/wt/ - Watch Thread

[Anonymous No.14262445]

Bond meme edition

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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D3ADKLL8hw [Embed]

Guides:
> Poorfag watch guide: https://imgur.com/a/NFMXDuK
> 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: >>14256797

[Anonymous No.14262451]

redpill me on Parnis.org
kinda a want the Luminor """""homage""""""" for shits and giggles

[Anonymous No.14262461]

I'm adding a short strap recommendation page on poor faggot guide, throw me the names of strap makers you think deserve to be on there.

[Anonymous No.14262463]

>>14262451
As homages, they’re not the worst. You gotta ask yourself why you want a rep watch, though.

[Anonymous No.14262467]

>>14262445
NICE CHOICE OP!

[Anonymous No.14262475]

>>14262451
Watch some reviews on yt about parnis. They have nice quality homages. Not fakes, because they label them parnis or unlabelt if you wish.
For the price they ask you are getting a full blown rolex bracelet with solid links, diving extensions and screwed links.
Show me any other watch that has this kind of bracelet for under 150$.

No idea how the movements are but most forum posts say that they are simple and solid.

[Anonymous No.14262476]

>>14262445
Reminder the first Bond Omega was superior quartz

[Anonymous No.14262520]

I'm unironically falling for the longines shilling. I'm actually thinking of purchasing the conquest 41mm.

[Anonymous No.14262527]

>>14262520
You know, Einstein owned a Longines. No meme.

[Anonymous No.14262534]

>>14262520
Don't do it bro. Think of the plastic movement, think of the abysmal resale.

Think of RONGINES!

[Anonymous No.14262536]

>>14262520
Buy it senpai

[Anonymous No.14262538]

>>14262534
There is no pastic in the movement its not a tissot

[Anonymous No.14262539]

>producer michael makes another video at that douchebag yossi's store even though everyone hates the guy
>shows michael a bunch of random diamond splattered watches while going "THIS A 70 THOUSAN DOLLOR WACH, I SELL FOR 12000 I HAVE TOO MANY WACH"
i wish i was so retardedly rich

[Anonymous No.14262540]

>>14262520
Don't do it. This guy >>14262536 just wants you to be as miserable and poor as he is. He will never be able to afford an Omega now.

[Anonymous No.14262542]

[Anonymous No.14262543]

>>14262536
RRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEE
DIVERS ARE NOT FUCKING DRESS WATCHES
FUCKING STOP IT ANON STOP IT

[Anonymous No.14262544]

>>14262540
>he fell for the omegameme
Too poor for a rolex?

[Anonymous No.14262547]

[Anonymous No.14262549]

>>14262543
Dress watches r ghey

[Anonymous No.14262550]

>>14262544
I don't know, you tell me. You couldn't afford more than a Longmemes lmao.

[Anonymous No.14262552]

[Anonymous No.14262555]

S t r a w b e r r y v a n i l l a

[Anonymous No.14262556]

>>14262539
Fuck you I got hyped thinking there was a new vid. The last yossi vid was 2 months ago retard.

[Anonymous No.14262557]

>>14262550
I can cash flow a relex easily but i am not currently willing to spend 8k on a watch. I will one day, or an seamaster honestly i think it is cuter. Longines is high end poorfag shit but i love it because i buy for value and the value is undeniable unless you want to flip a new one

[Anonymous No.14262559]

>>14262544
>Rolex
Too poor for a Patek Philippe?

[Anonymous No.14262564]

>>14262556
I wonder if he's going to use his gigantic jacob & co boner and buy that new astronomia with the working roulette wheel inside of it.

[Anonymous No.14262565]

>>14262557
>I can cash flow a relex easily
Canal St. is full of authentic Relexes.

[Anonymous No.14262566]

>>14262559
True. If you dont own a ferrari, a yacht a helicoptor and a patek you are poor

[Anonymous No.14262569]

>>14262565
I will one day i need a better excuse to buy one

[Anonymous No.14262570]

>>14262557
>Longines is high end poorfag shit
>Longines is shit.
Yes, I agree.

>the value is undeniable unless you want to flip a new one
So, the value is there up until the exact point where you have to demonstrate value.

Your better play is to say "Yeah, I know it's complete fucking garbage, but I love it anyway." since defending it as a good watch is an uphill battle.

[Anonymous No.14262571]

>>14262549
>>14262536
>>14262543

[Anonymous No.14262574]

>>14262566
>helicoptor
>he can't afford fixed wing

[Anonymous No.14262575]

>>14262557
>high end poorfag shit
what is that? Like organic, artisinal, small-batch malt liquor?

[Anonymous No.14262578]

>>14262575
I mean its a lot better than microbrands and tissot

[Anonymous No.14262581]

>>14262578
Oh, OK. I understand. Also, no, it isn't. It's the same. Shit is shit, no matter how many peanuts are visible in it.

[Anonymous No.14262584]

>>14262571
Is this the moment Longines translated into true memehood?

[Anonymous No.14262585]

>>14262571
Based and redpilled
>>14262581
Not based and Bluepilled

[Anonymous No.14262597]

>>14262578
>I mean its a lot better than microbrands
A Halios absolutely BTFOs any Longines for external finishing.

>and tissot
Bassically equivalent in quality to Longines, but with less of a mark-up.

[Anonymous No.14262599]

>designer smart watch

cop?

[Anonymous No.14262602]

>>14262599
off yourself

[Anonymous No.14262608]

>>14262570
>Flip a new breitling
>lmao its not good because i lost money
Lol welcome to real life where new products are worth more than used

[Anonymous No.14262611]

>>14262599
>the worst of both worlds
>cop?
no

[Anonymous No.14262614]

>>14262608
>buy Rolex Exp1 for 4,900
>sell it two years later for 5500

>buy Hydromemequest for 800
>put it up for sale and no one will buy it for more than 400

You see anon. There are GOOD investments and BAD investments. The fun part is being able to discern ahead of time which is which. :^)

[Anonymous No.14262618]

>>14262614
>watch
>investment
The "professional" watch flipper everyone. Thanks archie

[Anonymous No.14262623]

>>14262618
Ha ha. I'm hardly a professional. I'm just a regular old Joe who does a bare minimum amount of homework before shelling out my hard-earned dollar.

