/wt/ - Watch Thread

[Anonymous No.15187752]

This thread is about the appreciation of watches and their design, their history, and the engineering and materials that are required to make a functioning timepiece.


Guides:
> Poorfag guide: https://m.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 / "minimalist" fashion watch?
> https://imgur.com/a/6CNO8

Should I buy this Armani / Michael Kors / mall watch?
> https://imgur.com/a/Sw1FsAn

"Suggest a watch for me."
> Your budget
> Watch type, e.g. dress, diver, pilot
> Movement, e.g. automatic, hand wound, quartz
> Desired features, e.g. water resistance, day/date, 2nd time zone
> Preferred strap option, e.g. leather, nylon, bracelet
> Wrist size or desired watch size

前: >>15185554

[Anonymous No.15187758]

What the fuck are you doing, the other watch thread is literally still on the front page

[Anonymous No.15187792]

>>15187758
>oh no you made a thread like 5 posts early
calm down boomer

[Anonymous No.15187812]

Post your grails!

[Anonymous No.15187825]

Are there any mid-prized (aka shitters) watches you can get good, custom printed dials for?
Like the classic modder watches, amphibia, various seikos, maybe some chink diver homages?
Of course I can get custom print watches of aliexpress (some anon found some "nice" one like two threads back), but they're <$20 quartz shitters. I'm looking at the $50 to $500 price range.
I'd love to have a Vostok Amphibia with a dial like pic related!

[Anonymous No.15187830]

>>15187752
Thinking about getting an Orient Ray 2, seems like a good entry level diver. I just love the look of watches like the Submariner, Seamaster or Black Bay so the design is right up my alley.

I am just undecided if I want to get the regular one or the blacked out version (Raven). The regular version seems more classy but the Raven looks pretty neat on Nato straps.

Is it a good watch overall ? Any alternatives I should look at ? I am aware of the Seiko SKX

[Anonymous No.15187832]

The Oyster case looks so good on her wrist

[Anonymous No.15187835]

>>15187792
It's still going to be hours if not days before it hits page 10 you ADD rattled zoomer

[Anonymous No.15187837]

>>15187825
So I'd essentially need something were I can download some .psd (or preferably, .xcf, since we're on /g/) template with where it'll be covered by minute markers or the date window and such, send it to them, and they print just whatever this file contains in a high dpi way that will not immidiately get bleached by a day in the sun.
does that exist?
San Martin, which apparently does good enough "homages" offers something,
https://de.aliexpress.com/item/4000362800045.html
but I guess they don't do photo quality jpgs, so I dunno.

[Anonymous No.15187839]

>>15187837
But I'd love to have that tuna can clone with a tacky dial!

[Anonymous No.15187843]

>>15187839
Correction:
Even tackier than that yellow one.

[Anonymous No.15187874]

Simple question but one I don't ever see discussed:

Do mechanical watches tend to get faster or slower over time? Like do most watches coming in for a service run too fast or too slow?

I usually see people prefer their watch to run just a tiny bit fast, ~+4, but I'm not sure if it's because they tend to slow down over time or just because it's easier to set a fast watch provided it has hacking seconds.

My first thought was that as lubricants dry out and the arbors and jewels get worn, friction will increase causing slowdown. But then I realized friction will decrease balance amplitude and actually make the watch speed up.

So which is it?

[Anonymous No.15187884]

>>15187752
First for f-91w

[Anonymous No.15187887]

>>15187843
What happened to your fingers my guy?
Also, I'm only aware of the cheap chink shit being able to do custom watches, so I think you might be sol. I'd like to be wrong tho

[Anonymous No.15187917]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Lqm2vNrXTs

FUCKING HELL the GX is huge.

[Anonymous No.15187923]

>>15187887
>What happened to your fingers my guy?
Well, I got my watch through 'Nam, but I lost the fingers somewhere along the way.
>Also, I'm only aware of the cheap chink shit being able to do custom watches
Well, there is some decent enough chinkshit on the wild, wide world of aliexpress, so I still have hope.
>I'd like to be wrong tho
Me too. Now that I think of it some more, it would be really cool to have the gf redo some of the ulysse nardin poses and have a photo of her on the dial! (Pic related). And then I'd be the king of sleazecore!

[Anonymous No.15187929]

>>15187752
Redpill me on Grand Seiko kings

[Anonymous No.15187930]

>>15187825
San Martin has a customization service where you can get custom text on the dial and custom laser engraving on the caseback. I think you can get logos on the dial but I'm not sure if you can do a full image print. They make pretty decent stuff quality wise, lots of clones of older Seiko dive watches.
https://aliexpress.com/item/4000362800045.html

[Anonymous No.15187934]

>>15187929
Spring Drive the best mechanical watch movement out there currently. The seconds hand sweep makes Rolex's look like a shitter. They're also very tasteful, many of them are understated from a design perspective.

[Anonymous No.15187935]

>>15187929
A way to get something better than modern Seiko movement wise for similar cost. But unless you get the 45XX movements with 36000 beatrate it's kind of a waste. Unless you like 36-38mm watches and kanji date wheels. Then it's totally worth it.

[Anonymous No.15187939]

>>15187929
King Seiko is an older, discontinued brand.

[Anonymous No.15187940]

>>15187934
I'm not knowledgeable on this stuff, is a spring drive movement automatic? how is the watch powered? I'm interested in the SBGM235- crazy dial. what are your favourite ones design wise?

>>15187935
Kanji date wheels wow

[Anonymous No.15187944]

>>15187929
its cliched to hell, but

"You buy a Rolex to impress others."
"You buy a Seiko to impress yourself"

[Anonymous No.15187943]

>>15187939
Brother you don't understand. YOU and the other scholars on this board are the kings.

[Anonymous No.15187945]

>>15187944
Don't stop I'm getting close

[Anonymous No.15187948]

>>15187930
Yeah, that's the link I posted >>15187837, but it seems like they don't do images. And I did indeed hear good things about them (and steeldive too, for ~$50 less). WAtches like that seem cheap enough to go for a tacky joke, yet decent enough to actually use that joke for a few years.
Besides the print issue, does anyone else have any experiences with San Martin or Steeldive or the other, mid priced AliExpress homages?

[Anonymous No.15187949]

>>15187943
is joek.

[Anonymous No.15187960]

>>15187832
Not as good as my balls would look on her chin.

[Anonymous No.15187961]

>>15187940
Spring drive is interesting
This guy explains it decently starting at 1:15
https://youtube.com/watch?v=LGroXKXlavk

[Anonymous No.15187962]

>>15187940
They're generally automatic but it uses a Quartz crystal like a digital watch. However, there is no battery. Think about it like the alternator of a car, the mechanical movement of the watch creates enough energy to oscillate the crystal. This is what makes the movement so smooth, it's regulated by quartz but it is still a mechanical movement.

