/fa/ - Fashion

>recognizing where that's from

What watch do I get to tell people I have given up?

Is shit like this cleanable withouth damaging the lettering?

what is the bloodborne of watches

>>15630658
Any Invicta will do

>>15630662
Some Seiko 5 7S26 shitter.
>no embellishments, cheap and functional in the face of the madness that is the watch world
>cannot be hand wound so it is directly tied to your life
>date wheel changes extremely slow, to symbolize the hunter's night that goes on without end

seiko is cringe

>>15630662

>>15630661
why do ""people"" keep wanting to """"clean""""" vintage watches?

STOP. IT. Stop trying to ruin watches. STOP.

>>15630686
we've had this discussion already, that is your opinion. redial =/= cleaning.

why the fuck would anyone want a nasty watch dial? you dont want rust in your movement either right?

>>15630686
that pic of yours is not the same type of patina and aging as >>15630661

that rolex is still in great condition. this UG I posted is just plain dirty

>>15630685
Why does it hate Glashutte?

>>15630686
Watch on the left: spent its entire life in a drawer, minty.
Watch on the right: worn to death and completely trashed before restoration. Just look at the hands and lume, even after restoration they're very grimy, the dial has been completely redone. The only salvageable part of this watch was the movement.
I get your point but this image is a really bad example of aging v restoration.

I finally pulled the trigger on a 556i. It will be the nicest watch I've ever owned.

Ive been listing after it for 4 years now but im too much of a cheapskate to do anything nice for myself.

>>15630699
Very nice, well done anon

It's midnight. Has YOUR date rolled over yet?

>>15630699
Excellent choice, I'm always tempted by it myself but can never quite decide, it's the perfect everyday watch for me.
But anyway, what did you pay, used/new, if it hasn't got the H link bracelet you're a fool.

>>15630706
LONDON
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>>15630706
My dw5600 has

>>15630707
I went new i dont really know why there didnt seem to be a huge difference new/used.

I tried a 556a Rs on but the inky black dial of the i was calling out to me. They didn't have one in stock so i paid the deposit to order one. Will be £1070. I got it on the H link of course i have been window shopping for some straps to play with

>>15630706
Glorious Boctok has snap date, triggers at 23:57 every night.

>>15630699
Awesome did you order it with the bracelet?

>>15630730
Not exactly midnight though is it big boy

Someone explain to me how the spring keeps constant oscillation frequency when wound tightly and when almost out of power.
You'd think the frequency would be inversely proportional to torsion but apparently not?

>>15630744
>inversely
I meant directly, but you get the point.

>>15630744
Read up on the escapement and why its the core of a core even centuries after it was invented. Its not perfect and yes the power left in the spring is not evenly sent to the balance wheel. That is why in very high end mechanical watches there are constant force mechanisms such as a remontoire.

>>15630744
Read up on the escapement and why its the core of a watch even centuries after it was invented. Its not perfect and yes the power left in the spring is not evenly sent to the balance wheel. That is why in very high end mechanical watches there are constant force mechanisms such as a remontoire.

>>15630722
Yeah, the new v used price on some watches is truly bewildering sometimes, I guess it's basic economics where there's almost no demand for either so the price of both is near identical.
Where did you buy it from? I wish I lived somewhere that had Sinns to try on. Be sure to post when you get it.

>>15630732
Yea I've always been a bracelet guy, i may try it on a couple of colourful rubber straps as well the barton elite ones look kinda cool

>>15630762
There is a small chain jura watches, i happened to be walking by and saw the sinn logo on the door. They also had damasko but i didnt want to spend the extra 600 on the bracelet right now. I think the sinn is a little more timeless.

>>15630691
>>15630693
a redial will 100% kill the value.
stop doing redials, repaints, re ANYTHING, dumbass.

tropical watches have value far exceeding any redial hack job
if you cant appreciate signs of AGE on a VINTAGE watch, this is not the thing for you

>>15630757
Man, thats so interesting, especially how the pallet fork and escape wheels are shaped in such a way that power delivery only occurs in transient. Thanks, anon.

>>15630764
Awesome, please post about it when it comes in. Really beautiful watch

>>15630764
I don't like the Barton Elite silicon bands because the hole that they have at the end to keep the end of the strap secure actually makes it kind of annoying to put the watch on and take it off. It's an additional step and I found out I didn't like it. Maybe you will because it's maximum security and all that shit but personally I ended up not liking it as much as I thought I would.

>>15630764
Get one of those fat german sharkmesh bracelets for it

are vostak watches any good? I want a cheap dive watch that isn't super flashy

are vostok watches any good? I want a cheap dive watch that isn't super flashy

>>15630852
cheap and ugly but loved here by a few poorfag Boris and Ivan's. "look at me I bought something different"

>>15630852
>screams in service interval

>>15630825
milaneses are the best bracelets ever.

