/fa/ - Fashion

>>17753233
Why is the Reverso Duoface so based bros?

what we thinking boys

I think I'm unironically starting to like this watch

>>17753246
Looks great and their craftsmanship is above reproach but the lugs are just fucked.

>>17753247
The lugs are fine, you just have to remember to buy a size smaller than you think to get a good fit.

>>17753249
No they’re not. I’ve tried them on in person. 47.5mm lug to lug on a 36mm watch is absurd. It doesn’t even look good in the image you posted.

>>17753241
Not my favorite from Baltic but still pretty cool.

>>17753256
OK, I disagree, but thank you for sharing your opinion anyway.

>>17753191
>Got a link? I’m not an Omega shill nor am I a hater. I just want to see proof before I make my mind up.
Look for the troll collage that shits on omega for being chinese. It has IIRC a pic of the infamous receipt and quotes from the aforementioned watchmaker. If you search an exact quoted sentence you may be able to track it down the source, wherever it is. I seem to recall that it was a blog.

>>17753271
the whole story started on a german watch forum, some guy ordered replacement links for his omega bracelet and received them in a package from China
everything beyond this Information is speculation and fanfiction
it is pretty dubious that Omega ships spare parts from China but its a long shot from making entire watches in a sweatshop

>>17753271
>>17753276
No that was the receipt, and it was a scandi since the receipt said swatch nordic, not germany.
This other account was from an cantankerous old watchmaker that hated co-axial and the fact that he was going to have to pay to be schooled by swatch to use a microscope in order to apply oil to their supposedly oil-free escapement. I think he lost is parts account. If not then definitely now. He's probably dead as this was around the same time that receipt pic was floating around.

Incidentally, while looking for this blog I found pic related in a threadful of cope.
First China, now Thailand? I know that ETA gets their quartz movements there, or Ronda quartz does. Whatever, swatch has Thai factories.

>>17753279
Just imagine the smell.

>>17753276
Oh sorry you said german FORUM, not german guy. I misread.
I think I saw it first on WUS, or here. Can't remember.

thoughts on this guy?

>>17753279
>>17753281
>As long as the quality is there, I am not bothered by it. I honestly expect probably all manufacturers wind up sourcing parts from all over. It's not like anyone is fully transparent about it anyway.
that familiar smell of
C O P E
O
P
E

>JUST brush my shit up!

>>17753290
Brushed dials are patrician tier. Same with linen dials.

If the Omega Chinese shit is true, I'll be disappointed but I will still enjoy my Sneedmaster. Not like I was going to buy anything else from them anyways. What else besides Rolex and JLC is 100% Swiss?

>>17753292
>What else besides Rolex and JLC is 100% Swiss?
Just how certain are you that those two are 100% swiss?

>>17753292
Likely only the tippy top brands. If omega has seachink parts then it's a fair bet that everything below it in swatch is either partially or wholly made in the cheaper parts of asia. Maybe GO is actually German.
I very much doubt TAG shit is made anywhere but china desu.

>>17753294
JLC isn't. Their straps are made in France.

polish>brush

>>17753292
>100% Swiss?

Why do you care? Swatch says "made in switzerland" and the quality is dogshit.

>>17753292
You really only have marketing material to go off of. Patek is as far as I know totally vertically integrated at this point because they gobbled up their suppliers. Most brands still can't make hairsprings so look up Nivarox if you want to be blackpilled on "in-house" manufacturing.
>>17753298
No one considers where the fucking strap is made when discussing this lol. Lange uses Jean Rousseau, JLC and Patek and 90% of the other high end brands all use Camille Fournet.

>>17753296
>Maybe GO is actually German.
GO is German. The rules for putting Glashutte on the dial are actually pretty stringent. GO is also forthcoming in terms of where in Germany their cases, dials, movements, etc are made.

>>17753298
I don't think anyone minds that the straps are made by Camille Fournet to be honest. If I'm not mistaken Patek gets their straps from them too.

>>17753304
>Most brands still can't make hairsprings
This is one thing that sets Moser apart from other swiss watchmakers, at least.

breitling stinks

Why does JLC only use niggers models on their website? Yuck

>>17753314

>>17753314
>black people have more money than you
lol cracker btfo

>>17753308
Brands capable of making their own springs include Rolex, Parmigiani, Precision Engineering AG (owned by Moser), Journe, Lange, JLC, and Patek. Not bad company to be in.

>>17753308
It boggles the noggles that of the maybe <10 hairspring makers left in the world the two remaining russian watch factories are both on that list.
Vostok and Raketa both produce their own hairsprings on ancient soviet made machines. I'm certain that they sell their springs to "swiss" and other such brands.

my budget is 4k and i want a gmt
what do

>>17753241
The steel one is very nice. Held one the other day and it's the best diver I've seen so far for that price at retail. The bracelet is very nice as well.

>>17753320
>Not bad company to be in.
kek
>>17753321
also seiko and miyota/citizen
I assume that at least one chinese factory is "capable", likely more

>>17753292
Do you care when you buy a Mercedes? Actually curious about this

>>17753319
When’s the last time you saw a nigga wearing JLC?