Personally, I love the ever-popular Snowflake, and their GMT is very clean looking, but recently I found out there is a Godzilla special edition that just looks really cool to me.

[Anonymous No.15187973]

>>15187962
My main problem with spring drive is that it doesn't have a day display, which is just an absolute killer. Maybe one day they'll fit a day wheel in, but maybe there just isn't enough space or something.

[Anonymous No.15187974]

>>15187961
>>15187962

Thanks fellas this is a great board, all the watch kings on here always willing to help out.

[Anonymous No.15187975]

>>15187940
Spring drive is cool
Here is a pretty good video explaining it.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=TqSg4owRcV0

[Anonymous No.15187980]

>>15187975
fuck that's smooth

[Anonymous No.15187987]

>>15187973
There are plenty that do have a date window, to me a date window is fine but GS seems to really be dedicated to making elegant watches that aren't cluttered. Some people also don't like the Spring Drive indicator for just that reason, but there are a ton of models that have different levels of complication.

[Anonymous No.15188010]

>>15187980
Bear in mind there are only, like, five people in the world certified to maintain and repair the movement, so hope you like mailing your watch to japan every time you need it oiled.

[Anonymous No.15188015]

>>15188010
False. Basic 9R movements are serviced domestically.

[Anonymous No.15188023]

https://youtu.be/3rNyaS0lQW0?t=116

Should I get left or right? Or something else?

[Anonymous No.15188028]

>>15188023
Just get the standard 5610. IMO it's more readable and it isn't worth paying a premium on a less readable display.

[Anonymous No.15188044]

>>15187825
Yooo this shark bouta fuck that lady lmao

[Anonymous No.15188046]

>>15187940
>>15187945
I saw king and assumed you meant vintage seiko kings, not grand seiko. Grand seiko doesn't use kanji date wheels these days.
GS sort of follows an old idea Seiko had for grammar of design, which basically just means make it shiny. If you see one in person the hands and case just gleam in a way you might not see in other watches. It's a way to catch the eye without being fuckhuge or brightly colored. Breitling tries to do something similar. But it's just for the case, and without the angles so it's not the same.

https://wornandwound.com/art-time-taro-tanaka-seikos-grammar-design/

[Anonymous No.15188051]

>>15188023
Just watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88msZ1TkjYY and the follow up, then pick the one you like the look of most.

[Anonymous No.15188053]

>>15187935
Don’t think he means “king seiko”

[Anonymous No.15188061]

>>15187929
Top tier weeb watches, can't go wrong

[Anonymous No.15188067]

>>15188061
>weeb
>no kanji day
You disgust me.

[Anonymous No.15188093]

>>15188051
>tfw they don't even mention the one on the right

[Anonymous No.15188095]

>>15188093
Because it's just a variant model with a slightly different dial and a negative display. You can find a few of those for most of the major models, what's important are the functionality of the module and the specs of the case.

[Anonymous No.15188097]

>>15188061
Based

[Anonymous No.15188100]

>>15187884

post you casios

[Anonymous No.15188103]

Okay guys, so I have done deep dives on Orient, Citizen and Seiko Credor watches so far on Yahoo Auctions Japan. What brand should I look at next? I'm avoiding Seiko for now because the sheer volume of watches is a bit overwhelming.

[Anonymous No.15188105]

>>15188103
Finishing up with a few more rare Citizens

[Anonymous No.15188107]

>>15188105

[Anonymous No.15188109]

>>15188107

[Anonymous No.15188115]

>>15188109
Last one, this is a reissue.

[Anonymous No.15188117]

>>15188103
Pretty much anything swatch group

[Anonymous No.15188118]

Opinions on the Timex modern easy reader? Wanted something I can wear everyday without putting too much wear and tear on my seiko (pic related)

[Anonymous No.15188120]

>>15188117
Do you happen to have that chart handy that shows all the brands owned by swatch?

[Anonymous No.15188130]

>>15188120
Nope. Just use this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swatch_Group
Also, almost every european watch brand that's been around for a while has some old shit to look at, although the germans less so because it's basically just fliegers.

As far as american brands go, Bulova has some neat stuff.

[Anonymous No.15188131]

>>15188067
Okay I have limits

[Anonymous No.15188134]

>>15188118
>timex
no
timex is garbage, never buy anything timex no matter what shills here or on websites tell you. fuck timex. even the vintage ones. just fuck them

[Anonymous No.15188137]

>>15188130
This is somehow more sexy than even really high end mechanical skeleton watches.

[Anonymous No.15188143]

>>15188137
I think the green leather strap really makes it more than anything else.

On a side note, King Seikos have held their value decently well all things considered.

[Anonymous No.15188146]

>>15188103
>I'm avoiding Seiko for now

[Anonymous No.15188151]

>>15188146

[Anonymous No.15188155]

>>15188151

[Anonymous No.15188157]

>>15188146
They are sexy as hell. I'm just saying it will take me a week to go through all the Seiko listings.
Taking a quick look at Timex because it shouldn't take long.

[Anonymous No.15188162]

>>15188157

[Anonymous No.15188166]

>>15188157
It'll be a week well spent. Seiko has some total fucking gems, some better known than others

[Anonymous No.15188168]

>>15188162

[Anonymous No.15188173]

>>15188168

[Anonymous No.15188179]

>>15188134
Wait what's wrong with timex? Newfag/poorfag here, and poorfags seem to love them. Unfortunately, as much as I want another sieko or even a citizen or orient, the prices are too high in canuck land

[Anonymous No.15188186]

>>15188173
This is a reissue, it's okay.

[Anonymous No.15188187]

>>15188179
>Seiko prices are too high in Canada
Are you looking at used or new? I don't know how poor you are, but Canada prices really aren't that bad.

t. Canadian

[Anonymous No.15188191]

>>15188179
Actually even if you are poor didn't you get your $2,000/month from daddy? What's your excuse for not blowing it on a sick watch.

[Anonymous No.15188194]

>>15188179
I think you should just wear your seiko and enjoy it. Don't worry about some scratches. It has a sapphire glass so that won't pick up any damage unless you are rubbing diamonds on it.

[Anonymous No.15188196]

>>15188179
>a brand that sells its longstanding american heritage but the watches are now entirely outsourced to china
>low grade quartz movements jammed into a low grade case with a cheap nylon strap, basically daniel wellington tier shittery and the watches don't even look good
>the non-chronograph models are extremely loud, can be heard ticking from across a room because they're so shittily made
>all their vintage reissues that may have touched an american hand once during casing are sold at 5x markup to milk nostalgia even though they're all using bottom dollar parts
>watch designs aren't even unique
timex are fucking whores
just get a citizen eco-drive, a brand that has real history but also has dignity and offers some value. you get a high standard quartz movement that runs on solar so you don't even have to think about it for like 15 years and far superior build quality, and you can get many cool ones for around 150-200 dollars used which is attainable for anyone for a watch you can use your entire young adult life

[Anonymous No.15188199]

>>15188186
This one's pretty ugly.

