/wt/ - Watch Thread: Utterly Stunning Timepieces

[Anonymous No.14597832]

This thread is about the appreciation of utterly stunning timepieces ($200,000+) and the sense of pleasure that comes with relaxing with a premium beer while enjoying your utterly stunning timepiece, as well as the micro-engineering and materials engineering that are required to make an utterly stunning timepiece.

> Required viewing for new people:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX3tQ5yPM8g [Open]

Guides:

> Watch essentials 102: https://pastebin.com/Rc77hhXV
> Purchasing used watches: https://pastebin.com/f44aJKy2
> Purchasing straps: https://pastebin.com/SwRysprE
> Guide for plebs: https://imgur.com/a/NFMXDuK
Should I buy this fashion brand watch?

> Scroll through this album first, then kill yourself: https://imgur.com/a/6CNO8

"Suggest a watch for me."
> Buy a MOTMFM or fuck off.

Previously on /wt/:

>>14594973

[Anonymous No.14597842]

First for:
SEIKO IS KING

[Anonymous No.14597843]

First for Seikos are overpriced shitter fashion accessories that have no horological value, tasteless designs, don't keep time and have terrible QC.

Also

>>14591826

[Anonymous No.14597852]

first for Seikucks get the rope

[Anonymous No.14597855]

[Anonymous No.14597869]

Hey there, your friendly hungry watch-butcherer here. Update for you tasteless niggers: I think I'm slowly losing my mind. The workload is ever increasing (my fault, local people now know me and take their shit specifically to me) but the pay is the same. The customers are fucking assholes and I want to curbstomp a good 60% of them. Living alone is a fucking bitch and I'm close to starving in the last few days of the month. Mr. Shekelstein is completely out of the loop and gives me shit for spending all the parts budget.

Thinking about quitting in a few months and taking the risk of a loan to open my own shop.

[Anonymous No.14597886]

>>14597869
Imagine being a watchmaker and wearing a fucking shitter Seiko.

[Anonymous No.14597893]

>>14597886
Imagine being a watchmaker and wearing a fucking shitter

[Anonymous No.14597898]

[Anonymous No.14597902]

>>14597886
Imagine babbling about horology on cambodian claymation BBS and not actually being a watchmonkey.

[Anonymous No.14597905]

The new Christopher Ward C65 Sandhurst is pretty neat looking.

[Anonymous No.14597908]

>>14597905
>cw

shitter x10

[Anonymous No.14597915]

>>14597908
Thank you for your insight.

[Anonymous No.14597916]

What is the best no seconds dress watch in the 20-40k range? For science.

[Anonymous No.14597919]

hey fellow seiko frens

don't you just love anime characters that look like underage girls?

also please kill me

[Anonymous No.14597923]

>>14597916
Patrimony with guilloche dial.

[Anonymous No.14597928]

>>14597923
what do I get for the money

[Anonymous No.14597932]

>>14597916
Glanced over no-seconds part. Here.

[Anonymous No.14597944]

>>14597932
>Lange and Söyne

[Anonymous No.14597947]

>>14597832
you linked fragrance thread you absolute mongoloid

[Anonymous No.14597950]

>>14597932
Any other ideas? Love Lange to death, but from them it's the Lange 1 for me.

[Anonymous No.14597954]

Guys, when your minute hand covers your hour hand completely how do you know what hour is it? I mean if you don't have hands you can partially see through. Like hamilton makes etc.

[Anonymous No.14597959]

>>14597954
imagine it as one of those nasty vicious shitters which have only one hand

[Anonymous No.14597961]

>>14597950
Plenty of others come to mind if you don't mind seconds being on the dial.

[Anonymous No.14597969]

>>14597932
Shitter.

[Anonymous No.14597976]

>>14597954
Imagine not having xray vision.

[Anonymous No.14597983]

Thoughts on the Breetling SOHII?

[Anonymous No.14597986]

>>14597983
the only Breitling is the navitimer.

[Anonymous No.14597988]

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[Anonymous No.14597991]

>>14597986
Did the Navi go to the moon?

[Anonymous No.14597993]

>>14597991
the navi went to space

[Anonymous No.14597996]

Did you know? Seiko owners are pedophiles. In Japan it is mandatory for pedophiles to wear Seikos.

[Anonymous No.14597997]

>>14597993
Chronograph that didn't land on the surface of the moon = it's a fucking shitter.

[Anonymous No.14598007]

The skx013 was just discontinued. Should I continue treating this watch as a beater, or should I baby it in hopes of selling it for tons of money in a few years?

[Anonymous No.14598026]

>>14598007
I can assure you it will never be worth "tons of money," just wear it
t. owns one

[Anonymous No.14598033]

>>14598007
Seiko owners are so fucking delusional.

[Anonymous No.14598036]

>>14598007
it don't be worth anything, it's just a wristlet version of the iconic 007

[Anonymous No.14598041]

>>14597832
Want to get a 36mm datejust. Might go vintage. What refernces or release years I should be looking at?

[Anonymous No.14598043]

>>14598041
get this instead

[Anonymous No.14598052]

>>14598041
Personally I'd get a linen dial 1601.

