/wt/ - watch thread

[Anonymous No.15279404]

weekend edition

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 / CK / 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
> 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

prev: >>15276179

[Anonymous No.15279417]

Looking for something that looks like this but worth the money. I keep hearing this is overpriced for not having sapphire and a bad movement.

[Anonymous No.15279423]

>>15279404
post ur favourite celeb and their watch

james gandolfini, rolex sub seems like chads get watches that look like a sub

[Anonymous No.15279429]

So I need everyone to shit on this as a first mechanical "dress" watch. What should I get instead?

[Anonymous No.15279431]

>>15279145

is this true?

[Anonymous No.15279433]

The "Perfect Watch" doesn't exi-

[Anonymous No.15279437]

>>15279417
An acrylic crystal is fine to be honest. If you're completely allergic to polishing the crystal once in a while or if you're a gorilla who can't help but bang around the crystal then maybe not.

[Anonymous No.15279443]

>>15279429
>$600 european dinars
>40mm
>1st dress watch

cmon bruh oh nonono

[Anonymous No.15279448]

>>15279443
If you're implying I should spend more, I'm just not going to yet because I work an outside job and don't dress up enough to justify it. My wrist size is 7.75" so what size am I supposed to be going for?

[Anonymous No.15279450]

>>15279431
Ahh, i also remember reading comments about him deleting comments.
The scrawny slime also lied about a sick relative but people found out it was bs. But don't know the context.
And he deleted comments asking about his youtube strike. Yt comment section was full of these kind of comments against him.

[Anonymous No.15279452]

>>15279433
>311 3 5 7 6

[Anonymous No.15279455]

>>15279437
Like I said if the price was there with what it offered I'd jump on it.

[Anonymous No.15279456]

>>15279452
>(You)

[Anonymous No.15279463]

>>15279448
>If you're implying I should spend more
just the opposite my man
its kinda expensive imho for a beginner's 1st dip into a style to try it out, not saying it isnt a good watch or whatever
there are mechanical dress watches under $200 or even $100, shrugs

[Anonymous No.15279468]

Reminder that Breitling is still fighting the good fight by staying outside of the (((Swatch Group))).

They make their own movements and even have a fully dedicated wing to certify their movements for COSC specifications.

Their current in-house Chrono movement, B01/B09, is designed/inspired after Rolex’s 3135 and 4130 movements.

The escape wheel has a neat shockproof oil retaining system. It has a column wheel with a vertical clutch.

It’s such a good movement that Tudor uses it in their watches and builds upon it.

It’s probably the best new chronopgraph movement under $10k.

If you want another chrono that uses a column wheel with a vertical clutch from someone like Omega you would have to pay around $13k.

[Anonymous No.15279478]

>>15279433

i tried this on at my local AD. they are gorgeous but wear a little larger on the wrist that you think it would.

[Anonymous No.15279479]

>>15279455
To be fair it'd be nice if it had one of the better miyotas like the 9015 or 9039 (which is what's in the aquascaphe). I just don't think the crystal being acrylic is a con to be honest. They tend to have much nicer domes & no milky ring like with sapphire crystals.

[Anonymous No.15279482]

>>15279479

[Anonymous No.15279484]

>>15279456
>giving that much prominence to a date that's used 7 times a year
I know virtually every watch uses the same calendar dial layout but it'll always look like shit to me

[Anonymous No.15279487]

Zenith. Another strong, independent watch maker who don’t need to Swatch Group.

[Anonymous No.15279488]

>>15279429
If you're getting a dress watch, go vintage.

[Anonymous No.15279489]

who #TeamRichemont here

[Anonymous No.15279496]

1st for the goat

[Anonymous No.15279501]

>>15279468
>Even tudor uses their movement
That's not something to be proud about
CraigShipp.com/grandseiko

[Anonymous No.15279502]

>>15279463
Well what about the 40mm? What size should I be looking for because smaller sizes look tiny on my hands(2x glove) /wrist combo.

[Anonymous No.15279504]

>>15279501

go away dork. you’re creepy a f.

[Anonymous No.15279508]

I'm looking for a watch that's casual but not too sporty like a dive watch. preferably has a moonphase. budget is 10k
I thought about some of the speedmaster moonphases or a reverso duoface moonphase. any other good recs?

[Anonymous No.15279510]

>>15279502
nah its fine if you have a bigger wrist size. Traditionally no but it'll look weird if too small.

[Anonymous No.15279511]

>>15279508
let me rephrase: dive watch is "too sporty" in my conditions. and because I already have a dive watch. I want something that could potentially be worn with business casual

[Anonymous No.15279514]

>>15279508
Pick whatever JLC moonphase you like.

[Anonymous No.15279519]

>>15279514
I don't care too much for the master >>15279433
because it looks too formal to me. but the reverso seems more fun, I don't know. I'm mostly looking for other recs or things I haven't heard about.
there's also the cartier drive moonphase which looks nice but I'm not sure how much of a meme cartier is. and it's quite formal too.

[Anonymous No.15279520]

>>15279429
Bro, just get the Partitio

[Anonymous No.15279524]

>>15279429

[Anonymous No.15279531]

>>15279520
>>15279524
>Nice Shinola, Anon

[Anonymous No.15279537]

>>15279417
pic related. Hand wound movement, really neat layering with the stepped dial and printing on the inside of the sapphire, and neat retro automotive inspired looks

[Anonymous No.15279539]

>>15279519
Cartier has more brand tax than usual for these luxury brands from what I can tell. Can't really go wrong with a reverso but if you want something less dressy then maybe find one of the speedmasters with a moonphase?

[Anonymous No.15279541]

rate my soviet shitters

[Anonymous No.15279562]

>>15279520
>>15279524
The numbers don't really look dressy to me. If anything I'd rather them be just indices.