[Anonymous No.15188202]

How does it feel to wear a Rolex?

[Anonymous No.15188204]

>>15188199
This is kind of interesting for their Expedition line.

[Anonymous No.15188209]

>>15188179
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ivx4JNhXjFg

[Anonymous No.15188211]

>>15188191
Was hired to a job but before I could work a single shift they temporary closed and layoffs hit everyone. I dont get shit for it. And I havent made the minimum amount over the past year and a bit (5k min) so I cant qualify for CERB. Essentially I'm stuck. But I still wanna wear a watch when I go out for a walk or work on the car or something without worry.

>>15188187
Sieko 5 prices are higher than I've ever seen them. I'm trying to keep my budget at $75 Canadian. Even if I could afford to, I dont want to go over that for obvious reasons

[Anonymous No.15188215]

>>15188196
Oof shit, didnt know they moved manufacturing to china. I thought they were good ole American. I've made it a personal goal to bot buy anything Chinese or china made since the wuflu. I'll skip them. Thanks

[Anonymous No.15188216]

>>15188179
psychos who spend their time in their dead quiet room (no fan on) staring at the wall say it ticks too loud. I mean their cheap inside but they’re usually priced accordingly and are effay looking.

[Anonymous No.15188219]

>>15188204
Just going to post a few more, have to include the classic Ironman. I think they started making these again.

[Anonymous No.15188220]

>>15188211
Oh damn, that really sucks anon I'm sorry to hear that. Could you maybe get CESB if you were recently a student?

At $75 Canadian you could look into some vintage Seiko 5 or Ricoh watches. Ricoh has some cool old stuff for sure.

[Anonymous No.15188223]

>>15188219
I really like the numerals on this old automatic. The hands look cheap as hell.

[Anonymous No.15188228]

>>15188196
>>15188215
not china,vast majority of their offerings are made in the philippines now (but i think their premium line has now shifted back to the USA recently)

it wouldnt be so bad if they at least have stainless steel cases. But nope, only the watchback is steel, the case is plated brass, even on their ~$150 watches. Thats like budget fashion jewellery material. Even $30 chinese watches use steel.

[Anonymous No.15188231]

>>15188211
Check out loris watches. They are a sub brand of seiko and they make some cool quartz field watches that are pretty cheap.

[Anonymous No.15188232]

>>15188220
I'll look I to CESB. I was a full time student, my semester's just ended recently. Thanks anon

[Anonymous No.15188236]

Why is there so many watches and models and brands and shit when there's so few mechanisms and the variations between the watches of a same type is so small?

Can we safely say that at the very least 90% of all watches produced are completely superfluous and the world would be better without them?

[Anonymous No.15188237]

>>15188196
>and the watches don't even look good

but the watches look good though. Thats how they sell. watches like the weekender sell so well because they look so good.

[Anonymous No.15188238]

>>15188223
Here is a vintage dive watch. Man the Japs suck at taking good pictures.
>>15188231
*Lorus

[Anonymous No.15188240]

>>15188232
Yes, best of luck and stay healthy.

[Anonymous No.15188241]

>>15188236
>Can we safely say that at the very least 90% of all fashion produced is completely superfluous and the world would be better without them?
fixd

[Anonymous No.15188242]

>>15188231
Perfect suggestion anon. Thank you. Found a good one.

[Anonymous No.15188244]

>>15188236
I think one of the problems is that the watch industry is so dependent on marketing and 'heritage' that it's hard for smaller companies to invest in making anything interesting.

[Anonymous No.15188250]

>>15188238
>Japs suck at taking pictures
Ironic given how good they are at cameras

[Anonymous No.15188255]

>>15188202
Like a blowjob where they guy's beard is tickling your balls

[Anonymous No.15188256]

>>15188244
Maybe but look at the 2020 watch announcements from luxury brands, from Breitling to Patek, it's just all complete shit that either already exists, or looks so fucking weird that no one will ever look at it and say "wow that's a classic example of a watch with heritage and whatever other bullshit". It's just incredible to me that out of like 200 new watches, maybe 1-2 look like a proper watch (the new $15k Speedy for example) and the rest is just endlessly meandering through random design iterations.

[Anonymous No.15188261]

>>15188256
All of the big Swiss luxury brands are running on meme alone except Omega who are half memes half actually trying, and they get made fun of for it

[Anonymous No.15188262]

[Anonymous No.15188263]

>>15188256
Eh, you have to adjust your mindset. Those hundreds of variations you mention come out for people who either have money to blow on any watch they want, or people who just need something to push them over the edge to buy a watch.

The 'safe' options will always be there. Omega will always have their classic watches as will Rolex, PP, Breitling, JLC, etc. All those crazy designs are just for random people with money to blow.

[Anonymous No.15188264]

>>15188261
I think another part of the problem is the increase in popularity of vintage watches. Big watch companies don't make money on vintage watches, and it's weird to think that their older watches are actually a threat on their current business.

[Anonymous No.15188265]

>>15188238
Here is a vintage Iron man made out of some kind of metal.

[Anonymous No.15188267]

>>15188263
>who either have money to blow on any watch they want
Yeah but I don't see why they would want any of those instead of a proper looking watch for the same price.

Seriously look at this shit for example:

https://youtu.be/XhvMLmf9Fy0?t=1226

[Anonymous No.15188272]

>>15188241
this, if you’re looking for essential living, then /out/ is a better choice than here

[Anonymous No.15188273]

>>15188267
Again, you're not in the right mindset. The customers of these watches already have all the 'proper looking watches' that they want or they don't really care about watches but impulse buy one of these random things.

[Anonymous No.15188276]

>>15188264
I still think they are leaving tons of money on the table by Never doing 1 to 1 vintage reissues. They always have to fuck around with them and make them bigger. Sure larger watches are the trend right now, but if the vintage ones are selling there has to be some demand there. Im fine with them switching to sapphire or improving the water resistance, but they always have to much about with other details and mess everything up. Seiko did a reissue of the 62 mas that was almost 1 to 1 but then only made 2000 of them and they cost like 4 grand, then they released this horrible upsized monstrosity for $700 and they aren't popular at all.

[Anonymous No.15188281]

>>15188273
If there's so much wealth in the world that you have to throw 90% of it away on rainbow shitters to keep the economy working, while most people can't even afford one single decent watch then perhaps something's wrong with the system.