>>17753323
Cheap digi: gshock with 2nd timezone.
Cheap ANALog mech: vostok with a lazy gmt function and 24hr bezel. San Martin rolex gmt knockoff.
Cheap ANALog quartz: there's a citizen promaster diver out.

Alternative: increase budget beyond 4k for things worth spending real money on that you actually really want to buy.
Never settle. Go cheap, swing high or go home to smartphone.

>>17753329
imagine buying a merc in 2023

>>17753329
I’m not interested in Mercedes, but if I bought a Porsche and found out it had Chinese made components I’d be fucking pissed.

>>17753342
Nobody tell him...

>>17753342
I would strongly recommend never buying a Porsche then.

Is the Carrera Glassbox the best chrono for a wristlet? The new Speedy wears well but I'm impressed by how thin the Heuer wears for an auto. Is there anybody else making wearable chronographs, Zenith maybe?

>>17753344
>>17753345
Porsche doesn't use Chinese parts, retard.

>>17753323
4k is a fine budget, there's a bunch of Grand Seikos around that price as well as the Longines Zulu. Maybe you could hunt for a used Seamaster GMT?

>>17753353
If you don't mind getting vintage the carrera re-edition is 36mm just like the original.

>>17753315
Is that fucking Lenny Kravitz?

>>17753360
Oh man that's sexy, and I wouldn't have to pretend a Tag Heuer is just a Heuer. Thank you

>>17753323
tooter

What combo do you think looks best? I'm feeling kinda even on these. Didn't get enough replies to decide last time. I'm aware of the matrix edition but it's a bit more expensive where I live and I don't want to spend even more on a quartz watch.

>>17753366
Honestly those all look like shit.

>>17753357
Literally every car uses some Chinese components.

>>17753366
dont buy it

>>17753367
I fail to see how a relative simple shape in steel or black with simple digital text in red or green can "look like shit". You might think it's overpriced or boring but shit?

>>17753370
Nah I'm 100% certain I need it. I like digital watches but hate their cheap toylike construction and boring b/w lcd displays.

>>17753076
That's also nice. The dark blue dial (shelby cobra) is also cool

>>17753376
Sorry anon, it just looks atrocious

>>17753366
Just buy an Armitron and save hundreds of bucks

>>17753359
>>17753365
The GMT Tooters and Longines are the ones I'm most interested in.

>>17753378
Isn't this just a worse navitimer?

>>17753378
Retarded font and color make it look like a baseball to me

>>17753360
I hate myself for not buying the gold version of these when they were cheap as fuck just a few years ago

>>17753241
numbers too ugly

>>17753266
He's right. The first thing I thought when I saw it was that the lugs combined are about as big as the diameter of the glass. It's not an opinion to say they are bigger than most watches.

>>17753380
we've had this conversation before
I appreciate you bringing it to my attention but the display is just too blurry for me even though I understand that it's a much cheaper watch.

Maybe someone knows any retro LED watches that have a good reliability and aren't too hard to get?

>>17753416
I know LED watches were huge but I have no idea which ones had good quality and will still be usable today.

>>17753413
>Lugs are long
is not an opinion
>I think it looks like shit
is an opinion

No one disputes that Nomos' case designs have very long lugs.

Companies are allowed to design whatever they like. They are not legally bound to adhere to any "tradition".
If consumers don't like it, they don't buy it. Nomos has been doing it this way for 30 years now, so if the people who hated long lugs were really as numerous as the autists here think they are, the company would have changed them by now.

>>17753323

The middle of this article from last year mentions under 4k GMTs specifically, and the differences between 'flyer' and 'caller' GMTs.

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/bulova-wilton-gmt-miyota-9075

I kinda like the look of the new Citizen Series 8 GMT that was announced a few weeks ago.

confession: i like oris

>>17753427
You said
>the lugs are fine
They aren't. Get over it faggot.

Why buy this weirdo shit when I could just buy a Rolex?

>>17753366
Middle. Don't listen to them, it's a cool watch.

>>17753443
I accept your concession.

>>17753449
>why
you can't
>i could
you can't, too poor

>>17753449
>Why buy this weirdo shit when I could just buy a Rolex?
The kind of people who can afford both generally think of Rolex as a kind of mid option. Sort of like how poors think of a G-Shock.

>>17753366
It's the same price. Check on ebay.

An Explorer, an Oyster Perpetual, a Tudor, or this for $6k

>>17753457
the seiko

>>17753461
lol

>>17753457
Oyster Perpetual. Not even a close call.

>>17753468
you don't want a seiko with mis-shaped nonsense for $6000?

gshocks are the only good watches

>>17753505
you smell like poop

>>17753505
untrue

>>17753457
pretty sure all those circles are just reflections brah

Is this the watch thread.

>>17753515
buy an ad
why post the same uninteresting cringe every thread

>>17753508
what's next, i'm a doodiehead?

>>17753323
Don’t get a GMT and invest it in Rivian instead, then sell when it eventually goes back up to $130 p/s.

