/fa/ - Fashion

I need a new wall clock.

>>13518268
First for vintage chronometers.

Adjusted the micro-regulator a bit faster as the watch was loosing a tiny bit of time on the wrist and dial up, even though it was showing damn near +0 SPD in every position on the timegrapher.

Well lads, took this for another swim, to 5m. Still holding good.
Shame I don't have the means to film this under water.

>>13518297
Love that braided band, did it come with the watch or did you cop it elsewhere?

>>13518326
It's an Eulit Krystal perlon. The Palma range is also nice from them. They are available in variety of colors and widths.

>>13518317
Why do people keeping posting this fugly $10 disposable piece of crap?

>>13518347
go fuck your mum bitch

>>13518337
Much apprecaite

>not owning a $10,000 watch winder
Why even live?

>>13518370
> Being so tasteless as to own so such a high proportion of automatic watches as opposed to a mix of manual wind, automatic, battery powered, and solar watches

>>13518370
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPz78YHndKc
Never really understood the appeal of those things

>>13518370
Anyone who owns any watch winder should be brutally murdered.

It's not even good for the watch, keeping it running like it's a daily beater, when you're not wearing it at all.

Also honestly how many watches in a $10000 winder will not have a date quickset or handwinding? It's fucking madness.

Is it acceptable to go shopping wearing only your watch, a pair of boxers and a shirt?

I've done this a few times recently, and although my watch is relatively expensive and there's absolutely no way a 17 year old could afford it I keep getting asked for ID.

>>13518268
Anyone have experience with these watches?

>>13518416
>Is it acceptable to go shopping wearing only your watch, a pair of boxers and a shirt?
Huh? This can't be serious.

>keep getting asked for ID.
Why would you get asked for ID? I don't get it.

>>13518422
Ladies watch movement, unreliable, former shadow of the soviet production.

>tfw no omega world timer in my collection

>>13518416
What do you think boxers are?

>>13518416
>boxers
I think you overestimate the concern your average normie has for watches. 99% of the people you meet neither know nor care about watches. That you think owning an expensive watch is a sign of your age speaks volumes about you.

>>13518268

>>13518446
Not him, but unless you live in some odd place, most normies care about watches to some degree, and at least half of them can spot expensive watches too.

>>13518439
Undergarments that aren't Y-fronts.

>>13518446
Getting ID'd by some faggot kid who is probably 16 years old while I'm wearing a ROLEX is fucking embarrassing.

Thoughts on Movado?

>>13518459
Shitter

>>13518459
It doesn't even look good

I want this watch so bad but I can't find it for anywhere that isn't an overblown price.

>wear boctok
>slam it in walls and doorframes and shit
>literally doesn't matter

Bullhead today.

>>13518508
>wear invicta
>some bitch ass watch fag comes bitching about it
>slam the cuck with the watch
>passes out
>watch is ok

>>13518458
Must mean you look like 14 y/o faggot and probably act like one too.

Do this IQ test:
https://www.mensa.lu/en/mensa/online-iq-test/online-iq-test.html

Post the results with a pic of the watch you are wearing right now.

>>13518519
>wearing a ROLEX
>wearing a suit 2-3X this faggot's monthly salary
>me
>looking 14 years old

I think not.

Every time this faggot gives me this same "sorry bro I gotta do this" look. I should fucking kill him.

>>13518528
>wearing only your watch, a pair of boxers and a shirt
>wearing a suit 2-3X this faggot's monthly salary
Hmmmm

>>13518524
>watch: tudor heritage black bay
>"Thank you for taking the Mensa Online Test!
You have 6 correct answers, this means you have few chances to pass the real Mensa Test"

>>13518511
Sooo nice

>>13518416
you’re a dumbass

>>13518524
> 26/33
8, 14, and 28 are probably my favorites.

>>13518524
I don’t need a test to know I’m intelligent.
I’m quite intelligent.