Surely, you do the same, right? No Longines in your collection, right?

[Anonymous No.14262624]

>>14262542
I that bezel hard to move like the sea urchin? or is it easy and makes a cheap sound like the victorinox maverick OR is it better that the save the ocean one?

[Anonymous No.14262644]

>>14262623
Yikes what a backpedal. A regular joe should stick to maxing out your 401k if you want an "investment". Dont bank on selling your shit on ebay as an asset

[Anonymous No.14262654]

>>14262644
you didnt invest your whole life savings into buying steel sports rolex watches? do you ever want to retire anon?

[Anonymous No.14262656]

>>14262520
get the north flag instead

[Anonymous No.14262661]

>>14262654
Too afraid of getting btfo when the boomers die and millenials refuse to give you more than 2k for an old beat rolex

[Anonymous No.14262664]

>>14262661
but anon, mug timeless design
> R O L E X R O L E X R O L E X R O L E X R O L E X R O L E X R O L E X R O L E X R O L E X R O L E X R O L E X R O L E X R O L E X R O L E X R O L E X R O L E X R O L E X R O L E X R O L E X R O L E X R O L E X

[Anonymous No.14262669]

>>14262661
I wish you were right but the Rolex mountain Jews are too clever to let that happen.

[Anonymous No.14262687]

What are some recommendations for books as far as learning about horology/watch repair?

[Anonymous No.14262692]

>>14262687
i personally recommend these:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/3871880736/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/2970055872/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/2970083132/

[Anonymous No.14262700]

>>14262574
>fixed wing
A made-up term used by helicopter pilots to feel relevant

[Anonymous No.14262702]

>>14262692
Are you trying to bamboozle me anon?

[Anonymous No.14262705]

>>14262664

[Anonymous No.14262713]

>>14262702
i mean what do you expect. every major watch in history was made by longines.... what do you want me to recommend? a book about rolex shitters? or do you prefer omega shitters? anon please dont tell me you actually like patek.... come on

> first diver watch
longines
> first watch to fly
longines
> first watch go over 100mph
longines
> first watch on the moon
longines
> first watch on earth
longjeans (later renamed to longines due to similarity to other words)

[Anonymous No.14262716]

>>14262549
Based

[Anonymous No.14262717]

>>14262705
wow is that a leaked collaboration? you can tell it was actually designed by rolex. its subtle, but you can see so many of their design motifs throughout the watch.

[Anonymous No.14262720]

>>14262692

[Anonymous No.14262728]

>>14262445

[Anonymous No.14262729]

>>14262705
Where do i sign up for the waiting list?

[Anonymous No.14262736]

>>14262445
Good taste, OP. Love the mememaster

[Anonymous No.14262753]

Bu seriously why buy a sub when you can buy a seamaster? How much of the sub is actually swiss made vs the seamaster?

[Anonymous No.14262771]

Just bought this.

[Anonymous No.14262784]

>>14262753

About twice as much

[Anonymous No.14262799]

Suggest a GMT watch for me!

>under $500
>must be waterproof enough to allow for swimming in the sea
>must be reasonably comfortable to wear for long haul flights

I’m basically looking for a beater that I can take on vacation so I want to be able to take it to the beach and not have it be too cumbersome when wearing it on flights, having to take it off and on at airport security etc.

[Anonymous No.14262809]

>>14262799
Just get a G-Shock

[Anonymous No.14262811]

>>14262771
Welcome to the longmemes family

[Anonymous No.14262835]

been looking into buy a tudor sub like picrel (ref 76100 with the lollipop hour hand). only problem is most have no bracelet or the shit stock bracelet.

I already called my local AD to see if they can source one from tudor (they didnt seem very entertained when I asked them about this, but said they would ask lol). I doubt thats gonna work so been looking at some alternatives.

Anybody know if the a bracelet for a 1680 rolex sub would fit well? More specifically, I was considering getting the new strapcode bracelet for that watch (https://www.strapcode.com/collections/submariner-1680/products/metal-ss-bcl20-b079).). Its a bit pricey (since I doubt its much different than their other offerings which go for much less), but Im ok with the price if it fits well.

Any help is appreciated anons.

[Anonymous No.14262837]

>>14262835
and yeah I know this is a hydroconquest homage. Im still saving up for the longgenes

[Anonymous No.14262842]

https://www.princetonwatches.com/products/PVU371-412?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&adpos=1o1&scid=scplpPVU371-412&sc_intid=PVU371-412&mkwid=s&_pcrid_219538533058_pmt__pkw__pdv_m_&gclid=Cj0KCQjwtMvlBRDmARIsAEoQ8zTkO7dytj3Uua85Vz3yoE8Lalm-rWJzHfgE0EiBc4pwke_ZZgOobrIaArWKEALw_wcB


Should I?

[Anonymous No.14262852]

>>14262842
p u r e c l a s s

[Anonymous No.14262890]

>>14262852
Is that a meme? I don't know anything about watches. I only recently started looking into them to find one I like

[Anonymous No.14262894]

>>14262842

If you just like the way it looks, there are much cheaper options

[Anonymous No.14262896]

>>14262687
I recommend practical watch repair by de carle

[Anonymous No.14262910]

>>14262890

[Anonymous No.14262917]

>>14262910
Im confused haha

[Anonymous No.14262929]

>>14262536
looks like an orient

[Anonymous No.14262941]

>>14262894
Suggestions?

[Anonymous No.14263116]

What are some finely adjustable strap options? I hate pre-made holes on stra where one makes it too tight and the next one too loose.