>>17753514
yeah it's the perspective, hes just bashing them at this point, if you've ever seen an expensive seiko you'd know they are imposssibly pedantic about this stuff. yeah you get a misaligned chapter ring occasionally on a 1k diver but the pricier stuff is on point, they're known for being impossibly pedantic

>>17753515
Strong Baked Alaska vibes. I know you recognize that name, I know which boards you post in just by looking at that picture.

>>17753577
>I know which boards you post in just by looking at that picture.
Which ones?

Does anyone have this? I really like it but the gray on gray face on gray case on gray bracelet makes it seem like the dial would just get lost.
I feel like this thing on a blue leather strap to complement the second hand would be SEXOOO
Puts me off from buy a watch knowing that I wouldn't really use the bracelet ever.

>>17753593
I've seen it in person, the gray is sorta creamy and goes well with the gold and blue accents, i almost prefer it to the cherry blossom

Might be trading this for an smpc...

I am redfield

>>17753613
You're not cool enough to be him

I mean let's be real, everything is plagued by china these days.

For me, it's vintage Credor.

>>17753587
/cm/ and /lgbt/

>>17753628
i wear a rolex and i browse those boards

>>17753314
To contrast the rich and poor

>>17753332
last week in vegas

>>17753613
Why does Seiko do this to itself? Does it want to be known as the weeb brand?

>>17753441
you thought you were sneaky but I found you

>>17753390
BBGMT is gtg, thinner than the BBP and doesn't carry all of the GMTM baggage, sadly only colorways are pepsi and root beer but they're the most popular anyway so eh

>>17753638
>does it want to be known as the weeb brand
as long as Citizen is pumping out Black Panther and C3PO edition eco-drives?

>>17753638
seiko please rerelease this

>>17753647
looks like a diaper desu

>>17753519
poopoo face

>>17753638
What's your issue with this?

>>17753002
>Watch journey
Might be the epitome.

>>17753678
ugh like the destination is always a Rolex

>>17753619
>he didn’t get the JDM G Shock
Why

>>17753637
X
Niggers don’t have taste

I sat next to a dude on a flight today who was wearing some kind of Hublot Ferrari monstrosity, which begs two questions: why do people still wear this gaudy shit, and who the fuck paid 100k for this kind of thing in the first place? I doubt his was genuine but still.

>can you PLEASE put me on the list for

>Bao Dai
>Buckley Dial
>Clint Eastwood
>James Bond
>James Cameron
>Jean-Claude Killy
>John Player Special
>Patrizzi
>Paul Newman
>President
>Pussy Galore
>Steve McQueen (aka Il Freccione)
>Vintage Rolex Nicknames
16 Bart Simpson
17 Big Eyes
18 Bombay
19 Bubbleback
20 Double Red Sea-Dweller (aka DRSD)
21 El Cornino
22 Exclamation Point Dial
23 Fat Lady
24 Great White
25 Nipple Dial
26 Oyster Sotto or RCO Daytona
27 Padellone
28 Rail Dial
29 Red Line
30 Sigma Dial
31 Solo
32 Stelline
33 Texas Timex
34 Triple Six
35 Thunderbird
36 Underline Dial
37 Unicorn
38 Wide Boy Dial
39 Zenith
41 Batman
42 Blueberry
43 Bluesy
44 Coke
45 Ice
46 Hulk
47 Kermit
48 Polar
49 Pepsi
50 Rainbow
51 Root Beer
52 Smurf
53 Stella

>PURCHASE HISTORY
WTF IS THAT YOU WHO DO YOU THINK I AM

>>17753691
kek

>>17753292
A couple of factories in Hong Kong can produce haisprings, made out of metal and silicon, would be retarded for a business to not go for the cheapes stuff.

Rolex Explorer 2 black dial prices are plummeting

>>17753708
Why is the black dial hated so vehemently?

>>17753457
Based zaratsu filtering the plebs.

>>17753360
What's the ref. for this exact model?

>>17753714
CS3113

>>17753298

>>17753715
Thanks. That's quite thin for a smaller chrono.

>>17753576
>yeah it's the perspective, hes just bashing them at this point, if you've ever seen an expensive seiko you'd know they are imposssibly pedantic about this stuff. yeah you get a misaligned chapter ring occasionally on a 1k diver but the pricier stuff is on point, they're known for being impossibly pedantic
Just watched a video. He's absolutely retarded. Its just the perspective from the lume being recessed into angled indicies. It actually looks pretty nice for $6k ngl

>>17753723
Yea, a good amount of its thickness is just due to the domed acrylic crystal. The movement's a lemania 1873 which is basically identical to the (1)861 speedmaster movement. The speedy movement was based on it after all.

Were rolexes ever affordable? I was watching a vid on the speedmaster and the guy was saying rolexes watches at the time the speedmaster came out for omega were designed for professionals at job/tool watches and then cites the submariner, GMT and train watches. Were only rich people buying them, normal people, companies or what?
I'd assume post 80s every professional watch would just be a quartz gshock because it would mog a rolex in durability, precision, features and cost.

These digital reissues Casio are doing this year are looking pretty good.

Any yuros here know of any good online watch stores that stock casios? I know of TicTacArea and Masters of time so far for decent prices and /int/, shipping. Any others?