Also Seiko Presage.

>>13518524
Thank you for taking the Mensa Online Test!
You have 23 correct answers, this means you have good chances to pass the real Mensa Test

Post digital watches you have.

>>13518468
well it would be strictly used as a dress watch

>>13518524
>Thank you for taking the Mensa Online Test!
You have 28 correct answers, this means you have excellent chances to pass the real Mensa Test

>>13518584
I don’t.
I’m not 12 anymore.

>>13518427
>Ladies watch movement
So what lol?

>>13518590
I should add I winged 19-22, I had no idea what's going on.

>>13518422
Buy a vintage Luch instead.

>>13518591
Sounds more like you are 12

>>13518593
Agreed, those are garbage

>>13518590
>tfw too brainlet to wear a beat up old soviet vostok.

Do I buy this watch /wt/?

>>13518598
But there's also now way I'm ever joining the pseudo-intellectual masturbatory club known as mensa. My time is more valuable than that.

>>13518524
130
>>13518448

>>13518603
Those who scored high on their Mensa test will take the sensible route and buy almost the exact same watch from Steinhart, at a way lower price.

Hello wt

>>13518612
Do you shave your arm?

>>13518597
Nuh uh

>>13518607
T H I C C
H
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>>13518619
Fuck, is that watch bulky. Dislike.

Thoughts on this watch?

>>13518612
Is it just me, or do you actually kinda look like me?

>>13518628
It's a Seiko believe it or not.

>>13518631
>>13518612
You must grow body hair before posting on 4chan

>>13518634
Yeah, so?

>>13518480
Uniform Wares the best

>>13518459
Great for slope dictators.

>>13518480
>that date window position
FAT

STEAMY

DOG

SHITTER

CUNT

>>13518584

>>13518584
>>13518658
Plus this.

>>13518658
Eyy brit bro
Do a hydro mod on one of those casios.

>>13518658
Just... why??

>>13518667
People buy what they like, fuck off.

>>13518665
Maybe I will at some point.
>>13518667
Why not? My girlfriend bought me a watch box by mistake for my birthday, I had asked for a travel case. I decided to fill it with cheap Casio digitals.

>>13518658
Nice. You need a tom cruise. This is mine on an f91w band.

Afternoon cuntlemen.

>>13518673
Shit yeah, I had forgotten about that one. What's the ref again?

>>13518676

>>13518596
Is this Luch or is this a different brand? I'm not too familiar with soviet watch brands

>>13518677
DW290-1V

>>13518682

>>13518683
That's luch 2209 with a redial.
Check what the movement says.

Here's some info for these watches:
http://www.2209watchmovement.com/

>>13518684
Okay, eBay here I come! Kek

>>13518694
Bro you need to add a vintage led watch to compliment the lcds

>>13518697
I know but any that look like they have any kind of finishing are hundreds. I don't mi d spending a few quid on a shitter Casio for the lolz but I have to draw the line somewhere.

>>13518668
I like them too. But so many and so similar...

Pic related, my Casios.

Get on my level. My watch is way better.

>>13518700
Yeah, true, but you can get a nice deal if you lurk ebay for a while.

>>13518721
I guess I'll lurk then

If you don't post your lume ASAP, then your watches will disappear during the night while you sleep, and you will never see them again.

>>13518799
Rate

>>13518799

>>13518799
GET AWAY FROM MY SHITTER(S) FUCCBOI

>>13518799
Superior led reporting in.

inb4 EL.
It gives away your location anons.

>>13518799

>>13518823
W E A K

>>13518693
Thanks brah. I think I'm gonna cop the 2209

>>13518799

>>13518823

>>13518829
Good choice.

>>13518845
Love it when casio does the led backlight right.

Anyone else rock small watches?

>>13518854
In a few days I'll get a pretty small watch.

