/wt/ watch thread

[Anonymous No.17530080]

flight computer edition

> Poorfag guide: https://imgur.com/a/NFMXDuK
> Watch essentials 102: https://pastebin.com/Rc77hhXV
> Purchasing used watches: https://pastebin.com/f44aJKy2
> Purchasing straps: https://pastebin.com/SwRysprE

Should I buy this MVMT / DW / "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

previous thread >>17527596

[Anonymous No.17530089]

>>17530080
weird question. anyone know of a digital watch that has a programmable random number generator? like you can set it to roll 1-6 or 1-12 or a particular bell curve?

[Anonymous No.17530094]

>>17530089
I can't recall any, so just get some random smart watch and install a dice app.

[Anonymous No.17530099]

>>17530089
apple watch might have an app for that?

[Anonymous No.17530108]

>>17530089
For what? Dungeons and dragons? Lol

[Anonymous No.17530123]

>>17530089
with an analog watch you could look at the second hand and take the closest numeral for 1-12, divide by 2 for 1-6

[Anonymous No.17530158]

>>17530089

[Anonymous No.17530167]

Should I get a gold or silver tone databank watch?

[Anonymous No.17530172]

>>17530167
rolex

[Anonymous No.17530184]

>A FUCKING LEAF

anyone here ever owned one of these?

[Anonymous No.17530187]

>>17530184
looks good

[Anonymous No.17530196]

Post Sinn.

[Anonymous No.17530199]

>>17530184
Marathon watches are quite thick. Try them out before buying one.

Out of curiosity, when do you guys think it's inappropriate to wear a dive watch? They kinda became the default men's watch.

[Anonymous No.17530224]

>>17530080
Is there a chart about which watch to wear with which fit?

[Anonymous No.17530232]

>>17530089
>figital
Only mechanical

[Anonymous No.17530270]

>>17530232
>Hey man, you seen this cool $2M watch I commissioned, just got it last week!
>Dude.... Uh, why?

[Anonymous No.17530306]

I get it that some of you are absolute poorfags, I am too, but all of you ITT own at least one Omega, do you?

[Anonymous No.17530310]

>>17530306
I do anon but i prefer zenith

[Anonymous No.17530317]

>>17530224
We are understaffed and cannot currently handle these requests

[Anonymous No.17530318]

>>17530270
I bet you can buy five full casinos in Romania for the price of that watch

[Anonymous No.17530331]

>>17530306
Yep, bought a vintage Omega Geneve about 13 years ago for £200 when I suddenly decided I was 'into watches' because 'gold dress watch = classy'.

Jumped into a pool with it about 6 months later and it washed all of the dial markers and text off, and eventually the crown fell off. Replacing the watch with something more durable & modern thereafter is when I actually learnt about watches.

[Anonymous No.17530339]

>>17530306
Yeah bro, certainly do ;) Here it is right next to my AP

[Anonymous No.17530343]

>>17530339
looks pretty fake to me

[Anonymous No.17530350]

speaking of poorfagging it up - any cheap alternatives to bauhaus style watches like Junghans?

[Anonymous No.17530356]

>>17530343
but do u think any non-watch autist would ever even notice?

[Anonymous No.17530359]

>>17530350
Sternglas Naos quartz.

[Anonymous No.17530363]

quartz is so much better

[Anonymous No.17530369]

>>17530356
no, but they won't notice your watch, period.

[Anonymous No.17530383]

what's your favorite truly cheapo watch, anons?
mine has got to be the Big Zero. I like the dial with the oversized numbers and chunky hands. it has an interesting anecdote attached to it as well

[Anonymous No.17530385]

>>17530339
>>17530356
Fake watches are like lifted manlet shoes, hair plugs and those silicone dick sleeves cucks get thinking it's because their size why their woman isn't satisfied.

Just stop dude, be genuine, instead of some fake NPC.

[Anonymous No.17530393]

>>17530385
lol what a cope

[Anonymous No.17530397]

>>17530393
Okay, lifts.

[Anonymous No.17530403]

>>17530306
no, but I have Denzel Washington that looks the same

[Anonymous No.17530405]

>>17530331
lmao

[Anonymous No.17530410]

>>17530385

[Anonymous No.17530414]

>>17530343
These do look a little off but I can’t tell what’s wrong with them. If anything.

[Anonymous No.17530416]

>>17530383
Moonswatch

[Anonymous No.17530449]

>>17530080
>>17530080
Nice work on the pic.
Did someone ever do anything crazy with mirrors in watches?

[Anonymous No.17530455]

>>17530196

[Anonymous No.17530463]

>>17530359
looks pretty nice, thanks. although now that I think about it maybe I'll just get a used Junghans at some point.

[Anonymous No.17530472]

>>17530306
You remind me of these guys who buy the cheapest Patek they can find on C24 (usually a beaten up Calatrava or Ellipse from the 60s with a third party movement) and claim to own a "high horology piece".

[Anonymous No.17530477]

>>17530306
More like Puddlemaster 0.1 with that case

[Anonymous No.17530495]

>>17530184
can these be acquired with the leaf by civilians or is it only the canadian government that can get this version?

[Anonymous No.17530499]

>>17530472
The cheapest Patek is still going to be several thousand dollars. That Seamaster 600 goes for about 5-600 bucks.