[Anonymous No.14598069]

>>14598043
get aids

[Anonymous No.14598085]

>>14598043
nasty vicious shitter which is worse than any rolex at some price und sinn

[Anonymous No.14598093]

>>14598085
>und
THERE HE GOES AGAIN
WOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Anonymous No.14598098]

>>14597869
Do it. Pretty much every jeweler where I live sends watches off if it is anything more than basic service on an ETA 2824, so I would much prefer to mail it to someone myself.

[Anonymous No.14598104]

>>14598007
Counting that they chugged out millions of these? It'll take quite a few years for the price to get real high, especially since new ones are still available cheaply even though it was discontinued a few months ago.

And when the prices rise, it'll be only for the BNIB ones.

[Anonymous No.14598107]

>>14597902
>muh horology
>spend all day replacing crystals and batteries
Really makes me think.

[Anonymous No.14598135]

>>14597916
Patek and VC have both made no-seconds versions of the Calatrava and Patrimony over the years. For slightly cheaper (around $14k) you can get an ultra thin Cartier Tank Louis Cartier. Rose gold with a Piaget 430p movement (2.1mm thick). No seconds, no date, no fuss. Just a purist iconic watch.

[Anonymous No.14598136]

Thoughts?

[Anonymous No.14598142]

>>14598043
Terrible advice.
>>14598041
I’d only recommend avoiding the meme dials. Also beware the clasps on some older models. I have a 90s DJ and the bracelet is comfortable, but Christ is the clasp flimsy.

[Anonymous No.14598164]

>>14597832
sup?

[Anonymous No.14598175]

[Anonymous No.14598241]

>>14598164
I assume that uses a Seagull ST19?

[Anonymous No.14598281]

>>14597983
Really liking it, definitely looking to pick one up at some point or other.

[Anonymous No.14598300]

>>14598164
I want this buy but not on a shit stamped/rolled bracelet.

[Anonymous No.14598333]

>>14597983
Looks great. I'm planning to get one but I've only got a 6.5 inch wrist

[Anonymous No.14598515]

Is Breetling fucking dogshit or utterly stunning?

[Anonymous No.14598526]

I love getting lost in my champagne dial. All the elegance of a grande classique from Patek Philippe with additional functionality in the day/date complication. Truly a master class of horology.

[Anonymous No.14598566]

[Anonymous No.14598573]

>>14598526
>>14598526
A severally underrated watch, though better with original bracelet.

[Anonymous No.14598585]

>>14598566

[Anonymous No.14598620]

Hey guys and gals, it's been a while but I finally got some time to say hi and post. I hope whatever you do this weekend, you do in style with a good watch on your wrist. Til' next time...

Your Amigo - BILL
*Location : The Casa*
ORANGE COUNTY HARLEY OWNERS CLUB
"RIDE OR DIE 9/11 NEVER FORGET"
Semper Fi - HOOAH!
Not a MILLENIAL and PROUD! of it!
*Sent from my Liaioxu Weblet VIA Tapatalk*

[Anonymous No.14598655]

>>14598620
Based Bill. The Halios is very cool. I’d love to get that light blue/teal dial version.

[Anonymous No.14598776]

>>14598620

Bill, I put in a deposit for a Breitling Navitimer.

What are your thoughts?

[Anonymous No.14598792]

>>14598655
I do like them quite a bit, I have a Seaforth Bronze on order as well so i'm quite excited about that. I do wish I could get my hands on a GMT but they rarely pop up. Are you excited for any of the upcoming models? Cheers.

>>14598776
Beautiful watch. Funnily enough, the Navitimer was the watch that really got me into watches in the first place even though I didn't end up getting one. How big was the one you got? These days however I flirt with the idea of picking up a 90's or limited edition Aerospace, they've grown on me but I'd still get a Navitimer if I found one for the right price.

[Anonymous No.14598803]

>>14598620
Nice to see you again, Bill.

[Anonymous No.14598856]

>>14598803
and you too friend

[Anonymous No.14598859]

>>14598792

41mm. Should receive it in October; Breitling hasn’t shipped them to the dealers yet but will soon.

[Anonymous No.14598874]

Looking for a black watch with yellow parts. Already was set one one but lost the link because I installed windows agian

[Anonymous No.14598895]

>>14598874

Tudor North Flag

[Anonymous No.14598912]

Found this in the glovebox of a used car i bought, what is it/it worth anything?

[Anonymous No.14598917]

>>14598912
Backside

[Anonymous No.14598920]

>>14598912
nope

[Anonymous No.14598921]

>>14598912
>fake skeleton
My sides. Fuckin' worthless m8.

[Anonymous No.14598929]

Any good open-heart watches in the 1k-2k range?

I like to see evidence of the movement but full skeletons always seem tacky.

[Anonymous No.14598931]

is it a sin to wear a black watch and brown footwear/belt?

[Anonymous No.14598938]

I want to buy my first luxury time piece; my budget is between 1000 and 2000. Any suggestions? I was thinking either a tudor black bay 36, a speedy reduced, or a Sinn 356. What do you guys think?