>>17753758
You just answered you own question. If it were unaffordable, "professionals" wouldn't have been able to afford them. Rich people throughout human history are not generally linked to dangerous manual labor like soldiery, commercial diving etc.
It needed to be tough and built to beat. If it were too expensive who did they expect to buy it? The cashed up man about town didn't wear some prole's diving watch back in the day, they wore delicate gold dress watches.
If a GI grunt sent to Vietnam had a choice between the Submariner, a months salary or something, or the Zodiac SeaWolf, a fortnight's salary or whatever, then they were more within reach of "the common man" than they are today. The jewelryfication of the rolex tool watch line came as a reaction to the seiko incited quartz crisis which posed such an existential threat to the entire swiss industry those that didn't turn into pure jewelry and Veblen goods died out.
What's the professional going to choose? A relatively delicate wrist time teller that's expensive to repair if they bang in on some rocks or the latest tech of the day that's an order of magnitude more accurate and less delicate all at the expense of a battery change every once and a while? It's a tool; they'll choose the best one.
Same reason steam powered I dunno, drills or whatever are no longer being used or why modern soldiers seemingly exclusively wear gps-enabled shit like garmin, suunto, casio protrek and g-shock rather than the larpers' favorite "muh issued analog field watch".
>I'd assume post 80s every professional watch would just be a quartz gshock
Analog quartz divers existed as well and superseded their mechanical counterparts. Seiko, Citizen etc. Cheaper than the competition. Every single one I've seen that's survived to be sold 2nd hand is beat to absolute shit, as was their purpose.

>>17753780
cool. Do you know if they were primarily bought by workers or by the companies? Like were divers, pilots or rail workers expected to supply their own rolexes or were the companies giving them to the workers as part of their job?

Japanese watches are great
>Just as good as most swiss watches
>1/10th the price
>They also make the world's best quartz watches
Wanna get a Springdrive Grand Seiko but I haven't found a model that appeals to me enough yet
Want one with a day of the week function

>>17753758
Yes. Boomers had the opportunity to buy them cheap and they squandered it of course.

>>17753788
>justasgood
there it is, classic poorfag cope

>>17753790
Ah, one of those retards who thinks if you spend $500 on a t-shirt it's going to be better than a $100 t-shirt because money
I.e. an easy mark

>>17753791
apples and oranges. watches are complex micro machines, retard. gg no re

>>17753793
It's really not
Just because something is more expensive doesn't make it better
It's a very simple psychological trick that works on idiots

>statement piece
>tank watch
>industrial design
>holy grail
>art deco

>>17753233
why do seikos make me cringe so hard?

>>17753624
ah, yes, the 60$ casio look

>>17753816
because you feeble mind has been conditioned to react that way
if not for the sheep masses like you, capitalism would fold onto itself
keep up the good work, goy!

>>17753782
>expected to supply their own rolexes
It didn't have to be rolex lol there wasn't a clause that said
>oh btw you have to supply your own ROLEX (TM) DIVING WATCH MADE IN GENEVA
I don't know. What I've heard of sat divers today is that they buy their own, but they use dive comps as their tool so the watch isn't essential. Pic rel are some of the most coveted Rolex divers. They were issued by a French sea exploration/commercial diving company to its divers. I wouldn't call this a typical case as Rolex used the data gleaned by these divers to engineer better watches and develop new features, so it was more of a Rolex-collab. Perhaps COMEX got a good deal on them because of this?
The ultra rare Milsubs issued by the MOD to the precursor of the Special Boat Service (SAS in the sea) are probably the most valuable rolex divers in existence. These were issued and, being British Govt property, were returned after every use.
I don't know the story of how these got into the civilian hands and thus auction circuit. There's very few of these around.
So I would say that
>it depends
maybe if you worked for a massive world-spanning oil drilling company, or cable laying company as one of their divers then you'd be given the necessaries of the job as these were specialized tools. And maybe like in the case of the milsub it remained company property after you left.

That didn't stop ordinary people buying them like the story of that guy recently where some surfer found his old sub in a rockpool. They'd bought it in the 70's or early 80's as a young man, wore it for all sorts of odd jobs. Then one day in his old age the bracelet broke and he lost it in the sea for a few years until someone found it. They weren't prohibitively expensive. You could buy one, but it'd be like an ordinary guy going out and buying a top of the line dive computer to wear (couple hundred $ today) without ever coming near water that was deeper than a bathtub - basically literally fucking why?

>>17753856
forgot pic

>>17753856
>>17753859
I guess less the submariners and more were things like the Rolex GMT Master, Rolex Milgauss and Omega Railmaster/other railroad watches generally company property vs something a professional would buy, considering there would be a lot of commercial aviation pilots or rail workers compared to divers

>>17753296
TAG HUEHUEHUE isnt even hiding that they are now using Citizen movements for their Solar range (and probably most quartzs).

>>17753793
yeah this is a terrible take. watches are jewelry, not tools. If functionality was the only consideration everyone would be wearing a Gshock.
Swiss watches are fantastic machines, with a rich historical legacy and they are viewed as more 'high class' than their Japanese competitors, but Citizen, Seiko, Grand Seiko and even Casio make great timepieces that are accurate and will last you a lifetime.