[Anonymous No.14263118]

>>14262445

Appropriate

[Anonymous No.14263136]

[Anonymous No.14263140]

Should I /wt/? Not really a big fan of the cushion case buy I tried it in person and the watch feels hefty and sturdy I could see it lasting for a long time.
Any other good diver in the same price range?

[Anonymous No.14263143]

>>14263140
If you don’t LOVE the design don’t buy it because you’ll end up hating it, that applies to every watch.

[Anonymous No.14263181]

I hope my question is not off topic but do someone know where to buy vintage watches in Tokyo? I'm looking for vintage Seiko, something like pic related.

[Anonymous No.14263191]

>tfw dabbin my Seiko5 on my wife's arse
Rate this suckers!

[Anonymous No.14263192]

>>14263136

Very nice

[Anonymous No.14263195]

>>14262543
This is really nice, is it yours? What's the reference?

[Anonymous No.14263220]

Want to discuss watches in a relaxed environment where you can find industry professionals that don't take themselves too seriously? Micro-engineering, banter and good times.

https://discord.me/watches

[Anonymous No.14263235]

>>14263220
Fuck off grail you nasty fucking cuck
Go buy some actual watches instead of posting stolen content and whining about others

[Anonymous No.14263254]

>>14263143
I don't mind compromising since I don't want to spend thousands on a submariner.

[Anonymous No.14263296]

>>14262890
>Is that a meme? I don't know anything about watches. I only recently started looking into them to find one I like

Yes, it's just a normal, mid-level brand owned by a massive company called the Swatch group. There's nothing particularly special about them one way or the other. They're a tremendous meme on this board.

[Anonymous No.14263306]

>>14263191
Based.

[Anonymous No.14263362]

>>14262728

[Anonymous No.14263368]

Can anyone tell me if there is a difference in the water resistance of the Casio W59 and F105?

[Anonymous No.14263376]

>>14263235
Don't bully grail, faggot.
>>14263368
I don't think so.

[Anonymous No.14263379]

Posting my attained grail. Not even looked at watches since owning this.
Only come here to wish you all good luck on finding yours. Luxury is not the answer.

[Anonymous No.14263382]

>>14262461
There's already a strap guide, and most if the options on there are cheap enough as is. There is no need for a second guide.

[Anonymous No.14263396]

>>14262547
>>14262835
Well a couple people here have taste.

I think a 1680 bracelet will fit fine.

[Anonymous No.14263432]

Recomend me a field style chronograph in the sub 300 price range. Quartz, not obnoxiously big. For reference, I love the style of Seiko SNDA57P1, but it got discontinued.

[Anonymous No.14263461]

>>14263432
>but it got discontinued.
So what?

[Anonymous No.14263470]

>>14263432
SNN235P1
SNDA27P1

[Anonymous No.14263474]

>>14263461
I dont want to buy used cheap beater. >>14263470
Not digging those orange hands but looks solid.

[Anonymous No.14263565]

>>14263379
based, wearing mine this week

>>14263396
thanks anon I bought the 76100 I was looking at and the strapcode bracelet. I'll post an update here when things come in. If you dont hear back from me, something went wrong and im coping hard

[Anonymous No.14263711]

>>14262910
Based, that's how it is for most of the swiss watch (((industry))). They have several big groups that bought up smaller groups that fit their product protfolio. They try to fill all the price niches and also get brands that attract different kinds of communities via marketing.
(e.g. omega and james bond fans)

It's rumored that they agree on prices to not kill eachother with competition and not get nuked by quartz or the japs again.
Those who don't want to agree on prices can be forced to. Look at ETA, they produce movements for all the companies and those who don't want to cooperate, get no discounts and have to price their watches similarly high like the ones that control the market.
>>14262917
look here^

[Anonymous No.14263734]

>>14262614
>>buy Rolex Exp1 for 4,900
>>sell it two years later for 5500
Could've just invested 4,900 in literally any business and get 20k.

[Anonymous No.14263735]

>>14263220
Yeah, no thanks. Discord is purest cancer. Just took a look and not going back.
Nobody should join this one man shit show where some faggot named "grail" posts crap to feel important.
This is the reason we have anonymity here and namefags get shat on.
Discord is just reddit on phones.
>>14263235
This!

[Anonymous No.14263742]

Is there a watch that looks exactly like Seiko SNK809 except not disgustingly matte?

[Anonymous No.14263745]

>>14263734
You won't get such a ROI if you don't know your shit well. But the message is true. Watches are a shit investment and a big gamble with huge waiting times.

[Anonymous No.14263749]

>>14263742
You can polish the case
https://youtu.be/07FRsIPMywE

[Anonymous No.14263750]

>>14263745
I mean obviously I just said bullshit numbers, but it's really dumb to consider a watch an investment when in 90% of cases the good outcome is that you barely break even.

[Anonymous No.14263773]

worth considering if your a poorfag who doesn't want to spend more than $300 for a watch?

[Anonymous No.14263803]

>>14263749
That looks really good, I'd probably fuck it up though.

[Anonymous No.14263808]

>>14263382
What the fuck where'd that come from. It's pretty good.

[Anonymous No.14263811]

>>14263565
Haha. The bracelet will be fine no matter what, it's just a matter of how flush the endlinks fit between your 76100's lugs. If they're too big you can correct their shape with sandpaper if you're patient. If they're too small then you should just look for proper 76100 endlinks.

Either way, you just got one of the best value and sweetest dive watches out there.

[Anonymous No.14263812]

>>14263803
You could also hand polish it. Though I think it would be a good idea to cover the crystal with a masking tape.
https://youtu.be/qTunseD6jes

[Anonymous No.14263815]

>>14263379
Lol what, how is something that costs $400 your grail what the fuck?

[Anonymous No.14263820]

>>14263812
I don't get how he didn't ruin it while doing this, is it harder than the stuff in the polish or what?