[Anonymous No.15188283]

>>15188276
Customer preferences towards watch sizes are actually already trending downwards. People realized 42mm vintage reissues are fucking mongoloid and want 38mm to be the standard now. It's just that the watch industry is fucking slow so it'll be a couple years before they start making smaller watches, at the very least.

[Anonymous No.15188284]

>>15188281
I mean yeah duh, it's funny that it takes a watch thread on /fa/ for you to realize that. But yeah for sure the world is really fucked up.

[Anonymous No.15188286]

Here is the obligatory Timex Sub homage.

[Anonymous No.15188291]

>>15188276
Yeah I agree with this 100%, and I think this is part of the reason why Rolex is so successful, given that their designs haven't changed much over so many years. Omega has recently started doing reissues or reimaginings in the case of the Globemaster so I think they're on the right track.

Another part of the issue though is the lack of capability to source parts for in house movements. A lot of watch brands used to do in house movements but no longer have the capacity to do so, and that limits their ability to remake some of their back catalogue.

[Anonymous No.15188292]

>>15188286
Here's another 70s Timex. These things have the cheapest looking handsets I have seen outside of mall shitters.

[Anonymous No.15188293]

>>15188291
Rolex came out with that dreadful Maxi case though and Rolex faggots are all sucking on their dick even though the Maxi case looks and feels like shit

[Anonymous No.15188297]

>>15187812
There's a sweet irony to it, isn't there?

[Anonymous No.15188298]

>>15188293
I guess so, but the Oyster case is still on enough models, and the Oyster Perpetual and Datejust will always be Rolex's bread and butter so they can afford to take a few more liberties with the other models.

[Anonymous No.15188299]

>>15188291
I honestly don't think most people care if it's a totally different movement either. I'm sure some do but mostly people want the chance to buy that cool watch from the 60s without having to deal with all the downsides of owning a watch from the 60s.

[Anonymous No.15188311]

>>15188293
I'm not a fan of the maxi case but it's hard to tell Rolex they are doing it wrong when there is a year + wait-list for Subs. I'm sure as trends change back to smaller watches they will ditch the maxi case.

[Anonymous No.15188315]

>>15188311
>but it's hard to tell Rolex they are doing it wrong when there is a year + wait-list for Subs.
That's because Rolex artificially controls supply hard and have been doing so for decades. Rolex's success is entirely artificial, they are a scumbag company, perhaps the worst of them all.

[Anonymous No.15188319]

>>15188315
>Rolex's success is entirely artificial
what are these words supposed to actually mean

[Anonymous No.15188321]

>>15188299
I don't give a single shit about movements, I just want a classic looking watch from a respectable brand that isn't a Speedy or a Sub.

[Anonymous No.15188324]

>>15188319
He's half right, they benefit off of concepts like artificial scarcity and they leverage their brand recognition better than any other luxury/fashion/jewelry brand out there, but by >>15188315 's definition all business success is artificial.

[Anonymous No.15188326]

>>15188319
Hand wringing over the fact that people like something they don't, or a dislike of marketing and luxury good tactics over value for the dollar. I can sympathize.

[Anonymous No.15188331]

Say I wanted a modern version of a RAF Omega, is Stowa Marine 36 hand-wound my only option?

The originals were 33mm (!) and almost noone does a marine deck watch with arabic numerals, railroad track and blued spade hands in reasonable sizes.
Everybody else makes one or more of the following mishaps: large case, thicc, non-blued hands, shitty typeface, meme dial and exorbitant pricing (Longines), small seconds, all in all, more true to the deck watches, than the RAF Omega/Longines pilots.

[Anonymous No.15188339]

Suggest a watch for me
>100$
>Square watch, metal, not casio 5600
>Digital
>Water resistance, maybe solar panel
>Nylon/rubber band
>Skeleton arm

[Anonymous No.15188358]

>>15188339
Look at the Casio Vintage line, they're pretty nice but a lot of them are just basic F-91s but with a variety of cases and straps. They have a huge lineup so you'll probably find something you like.

[Anonymous No.15188369]

>>15188339

Get the casio a1000 or look for a vintage watch of you liking online.

[Anonymous No.15188370]

Looking at the movements in these old Timex watches. They are total junk. I have never seen such a cheap looking mechanical movement in a watch before. I wonder if Japs thought these were cool imports and therefore more fashionable than their domestic brands.

[Anonymous No.15188371]

>>15188293
that's true theyre not immune but the maxicase is a pretty small change compared to other companies. the size is still the same. i almost think that rolex wanted to hop on the huge watch trend but they were too conservative to actually upsize popular models so they just made the case fatter kek. maybe theyll go back to old case now that people want smaller watches.

[Anonymous No.15188374]

>>15188331

[Anonymous No.15188379]

>>15188339
>metal
That makes it tough. Almost all the casios have metal plated plastic. They have the one new line with stainless steel cases A1000MCG but they have these faux mother of pearl dials that some people hate.
Your other option is to dig around for vintage stuff online but most of it is either beat up or expensive.

[Anonymous No.15188381]

>>15188370
Didn't Seiko end up buying a part of Timex at one point? Maybe there's something to the Japs thinking it was cool

[Anonymous No.15188385]

>>15188370
The dial is actually one of the cooler ones I have seen on a Timex but fuck me what a shitter.

[Anonymous No.15188393]

>>15188370
>has never taken apart a Ruhla

[Anonymous No.15188402]

>>15188374
For that much money I could get the Stowa AND the original. Also, prefer a clean dial, leave the buzzwords for the caseback or brochure.

[Anonymous No.15188417]

>>15188339
>solar panel and metal under $100
kek

[Anonymous No.15188421]

>>15188061
Based and Louisepilled

[Anonymous No.15188438]

>>15188283
I feel like part of the problem is the market is split between nerdy enthusiasts and rich people who want a shiny flex watch (i.e. rappers with new money)

I think the latter is still the majority of the Rolex and luxury watch market so we’ll continue seeing oversized watches for a while.

But there definitely is a trend towards classic sizing which is welcome. I don’t see Rolex doing that though.

[Anonymous No.15188446]

>>15188370
Oh, wow, that looks even worse than my 1 JEWELS swiss find!

[Anonymous No.15188448]

is this actually a SKMEI original?

this is like some funky tron or ironman bracelet

basically you press it and it lights up to show the time

[Anonymous No.15188451]

>>15188448

[Anonymous No.15188453]

>>15188256
What’s the weird shit?

[Anonymous No.15188455]

>>15187929
Watch Craig Shipp on YouTube if you want seriously redpills on Grand Seiko. He has tons of informative videos and livestreams showing updates on his GS watches.

