/wt/ - Watch Thread [Reversed Edition]

[Anonymous No.14213514]

This thread is about the appreciation of watches, as well as the micro-engineering and materials engineering that are required to make a functioning timepiece.

Thread video:
> https://youtu.be/6vQDAnutaqw

Guides:
> Watch essentials 102: https://pastebin.com/Rc77hhXV
> Purchasing used watches: https://pastebin.com/f44aJKy2
> Purchasing straps: https://pastebin.com/SwRysprE

Should I buy this MVMT / DW / *Fashion brand* watch?
> Scroll throught this album first: https://imgur.com/a/6CNO8

"Suggest a watch for me."
> Your budget
> Watch type, e.g. dress, diver, flieger, etc...
> Desired bracelet option, e.g. leather, nylon, metal
> Wrist size or desired watch size, e.g. 17cm / 38mm

Previous thread: >>14212000

[Anonymous No.14213522]

Pictured is Voutilainen's 28ti from this year's Baselworld. It's the Vingt-8 but... reversed and slightly re-engineered. On the other side you still get a surprise, with a running seconds and power reserve indicators. It's going to be a limited piece, only eight titanium-cased pieces will be made.

[Anonymous No.14213531]

>>14213522
Plenty of people joke about wearing their Langes case-back out., it's a clever idea that makes you say, why didn't anyone come up with it before. Thinking about it now, watchmaking rules strongly, and I mean strongly looks down upon having the screws the other way round but technically, in this case it's still facing the right way.

[Anonymous No.14213555]

>>14213531
It's not a joke. I know of a guy who bought two of the Lange Triple Split Chronographs when they first came out. He wears one on each wrist with one of them showing the caseback.

[Anonymous No.14213572]

>>14213514
Post watches fit for honorable men who believe in a worthy cause.

[Anonymous No.14213577]

>>14213572
fuck off you annoying twat.

[Anonymous No.14213579]

why is it so hard to find a nice 34mm to 36mm watch
I don't want to drop 2k on a vintage omega seamaster

[Anonymous No.14213589]

>>14213514
Guys, there is any other non larpy watch apart from the Apple Watch for normies and Rolex steel sports models for patrician older men? I know Seikos are a good quality and effay choice for wall and alarm clocks.

[Anonymous No.14213590]

>>14213572
>Post watches fit for honorable men who believe in a worthy cause.
They sould definitely use some watches I can't see even one.

[Anonymous No.14213593]

>>14213589
I was gonna say f91w for third worlders but even they have access to smartphones nowadays

[Anonymous No.14213609]

>>14213552
>>14213429
>>14213607
>hurrrrr Micro artist studio movements aren’t Grand Seiko movements
What does it say on the movement, big boi.

[Anonymous No.14213611]

>>14213607
>The machined finish on entry-level JLC movement anglage is quite clearly a finer finish than that left on GS spring drive anglage
The bevel is thinner on a JLC, meaning absolutely nothing when the level of finish is the same.

>the more subtle finishing of the striping, anglage, and pearlage of JLC's entry level movements
"More subtle" =/= better.
Dufour's striping for instance is a lot coarser than that JLC's you posted.
Pic related.

>however the Micro Artist Studio is not part of the regular Grand Seiko production chain
Apparently they are.

[Anonymous No.14213615]

Reminder what Dufour actually owns.

[Anonymous No.14213617]

Do watchmakers ever do anything for movement finishing besides "take a metal brush to it"?

[Anonymous No.14213629]

>>14213617
Polish bits, blue others, and put gold inlay in

[Anonymous No.14213635]

>40mm
>miyomeme auto movement
>with or without date
>enamel dial
>steel blued hands
>not dressy with brushed case
>200 bucks
Would be used as a daily, in place of my off-brand diver. Talk me out of it? What strap options do I have?

[Anonymous No.14213636]

>>14213572
kill yourself pls

[Anonymous No.14213640]

>>14213635
That is one of the most boring watches I've ever seen.

[Anonymous No.14213645]

>>14213640
Im a boring man and like the ascetic aesthetics.

[Anonymous No.14213653]

>been over a month
>still haven't been stabbed

What a bunch of fucking loser virgins lmao.

[Anonymous No.14213664]

Seiko's ultra luxury brand Credor is a good example of what GS could be with a higher pricepoint. This finishing CAN compete with the big three

[Anonymous No.14213669]

>>14213664
Ultra luxury. Compete. Lol.

[Anonymous No.14213674]

>>14213669
ULTRA LUXURY.

[Anonymous No.14213680]

>>14213669
>>14213674
That's how they're cut off. Those edges are literally the grooves of that pattern on top.
You semi-decent troll you.

[Anonymous No.14213690]

>>14213669
>>14213674
Shockingly poor finishing, is this a $500 watch?

[Anonymous No.14213691]

>>14213680
Doesn’t matter how they cut off if they look like shit.

[Anonymous No.14213698]

>>14213635
I have been looking for a stowa marine alternative but this just doesn't cut it

[Anonymous No.14213710]

>>14213674
sorry my friend but that was intentional. the watch is wave/water themed

[Anonymous No.14213712]

>>14213645
>ascetic aesthetics
Does that mean you're a giant pussy who can't commit to any style so you choose zero style?

[Anonymous No.14213715]

Amphibia day today.