>>15630858
>look at me I purchased the expensive watch that appears on every YT review channel

>>15630852
ignore salty fags, vostoks are great and very iconic watches

literally the only brand left that still sells watches for dirt cheap, doesnt try to scam your money or shamelessly release countless limited editions like there is no tomorrow.

REMINDER

>Dress watches
34-36mm
>Sports/tool watches
36-38mm
>Divers and chronographs
38-40mm

>>15630768
Which one? I've been in the one in Ludlow but they only had the usual uninteresting stuff.

>>15630870
thoughts?

>>15630869
who said anything about expensive. plenty of other cheap divers exist that aren't fucking only bought by slavs.

>>15630874
What sports? What tool? What a stupid category!

>>15630874
I wish I have $15k right now

>40mm
>chronograph and complete calendar

>>15630661
Depends on what the dial was and what the marks are, but as far as old dials for some reason ones made of cloth tend to patina more nicely

>>15630917
Forgot to answer, most of them are metal with something on top which means the patina might not just be dirt but some kind of corrosion, so you're fucked.

>>15630914
Chronographs with annual or perpetual calendars and moon phase complications are cringe
Change my mind

>>15630934
Your mind is cringe.

>>15630934
cringe how?
Agree a lot can look way 2 busy but it can be done nicely

>>15630979
It just feels like it's babbys first haute whoroligy. Like it always has this feeling of as many complications as possible being stuffed into a watch to make it seem more prestigious.

>>15630998
At least it looks nice, other high end watches looks like shit because they put many complications with no taste.

Spooky watches for spooktober!

>>15630998
>Like it always has this feeling of as many complications as possible being stuffed into a watch to make it seem more prestigious.
that's literally haute horologie with fucking grand complications and wanktastic bullshit like minute repeaters

>>15629283
what a strange watch for dexter to wear. kinda cool tho

>>15631050

Fuck I just realized the other thread is dead. Anyways, I'm probably going to get engaged soon and was thinking about getting an engagement watch. Sinn 556 A RS is what I was thinking about getting. Seems fashionable enough but also I don't really need to ever worry about it not living up to anything I could put it through. Thoughts?

does a mother of pearl sinn give off big dick energy?

>>15630121
>>15630160
Are these CWC watches just a meme or what? Is it another Sinn/Yema/Baldur/whatever?

>>15631111
It's a nice watch. I prefer the Sinn U1 or the new U50 which is really slimmed down but that's a great flieger design. Make sure you get it on the bracelet.
>>15631129
Yes, they are a huge meme.
They are military issue so veterans and LARPers get them but they are rather shit watches and way, way overpriced.

>>15631130
I do like the Sinn U1 and U50, they definitely exude a lot of character but I'm not convinced its a timeless design. I like the 556 because it's pretty understated yet sophisticated.

>inb4 fedora tip

>>15630874
Wristlet detected

What is the latest that i should wait to bid on an item on ebay?

30 seconds? 15?

>>15631208
Depends on how fast your computer/internet is.
I usually go for the last 10 seconds.

>>15630874
My 42mm orient diver wears smaller than my 40mm dress watch, case diameter is a meme when considered in isolation from lug to lug.

>>15631124
no

Isn't a moonphase complication just an extremely reduced gear? Why is it considered a high end complication?

>>15631323
>Why is it considered a high end complication?
It is? Since when?

another banger collab from seiko

>>15630729
Was debating between that one and mine. Ending up getting the snk355, big fan of the lugs desu. Some of the vintage lordmatics have similar lugs. Nice little beater for 70 burger bux new

>Silver dial
>Silver hands
>Silver indices

Ya naw cunt it's still ez to tell time

>>15630744
>>15630757
To add to that, the frequency of a harmonic oscillator doesn't depend on its amplitude, only the physical properties of the spring (i.e. in theory the frequency of the balance swing is the same whether you give it a small push or a big one; in practice it does effect the frequency, but not too much).

>>15630930
Especially if the face was originally shiny, it likely has silver paint, which will oxidize to dark brown shades you see often. Uniformly is you're lucky, in ugly blotches if you get water damage.

Are you supposed to keep perpetual calendars running? They seem like a pain in the ass to set.

>>15630368
>what is the name of these two gears and why do they look so weird? I believe they're a part of the automatic movement...
Those are reverser wheels, which turn the bidirectional movement of the rotor to unidirectional movement to wind the mainspring. Reverser wheels are the most common auto winding mechanism, though there are alternatives like the Seiko magic lever.

>>15630881
The one in leeds, they had a couple of 856 utc and a few different damasko. They have some oretty interesting stock i hadnt seem anywhere else.

does /wt/ wear their watches when they sleep?