[Anonymous No.14598948]

>>14598929
Get a Seagull tourbillon for 1k

[Anonymous No.14598969]

>>14598931
Interesting. I would say black dial and bracelet- no. But I'd match a leather band with other leather items if I could

[Anonymous No.14598974]

In a perpetual calendar the day, date, and month all jump right? Meaning they never sit between markers like January (could be shown as a dot or line) and February

[Anonymous No.14598976]

>>14598912
>>14598917

hahahaha

[Anonymous No.14598979]

>>14598938
luxury watches start at $2k. Maybe you can get a luxury watch for less if it's used.

[Anonymous No.14599019]

>>14598938

I'd start with the do-it-all sinn.

[Anonymous No.14599040]

>>14598938
https://www.jomashop.com/longines-watch-l2-814-4-76-0.html

[Anonymous No.14599100]

Find a flaw

[Anonymous No.14599109]

>>14599100

[Anonymous No.14599207]

>>14597983
Navi or nothing and the new seamaster is a better watch for same money

[Anonymous No.14599212]

>>14598515
We told you already it turd! No one cares about it, I and my coworkers would be laughing at you as you walked of, with subs and seamasters on, the stick we give you behind your back lol god I wish someone in my office bought one!

[Anonymous No.14599216]

This is the most beautiful dress chrono in existence.
Patek 5170r-010 blown the fuck out.
Find a single flaw.

[Anonymous No.14599220]

>>14599216
look at this ugly shitter in comparison

[Anonymous No.14599221]

>>14598515
that looks... substantial

[Anonymous No.14599226]

>>14599216
>flaw

it's not a sinn buddy

[Anonymous No.14599263]

>>14599212
fucking cringe

[Anonymous No.14599271]

>>14599216
>subdials cutting into the numbers

[Anonymous No.14599275]

>>14599212
Based lmao

[Anonymous No.14599278]

>>14599275
same FAG

lame

now die in a fire

[Anonymous No.14599279]

Any watchmaker here? Is it really impossible to repair hamilton H10/50 movements?

[Anonymous No.14599285]

>>14599278
I'm thirsting for a navitimer actually, I bet that other guy doesn't.

[Anonymous No.14599286]

>>14599279
H10 is just Hamilton's variant of the Powermatic 80, used by Tissot/Mido/Certina/Rado. It can be regulated and serviced, though at this price more likely just swapped out for a new movement when you get it serviced

[Anonymous No.14599294]

>>14599286
That's the thing though, I live in SEA where labour cost is really cheap so I'd prefer to send it to an independent watchmaker. I should've rephrased my question to: Can independent watchmakers repair H10/50?

[Anonymous No.14599295]

This is the only watch anyone needs.

[Anonymous No.14599298]

>>14599295
NOBODY needs a g*rmoid watch

[Anonymous No.14599304]

>>14599295
divine

>>14599298

sneed

[Anonymous No.14599307]

>>14599298
German tech got Americans to the moon. What are you, a communist?

[Anonymous No.14599310]

>>14599307
>trying to disassociate AMERICAN achievements from america
What are you, a fucking traitor?

[Anonymous No.14599316]

>>14599298
It's steampunk.

[Anonymous No.14599329]

>>14599310
>american achievement

[Anonymous No.14599333]

>>14599329
I don't see no fucking hans as the first man on the moon faggot.

[Anonymous No.14599336]

>>14599333
>>14599310
>>14599298

dilate

[Anonymous No.14599338]

>>14599333
When dogs were sent into space, no one credited the dogs for the achievement, it was the people who actually designed the vehicles.

Astronauts are just trained monkeys, travelling on a rocket designed by von Braun and following orders from the almighty Kranz.

[Anonymous No.14599339]

>>14599338
Plus Armstrong was of German descent anyway

[Anonymous No.14599342]

you motherfuckers

When I say NASA
You say "thank you"

[Anonymous No.14599346]

>>14599212
It's not a turd, it's a stunner, it smokes any shitter Rolex LOL.

[Anonymous No.14599350]

>>14599346

the only shitters on this board are Seikos

we hunt them and we eat them

such is life on /wt/

[Anonymous No.14599353]

>>14599350
off yourself, nothing wrong with seikos you kraut fuck.

[Anonymous No.14599358]

>>14599350
>reddit spacing

[Anonymous No.14599360]

>>14599353

>outing himself

First mistake. Last mistake.

[Anonymous No.14599371]

>>14599275
>>14599278
>same FAG
Wasn't even me

>>14599346
"Dressy" diver with no number on the bezel, which is retarded. Brielting is an aviation brand that's it, that is a dog of a watch in the brand not to mind watches. It boring unoriginal design, it literally looks like some micro brand shitter.

[Anonymous No.14599379]

>>14599371
Poorfag seething lmao.

[Anonymous No.14599384]

>>14599371
>boring
>unoriginal
>microbrand-like
are you literally retarded?

[Anonymous No.14599403]

All Breitlings look like absolute dog shit ngl

Buy a real aerospace watch (Speedy)

[Anonymous No.14599420]

>>14599403
breitling was the first watch in space.

[Anonymous No.14599433]

>>14599271
why do they do this

[Anonymous No.14599435]

>>14599420
If by Breitling you mean a 1950's hermetic case Pobeda, then yes you're correct

[Anonymous No.14599450]

>>14599379
Lmao what are you on about, it's a shit watch I'm telling you to buy a rolex or omega diver like in my last post >>14599212 or a navi if it has to be a brietling, read the tread how hard is it. The watch fucking tanks in value for a reason.