[Anonymous No.14213722]

>>14213653
Based tudorfag keeping watchcucks in check

[Anonymous No.14213727]

>>14213715
it's like a turtle and part of a video game HUD had a baby

[Anonymous No.14213730]

>>14213722
>tfw nobody replies to your bait so you reply to yourself.

[Anonymous No.14213737]

I heem every of you watch fags itt

[Anonymous No.14213749]

Why aren't the SARV line shilled more? They're exactly the same as the SARY but you can them for less than $200 shipped from rakuten etc.

[Anonymous No.14213769]

>>14213712
Im open to deck watch or wwI era trench watch ideas. Something along the lines of the Longines heritage military meme, but without the fake patina dial and ridiculous pricetag. 40mm diameter or less.

[Anonymous No.14213781]

>>14213727
The design predates both Turtles and video games though.

[Anonymous No.14213792]

>>14213715
Same

[Anonymous No.14213806]

>>14213698
They make a 44 with a small seconds at 6 with roman or arabic numerals, more polished, but hand-wound. 150 bucks. Im starting to get a taste for smaller diameters now.

[Anonymous No.14213821]

>>14213514
So what's the cheapest dress watch that you can wear with a suit without being a laughing stock? Are suits and dress watches something that poor people should avoid altogether and just stick to their casual and work clothes?

[Anonymous No.14213851]

>>14213609
>>14213611
(You)

[Anonymous No.14213857]

>>14213821
That is completely dependant on where you work. If you care that much about what others think wear no watch until you see what everyone else is wearing.

[Anonymous No.14213864]

>>14213806
I'm looking at their website and they can't be super high quality with pricing this low I don't understand. Also i can't find the version without the date window.

Is tisell a known shitter brand?

[Anonymous No.14213865]

>>14213669
>>14213674
>Intentional, hand carved design elements are flaws because I circled them in red in a blown up JPG
Nice bait.

[Anonymous No.14213872]

>>14213821
probably a Citizen of some kind.

e.g.,
https://www.longislandwatch.com/Citizen_NH8350_59A_Watch_p/nh8350-59a.htm

https://www.amazon.com/Citizen-Eco-Drive-Stainless-Steel-AW1236-03A-x/dp/B00PXVUKBK

[Anonymous No.14213887]

>>14213872
>citizen
>eco drive
Sounds onions as fuck.

[Anonymous No.14213914]

>>14213864
>super high quality
Noone said they are, I doubt they build anything in-house. Their whole point is to outsource and buy relatively quality prefabs and put them together. A comparative homage watch from, say, Steinhart, would be at least double or triple the price. Granted, you can opt for higher movement decorations by Steinhart, but at that price point (700-900) you might es well go a tier higher.
Im no snob, for my history is filled with cheap quartzes, but I got their A-type flieger as a present and Im fairly impressed, for what its worth. Cut short, they seem to offer quite a lot for the money, if you can look past the worst korea bit. Considering how people pay 300+ for shit like DW, Michael Kors or any fashion brand watch for that matter, if you love bang for buck value, they seem a good option.

>http://shop2.tisellkr.cafe24.com/product/tisell-marine-watch-9015-or-90s5-enamel-dial/38/?cate_no=1&display_group=2

Page has pics of date, dateless comparisons.

Pic rel is the flieger with my daily quartz beater.

[Anonymous No.14213948]

>>14213589
Nomos 36mm manual Tangente. In house movement, simple and elegant design, high quality finish, and not preposterously expensive ($1500-2k). IMO it is the best watch for someone who likes watches but can’t afford real luxury watches.

[Anonymous No.14213955]

>>14213887
>i'm a clueless fuccboi

[Anonymous No.14213961]

>>14213635
>>14213640
I really like it.

[Anonymous No.14213969]

Countdown bezels are so fucking dumb.

[Anonymous No.14213979]

>>14213749
Because just like the SARY lines the hands are too small.

[Anonymous No.14213984]

>>14213969
No U. They are perfectly fine as a makeshift stopwatch function.

[Anonymous No.14213987]

>>14213865
It's cutting into the anglage you fucking blind defender of Söyko.

[Anonymous No.14213993]

>>14213955
I mean just from the name itself, the words are like from some leftist dystopia.

[Anonymous No.14213995]

>>14213984
Without an alarm, it functions the same as a normal diver bezel. A diver bezel is much more versatile.

[Anonymous No.14214004]

Is this a good watch collection? If I buy something like that, will everyone laugh at me?

CASIO G-Shock GW-S5600
CASIO G-Shock Riseman GW-9200
TISSOT T-Touch
SEIKO Monster (Modded)
SEIKO Marinemaster
JUNKERS 6618-1 Chronometer Edition
OMEGA Dynamic Chronograph
STOWA Marine Original
STOWA Flieger Original
IWC Ingenieur

[Anonymous No.14214007]

>>14213995
How? I always reference the main point (you set it at) and the minute hand, I dont give two shits whats on the bezel. Stopwatch function may have been the wrong term to use, but for a quick elapsed time readout, as you said, a unidirectional bezel is good enough. A single reference point would be enough, but I guess that would hurt the aesthetic or whatever.

pic unrelated, but Im the tisell marine anon looking for options

[Anonymous No.14214056]

>>14214004
>IWC Ingenieur
The only good watch.

