model to build on. Look into the case of Eterna and expect more such acquisitions to come in the watch next industry crisis.
>>15424466
it's real, I refuse to wear anything but vintage Cortébert shitters, well known in the era for being made by not only exclusively swiss, but also exclusively jewish watchmakers

>>15424466
>explain to me why grand seiko or credor still isnt held at the same level of the old swiss brands
Credor wasn't even available to buy outside of Japan until very recently and even now they aren't marketed. Outside of a few watchnerds they are completely unknown.

GS suffers from a similar issue. Availability outside the Far East was extremely limited for most of its history and they have only really started to advertise themselves to a western audience in the last few years. To the vast majority of normies they hear the word Seiko and instantly think of the cheap affordable shiitter they already know. Unless they see them upclose and in person how would anyone know the difference? I only saw my first GS for sale in an AD that wasn't a Seiko Boutique this year so it could change but that takes time. It's not something that happens overnight.

>>15424500
rolex is almost entirely in house dork

>>15424175
Kek

>>15424519
>he doesnt understand what inhouse means
the factory could be in Zimbabwe and it would still be "in house" if Rolex owned the factory

>>15424519
Yup. Rolex have gone out of their way to buy up every factory and manufacturer that was involved in their supply chain and they are all Swiss based. They wanted to complete own the production end to end. Sure you can criticise some other Swiss brands for hiding the fact parts are produced else where but Rolex is absolutely not one of them.

>>15424535
so they just bought the chinese factory full of chinese workers and now its "swiss"?

>>15424552
Rolex have no production outside of Switzerland.

>1 (one) brand new Rolex or Omega costs around 5000 Euros/dollars
How exactly are you Western faggots not all wearing one of those?

>>15424415
.. Nah, it's not fake.
>>15424406
Nice drawing and all, but I think you got the answer from the other anons.

>>15424535
vintage fags still remember their "acero inoxidado - hecho en mexico" bracelets from their glory days

>>15424562
I am though

>>15424562
>yes goy you HAVE to support your own kind, right? hehe western civilisation hell yea
>it's """"only"""" $5000, what an absolute steal!

i buy brand new russian watches for $60.

>>15424583
*brand new chinese Slava Sozvezdie watches

>>15424592
>what is vostok/luch

>>15424583
>anti-semite is a russian cocksucker
How obvious.

>>15424562
I own a Rolex and an Omega... The Rolex isn't €5000, though. More like €8000.

What's your point?

>>15424026
I got pic related
But I never really wear it..

>>15424350
where did you buy yours?

>>15424466
>moving the goalposts and virtue signaling on a Taiwanese cat fisting blog because you're butthurt your precious samurai watch isn't as popular as luxury brands
So you're just a asspained watch nerd that can't stand the fact seiko has no heritage, were outmaneuvered by the swiss brands in marketing and that watch collectors prefer luxury brands over the company that created the quartz crisis. And you resort to whining about race and virtue signaling to shut down opinions you don't like.
You are pure, unfiltered reddit
>>15424468
Fuck off you faggot

>>15424631
>seiko has no heritage

>>15424631
>>15424637
Heritage is such a big meme. I fall for it too, those marketing scumbags got us by the balls. Heritage really only means something if its vintage, not a bastardized reissue of a legendary watch that shares only the brand name in common with the original.

>>15424631
you're sounding more and more like >>15424468 yourself

>>15424637
Compared to luxury brands that have been around for a century? No, they don't.

>>15424598
fair enough, I'm not into Vostok aesthetics but Luch makes lovely shitters

Post-Soviet Russian watches are garbage, no value

Soviet shit had soul, even as kitsch.
Putin's Russia is shit

>>15424631
>outmaneuvered by the swiss brands in marketing
ok so they werent as shameless in shilling as the swiss and didnt pretend hard enough that they fart perfume. Got it

itt: poorfags who aren't able to afford an entry rolex

It’s up, boys.

https://youtu.be/A2JJxi1uFCA

>>15424643
>Heritage is such a big meme
Maybe so, but all successful memes have an element of truth to them. And as far knowledgeable collectors are concerned, a Rolex or VC will always be more desirable than a "luxury" watch made by the king of quartz shitters.
And restoring to playing the race card because you're butthurt that the brand you like isn't as respected is just pathetic, which was my whole point

>>15424664
wow the tripfag actually said something about useful this time

>>15424680
ill much rather have a GS than a boring rolex datejust or whatever

>>15424668
You can go back to posting pictures of your watch on reddit now

>>15424685
>ill much rather have a GS than a boring rolex datejust or whatever
don't worry too much about that - you can't afford either xD

>>15424678
I thought the rat was off playing with his trainset after getting fired and wasn't making watch videos anymore.