[Anonymous No.15188457]

>>15188446
10 jewels? What do you need 5 jewels for?

[Anonymous No.15188463]

>>15188370
looks like this thing but in watch form desu

[Anonymous No.15188475]

>>15188417
Learn to read
>Metal and maybe a solar panel

[Anonymous No.15188483]

>>15188475
theres no way in hell you'll get metal and solar for under $100 my man

well, some citizen ecodrives are on the fringe of $100, but ive never seen them do a square watch

[Anonymous No.15188491]

>Oris Big Crown Pointer Date
>Junghans Max Bill handwind
>TAG Heuer Aquaracer
>Longines Conquest

which would you get? btw i will never spend (much) more than 2K for a watch so don't say Rolex

[Anonymous No.15188496]

>>15188491
tag heuer because it looks the coolest

[Anonymous No.15188497]

>>15188491
Neither, if you want a respectable brand in that price range, get Yema or Sinn.

[Anonymous No.15188502]

>>15188497
>get Yema or Sinn.
lol

[Anonymous No.15188503]

>>15188457
You will be hearing from my lawyer about the 17 jewels you owe me.

[Anonymous No.15188528]

>>15188491
Get the tag. The resident watch snobs will sneer but they look great.

[Anonymous No.15188531]

>>15188216
I will never not love this photo

[Anonymous No.15188559]

Rate this big Boi speedmaster

[Anonymous No.15188561]

>>15187884
literally the ugliest watch ever

[Anonymous No.15188563]

>>15188559
mesh bracelets are some straight up guido tier shit

[Anonymous No.15188564]

>>15188559
Ref 176.004
It's an absolute unit

[Anonymous No.15188569]

>>15188491
i like the junghans and the oris but i like older looking watches. /wt/ hate junghans because its reddit and overpriced if you buy it at msrp but theyre like $440 on jomashop which is pretty decent for a watch with an eta movement. Dont really care for either the tag or longines if you want more of a sporty watch though.

[Anonymous No.15188572]

Here's another fun one. It's a speedmaster with a fuckhuge removable orange bezel for some reason.

[Anonymous No.15188575]

>>15188572
Here it is without the bezel

[Anonymous No.15188582]

>>15188575
I guess it's to protect it from extreme temperatures.
And I'm done posting for now, Google is fucking my ass with slow fading captchas.

[Anonymous No.15188584]

>>15188559
looksfuckinweird/10

[Anonymous No.15188590]

>>15188283
The watch industry always takes at least a decade before adjusting to the market. They push out new and exclusive shit noone asked for, while people dig deeper in the vintage sections. The most prominent issue with re-issues is the increased size (be it case and/or font), and consequently fucked proportions, which no longer work. Just look at Longines. The largest watch in my collection is a type-a flieger at 43mm that looks -just- right. Even 40mm watches look odd if they are too thick.
proportions, proportions, proportions

[Anonymous No.15188591]

>>15188491
All good choices except the longines imo, but I'd take a heritage classic sector dial over any of them

>>15188496
>>15188528
I always thought they looked like shit in photos. Met a guy from the worst korea navy last year and thought his watch looked amazing from across the room, turned out it was an aquaracer. Really looks incredible irl

>>15188575
The alaska project is probably the best speedy special edition they've ever done. Cool, unique, historically significant and those capsule hands look sick

[Anonymous No.15188593]

>>15188572
Wasn't that something they did for space use or something?
Also:
Obligatory soviet space watch!

[Anonymous No.15188606]

#sovietgang

[Anonymous No.15188608]

I really want to have one of those sputnik watches, even though I don't like the font and the style.

[Anonymous No.15188618]

>>15188608
Dearest of all my friends, can I tempt you?

[Anonymous No.15188643]

>>15188618
Sorry comrade, I'm not going to join that revolution.
Nondescript dress watches with small seconds and serif fonts just don't do it for me.
They gotta have some wierd detail or print at leas.t

[Anonymous No.15188651]

does seiko make any sarx watches 38 mm or under? i can only find 40 mm cunters but the case is so nice

[Anonymous No.15188676]

>>15188651
For a bit more you can go vintage
>>15188151

[Anonymous No.15188683]

>>15188676
Nvm actually a 62GS is quite a bit more, I thought a sarx was over $1000

[Anonymous No.15188688]

Looking for a 5th mid-tier/inexpensive but still classy watch for my collection.
I have:
2 Rolexes (YM & DJ)
1 Tudor (Oyster prince DD)
1 casio f108wh

i want a new brand, what's something that would go well with this current collection? No omegas

[Anonymous No.15188690]

>>15188118
personally, my Weekender has been on my wrist non-stop since about 5 years ago and I work in a kitchen.
>takes a licking, keeps on TICK TICK TICKing.
the other guy gets mad but never mentions personal experience.

[Anonymous No.15188694]

>>15188651
SARB033?

[Anonymous No.15188701]

Discuss.

[Anonymous No.15188706]

>>15188701
He still can't read btw. Or tell the time.

[Anonymous No.15188708]

>>15188706
Just pay a lesser human to read your watch and tell you the time

[Anonymous No.15188711]

>>15188708
Isn't there an anecdote about this?

[Anonymous No.15188715]

>>15188701
Money can't buy taste, I guess?
Also, really hard to see any difference to Michael Kors shit from a distance, so Nigga ain't even looking rich without the stacks of money on dispaly.

[Anonymous No.15188718]

>>15188701
Is that a fucking iced out gshock in the top left? If so, that's so ridiculous it's almost cool

[Anonymous No.15188731]

>>15188491
>>Oris Big Crown Pointer Date
Really cool
>Junghans Max Bill handwind
Real bauhaus watch and a real modern ''vintage'' watch
>TAG Heuer Aquaracer
TAG huehuehue
>Longines Conquest
I have heard it's a nice watch

Which I would buy?, with high budget, the Oris, with lower budget, the Max Bill, but overall the Max Bill is better designed.

[Anonymous No.15188736]

>>15188701
>ultragigamillionaire
>generic bottle of four roses and captain morgan
This is why I will never accept watches that make their cases fuckhuge just because they know their target audience will use the base to put as much shiny stones on it as possible.
All niggers have a watch collection like this, none of them have anything interesting, just expensive and flashy.

[Anonymous No.15188749]

>>15188736
Meanwhile, Che Guevara's Rolex collection:

https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-blog/just-because/rolex-watches-che-guevara.html

[Anonymous No.15188750]

>>15188209
informative and fair.
he even says modern Timex is different and that he really wants a new Marlin.
>>15188216
this exactly

[Anonymous No.15188752]

>>15188749
>not one of them is diamond-clad
Your point? During his time, Rolex was still a tool watch, expensive and exotic, yes, very much so, but still a tool watch.