[Anonymous No.14214062]

I wish it was socially acceptable to wear this with a suit.

https://www.stowa.de/Ikarus.htm

[Anonymous No.14214075]

>>14214062
You don't wear a suit so why care?

[Anonymous No.14214085]

>>14213987
>They accidentally hand carved every scallop on the entire movement so it buts up against the anglage in the fashion it does, by accident, as a mistake, rather than a deliberate design choice
(You)

[Anonymous No.14214105]

>>14214004
some nice watches there, I might suggest introducing a little colour though... sure, monochrome goes with everything, but the right colour with the right outfit really makes you look put together

[Anonymous No.14214121]

It’s deliberate vro

[Anonymous No.14214124]

Vro, I’m telling you vro. It’s a deliberate design choice vro. Those chicken scratches bro? It’s hand carved vro.

[Anonymous No.14214135]

Should I get this /wt/?

[Anonymous No.14214138]

>>14213615
Roger Smith wears an old Rolex Explorer too.

[Anonymous No.14214142]

Should I /wt/? It looks cool as fuck.
>>14214135
Is that a hand grenade?

[Anonymous No.14214153]

>>14214135
i thought the panerai was the ugliest low-mid end luxury watch and now here we are

[Anonymous No.14214156]

>>14213615
Even when you share your last name with Rolex's CEO, you're still getting on that waitlist.

[Anonymous No.14214158]

>>14214124
you can clearly tell that is writing

[Anonymous No.14214163]

Any vostok bros have a watch with the 2431 caliber? I want a 24hr movement watch again after I lost my aviator somewhere in a move. That was handwound, I'd like to get an auto.
Anyone have any experience with this movement?
meranom has some models of interest.

[Anonymous No.14214167]

>>14214163
Vostok is fucking disposable, why are you worrying about longevity?

[Anonymous No.14214170]

>>14214167
I don't recall mentioning longevity at all in my post. Perhaps you read some other post by mistake.

[Anonymous No.14214177]

>>14214170
this is where we try to figure out the deep rooted butt blastedness that proceeded anon's .01/10 bait

[Anonymous No.14214179]

>>14214170
If it shits the bed, it shits the bed. It's a Vostok.

[BorkLeznir No.14214182]

red pill me on Bertucci

[Anonymous No.14214183]

>>14214153
>>14214142
It's seriously ugly to you or are you just shitting on it to be "cool"?

[Anonymous No.14214184]

>>14214182
Namefags are unwelcome here.

[Anonymous No.14214186]

Opinions on Raymond Weil? Been looking at their Maestro’s and they look pretty handsome

[Anonymous No.14214200]

>>14214183
I think it's ugly, if i thought it looked nice i would say so. It would be a handsome albeit plain watch if it lost that weird crownguard... i don't necessarily mind asymmetrical watches but that's just too much, looks like something one would steampunk LARP with

[Anonymous No.14214250]

Interesting point about Baselworld, 2016 exhibitors: 1,5k. 2019 exhibitors: 500.

[Anonymous No.14214263]

>>14214250
What's your point? This was already know about after last years show ended and all of Swatch group and others leaving.

[Anonymous No.14214271]

>>14213635
Go for it bro. Seems like the same case/sapphire as my Tisell flieger 40mm, fucking love this watch. Sadly the strap is shit.

[Anonymous No.14214283]

>>14213635
What's the point of blue hands?

[Anonymous No.14214284]

>>14214271
Why are your hands so red brother.

[Anonymous No.14214298]

>>14214283
Looks very nice if light hits it at just the right angle and is more complicated to manufacture than simple paint, if a wristwatch being an artisanal gizmo is your thing.

[Anonymous No.14214304]

>>14214271
Damn, Im the anon asking (same anon who has their 43mm flieger), and the case is basically the same, only smaller in diameter by 3 and thiccness by 3. Not sure if two relatively same watches with only the size, dial and crown to differ between them is the right choice.
But when was choosing a watch rational?

[Anonymous No.14214309]

>>14214284
I'm always flushed red after fucking your mother

[Anonymous No.14214318]

>>14214304
Dude go for it. I would if I could.

[Anonymous No.14214321]

>>14214186
they're fine and solid watches... just don't expect to impress any watch people, but that shouldn't be your goal anyway

[Anonymous No.14214329]

>>14214298
So nothing, just a statusfag thing? It's pretty ugly otherwise and practically every expensive watch has it.

[Anonymous No.14214332]

>>14214329
It's not a statusfag thing. Clocks traditionally had blued hands and by tradition, so do watches. It's just how things were done.

[Anonymous No.14214337]

>>14214283
It's a way to make steel corrosion resistant. The blue color is a result of an oxide layer after all. That and it makes it look nice of course.

[Anonymous No.14214359]

>>14214332
>>14214337
I've never seen a blue hand on a normal working class watch.

[Anonymous No.14214365]

>>14214359
Probably because cheap watches use stainless hands, so corrosion resistance isn't a worry.

[Anonymous No.14214368]

>>14214365
So they use a superior material and the expensive watches for faggots just use the old=better logic even though it looks worse, that's what I originally though.

[Anonymous No.14214372]

>>14214368
They're both corrosion resistant. The difference is one requires an extra manufacturing step, and also looks better than plain steel hands.

[Anonymous No.14214373]

Suggest a watch for me.