>>13518799
>>13518806
>>13518810
>>13518814
>>13518817
I think I might buy a watch with lume, looks cool and I haven't used a watch with lume since I was a child, except one shitter I used for a little while that had a little lume. Maybe when I stopped wearing it I was a teenager, don't remember when it was exactly. Don't know where I have that watch, or if I even have it anymore. Casio ana-digi diver, have never seen it online, don't know what the model was called. I was fucking stupid, scraped it against a wall on purpose. I remember the bezel was very slippery and almost impossible to turn at the end, I think it got scratched up also after what I did. I think the buttons were hard to press also. Super small diver, don't know the diameter.

>>13518854
Define small. Mine is 35mm.

>>13518268
poor anon here. I want an affordable leather watch($50 range). what do you guys recommend?

>>13518886
You don't get many watches made of leather.

>>13518886
>>13518882
https://www.watchshop.com/mens-pulsar-watch-pxh565x1-p99934461.html
$60, I had it for about a week. I'm happy with it. Just be aware the first image is some type of computer made picture, not a photo, and it doesn't really look like that, look at the other pictures. Fucking scammers really when you think about it but oh well.

>>13518524
>>13518590
Thank you for taking the Mensa Online Test!
You have 23 correct answers, this means you have good chances to pass the real Mensa Test

мoй ниггep

What do you guys think of three-hands watches that are more than 39mm in diameter? When I see watches that are 40mm and more, and they don't have more complications, like chrono or other, then I think they kinda look a bit odd, as if the dial is too big for the watch, like there is a lot of empty space in that dial. The exception usually is with divers, but they tend to have very big bulky indices and details for legibility and have that hefty look to them, that it makes up for it.

>>13518459
What's the ball for?

>>13518524
>Thank you for taking the Mensa Online Test!
You have 25 correct answers, this means you have good chances to pass the real Mensa Test
>tfw find these tests kind of fun but they're made for children
Casio Royale.

>>13518904
So that it's right at least twice a day.

>>13518854
Could do

>>13518458
I'm 34 and I recently got ID'd at a bar by a guy that looked like he was at least 10 years younger than me, the age limit is 18 I think, I think pretty much all bars have the age limit 18 here, only clubs are often older. That was fucking insulting. I get ID'd all the fucking time at 18 and 20 places, fucking insulting.

>>13518937
>So that it's right at least twice a day.
what?

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>>13518981
>no under 18 option
What board do you think you're on?

>>13518984
Can't imagine anyone under 18 is in this thread tho, but you're right I forgot.

>>13518899
I agree with you.

>>13518981
IMPORTANT

>>13518854
Define small.

>>13518981
That watch has wider hour hand than minute hand, like mine, also saw a Seiko 5 that did.

>>13518861
34mm max bill guy?

Opinions on this guy?

>>13519041

>>13519041
It's not for me, and I don't know the brand.

>>13518799
Undersized cathedrals for shits and giggles
Dead men naked they shall be one with the wind.

I think my watch switches date from 11 pm to midnight. Weird because when I was turning the crown when setting the date it appeared it wasn't finished until half past midnight or something. Anyway, what's the standard? What does your watch do?

And another thing. In the manual it said you do the following when you set the date on this watch:
>set the date for the day before the current day
>turn the crown to advance the hands until the date switches over to the current day
>keep turning to present time
Is this how it's usually done?
And in the future when I have to make adjustments for 30/31 days of a month plus leap year, do I have to do this shit again, or is it only one time?

It also said in the manual, and I asked about this before, that to set the time you advance the minute hand a few minutes ahead of the exact time, and then turn it back to the exact time. How many of you do this? Do all analog watches need this procedure?

>>13519014
Not big.

>>13518886
That's right, slot that Floppy anon!

>>13518683
Soviet watches are GOAT for the money especially the alarm movement ones.

>>13519061
This thing is so ironic. It's so obvious that archie is a big loser with mental health issues, and TGV seems like having a stable life with a wife.