Next reply best has a wrist shot of your seiko >poorfag

>>14599384
Samefag

[Anonymous No.14599491]

>>14599403
>>14599450
LMAO the Speedy is a fucking piece of shit.

>rattlesnake bracelet
>plastic crystal
>shit movement (that didn't go to the moon)

It's a fucking shitter, get a job and stop LARPing as a space man you fucking degenerate, kill yourself. Breetling is king.

[Anonymous No.14599494]

>>14599491
>wearing it on the bracelet
>not knowing the superiority of acrylic

Keep wearing your Shiteling, poorfag

[Anonymous No.14599496]

>>14599435

He meant first human in space

[Anonymous No.14599497]

>>14599491
You forgot the part where it doesn't even hack. A mind boggling shortcoming for a watch that was supposed to be used in a precise setting.

[Anonymous No.14599498]

>>14599216
>Find a single flaw
It's not the white dial version with no pulsometer scale

[Anonymous No.14599501]

>>14599498
that's a different watch isn't it?

[Anonymous No.14599503]

>>14599496
Then it's the Sturmanskie worn by Gagarin. Or Strela worn by Leonov if you mean outer space.

[Anonymous No.14599507]

>>14599503
I think he was making a joke about slavs or commies not being human

[Anonymous No.14599512]

>>14599491
First off take your fucking stickers of your nato strap. One is a iconic one is oh brielting have a dive watch? The new speedmaster bracelet are really good, ok fair enough the pin ones were shit lol but you have that superocean on mesh..... so you can't say shit. Crystal, were the fuck do I start you just don't get it. Movement, its rock solid, really know fucking nothing.

[Anonymous No.14599517]

>>14599512
>Crystal, were the fuck do I start you just don't get it.
Wait for it, he's going to defend shitty plastic crystals on watches costing several thousand dollars. lol, fag.

[Anonymous No.14599528]

>>14599517
>why did they choose a shatterproof crystal for a space watch wtf

Shut the fuck up newbie

[Anonymous No.14599529]

>>14599497
People always say this about the speedy but they know nothing about watches, it's a small secs which is used to see the watch is working / wound, it you need secs it's a fucking chronograph!!!!!!

[Anonymous No.14599532]

>>14599494
>plastic
>superior to AR coated sapphire
Didn't I already tell you to kill yourself?

>>14599512
The stickers are off it you sperm drinker.

>dude my crystal gets fucked up every time it touches anything

Wow dude, space age.

Breetling has far more heritage than Omega junk that just churns out 600 special editions, and they're made in China and assembled in Switzerland lmao.

[Anonymous No.14599533]

>>14599501
no just the dial is different

[Anonymous No.14599534]

>>14599528
>larping as a space man
>happily paying top dollar for an inferior product like a cuck.

>>14599529
Oh look another retard. what is synchronizing watches for $500 alex?

[Anonymous No.14599538]

>>14599532
Yes it is superior for this application you dense motherfucker. Sapphire can shatter, acrylic can't. The only reason sapphire is used on luxury watches is because it doesn't scratch easily and so stays pretty.

[Anonymous No.14599541]

>>14598515
>>14599346
>>14599491
>>14599532
>>14599379
>>14599517
>>14599532
>>14599534
>>14599420
Based.

>>14599212
>>14599371
>>14599403
>>14599450
>>14599494
>>14599512
>>14599538
Cringe and FUCKING kill yourself you disgusting Seiko wearing Japanese pedophile cartoon watching degenerates. Breetling is the fucking king of watchmaking, Omega is a fucking joke made by the Chinese and sold to retards. Their only heritage is going to the moon which Rolex did too LMAO fucking embarrassing, imagine actually buying a $5000 watch made of plastic hHHAHAHHAHO.

Get the FUCK out of my general.

[Anonymous No.14599542]

>>14599517
Omega charge like £120 for a new one, cheap to replace, easy to buff out, I have had hard impacts from seatbelts on it.

>Breitling has more heritage than Omega
Hahahahahahahahaha oh my fucking sides that's a good one, now I know your just trolling

[Anonymous No.14599545]

>>14599538
>Sapphire can shatter, acrylic can't
That's odd since the acrylic crystal did in fact fail on an apollo speedmaster and the astronaut had to use a backup bulova.

[Anonymous No.14599546]

>>14599542
The clue is in the same you stupid motherfucker

>breetling superocean HERITAGE two

And what's Omega's heritage? Sucking the US government's cock so they would take their shitter plastic watch to the moon? Really impressive. That and shilling their garbage endless shitter limited editions in James Bond shit, what a joke.

[Anonymous No.14599549]

>>14599546
there are definitely some dicks getting sucked at nasa re: omega advertising. They don't even use the speedmasters they have the astronauts equivalent of a dive computer. They wear it for marketing.

[Anonymous No.14599550]

>>14599541
Post collection pathetic poorfag.

[Anonymous No.14599551]

>>14599550
My collection smokes yours lmao, I don't want to embarrass you.