> Your budget
$130
> Watch type, e.g. dress, diver, flieger, etc...
anything that doesn't look autistic
> Desired bracelet option, e.g. leather, nylon, metal
metal or nylon
> Wrist size or desired watch size, e.g. 17cm / 38mm
wrist size 15cm

[Anonymous No.14214375]

>>14214372
Yeah, so one is superior. And doesn't look faggy.

[Anonymous No.14214377]

>>14214373
Seiko 5, your choice which reference

[Anonymous No.14214379]

>>14214373
>anything that doesn't look autistic
lololol

[Anonymous No.14214382]

>>14214375
Both being corrosion resistant doesn't mean one is superior. None of the other properties of stainless matter for something like watch hands.

[Anonymous No.14214383]

>>14214373
Orient ray ii

[Anonymous No.14214390]

>>14214377
i've been considering one, are there any with day/night indicators?

[Anonymous No.14214405]

>>14214382
>Both being corrosion resistant doesn't mean one is superior.
Scratch one and see which is still corrosion resistant.

[Anonymous No.14214408]

>>14214390
no, but its a pretty useless complication anyway

[Anonymous No.14214409]

>>14214405
Yes 'cause scratching the hands is a common worry right? You don't need to justify your shit taste by making up implausible hypothetical situations.

[Anonymous No.14214414]

>>14214409
>Yes 'cause scratching the hands is a common worry right?
So now you've admitted that's not a factor, you can get the ones which look better.

Or in other words normal ones.

[Anonymous No.14214420]

>>14212865
why is that?

[Anonymous No.14214431]

>>14214004
Take out the junkers, the stowa you like the least, and the monster

[Anonymous No.14214439]

>>14214414
Corrosion over the decades is something to take into consideration, scratching the hands isn't.

[Anonymous No.14214443]

>>14214439
>over the decades
Yeah I'm sure you'll wear the same watch until you're 90.

[Anonymous No.14214449]

>>14214443
>the vintage watch market doesn't exist
Okay. Nevermind that I'm wearing a 40+ year old watch right now.

[Anonymous No.14214459]

>>14214449
Yeah, from a time when they didn't have stainless steel. That's my point. It's like fetishizing the 5000000000 layers of steel in a katana, because they didn't have quality steel to begin with. Cargo cult bullshit.

[Anonymous No.14214464]

Is it possible to polish a mineral crystal?

I've got a very, very shallow scratch on my Citizen (not even deep enough to catch a fingernail). It's only noticeable if the light hits it a certain way but knowing it's there bothers me.

[Anonymous No.14214477]

Where should I buy my watch from if I'm from the UK?
Amazon had no stock or is either marked up by +£100 and every other website looks like a chink scamsite

[Anonymous No.14214480]

>>14214464
Yes, but you'll need the right polishing compound for it.

[Anonymous No.14214488]

>>14213948
Nice aesthetic watch anon but brand recognition is shit.

[Anonymous No.14214490]

>>14214477
wtf are you trying to buy?

[Anonymous No.14214495]

>>14213948
>Nomos
no homos

[Anonymous No.14214504]

>>14214490
literally a casio duro

[Anonymous No.14214522]

>>14214504
That's because it's no longer available. ebay or nothing bro.

[Anonymous No.14214534]

>>14213691
Cut a conical hole in a deeply grooved surface, that's what you get.
It's the exact same thing as a screw countersink in a plate with côtes de Genève, only at a different scale.

[Anonymous No.14214540]

What's the best tacticool watch with bull bars?

[Anonymous No.14214543]

>>14214124
Here you troll, have an empty screwhole in a cased-up Patek movement.

[Anonymous No.14214556]

Can someone tell me why there is a price difference here?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seiko-Automatic-Analogue-Display-SNK809K2/dp/B002SSUQFG/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seiko-SNK809K2-Watch-Black-Nylon/dp/B005GNAFKG/

[Anonymous No.14214563]

>>14214556
one of them comes with a watch loicense and the other doesn't

[Anonymous No.14214565]

>>14214556
Different sellers.

[Anonymous No.14214572]

So I get the one with 2 reviews?
Can't help but think it's a bit sketchy

[Anonymous No.14214595]

>>14214572
Not sure how bong amazon works but don't you have buyer protection? Jist return the watch if there's anything wrong.

[Anonymous No.14214596]

>>14214543
But Patek!!! Posting a photo of a watch with an unknown provenance. Lol.

[Anonymous No.14214603]

>>14214556

> Water-resistant to 3 bar (30 metres/98.7 feet)

>not suitable for showering, bathing, swimming, snorkelling, water related work and fishing.

wat

[Anonymous No.14214609]

The new 36mm bambino looks nice

[Anonymous No.14214611]

is tudor dogshit?
Just came across this picture and couldn't help but noticed how fucked up and visibly off center the crowns are on both

Is that normal? Seems a fucking entry level seiko has better quality control

[Anonymous No.14214612]

>>14214595
How do you even tell whether a cheap ass Seiko 5 is genuine or not?

[Anonymous No.14214616]

>>14214611
They're not off center. They only look it because of the shine on the case sides.

[Anonymous No.14214618]

>>14214611
It's the camera angle & lighting.

[Anonymous No.14214621]

>>14214612
Why would there even be Seiko 5 fakes?