[Anonymous No.15279601]

https://youtu.be/2Zaxhp78-sU

What are some good and unnoticed wristwatch chamnels

[Anonymous No.15279612]

>>15279601
none, just watch watchbox and watchfinder on mute.
any time a watch channel talks it degrades the quality. they're all in it for money anyways so you can't trust what they say, and they take away from your own personal enjoyment of the watch by trying to instill their own subjective opinion (to make you buy it).
watchbox is the best because Tim posts a shit ton of videos on a good number of watches. but they're not "reviews" because he gives each watch a 10/10 assessment. I watch them for objective visuals about watches I'm trying to buy.

[Anonymous No.15279614]

>>15279541
Really like the right one. Middle is ok. Left is haram because of American flag

[Anonymous No.15279615]

>>15279541
needs more vostok

[Anonymous No.15279623]

>>15279614
left is soviet propaganda about fixing relations with the US
middle is propaganda watch about soviet "glasnost" or "open government"
right watch is propaganda about the soviet moon missions. the circles are supposed to represent the moon and the sun

I get a shit ton of compliments on the far right one actually. I've probably gotten 30 in my entire life. more than my watches that cost real money, and the damn thing is +/- 5 mins a day.

>>15279615
too chunky for me

[Anonymous No.15279632]

>>15279504
Trolls get the wrench

[Anonymous No.15279636]

>>15279612
>watchbox and watchfinder on mute

Based. I also mute that shit. Can't stand that pedo tim rambling with his soulless, salesman texts. He also talks too fast and is annoying to listen to. But they pump out a lot of watches and i sometimes cant avoid that channel.

[Anonymous No.15279642]

>>15279623
>+/- 5 mins a day
>every ~5 minutes it's off by a second
Incredible.

[Anonymous No.15279654]

>>15279501
Craig is so dreamy, I'd love to have a healthy dinner with him in his RV.

>>15279601
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSw3q0OPyWJcu9ZJe35N6wA

[Anonymous No.15279667]

>>15279636
yeah I listen to what he has to say very rarely, and it's only when I want to hear about a specific feature or get talked into a watch I'm seriously interested in. otherwise it's just propaganda.
watchfinder is at least interesting for telling stories, but has gotten a bit too wordy lately.

>>15279642
I was showing this watch to my russian PhD adviser when I was younger. he was not a humorous man, often very serious and focused on work only. when he asked about my watch and I told him about it and how it was from the USSR, he asked about the accuracy and I told him. and he said:
"ah yes, well, that is the classic soviet commitment to accuracy and precision"
in a heavy-ass russian accent and it was the funniest thing I think I've ever heard.

[Anonymous No.15279668]

>>15279496
>>15279501
>>15279632
Don't post him, you're not funny, forced shit is always unfunny. Go hang yourself, _igger.

[Anonymous No.15279672]

>>15279668
stop encouraging it. like any bully, craigposting will go away naturally if it's ignored.

[Anonymous No.15279695]

>>15279672
Craig won't stop posting himself if ignored.

[Anonymous No.15279709]

>>15279672
That's not bullying, that's a bored retard that tries to be funny. Or somebody that wants people to hate this craig creep, by flooding the board.
>>15279695
If you are a shill, try making some kind of controversy, people talk more when there is trash involved. Craig seems just like a creepy autist with loads of money. Not very entertaining.
But when people dig up anything about craig shipp the
>autostic creepy pedo with money
Then he will be interesting to shittalk about here.
I never got annoyed about archie posting here. and arch is levels above in terms of being physical revolting. And most def has fucked kids in thailand. But archie has some sort of character. Craig seesm just like a boring and soulless beta.

[Anonymous No.15279713]

>>15279623
>+/- 5 mins a day
I can do better. Today my Raketa was 2h ahead but when I checked the time the minutes were accurate

[Anonymous No.15279717]

ID this piece please

I want it

[Anonymous No.15279718]

>>15279713
it's a free worldtimer

[Anonymous No.15279724]

>>15279717
That's actually super cute. Its a rawrlex, of course.

[Anonymous No.15279737]

>>15279601
There you go
>>15279654
Time to wrap this puppy up.
The sweet potato SUPER meal is the way to go!
https://youtu.be/Tn4QqUbx4rw

[Anonymous No.15279741]

Stupid comments:
>>15279709
>>15279668
>>15279672
The trolls really are riled up tonight. Maybe not enough off brand potato chips in mommy's basement

[Anonymous No.15279773]

>>15279429
get the 36 mm bud.

[Anonymous No.15279781]

>>15279489
Late night shitposting commences

[Anonymous No.15279782]

If I strike it rich, am I obligated to buy a Submariner?

[Anonymous No.15279784]

>>15279781
flip it over

[Anonymous No.15279787]

>>15279781
a shame money can't buy a bigger wrist

[Anonymous No.15279793]

>>15279782
No you idiot, Subs are the pleb's rich man watch

[Anonymous No.15279809]

>>15279541
>>15279623
I've been considering buying a new production raketa copernicus since im doubtful any of the ebay shitters from ukraine that have been "recently serviced" even run. Where did you source yours from?

[Anonymous No.15279814]

>>15279787
based and cope-pilled

[Anonymous No.15279815]

>>15279809
ebay

[Anonymous No.15279817]

>>15279815
are the movements easy to regulate?

[Anonymous No.15279819]

>>15279817
I don't really know. I bought the watch when I was 16 on eBay because I liked the aesthetics. like I said it runs terribly (like my other ones do), I have no claim to the authenticity of the parts inside.

[Anonymous No.15279828]

>>15279784
>>15279787
My wrist augmentation is happening in a few weeks just in time for my upgrade to the perpetual tourbillon

[Anonymous No.15279831]

>>15279828
How will they expand your wrist? Will they inject some fat from your head?

[Anonymous No.15279838]

>>15279831
>he doesn't know

[Anonymous No.15279844]

>>15279781
>>15279828
Im curious what would draw a man who can afford $100k watches to 4chan. What other boards do you browse? /o/? /biz/? /pol/? /gif/?