>>15631342
What the fuck
Who wears these
How did they find it acceptable to just slap a gaudy dial on a 5KX and call it a day
Why

>>15631365
Oh fuck, did I just mix effect and affect.

>2 in the morning and i'm impulse buying shitters
someone stop me plz..

>>15631342
wtf is this real?
$360 for this??
AND its quartz?
it literally looks like a $20 aliexpress watch

WHAT THE FUCK is seiko doing?
are they running out of money?
why so many half assed collabs and limited editions recently?

bought this most likely fake shitter for 13€

>>15631124
really nice watch but the dial looks a bit like glossy cardboard from this angle

>>15631451
Take the orientpill anons

>>15630786
you are a fucking autist

In 50 years time what will watch companies be reissuing?

It seems like almost all the watches of the 10s have just been slightly updared designs withbfaux patina lume. Is there anything ionic enough to be worth while.

Or are the gentlemen of the future going to be wearing affliction tshirts and 55mm fosil watches

>>15631451
corona lockdown have been brutal to the watch world, they want the weebs money

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oycSMLzu_Sk&ab_channel=PaulPlutav

what's the best SHITTER

>>15631592
most of /wt/ would unironically think they are all good.

>>15631599
>hurr muh extremes
there is abosultely nothing wrong with affordable, non fashion watches

what is wrong with a navihawk for example?
absolutely nothing

>>15630706
Its not past midnight here bud

>>15630706
Yes, but it is almost noon.

>>15631599
I am a simple man, I like most of watches, as long as they tell the time right, they are good enough.Of course there are better and worse watches, but I wouldn't laugh at a perfectly fine cheap watch.

>>15631599
You have to compare the costs to what you get.
A Rolex is $20,000. A Tissot is $300. A Vostok is $60
its not fair to any of the watches to compare them directly.

>>15631604
>>15631615
>>15631629
affordable watches are fine but that collection is fucking awful. at any level there a good and nice looking watches and then there are those.

Time to muddy this thread up.

>daily reminder that gold watches are greedy, hairy landlord tier

>>15630649
Tudor black bay is absolutely sick

An update on my issues with the San Martin Nautilus (2824 clone PT5000): it still doesn’t seem to hold much in reserve. Despite being conscious of swinging it around in the proper manner for extended periods of time, and wearing it the whole day, it’s usually stopped when I wake up in the morning and often again later in the day. Today it stopped around 8am. I then proceeded to shake it about again, and it just stopped again at 1:30pm. I don’t have the same issues with my other NH35 shitters.

Service starts at around the same price I paid for the watch and I can’t be bothered with sending it back to China, so I’ll probably just have to treat it like a manual until the winding destroys the movement.

>680 bucks for a bracelet
Has Damasko lost their mind?

>>15631684
>B-but its an in house bracelet

>>15631684
>not buying the bracelet version of the watch
You deserve getting fucked if you ever do that, literally every other strap option can easily be bought for cheaper but there's no options when it comes to the bracelet.

>>15631673
Could you just grab another movement off aliexpress when its fucked? They don't seem overly expensive probably less than the service

>>15631700
I’ve never opened up a watch before, but I guess it could be fun to try.
I’ll still see over the coming week if I can improve it by being more conscious about moving my wrist.
Being stopped in the morning is not ideal but something I can live with. If it keeps stopping on my wrist during the day, I need to do something or just stop wearing it.

>>15631712
All automatic watches, even the lowliest Tongji movement, should wind themselves to the max without any conscious movement unless the user is outright sedentary. If yours has a shitty reserve, or doesn't seem to wind properly, there's something wrong with it -- not you.

Guess I'll be wary of the hong kong clone movement from now on.

>>15631684
It's special gernan autistic u-boat steel, so the price has a reason.

One of my housemates has a chronic health condition & as such is unable to work / is on welfare

He recently bought himself a watch for his birthday, but it breaks my heart.

The watch he bought is obviously a very poorly made quartz chrono generic (the chrono dials don't even work)

I have the urge to put aside some $ to get him something nice but 1) don't want to offend him 2) am unsure as to whether there are watches similar in appearance that are mechanical or auto or if I should just be looking at quartz

Am in Brisbane, Australia if that helps

Images of watches: http://imgur.com/gallery/XHIpMR1

Lucid: house mates, Orient: me, Melbourne Watch Company: me

Any suggestions around this range ? (AU $100 - $400)

>>15631669
>>15630649
Does anyone have a side by side comparison of the BB58 and Submariner from all sides please?

>>15631745
Get fucked, you get more welfare monthly than the average yearly salary in my country.

>>15631752
Sorry. Was that my question, cunt?

xth for snoopy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxAHDah5YFc

>>15631767
>when the back is more interesting than the front

>>15631712
>>15631673
you can -probably- just grab a bare nh35 for $40 off ebay and swap it in yourself. Not sure about the hole size for the hands though.