[Anonymous No.17530501]

>>17530472
>who buy the cheapest Patek they can find on C24 (usually a beaten up Calatrava or Ellipse from the 60s
WTF I'm doing this now

[Anonymous No.17530503]

>>17530199
>when do you guys think it's inappropriate to wear a dive watch
whenever you're wearing a shirt. damn clunkers never fit well under sleeves
pilot watches are where it's at for maximum versatility, divers are too sporty and too thick for more formal situations. or just wear a dress watch 24/7, some can pull it off

[Anonymous No.17530508]

>>17530472
These are so cheap I'm buying about 10 and making new swiss shitter owners seethe

[Anonymous No.17530511]

>>17530306
That is pretty nice. It looks like mid 60s semenmaster from that lug shape, I think later half of the 60s because the earlier ones didn't have the 2 lines of text. If you ever take the caseback off you can look up the serial number and find out the exact year of production, but my guess is between 1965-70.

Don Draper from the TV show Mad Men wears a 60s semenmaster too, but his is a De Ville with a black dial and a date window. Pure class.

[Anonymous No.17530517]

>Market crashing
>Big discounts everywhere
>This is just the beginning
Daytona's within reach in just 2 years guys.

[Anonymous No.17530522]

Another Royal Oak killer

[Anonymous No.17530527]

>>17530517
I just got a mortgage on a house recently lol if the interest rates go up I'll be too poor to buy nice watches

[Anonymous No.17530529]

>>17530331
Now jump into a pool with your speedmaster

[Anonymous No.17530533]

>>17530508
These are nice, try going for a center-seconds or even no-seconds one though. Sub-seconds Patrimonies are kinda grandpacore.

[Anonymous No.17530538]

>>17530529
Controversial opinion: 50 m water resistance can handle a pool. I'm not sure why you would wear a nice watch into a pool though, wear a G-shock or something

[Anonymous No.17530539]

>>17530108
For solitaire games when their is nothing to do. But basicly, yes.

[Anonymous No.17530543]

>>17530511
I remembered 1967, but wasn't sure, so I looked up the movement serial number. Yeah, 1967.

I serviced it myself years ago (now that I think about it, might be time for the next service), bought it from the widow of the first owner, so I feel obliged to take care of it and never sell it.

[Anonymous No.17530556]

>>17530472
why would someone pay more than $500 for a watch. fucking egomaniacs holy shit

[Anonymous No.17530557]

>>17530533
>Sub-seconds Patrimonies are kinda grandpacore.
You can't beat them

[Anonymous No.17530558]

>>17530543
Nice. I have one of similar vintage but mine has the 562 automatic movement instead. How do you find the accuracy on the manual-wind 601 movement? My 562 keeps better time than a lot of my modern watches

[Anonymous No.17530563]

>>17530517
i need to sell my rolex :S

[Anonymous No.17530571]

>>17530558
>How do you find the accuracy on the manual-wind 601 movement?
Honestly hardly matters for me, because I don't wear the same watch two days in a row. After that I just let them wind down (watch winders are snake-oil and are actually bad for your watches in the long run).

Though it runs probably okay, since the movement was in decent condition, and I am a proper watchmaker, not just some battery-bozo so I serviced it right.

[Anonymous No.17530584]

>>17530563
Why did you delete your last image

[Anonymous No.17530587]

>>17530584
it felt stupid to post the timestamp

[Anonymous No.17530589]

>>17530571
Well putting a manual-wind watch on a winder would be a waste of time anyways (pun intended). You should hook it up to a timegrapher sometime for curiosity, I bet you'd be surprised how well it performs.

[Anonymous No.17530590]

>>17530563
what is the accuracy on these haute horology watches? i often notice the manufacturers don't always advertise it on their site for some reason.

[Anonymous No.17530592]

>>17530590
Their tolerance is ±3 seconds a day

[Anonymous No.17530595]

>>17530590
my Lange 1 is like +8 seconds per day

[Anonymous No.17530598]

>>17530590
Usually within +/- 2 seconds per day. They generally take a Rolls-Royce attitude towards accuracy. (Rolls didn't used to publish their horsepower figures and simply assured buyers it was "adequate" but, when tested, the engines were still very powerful)

[Anonymous No.17530600]

>>17530563
These watches are nice, but they cost the same as an Audi Quattro
I often think about which is the superior purchase

[Anonymous No.17530604]

>>17530590
My Royal Oak is +/- 30 seconds per day

[Anonymous No.17530610]

>>17530600
well if you can buy the right model its the watch, because it will gain value and you dont have to pay for maintainance at all, while a car loses a lot of its value over time. maybe if you buy a rare car like a 911 Speedster its the other way around but still you need a place where to store it, pay insurance etc

[Anonymous No.17530616]

>>17530610
Only Rolexes hold their value
The Audi Quattro is already at classic status

[Anonymous No.17530619]

>>17530589
Okay, I had my mic and amp set up anyway (was working on a customer's women's Omega Dynamic cal. 684).

This is how my cal. 601 looks dial-down like maybe 4-5 years after last servicing it.

I'll take it.

[Anonymous No.17530623]

>>17530616
>Only Rolexes hold their value
you are a bot, underage or mentally challenged, right?

[Anonymous No.17530625]

>>17530610
>because it will gain value
Only some Rolexes and Pateks do this
The rest you may as well forget reselling

[Anonymous No.17530627]

>>17530590
lmfao you don't buy it to tell time poor retard

[Anonymous No.17530628]

>>17530508
They're cheap for a reason. There's nothing "Vacheron" about them.
Brands back then used to buy parts from various suppliers, assemble them and stamp their logo on it.
There's nothing interesting about these shitters. They're way overpriced for what they are.