[Anonymous No.14263824]

>>14263711
Nasty! This is why you buy Rolex.

[Anonymous No.14263830]

>>14263711
Ugh so Rolex and Omega are the only good options.

[Anonymous No.14263838]

>>14263830
How did you take away from this that Omega is a good option? You want to buy from a corporate stooge brand also responsible for Calvin Klein shitters?

[Anonymous No.14263846]

>>14263711
Seiko really fucked up by not buying swiss companies during the quartz crisis.

[Anonymous No.14263850]

>>14263711
I don’t really get the point of this. Patek is independent yet they are the dirtiest mountain Jews in the industry, while JLC and Lange are both owned by Richemont yet don’t sully themselves with artificial scarcity of
>muh steel sportswatches

[Anonymous No.14263870]

>>14262656
I actually prefer the longines

[Anonymous No.14263926]

Post your personal longines endgame watch fellas. Im thinking this piece, with the retrograde seconds. Once the second hand reaches 60 it snaps back down to zero. Pure class.

[Anonymous No.14263935]

>>14263926
Longines trolling aside, this looks really cool.

[Anonymous No.14263947]

>>14263926
the legend diver ofc

[Anonymous No.14263979]

>>14263773
If you are on a tight budget you cant afford to be a bluepilled retard that thinks in terms of "real" watches and "shitters".
Get what you like and stop chasing what other brand cucks post here. The luxury watches are just to milk the retarded goys.

[Anonymous No.14263982]

>>14263979
If you're so redpilled why aren't you rich?

[Anonymous No.14263988]

>>14263824
Rolex is also overpriced. You pay a lot for the marketing and the price also went up due to speculation from other buyers. But yeah at least you don't support this kind of kikery from conglomerates.
I wouldn't buy any luxury watch, i would feel scammed just because i refuse to aknowledge marketing after a certain price.
>>14263830
Omega is part of the swatch group, no it's not a good option if you don't want to support that bs.

[Anonymous No.14264011]

>>14263846
I think if they did, we would have a way more interesting watch game today. But on the other side, who knows if they could have withstood the conglomerate bulshittery, maybe seiko would have simply joined them and agreed on prices too. The swiss are not to be trusted in general.
>>14263850
I don't know the details of this. Maybe they simply can't pull it off because their watches are not so sought after.
I mean look at the regular boomer that buys luxury watches, they know mostly what marketing tells them. Maybe JLC is not that agressive in advertising like rolex for example.
Rolex can decide themselves what they market but in a conglomerate, when they tell you that you are not allowed to market your shit more than the other brand they want to sell right now, you are fucked.
You are entirely right with the part about patek.
Take a good look at thierry (((stern))), the owner, fucking disgusting brand and people.

[Anonymous No.14264021]

>>14263982
>why don't you work harder, goy?
Lol
Also, bulova looks like trash.

[Anonymous No.14264023]

>>14263773
Id probably just save up for the longines

[Anonymous No.14264041]

>>14264021
I'm taking back what i said. Bulova does not look like trash, they are trash for pulling this gay shit.

>offer the Joseph Bulova special edition
>only 350 pieces of each of the 3 names (tank, tonnea, round)

Here is the tank, i really liked the middle one. Welp, fuck you then, bulova.

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/joseph-bulova-swiss-made-automatic-introducing

[Anonymous No.14264045]

>>14263926
What a fucking eyesore.

>>14263947
I was so hyped when it was first hinted at. I really loved it from the pictures. It took forever to be released. Sadly I got to try it on and be brought back to reality, the case finishing is on par with higher end Hammies/Tissot, the strap looks cheap irl and is fucking uncomfortable. The watch doesn’t sit well on the wrist either, and your pic shows it too. A big disappointment, I really wanted to like it and would have loved it, had it been consistent with the presale pics.

[Anonymous No.14264069]

What does /wt/ think of slow watches?

I know they're not made of ultra expensive gilded bullshit, but design wise I like the aesthetic of them.

[Anonymous No.14264084]

>>14264069
Meistersinger does it a lot better

[Anonymous No.14264085]

>browse my local auction site
>some guy is selling a seiko and a bambino because he's buying a real watch
You guys put him up to that didn't you.

[Anonymous No.14264087]

>>14264069
I personally don't care about materials or other fedora tier criterias.
This watch looks like AIDS in oversize and is annoying to read.

[Anonymous No.14264100]

Thinking about getting one, but sadly Luch refuses to use quartz in their watches, so you need to wind up them instead.

[Anonymous No.14264123]

>>14262520
>>14262536
>this much cope

The buyer's remorse is real with Longines. As soon as you get it you'll wish you got an Omega instead

[Anonymous No.14264126]

>>14264123
>this much cope
The buyer's remorse is real with Omega. As soon as you get it you'll wish you got a rolex instead

[Anonymous No.14264130]

>>14262520
the font for the digits makes it look cheap af

[Anonymous No.14264135]

>>14264126
>this much cope
The buyer's remorse is real with the swiss watch industry. As soon as you get it you'll wish were not memed into it.

[Anonymous No.14264141]

>>14263846
>Seiko really fucked up by not buying swiss companies during the quartz crisis.
If they had succeeded in buying Omega/Lemania/Tissot, the movement design and manufacturing departments of Omega and Lemania would still exist, instead of being lost to history when Swatch bought them and fired the entirety of two of the greatest mass production movement design and manufacturing departments to have ever existed and reduced Omega to a marketing department and a nameplate slapped on conglomerate produced ETA pleb-catchers.

[Anonymous No.14264152]

>>14264141
Whilst Longines still operates the world's oldest trade mark from its original building....

[Anonymous No.14264158]

>>14264152
Fuck off. Swatch did even worse to Longines than it did to Omega. Longines consists solely of a marketing department and a nameplate slapped on conglomerate produced ETA shitters, produced in the exact same production chain as Tissots and Hamiltons.