>>13519054
Some of my watches have instant date change, usually between 11:40 and 12:05, depending on how the hands are set. Some of the others have gradual changes; the earliest starts a little before 9PM and the latest lasts until a bit after 3AM.

When I need to set the date on a watch that is running and hasn't run down, if the watch has a quickset, I just wait until it's not a time when the date is engaged and use the quickset. Otherwise, I will typically advance the hands to advance the date, although if it is early enough in the morning, I may wind the hands backwards and then forwards. On a watch that has stopped, I will set the time by advancing the hands past midnight, so I know whether it's AM or PM, then,
> If the watch has a quickset, move the hands to where the date is not engaged, quickset the date, and then set the time, or
> If the watch does not have a quickset, move the hands back and then forward again to set the date, and then set the time.
I do set the time by advancing the hands fifteen minutes past the current time and then moving them back, unless it's past 11:30 PM, in which case I won't, since that might cause the date to advance.

>>13519014
<38mm

>>13519076
>I do set the time by advancing the hands fifteen minutes past the current time and then moving them back
Why?
Also, thanks for the post, but not sure I understood much.

>>13519088
Then yes, I have several. Pic related is 36mm.

>>13518658
great taste anon, I need to get a >>13518660.

Anyone else wearing a watch right now, at home by the computer, even though totally unnecessary?

>>13519117
Yes I am. Everyday!

>>13519117
I only wear a Casio while at home, as it is the kind of comfy watch you don't feel and forget you are wearing.

>>13519117
I put it in when I went out earlier and no reason to take it off.

I have worn wristwatches since I was a very young boy, kindergarten/preschool age. And I've worn them pretty much everyday since that. I never feel bothered wearing watches no matter if I'm at home or in my bed, or anywhere. And whenever I take off the watch it feels weird, like something is missing. It's a feeling of being "naked".

Anyone else feel this way?

>>13519128
My nigga ^^

>>13519138
>Anyone else feel this way?
Not me, just wanted to look at my new watch on my wrist, that's why I put it on. Normally when I get home I take off my glasses and change to sweatpants as well as take off shoes and watch. Although without glasses I might actually need a watch even in my 15 square meter apartment. Can't fucking see the time on the huge display of my alarm clock from a few meters away in the door to the bathroom, fuck my genes.

How common were wristwatches before the introduction of quartz watches? And have mechanical watches become cheaper or more expensive since then? I'm guessing the use of wristwatches reached a peak just before cellphones were invented? Anyone here know from personal memory, either from before the introduction of quartz or before the introduction of cellphones. I was born in '84 so I think I remember when cellphones were beginning to come out, but I don't remember anything about how many people wore watches when I was a kid.

>>13519165
When I was growing up (born 92) pretty much everyone wore wristwatches. In fact the majority still wear watches today from what I see.
But to answer your question about pre-quartz, wristwatches was something everyone owned. Didn't matter if you were poor or rich, everyone just wore watches. Contrary to today back then it wasn't just for admiration of watches or fashion, it was something that was seen as necessary, or else you'd be that person who asked other people about what time it was.

is Swatch considered a good brand? mine is in pic related.

>>13519182
no

>>13518398
It's only necessary for watches with a perpetual calendar and/or a moonphase.
They're both a hassle to set so it's best to just keep them going.
For anything else it's just stupid.
Nobody is in THAT much of a fucking hurry that they can't set the time on a watch after rotating it with another.
Keeping it running all the time will get you an inaccurate time anyway so it's not like you don't have to ever reset it ever.

>>13519182
Could be worse

>>13519178
Born in 82 here, and that is how it was. Its odd having to explain it.

Most kids would have their first watch when we were 6 to 10. I have worn watches always since then. We used to sync our casios' to the school bell...

>>13519178
Ok but I mean I'm guessing there weren't the abundance of cheap shitters back then due to no quartz, today even a can collector could probably buy a watch. That's why I asked what mechanicals cost back then. Also, where are you from? I live in Sweden and I think probably less than half of people I see wear watches.