>>15424685
That's fine, buy what you like and enjoy it, as long as you don't resort to virtue signaling bullshit.

>>15424668
funny given that Seiko first attempted to enter the western luxury market by selling their higher-end models under the Jean Lassale label, a respected swiss manufacture that they've bought for the name alone

>>15424562
there is no rolex model that you can get for 5k new

>brand fags

>>15424728
> t. poorfag

>>15423772
beautiful watch. I wish they were less expensive although they are definitely worth the price they command. I got this Gruen variant to tide me over, still looking for the original bezel for it.

>have it for a month or so
>accurate as fuck
Are the Seiko 5s generally that good or I just got lucky?

>>15423809
5 identical pateks

>>15424738
how do I quantify "accurate as fuck"?

>>15424738
How good is it?
If it’s under 15 seconds a day I’d say you are lucky. Have seen them anywhere between Gaining a few seconds a day to gaining 30 seconds a day to over a minute.

>>15424680
The racist guy wasn't me. I'm not saying it s not a successful strategy, I'm saying that the watches of yesteryear are not the watches of today. I'm thinking about just having one decent watch because I like them, but the whole thing is just bs marketing. Also seiko has been around for a hundred years or so and btfo the swiss at their own trials so they have that. Also single handedly almosted killing the swiss watch industry is pretty based. That being said the tide has shifted and we'll see who survives and for how long. I'm sure watches will be around for a long time, but not indefinitely like some people seem to think.

>>15424738
you got lucky
these are known to be relatively inaccurate nonhacking shitter movements
my seiko5 runs fast, around +20-30

>>15424744
cosc is -4/+6 per day

>omega
>did everything better than rolex
>achieved more than rolex
>has more heritage than rolex
>but buying an omega is not as prestigious as buying a rolex
>normies only know rolex and not omega

why?

How good/bad are negative/reversed displays in terms of legibility in the year of Our Lord Jesus Christ 2020?

>>15424754
>cosc
I'm aware what cosc standards are.
I'm asking how to evaluate whether his watch is exceptionally accurate when all he says is "it's accurate as fuck"

>>15424762
They're alright as long as you're going for non-solar/solar bluetooth models.

Personally, I hate them either way, positive displays are just clearer.

>>15424562
I'm not really that interested in shelling out 15k€ for a watch which greatest selling point is that it has a date window AND a day window, the latest cutting edge technology of 1956.

>>15424758
Why care?
Own what you want to own.

>>15424257
The other one with waves

Red pill me on shark mesh bands. I want to put one on my dracula Monster.

>>15424762
White text is only good on screens that have permanent backlights. More white on a non-backlit screen means more reflection from ambient light and thus more visibility.

>>15424754
>not running your own observatory trials and computing the N-score for your shitters like a proper autist
http://www.observatory.watch/Nscore.html

>>15424751
>>15424747
>>15424744
I have to track it. Since it doesn't have hacking, I remember it was 5-10 seconds ahead of the "real time" and now it's 8 seconds ahead.
I'll write this down somewhere and check it in a month. Not that such a thing is so important for me, I wouldn't mind correcting it from time to time, but I'm just surprised it's doing that well.

>>15424785
people think they look cool but in reality they look queer
just like natos

>>15424785
They are a surefire way to make an ugly watch even uglier.

>>15424432
>>15424454
muh n words
>>15424626
meranom to US

>>15424762
It's darkmode for your shitter.

>>15424655
Seiko was founded in 1881

Does there exist a nato strap with this exact tri-colour or is there a place where I can get one made with this colourway?? I cannot for the life of me find one anywhere.

Does anyone make metal cases for Swatches? I know, I know, but I really fucking like this dial.

>>15424696
Aren’t you tired of being always wrong?

>>15424869
will this do?

>>15424737
Thats a v cool looking skin diver. is that bezel not not original? Whats the movement out of curiosity

>>15424904
No. That's red.

>>15424919
>No. That's red.
theres smtg wrong with your monitor because its orange

>>15424923
I think you're slightly red colour blind fella. It's a soft rosey kind of red

>>15424929
the product page literally describes it as navy and tan.

>>15424937
>tan
Oh okay, Tan doesn't mean orange in English mate.

Is there a watch I can wear if I'm a wristlet? Or some strap that will fit? I don't really know a lot about watches

>>15424949

>>15424918
Thanks, yeah the original bezel looks like this, common skin diver bezel but hard to find a loose one for a reasonable price. I have a 62mas style bezel for it too but I'm not totally sold on how it looks.