[Anonymous No.14264160]

>>14264141
Redpilled. There is so much BS and (((tricks))) in the swiss watch world, just fuck them.

[Anonymous No.14264162]

Are Armani watches any good?

[Anonymous No.14264168]

>>14264162

[Anonymous No.14264170]

What does ETA mean?

[Anonymous No.14264172]

>>14264168
>/g/
/wt/ is not allowed on /g/ now.

[Anonymous No.14264173]

>>14264172
Completely irrelevant to the point that armani watches are utter dogshit.

[Anonymous No.14264175]

why are watches expensive

[Anonymous No.14264176]

>>14264173
Better than orient and longines

[Anonymous No.14264177]

>>14264160
Honestly, how hostile to horology do you have to be to buy Omega and Lemania and summarily fire their entire movement design and manufacturing departments? Without question two of the greatest mass production movement makers, ever, just thrown away to make a few more nickels hawking ETA shitters. Disgusting.

[Anonymous No.14264179]

>>14264176
(You)

[Anonymous No.14264182]

>>14264170
It means estimated time of arrival. When people talk about an eta movement they are talking about a movement that has to be ordered by the manufacturer. The company therefore gives you an "eta"

[Anonymous No.14264189]

>>14264179
Orient is unironically a trash brand

[Anonymous No.14264195]

>>14264177
Well said. They just don't give a single fuck about the history that (((they))) are now marketing to the retards.
It's all fake and overpriced to milk the retards.
I am also sure that you heard about the "swiss made" fuckery with the 60% rule.
This alone would stop me from wanting to pay them. If i'm paying several thousands i expect 100% swiss made and a blowjob.

[Anonymous No.14264199]

>>14264175
Because poorfags shouldn't be able to get them. It makes us more special.

t. uses helium escape valve to chat up women

[Anonymous No.14264210]

>>14264199
no one cares about helium escape valves, especially not women

[Anonymous No.14264212]

>>14264210
>ask her what she thinks this is for

Now she cares.

>tell her it's a remote detonator

[Anonymous No.14264214]

>>14263773
There is the bulova curv and the precisionist which are the only interesting things they have.

Or the old tuning fork watches.

[Anonymous No.14264220]

>>14264212
Nice man the ladies do love domestic terrorism

[Anonymous No.14264226]

>>14264220
>being this literal
How's that autism working out for you?

[Anonymous No.14264228]

>>14264175
It's the whole point of watches, honestly. Watches are like cars, the more expensive it is, the more status you get, and we are programmed by nature to want that. Watches are mostly a way to signal that you are better than the next guy.

[Anonymous No.14264242]

>>14264228
>>>/r9k/

[Anonymous No.14264248]

>>14264242
Explain why women don't give a fuck about watches.

[Anonymous No.14264290]

>>14264248
Have you ever met a woman? They dont care about your guns, your computer, your watches, or your tools. They care about apple products and new vehicles especially trucks

[Anonymous No.14264301]

>>14264290
Moron

[Anonymous No.14264309]

>>14264301
Incel

[Anonymous No.14264318]

>>14264228
>My whole point of existence is to impress women

Lol, fucking sad.

[Anonymous No.14264360]

>>14264228
My wife bought my watch for me. Ha! Explain THAT science!

[Anonymous No.14264370]

>>14264158
Hmmm, based at the same site since 1832, and current president has worked there since 1969...

Longines has more true heritage than most upper end 'luxury' brands lmao

[Anonymous No.14264373]

>>14263815
This is exactly my point.
Shit doesn’t have to be expensive for you to have a connection with it.
Plus it was £300 and came with the black version too lol.

[Anonymous No.14264378]

>>14264041
>my dream of owning a Jay Gatsby watch
>gone

[Anonymous No.14264420]

>>14264378
That bracelet looks too modern to be period-accurate.

[Anonymous No.14264438]

I've settled on a Tissot Le Locle for my next purchase. Anyone here have experience with it that they can share?

[Anonymous No.14264459]

How much better is an unused but old movement? I'm interested in a watch which is about 15-20 years old and was only made for a short while with an unusual movement. There is one for sale now which had a "new"/unused movement fitted last year but isn't it pretty bad to use such old pieces? Since the movement has been out of production for the past 10+ years I guess there is no real alternative besides replacing it with something else entirely but it's a fairly unusual construction and I imagine it could be hard to find something compatible.

tl;dr how bad is it to put an unused yet 10-20 year old movement in a watch?

[Anonymous No.14264464]

Unpopular opinion:

I hate how the term "grail" is used. A grail watch, like the Holy Grail itself is supposed to be nigh-unobtainable, not just expensive, and certainly not something you can just waltz into any jeweler and buy.

A Rolex Sub is not a grail, you just can't afford it right now.
A vintage Rolex Double Red Sub Sea-Dweller is not a grail either. They're not rare. Again, you just can't afford it right now.

Terrence Young's own Rolex Sub. That's a grail. There's only one of them. No matter how much money you have, it will still be a long, laborious, expensive search that may yield nothing.

[Anonymous No.14264470]

>>14264370
>Longines has more true heritage than most upper end 'luxury' brands lmao

It very much does, but that does not change the fact that Swatch is currently whoring it out, slapping its proud name on a lineup of over-priced, under-spec'ed, Chinese-cased shitters.

if anything, that makes the story all the more tragic and good vintage Longines even more precious.

[Anonymous No.14264471]

>>14264126
Jokes on you, I prefer Omega over Rolex and there's nothing you gaylords can say to make me think otherwise.

Omega > Rolex

[Anonymous No.14264472]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11nYoeX0dD0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11nYoeX0dD0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11nYoeX0dD0
G R I N C H

[Anonymous No.14264474]

>>14264170
It's a company that makes watch movements. Most brands don't make their own movements and instead just use ETA ones but design the case and everything else. The watch industry is a meme as soon as you realize that movements are mass produced generally and the same brands use the same movements. You're essentially paying for the name and look when you buy one of these watches.
Very few watch brands make their own movements, which is why the ones that do are so expensive, such as Rolex, etc.