[Anonymous No.14599552]

>>14599545
It failed but not by shattering. Nothing with sapphire would be able to pass the NASA tests.

[Anonymous No.14599553]

>>14599450
your father and uncle are samefags you retard

[Anonymous No.14599556]

>>14599528
>>14599538
>>14599545
>>14599552
>"i-it can't shatter!!"
>conveniently doesn't mention how all the speedies that went to space had their crystal burst out of the case

Pathetic.

[Anonymous No.14599557]

>>14599552
Get a load of this guy. he's under the impression that the modern speedmaster you buy from omega is a nasa spaceman watch.

[Anonymous No.14599560]

Is there anything except Rolex and TAG Heuer that people actually know as a brand?

[Anonymous No.14599561]

>>14599560
Casio

[Anonymous No.14599562]

>>14599560
Seriously, casio probably has greater brand recognition that either of those

[Anonymous No.14599567]

>>14599552
>Nothing with sapphire would be able to pass the NASA tests.
Woah we've got a fucking scientist over here.

[Anonymous No.14599568]

>>14599541
>Cringe
Calling your own post based.

>>14599545
>>14599546
Oh I know who you are now, your that wee cuck, Bulova clearly paid him under the table, what's the odds. So what if it failed shit happens. Rolex was inside the suit, very different.

Having to call it that because it has non. Brielting is a sinking brand now for a reason, no one wants them. Everyone likes the Navi but don't see to many posted...... hard to put the money dow for a brietling, you got the superocean before the speedy if they are your watches, double it. The only retards buy a superocean are upgrade from there shitter tag and they think they know something.

[Anonymous No.14599573]

>>14599551
My face, fuck of with your sekio 5

>>14599556
Speedy is just a better looking watch that's all there is to it, before nasa shit and everything it just looks and is so well balanced. I'd be embarrassed to be seen wearing a superocean

[Anonymous No.14599578]

>>14599567
>needing to be a scientist to understand how impacts work

ok cuck

[Anonymous No.14599580]

>>14599578
Not so superlative now huh

[Anonymous No.14599581]

>>14599561
>>14599562
You know what I meant.

[Anonymous No.14599584]

We didn't have such retarded watch thread in a long time, so glad school starts tomorrow

[Anonymous No.14599585]

>>14599507

It’s not something to joke about.

[Anonymous No.14599591]

>>14599578
if the speedy didn't have such a crappy design leaving the crystal vulnerable to impacts it wouldn't be an issue.
One of the requirement for a nasa watch is that it be WATER PROOF. The water resistance of a speedy is questionable at the best of times, much less after repeated cycles of baking direct sun and freezing temps of space. What a joke.

[Anonymous No.14599600]

>>14599591
>muh dive watch on the moon

1. High temperature test: 70° C for 48 hours, then 93° C for 30 minutes in a partial vacuum.

2. Low temperature test: -18° C for 4 hours.

3. Vacuum test: heated in a vacuum chamber and then cooled to -18° C for several cycles.

4. Humidity test: ten 24-hour cycles in >95% humidity with temperatures ranging from 25° C to 70° C.

5. Corrosion test: in an atmosphere of oxygen at
70° C for 48 hours.

6. Shock-resistance test: six 40 G shocks in six different directions.

7. Acceleration test: progressive acceleration to 7.25 G for about five minutes and then to 16 G for 30 seconds in three axes.

8. Low pressure test: pressure of 10’6 atmospheres at 70° C for 90 minutes, then at 93° C for 30 minutes.

9. High pressure test: in an air pressure of 1.6 atmospheres for 60 minutes.

10. Vibration test: random vibrations in three axes between 5 and 2,000 Hz With an acceleration of 8.8 G.

11. Sound test: 130 decibels at frequencies from 40
to 10,000 Hz for 30 minutes.

[Anonymous No.14599603]

>>14599600
Are you actually attempting to claim that WATER PROOF was not one of the requirements?

[Anonymous No.14599621]

>>14599603
I just showed you all of the torture tests. The Speedy was the only one to pass all of them. No where does it say WATER PROOF

[Anonymous No.14599622]

>>14599600
>test watch at 93° C
>direct sunlight in space heats things to 120° C

[Anonymous No.14599623]

>>14599603
I've been swimming with mine, 30m it fine for day to day. Don't think you'll be swimming in space, I'd say 30m is grand

[Anonymous No.14599624]

>>14599621
You've just proven you're not as familiar with the subject as you think you are. "Waterproof" was definitely one of the requirements.

[Anonymous No.14599628]

>>14599622
They don't space walk in 120c you retard

[Anonymous No.14599629]

>>14599624
[Citation needed]

[Anonymous No.14599633]

>>14599628
of course they do. Are you fucking dense? Anything exposed to direct sunlight reaches 120° C maybe even more for a speedy since it's got a black dial.
>>14599629
No I don't think I'm going to spoon feed you things you should already know if you were half as familiar with the topic as you think you are.

[Anonymous No.14599638]

>>14599633
Lmao they space walk in the earths shadow, go look it up

[Anonymous No.14599642]

>>14599633
I always thought you where some rolex fan boy shitting in every thread about the speedy, no in all my dreams did I think you had a superocean!!!! Wtf ha! A superocean, all this time!