[Anonymous No.15279865]

>>15279844
Perhaps inheritance.

[Anonymous No.15279878]

>>15279865
want to paypal me $7000 so i can buy a grand seiko snowflake? :^)

[Anonymous No.15279891]

Meanwhile I'm trying to figure out which "respectable" 3-5k used watch to purchase to last me for the rest of my life because I'll never be able to afford another as long as I live.

[Anonymous No.15279902]

>>15279891
nigga 99% of people won't give a fuck about your watch, if you agonize over getting a "respectable" watch you are an absolute fool because you are letting the opinions of nonexistent random retards dictate your life
get a watch you like, even if that watch is 10 dollars, because the rest of the world won't care

[Anonymous No.15279908]

>>15279902
My ex "friends" already shit on me every time I see them because I have to wear poor people's shoes and belts and wallets and such though.

[Anonymous No.15279911]

>>15279878
I need that 7gs for an orient de ville sorry.

[Anonymous No.15279912]

>>15279908
get new friends. or just buy a gun and shoot up one of their pretentious social events in minecraft

[Anonymous No.15279913]

>>15279844

He is a lawyer in central america and often travels abroad.

His collection is north of half a mill.

[Anonymous No.15279916]

>>15279908
you sound like you are surrounded by shitty people whose opinions you shouldn't care about anyway
as long as you don't look homeless or like a clown you shouldn't be letting others dictate how you dress because it's never going to be good enough for everybody. if you are scraping to buy a rolex because "it's respectable" and the rest of your wardrobe gets made fun of anyway, you are a loser. don't be a loser, get something you will actually like and tell them to shut the fuck up

[Anonymous No.15279922]

>>15279913
>>He is a lawyer in central america and often travels abroad.
So a criminal.

[Anonymous No.15279923]

>>15279911
omega de ville?

[Anonymous No.15279925]

>>15279916
Yeah but if you have a Rolex and dress like a clown, you can excuse it as being "eccentric" and not just "poor" so it's much better.

Unfortunately I can't move to a Buddhist monastery (although even the monks there wear expensive gift watches so I don't think that would work either) to find friends who don't care about socioeconomic status, it's 2020.

[Anonymous No.15279926]

>>15279925
are you trolling?

[Anonymous No.15279929]

>>15279926
No, just depressed because I'm poor and have a shit life that won't get that much better even if I put 500% of my efforts towards it because I'm from a shit country and never wanted to engage in criminal actions like everyone who's rich here did.

[Anonymous No.15279977]

>>15279429

That's is one of the nicest stowas, 36mm (6.5inch wrist), manual wind, Roman's. Many nice black dial watches but that stowa and nomos orion are the only really nice white dial watches until the reverso.

[Anonymous No.15279981]

What's your favorite cheap watch?

[Anonymous No.15279982]

y/n?

[Anonymous No.15279984]

>>15279433
>>15279478
>>15279519

For the money I'd go with a Duoface but I love the master line.

[Anonymous No.15279988]

>>15279929
without doxxing yourself, where are you from?

[Anonymous No.15280001]

>yfw the guy who owns UnDone went full #maga on facebook

[Anonymous No.15280003]

>>15279981
define cheap

[Anonymous No.15280025]

>>15279781
>>15279828
I was never one for grails, I know when to stay in my lane, maybe in 20 years if business is good but the datagraph black dial and zeitwerk give me the feeling of when I was 16 and looking at speedmasters, I'd pull the trigger on them happily, nice watch is an understatement. Inb4 that's a seamaster.

[Anonymous No.15280034]

What watch do you want to own more than any other?

[Anonymous No.15280037]

>>15280003
Under 150 bucks

[Anonymous No.15280042]

>>15280034
That exact one.

So aesthetic, very bushcraft.

[Anonymous No.15280043]

>>15280034
So then get it? Those watches are between 400-700 dollars which, while not cheap, is within the range of almost any man on Earth including NEETs

[Anonymous No.15280092]

>>15279923
Ye this gay watch

[Anonymous No.15280096]

>>15280092
bro please just get it on leather... the two-tone bracelet is just killing me

[Anonymous No.15280108]

What is the 4th hand on the series 2 for? 24h indicator?

[Anonymous No.15280110]

What is the 4th hand on the series 2 for? 24h indicator?

[Anonymous No.15280119]

>>15280096
Thats the only pic I could happen to find. I do want to get a dark brown leather strap but I've liked two tone for over 10 years now.

[Anonymous No.15280120]

What are some /wt/-approved watch youtube channels?

[Anonymous No.15280122]

>>15280110
See down on the specifications it says "Miyota 9015 movement"
Why don't you try googling that

[Anonymous No.15280124]

>>15280119
Get the 2 tone. Get a strap and a spring bar tool.

[Anonymous No.15280127]

>>15280110
There are only 3 hands m8. The minute hand just has a long tail.

[Anonymous No.15280128]

>>15280122
I already did you smartass cunt, it's usually a 3 hand movement. That's why I am here.

[Anonymous No.15280130]

>>15280124
I'm gonna idort it for sure

[Anonymous No.15280131]

>>15280127
I see. Well then...

[Anonymous No.15280138]

>>15279437
>An acrylic crystal is fine to be honest. If you're completely allergic to polishing the crystal once in a while or if you're a gorilla who can't help but bang around the crystal then maybe not.
I'm a gorilla who wears his watch for literally digging around in the dirt and scraping along rocks and I haven't yet gotten any scractches that needed polishing.

[Anonymous No.15280144]

>>15279487
>Zenith. Another strong, independent watch maker who don’t need to Swatch Group.
>independent
I don't think you know what that word means…

[Anonymous No.15280145]

Reminder that quartz is superior in every regard and muh mechanical soul is your only counterargument, so you may as well kill yourself.

[Anonymous No.15280150]

Which amphibians do own my fellow Russkie anons?