[Anonymous No.14264475]

what's a good Hublot Big Bang or Classic Fusion homage?

[Anonymous No.14264485]

>>14264471
Omega has chinese parts in it

[Anonymous No.14264487]

>>14264485
Sure. Such as?

[Anonymous No.14264493]

>>14264485
Every company outsources, even Rolex.
They don't make their own lume, grow their own crystals, jewels, etc.

[Anonymous No.14264494]

>>14264370
>Hmmm, based at the same site since 1832, and current president has worked there since 1969...
Is this bait?

The brand, marketing and administration is at that site. It was all the manufacturing staff and equipment that were thrown away, so that the actual products sold with the Longines name on them are manufactured by the same horizontally integrated conglomerate manufacturing chain that produces Tissots, Hamiltons, Midos, Certinas and so on.

Longines was a watchmaker before Swatch acquired it, it is now a branding, marketing and design firm.

[Anonymous No.14264496]

Whats with Chris Ward being shilled so vehemently? Youtube watch channels recommend them, first thing that pops up on google search , admittedly paid for, but still.

[Anonymous No.14264502]

>>14264496
It's modern marketing. Millennials and zoomers are more likely to trust a YouTuber than ad copy.

Give a YouTuber a free watch and ask him or her to make a 5 minute video about it. It's both a low-effort and much more effective form of advertising.

[Anonymous No.14264532]

>>14264485
Where do you think companies get their materials from? Does Switzerland have their own steel mills that they're getting materials from?
Everyone gets their parts from somewhere else

[Anonymous No.14264545]

>>14264532
https://www.maceuro.com/switzerland/product.cfm?cat=331111&catn=Iron+Steel+Mills

You tell me.

[Anonymous No.14264551]

>>14264545
I meant in general with relation to their watch industry.
Every brand is getting their supplies from somewhere, they're not making them in their backyard

[Anonymous No.14264554]

>>14264493
This. When I had my DJ serviced (at an AD, mind you) the package they gave me for the new crown said "Made in Thailand" on it.

As long as QC is kept to the same standard and specifications are followed, the actual location where a component is made is basically irrelevant.

[Anonymous No.14264558]

the watch industry seems a bit scummy desu

[Anonymous No.14264586]

>>14263711
breitling <3
also that fucking fossil group, kek

[Anonymous No.14264596]

>>14264551
They could, if there were a market for it. But try and imagine each part being made, stored, transferred, utilized in building and finishing IN FUCKING SWITZERLAND with their wages. A single shitter tissot would be 25k+

[Anonymous No.14264597]

>>14264554
OH NO NO NO LMAO

[Anonymous No.14264604]

>>14264554
You DO realize they charge a several thousand percent markup for said "QC" (dubious) and name, right? RIGHT??
Where do you think homages and fakes get theirs from?

[Anonymous No.14264610]

>>14264604
Of course I do.
You'd have to be retarded to think that a luxury watch isn't 95% markup and gouging.

I made the decision that the enjoyment I get is worth the asking price.

[Anonymous No.14264621]

>>14264494
What is your point? It's all one company, so what? You can't make billions of chf of watches in a single building. ETA still make certain movements exclusively for longines and they continue to innovate, vhp etc. Unlike others who churn out the same designs year after year. Swatch has done great things for the world of affordable automatics.

[Anonymous No.14264627]

>>14264610
At least you are aware of wasting money, I guess.

[Anonymous No.14264628]

>>14264604
w2c good homages and convincing fakes then?

[Anonymous No.14264635]

>>14264554
Rorex made by radyboys. When you winding that crown there is probably some fat white tourists semen on there

[Anonymous No.14264636]

>>14264621
>ETA still make certain movements exclusively for longines
Yes, but that means nothing. It's just a limp-wristed attemped to claim something akin to an in-house movement.

As soon as Swatch decides to do otherwise, they give that technology to other brands, like they did with Tissot giving the plastic escapement to Hamilton and Longines.

[Anonymous No.14264639]

>>14264636
>plastic escapement in longines
Can you stop memeing this we have imagines of the l888 the escapement isnt plastic

[Anonymous No.14264640]

>>14264636
An umbrella group shares technology amongst its brands? Outrageous.

There are plenty of models right now with exclusive movements. Not sure there are any longines with plastic escapement though.

[Anonymous No.14264642]

>>14264628
repgeek will probably have that info for you.

[Anonymous No.14264645]

>>14264639
Sorry Hydrobro. I apologize. I did not consider your feelings when I hit 'Post'.

[Anonymous No.14264647]

>>14264554
I was once in a Thai bar, a prostitute asked me if I wanted to see a trick for $10. I paid here and she adjusted my rolex to within cosc spec and replaced the crown!

[Anonymous No.14264656]

>>14264640
>An umbrella group shares technology amongst its brands? Outrageous.
Exactly, so calling an ETA 2892 with a slightly different escapement an exclusive movement is a little disingenuous.

The fancy movements that Swatch gives Breguet or Omega or Blancpain or their other high-end brands are exclusive. The rest of the dross in the corporate portfolio gets whatever is cheapest.

[Anonymous No.14264731]

Hilarious how all of a sudden the cucky defenders came crawling out of the woodwork once redpilled people started talking about the pozzed swiss watch industry.
>but m-muh ETA
Yeah, it's called buyers remorse.
I also have one watch with the 2824-2 eta movement, got memed into it before i had any idea about the swiss. That will also be my last watch that has anything to do with the swiss.

So stop defending corps. and get back to consuming, you little hamsters. The industry must be kept running, goy!