[Anonymous No.14599643]

>>14599638
Wow are you actually retarded enough to claim that nasa only performed evas in the earths shadow? This is like kicking a puppy I'm dealing with a mental midget here.

[Anonymous No.14599659]

>>14599642
Breitling>Omega
Superocean>Speedy

Simple as.

[Anonymous No.14599661]

>>14599659
Not putting out a billion special editions of the "first american space watch" automatically puts breitling above omega in my book.

[Anonymous No.14599678]

r8 my gshock

[Anonymous No.14599682]

>>14599678
Good, but too big.

[Anonymous No.14599687]

>>14599623
>Don't think you'll be swimming in space
They couldn't know what they'll find on the moon, you have to be prepared for everything on mission like that

[Anonymous No.14599695]

>>14599687
Indeed. Swimming in space lmao is the brainlets argument. "waterproof" is an indicator of how vulnerable the watch is to all foreign contaminants whether they be liquid or fine dusts propelled by changes in pressure.

[Anonymous No.14599699]

What's the coolest watch under $1000?

(Not necessarily best based on specs)

[Anonymous No.14599707]

>>14599699
>What's the coolest watch under $1000?
if you include vintage the possibilities are endless.

[Anonymous No.14599714]

>>14599682
Gshocks are supposed to be big

[Anonymous No.14599720]

>>14599699
Although it's hard to find one for that price it's still possible to get a good Lemania 5100 powered chrono for close to it.

[Anonymous No.14599721]

>>14599714
Is that really true?

[Anonymous No.14599725]

>>14599720
>a good Lemania 5100 powered chrono
>for 1k
like what?

[Anonymous No.14599733]

>>14597843
Is that enji night in Budapest?

[Anonymous No.14599772]

>>14599622

Holy shit is that his “wife”?

[Anonymous No.14599775]

>>14599659

100% super brain

[Anonymous No.14599809]

What's the best "single watch collection" for someone in their late thirties that isn't a Rolex?

[Anonymous No.14599815]

>>14599809
ROOOOOOLEX MAN ON THE FUCKING MOON

[Anonymous No.14599822]

>>14599809
Rolex Submariner.

[Anonymous No.14599828]

>>14599809
Rolex Submariner.

[Anonymous No.14599830]

>>14599809
Try a Rolex Submariner.

[Anonymous No.14599832]

>>14599809
I can reccomend the Rolex Submariner.

[Anonymous No.14599834]

>>14599809
Take a look at the Rolex Submariner if you haven't already.

[Anonymous No.14599836]

>>14599809
Rolex Submariner would be a good choice.

[Anonymous No.14599838]

>>14599809
Rolex Submariner maybe?

[Anonymous No.14599839]

>>14599809
Rolex Submariner is always a good bet.

[Anonymous No.14599841]

>>14599809
Try a Rolex Submariner, they're good.

[Anonymous No.14599842]

>>14599809
Rolex Submariner would fit what you want.

[Anonymous No.14599844]

So /fa/, number one...

[Anonymous No.14599845]

>>14599809
Rolex Submariner.

[Anonymous No.14599847]

>>14599809
Rolex Submariner.

[Anonymous No.14599848]

...or number two?

[Anonymous No.14599849]

>>14599809
I'm Archibald Chesterfield III, the method actor who plays Paul Pluta. Get a Rolex Submariner you CHEAP
NASTY
PHUCKER

[Anonymous No.14599856]

>>14599848
>>14599844
one

[Anonymous No.14599859]

>>14599844
1

[Anonymous No.14599863]

>>14599809

Tudor Sub

[Anonymous No.14599875]

>>14599863
kek

[Anonymous No.14599987]

Why do people rave so much about this disgusting piece of shit?

Fucking awkwardly positioned WHITE day date that CUTS OFF THE FUCKING NUMBERS

Shit lume, 50m WR, and reviewers are saying this turd is the best watch under $500

FUCK YOU!!!!

[Anonymous No.14599992]

This one or the original design

[Anonymous No.14599996]

>>14599987
It would be a really great watch if it didn't cut the numbers though.

[Anonymous No.14599999]

>>14599294
I would also like to know this

[Anonymous No.14600003]

>>14599294
>I live in SEA
Why?

[Anonymous No.14600009]

>>14599992
Wait for the cream dial/gold hands to be back in stock. It is THE 1963.

[Anonymous No.14600017]

>>14599992
The problem with the black dial is hked strangely matched it with gold, and plastic white indices, and it looks somewhat cheap and tacky.

Blue dial variant is superior. In low light the blue will be almost black, and all hands/markers are a matching steel silver. It is overall far more handsome.

https://www.hkedwatches.com/collections/1963-38mm/products/copy-of-copy-of-hked-1963-cream-and-black-dial

[Anonymous No.14600019]

>>14598859
what's the model? 41mm is the sweet spot for Navitimers in my opinion. Congrats on the purchase, wear it in good health.

[Anonymous No.14600030]

>>14600009
I disagree, the gold material hked looks pretty shitty, in bright sunshine it looks almost like butter and you struggle to actually see it when you glance at your wathc

I see the gold hand hked1963 posted for sale used a LOT, and I have also read about people in forums often trading the gold hand version back to HKED in trade for the blued hands

[Anonymous No.14600040]

>>14600017
He modeled it after one of the original black prototypes, so it's not really his decision. The hked cream/gold hands and black versions may not be the most aesthetically pleasing IMO, but they're by far the most accurate recreations of the actual watches.