[Anonymous No.17530630]

>>17530414
idk man, the fact that the beveling and width of the bracelet do not meet the beveling and width of the case and the beveling being all over the fucking place in general on a watch that should have a geneva seal for its case finishing might should have given you. hint

[Anonymous No.17530633]

>>17530625
as i said, if you buy the right model. and there are watches that gain value. you could go for some special ALS or Richard Mille or Patek etc

[Anonymous No.17530634]

>>17530623

[Anonymous No.17530635]

>>17530634
thats not a special model. go look for the limited editions

[Anonymous No.17530636]

>>17530628
>There's nothing "Vacheron" about them.
Brands back then used to buy parts from various suppliers, assemble them and stamp their logo on it.
There's nothing interesting about these shitters.
Hello Mr Rolex AD, I will pay 19,990 plus tax for a 2 line submariner

[Anonymous No.17530637]

>>17530635
Find me a special model that costs the same as an Audi Quattro

[Anonymous No.17530639]

>>17530628
>They're cheap for a reason. There's nothing "Vacheron" about them.
>Brands back then used to buy parts from various suppliers, assemble them and stamp their logo on it.
Why do retards like you tend to mouth off with insane confidence about subjects you know nothing about?

[Anonymous No.17530640]

>>17530637
whats the price of an audi quattro?

[Anonymous No.17530641]

>>17530619
You weren't kidding when you said you were a proper watchmaker. Much respect.

And that's awesome performance, you did a good job servicing it. +0 seconds for a watch made in 1967. Congrats

[Anonymous No.17530642]

>>17530640
You can get a solid one for about 30k

[Anonymous No.17530644]

>>17530642
juat go for stocks then

[Anonymous No.17530647]

>>17530644
Fair but if I ever bought a Lange 1 or an Audi Quattro I wouldn't consider reselling them for profit

[Anonymous No.17530650]

>want to get into the birth-year watches game
>tfw birth-year is an awful year for watches
I don't want to wear shitty two-tone quartz TAG-Heuers.

Datamining anons, was there anything good in 1988 apart from Rolex?

[Anonymous No.17530654]

>>17530647
i got you wrong then. only you can decide what you need or want more

[Anonymous No.17530656]

>>17530306
Yea boi

[Anonymous No.17530657]

>>17530641
I take this shit very seriously. I have all the proper oils, the proper cleaning solutions, I follow the service manual where I have to, and deviate from it when I know Swatch Group wants to scam me into swapping parts instead of properly cleaning and oiling them (I'm looking at you, 2824 and 7750 reversing wheels).

Of course sometimes a watch is just too far gone, and grandpa's shitty old Doxa that ran fifty years without a service before it seized up is only going to do +/-60s/d. People literally don't realize watches need a service every five, or at the very worst every eight years.

[Anonymous No.17530659]

>>17530650
Post some good watches for 2004 please. Budget is up till $12k.

[Anonymous No.17530661]

>>17530650
BOCTOK

[Anonymous No.17530662]

Out of all the different movements
Solar, quartz, automatic, spring drive, whatever
What is the most reliable and safe to purchase? What's going to have the least problems down the line?

I want to get a quartz or spring drive grand seiko, but the thought of having to fix something really annoys me

[Anonymous No.17530663]

>>17530511
This is kino, but I believe it was confirmed it was a redial

[Anonymous No.17530670]

>>17530661
I don't think so, the USSR was circling the drain already in 1988, that probably affected their quality.

>>17530659
I think the industry was just about making a comeback by then. Maybe quartz Seamaster Pro? You should probably avoid cuck-axial from that era, heard they weren't exactly refined yet.

[Anonymous No.17530671]

>>17530662
>the thought of having to fix something really annoys me
The French have a saying, It's the fate of glass to break.

Any watch you buy is going to need to get fixed/serviced at some point, because no watch on earth is going to run perfectly for eternity.

That being said, quartz is probably the best in terms of reliability. They are cheap to repair and don't need to be serviced often (in some cases longer than your life)

[Anonymous No.17530681]

>>17530657
I've been wondering something. If you have a watch that you only wear a few times per year on special occasions, do you still need to service it every 5-8 years? Or can the lack of use prolong the service interval

[Anonymous No.17530683]

Accuracy as measured by the manufacturer will always vary from real life daily use. You can't predict how the wearer will move his hand throughout the day.

[Anonymous No.17530688]

>>17530650
Get a birth year watch for your kid’s birth year and you can say you’ll gift it to them someday.

[Anonymous No.17530690]

>>17530670
>quartz Seamaster Pro
I think the seamaster looks ugly

[Anonymous No.17530691]

>>17530681
I've heard that it's wise to wind it once a month or so so the oils stay in use and don't gum up, it should work for a longer time then.

[Anonymous No.17530693]

buy your son a birth year Invicta

[Anonymous No.17530698]

>>17530592
>±3 seconds a day
>>17530595
>my Lange 1 is like +8 seconds per day
>>17530604
>My Royal Oak is +/- 30 seconds per day

Seiko bros... we WON

[Anonymous No.17530699]

>>17530698

[Anonymous No.17530701]

>>17530691
How long would you recommend the service interval for a watch that only gets worn a few times per year be? I assume the lubricants will break down over time even if it isn't worn often.

[Anonymous No.17530703]

>>17530691
That's boomer lore, modern synthetics don't do that.

>>17530681
You should, oils have an expiration date. I'm looking at a bottle of Moebius 9010 now, and it's from a 2021 lot with an expiration date of 2024/11. On top of that you should at least get the gaskets checked, because the rubber rings will deteriorate with age.

Lack of use will prolong movement life (which is why I disagree with watch winders, you're running the movement for nothing) over decades, but oils will still age.

[Anonymous No.17530706]

>>17530698
See >>17530619

t. vintage Omega gang

[Anonymous No.17530711]

>>17530703
Good to know, thanks.