[Anonymous No.14214625]

>>14214621
why wouldn't there be?
there's fake casio's

[Anonymous No.14214641]

>>14214612
>>14214621
the only thing to watch out for is on ebay some people sell old ones with repainted or fake aftermarket dials. usually in obscure colors

[Anonymous No.14214668]

I used to not care anything about Rolex but I tried on a 36mm smooth bezel, oyster bracelet DateJust today and now I get it.

[Anonymous No.14214674]

Inherited this sweetie from my grandfather. It’s never been serviced in 50 years and still works like a charm. I know next to nothing about horology, but the question is a serious one: is it fa?

[Anonymous No.14214675]

>>14214674
Sorry about the shitty quality picture. It says Gigandet, Automatic Incabloc, 25 rubis and is of 18 karat gold.

[Anonymous No.14214679]

>>14214596
Have another one.

And yes it's a different watch, you can tell by the positions of the screw slots.

[Anonymous No.14214686]

>>14214674
>not services for 50 years
>still wearing it
Holy shit stop wearing it ASAP until you have it serviced and hope the movement is still salvageable before you damage it irreparably through ignorance and neglect.

[Anonymous No.14214687]

>>14214543
>>14214679
>>14214596
And yet another.

[Anonymous No.14214688]

>>14214674
used to be a mid-tier swiss brand and is now a chinese shitter brand, but what you've got is from their old days and looks pretty good anon. good for dadcore fits. also get it serviced.

[Anonymous No.14214691]

What's the difference between Seiko 5 and Seiko Prospex? I just want a cheap watch to wear while doing construction.

[Anonymous No.14214721]

>>14214691
>doing construction
This is not a blue collar general.

[Anonymous No.14214743]

>>14214691
Seiko 5 has less water resist, beat blast finish, and a 7s26 (no hacking)
Prospex is 6r15 with more running time and hacking

[Anonymous No.14214751]

>>14214609
owo

[Anonymous No.14214753]

>>14213611
>>14214543
>>14214679
>>14214687
>hey bro, bro, check this shit out, you know that movement detailing we do on every single watch and isn't remotely difficult to do? lets pretend it is and lets charge $20K for the privilege of uninspired generic perlage and geneva striping
The swiss watch industry are so fucking pathetic. I hope they Kys themselves. Worst still is you dumb faggots who think this qualifies as art. You want real art in watchmaking, you go Japanese.

[Anonymous No.14214758]

>>14214135
it fights chronographs?
the name is pure cringe and the lever thing just seems like larp-y "tough guy" flair

[Anonymous No.14214760]

is this a nice-colored strap for the Speedmaster?

Pic courtesy of Bulang and Sons

[Anonymous No.14214762]

>>14214135
is this a firearm?

[Anonymous No.14214773]

>>14214758
>>14214762
Do you even know what the lever does?

[Anonymous No.14214779]

>>14214753
Agreed.
Or the really small independents.

[Anonymous No.14214781]

>>14214760
What kind of question is this? Do you also need help picking socks in the morning? jesus fucking christ.

[Anonymous No.14214783]

>>14214773
*trigger

and yes I do know know know what triggers do. a little concealed wrist bb or .22 maybe

[Anonymous No.14214786]

>>14214781
Only ever wear black or grey socks. So no, but thanks for the offer anyways

[Anonymous No.14214787]

>>14214781
yes

[Anonymous No.14214788]

What’s a good watch to pair with this?

[Anonymous No.14214790]

>>14214788
Nomos on a vegan leather strap

[Anonymous No.14214792]

Give me some good watch videso to watch

[Anonymous No.14214793]

>>14214788

[Anonymous No.14214796]

>>14214788
seiko 5
skx009

[Anonymous No.14214798]

Just realized the Prospex X is a P and S

[Anonymous No.14214806]

>>14214793
That's it? I got a Sub from my wife when I got my vasectomy.

[Anonymous No.14214819]

>want a flieger chronograph as a daily beater
What do?

[Anonymous No.14214820]

Should I wait a year and by a Vacheron or should I just by a Rolex now?

[Anonymous No.14214824]

>>14214820
Which Rolex & VC are you considering?

[Anonymous No.14214825]

>>14214820
ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLEX
you dumb faggot vacheron is a dead brand

[Anonymous No.14214828]

>>14214824
Patrimony or Cellini.

[Anonymous No.14214829]

>>14214820
If you really want the vacheron, and the rolex would just be you 'settling for less', then you should just wait and get the vacheron.

[Anonymous No.14214835]

>>14214829
Rolex is unironically a better company.

Better resale value and far more people recognize the brand.

Girls won't suck your dick for wearing a Vacheron.

[Anonymous No.14214837]

>>14214835
All completely irrelevant to whether that anon wants one more than the other.

[Anonymous No.14214839]

thoughts on glashutte original? seems like pretty good value

[Anonymous No.14214842]

>>14214835
Name me one thing Rolex does better than the big three (PP, VC, or AP).

Go ahead.

I'm waiting.

[Anonymous No.14214847]

>>14214835
If anon wants a dress watch, Rolex is not the way to go.
Just forget non-dress watches, non-DJs, etc even exist.

Rolex makes the GMT Master II, the Submariner, the Sea-Dweller, and the Daytona. No other Rolex is worth buying.
>Explorer?
the Porsche Boxster of Rolex sports watches
>Explorer II?
couldn't afford a GMTII
>Yacht-master?
I'm not black so I can't speak to the tastes of the hip hop community

[Anonymous No.14214851]

>>14214842
marketing.
Only Patek has a cult around it like Rolex, but Rolex's brand-cult approaches Apple or Harley in its fervency.