>>15631731
I thought they only made bracelets from the aero ice hardened steel? Wasnt aware they started making u-boat bracelets.

Can anyone recommend a watch similar to the Seiko SRPD39 but with some lume so I can read it in the dark? Is Lume common on this style of watch? My cheapo Walmart quartz has lume on the hands.

Budget up to $800
Style like this. Clean and elegant. White dial.
Automatic ideally
Really just clean white dial. Dates optional.
Preferably bracelet
I currently wear a 41.5 mm Dive style watch. Looks good. Can’t wear much bigger than that

>>15631798
Seiko SARB035

>>15631745
man thats a real shitter, not even a lovable one, like a actual shitter in the real sense of the word

>AU $100 - $400
the only mechanical chronos that exist now in that price range are the seagull ones, aka 1963 and its variants.
you can get a HKed 1963, a Sugess chrono, or a merkur FOD for ~$200-$300.

the rest are all mechaquartz/quartz, casio edifice has lots of them, seiko has some(flightmaster etc), microbrands like boldr has some.
for longevity and durability a quartz is probably better. The casio ones arent even expensive, like $150 or under.

>>15631804
casio panda chrono
EFR527L-7A
$100

>>15631808
boldr RALLY II
$299

>>15631804
Thank for your response & suggestions <3

Much appreciated, i will be doing a touch more research in the morning :)

mmm does look nice !

>>15631810
Geckota C-04 Space Age
$230

>>15631745
At that price range, probably the best choice is quartz, unless you go the homage/chink route that have mechanical and cheap watches like Pagani design and others.There is also vostok watches and maybe mechanical chrono seagulls and other automatic seagulls.

But if you want your gift to be used a lot and the best option is quartz.
There are chronos on that price range, Check out Seiko, Casio Edifice,Citizen.Those brands have everything you need, so you only must know your final budget ,the type of watch your friend likes (classy,traditional,toolish,gaudy..) and your friend approximate wrist size, if he is a wristlet don't buy him something really big.

For example, pic related is around 180eur which is within your budget, it's a toolish watch, but Casio, Citizen and seiko also has other more classy options.Same for non chronos, you can have plenty of models, even solar powered watches from Citizen.

If you don't want to ofend your friend, just tell him something like

>Hey, I noticed you took interest in watches, so since you are my friend I want to contribute with something for your collection.
You don't need to tell him that his watch is an useless shitter, just gift him a nice watch and I'm pretty sure he will appreciate it more because the quality and because you gifted it to him.

Once you know the type of watch you want to buy you can post again and people will point you in some better directions, it's pretty hard recommending without knowing the type of watch you want to buy because there are tons of watches.

>>15631814
and of course, the perennial homage darling,
pagani daytona homage, mechaquartz with sapphire and all.
$80

>>15631816
forgot the picture. Similar to this watch is also the Seiko SNA411 SNA411P1 SNA411P that is also more expensive and a bit over your budget I think. I think some anon had this Casio

>>15631798
tissot gentleman 80

>>15631798
its very rare for dress watches to have lume, as thats not their primary function. Presage is a dress line so its expected to have no lume

but sports watches, definitely yes.

>>15631816
Thanks for your response, this is great :)

Apologies for the vagueness !

>>15631124
yes
MOP is a chad choice

What G-Shock is this?

>>15631824
Not sure if anyone else has mentioned it to you looks like you already have a few good suggestions but might be worth checking out Dan Henry

https://danhenrywatches.com/

the 1972 chrono alarm is pretty nice looking although it's slightly over your budget

The only right watch choice is a digital day date chrono, anything else is wrong

>>15631836
GBD-800-1B

>>15631844
Thanks.
>Bluetooth
oh no no no

>>15631838

Dick status:muh
I really love this design, there is not many modern watches with that kind of design,I can only think of three, JLC sector watch, Longiness heritage classic and this one. Does anybody know more similar watches than these?

>>15631850
i guess this is kinda in the same vein?

UNDONE Urban Killy 34
forget the [ladies] tag and forget the silly BDSM-tier strap;

a 34mm (wristlets rejoice!) chronograph, with a pulsometer bezel, for $200

>>15631852
pulsometer track*
the vintage sizing is really a godsend

>>15631850
Baltic bicompax 002 is a very pretty handwind chrono with a sector dial. Looks really nice on the beads of rice bracelet. Only problem is it's a bit expensive for a chrono with a seagull movement.

>make the best dive watch ever made
>literally outclasses the submariner, doxa, blankpain, etc etc
>discontinue it and never bring it back
Is swatch retarded?

>>15631803
This might be the one

>>15631852
Nigga you dumb. There are no pushers and the 'chrono' subdials are a 24-hour dial and a 31 days date dial.