[Anonymous No.14264756]

>>14264645

i think its hilarious u kids talking shit about Hydrobro. u wouldnt say this shit to him at a longines AD, hes jacked. not only that but he wears the freshest longines timepieces, eats at the chillest restaurants and hangs out with the hottest longines collectors. yall are pathetic lol

[Anonymous No.14264766]

>>14264756

[Anonymous No.14264781]

>>14264766
Apparently he's got a tiny penis too and lives in constant fear of minorities. Understandable, since he probably lives in a pretty poor area.

[Anonymous No.14264785]

>>14264781
Oops i triggered a nogunz libcuck

[Anonymous No.14264787]

>>14264785
>ack! unleash the buzzwords!

[Anonymous No.14264800]

>>14264766
>shitty watch
>shitty rifle
>shitty carpeting
You couldn't get more shit in one picture unless you posted a map of India.

[Anonymous No.14264809]

>>14264800
Shut up retard modern wasr is fucking based

[Anonymous No.14264818]

Am I crazy for being bored silly by the Submariner?
It's just a black on steel dive watch and it's been copied by so many others that you can't even tell which is the original anymore.

I bought a 114060, but I hated the crude-looking Maxi case and Maxi dial with its cluttered text.
So I sold it and bought a 14060, which was a more elegant design, but I felt like I'd worn it for years.
So I sold it and got a 5513 and I felt nothing for it. It's sitting in the safe, unworn.

At least I haven't lost any money on this exercise.

[Anonymous No.14264821]

>>14264809
lmao of you say so. 600 dollar watch, 600 dollar rifle.

[Anonymous No.14264823]

>>14264818
Nah it is a pretty boring design to be honest.

[Anonymous No.14264829]

>>14264823
OK, so it's not just me.

[Anonymous No.14264834]

>>14264818

[Anonymous No.14264835]

>>14264818
No you’re not crazy. It’s probably the watch with the most mass appeal in the world. I’d like one but interesting is the last thing I’d call a submariner at this point.

[Anonymous No.14264837]

>>14264818
>>14264834

[Anonymous No.14264840]

>>14264818
>>14264837

[Anonymous No.14264842]

>>14264818
>>14264840

[Anonymous No.14264844]

>>14264834
imo the seiko is the best looking watch there

seiko > sub > tudor > oris

[Anonymous No.14264845]

>>14264844
It honestly is. the sunburst dial is the first one that catches the eye.

[Anonymous No.14264847]

>>14264821
>too good for a 600 dollar rifle because it isnt expensive enough
You have to be larping because no one is actually this autistic

[Anonymous No.14264851]

>>14264847
It's OK, Hydro bro. No one is mad at you for being poor. I'm sure it's not inexpensive, ensuring that your heroin doesn't get some fentanyl mixed in.

[Anonymous No.14264860]

>TFW NO SLA017 GF

[Anonymous No.14264867]

The only thing wrong with an ETA movement is that the automatics can't handle handwinding. The higher grades are just as good as the in house movements everyone else has.

[Anonymous No.14264921]

Is there anything worse than Mercedes hands on a non-Rolex watch?

[Anonymous No.14264928]

>>14264842
they are rook same

[Anonymous No.14264934]

>>14264921
Is there anything worse than Mercedes hands?

fixed that uuuu

[Anonymous No.14265017]

>>14264640
Way to deliberately miss the point. The point is that Swatch shuttered the entire manufacturing capability of Longines after buying the brand, so the conglomerate produced ETA mall shitters with the Longines name affixed to them that the Swatch Group sells today have absolutely nothing substantively in common with the watches produced by the pre quartz revolution Longines.

[Anonymous No.14265020]

>>14264834
BB58 > Pre maxi-case Sub > Seiko SLA017 > Oris

[Anonymous No.14265026]

>>14264867
>The higher grades are just as good as the in house movements everyone else has.
Only the 2892-A2 Top Grade and above are particularly notable. The rest are pretty meh. Even then, a 2892-A2 Too Grade has neither a free sprung balance, noe the extensive hand adjustment and MEMS escapement of a Grand Seiko. It's just not technically on the same level.

[Anonymous No.14265063]

>>14264860
Imagine the fat perfect ass

[Anonymous No.14265094]

[Anonymous No.14265112]

>>14265094
That's a nice size. It's a shame they keep making huge monstrosities these days.

[Anonymous No.14265131]

found the most based collection on amazon

[Anonymous No.14265178]

why do diving chronographs exist?

[Anonymous No.14265222]

>>14265178
When you're underwater but have a hotpocket in the oven

[Anonymous No.14265259]

NEW NEW NEW

>>14265256
>>14265256
>>14265256

[Anonymous No.14265333]

I'm looking for a watch around 1K to 2K Canadian, not much preference on bracelet type but I'm looking for a diver or a dress watch around 38-42mm. Any suggestions?

[Anonymous No.14265336]

>>14265333
200 f-91ws

[Anonymous No.14265345]

>>14265333
halios seaforth, oris divers 65, longines legend, etc. I'm sure there are others that I'm just not remembering right now.

[Anonymous No.14265581]

>>14264834
Is it really so hard to make a watch look expensive? Like rolex has these raised metal bits around the lume dots, is that so hard to make that 3 other watches don't have it? I understand that the Tudor won't because it's supposed to be a poor man's Rolex, but why don't the other 2?

[Anonymous No.14265591]

>>14265581
All four of them have applied indices nigga.

[Anonymous No.14265623]

>>14265131
Redpilled as fuck

[Anonymous No.14265626]

>>14265623
middle one looks like shit

[Anonymous No.14265661]

>>14265591
Not what I'm talking about, on Rolex it looks like there's another raised border around the dots.

[Anonymous No.14265665]

>>14265661
You’re fucking retarded. They all have applied indices.

[Anonymous No.14265688]

>>14265665
You still don't get what I'm talking about then.

[Anonymous No.14265719]

>>14265688
Fucking explain yourself then. All of those watches have bits of metal around the hour dots.