[Anonymous No.17530712]

>>17530698
My Royal Oak is fake ;)

[Anonymous No.17530715]

>>17530701
I think the general rule with watches is to use it until there is a noticeable deviation of time keeping. These things work, and if you don't use it that often then there is not much wear. Yes you can get it serviced more often but you don't have to. At least 10 years if not 20.

[Anonymous No.17530716]

>>17530414
the bracelet on the omega looks dull and those links in the middle don't look like the real thing.
on the ap just look at the screws, the edges on the bezel are all worn out

>>17530356
they wouldn't, but before I got into watches I didn't even know that these models are expensive

[Anonymous No.17530726]

Another day another chance to post my watch. By the way is the hamilton/whiskey anon still around?

[Anonymous No.17530736]

>>17530726
Why doesnt it say dolce?

[Anonymous No.17530741]

>>17530726
>By the way is the hamilton/whiskey anon still around?
Haven't seen him in a while.

[Anonymous No.17530744]

>>17530736
Yeah?

[Anonymous No.17530756]

>>17530662
Quartz is the most reliable and most accurate. Solar is just a quartz battery, but solar powered. Both lasts for a loooong time. It depends on the quality. A cheap quartz lasts for a few years. A good quartz can lasts for 10+ years. I’ve heard stories of 15+. The battery change is simple. $20 to change it

Automatic is less accurate and less strong. If you drop it, you run the risk of damaging the movement, which can ruin the watch. Automatic watches need to be maintenanced every few years like a car. This can typically run you a lot depending on the brand. If it’s something like Rolex or Omega, you can expect to pay at minimum $1,000 every few years in maintenance

[Anonymous No.17530762]

>>17530683
maybe for shit tier manufacturers. i can assure you that when rolex says +/-2spd, it's +/-2spd. i have a new sub and a 15 year old explorer, and both operate within specs throughout the day while on my wrist

[Anonymous No.17530764]

>>17530756
>$1,000 every few years in maintenance
$500 every 10 years

[Anonymous No.17530770]

>>17530764
Depends on the movement.
Chronographs cost more to maintain than simple three-handers.
Really complicated movements cost even more.

[Anonymous No.17530772]

>>17530744
>>17530736
It's the discontinued model from Japan. They only introduced the Dolce branding with Sacm171

[Anonymous No.17530773]

>>17530741
Sad, hopefully he didn't drown in the liquor. Drinking alcohol alone is mostly very sad.

[Anonymous No.17530780]

>>17530563
Very nice, my friend. Congrats. Not often do I see another ALS in here.

>>17530306
I love vintage Omegas. I think I have a few. LOL

>>17530590
As with any other watch, it varies a lot. In this case, for example, my Lange keeps time between 3 to 4 seconds a day but, rather funny, only if I try to keep the reserve indicator between the second and the fourth notches.
On the other hand, the Chronometre Bleu truly keeps itself below the 2 seconds per day variation.

[Anonymous No.17530781]

>>17530657
Any recommendations for good books on the subject? It can be dry and boring; I wouldn't mind. I just want something that is not marketing misinformation or a coffee table books meant for those who derive their identity from watches.

[Anonymous No.17530787]

>>17530781
A Man and his Watch

[Anonymous No.17530790]

>>17530780
MORTADELLO RITARDELLO
MANGIATORE DI FAGIOLAAAA
MORIRE DI CANCROOOO

[Anonymous No.17530793]

>>17530726
I’m always here, snookums.

[Anonymous No.17530794]

>>17530780
>Very nice, my friend. Congrats. Not often do I see another ALS in here.
Agreed. The German ALS owner was also able to show us what a Lange looks like when it's nor being worn by an obese greaseball.

[Anonymous No.17530803]

>>17530793
Are you iranian?

[Anonymous No.17530806]

>>17530803
Do I look fucking iranian?

[Anonymous No.17530810]

>>17530806
I don't know what you look like

[Anonymous No.17530811]

>>17530810
Like a beautiful and slim 40yo Bam Margera.

[Anonymous No.17530812]

>>17530780
thx bro. the black dial looks very nice!

[Anonymous No.17530815]

>>17530811
Okay, good for you

[Anonymous No.17530820]

>>17530794
kek where you realy able to tell i am german just by the shape of my 1 numeral? interesting

[Anonymous No.17530824]

[Anonymous No.17530830]

>>17530820
Kurrent

[Anonymous No.17530832]

>>17530830
yes, but not only germans use those?

[Anonymous No.17530833]

>>17530820
Yes, I used to live in Darmstadt. There are only a few people that write their 1's like the Germans do.

[Anonymous No.17530834]

>>17530833
>>17530833
>There are only a few people that write their 1's like the Germans do
didnt know that... interesting

[Anonymous No.17530836]

>>17530772
Cool. Looks much better.

[Anonymous No.17530838]

>>17530834
>>17530833
>>17530832
>>17530830
This is what you regularly learn(ed) in german primary school: "Lateinische Ausgangsschrift"

[Anonymous No.17530841]

>>17530838
correct

[Anonymous No.17530854]

>>17530838
Do kids even learn cursive handwriting anymore? I assume everything is written in print or typed in school nowadays

[Anonymous No.17530855]

>>17530854
i think its still mandatory even with all the immigrants

[Anonymous No.17530860]

>>17530854
I'm not sure but I would guess they still do in southern, eastern and rural Germany. They probably don't in Berlin.

[Anonymous No.17530863]

>>17530832
Only Germans use that

[Anonymous No.17530864]

>>17530854
>Do kids even learn cursive handwriting anymore? I assume everything is written in print or typed in school nowadays
I think the new handwriting, Grundschrift, is a kind of block printing. I don't know if it's been adopted nationwide yet. Different regions teach different styles.