>>15631856
I thought the aggressive grooves on the sides were surely a modern Omega thing, you see them on the modern Speedy but not the Ed White for example
odd to see them on a clearly old watch

>>15631859
oh i am stupid

>>15631798
https://www.jomashop.com/rado-watch-r15938103.html
seems to be out of stock right now but there's a chance that they'll replenish the stock

Why the fuck do people buy bronze watches?

>>15631884
muh patina
it's different
bronze is a hipster fad already on the way out

>>15631856
>Is swatch retarded?
Yes, only longines is trying

>>15630914
You need a watch to tell you what month it is?

>>15631891
There are watches that tell you what year it is too

So, Vario (singapore microbrand) is making a WW1 trench watch with wire lugs

"1918 Trench"
Case diameter: 37mm
Case thickness: 10mm
Dial: Enamel
Crystal: 2mm double domed sapphire with inner AR applied
Lug width: 18mm
Lug to lug: 45mm
Lume: C3 Lume
Case Material: 316L stainless steel
Caseback: 316L stainless steel with option for empty caseback and laser engraving at additional cost
Crown: Screw-down crown (enlarged in final version for easy handling)
Movement: Miyota 82s5 automatic movement with hand-winding and hacking seconds. 21 jewels 21.6kpbh
Water resistance: 10 atm
Strap: Crazy horse leather with bund pad (80mm/120mm) or single pass (270mm)
Warranty: 1 year global warranty

>Price: $250
>kickstarter begins in 30 days, limited production
thoughts?

>>15631894
literal dick hands

>>15631894
>no authentic radium lume
pass

>>15631894
>>15631897
what anon said

additionally I think that 37mm WW1 military watch is not the right size. The early ones were closer to 30mm, now I understand we live in different times. But I don't get why they immediately have to make it jumbo size. Why not take the middle road, especially considering they are an asian brand where men have smaller wrists.

>>15631899
30mm is just way too small.
34mm might have been ideal but maybe they need 37 for the movement.

>>15631894
>We will allocate a limited quantity of 40 pieces for each variant so the 1st 40 backers for each 1918 Trench variant will be assured an earlier delivery in Feb 2021. Customers who are topping up a 2nd watch may need to wait till May for their top up watches. Customers are encouraged to back early to avoid waiting longer for their watches.

>>15631900
>30mm is just way too small.

I know, I have fucking baby wrists at 6.4 inch and dont like 31, for me 34/36 is really the only stuff I like.

Same reason I am angry at longines for releasing their heritage line at 38.5 The original bullseye was 31/33? These heritage shitters are literally double jumbo and I hate it.

When will companies learn they should stop butchering classics with dinner plate sizes?

>>15631820
can confirm, is good watch

>>15631907
they are starting to learn. companies are beginning to realize people want 40mm maximum and seem to be aiming for 38-40. baby steps.
problem is watch companies are so fucking slow. people have been begging for downsizing for 10 years and it's only just being done.

>>15631861
>>15631890
meanwhile chinks

>>15631901
I like how the crown is positioned. Very appealing watch. It is simple yet detailed.

>>15631907
just work out your wrists so you can wear bigger watches anon

>>15631915
I do some exercises for it. But in the end it will only look better from a distance, as you are only able to fatten up your forearms and not the actual wrists.

Up close for me personally it will stay the same.

>>15631918
>I do some exercises for it.
Yoo this nigga jelqs his wrists

Were they high when they wrote this?

>>15631960
who mogs who?

the zelos with its near sterile dial (and ETA) or the seiko PRESAGE?

>>15631964
What on Earth are you talking about?
Have you lost the ability to understand and communicate with others because of too much 4chan?

poorfag just get another toolwatch, alba apqj404

f91w for size comparison

>wanting to get lorus field watch
>they don't sell it here in land of rising sun
>gets alba (also titanium cased) instead

>>15631342
>>15631451
Well putting a lot of moving gears into the watch dial to drive the hands, totally changing how the movement works is kinda expensive.
Oh wait, the gears don’t even move? Lol...

>>15631973
are you a tourist?

mog = flex on someone or something else by being visibly superior

>>15631975
thats a really good lookin watch. im tempted to cop one

>>15631983
I know perfectly well what it means, but it has nothing to do with my screenshot, which was just pointing out some marketing gibberish.

Not everything is an invitation for you to posture with stupid Internet lingo.

>>15630661
Also doesn't this kind of wear mean the crystal is not doing its job???