Movement is this I think, cal 710SS, pretty pedestrian but has always run perfectly around +7 per day since I've had it. It's a well built watch although Gruen's refinement was starting to slip by the early 60s.
http://www.ranfft.de/cgi-bin/bidfun-db.cgi?10&ranfft&0&2uswk&Gruen_710

>>15424951
there are a million watches and straps wristlets can wear
what kind of watch do you like

>>15424951
IWC Big Pilot should be fine.
Joking of course, they make a 36 mm Spitfire Pilot now, check that one out.

Fuck I'm in love but it's a few grand outside my price range.

>>15424952
yeah, not orange you spastic dumb cunt.

>>15424951
digital casios
timex marlin reissue
stowa marine classic 36
hamilton jazzmaster viewmatic 34
etc etc etc...

>>15424959
I think Divers look pretty cool but again I don't know all the types

>>15424995

Going to get myself this badboy soon. Really like the orange version.

got this sperg on a string lads.

>>15425006
thats not orange its a soft rosey kind of red

>>15423915
the pelagos is extremely dogged and based and the bb58 is comfy and cute. what else are you getting at ~4k?

>>15424923
That's not really orange. It's like a coral red color

>>15424998
divers are hard for small wrists because they tend to be bigger watches due to their function

invicta 8932OB (38mm)
vostok 420 (38mm)
seiko SKX013 (38mm)
marathon msar (36mm)
rado captain cook (37mm)
omega seamaster unisex (36mm)
etc etc

anyways just look around

>>15424562
I'm wearing an Omega right now.

>>15424562
overpriced, boring (or conservative if you’re being nice) design

>>15424991

this comment >>15425065 was meant for this post >>15425066

>>15425072
lel, you know you’re not wrong

>>15425065
>>15425072
The GS? Pictures don't do it justice, find a video of one. The price is totally reasonable for what you get, too, even if it's out of my own price range.

hypothetically speaking if you owned this watch and wanted to try on straps other than black, what would you pick? hypothetically speaking.

>>15425065
You've just described 99% of "luxury" watches.

>>15424785
They're pretty "aggressive" styling wise, I never really use mine anymore, but I think it would suit a Monster. If you get a cheap one then resizing them is a pain, you have to remove each individual row manually which means cutting them off.

>>15425118
I'd keep a black strab because anything else is going to clash other than maybe metal links.

>>15424991
>10:10
>date wheel already changing
If this is a promotional photo then someone needs to resign with much shame.

how much can I spend on a watch as a gift to hint to a guy that I fancy him but not so much that he gets scared off

>>15425118
I'd image search the watch with various colour straps in the search term, brown is an obvious choice with the aged lume.

>>15424898
The halloween swatches are dope. Swatch makes some metal case watches like pic related. They retail for around 100 but maybe do a little research and see if the dial sizes are similar and try to find a cheap used one to do the transplant?
Post it if you end up doing it. Would be interested in seeing this done.

>>15425147
Forgot to post to the pic.

>>15425118
I could see that watch looking good on a grey nato.

>>15424380
it looks like a turd from an ass

>>15423947
>>15424044
Only the writing/notation is simplified, the pronunciation and grammar is the same between simplified and traditional.
The change from planetary weekdays to numbered weekdays came after the ROC, because of "muh modernism", not because of the simplified writing. But yea, a lot of culture was butchered for "muh modernism".

>>15423927
>western system of planetary hours
Didn't know Mesopotamia was considered western

>>15425138
>>15425145
>>15425161

thank you for the suggestions, hypothetically

>>15424622
i wouldnt ever really wear it either

>>15424622
>>15425217
Why would anyone buy this? Do they have alternate dials to remove the gook shit or something?

are these sporty/casual? or too business-y.
I'm liking the dual time

>>15424785
Comfy as hell it's like a more flexible and breathable bracelet but looks are divisive. Itd kind of suit the monster tho. Dracula is so hawt

Anyone got hands on experience with the baltic watches?

>>15424037
The pastel Halios Seaforth is a modern cult classic already.

>>15424144
Facebook groups are best

>>15425287

What’s wrong? you don’t support the armed forces of the Peoples Liberation Army Air Force?

>>15425318
Could these work as a dress watch?

>>15425422
based

>>15424114
ok now what?

not generally in to bronze watches, but I really dig this
should I start looking for one to cop or nah

>>15425599
I have literally never seen anybody complain about the Halios Seaforth anywhere. It's nearly perfect. Good luck finding one though, they sell out so fast and people just hold onto them

>>15425603
they pop up every month or so on ebay or the like. theres one up on reddit atm for 800 but I'm not sure if I want the fume dial variant instead
willing to wait

>>15425599
>>15425612
>meme triangle

>>15424758
because boomers all decided rolex was best because paul newman, steve mcqueen, and james bond all wore rolex when boomers were young, and that's who they all wanted to larp as. the boomers also happened to fall ass backwards into the strongest economy of all time, so they had and continue to have the most money to spend on non-essential items.