[Anonymous No.15280159]

>>15279431
I remember him making a video in, say, 2018 about watches worn by famous mobsters, then stumbling upon an article with the same theme from 2016. Compearing the two, the vid was basically a transcript of the article with some pictures, some even from the article itself. Zero credits given.

[Anonymous No.15280162]

Why do any of you watch watch youtubers? They are all either shills, mentally ill, or both

[Anonymous No.15280167]

>>15280162
There's some watchmakers that are taking apart/repairing watches, that's kinda interesting, and I'll admit, sometimes I watch "the 10 best XXX under $xxx" clickbait videos, if I'm really bored.
But regulary "following" them, that's just as braindead as following some influenza thot on instagram.

[Anonymous No.15280223]

>>15280162
If you are interested in a watch, and haven’t had the luxury/chance of seeing it in person/want to see the movevment/etc, then a YouTube video is the better than pictures.
It’s not like watch you tubers are any less cancerous than video games/cars/etc

[Anonymous No.15280225]

Just ordered today, I'm so excited

[Anonymous No.15280231]

>>15280225
I love their design, but their pricing is ridiculous for what you get.

[Anonymous No.15280316]

>>15280138
But does your watch have an acrylic crystal?

[Anonymous No.15280335]

>>15280225
Why did you get this over a Rolex, Omega etc? You wanted a pilot?

[Anonymous No.15280352]

TGV fired by watchbox lmao

[Anonymous No.15280362]

>>15280025
I love the seamaster, great watch. I currently have a Orient Ray Raven 2 as my daily watch. Looks pretty neat on a black nato.

[Anonymous No.15280384]

>>15280034

>ruining it with cyclops

why

[Anonymous No.15280389]

>>15280225
>>15280335
Good looking watch btw

[Anonymous No.15280393]

>>15280316
Nope. I mean, why would I reply to a post that states how easy those are to scratch, if I had one and could offer real live experience with one? Where would the fun be in that?

[Anonymous No.15280396]

>>15280393

[Anonymous No.15280431]

>>15279844
It's fake. Retard.

[Anonymous No.15280437]

GUYS, what happened with TGV "The Rodent" Urban Gentry? It's hard to find a real answer. Archie says he was caught doing no work and just googling shit all day, TGV says he parted ways and says its due to the corona situation. Where can I get the DETAILS?

[Anonymous No.15280443]

Question: does this watch look too big on me? I really like It otherwise. It's the Suunto black core.

[Anonymous No.15280452]

>>15280231
Why is that

[Anonymous No.15280456]

>>15279844
Different anon here. I own several expensive watches around that price range. I was on 4chan long before I became rich.

[Anonymous No.15280460]

>>15280456
how did you become rich?

[Anonymous No.15280462]

>>15280437
TGV isn't going to admit he fucked up, was fired, quit because it he's lazy and he had to do real work, whatever. Frankly he's been caught lying too often to believe whatever he says.

Watchbox aren't going to say either as they are a legit business. t.b.h I have no idea why they hired him in the first place since the trash watches he praised on his channel are way below the price range that WB typically sell so he wasn't a good brand ambassador for them.

[Anonymous No.15280463]

>>15280437
It's literally been discussed in this thread 5 hours ago. Just like, scroll up, nigga!

[Anonymous No.15280465]

>>15280443
It's fine, GPS watches always look fuck huge on whoever's wearing them. I've got a Garmin that I only use for running and it's stupidly big despite being one of the smaller models.

[Anonymous No.15280466]

I want one so bad bros.

[Anonymous No.15280477]

>>15280460
Leaving my basement, work my ass off, get a job in finance, get large bonuses for writing a few lines of python code.

[Anonymous No.15280479]

>>15280034
Buy it. These are going to reach $1000. Better to buy two actually, one for using and one for keeping pristine.

[Anonymous No.15280489]

>>15280477
Sounds great, that's an inspiration. I'm learning Python as we speak and want to do well in life too, currently in basement. I'm about to graduate with engineering degree.
>Work my ass off
Could you please elaborate on this?

[Anonymous No.15280492]

>>15280465
Thanks. I do wish theyd make the watch a bit smaller, but its's still cool

[Anonymous No.15280495]

>>15279781
You'll never be a WASP you hairy Iranian fuck

[Anonymous No.15280499]

>>15280489
> Could you please elaborate on this?
Going from wasting my life idling on 4chan to getting a 1st in comp-sci and then ML, then working my way up the career ladder.

[Anonymous No.15280501]

>>15280499
and now you're back on 4chan?

[Anonymous No.15280502]

>>15280499
You're not rich until you have 10 million you wagie fuck, there are hundreds of big tech idiots in g biz and sci + tens of thousands on reddit and twitter, what makes you so special? nothing

[Anonymous No.15280503]

>>15279404
I sold my op39 for $7500 aud. Which is $5000 USD. Black dial excellent condition. How did I go price wise? High, low or fair price wise?

What should I get now?

[Anonymous No.15280509]

>>15280501
Lockdown remote working perk. I doubt the majority of people in my office will return this year.

>>15280502
Why so mad? I was simply answering the anon who asked the original question.

> You're not rich until you have 10 million
I don't think roubles count.

[Anonymous No.15280513]

>>15280499
Thanks for answering. Do you have any advice for people looking to get into finance through programming in order to make money?

[Anonymous No.15280525]

>>15280513
Having a degree or better with Machine Learning experience will get you into a lot of places and not just in finance. Demand for those skills is insane with salary packages to match.

[Anonymous No.15280532]

>>15280525
screenshot what you're working on larpfag

[Anonymous No.15280538]

>>15280532
You're that person that always posts "it's a fake" whenever someone posts a pic of any watch worth more than $10k aren't you? I bet you do the same on /r/Watches too

[Anonymous No.15280544]

>>15280525
>will get you into a lot of places and not just in finance
That's what I'm trying to figure out. Finance appeals to me because apparently you can make a lot of money there, but I'm open to anything. I'm just tired of being a loser and want to make something out of myself.