>>15631993
>, but it has nothing to do with my screenshot, which was just pointing out some marketing gibberish.
of course, I chose to ignore your silly [seiko bashing] as it would be expected and thus boring to partake in
get a life and kys, amigo

Kinda want a tuna bros. Post tunas plz

this is the gayest argument I have ever seen and both of you should feel ashamed

>>15630934
(>>15631960
Why don't they hire an American to review their copy, unless some Japanese LIKE broken English

>>15631998
If I had known you would be so retarded about it, I would have just left the watches out of the screenshot. Why would I care about the brand, I don't have Seiko stock.

Anyway, this board is useless, I'm out.

>>15632006
its 2020 and you should stop being homophobic

>>15632008
>Anyway, this board is useless, I'm out.
>REEEeee why cant you respond in the exact way I WANT YOU TO, I am triggered!

maybe talk to your sex-bot if you cant handle conversation with other human beans

>>15631964
That logo doesn't go with the more dressy style of watch at all

bros how am I supposed to hold out until the end of November

>>15632007
It's probably a Japanese ad. Japanese know "English" but usually not how it's actually used in sentences. It's just a cool worldly exotic foreign language. So if an ad for watches is in English it's basically just to grab attention. It only has to make loose sense to Japanese. The people who this ad is targeted towards will be that it's a Cocktail Time, it's from Seiko, it was inspired by bars, there's something about a journey, getting away from the everyday, and it's Limited Edition. Then they'll unsheathe their credit card.
English in Japan is like random Japanese Kanji on things in America.

>>15631987
iktf man, I always found something I want in /wt/.. the strap kinda meh tho... anyway if you're in europe look up lorus RXD425 it's quite similar.

>>15632059
you can replace the strap
unless the strap is metal I don't know what's wrong with you retards always going "b-b-but the strap..."
it's the most easily replaced part of the watch and you can buy literally millions of different straps

>>15632019
what's on the end of november?

>>15632081
his 600,- micro shitter

>>15632085
yes.
it's more expensive than a borealis estoril but it has a better dial, handset and an ETA so I'm fine with it.

>>15631050
I'd never spend that much on a novelty watch, but a fake of this would be fun for Halloween.

>>15631453
very nice dial and hands. keep us updated on how reliable it is, please.

>>15630917
>made of cloth
Dials made of cloth? Linen dials are not actually made of linen, you do know that right?

>>15631745
whatever you buy, you should sit on it for however many months or years it takes for the one he bought to shit the bed. then you can swoop right in and be like "I knew that watch was a piece of shit but I didn't want to offend you for your choice. I believe you'll find this watch to be much better".
you could even have it engraved "to X. Your Friend, anon" or something.

>>15632122
You sound like a bit of a cunt anon. 100% don't do this.

just give him the dam watch and say happy birthday. don't everyone on 4chan is an autist who needs a script to talk to their friends they live with.

>>15632130
>opinions

>>15632122
>I knew that watch was a piece of shit but I didn't want to offend you f
thats kinda curt 2 bee quite honest

>>15630895
lurk moar please, those are the basics

>>15632122
you ever wonder what it feels like to have a friend or are you cool with not having any?

>>15630874
You should jelq your wrists like that other anon so you stop being salty over big boy watches

so insanely based

>>15630934
Yeah i agree. Just do one or the other, we are way past the need to show off 'mechanical supremacy' since Lange came back, either do one or the other. Nobody uses a chronograph for actual timing anyway.

>>15631221
It depends on so many other things, you can do wonders with design. Bezel/no bezel, proportions, stepped/sloped case...

>>15631323
A moon month is 29,5 days long.

>>15632103
gonna take a while because itll ship from india but from what ive read its really hit or miss since a lot of them are frankenstein watches

>>15631377
They are, usually with small pushers set into the case which further reduces water resistance. And in some cases if you miss and go to far you have to manually wind all the way around, 4 years. I heard it took someone 2 whole days...

>>15632005

>>15632005
When I first got mine I didn't take it off for almost 3 months, that's how much I liked it.

>>15631960
バーで誰かの顔に来るためのインスピレーション。十字架への旅をしてください。逃げろ、人生!

>>15632151
as an orient ray owner with wrists too small for the casio, that bezel makes me jealous. at least there's mods

>>15632226
Jelq your wrists for a few months and eventually you'll be able to graduate from your baby plebbit watch

>>15631907
The industry takes decades until they catch up to the market demand. They will produce shit and be like: "here, this is what you wanted, right? now pay us 10 times the production costs because we are riding on the name heritage and we brought back some thing from half a century ago. what? we fucked up the proportions by adding half a centi to the diameter? you are just being a poorfag pleb.

Microbrands is where its at, IF you can find one that does everything correctly. Some do great cases, some do great dials, some do good proportions and aesthetics but fuck up the rest, some leave you hanging with a shit movement.

>>15632210
lel "nigero"

>>15631983
>twitter tourist calls others tourists

bruh summer ended last month

>>15632267
>he doesn't own a niga sport

>>15632178
>They are, usually with small pushers set into the case which further reduces water resistance. And in some cases if you miss and go to far you have to manually wind all the way around, 4 years. I heard it took someone 2 whole days...