[Anonymous No.15188762]

>>15188749
>When Che Guevara was killed on October 9th, 1967, CIA operative Félix Rodríguez removed Guevara’s Rolex GMT-Master from the wrist of his corpse; the watch remains in his possession to this day.
Can you really loot corpses irl like that?

[Anonymous No.15188764]

>>15188762
If you're CIA, yeah.

[Anonymous No.15188765]

>>15188683
thx anyways
>>15188694
looks like thats the best option but the sarx case def looks like a step up finishing wise.

[Anonymous No.15188766]

What's up fellow /fa/scists, show us your beater shitter you wear during work.

Cheap-ass Casio Edifice, love it.

[Anonymous No.15188768]

>>15188749
>https://www.bobswatches.com/rolex-blog/just-because/rolex-watches-che-guevara.html
WTF kind of weird Rolex ad combined with some
>5 fun facts about comunist you didn't think were true
buzzfeed crap was that?
Felt almost as weird as reading strokeposting.

[Anonymous No.15188771]

>>15188766
green dial Timex Weekender chrono on a light blue perlon

[Anonymous No.15188778]

>>15188766

[Anonymous No.15188783]

>>15188370
you aren't wrong but anon posted a video upthread with some footage of replacing an arrowhead with a timex of that vintage, shooting it through a pane of glass, landing into an aquarium, fishing it out and the second hand still ticking. the camera angles change but all tv was live broadcast then, including ads: editing was not possible.
any other watch back then (and most today) would have stopped


tl;dr Timex was built for toughness not accuracy or longevity. you don't have to like it but they were the best at their stated goal.

[Anonymous No.15188796]

>>15188783
>all tv was live broadcast then, including ads: editing was not possible
You WHAT, now?

[Anonymous No.15188799]

>>15188448
>you press it and it lights up to show the time
>requires two-handed operation
the whole point of wrist watches replacing pocket watches was eliminating this.
unironically use your phone

[Anonymous No.15188837]

>>15188701
I'm only jelly about those clothes, they look comfy and fabulous.

[Anonymous No.15188848]

>>15188766
pic a few days old

[Anonymous No.15188867]

>>15188749
Pure shit compared to based Lama and his gold Patek

[Anonymous No.15188870]

>>15188796
I mean, you could shoot footage, edit it together, project it at a screen, then point a tv camera at it, but otherwise it was all live, and that's clearly how the Timex ads were done.
since you don't believe me:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinescope
this is how live broadcasts were archived

[Anonymous No.15188874]

>>15188867
Did he ever get it serviced?

[Anonymous No.15188914]

the best g-shock square atm

[Anonymous No.15188916]

>>15188874
As far I know, yes, there was a couple of articles about that watch, he had that watch for a lot of years and use it, so he needs to service it, the watch cost around 300k, it's an interesting story about how a humble guy ended with a watch like that.

[Anonymous No.15188944]

>>15187825
>>15187837
I could never wear these, I'd get a raging boner every time I checked the time.

[Anonymous No.15188964]

>>15188914
>negative display
>ugly screen surround because "muh minimalism"
>they couldn't even be bothered making the buttons and screws black despite both those parts already existing on other models
Miss me with that gay shit.

[Anonymous No.15188983]

>>15188916
is the watch older than the "current incarnation" of the dalai lama?
I know some of his possessions are older than him, and how they test a current incarnation is placing his personal objects along with lookalikes of them and ask the young child which one is his umbrella, fountain pen, etc.
if the kid gets them all, casually, without thinking about it, then they know he's the reincarnation.
not saying I buy it but that's what they do.

[Anonymous No.15188996]

>>15188531
aww shucks, anon

[Anonymous No.15189010]

Maybe I'm just a big babby but I can't get enough of dive watches and their sick lume

[Anonymous No.15189015]

>>15188914
No

[Anonymous No.15189017]

>>15188983
Apparently in Nepal's culture it is taboo to deny/sell/return gifts. So it was probably just a gift from a follower.

[Anonymous No.15189033]

>>15189017
Kek the Dali Lama is rich as fuck. All that austerity and wearing togas and shit is just a show for dumb white Western women who think he is doing something deep and spiritual instead of living like a king and fucking prime pussy daily.

[Anonymous No.15189054]

>>15189033
Such is religion, oh well.

[Anonymous No.15189055]

>>15189033
The dali lama wants to reinstate the caste system with monks as the upper class

[Anonymous No.15189074]

>>15188983
>>15189017
It was a gift from the US government, he was 7 when he received it.Apparently he has another patek which received from Roosevelt amongst other watches.

[Anonymous No.15189140]

a Rolex isnt that expensive, just save a few paychecks and you can afford one too. You poorfags dont have to hate on Rolex.

[Anonymous No.15189178]

>>15189074
>Roosevelt
I'm gonna go with Franklin Delano over Teddy?
although japan gave TR samurai armor which he loved so maybe Teddy was enough of an orientalist to do it?

[Anonymous No.15189182]

Are chunky silver bracelet watches out of vogue these days? Seems like you guys don't like them...

[Anonymous No.15189184]

>>15188916
Gandhi had a zenit alarm watch, itcwas one of the few material possessions he had when he went full ascetic.

[Anonymous No.15189185]

>>15189140
maybe if you don't have bills, food, finances and a family/social life to look after

[Anonymous No.15189197]

>>15189178
I think that's a safe bet as the Dalai Lama was born 16 years after Teddy Roosevelt died.

[Anonymous No.15189204]

>>15188105
>>15188107
How do you read this?

[Anonymous No.15189213]

>>15188964
hater

[Anonymous No.15189214]

>>15189204
It's in binary. It's gay meme shit for nerds.
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_number

[Anonymous No.15189277]

>>15189140
their designs are boring and conservative, yo
>>15188768
doesnt even use mickeys arms as the clock hands

[Anonymous No.15189295]

>>15188964
looks better than all that casio branding desu

[Anonymous No.15189297]

>>15189295
People whine about Casio's text on the dial and bezel but it's pretty much the same as Rolex's SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER shit

[Anonymous No.15189298]

>>15189295
I personally like all the text on the dial, it breaks up the monotony a bit. I think the best squares are ones with some kind of patterning rather than a block color.

[Anonymous No.15189299]

What's the cheapest fully mechanical chronograph that also has a tachymeter or pulsometer (or any other scale) on it?

[Anonymous No.15189325]

>>15188651
SARX045 is 39.5. I think that’s the smallest one.

I feel like getting a sarb and swapping out the crystal for one with AR might be a good option.

[Anonymous No.15189327]

>>15189299
seagull.