[Anonymous No.14214852]

>>14214842
He already said it. Brand recognition and resale

[Anonymous No.14214854]

>>14214847
>No other Rolex is worth buying.

You don't like the oyster perpetual :^)?

(This is a "men's" watch, btw. Top. Fucking Kek.)

[Anonymous No.14214860]

>>14214854
>(This is a "men's" watch, btw. Top. Fucking Kek.)
They may sell it as a men's watch, but when my wife saw it at a jeweler's, she started cooing at how cute it was, like it was a kitten or something.

[Anonymous No.14214881]

>>14214847
what's the oyster perpetual metaphor?

[Anonymous No.14214891]

Find.

a.

FLAW.

[Anonymous No.14214893]

>>14214854
>>14214860
>purple
it's clearly designed for black people

[Anonymous No.14214895]

>>14214828
I do like the Cellini even if it's not very popular. How about the new VC FiftySix line of watches? They are around the same price as the Cellini.

[Anonymous No.14214896]

>>14214893
Black people don't wear Rolexes.

As a Rolex owner myself, I can assure you Rolexes are for men with class.

[Anonymous No.14214899]

>>14214891
lume is dogshit

[Anonymous No.14214900]

>>14214896
As a Rolex owner myself that's bullshit.

[Anonymous No.14214902]

>>14214896
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnar90VEwe4

[Anonymous No.14214904]

>>14214854
this looks like something id make my guy wear in gta or saints row

[Anonymous No.14214906]

>>14214504
Why do 90% of pictures of it with a nato feature a black-grey striped strap?

[Anonymous No.14214916]

>>14214906
>muh Bond nato

[Anonymous No.14214929]

>>14214916
thanks friendo

[Anonymous No.14214935]

>>14214753
>You want real art in watchmaking, you go Japanese.
Now, now, Lange does excellent work and I've yet to ever see any evidence of corner cutting by them.

[Anonymous No.14214938]

>>14214760
Bulang & Sons makes excellent quality straps, though they are quite pricey.

[Anonymous No.14214940]

>>14214819
>>want a flieger chronograph as a daily beater
>What do?
Well /wt/?

[Anonymous No.14214942]

>>14214760
>Bulang and Sons

Just looked at their straps. Would never pay that much but they look lit. straight fire. yeet.

[Anonymous No.14214944]

>>14214847
It's funny how the watch nerds and the brand whores never like the same Rolex models. I'd only ever consider a five digit ref DJ, a 114270, or a 16750 GMT.

[Anonymous No.14214946]

>>14214842
Sports watches. Rolex and Tudor in-house movements are a lot more robust in their design and construction than PP, VC, or JLC (AP is no longer fit to be considered part of the Trinity).

[Anonymous No.14214947]

>>14214940

Sinn 356

[Anonymous No.14214953]

>>14214942
The quality is really spectacular. By far the best leather I've ever felt on a watch strap. They are really expensive though.

[Anonymous No.14214965]

>>14214414
here, the exact kind of smartass faggot everyone hates

[Anonymous No.14214975]

>>14214944
You have shit taste. Pic related is the only rolex worth buying.

[Anonymous No.14214980]

>>14214947
>acrylic for $2k

[Anonymous No.14214991]

>>14214975
(You)

[Anonymous No.14214996]

>>14214881
The Oyster Perpetual, the Datejust, the Air King (do they still make that) are all the same:
>couldn't afford a sports Rolex, eh?

The Day-Date, on the other hand:
>I have the money to afford a really beautiful next-level watch, but I opted for a hunk of gold that tells the world I wish it was still 1979, when body hair and gold jewelry marked you as a man of the times.

[Anonymous No.14215001]

>>14214980
Domed acrylic > *.

[Anonymous No.14215008]

>>14214996
Not every Day Date is yellow gold.

[Anonymous No.14215010]

>>14215001
Dude it's literal plastic, why is it on anything but a $5 Walmart watch?

[Anonymous No.14215012]

>>14213914
I was going to buy a bambino until I felt comfortable dropping 1-2k on something nicer but I might get this instead

[Anonymous No.14215014]

>>14214980

>buying new

You can find them used in mint condition if you know where to look for around $800. A pretty fair deal for what it offers.

[Anonymous No.14215015]

>>14214753
>Japanese
LOL

[Anonymous No.14215017]

>>14215010
It's also more shatter resistant than sapphire, and looks better to be honest.

[Anonymous No.14215032]

>>14215008
That just means fewer people will immediately recognize that you don't know shit about watches. They'll confuse it for a DJ.
The thing with the good Rolexes is unexpected: they're actually pretty cheap for the quality you're getting on top of the absurd value-holding.

But the Day-Date swims in some rarified waters in terms of dress watches, and there's a lot of models out there that are a lot less gaudy, even while still being yellow gold.

[Anonymous No.14215038]

>>14215014
>for around $800.
Dude... it's plastic. GTFO.

[Anonymous No.14215045]

Why do fashion watches inevitably always look better than 50 times more expensive "serious" equivalents?

[Anonymous No.14215047]

>>14215045
They don't, you just have shit taste.