>Laughs in Casio Royale

>>15632292
>make a dress watch
>call it a sport watch
every time

>>15631894
looks cool if you dig the style, maybe a bit expensive

>>15631975
I had this, it was really cute and weighed fucking nothing

>>15632230
凄い。。。

>>15631326
Since you can hardly get a moon phase on any cheaper watches. Sun/Moon does not count either.

>>15632344
nah moonphases are not that rare

>>15632364

>>15632331
Unironically this would work on your wrists since it would stretch out the tendons

help I think I like microshitters now

>>15631899
They actually did a 34mm prototype at first. Not sure why they decided to go bigger.

>>15631894
Weren't WWI watches rather big, pocketwatches even, and without screwdown crowns?

do designers not look at the watches they create?

>>15632410
i guess, but this is an modern recreation with upgrades
hence the sapphire crystal and superior materials etc

>>15632411
hehehehe, looks like a wojak face

OK, I give up, the chinks have managed to confuse me.

So there's Steeldive, San Martin and Heimdallr.
Apparently Steeldive is lower quality and SM and Heim are the same.
But seems like Heim is much cheaper than SM, almost at steeldive prices.
And then there's Addies, which looks 100% like it's steeldive, but their 5-10 cheaper than steeldive.
Oh well.
But steeldive kinda has the coolest shit (pic related)

>>15631673
Stopped again at 6pm while out and about on the wrist, so yeah, clearly something is broken.
Now I’ve fully wound it manually and will leave it on my desk to check the power reserve before I write to San Martin to see what they will do.

>>15632411
>>15632444
obligatory because digits

>>15632499
>I write to San Martin to see what they will do.

>>15631673
>2824 clone PT5000
Found your problem retard

>>15632499
i would have sent a dozen angry emails much sooner ago

just email them

>>15632512
I don’t have high hopes, but I knew going in that it would be a gamble, especially when they wrote to me after I had already paid that there would be a little delay because it was a new model and they hadn’t actually built it yet.

>>15632514
It was worth a shot to see if the Chinese actually know their shit as people have been claiming.

Guys.
please give your 100% honest, unfiltered thoughts about how this Mido watch looks like.

good? bad? nice? not nice?

>>15632521
I just like to be able to be precise in my communication regarding issues like this, and ruling out a problem with the power reserve in general would help with that.

>>15632208
then after 3 months the bracelet fell apart and it stopped working altogether

>>15632542
That picture was taken last week anon. It's still almost a daily wear.
It's an NH35, why would it less reliable than your standard seiko shitter?

>>15632528
Newfag to /fa/ here but looks cool to me

>>15632528
I'm not crazy about the strap but otherwise I like it.
Looks good

>>15632528
most skeletons or open hearts look terrible but this looks cool.
not my personal style but it looks good.

>>15631673
Fuck, thanks for reporting on your issues.

>>15632528
Would be better without the skeleton dial to be honest.

Is it true you can't handwind ETA movements?

Notice the difference?

>>15632581
I have read that handwinding 2824 is not good and in the long run it fucks some gear, and apparently that also happens in the Sellita clone.

twisted lugs are goat

>>15632617
>shartmaster

>>15632487
It's a fucking mystery, I have been trying to figure it out too

ching chong meme gong

>>15632620
yes because even microshitters are superior to current swatch

So this is a patek quartz. Doesnt look too spectacular compared to GS but it also doesn't look like complete trash. I wonder if the pcb itself is made in-house?

>>15631960
Nope, the "bar came across on a journey to get away from everyday life" is a deliberate poetic allusion to a gay bar, it's the Seiko equivalent of the Pride edition Nomos basically. Japanese folks are just less open and much less political about their sexuality than most Westerners are.

>>15632638
> I wonder if the pcb itself is made in-house?
Its only used in a few of their cheapest ladies models so I doubt it makes economic sense to produce in-house in that limited a quantity. The finishing, the little their is, will be though.

>>15632638
lmao looks like a miyota quartz

>>15632638

>>15632638
>they don't even blue the screws

>>15632713
>>>/pol/

>>15632718
they look to be black polished so its not that bad. tbf they are only used in the twenty-four line so all the decoration is on the dial and bracelets.

>>15632719
>>>/out/

Baltic Aquascape or Oris 65?

>>15632638
Man I thought swiss was good then these mfs came out with swiss 2

>>15632725
The ones with round dials are automatic. It's the smol rectangular ones that uses that quartz movement.