[Anonymous No.15280556]

>>15280538
imagine posting on reddit
imagine being a tech LARPer on a watch general

[Anonymous No.15280568]

>>15280162
its good for looking at watches you'd otherwise not think about

[Anonymous No.15280577]

>>15280452
(modified) ETA 7750 chronos going for 5-6k and being 17mm thick.

[Anonymous No.15280599]

which one looks better?

[Anonymous No.15280603]

which 1 looks better?

[Anonymous No.15280613]

Suggest a watch for me.
> 1000euros
> diver/working watch
> Any movements
> perpetual, aventurine, moon circles (unusual watches)

[Anonymous No.15280615]

R8 my newest acquisition /wt/
I got in from an online mystery watch deal thing for £10, figuring that whatever shitter I got could be sold to some dumb normie. But fuck, I was not prepared for this!

[Anonymous No.15280620]

>>15280615
It's around 20mm thick too for some reason.

[Anonymous No.15280621]

>>15280352
Proof?
Good to know he is getting at the shit he deserves

[Anonymous No.15280626]

>>15280620
Look at the size of this fucking shitter next to my 41mm Seamaster!

[Anonymous No.15280631]

>>15280603
Left looks like a souless version of the right.Shiny stylized numbers, unnecesary dial decoration and the lugs looks extremely long probably to cater the oversized watch trend.

[Anonymous No.15280640]

>>15280577
That looks like two watches stacked

[Anonymous No.15280642]

>>15280640
Small diameter watches really dont do well with thiccness. The proportions are shit.

[Anonymous No.15280644]

Didnt know this was a thing. Looks pretty decent for the price.

[Anonymous No.15280652]

>>15280644
Would be nice if it didn't have the geckota logo on the dial. I don't like the idea of buying a watch from a watch strap company. Autistic I know.

[Anonymous No.15280668]

>>15280652
They make some nice pilot variants, but a bit on the thick side.

[Anonymous No.15280675]

>>15280668
Pic rel, my 40mm geckota is as thick as my 43mm tisell, but the appearence is markably different.

[Anonymous No.15280724]

>>15280615
WTF is that even?
Where the fuck do you buy a "mistery watch" for 10 pounds?
Why the fuck would you do that?
And why do you have a seamaster?
(oh, and what movement does this monster have?)

[Anonymous No.15280728]

>>15280034
soul vs soulless

[Anonymous No.15280734]

>>15280652
I'm autistic enough to relate that brand name to this

[Anonymous No.15280792]

>>15280724
>WTF is that even?
A massive piece of shit
>Where the fuck do you buy a "mistery watch" for 10 pounds?
Groupon etc
>Why the fuck would you do that?
For shits and giggles
>And why do you have a seamaster?
Because it's a great watch
>(oh, and what movement does this monster have?)
A Seiko VX42E, pic related.

[Anonymous No.15280796]

>>15280120
relative time deep voice chad

[Anonymous No.15280801]

Can you buy a mini turtle (preferably in blue) anywhere that isn't gouging you nowadays? Jomashop had them for $295 but they seem to be perpetually out of stock. I only have 6.5 wrists so I think the snazzy save the ocean turtle/samurai would be too big.

[Anonymous No.15280862]

Is there any good way to know if an ebay listing is legit? Will Seiko honor the warranty if you buy it there? I see the SRPD23 on there for $319, but I assume that's 'as is' graymarket? Is there somewhere else I should be looking for a neato samurai?

[Anonymous No.15280868]

>>15280631
yea i like the 1963 better, its simple in its charm

would have considered the HKed (more authentic to history) version too, but that is sold out

the 'plan b' is a limited edition from seagull themselves and theres only like 200 pieces left on their tmall shop (out of 650 pieces made)

[Anonymous No.15280885]

pebble time steel, OG pebble steel

[Anonymous No.15280926]

>>15280120
CraigShipp.com

[Anonymous No.15280927]

>>15280796
relative mole

[Anonymous No.15280936]

You guys don't care about watches you care about imitating people you think are cool or admirable or having a symbolic connection to prestigious people and institutions

The underappreciated fact is a bunch of loser tards possess the same watches you think only cool important people have

[Anonymous No.15280939]

>>15280936
If even losers wear a Rolex, what's your excuse for not having it, or something better?

[Anonymous No.15280943]

>>15280936
I actually don't have a Rolex because their marketing is so faggy

[Anonymous No.15280944]

>>15280939
Not caring about fashion enough to buy a wristwatch that can otherwise pay for a year's restaurant/delivery budget or months of mortgage/rent payments

[Anonymous No.15280947]

>>15280936
> You guys don't care about watches you care about imitating people you think are cool or admirable or having a symbolic connection to prestigious people and institutions

No one cares. You just describing the marketing industry and every product ever made, especially luxury ones.

[Anonymous No.15280948]

>>15280936
>imitating people you think are cool or admirable

but i dont buy status watches

[Anonymous No.15280949]

>>15280944
If you have to worry that much about food and house payments then buying anything, let alone a watch, isn't a high priority.

[Anonymous No.15280950]

When I think of celebrity watch endorsements I think of Serena Williams and her incredibly ugly RO Offshore which costs more than twice what I paid for my car, and then I think about how she still thinks she's oppressed because she's black despite having a watch I could never be able to justify buying

[Anonymous No.15280951]

>>15280936
my mom had a Rolex and squandered all of her money so I have a negative association with them. But even if she didn’t I find their designs boring. They just look like 80s sporty prep shit.