[Anonymous No.14215048]

>>14215045
according to whom?

[Anonymous No.14215058]

What is a good watch forum? /wt/ doesn't move fast enough for me.

[Anonymous No.14215060]

>>14215045
i dont think ive ever heard that before, must just be you?

[Anonymous No.14215072]

>>14215045
Post examples.

[Anonymous No.14215073]

>>14215045

[Anonymous No.14215076]

>>14215073

[Anonymous No.14215077]

>>14215060
>>14215047
>>14215048
It's in the name, "fashion" brands, they obviously look better by default because they're not "designed" by reddit tier autists for reddit tier autists, but for actual people who want things to look good.

https://jaguarswisswatches.com/watches/j681-a/

Case in point.

[Anonymous No.14215079]

>>14215076

[Anonymous No.14215081]

>>14215079
>https://jaguarswisswatches.com/watches/j681-a/

[Anonymous No.14215086]

>>14215081

[Anonymous No.14215087]

>>14214459
You're the kind of guy who wears a ten dollar quartz watch from wallmart because it tells the time all the same as the lange eh

I mean yeah I also would rather own the 5 million fold katana than the stainless steel decorative one for 10 bucks, not like I'm gonna wage a war with either one

>>14214854
>>14214835
Better company my ass. The 36mm rolex oyster date models solely exist so normies can buy in on a swiss automatic with a recognizeable name for (relatively) cheap. Same ETA movement you can find in a fucking 200 dollar watch, not even well regulated or anything, 90% machine made, no notable features, no notable finish, absolutely nothing but ~4000 dollar price tag just for a piece of stainless steel that says "Rolex". Few watches make me judge people, if you've got your 100 bucks Invicta diver you don't give a fuck about watches and thought it looks cool, nothing wrong with that. If I see a 36mm Rolex Datejust? I'm confident you want to make people think you're hot stuff, shelled out the least amount of money possible for a watch that says "I have a lot of money".

[Anonymous No.14215094]

>>14215077
Agreed! check this one out, such a unique design for a student like myself. budget's tight but still gotta look good, right :)

see you at the pub later?

[Anonymous No.14215095]

[Anonymous No.14215097]

[Anonymous No.14215100]

[Anonymous No.14215101]

>>14215087
>I mean yeah I also would rather own the 5 million fold katana than the stainless steel decorative one for 10 bucks
A clay tempered high carbon steel katana that's about a thousand times better and more functional than anything anyone produced before the railroad came to Japan costs about $120, you really don't know what you're talking about here. It's not the early-00s wallhanger days anymore, and I imagine the same goes for the watch industry too.

[Anonymous No.14215103]

[Anonymous No.14215106]

Is the spammer's point that all "fashion watches" look the same? I've never seen the dumb blank design before he started spamming it.

Even if it were true it's a really dumb point because all "serious" watches *actually* look the same, they copy 2-3 basic watch designs and that's it.

[Anonymous No.14215107]

[Anonymous No.14215108]

>>14215106

[Anonymous No.14215111]

opinonions on my watch? my dad gave it to me when i got my PHD in gender studies

[Anonymous No.14215112]

>>14215106
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fY70892P-k

[Anonymous No.14215115]

[Anonymous No.14215117]

>>14215111
Wear it in good health! :)

https://imgur.com/a/6CNO8

[Anonymous No.14215119]

Which spamming troll is butthurt this time for whatever autistic reason?

[Anonymous No.14215121]

>>14215112
Jordan's going to the pub Kyle and Blair, u up? Dress your best, the bitches are out in full force tonight. AWOOOO! NO, YOU CAN'T WEAR MY WATCH ;)

[Anonymous No.14215122]

>>14215119

[Anonymous No.14215126]

[Anonymous No.14215129]

>>14215045
Depends on what you consider fashionable. The watch you wear transports something about who you are as a person, as fashion always does. It isn't "just" the looks, I do feel a mechanical watch is more fashionable "by default" just by the merit of it's sweeping second hand and the fact that you've got a little machine on your wrist that powers itself. Just a wound spring and some gears, tuned to the point where they can accurately tell the time. It's a cool technical achievement, it's romantic.

[Anonymous No.14215131]

>>14215077
>Case in point.

[Anonymous No.14215132]

>>14215101
Same anon?

[Anonymous No.14215150]

>>14215129
>I do feel a mechanical watch is more fashionable "by default"
Yeah I wonder why. Do you also like trains lol.

[Anonymous No.14215156]

>>14215112
That fat bald dude better spend his money on roids, lipo, abdominoplasty, and hair transplants before worrying about watches.

[Anonymous No.14215163]

>>14215150
Let me put it like this. The fact that you're willing to wear something around your wrist day to day that has a simple mass produced quartz movement and a cheapo plastic case made in china says something about you as well. If you're gonna wear a watch, why not wear a nice one.

[Anonymous No.14215174]

>>14215163
Do you also have a custom made XBOX that has little Japanese people in it folding and polishing the polygons before they draw them on the screen?

[Anonymous No.14215190]

>>14214674
service this beauty immediately, you could be doing more damage than you think.

[Anonymous No.14215201]

>>14215174
I don't even really know what you're getting at. Details are for autists? History, heritage, inner workings, doesn't matter? All that matters is the pretty dial? A lot of people feel that way with their choice of watch, so you're not alone in that. Go knock yourself out. I will maintain that it makes people come off as ever so slightly superficial though.