[Anonymous No.15189358]

Germ Mans delivered.
Sinn introduces new line of dive watches, the U50, which is based on the U1 but with smaller proportions. 41mm diameter, 11.2mm thickness. 4hz Sellita auto movement, FIVE HUNDRED METERS depth rating.

[Anonymous No.15189364]

>>15189358
Glad the industry finally realized people don’t want 44mm watches anymore

[Anonymous No.15189375]

>>15189364
Don't get your hopes up. It's Sinn. Germans are always quicker and more willing to listen to what people want because they have to fight for legitimacy while Swiss just sit on their nuts and tell you you should be grateful for the opportunity to buy precious metal Cellinis in the hopes one day they might recognize your existence.
See also: AL&S compared to Audemars Piguet.
When Audemars Piguet released the Odysseus it got a cold reception for a clunky bracelet and divisive dial. They immediately got to work to offer a leather and rubber strap option and added new texturing to the dial as well as offering the watch in white gold to increase the value.
Meanwhile when AP's new watch, the Code 11 or whatever it's called, got a similarly tepid reaction their response was to just tell you you had shit taste if you don't like it.

[Anonymous No.15189381]

>>15187843
wait, youre real?

[Anonymous No.15189395]

>>15189375
True. I don’t see Rolex straying from the maxi case any time soon. It’s more likely they’d release a 42mm sub than to give it more vintage proportions.

Regardless, I’m still glad some other brands are paying attention to the market.

[Anonymous No.15189396]

>>15188736
fuck off, four roses is delicious

[Anonymous No.15189418]

>>15189358
ghastly

[Anonymous No.15189428]

>>15189358
>41mm
Nice, they just have to shave off 3 more mm and I might actually buy one.

[Anonymous No.15189433]

>>15189358

only sinn besides the 356 UTC that i would be willing to drop over $1k on. well done by sinn

[Anonymous No.15189445]

>>15189358
Significant size difference

[Anonymous No.15189450]

whats the middle ground between impressing normies and pleasing watchfags under $1000?

[Anonymous No.15189453]

>>15189445
I want a U2500 too

[Anonymous No.15189455]

>>15189396
It’s decent for its price, but It’s nothing to write home about

[Anonymous No.15189456]

>>15189450
You aren't going to do either of those for under a grand. How about buying something you like instead?

[Anonymous No.15189458]

>>15189428
38mm for watches with rotating bezels is so small man.

[Anonymous No.15189463]

>>15189458
Yet somehow most brands were perfectly capable of making 38mm 200m wr dive watches with rotating bezels up until 1990 when the secret technology was apparently lost to the ages.

[Anonymous No.15189481]

>>15189450
Seagull 1963 or seiko diver with pretty dial.

[Anonymous No.15189485]

>>15189463
Pretty much all the classic gold standard rotating bezel watches clock in at 40mm

[Anonymous No.15189504]

>>15188593
ive always liked that watch, but it seems to get more expensive every time I check the prices. Pojlot, right?

[Anonymous No.15189513]

>>15189450
>impressing normies and please watchfags
Vintage Omega Constellation or Seamaster is your safest bet

[Anonymous No.15189549]

>>15189456
imagine thinking you don't dress for other people

[Anonymous No.15189555]

[Anonymous No.15189568]

Rate this shitbox

[Anonymous No.15189604]

>>15189504
Strela

[Anonymous No.15189682]

>>15189549
If you can't find common ground between what you like and what others like, then you're just a failure. The fact that you even had to ask the question means you're a shitter.

[Anonymous No.15189762]

>>15189549
Thanks, robot jim. I could never imagine wearing something I like. Fucking idiot.

[Anonymous No.15189871]

umm...hello based department

[Anonymous No.15189890]

>>15188331
The Smiths PRS-29 might interest you though it's 36mm.

[Anonymous No.15189927]

>>15189871
'no'

[Anonymous No.15189952]

>>15189890
>smiths
no

[Anonymous No.15189955]

>>15189952
Are you some guy who keeps coming to these threads asking for weird, specific shit then says no to literally every suggestion? This is like the 4th time I've seen it. What's your endgame?

[Anonymous No.15189962]

>>15189955
I'm not the guy you're replying to, homo. I just dislike the smiths brand.

[Anonymous No.15189976]

>>15189568
i like the attempt at originality and taking the RO/Nautilus concept of porthole or diving helmet design to the extreme, but i dislike how its executed. it looks an apprentice machinist's attempt at a watch case. very crude proportions

[Anonymous No.15189980]

>>15189955
its a good suggestion but theres many people that wont buy smiths because the owner is such a colossal cunt

[Anonymous No.15189981]

>>15189962
>>15189980
Story?

[Anonymous No.15189992]

>>15189981
https://www.reddit.com/r/Watches/comments/5bsf7k/advice_timefactors_broken_o_ring_turns_into_my/
tl;dr dude buys watch from Smiths owner, watch is faulty, owner doxxes and threatens him for asking for repair under warranty

[Anonymous No.15190069]

>>15189445
>>15189358
Wow that is tiny, why would you even wear a small watch like that? I like the black bezel version, too bad about the date.
>>15189890
Nice field watch aesthetic, very proportional dial. Would be perfect with small seconds and shorter lugs.

[Anonymous No.15190077]

>>15189992
There's no way he did that, if he did, the watch owner could sue him into bankruptcy, it's highly illegal in the EU/UK.

[Anonymous No.15190087]

>>15190077
Ive read third-hand anecdotes about the owner being an asshole in general, not just that one time. Not honoring his warranties, blaming the customers, editing/deleting posts on his forum that indicate faults with his watches.
Take it as you will.

[Anonymous No.15190089]

>>15190077
>There's no way he did that
He did. And if you follow the thread, he banned the guy from the forum so he cannot respond, then shit on him more in e-mails. Then the buyer, who got doxxed, was so scared he offered to write a public apology on the forum and just drop it altogether only Eddie is such a humongous piece of human shit that he refused to let him write an apology and kept insulting on him before others were calling him out, at which point he just deleted the thread to purge evidence.
There's actually many, though less severe, stories of people getting the worst customer service from him where he just assumes they broke his watches and starts yelling at them. And recently there was a big deal about him trying to copy the NTH Watches logo so he could have a trademark to the NTH name in the UK to prevent them from selling it there.

[Anonymous No.15190111]

>>15190087
Ok, and the one time where he does something that would put him out of business and in literal jail packed with Muslim ass burglars, the guy who is legally in the right, just decides not to do anything? I'm not buying it.
>>15190089
This is not a customer service issue, this is a proper crime.