[Anonymous No.15280954]

>>15280936
When I see this ad I just think about how the UN is useless and corrupt

[Anonymous No.15280960]

>>15280949
I don't need to worry about them you retard, it's just a mental exercise. I'd rather splurge on uber eats extra crazy all year rather than have a Datejust on my wrist

[Anonymous No.15280962]

>>15279431
There's a reason why he's called a rodent

[Anonymous No.15280964]

>>15280960
That's the point. If you have to pick one or the other then you are a poorfag and shouldn't buy anything except mallwatch shitters.

[Anonymous No.15280966]

>>15280950
She can't honestly think she's oppressed
Celebrities have to fake solidarity with their middle class or lower fans

[Anonymous No.15280967]

>>15279431
link to source pls.

[Anonymous No.15280968]

>>15280962
i never knew he was this dodgy

i just thought of him as being cringe with those stupid toy dinosaur skits

and whats the talk about him being a backstabber or whatever?

[Anonymous No.15280969]

>>15280964
I'm not PICKING you retard, the point is I would find 100 other uses for $10,000 before resorting to a steel date complication watch marked up 100x
I'd sooner gamble it on sports

[Anonymous No.15280971]

>>15280967
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMlkfQ-vGbQ

[Anonymous No.15280975]

>>15280964
>are a poorfag and shouldn't buy anything except mallwatch shitters.

fucking watch snob

shoo
people like you are why rolex gets a bad name

[Anonymous No.15280977]

>>15280975
rolex deserves the bad name to be honest

[Anonymous No.15280978]

>>15280034
I hate that stupid X login

[Anonymous No.15280981]

>>15280969
Except you clearly are, just buy both if you're not poor and also gamble on sports. Oh right you can't because you're poor. Pathetic.

[Anonymous No.15280982]

>>15280034
>original has a tastefully executed black date window that minimizes its presence, allowing the beautiful sunburst green dial and contrasting gold numbers to shine
>"upgrade" has a white date window with massive cyclops
why?

[Anonymous No.15280987]

>>15280964
>>15280981
imagine basing your self worth on whether or not you can afford a rolex
stupid coooonsoomer

[Anonymous No.15280990]

>>15280981
Ok smart guy, why don't you have every Rolex in the catalog? You conserving money or something? Poorfag

Why don't you have every reference in history? I know you have space in your house, watches are small

[Anonymous No.15280996]

Other people who have Rolexes are the biggest deterrent from buying one

[Anonymous No.15281000]

>>15280996
On watch sites that aren't anonymous you can see people's insta profiles on their sigs and you click and it's some diseased hideous senior citizen arm with a Pepsi/Batman/Sub collection and on the forum the guy talks shit about Seikos for like 10,000 posts
Big yikes

[Anonymous No.15281021]

I want a Genta-esque watch to add to my collection but I'm too poorfag for an AP or Nautilus. Is an Omega constellation my best choice, other than the Maurice Le Croissant?

[Anonymous No.15281025]

>>15280996
>>15281000
Too true. My views on Rolex were neutral until I saw how Rolex guys are. Pathetic.

[Anonymous No.15281032]

>>15281021
why do you want a Gerald Genta-esque watch? Genta's watches were all hideous other than the Polesmoker

[Anonymous No.15281044]

>>15280936
This is true for 99% of watchfags. But that's to be expected, when 99% of watches are aimed at that audience.

Owning a Rolex is like owning a fucking Supreme shirt and thousand dollar sneakers. There is literally no argument you can make against this, the only difference is you're trying to impress middle management dads who spend their days off playing golf instead of zoomers playing fortnite.

[Anonymous No.15281045]

>>15281021
There are a bunch of older seiko credor watches that have that look. Dig through the listings on Yahoo auctions with zenmarket .

[Anonymous No.15281047]

>>15281044
Except you impress literally everyone with a Rolex.

[Anonymous No.15281049]

>>15281047
No, you really don't

[Anonymous No.15281059]

>>15281045
If Credor is supposed to be Seiko's top line in precious metals why are there random shitters with Credor on the dial that go for like $200 on ebay?

[Anonymous No.15281060]

>>15281059
Because they're quartz

[Anonymous No.15281072]

>>15281059
+ looks like they have current models that are just steel quartz watches and cost the same as Grand Seikos that are on the cheap side ($2-4K) so it's not clearly above GS or all in precious metals

[Anonymous No.15281081]

>>15281047
That's exactly how people feel but supreme and jordans.

[Anonymous No.15281082]

>>15279489
Probobly the only Paneristi on /fa

[Anonymous No.15281088]

how safe is it to buy watches on ebay?

i dont wanna get scammed by some gopnik or chang

[Anonymous No.15281090]

>>15280936
That’s pretty cringe.

[Anonymous No.15281091]

>>15281088
I mean aslong as you know alot about watches and shop from respectable sellers i would say you are fine. I would never buy a watch over 2k from ebay though. Try chrono24.

[Anonymous No.15281093]

>>15281082
bro that watch is way too big for you

[Anonymous No.15281094]

>>15280978
You directly login to X11? No gdm or something like that? Are you an arch user, by chance?

[Anonymous No.15281097]

>>15281093
It looks like that in the photo agreed, but i have really fat wrists irl haha. I'll see if i can get a better picture for you.

[Anonymous No.15281101]

>>15281097
There we go, now you can behold my true tendieslayer wrists.

[Anonymous No.15281102]

>>15280796
he's boring as hell and wears Dad-core

[Anonymous No.15281107]

>>15281101
it looks better now but you could probably go up a notch on that strap

[Anonymous No.15281109]

>>15281091
>buy a watch over 2k
nice of you to assume i have that much in my savings

hmm i see

[Anonymous No.15281111]

>>15281107
Thank you anon you warm my heart.

[Anonymous No.15281117]

>>15280437
watchbox decided not to renew his contract because they came to the conclusion that his added value doesn't exceed the salary they were giving him and the opportunity cost to use that money for something else. he's already made just about every kind of video people in the watch content community make. made no sense for watchbox to hire him especially considering he explicitly stated he ONLY reviews watches he's held in the flesh and vowed against being a 'reactor' who makes a video everytime anthing watch-related happens in the news.