>>15425619
thats part of the charm anon!
anyone recommend some cheap watch boxes? preferably aluminium and available on ebay

https://youtube.com/watch?v=-MWnQvObZWk
reeeeee they made some woke movie and the fucking normans are about to learn of radium dials. how long until our vintage shitters ("worn almost exclusively by reactionary upper class white males", I can already see the editorials) are labeled a public health hazard and the man with a geiger-mueller counter comes to confiscate them, how long?

What's the catch with Seiko SNK809?

>>15425656

The 1920s is such a bizarre decade. Everyone was dapper as hell, sex and drugs everywhere, music was radically different than the decade before or one after, etc.

It’s like it doesn’t follow the progression that the rest of the decades in the 20th century saw.

>>15423809
watch I just bought this watch, modded with ceramic bezel and sapphire glass. going to be my daily driver for years to come.

>>15425749
Hey anon nice Rol- oh...
>awkward silence

>>15425749
I would have left the chapter ring in and gotten a ceramic that looked more like the original insert.
Which case is this? Crystaltimes?

>>15425757
Overpriced meme, plus I want to go jogging with this on and not lose 8000$ if I get robbed at gunpoint. I wanted to get a submariner without it actually costing one.
>>15425763
It's modded from ebay, case is a nh36 with hacking and manual winding. Paid 320$.

>>15425798
>Overpriced meme
cope
>robbed at gunpoint
maybe live in a safe area lmao

>>15425749
>>>/biz/20605728
For me, I have my heart set on this when I cash out my linkies

>>15425857
Not an issue at all. Enjoy paying thousands of dollars for the same function and aesthetic a $300 watch can achieve.

>>15425675
nothing
no frills, non hacking, non winding
its a entry lvl watch

also consider the san martin flieger, u can choose a type B just like what the snk809 is and i think for about $70 more than the snk809 you get better specs

What are /wt thoughts on Tisell diver? I'm looking to get a new inexpensive beater. Pic is what I have been wearing

>>15425909
So seiko just manage to make a sub-$100 Automatic watch. I'll probably get a feel for Automatic watches with snk809 first before spending money on a expensive one. I'll keep that suggestion in mind.

>>15425924
no, these have been around for some time, the new seiko5s are considerably more in price.They are phasing out the 7s26 movement. The old seiko 5s with the shield like the snk80x series have slowly crept up in price already. In the past I think you could have even gotten them for around $65.

the rotor is audible if you focus on it, but that is a cheap automatic problem, not exclusive to the watch. The strap is pretty jank and you'd want a 3rd party strap but seiko in general is like that.

also you can look at orient tristars. They cost and perform the sameish and are also automatics. But with orients inhouse movement and with a districtive retro flair

>>15423950
A lot of that is the shroud.

Visually, it looks very much like a normal-sized dive watch because the dial, crystal, bezel area all normally sized.

>>15425065
Way to expose yourself as never having handled one, ever.

5 identical pateks

>>15425798
>living in a place where you might get robbed at gunpoint
Dumbass poorfag

>>15425318
They can be worn as dress or casual.

>>15425893
objectively false

>>15424391
Because they realized they love money and the entry level market isn't worth it if you arent chinese

>>15424721
Small OPs, idiot

>>15424951
Casio EFV-110

>>15424951
Most ladies watches should fit you perfectly.

bought a raketa big zero ruski shitter, should be fun

Anybody here into modding?

I painted the back of the lcd on the f91w with glow in the dark powder

right now i made my own strap with a light detecting LED that turns on when its dark so i can see my analog watches

>>15425001
>green tone of orange
>green tone

can't read

in any case that's not the tricolor he wanted anyway

>>15425150
The more I look into it, the less likely the idea becomes. I'm guessing my only real option is to just find a case that happens to match the dial size, I think the metal swatches are all different. I'm also pretty sure the stems aren't removable, so getting it into a new case is going to be near impossible without cutting through either the case or the stem.

>>15426231
I've done the negative mod and a few other things in the past, kind of tempted to get a f91w to really mess around with and see what's possible.
Did you paint the reflecting mirror behind the lcd or directly onto the lcd?

>>15426296
You need to remove the white plastic behind the mirror, and leave the mirror on, i fucked up one f91w by removing the mirror.