[Anonymous No.14600048]

>>14600019

Thank’s Bill

It’s ref. AB0910371B1X1

I agree that 41mm is the sweet spot. If you want one, go to your nearest boutique and put in an order b/c they will go fast. My nearest boutique only received 3 and I was the last one to make a deposit on it. Most big AD’s are only getting 1 at most.

[Anonymous No.14600057]

>>14600048
that's gorgeous. Sadly I'm over dealing with AD's these days, purely a personal choice due to too many BS games.
Please do post a wrist shot once it comes in. Enjoy it!

[Anonymous No.14600069]

>>14600040
thats real gold though, and looks pretty fuckin good
hked's gold looks like complete ass, almost like butter, trust me I own the blue hands variant

[Anonymous No.14600075]

>>14597832
Bit of a blog post here but I really don't know where else to ask. Long story short, friend of my mom died 4 years ago. He left us his house and gave me this watch. Ive never worn it, just kept it hidden away somewhere safe. I don't want to sell it but I'm in college really tight on money. Any idea what it might be worth? It has all these documents with it.

[Anonymous No.14600080]

>>14600075

[Anonymous No.14600085]

>>14600075
Not much, low thousands. What size is it?

[Anonymous No.14600088]

>>14600075
bracelet is aftermarket. "T SWISS T" on the bottom of the dial looks horribly off. looks like it's trying to replicate a 1601 as seen here:
https://www.watchpool24.com/en/30734228/rolex-datejust-1601-step-dial-papers
but isn't doing a good job. I'd suggest taking it to a watchmaker and opening up the back to at least see the movement.

[Anonymous No.14600101]

>>14600088
>>14600075
could also be one of these with a replacement dial and strap.
https://www.bachmann-scher.de/en/sold-watches/rolex-vintage-date-ref-1500-18k-yellow-gold-bj-1966-2933.html

https://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/watches/wrist-watches/rolex-yellow-gold-oyster-perpetual-date-wristwatch-ref-1500-circa-1970s/id-j_232834/

I'd still open up the back and see what's inside just for curiosity's sake.

[Anonymous No.14600113]

>>14600088
I mean this one says 1955 on it, so it's pretty old

[Anonymous No.14600115]

>>14600113
look at the links i sent, and make your own mind up. do some research perhaps based on the serial and reference number found between the lugs. all the knowledge on vintage Rolex is out there online, and it's too vast to sum up here in a few posts. That's the best guidance I can give, good luck.

[Anonymous No.14600132]

https://youtu.be/juRgciC-t8o?t=104

Identify the watch on the guy on the left please.

[Anonymous No.14600143]

>>14600132
It's a shitter.

[Anonymous No.14600191]

Does my watch compliment my outfit? Seems pretty lit

[Anonymous No.14600212]

>>14600191
kek

[Anonymous No.14600233]

>>14600009
China gets nuked

screenshot this

[Anonymous No.14600239]

>>14597832
I have a choice to make, help me out /wt/.
Vintage Omega, Vintage Jaeger-LeCoultre, or a Vintage Ulysse Nardin?

[Anonymous No.14600245]

>>14600239
Get a GS

[Anonymous No.14600259]

>>14599216
nasty font; nasty chrono second hand; too thin minute and hour hands; unsymmetrical and cheap chrono minute and second hands; convoluted dial levelling; too many lines, text, and markers; stale numbers; bulbous bezel.

Ok im trying to find faults, but i really do prefer the patek split-seconds chrono over this one

[Anonymous No.14600262]

>>14597983
Gorgeous watch. Better design than any rolex or omega. However it is not suitable for diving despite its name.

[Anonymous No.14600263]

>>14600245

Let me guess, it was a gift from your wife after your vasectomy?

>>14600239

UN

[Anonymous No.14600267]

>>14600262
Other than not having a lumed seconds hand, how?

[Anonymous No.14600277]

>>14600267
It has shit water resistance. Not trust worthy.

[Anonymous No.14600372]

>>14600277
>shit water resistance
Opinion discarded.

[Anonymous No.14600387]

https://youtu.be/IuWhBrhJ6MA
Is he, dare I say it, our guy?

[Anonymous No.14600404]

>>14600387

>giving them attention

[Anonymous No.14600410]

i have a vintage benrus 3 star automatic that's running insanely fast, like 4-5+ hours per day. i've tried a demagnetizer, and maybe it was user error or a faulty product, but it had 0 effect. do i have to bite the bullet and pay for what will probably be a $150-200 service on a watch i paid $70 for?

[Anonymous No.14600426]

>>14600387
>22:53

[Anonymous No.14600427]

>>14600245
I don't want a GS.
>>14600263
Thanks.

[Anonymous No.14600473]

>>14600387
Only for interviewing jean claude biever.
The mvmt hate is stupid. They are made for people that want a "nice looking" watch. The same thing as buying clothes from the mall. They are made in China worthless crap but people buy for the look, not for the quality. Props to him for milking social media money.
>>14600426
I want to see Archie making that video.