[Anonymous No.15281130]

>>15281117
add to this youtube's recent forray into promoting content creators who produce on a more consistent basis and punish people who have inconsistent upload schedules. tgv was never going to succeed especially when his competition (teddy baldessare, time teller) have no qualms with making even more soulless videos on a more consistent basis. they are growing at a faster rate than tgv did and they get 20-30k views at a faster rate than tgv does. tgv suffered from being at the right place at the wrong time (too early) while people like teddy came just in time for the sudden boom in watch enthusiasm in recent years.

[Anonymous No.15281147]

>>15281101
>A fucking gun in the background
…do Americans really…

But what bugs me more is that fucking cyclops! Why?

[Anonymous No.15281152]

>>15281130
Teddy is straight up garbage, why do people watch his videos?

[Anonymous No.15281154]

>>15281147
I scratch my balls with my gun

[Anonymous No.15281156]

>>15281147
This is possibly the only and worst blemish on the whole watch. I love it otherwise. (not the owner)

[Anonymous No.15281160]

>>15281156
Can't you just take it to an AD and ask if they can replace it with a crystal that doesn't have the cyclops? I think the only watch I've ever liked the cyclops on is the Seiko mini turtle and even there it felt unnecessary.

[Anonymous No.15281186]

>>15281152
because he's bland and inoffensive. people that are into watches like that kind of thing. what surprises me is all the connections he's amassed despite not being able to string a grammatically correct sentence to save his life

[Anonymous No.15281191]

>>15281147
I kinda agree with the cyclops thingy, i think it's a cool feature but it bugs me too sometimess. The problem is that for me to have both the seconds hand and power reserve i either have to go the gmt version or this one with the cyclops. Since i already own the gmt master 2 i went with the cyclops.

[Anonymous No.15281199]

>>15281191
This one and i felt it was too much with the gmt hand aswell.

[Anonymous No.15281233]

>>15280964
I disagree that there are no economical "Good Watches". My Miyota 2115 keeps time as well as your Rolex. Own and enjoy whatever you can manage. Suck my dick.

[Anonymous No.15281234]

is there a single smartwatch that doesn't look fucking retarded?

[Anonymous No.15281238]

>>15281147
GUN? GUN!

[Anonymous No.15281250]

>>15280443
absolutely

[Anonymous No.15281252]

>>15281234
Apple watch series 5 ceramic

[Anonymous No.15281286]

>>15280996
This true for every watch brand

[Anonymous No.15281289]

Am I crazy for wanting to spend £200 on this quartz watch?

[Anonymous No.15281294]

>>15281289
Nah looks pretty good. Eco drive is a great movement and titanium is a plus. Pull the trigger big boy.

[Anonymous No.15281295]

>>15281289
no, its a citizen ecodrive + titanium +sapphire
its a very fair price

not the same as a random shitter quartz

[Anonymous No.15281299]

>>15281289
>date window next to 3 o'clock instead of replacing it
REEEEEEEEEEE I HATE IT

[Anonymous No.15281307]

>>15281295
>>15281294
order placed
i'm too easily influenced by /fa/ lol

[Anonymous No.15281340]

>>15281289
Design looks clean. Would look good with a bracelet silver or white colored.

[Anonymous No.15281342]

>>15281307
>i'm too easily influenced by /fa/ lol

Bro I trust /fa/ more than any shill YouTuber or whatever else.

[Anonymous No.15281384]

>>15280626
is it heavy or light

[Anonymous No.15281392]

>>15281094
Lmao meant to say logo, autocorrect is being retarded

[Anonymous No.15281394]

>>15281299
ok autist

[Anonymous No.15281395]

>>15280862
There's some samurais on Chrono24 for pretty decent prices, what model are you looking for?

[Anonymous No.15281403]

>>15281395
I was looking for either the save the ocean model or the great white model. Both seem to be in pretty short supply.

[Anonymous No.15281409]

>>15281307
Nice don't forget to post a wristshot

[Anonymous No.15281426]

>>15280862
Imma keep it real with you chief nobody’s faking Seiko’s. eBay listings are fine, just look at the pictures.

[Anonymous No.15281429]

WE'RE GOING TO SPACE BOYS

[Anonymous No.15281437]

>>15281429
What are the other watches?

[Anonymous No.15281443]

Handsomest sport watch ever made you cannot change my mind

[Anonymous No.15281446]

>>15281426
arent there a lot of indian franken watches of seiko?

[Anonymous No.15281447]

Actual unironic god tier watch youtubers:

. TheWatches.tv (lives in Switzerland, goes to the shows, 4k footage, excellent presenter, gets obscure haute brands like mb&f)

. WatchAdvisor.com (similar to above, does extremely high quality footage, excellent tours of swiss watch houses and manufacturing process)

. London Watch Collector (everyday guy who just films his passion, 4k, chilled relaxed attitude, talks about his AD experience, mostly high end brands)

. GF watch (for lower or mixed price stuff, his Chinese accent might piss off retards though)

. Swiss Watch Gang (god tier footage, seems to film every single high end brand, excellent interviews with high end collectors)

. UptickWatchReviews (similar to London watch collector except he lives in China, has a slightly mixed mid to high end collection)

[Anonymous No.15281453]

>>15281446
Only vintage seiko 5s... and they're so cheap its almost worth buying them for a laugh. Nobody fakes samurai, 007, turtle, sumo, presage, etc. Actually I have seen 007s on wish.com but you should know if its a chink fake easily based on the seller (talking about ebay, not wish.com).

[Anonymous No.15281454]

>>15281429
Can't tell
>>15281426
False

[Anonymous No.15281464]

>>15281059
>>15281072
Credor watches aren't all precious metals. They are just a different family of watches with an emphasis on being thin and elegant. Unlike grand seiko which tend to be very thick and sporty.