>>15632757
Oris 65
No date

>>15632757
The oris is like $1k more (msrp) isn't it? Just get the baltic.

anyone else do this to their dw5600? is this a good kit or bad?

rate

>>15630891
>only bought by slavs.
Vostok watches are not that popular in Russia, my friend. They are respected, but ignored for the most part (kinda like seikos in Japan I suppose).

what’s a good watch for small wrists? under 1k

Wtf I hate panerai why do I want this so bad

>>15630862
Vostoks aren't made to be serviced. They're made to throw at the capitalists head so you can steal his watch when yours stops working.

>>15632850
Does anyone do this aesthetic under 40mm?

>>15631795
It's according to my watch maker who is a Damasko AD

>>15631856
They renewed the Design with the Planet Ocean, especially the 2201.50.00

>>15632850
Because its got that fun look while being at least somewhat reasonably priced.
I really wish San Martin or one of the Chinese ”HOMAGE” companies makes one in 42 or 40.

>>15632862
Maybe these ones?

>>15632867
>2201.50.00
fucking soulless
god I hate omeeega so much

>>15632872
>I really wish San Martin or one of the Chinese ”HOMAGE” companies makes one in 42 or 40.
https://sanmartinwatches.com/wp/product/sn041/
I guess it's more like this guy
>>15632862

>>15632872
>>15632892
Actually this one has more modern lugs
https://sanmartinwatches.com/wp/product/sn081/

>>15632810
bump

Shot in the dark but a while ago someone on the /wt/ discord recommended a wood working company from Japan for custom watch boxes. Can't for the life of me remember the brand. Any ideas ?

>>15632922
>discord
you should have left that out. as the leader of /wt/ i forbid everyone to answer your question

>>15632588
Indeed I do.

>>15632713
Pol fa crossover

>>15632588
Ibet everyone unsuscribe as soon as she mention being in a relationship.

>>15632588
God I want jenni to wear my BOCTOK so sadly

>>15632989
She has mentioned she's married a couple of times, already.

>>15632588
Youtube's algorithm favours videos whith faces on the thumbnail

>>15632997
I know. Just saying it how it is on youtube. Sometimes the unsubscribe rate is as high as 70% for some channels

Planning out my collection, 7 watches picked out, any I can lose or switch for other models, I have the speedy and seamaster already.

>>15632922
>>15632952
>/wt/ discord
Wait, wat

>>15633004
soulless collection my dude.

>>15633004
I've never liked the standard reverso dial for some reason. Much prefer picrel

>>15633004
the seamasters look so out of place in that pic, clearly on a level inferior to that of the others (including the speedy)

>>15633020
I can say the same thing for any non vintage collection, I don't want vintage headache.

>>15633022
Like that one aswell but I want a duo face reverso.

>>15633027
Got to have a few dailys to beat around, travel with and not worry about.

>>15633004
7 absolute plebbit watches
nice

>>15633004
I fucking hate Rolex.
So much text on the dial and that ROLEX chapter ring is mind numbingly awful. Why do they do it? Why do they piss and shit all over their own iconic design?

>>15633051
the ginault ocean rover or any other "super" homage is literally a buy at this point. same with omega watches

>>15633004
I wouldn't get two seamasters and el primero > speedy, but this is a relatively safe list. Might want to put something more fun or loud for at least one of them.

>>15633004
Anon all of those watches are classic and iconic, so you can't go wrong buying them.
But at the same time, that collection has 0 personality, that could be easily a top 7 list of watches for +-5k each from a generic website.
Leave at least a spot for something out of the box.

>>15631901
What is this type of strap called?

>>15633072
>>15633074

Fair points, I'd rather stick to more timeless designs as I plan to keep them for life and rarely sell. So design longevity is important to me.

I would take the speedy over the el primero, just a more robust watch and I'm a huge fan of the tuned lugs on omegas. I could leave the AT honestly and the 300m is a good hold me over until the sub comes it but will most likely keep it, its very pretty in person.

>>15633084
BUND and they are overpriced and hideous, they make you look like some steampunk larp asshole

>>15631894
I'm going to buy one.

>>15631894
I'm very tempted even though I don't like kickstarter since they never deliver on time and I really should stop spending money on pointless things

>>15632922
>>15632952
https://disboard.org/server/440306924555337758

>>15633160
Unban me fucker

Povvo wristlet here. What's a comfy strap for my SNK809?

>>15633294
don't fall for the nato meme
get a leather strap of your choice for versatility.
perlon or silicon if you prioritize comfort.

>>15633294
Two piece perlon or nylon

>>15632292
wtc?

New
>>15633473
>>15633473
>>15633473

>>15631852
Undone is so fucking based for doing smaller watches. If they start doing 36mm versions of their divers, that will sell really good.

>>15631668
>that tiny compass bezel

That's so damn cute. I want it on the regular casios.

>>15630744
it doesn't
it's called isochronism
watches run faster at full power and slower when almost wound down