>>17753871
The railmaster was basically like the milgauss in that it protected from strong electrical fields. The ordinary consumer that bought the only watch they'd ever own at a jewelry store in the 50's wouldn't even know what gauss was much less how and electric or magnetic field could affect their watches so I'd assume these ultra specialized kinds of watches were more bought for a worker rather than bought by.
IIRC the GMT Master was designed at the request of PanAm for its pilots. Whether the pilots had to purchase their own I don't know.
They weren't restricted to pilots as non-pilots could buy them. Soldiers bought them like that guy on antiques roadshow or whatever it's called who bought one during a tour of service and basically kept it in his safe untouched for over 40 years. Full box, papers and receipt. He bought it on a soldier's pay and if sold it'd pay for his retirement years.
Good question on the Milgauss etc., though. I very much doubt you'd have found those for sale in a jewelry store on a high street back in the day.

>>17753882
Honestly, good. Citizen is state of the art in regards to solar powered watches.
However at that point I'd rather just buy a nice Citizen from the chronomaster range rather than any fucking tag. What a tarnished brand.

>mfs ADs telling boomers to buy watches so they can become “family heirlooms” and “pass it on their grandkids”, and then the watch immediately loses 90% of its value in 30 years

>>17753890
All this is true. But also, how can TAGs be labelled "swiss made" at that point?

I have had a number of Citizen and Casio solar watches, and Citizens have never failed, even being 20+ years old in some cases.

>>17753247
they bug me in the Orion, but not in the Club for some reason

>The inside of my Rolex box still smells like the authorized dealer 4 whole years later
what gives

>>17753910
They can't. But then again the vast majority of the "swiss" watch industry isn't even swiss so I'm not fazed.
Even if that wasn't the case, their whole
>in our new in-house chrono!
>isn't that a seiko calibre?
>[proceeds to obfuscate, seethe and then cope]
charade ruined whatever may have been left of their reputation.

>strap monster
>#SpeedyTuesday
>the Reverso is a sports watch
>timeless elegance
>design language
>industrial design
>actually I use my diver's bezel every day
>pepsi, coke, rootbeer, Hulk, Batman, Batgirl
>hand finished movement
>the holy trinity of watchmaking
>one watch collection
>GADA
>timepiece
>nato strap on a dress watch
>date window on a chronograph
>pop of color
>wrist presence
>you get a lot of watch for the money
>statement piece
>tank watch
>holy grail
>art deco
>watch journey
>micro brand
>high horology micro brand

>>17753688
It was the first somewhat good watch i bought for myself and it was on discount, i didn't care at that point.

>>17753788
>Want one with a day of the week function
Tough luck, there are only a few quartz daydates out there and they're at the standard 3 o'clock position, no spring drive daydates afaik. They should just reissue the Weekdater under Grand Seiko, that would be sweet. I'm not holding my breath for that to ever happen though.

>>17753926
>you can dress it up or dress ir down
>wristwatch check
>RAWLECKSSS
>Value

>>17753936
Ehem

>>17753710
tards
that's it

>>17753360
My God! That watch is beautiful, like a much more elegant Daytona

>live in bulgaria
>everyone poor as fuck
>noone to steal it from
it hurts

>>17753938
I'll stick to the Weekdater, thank you very much.

>>17753949
>bulgarian sausage slut steals your semenmaster of your wrist in a market
>immediately throws it back in your face when realizing what it is
>WTF THIS CHINESE WATCH NEEDS OIL ON ITS MEME ESCAPEMENT REEEEEEE
feelsbadman

>>17753952
But isnt quartz!

>>17753949
how do thieves get their watches serviced?

Anyone has that collage of disgusting wrist shots? I just found a new one.

>>17753323
I'd say wait a bit. There's an influx of SBGE277, 275 and 295s hitting second hand sales. Give it a few months and more e277s should reach the $3.5k-3.7k mark, but if you can afford the e275 instead, go for that one for the Snowflake dial and the aesthetic sapphire caseback.

I got the e277 for $4.2k but be aware that that was before tax, and the duty fees from import added an unexpected $480 to that. That said, Spring Drive on a GMT, gorgeous fucking dial, zaratsu polish and that bezel feel is fucking heavenly. Besides art watches(so that's basically just Mr. Jones watches at this point), I don't really feel compelled to buy any other watch at this point.

After a while in this hobby, I have discovered that the coolest watches are ultra-thin. This is why I love the Royal Oak Jumbo or the slimmer Calatravas. The Octo Finissimo also looks great. The problem is that such thin mechanical watches are usually very expensive. Another advantage of quartz, thinner watches look much better.

Which watch should I buy to get a girlfriend like picrel?

>>17753969
>the camera focus is on the guy's ugly as fuck wrists
>The ACTUAL subject being out of focus

Why the fuck do we have to share this hobby with boomers?

>>17753979
Chanel BOY·FRIEND

>>17753971
>Another advantage of quartz, thinner watches look much better.
For dressier pieces yes.