[Anonymous No.17530869]

>>17530864
It has not been adopted yet. There's a lot of resistance among educators to eliminating handwriting lessons.
Here is the version I learned. Those x's took a lot of practice.

[Anonymous No.17530870]

Guten Abend euch allen.

[Anonymous No.17530871]

>>17530811
like a beautiful and slim 40yo Iranian Bam Margera?

[Anonymous No.17530872]

>>17530869
Bless the germs. Handwriting is where they draw the line in the sand lol. (Still based)

[Anonymous No.17530873]

>>17530563
>>17530780
Based and superior race pilled.

[Anonymous No.17530876]

>>17530860
>>17530854
internet says that its not mandatory in all the Bundesländer anymore. what has this country become lmao

[Anonymous No.17530877]

>>17530873
Fat Mortadello is not white, you know.

[Anonymous No.17530879]

>>17530872
Sadly they don't really draw any other lines. But i feel some changes in the last 3 years and integration seems to have worked for a big chunk of pre-2000s immigrants which is nice.

[Anonymous No.17530913]

>>17530812
Thanks m8. Have you ever tried to buy other items to "compliment" your watch?
Since I wear a suit somewhat often, when I bought my Lange I went thru a lot of trouble to find a couple of cufflinks to have the exact same tone of gold. I eventually found out that, at the time Piaget and ALS were working with the exact blend and bough my Altiplano Cufflinks. (Picrel)

Since Lange's yellow gold (not honeygold, as that an exclusive mix) is also a bit hard to find in other brands, I do wonder if you have ever tried.

[Anonymous No.17530921]

>>17530873
Thanks, dude. Although, the "superior race" thing really puts me in an itch. lel

>>17530794
>>17530877
>>17530790
Seethe more and picrel

[Anonymous No.17530924]

>>17530913
>picrel
Forgot pic

[Anonymous No.17530936]

>>17530563
>>17530780
I didn't know people still bought gold watches

[Anonymous No.17530948]

>>17530936
Only rich bastards

[Anonymous No.17530951]

>>17530921
How old are you?

[Anonymous No.17530954]

>>17530936
>>17530948
White gold is where it's at.

[Anonymous No.17530956]

>>17530913
>>17530924
not realy since i am just a lazy student fucker. only wear this necklace. my watch also is in rose gold. can you recomend any good suit brands? just the other day i ordered a made to measure suit but i feel like thats a shitty buy for 3k. maybe check out some pawn house or sth similar, there you can find lots of (old school) cufflinks and so i guess a wider variety of gold alloys

[Anonymous No.17530968]

Is this a good watch? Saw it in a store today and it looked pretty cool.

[Anonymous No.17530976]

>>17530968
Yeah it's a good watch. Kind of ugly and bulky but that's just my opinion, a lot of people love how it looks.. That Seiko was made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger wearing it in a bunch of movies, so much so that people often refer to it as the "Seiko Arnie"

[Anonymous No.17530979]

>>17530976
scratch that, I'm wrong.
the Arnie is the larger version with the LCD at the top part of the watch

[Anonymous No.17530986]

>>17530968
how big are you wrists and forearms

[Anonymous No.17530990]

>>17530986
>how big are you wrists and forearms

[Anonymous No.17531047]

>>17530951
Too old to be on this site.

[Anonymous No.17531054]

>>17530921
>Although, the "superior race" thing really puts me in an itch.
Of course it would, mongrel.

[Anonymous No.17531065]

>>17530350
Junkers Bauhaus
Orient bambino 38mm
Seiko sarb029

[Anonymous No.17531073]

Roughly 50$ per watch
8$ per strap (pretty sure the prices were glitched because these cost 10x as much now lmao. a steal for nice real lizard skin)

What do you think of my poorfagmaxxed """"collection""""? Are the A. Lange wearers jelly? lol

[Anonymous No.17531074]

>>17531073
gonna have to get that plexiglaxx replaced at some point though, it's pretty beat up after 50 years. or maybe polish it up with toothpaste.

[Anonymous No.17531081]

>>17530913
>>17530924
>CHF 5000
Do richtards, really?

[Anonymous No.17531084]

>>17531074
>>17531073
Id say buy some polywatch or just use some form of polish on the acrylic crystal. Almost any polish will do.

[Anonymous No.17531092]

>>17531081
Yeah? Sucks you're lazy and stupid? Lmfao.

[Anonymous No.17531102]

>>17531081
He probably just bought counterfeits.

[Anonymous No.17531112]

>>17531081
now get a load of the guy who thinks he's hot shit because his watch costs as much as your cuff links, lel

[Anonymous No.17531113]

>>17531092
>lazy and stupid
I am both of those things and doing decently

[Anonymous No.17531115]

>>17531113
Sorry forgot without a rich family.

[Anonymous No.17531117]

>>17531115
Nah it's called programming

[Anonymous No.17531147]

ok my PT5000 failed.
basically picrel broke (part of the keyless works) and the hook thing jammed the crown that begun to act strangely. So it's a material's defect, wrong steel or wrong heat treatment.
I ordered the equivalent ETA part hoping the dimensions are the same.
I disassembled and cleaned the movement and while it seems built nicely it's clear it has been assembled by slave monkeys since there is quite a bit of dirt, screwdriver's mark and all the screws are overtorqued.
TL;DR don't buy a watch with a PT5000 inside. It runs fine until it doesn't. Buy a watch with a SW200 or a real ETA 2824-2 or a Japanese movement.

[Anonymous No.17531153]

Having a nice watch is completely pointless if you're fat. Anyone close enough to be able to see that your watch is nice isn't going to be thinking
>Nice watch
they'll be thinking
>Oh God, he smells like shit. He's so fat he can't wipe his own ass.