[Anonymous No.14215219]

>>14215174
Are you a low iq negroid or something ?

[Anonymous No.14215223]

>>14215201
Why would history and heritage matter if it's not your grandpa's WW2 watch? And you know it's not, so why pretend?

[Anonymous No.14215226]

>>14215223
>he’s intentionally showing his negroid status
Yikes!

[Anonymous No.14215241]

>>14215223
Why would the dial matter if you're not a model? Who are you trying to impress with a watch without indices that can barely tell the time? An analog wristwatch is dated technology to begin with. Wearing a classic model that's direct descendant of old pilot / diver / tool watches and what have you, from a company that actually made meaningful horological contributions (and continues to do so) strikes me as as good a reason as any to strap a timepiece around your wrist.

[Anonymous No.14215289]

>>14215241
Are you really that much of a soulless reddit neolib globohomo drone that you worship companies of all things?

And why would a good looking watch not have indices, what are you on about?

[Anonymous No.14215292]

>>14215100
>hey bro whats the time
>i have no fucking idea

[Anonymous No.14215297]

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

Is this dude gay? He's giving advice on how to attract women with a watch and his advice is to get an Orient Bambino with a green ostrich leather strap.

[Anonymous No.14215314]

>>14215289
Can't tell me brands just don't matter, we *are* on /fa/ after all. Yes, a handmade swiss timepiece from a century old manufacturer sends another message than a chinese fashion brand that was registered yesterday and whose sales model is 90% marketing and markup. It's not that I *worship* the former, it is that the latter is the epitomy of something I wouldn't be cought dead wearing. It's the horological equivalent of a quirky graphic tee from the H&M bargain bin.

[Anonymous No.14215327]

>>14215314
>epitomy
>cought
Yikes and oofpilled.

[Anonymous No.14215336]

Is there a basedboy starter kit meme image? With Seiko 5, NATO straps, vintage shit, etc?

[Anonymous No.14215353]

>>14214603
Personally, I wouldnt even take a 5 bar watch into a shower, let alone a 3 bar. Id consider 3 as only being dustproof. Swimming with 10+, snorkeling with 20+ etc.

[Anonymous No.14215388]

>>14215292
It's a watch for blind people to feel the time. Cool, right?

[Anonymous No.14215397]

>>14215388
then youre an asshat for wearing one when you aren't blind

[Anonymous No.14215422]

>>14215397
Not like the blind people will see it and call me out on it

[Anonymous No.14215484]

>>14215121
I actually have this watch
got it off amazon for $20
its pretty nice for the price

[Anonymous No.14215539]

>>14214609
Orient is so based. Finally bringing back well proportioned watches.

[Anonymous No.14215547]

I recently got myself this. I like it :3

[Anonymous No.14215550]

>>14215547
Forgot the image. Whoops

[Anonymous No.14215556]

>>14215119
>projecting

This stuff is mostly done to fuck with the whole thread. And it's pretty effective because you newfags give him/them a lot off attention.

[Anonymous No.14215566]

>>14214611
Are you high? That's a handheld photo of two different watches put down on a table by a person - so not only are the watches not perfectly aligned/spaced to each other, the camera is not taking the photo from a perfect birds-view angle

[Anonymous No.14215580]

>>14214760
Consider an equus, they do lovely custom leather straps with a bracelet style clasp instead of a standard buckle.

[Anonymous No.14215583]

Are new Omega and Tag Heuers that bad?

Is it just because they are popular and relatively mass produced that we are bound to have a few out in the wild where the quality is a bit poor or are defective. The audience is generally younger so they are more prone to whinge on twitter leddit and here? Is it just poorfags trying to say that their seiko skx is the best thing ever made?

I get the argument that they might not be good value and that they get some parts from China (lets face it everyone probably does these days just some do it more discreetly)

[Anonymous No.14215590]

I just got a Eulit perlon strap which was recommended here.

I cant get the pin on the buckle through the strap. Is this normal for new perlons? Ive never had one before I imagined the material would be more like a fabric where as this just looks and feels like cheap plastic.

[Anonymous No.14215635]

>>14215583
I thought the new seamasters' movement is good?

[Anonymous No.14215643]

>>14215111
>>14215108
>>14215107
>>14215103
>>14215097
>>14215094
Too simplistic for my tastes but it could work on the right person

[Anonymous No.14215657]

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>>14215655
>>14215655
>>14215655

>>14215655
>>14215655
>>14215655

[Anonymous No.14215801]

>>14215657
282 posts. Fuck off Tudorfag.

[Anonymous No.14215825]

>>14215657
>>14215801
Based tudorfag keeping watchcucks in check

[Anonymous No.14215896]

https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/c724806821

Apparently this exists. An Orient Ventura.

[Anonymous No.14215898]

>>14214896
>Rolex owner
>Classy man
You've been living under a rock haven't you? All the classy gentlemen wear Seiko on a NATO nowadays

[Anonymous No.14216226]

>>14215825
Fucking dweeb, calling yourself based

[Anonymous No.14216411]

>>14216226
Haha. That's hilarious and so obvious. How sad a person do you have to be to do that?!

[Anonymous No.14217320]

Thoughts on Seiko Grand Master Snowflake

[Anonymous No.14217327]

>>14213579
Tudor prince date