>>17753971
I guess it's opposite for me since I got a 38mm watch recently, it's not super thin, but it is thin, so I guess it's just a matter of preference since their low profile just doesn't really vibe with me. Despite my 6 and a half inch wrist limiting my options up to 43mm, I kinda realized I liked the ones I had that were at least within the 40mm-42mm range, I just don't feel anything with the 38mm that I got, and in paper it LOOKED perfect:

>38mm
>304 L and 316 L combination for Damascus Steel
>Had the Damascus star that would cause most boomers in their midlife crisis to cream their pants
>meteorite dial
>Miyota 9015, with the Timegrapher listing it at +6spd dial up, -2spd dial down

The specs looked perfect, wearing it just didn't feel perfect. It just felt like I was wearing a watch. It somewhat makes me bitter since I ended up missing the 40mm watch I sold to make this particular purchase happen, and since that one was also a Zelos, it's scalped to hell so odds of me buying that back is pretty slim.

Wrist calculator says the lowest I can go for is a 36mm while the largest is at 43mm(my grail is a 44mm and it doesn't look that big on my wrists so I make it an exception), but I now realize that my comfort zone might be that 40mm-43mm.

>>17753918
rubbed his balls all over your dumb watch and its box

My first ever bought watch. Thoughts?

>>17753985
>Wrist calculator says the lowest I can go for is a 36mm while the largest is at 43mm
I don't know what that "wrist calculator" thing is, but I already can tell that's complete bullshit. What matters the most is lug to lug.

>>17753979
bvlgari hisser
to evoke the ever changing nature of the snake that sheds its skin to renew itself
these women, each of them bogged, all hoped that going under the knife would rejuvenate them much like the eternal serpent does cyclically
alas, it isn't to be for The Wall is insurmountable by those that live the pedowood lifestyle
a tragic trinket to remind them of the ephemeral and irredeemable nature of their now tarnished beauty

>>17753996
>what matters the most is lug to lug

I know, but my anxiety gets me to to seek 2nd or 3rd opinion usually so this was rather handy to use.

>https://theslenderwrist.com/watch-size-guide/

>>17753990
You could have done much worse. I dont like the strap tho, too shiny.

>>17753998
>taking advice on something from the said something sellers
let me guess, the minimum and maximum sizes he shills seem to go hand in hand with watcg sizes he sells, minus 5 fuckhueg offerings and 4 very woman sized offerings, am I wrong?
6.5 is too small for 43, except the skx type case

>>17753990
I like how thin the lugs are for a change.

>>17754011
My main reference is still the no overhang rule but that pretty much means most Gshocks are out of the question for me.

As for why the site is handy, I'm the only weirdo in my friend's group who's into this shit so I really don't have anybody else to inquire with regarding watches and I genuinely do not trust my own judgment since I'm not exactly fashionable.

>>17753971
Check Seiko Goldfeather for a cheaper alternative. 2.95mm thick movement.

>>17753998
>>https://theslenderwrist.com/watch-size-guide/
This is such bullshit. Your wrist is a 3D object, circumference is a one dimensional measure, it doesn't mean shit.
I'm going to make an infographic about this because I'm tired of reading bullshit online about watch sized. Will post it later today.

>>17754022
>Your wrist is a 3D object,
As far as watches are concerned they are 2D, arm length doesn't matter.

>>17754022
Thanks, I'd really appreciate it.

Also put it on Imgur or some shit so it gets added to the next /wcg/ OP template.

>>17754024
>width (diameter)
>length (lug to lug)
>thickness

>>17753971
Same with sports watches. That's why most of the time Rolex tool watches look better than Seiko or Omega. Because Rolexes, especially pre-ceramics, are usually thinner than Seikos or Omega.

>>17753990
It's ok. I never buy leather banded watches because they're not waterproof

bonjourr

Rolex is for ...?

>>17753964
bro do you really need to service an omega? I serviced my skx once in the 2nd year of ownership, now I am om the 7th

>>17753971
>The problem is that such thin mechanical watches are usually very expensive
you can get a soviet-era 2209 movement watch for 50$ and thinness-mog the majority of modern mechanicals
there is an even thinner soviet movement out there, but it's too delicate and was only briefly in production. but the 2209 is reliable and got put in tons of watches, most commonly Luch and Poljot Deluxe

>>17754044
le niggurs

>>17754044
are you the same guy with that other santos on a strap? the dial on that one is nice, but I prefer it on a bracelet

>>17754054
yeah the other one is a limited edition santos dumont XL though. Doesnt come with a bracelet.

>>17754045
>serviced my skx once
>2nd year of ownership

HOW? Seiko's being exploitative when they said you need to get your <$500 Seiko serviced but even with their greed, their recommendation is 3 years

Why the fuck 2??

>>17754027
>width
You mean arm length? Irrelevant.

>>17754067
because it started acting weird, wouldnt hold a charge through the night
I didnt go to a seiko service, just some random shop I found in google maps

>>17754067
Wear it until it stops working. These service intervals are a scam to milk more money from people. Seiko movements are workhorses, don't fix if it aint broken.

>>17754044
straight men

>>17754073
oh, okay that makes sense

I'm assuming it probably got magnetized. They're susceptible to that.