[Anonymous No.17531155]

>>17531147
>PT5000
>a CHINESE eta
>it broke
No surprises there. LOL

[Anonymous No.17531156]

>>17531153
im 5'4 and 120 lbs

[Anonymous No.17531174]

>>17530529
Omega confidently state that their modern water-resistance figures actually mean you can dive to that depth with them, so sure.

[Anonymous No.17531189]

>>17531155
well the PT5000 is still a big hope for chinese horology (first chinese certified chronometer etc.) and it's shilled left and right I mean it wasn't meant to be a generic no brand backwater chinese ETA clone
But yeah it seems they can't make it

[Anonymous No.17531190]

You DO know if you finally get your "grail" watch you still won't be happy, right?

I speak from experience.

[Anonymous No.17531193]

>>17531174
That's part of the METAS Master Chronometer standard. The cased watch must be able to achieve its stated water resistance. In practice, every watch is tested between 110% and 125% of its water resistance before it goes for METAS testing.

[Anonymous No.17531194]

>>17531190
>You DO know if you finally get your "grail" watch you still won't be happy, right?
Yes. If only it were that easy.
But on the plus side, now I no longer labor under the belief that watches can make me happy, so I freely buy what I want and sell it when I get bored of it.

[Anonymous No.17531195]

you guys finally got kicked off of /g/?

[Anonymous No.17531196]

>>17531153
>the post that killed Mortadello

[Anonymous No.17531197]

>>17531190
I'm happy and I have my Rolex.

[Anonymous No.17531201]

[Anonymous No.17531204]

[Anonymous No.17531211]

>>17531174
>>17531193
Yeah but surely jumping into a pool is outside of what they test. Not even trying to get into that dynamic pressure bullshit,

[Anonymous No.17531213]

>>17531201
For me it's the Baby Arnie Jr. (6 inch wrists)

[Anonymous No.17531215]

[Anonymous No.17531217]

>>17531190
That sounds like a you problem

[Anonymous No.17531227]

[Anonymous No.17531231]

>>17531211
>Yeah but surely jumping into a pool is outside of what they test.
You're not applying 5 atmospheres' worth of pressure when you jump into a pool. Be realistic.

[Anonymous No.17531235]

>>17531215
As a wristlet, yesterday I decided this might be the nicest watch I ever buy.

[Anonymous No.17531239]

[Anonymous No.17531242]

>>17530306
>buying old-looking mystery meat

[Anonymous No.17531260]

Lol

[Anonymous No.17531272]

>>17531239
I love VC's art watches, they're like BMW art cars

[Anonymous No.17531298]

>>17531193
Didn't know that, nice.
>>17531211
Meh, it'll be fine I'm sure - noone's reported any 3861 water damage yet at all. I wouldn't with an 1861 though, seen that a lot.

[Anonymous No.17531309]

[Anonymous No.17531310]

>>17531239
My third grader could paint a nicer map

[Anonymous No.17531313]

>>17531272
>bro what time is it?
>idk, blimp

[Anonymous No.17531316]

>>17531313
And I would say what a cool guy

[Anonymous No.17531322]

>>17531310
Couldn't paint the soulful eel in the corner

[Anonymous No.17531326]

>>17531147
Good to know.

[Anonymous No.17531372]

[Anonymous No.17531392]

[Anonymous No.17531395]

>>17531156
oompa loompa doopity doo

[Anonymous No.17531396]

>>17531227
pure class

[Anonymous No.17531399]

I want a small 30-36mm two-tone 80's sleaze luxury sports watch

I'm looking at the Ebel Sport Classic (which were huge in the 80s...dogshit now), Rolex Datejust, Chopard St. Moritz, anything else I may have missed

[Anonymous No.17531401]

>>17531372
This watch is trying so hard to be a vintage Patek chronograph

[Anonymous No.17531402]

my brother just bought a bapeX

JUST

[Anonymous No.17531412]

>>17530956
I see. I could have sworn yours was yellow gold, due to the light.
In all fairness it's been more than ten years since I don't buy a suit off the rack, as all mine are bespoke from independent tailors, so I'm afraid I wouldn't be of much help in that area. Sorry m8.

>>17530968
If I were you, I'd search for an original Arnie.

>>17530951
Old enough.

>>17530936
Sometimes we do.

>>17531102
Nah, that's not my thing.

>>17531112
Imho watches from any different price range can still be great. It's not only about money.

>>17531153
>>17531196
>>17531054
Keep coping. LMAO

>>17531156
Relax, that's not directed towards you, but to me. Apparently, the deranged loser who made that post can only cope with the idea of me by imagining that I'm super fat, because if not, his life is worthless or something. I'm 6' and 200 lbs, but he must remain in his poortard fantasy or he cries and shits his pants.

>>17531190
The grailwatch is a missconception of watch collecting. There is no real "grail".

>>17531239
What a beauty. The Mercator is a watch that keeps eluding me, but maybe someday...

>>17531309
Cowabunga! Awesome watch!

[Anonymous No.17531414]

>>17531401
maybe but breitling has been using that design since like 1942

[Anonymous No.17531415]

>>17531401
Not really. All vintage chronographs look basically like that.

[Anonymous No.17531421]

[Anonymous No.17531422]

>>17531412
Clearly struck a nerve you fat, fucking Communist. Hopefully you'll go blind from diabetes soon enough.

Reminder,
Having a nice watch is completely pointless if you're fat. Anyone close enough to be able to see that your watch is nice isn't going to be thinking
>Nice watch
they'll be thinking
>Oh God, he smells like shit. He's so fat he can't wipe his own ass.