[Anonymous No.14600646]

Does this watch have any value? I can't seem to find any online and this was bought from Norway I think, or some other Scandinavian country.

[Anonymous No.14600650]

>>14600646
I don't know the exact model but new Seiko quartz chronos are in the $100-200 USD range

[Anonymous No.14600682]

>>14600646
https://global.rakuten.com/en/store/seiko3s/item/sks421p1/

[Anonymous No.14600684]

>>14600646
Into the garbage.

[Anonymous No.14600691]

Superior hesalite crystal with its extreme durability.

[Anonymous No.14600698]

>>14600691
It went to space and was tested by NASA, it's extremely tough stuff.

[Anonymous No.14600704]

>>14600698
until it starts to rain

[Anonymous No.14600718]

>>14600698
Tough, unlike the fragile mechanical movement inside
Buy a quartz chrono

[Anonymous No.14600745]

>>14599987
Really my only complaint with the dial is that they should have left off the 24 numeral. That's the only out of place thing to my eye. Don't mind the 11 and 1 being clipped. I agree there's no excuse for the lume and would prefer 100m water resistance. If they made those three changes I'd buy one in a heartbeat

[Anonymous No.14600863]

>>14599714
>>14599721
>Is that really true?

Are supposed to be? No
Are because they're built like fucking tanks? Yes

[Anonymous No.14600905]

What are the thoughts on Marathon watches? Other than the tritium tubes shitting out eventually

[Anonymous No.14600925]

>>14600718
Quartz cannot handle the solar radiation during EVA. The speedy actually remains the only EVA watch even though the X33 has replaced it for general use.

[Anonymous No.14600928]

>>14600905

Can you remove the tubes once they give out and paint lume over where they used to be? I have the general purpose automatic and really like, but the tritium tubes are pretty gimmicky and prone to get knocked loose.

[Anonymous No.14600931]

>>14600263
>>14600239
What is a nice vintage Nardin?

[Anonymous No.14600944]

>>14600928
Pretty sure you can send it back to Marathon for a new dial and hands. Not sure on the price

[Anonymous No.14600949]

>>14600905
They are REALLY FUCKING HUGE. Get a Fortis or Sinn.

[Anonymous No.14600953]

>>14600949
Like the thickness? Says it's 41mm diameter

[Anonymous No.14600958]

>>14600905
Overpriced but nobody else does tritium at a budget so, you know, you ain't got a choice

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[Anonymous No.14601012]

>>14600925
>Quartz cannot handle the solar radiation during EVA
off-the-shelf GoPro cameras work on EVAS so I'm inclined to believe you're talking out your ass.

[Anonymous No.14601041]

>>14599772
Yes, it's a man

[Anonymous No.14601047]

>>14601012
2019 GoPros are the same thing as early non-thermocompensated quartz movements

[Anonymous No.14601252]

>>14601047
No they aren't.

[Anonymous No.14601274]

>>14601252

[Anonymous No.14601280]

Thoughts on Nixon watches?

[Anonymous No.14601282]

>>14601280

[Anonymous No.14601288]

>>14601282
Ahh shit. I got gifted one though. Would it be a good watch until I get a proper one?

[Anonymous No.14601303]

>>14601288
No, it's just pleb bait like countless other fashion brands. See also:
https://imgur.com/a/6CNO8

[Anonymous No.14601311]

>>14601288
Throw it in the trash and never speak to the person who gave you it ever again.

>>14601308
>>14601308
>>14601308

[Anonymous No.14601323]

>>14601303
>>14601311
Thanks. Will get a proper watch. Any suggestions? Something basic and good for casual and formal styles.

[Anonymous No.14601343]

>>14600191
you are a skinnyboi with a fucking compass on your wrist. find something smaller, it can be just as flashy, but not as corny.

[Anonymous No.14601348]

>>14601323
check the guide, steer clear of fashion watches unless you really really like one, you would be overpaying for the brand name

[Anonymous No.14601393]

>>14600191
Fuck off nigger.

[Anonymous No.14601568]

ROOOOOLEX

[Anonymous No.14601688]

>>14600259
Incredible, every one of your opinions is wrong

>>14600691
>>14600698
Bait harder

[Anonymous No.14602241]

>>14598175
Based A168 wearer

[Anonymous No.14602248]

now you have my permission to buy

[Anonymous No.14603246]

>>14601288
overpriced fashion watch. if you like it, wear it. not like you paid anything for it.

[Anonymous No.14603614]

Blancpain Fifty Fathoms

[Anonymous No.14603970]

>>14600969
based basedmaster

[Anonymous No.14604244]

>>14602248
I like but
>Countdown bezel
>Mirror finish on a sports watch
Fucking why

[Anonymous No.14604703]

>>14598912
>>14598917
The strap doesn't look super awful. I'd toss that nasty piece of shit and use the strap to spruce up a less disgusting shitter.

[Anonymous No.14604886]

>>14598241
It does.

[Anonymous No.14604887]

>>14598300
The bracelet isn't terrible. I have other straps for it. Good luck finding one in this kind of shape.

[Anonymous No.14604892]

>>14600949
They have 36mm divers and field watches