>>17754073
ah ok disregard this then>>17754074

>>17754075
Straight, but the type of men who have to result to going to Asia to find partners.

It's either you see old middle aged white dudes with Gshocks or Rolex, there's no in between.

>>17754082
Still counts, because if it's magnetized, it is somewhat broken.

No need to retract.

Say it with me: AFFORDABLE LUXURY

>>17754089
truly awful
amazing

>>17754089
I like that they have the courage to spell out scam for you.

>>17754089
Holy fuck, it's an actual thing now??

I thought the product video was just a meme, he actually made it real

>>17754101
yes, you can buy it. it might be the first watch I've seen that's supposed to only be enjoyed ironically

>>17753247
>above reproach
youre an actual retard

>>17754105
It's also meta as fuck, good luck explaining the joke to someone who isn't a terminally online watch nerd.

>>17754100
Yea but that's deliberate, this was a meme to basically shit on the watch brands that Ben called out, namely Filippo Loretti.

>>17754115
Flipitto Rolexi

>>17754109
You would never need to as nobody will ever ask since nobody cares that you're even wearing a watch.

>>17753997
good post

>>17753969
What the fuck

>>17753970
That looks hilarious on that wrist. And from this far that dial texting just looks like someone smudged their fingers all over.

>>17753997
Kek nice.

>>17754015
I agree analog watches look bad when they overhang but G-Shock straps are part of the design so as long as the case fits the length of your wrist they look good. Sometimes it can look weird on large wrists when the strap doesn't overhang. If the diameter of your wrist is at least 50mm I would try on a DW-5600. If you are too autistic to give up on the arbitrary "no overhang" rule you wont like it but to normal people it looks good.

>>17754115
Sorry I don't know who and what you're referring to and I'm not interested to know. You sound much too invested in whatever it is you are talking about.

>>17754101
Well it started out as a joke butpeople kept telling him that they'd actually buy one so he said fuck it and made it happen.

>>17754148
https://youtu.be/ezd0nAjhwDA

>>17753907
>immediately
>in 30 years

>>17753959
True. But i already have a quartz day date. It's not thin though, not thick either, just right.

>>17754148
so shut the fuck up, retard

>>17754143
It's probably just a bad photo, Seiko spawned Epson, their print has always been immaculate.

>>17754109
>>17754115
if I saw one in the flesh the only thing I would dare ask is
>is that a Rolex?

Are Arabic dials effay?

>>17753969
Is that a penis

>>17754108
Nice argument little chud. U mad this morning?

>>17753233
ID on this watch please?

What watch should I buy if I am a man beaten by society?

>>17754254
f91

>>17754143
I love it regardless, it's pretty much everything I want in a GMT and that's the complication I'm obsessed with. They do have 40.5mm GMTs, but with a locked ceramic bezel which I'm just not a fan of so it was either 44mm with a bidirectional bezel, or a 40.5mm with a locked bezel, so just 2 timezones.

That said, I'd still really like a Spring Drive GMT with a thinner case but I'm not sure GS will ever get to pull something like that off.

>>17754022
Alright bros, what do you think?
I just need to add the numbers and maybe some explanations (I can already hear you fags seethe and shit your pants about the diameter / hand width ratio thing), but I think it's pretty good so far.

Yes, I'm a turbo-autist.

>>17754306
The separation between Sports and Dress watch here is gonna split this general in half.

That said, I'm printing this for reference.

>>17754306
I like it. Thank you anon.

>>17754306
fuck if I know, looks good, but the numbers are going to be an asspull

>>17754254
buy?

>>17754306
Commit to some numbers already you b big fat stinky pussy

>>17754323
I'm working on it, you homo

>>17754325
Work harder nigger

>>17754306
Lug to lug: 90% for sports, 75% for dress
Thickness: 20% sports, 10% dress

Diameter, idk

I wanna get one of those f91w retro casios but in gun metal. Is that good? What is gun metal anyway? I like the dark grey color it has so I want it as a daily beater digital wristwatch

>Chrono24 vs WatchRapport
Which to buy from for under $5k purchase?

>>17754335
Thanks anon, sounds about right.
It's done!

>>17754359
>Shlomo24
>WatchRappoport
They play both sides.

>>17754368
Maybe add the golden rule (wrist width/phi(1.618)=diameter)

>>17754388
>Watch diameter should be 60% of the wrist width.

>>17754395
+ or - whatever percent for sports and dress

>>17754388
I'll add other infos/data if needed.
I'd like to make a guide for square watches too (I'm a Reversofag).

>>17754306
>DIAMETER

You have to take into account two different diameters:
-The case diameter (that's the size companies use)
-The actual dial diameter

You also have to take into account the color value, if the watch is white or light colored it will look bigger, if it's black it will look smaller.

Which is why as a wristlet i can pull of some 40mm watches and not some 36mm watches, because one may be black with a big rim while the other may be white with no rim.
Then take into account if the dial is crowded or not, if there are many things on it it may look smaller than if it's minimalist.

There's a science to it, if you are a real autist, do it right:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8uSMlZfj1I

>>17754306
Also, you can't say number if you don't know the person's wrist size.