[Anonymous No.17531425]

>>17531412
>I'm 6' and 200 lbs,
At least lie with something close to reality. If you're 200lbs, then you're not more than 5'6".

Do you carry all your fat in your wrists or something?

[Anonymous No.17531429]

>>17531412
lardo tardo

[Anonymous No.17531430]

>>17531415
It's a lot more obvious with their Salmon dial variant

Compare this recent Breitling to my next picture and tell me they weren't ripping off Patek

1/2

[Anonymous No.17531432]

2/2

like come on, make it a bit less obvious Breitling

[Anonymous No.17531433]

>>17531430
>>17531432
That's not really a Patek signature design. Old vintage dress chronos all had a certain look, mostly because many all used the same movement.
It's not like Breitling is ripping off the Patek's lug or case architecture, and salmon dials are hardly unique to Patek.

[Anonymous No.17531436]

>>17531412

I don't think anyone has to "imagine" you being super fat, since a healthy-weight person doesn't have such bloated wrists.
we don't need to use our imaginations to picture you as something you obviously are: fat and greedy.

[Anonymous No.17531439]

>>17531433
Still seems like a cope watch lol

Breitling should stay in their lane and make Navitimers and big shiny watches for rappers

[Anonymous No.17531440]

>>17531432
Yeah that’s pretty close, though to be fair ALS and VC also have salmon dial chronos with the same layout.

[Anonymous No.17531442]

Just brought, thoughts?

[Anonymous No.17531444]

>>17531439
>Still seems like a cope watch lol
In that, I agree. It's trying to be a mid-century dress chronograph, but it's still thick as fuck.

[Anonymous No.17531447]

>>17530968
One problem with these is that it's not clear what the water resistance is with the pushers unscrewed. It doesn't have tilt-backlight, so it's a little annoying to use the lcd backlight pusher if you are worried about water resistance.

[Anonymous No.17531450]

What are we drinking tonight bros? Going to be enjoying my GS and this bottle tonight.

[Anonymous No.17531453]

>>17531436
Mort is based, dude. Chill out.

[Anonymous No.17531454]

>>17531450
water

[Anonymous No.17531455]

>>17531450
>Product of USA

[Anonymous No.17531456]

>>17531442
Nice Ro... oh.

[Anonymous No.17531457]

>>17531442
Cant tell if giant hands or small watch

[Anonymous No.17531458]

>>17531450
I don’t drink alcohol anymore.

[Anonymous No.17531459]

>>17531453
I was being nice when I called him fat and greedy. There are far worse (and more accurate) things to call him.

[Anonymous No.17531471]

>>17531455
american and australian wines are the thinking mans choice in the 21st century. kind of makes sense considering it’s going to be a Pacific century

[Anonymous No.17531473]

>>17531450
Nothing you alcoholic, it's just a random weeknight lol

[Anonymous No.17531475]

>>17531471
>it’s going to be a Pacific century

[Anonymous No.17531479]

>>17531450
>trying to flex with $200 bottle of wine (unopened)
>can’t afford a Swiss watch
Yikes

[Anonymous No.17531485]

>>17531475
america is a pacific power

[Anonymous No.17531489]

>>17530123
I guess that works. though thats liable to self placebo shenanigans.

[Anonymous No.17531493]

>>17530780
>>17531412
Do you have more watches? How many?
More cufflinks too?

[Anonymous No.17531496]

>>17531485

[Anonymous No.17531531]

>>17531457
Sellers hand, he shaves his wrist but rest of arm hairy

[Anonymous No.17531563]

>>17531190
I speak from experience. I'm happy, and I have my grail.

[Anonymous No.17531587]

>>17531563
What is it?

[Anonymous No.17531593]

>>17530196

[Anonymous No.17531598]

>>17531593
Shave.

[Anonymous No.17531606]

>>17531587
An Omega.

[Anonymous No.17531608]

>>17531606
Which?

[Anonymous No.17531616]

I don't know what happened to me but I want a hublot.

[Anonymous No.17531619]

>>17531608
A holy grail.

[Anonymous No.17531625]

>>17531616
At least is not a Gay Sexko. Still, you may need urgent medical attention.

[Anonymous No.17531627]

>>17531616
smexy

[Anonymous No.17531638]

>>17531493
Just a few, m8. Still, old pic by now.

>>17531453
Thanks, my friend.

[Anonymous No.17531646]

>>17531638
Long time, no see. How's the moonphase running?

[Anonymous No.17531683]

>>17531638
how accurate are those atmos clocks? and do they require a lot of maintenance?

[Anonymous No.17531705]

>>17530787
fuck you

[Anonymous No.17531741]

>>17531646
Indeed, my friend. Honestly, with the exception of the Corum, which requires a service, all are running fairly well. I'm lucky. Love the lume, btw.

>>17531683
Very, more than a few vintage electrics I own too. However, if you're planning of buying a second hand one, you'll need to have it service before puting it to work. Once serviced and with its gas refilled, it will keep excellent time for months, before you simply need to re-adjust it, as long as you place it where there is enough temp variation to work. Not too high or too low, tho.

[Anonymous No.17531754]

>>17531442
From India?

[Anonymous No.17531758]

>>17530522
>Looks like a complete garbage
>Not iconic
>Not even an "homage"

Go fuck yourself

[Anonymous No.17531773]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JwJcdmI2cs

[Anonymous No.17531774]

rolexrolexrolex

[Anonymous No.17531779]

>>17531260
any better resolution pics of the arm hair?