Paint on the mirror, it's semi transparent so it bleeds through

>>15426263
not him but i really dont think its a good idea to mess around with a rare? model like that

doubly so if you have the entire set (packaging and everything)

my2cents

>>15426307
Are you seriously getting bent out of shape over a watch you could get off ebay right now? Hell, one sold a month ago for 20 bucks.

These things were literally made to be thrown away, that's why they welded the cases shut.

>>15426323
>giving some very mild discussion
>WHY ARE YOU BENT OUT OF SHAPE BRO

take your meds you schizo

Now imagine if that was a 45mm diver.

>>15424758
Diluted collection and not as timeless and clean designs.

>>15426329
>timeless and clean
aka boring, sterile, unimaginative

heres some new subs with a different coloured bezel!! WOW

>>15426331
>here's another anniversary moonwatch
>WOW

>>15424254
Looks worse on the campus because the lugs are not straight.

>>15426331
Yes, but it works in the long run.

>>15426196
>made in CCCP
Good luck on getting punk'd, cuz that's a fake.

>>15424758
Heavy half-truth marketing

>>15426347
This. The dial is too clean to be from a 30+ years old watch.

>>15426347
lol, it says made by USSR
but no, it's not fake. these were sold in normal department stalls in places like NYC.
theres even a version that was made in france
https://vintagewatchinc.com/ussr/raketa/big-zero/

>>15426347
no, there are versions both saying made in CCCP and USSR.

USSR

>>15426356
CCCP

>>15426357
>paketa

>>15426359
ya paketa

>The name “Raketa” can be spelled either “RAKETA” or “PAКETA” (Cyrillic). Both are entirely valid as this watch was sold both in Russia and for export. You should familiarize yourself with the typeface as well as the thickness of it. You also should note that both letter A’s which are present in “RAKETA” or “PAКETA” should be italicized, while the other letters should not be

>>15426359
>what is cyrilic


Made in USSR makes it export

cдeлaнo в CCCP makes it for internal sale

Whats a good online store to buy watches in eu?

>his watch isn't utterly incomprehensible for no reason
Imagine owning a watch that tells you the time.

>>15425622
Brosnan was the best Bond and the seamaster was the best bond watch behind that Roger Moore digital Seiko from... moonraker?.

>>15426475
looks like a dried out pretzel.

>>15426475
What a fucking, absolute chad move!
>so you don't even know what time it is??
>NO

Rolex onyx comes close to this, but you still can eyeball the time and get told date and day, like a pussy.

>>15426510
>the fucking cyclops

what an ugly tumorous WART on the face of a otherwise nicely minimalistic piece

>>15426518
>having a boner for Rolices
>getting triggered by the cyclops
What exactly is it you want in watches, anon

>>15425917
Some or all of them have miyota movements. Case and bracelet finishing will be great, since i saw a lot of praise for the finishing of parnis watches. They cost even less than tisell, under 100€, last time i cheched.

The mercedes hands are a bit boring for me. But if i'd get a tisell an bored of the hands, i'd just slap some new ones that fit the miyota movement. Swapping hands is easy.

>>15426475
>here is your sector dial, bro.

>>15426525
i just like to needlessly critisise rolex to make their owners feel insecure

>>15426554
>>15426554
>>15426554
>>15426554

>>15426547
They can afford to buy a Rolex and then get to wear it on their wrist. Good luck trying to make them insecure but you'll never succeed.

>>15426518
If that's an issue, the cyclops can be removed, it's only glued onto the glass.

>>15426547
That's not how it works. The fallacy that only insecure people criticise is often a statement of insecure people themselves.

Criticism is good and it motivates you to deal more with a subject. In some cases, harsh criticism and obsession can lead to actually understanding certain things from a better prespective and appreciating them in the end.

>>15424488
Big meh from me. I was expecting something simple and art deco, and instead we got this overcharged stuff that looks like a 1939, but less good.

>>15425917
Here an example of a modded tisell. I would have gone with a less ugly hourhand. Original minutehand is pretty fine, it's just the merc hour hand that is an eyesore for me. I'd also get a ceramic bezel insert. But that kind of jazz might not be everyones cup of tea.

>>15426510
>minimalistic

OYSTER PERPETUAL DA-DATE

SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER
OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED

>>15426581
Yeah, that is a fucking eyesore. Rolex with their normie retard essay, just to show that it's not fake, when it came out then.

>>15426505
That's what I like about it, it looks fucking cro-magnon. Like an archaic wheel of time.

>>15426020
>thinks he's immune from a gun
I live in a nice part of town, all white people. There have been robberies.