Anthony Farrer retired from watch dealing (and supposedly social media also). He lasted 5 days after his exposed fiasco. He's probably going to jail within a couple years.

To think, if he had stayed sober and wasn't a fucking retard with his antics, and literally just ran a clean shop, he would be a solid millionaire right now. That "blackout" ruined him, it was only downhill after that. To be fair, someone who is that fucking stupid was probably never gonna make it anyway.

>>17754388
>>17754400
checked. based.

>>17754381
both sides of what? WR seems to have a cheaper listing price compared to C24, but do they get you with fees and shipping?

>>17754368
Looks like a professional infographic. Good job.

How would you categorize this? "Travelers" watch? Sports? Dress? Its pretty tough and chunky.

Also, do you like it on a zulu for summer relaxed use? Im going to wear it like this for a while.

>>17754450
i want the gold zulu

Now that the dust has settled, what is the verdict on the Seiko nh34 GMT movements? Are they pretty good? Is it a traveler GMT? What are the best watches using it?

>>17754430
Is that the guy behind the brand farer? What did he do?

>>17754465
Elaborate.

I was refering to the zulu strap.

>>17754472
No he was a watch dealer who scammed people cor 5 mill. Farer watches have no connection to him.

>>17754450
A nice watch.

>>17753233
Thought on the hamilton field bronze? When I look at that watch I go AWOOOGA FUCKA FUCKA FUCKA PUTA SEXOOO

>>17754450
all the master watches are a bit hard to categorize like that. I guess I'd call them "everyday" / "high whorology" depending on the number of complications and business of the dial

>>17754488
>Business of the dial, Jewel of the Nile
...would be a great name for a watch and jewelry store.

>>17754450
>How would you categorize this?
Daily wear. Too fussy to be a sports watch, too big to be a dress watch.

Looks much better on leather, though. Putting a classy watch on a cheap nato is Reddit tier.

>>17754409
Yeah dial size is important. You can get away with smaller watches if they're all dial.

>>17753607
Bro, this one is gorgeous. Too bad it's doomed to mold in some collector faggot's closet (You).

GS is based and the spring drive snowflake is a masterpiece. Feel free to seethe and cope in the coments section.

>>17754520
Do you own one or plan to do so?

>>17754516
Hello, what is ypur name

>>17754450
(luxury) casual

>>17754520

>>17754477
longines zulu spirit time

at the end of the day, the Nautilus or the Overseas is a Royal Oak Cope like my Casio Edifice

>>17754539
Such a sentiment is itself a massive cope

Nato/Zulu straps are great, they make a good watch look like shit

>>17754539

>go for run
>set bezel to when I started
>look at watch from time to time, when at 25min look at phone to see if I did my 5k
let me guess... you NEED more

>>17754556
>25 minutes to run 5km
>you NEED to run more.

>>17753233
Holy fuck im never fucking with butterfly clasps again sure they look elegant bit without micro adjustments I literally have to find the perfect place on my wrist that it wont slide down but also wont pinch my fucking arm its fucking aids

>>17754495
>>17754546
>no fun allowed

Im not sweating the croc strap tho. Also its vacation time.

>>17754568
If you want a classy textile strap, get a good sailcloth strap.
If you can afford the 4-5k or so that those cost used, then you can certainly afford more than a ten dollar junkstrap.

>>17754563
Take the leather strap pill.

>>17754571
>sailcloth
This. NATO straps just make every watch look shitty and cheap.

I'll put an expensive alligator strap on my F91, no one in this thread can stop me

>>17754579
Nobody cares

>>17754568
>>17754495
>>17754546
>>17754571
Elastic strap are the best straps, bar none. You literally don't feel the atch.
They are what NATO straps whish they were but they ain't.

>>17754571
I will actually.

Thanks anon.

>>17754584
…and then after a year the elastic is all worn out.

im gonna get a cheap casio digital watch and noone can stop me

I find the bezel on my Tudor Submariner very useful, I use it to cook pasta.

>>17754621
The heat of the bezel cooks the pasta

>>17754621
See >>17753926

>>17754617
Good luck with the list, I hope you have a good relationship with your AD

Why you ain't sirius, cuh?

>>17754634
Rolex cope number 45305156

>>17753279
hahahhaha my casio is made in thailand too, guess there's no need to pay the swatch tax for an omega then

>>17754642
You have to admit it's a fairly decent looking watch though.

>>17754089
>SPAGHETTI

>>17754584
Plus, they look like DOGSHIT!!!

>>17754561
no I dont
im fat

>>17754629
I'm like 30g's in hope to get put on it soon

NEW THREAD
>>17754691
>>17754691
>>17754691
>>17754691
>>17754691

>>17754648
it would be better if the north korean star was removed.

>>17754646
Yes this is what's laughable to me about the current watch industry.

40% swiss made watches passed off as swiss.

Thoughts on GO?
They’re thick af and sometimes they can be seen as a A&S cope, but I feel like that they pack a lot of cool complications and nice designs for what they cost, they have nice finishing and can be found at good price at second hand.

>>17753936
I just bought a similar weekdater. Its a beautiful watch. I am trying to decide if I want to pick up a gold tone version.