[Anonymous No.17531790]

>>17531773
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gni01DfzwKw

[Anonymous No.17531795]

>>17530522
I actually like this but it's the kind of thing TGV would shill as "pure class" and full of heritage because they made 500 of them in the late 70s before the original company went belly-up and the name got bought out by the Chinese

[Anonymous No.17531796]

>>17530522
The Royal Oak doesn't even look very good. I have no idea why people are so obsessed with it.

[Anonymous No.17531798]

>>17531190
That goes for everything

[Anonymous No.17531814]

>>17531432
I always feel pity for manually wound perpetual calendar chronographs, people that have enough money to buy one 100% have a dozen other watches and so it will never be their daily, so both the perpetual calendar and the chrono will almost never be used. All that engineering just wasted.

[Anonymous No.17531816]

>>17531442
These patterned Seiko 5 dials are always suspicious. I would avoid. Especially if it's from India, never buy watches from India.

[Anonymous No.17531827]

>>17531816
It's fine, it actually has the proper inscription at the bottom, I assume.

[Anonymous No.17531837]

>>17531606
>his holy grail is an Omega

[Anonymous No.17531840]

>>17531260
Nice arm hair but you can see she waxed at some point. Would be great if she never did.

[Anonymous No.17531882]

>>17531837
Omegas are expensive. All luxury watches are.

[Anonymous No.17531888]

I’m at the point where I’m just gonna get the $350 Seiko or citizen. Just spent $7k on an unexpected bill. Gonna call it a day. Researching for years and savings. Fuck it. I’ll be content either way. At least now I’m satisfied knowing the search is over

[Anonymous No.17531907]

>>17531888
buying watches beyond your means is not a good idea, despite what this thread might tell you. if you have to save up for years to buy a watch, you'll get too stressed out about damaging it or letting it get stolen
just grab a cocktail time or something

[Anonymous No.17531909]

>>17531888
What this anon said >>17531907
Plus, this thread tends to lose sight of the fact that your watch is meant to complement your outfit. (Purposely so, I tend to believe.)

That's why the best collections aren't the ones that fill one watch box after another, they're the ones that are two or three carefully chosen, tasteful pieces that become like a visual signature.

[Anonymous No.17531919]

>>17530196
I don't like Sinn because to sin is to do something wrong and bad, so it makes me think of all that bad stuff like gluttony and murder. It also reminds me oh johnny sins and his stupid cock and his stupid baldy napper.

[Anonymous No.17531937]

>>17531888
>savings
That is stupid. Do not buy for more than 1 month salary.
Just jet one of these, they are superb:

36 mm (for 16 cm wrist):

snk355
snk357
snk361
snk363
snk365
snk366
snk368
snk377
snk379
snk381

snkl15
snkl17
snkl19
snkl21
snkl23
snkl24
snkl26
snkl28
snkl41
snkl43
snkl45
snkl47
snkl48
snkl50
Orient Bambino 36mm
Tissot PRX 35mm
Timex Marlin

37-38 mm (for 16.5-17.5 cm wrist):

snxs73
snxs75
snxs77
snxs79
snxs80
snxs81

[Anonymous No.17531948]

choose

[Anonymous No.17531951]

>>17531909
>Plus, this thread tends to lose sight of the fact that your watch is meant to complement your outfit. (Purposely so, I tend to believe.)
>That's why the best collections aren't the ones that fill one watch box after another, they're the ones that are two or three carefully chosen, tasteful pieces that become like a visual signature.

The more time I spend in this general, the more I realize this is the way.

Hoarding huge collections of anything just speaks to a mental disorder.

[Anonymous No.17531952]

>>17531948
Right

[Anonymous No.17531957]

Thoughts on the new rangeman colorway? I might sell my gg1000 to cop this.

[Anonymous No.17531961]

>>17531937
which of these have those nice patterned dials that Seiko does sometimes?

[Anonymous No.17531980]

>>17531957
Price?

[Anonymous No.17531983]

>>17531638
Impressive

[Anonymous No.17531985]

>>17531983
That picture is ancient, by the way. Mortadello very rarely takes new pics. He'd actually be a little more tolerable if he posted fresh content instead of basically avatarfagging with his watches.

[Anonymous No.17531988]

Heyo lads. I'm gonna buy one of these unpopular scions of swatch group.
Certina is in titanium, mido is a gmt one. Any opinions, or maybe other model suggestions is appreciated.
>inb4 rolex
Ok, but not this year for sure.

[Anonymous No.17531989]

>>17531951
>Hoarding huge collections of anything just speaks to a mental disorder.
Look at the fragrance, sneaker, denim, etc threads here for examples. They cross a point where they no longer post fits, just what they've consoomed.

[Anonymous No.17531990]

>>17531988
How often do you dive?

[Anonymous No.17531991]

>>17531988
does it come in not piss and shit lume?

[Anonymous No.17531999]

>>17531638
based

[Anonymous No.17532009]

>>17531988
Shitlex

[Anonymous No.17532012]

>>17531948
Left

[Anonymous No.17532016]

>get a new watch
>bump my arm against a light pole
>it's scratched now

[Anonymous No.17532020]

>>17532016
the earlier it happens the faster you can be done with babying it and actually treat it as a tool

[Anonymous No.17532021]

>>17531990
Yes

[Anonymous No.17532023]

>>17532020
Watches are much more like fashion accessories nowadays.

[Anonymous No.17532025]

new
>>17532024
>>17532024
>>17532024
>>17532024

[Anonymous No.17532062]

>>17532023
yet they bump into shit like they would be hammers

[Anonymous No.17532109]

>>17531990
>>17532021
Actually no.
But I swim regularly
>>17531991
Nah, only the mustard one in black in yellow coloring.

[Anonymous No.17532666]

>>17531774
boringboringboring

[Anonymous No.17533373]

>>17531073