[Anonymous No.15190120]

>>15190111
There was a forum thread, and many people saw the forum thread where Eddie doxxed the guy. Notice how in that reddit thread people aren't just all saying he's making shit up.
>but then why isn't he sued?
Because the watch community is filled with cucks and that guy is also a cuck who, rather than getting angry, just got scared and wanted it all to go away. Most people don't want trouble. It wouldn't be easy to sue some dude across the ocean. It would just waste a lot of time and money and you need to have a lot of anger to go down that road, which the guy did not have.
The point is, you don't want to buy a Smiths watch.

[Anonymous No.15190122]

>>15190069
Are you slow? 41mm is very standard for that style

[Anonymous No.15190160]

>>15188448
>>15188451
this shit looks retarded

[Anonymous No.15190229]

>>15190120
This is interesting, had I known this I wouldn't have suggested the Smiths. I have one and I'm very happy with it but I had a feeling Eddie was a cunt because of his whole retarded business model where the store is only open for a few minutes until he gets all the orders he can handle because he's just a lone boomer and refuses to hire help even when he regularly gets sick. I'm half expecting him to get killed by corona and then the whole brand will disappear.

[Anonymous No.15190245]

>>15190120
It's really not hard to report him to the relevant authorities, it doesn't even have to be a private lawsuit. I guarantee Brits would prosecute him for this if reported properly.

[Anonymous No.15190256]

>>15187830
At that price point the only real competition is the Invicta Pro Diver.
>sub homage
>Seiko NH35 movement
>hacking
>handwinding
>200m water resistance
>under $90

[Anonymous No.15190267]

>>15190256
The Invicta has that gay ass INVICTA engraved on the case

[Anonymous No.15190271]

>>15188255
huh??

[Anonymous No.15190277]

>>15188590
this is a 20-something mm watch. a bitty thing, hardly visible to pilots of the era.
gorgeous… but tiny.

[Anonymous No.15190280]

>>15189890
one should ask the bloke at timefactors to start making it in 39mm again.

[Anonymous No.15190290]

>>15188694
>>15189325
whats a good price for sarb these days? i alrready have an skx, gen 2 monster and a cocktail time that ive aquired through the years not sure if i want another seiko or spend more for a nomos club or something. that sarb looks pretty darn nice though

[Anonymous No.15190297]

>>15187830
I have a Mako 2 from the same series. The bracelet is kind of cheap junk and the only thing that's really disappointed me about the watch. It was also only the 3rd automatic I had ever owned and beat the piss out of it. One of the bracelet links separated and I very well could just get a better bracelet from strapcode anyways but I don't really wear it too often anymore and it doesn't seem sensible to me to spend $100 on a bracelet for a $150 watch.

[Anonymous No.15190326]

any thoughts on pic related? or Swiss Military brand in general. Are they any good?

[Anonymous No.15190329]

Just ordered one of these. Can anyone tell me how the pvd holds up for everyday use? Also on a scale from 1-10 how based was my watch selection?

[Anonymous No.15190355]

>>15190329
1) it holds up like all PVD: better than you would expect but it will inevitably scratch, scuff, and wear with time though if you are mostly just some office nerd you will get years of good use out of it
2) not based because of PVD and negative display

[Anonymous No.15190358]

>>15190326
Stop posting this, someone already told you last thread it looks like a shitter

[Anonymous No.15190379]

>>15190355
I know if I bought a 5610 or the 5000 resin version I would eventually want one of these. I’ll wear the shit out of it, not too worried about scuffs. Work for fedex while finishing school so not exactly an office nerd yet, maybe one day though. As for negative display this has the STN in it so shouldn’t be hard to read at all I’m hoping

[Anonymous No.15190381]

>>15190355
What's PVD again?

[Anonymous No.15190385]

>>15190326
how much is it

[Anonymous No.15190386]

>>15190381
Physical vapor deposition, supposed to stick better than just straight painting the shit.

[Anonymous No.15190390]

>>15190381
this may not be correct because I'm not a big nerd on this but off the top of my head it's a process where they vaporize stuff with plasma and then expose it to something else that causes it to un-vaporize all over something to coat it. so that black watch is pvd-coated titanium or whatever.
>>15190379
if you don't care about scuffs it's fine. and to be honest I don't even hate negative displays that much, it's mostly memeing and I think they can look cool. but personally, I think watches like that are just too much black and you get sick of all the black after a while. a little pop of color adds a lot of personality. in a few years consider getting one of those chinese bezel/bracelet combos off aliexpress and then it'll be like you have a whole new watch with the negative display really looking nice in a silver case or something.
>>15190326
it looks busy and not in a good way. looks very generic and cheap, I'd rather just get a regular field watch from Citizen or Victorinox for the same or similar money but cleaner aesthetics and more confidence. advertising sapphire on the dial just seems a bit desperate.

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>>15190390
Thanks, so I imagine they should be better than Chink replacement bracelets then?

I want that exact watch but without Bluetooth so I have to improvise.

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>>15190398
I mean, you can disable the Bluetooth. It still has mb6. If it’s a cost issue then just get a 5610 and mod it. Throw a combi bracelet on that shit as well

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>>15190401
>>I mean, you can disable the Bluetooth.
Sure you can.

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>>15190390
That’s not a bad idea anon. Thanks for the input. I dress very plain and autismo. Almost afraid of trying out different colors sometimes. Good compromise you suggested.

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>>15187752
Thoughts on getting the Submariner or the Explorer (or Explorer II), gents?

[Anonymous No.15190412]

Hot take: Beads of rice bracelets are superior to all other styles of metal bracelet, fuck oyster, fuck jubilee, beads of rice is the best and criminally underused

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>>15190413
>he doesn't realize the Bluetooth integration is casio's plan to make us weak and effeminate like Japanese men by irradiating our wrists with the gay

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>>15190429
Fuck you. I wanted to make the new thread! You didn't even wait for 300 posts!

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>>15188118
ive had timex. it is so loud

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>>15187939
How much should I pay for a Hi-beat seiko from the 70's? There are some bids on Ebay going for 600+

Love the Kanji wheel, why don't they make it like that anymore? Doesn't Seiko pander to Japs?

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>>15189549
Rolexfag is back

[Anonymous No.15190651]

>>15190290
400 normal, 300 good offer. SARB035 (cream dial version) is usually slightly cheaper.

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>>15189375
Based

[Anonymous No.15190795]

Did you guys know a WOMAN invented the wrist watch? Well, kind of. Breguet actually made it but it was at the request of the Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples, in 1810. The last trace of the watch itself was when it was brought in for repairs in 1855. Nobody knows where it is now.

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>>15190795
>WOMAN INVENTED IT
>don't tell anyone but she actually just asked a few men to invent it for her...

I get that saying that women actually invented everything is trendy and woke and all that but come on now bud.

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>>15190277
>the virgin RAF 22mm
>the chad Luftwaffe 57mm

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Time goes, friends change.

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>>15190651
thx dude