[Anonymous No.15281472]

>>15281447
You forgot the goat
CraigShipp.com

[Anonymous No.15281474]

>>15281429

[Anonymous No.15281475]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMsvr55cTZ0

LAUNCH IMMINENT
LAUNCH IMMINENT
LAUNCH IMMINENT
LAUNCH IMMINENT

[Anonymous No.15281487]

>>15281475
>>15281474
WE DID IT BOYS WE'RE IN SPACE AGAIN. BRING BACK SOME MOON ROCKS FOR MORE SPEEDMASTER SPECIAL EDITIONS

[Anonymous No.15281489]

>>15281384
It weighs fuck all, most of it is empty space.

[Anonymous No.15281541]

>>15281474
What are they wearing?

[Anonymous No.15281542]

>>15279520
>>15279524
>>15279524
>>15279531
>Stowa makes a Shinola/Timex
unironically based

[Anonymous No.15281600]

After 3 months I got my Heuer back from where it was sent for service. They "couldn't find parts" and sent it back. Still can't wear the bastard.

[Anonymous No.15281607]

After 3 months I got my Heuer back from where it was sent for service. They "couldn't find parts" and sent it back. Still can't wear the bastard now

[Anonymous No.15281613]

>>15280626
>the virgin sea master and the Chad Beverly Hills Polo Club
I bet if you wore the BHPC it would get more compliments than the seamaster.

[Anonymous No.15281620]

>>15281607
Bin it

[Anonymous No.15281629]

>>15281607
Tag Heuer is such an embarrassing company holy shit

[Anonymous No.15281637]

>>15281607
That sucks. I guess try and find a local watchmaker who can make parts from scratch for you? What parts could they not find anyway?

[Anonymous No.15281653]

>>15281637
That's the next step. I was so annoyed by the whole thing I didn't even bother asking what they couldn't get. Guy mentioned the pushers at least. There's a somewhat local place I'll try next.

[Anonymous No.15281695]

>>15281607
That has to be infuriating, My apologies anon, hope u get it fixed soon.

[Anonymous No.15281699]

>>15281342
>I trust /fa/
lmao lolno kek why

[Anonymous No.15281701]

>>15281541
They are wearing the original x33 (don't know if it's the gen 1 or 2, pic is of gen 2) I is not the new x33, you can tell because of the arrow hour hand.

[Anonymous No.15281706]

>>15281607
>>15281629
>TAG Heuer doesn't have Heuer parts
really?

[Anonymous No.15281709]

>>15281706
Not for an original autavia, which I'm guessing is more than 50 years old by now, apparently.

[Anonymous No.15281712]

>>15281701
>>15281541

Well it could be the new x33 looking at this image. It's a x33 of some sort.

[Anonymous No.15281725]

>>15281706
Maybe their parts availability is fucked up by corona-chan

[Anonymous No.15281776]

Fug I cant find anything that looks similar enough to the Baltic chronograph. I can afford it but keep hearing its overpriced for what it comes with.

[Anonymous No.15281792]

>>15281776
There's the seagull chrono. Movement QC should at least be pretty decent with baltic. If you like the design of the case, dial & whatnot just go for it.

[Anonymous No.15281801]

>>15281792
Ive slept on it a few days and the hazard pay has been good to me...Still need to think more on it.

[Anonymous No.15281807]

>>15281607
I would sell it, anon. Let it become someone else's problem.

[Anonymous No.15281839]

>>15281807
I won't sell it, faggot.

[LADYBOY MONGERING ASSOCIATION No.15281843]

>>15280352
The RODENT will be living in a trailor park wearing a SQUALE shiteroonie, whilst the PONTIPH will be in his fart smelling LUXURY STUDIO with no curtians with the carpet beetles and the cactus eating KFC and chugging BLUE LABEL with his PHIVE IDENTICAL PATEKS!
CHEERS, FUCKAS!

[Anonymous No.15281872]

I don't follow watchtubers but just from what I've seen in these threads they all seem massively Jerry Springer dysfunctional

[Anonymous No.15281886]

>>15281872
only the worst get posted here
there are normal people

[Anonymous No.15281917]

>>15281886
JOMW gets posted here and he's fairly normal

[Anonymous No.15281948]

>>15281886
>>15281917
Don't forget Craig.

[Anonymous No.15282030]

>>15281917
ya hes alright and laid back
i listen to federico and his tortoiseshell glasses hipster buddy also

[Anonymous No.15282035]

>>15281613
Sadly that's probably correct. Hopefully that'll make it easy to palm off on some idiot on eBay.

[Anonymous No.15282112]

Let's settle this once and for all: what is the best Submariner rip-off?

[Anonymous No.15282120]

>>15282112
In the sub-$30 range, you can't beat a Tevise. Few other watches are officially certified perlative ceronometers.

[Anonymous No.15282121]

>>15282112
Who cares

[Anonymous No.15282124]

>>15282121
the submariner is the most beautiful watch and a perfect design

[Anonymous No.15282133]

>>15282112
the skys the limit
depending on how much $$ you want to spend
but for budget its probably either pagani design(<$100) or parnis (<$200) and san martin (<$300)

[Anonymous No.15282139]

>>15282137
>>15282137
>>15282137
>>15282137

[Anonymous No.15282169]

>>15280503
>Earns enough money to throw away at luxury items
>has enought insight into watches
>too dumb to properly gauge if his sell was good or bad

Not buying your story, fuck off.

[Anonymous No.15282380]

>>15280503
gay

[Anonymous No.15282388]

>>15279433
JLC is shit.

Patek is better.

[Anonymous No.15282410]

>>15281839
I'm the anon with the Heuer. Don't know who this guy is but I agree with him.

[Anonymous No.15282597]

>>15281101
Thank God the power reserve is labelled. Otherwise I'd never know what that meant

[Anonymous No.15282598]

>>15281156
Looks great

[Anonymous No.15282603]

>>15281443
No. See>>15281429