[Anonymous No.14265730]

>>14265719
I don't know how to explain it better, on the Rolex the very outer circles around the lume dot look raised above the level of the dot, and on the others they don't, whether because there's no hole at all or because of the color of the lume and type of finish on the circles or the actual depth of it or what, the ones on the Rolex just look more detailed and better.

[Anonymous No.14265775]

>>14264818
Nope, you are right to be bored of it, it's normal to have fatigue of a certain style when you have seen it so often. Moder rolexes are just soulless and true rolex fans know to stay away from them.

Currently i like the bubbleback rolex from the 30's with this comfy bonklip/Bamboo Ladder bracelt. The california dial is not entirely my taste. But i cant imagine how much this thing must cost and most importantly, how much of a bitch it is to service.

[Anonymous No.14265808]

>>14264867
>ETA movement is that the automatics can't handle handwinding

Can confirm. When i found out that "handwinding of the eta 2824-2 is not recommended, rather give it about 10 turns and wear it so the automatic does the rest"

THE ACTUAL FUCK?? Why did i pay """swiss quality""" when it's worse than some soviet moevements.
>inb4 but their more expensive movements are working fine, just pay more, goy
ETA is just trash and just a fake reputation. For the prices they ask their movements should all be solid, no matter the price.
Strangely i hear rarely shit about miyota and they cost way less sometimes.
The swiss are not to be trusted.

[Anonymous No.14265821]

>>14265808
>The swiss are not to be trusted.
Well duh. Their whole industry is a sham. There's some kind of gentlemans agreement in effect that dictates what kind of watch with what complications they're allowed to sell at whatever price point to stifle genuine competition.

[Anonymous No.14265832]

>>14265821
Yep, i was thinking the same about their scam business practices. There are just a few conglomerates that control the watch game in switzerland.

[Anonymous No.14265871]

>>14265730
They all have this. Look at more photos.

[Anonymous No.14265895]

>>14265871
to be fair the oris and bb look printed from the picture in question

[Anonymous No.14265900]

This has become my attainable grail.
The pattern makes this much more interesting than the previous version which I found a bit bland. This is just enough to be interesting and yet classic looking.

Also a better movement and a display caseback. I’ll be buying this when it drops to £2500.

[Anonymous No.14265907]

>>14265895
You’re an idiot.

[Anonymous No.14265913]

>>14265907
Not that guy, I'm only playing devils advocate so go fuck your face hole through your asshole, dick.

[Anonymous No.14265922]

>>14265913
Hrs been told by several people he’s wrong and he’s 3 google searches and 30 seconds away from being able to be correct. If he’s that dumb and unwilling to learn, he’s and idiot and part of the downfall of human society.

[Anonymous No.14265928]

>>14265900
The recent surge in bond semenmaster posting over the last few months makes me uncomfortable. I find it hard to believe these have transformed from jokes into watches people would actually buy.

[Anonymous No.14265940]

>>14265928
Deal with it.
This is a good watch.

[Anonymous No.14265944]

>>14265940
It's theoretically possible that it's a good watch but it's ugly and always has been. There's a good reason these things are cheap.
Deal with it.

[Anonymous No.14265962]

>>14265928
I mean not everyone can afford a better watch.
>>14265871
Seiko doesn't.

[Anonymous No.14265965]

>>14265944
I hope the new ones drop as low as the older one quickly.

I’m this guy >>14265900

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

[Anonymous No.14265972]

>>14265962
You’re also retarded.

[Anonymous No.14265978]

>>14265962
>Seiko doesn't.
Even the cheapest seikos have that.
>>14265965
>I hope the new ones drop as low as the older one quickly.
It's hard to say, Bond-era seamasters used to be a laughing stock. A product placement epic fail. Recreating that kind of depreciation might be difficult.

[Anonymous No.14265985]

>>14265972
You can't see that the lume is just painted on and not in a hole? I'm not talking about the entire indices being raised, I'm talking about the metal edges AROUND the painted lume. You can see that Rolex has that and Seiko doesn't.

[Anonymous No.14265990]

>>14265985
You can't be serious.

[Anonymous No.14266004]

>>14265990
What? Do I have to draw it?

[Anonymous No.14266055]

Is buying a 60s Omega seamaster worth it as an investment? I love the look and the history but would like something that also appreciates in value - even slightly over the coming years

[Anonymous No.14266084]

>>14266055
>60s Omega seamaster
>investment
Nigga, I'm the poorest faggot in entire /wt/, and even I have one.

[Anonymous No.14266088]

>>14266055
Depends, is it at least 6k?

[Anonymous No.14266092]

New toy day.

[Anonymous No.14266104]

>>14266084
i doubt it, I'm reasonably young and have a very very low paying job. All I was wondering was if it would appreciate in value at all

[Anonymous No.14266121]

>>14266084
>investment
No
>deposit
Yes

[Anonymous No.14266125]

wtf is up with these boring watches in this thread

when i buy a watch i want it to look a babylonian magical artifact

[Anonymous No.14266136]

>>14266125
Did they really forgot the 12 what the fuck is this QC.

[Anonymous No.14266142]

>>14266125
LMAO what the fuck is that screw at 11 o'clock? are arabs retarded

[Anonymous No.14266147]

>>14266136
arabs aren’t allowed to have sex with anyone the age of 12 or older

[Anonymous No.14266152]

>>14266121
>>14266088
>>14266084
Any examples of a good investment piece sub 10k?

[Anonymous No.14266158]

>>14266152

[Anonymous No.14266165]

>>14262445
New Thread ^_^

>>14266163
>>14266163
>>14266163

[Anonymous No.14266248]

>>14264474
Which brands use ETA?

[Anonymous No.14266395]

>>14266092
Nice thing.
I was too lazy to order one or even some cheap crab tool so i ghetto rigged it with a vise and some skinny, hexagonal screwdriver bits.