>>13519182
Yes actually.
It's not that they give you high quality watches or anything, but you get very cheap swiss made watches if nothing else. The big draw to these watches tho, is that they have so many funny and artsy watches. Very playful and you get them cheap and they're good for what they're supposed to be. Many of them are collectables.

>>13519192
Mechanicals were far cheaper back then. According to inflation a Rolex would have been like 500€ in todays money instead of 5000+€ for example.

>>13519191
>I have worn watches always since then.
Yeah me too. I'm this guy >>13519138

>>13519192
Pin-pallet watches from timex and the like were extremely affordable. Even back in the very early 1900s the Ingersoll dollar watch for example was accessible to most.

>>13519200
Funny how Ingersoll were shitters then just as they are now...

Some of them have nice designs tho, but horrible execution and quality for the price.

>>13519192
Hei der, Sven.
I'm from Norway, and I estimate at least 60% wear watches still.
Mechanical watches were cheap and they were expensive. It was like today, you have shitters and you have expensive ones. I think you'll have to go far further back to find that era in which only rich would afford watches. Perhaps early 1900s? I don't know. But at the very least after ww2 watches was something everyone could (and did) own.

>>13519207
>Norway
Maybe because everyone there can afford to spend a few hundred dollars on watches

>>13519207
>I estimate at least 60% wear watches
Hmm, maybe I haven't really been looking very hard. But at my workplace it's probably at most 1/5 of people that wear watches.

>Mechanical watches were cheap and they were expensive. It was like today, you have shitters and you have expensive ones.
But the cheapest decent mechanicals today like Seiko 5 cost like 10 times the cheapest decent quartz watches, like f-91w. I don't think unemployed for example would want to buy even a Seiko 5 in a lot of cases.

>>13518590
ayy lmao

>>13518459
The one-trick pony of the watch world

>>13519223
These days, anyways

>>13519117
Of course, do we look like amateurs?

>>13519214
Well, yeah easily. Daniel Wellington is a big winner even with poor immigrants, lmao.

>>13519217
I have noticed that when you look at people over 20, then it increases even further. I see relatively few people in their mid 20s not wearing a watch, especially if there is a party or something like that then it seems like literally everyone does. I guess watches are just very fashionable here.

Hmm, I don't have all the answers but consider that the prices have changed and also the build quality even for seiko 5 and similar watches. Also, you need to think of it a bit different. Remember that watch was a tool that you kinda needed. Do unemployed today have cellphones? Well, even unemployed have to have them right? It's weird not having a phone. Back then, it would be kinda weird not having a watch. You would pay for a watch back then, and even cheap watches were babyed by the owners probably, like it was an important thing he would want to keep for life or at least for a very long time.

Reminder that this exists. It has a display caseback, with just a hint of decoration (blued screws, polished bridges) on the movement.

>>13519233
>It has a display caseback, with just a hint of decoration
Let's see it anon

>>13519235

What does it mean when the watch is running slow?

>>13519243
Could be magnitized or it could be that you need to wind it.

>>13519243
It means the balance wheel is taking too much time going back and forth.

>>13519239
Aint that screws anodized?

>>13519251
I wouldn't be surprised if Vostok has the technology to blue screws, either by heat or by chemically.

>>13518524
Thank you for taking the Mensa Online Test!
You have 26 correct answers, this means you have good chances to pass the real Mensa Test

R I G G E D

Just bought an expensive shitter and it stops working from time to time.

Fuck me, Archie was right.

favourite leather straps? looking for good quality and soft. Black is easy to find but navy seems somewhat

>>13519343
Hirsch, hirsch, hirsch, hirsch, hirsch, hirsch

>>13519247

Is running a watch through a demagnetizer if it is not magnetized bad?

>>13519386
No

>>13519228
yes
>>13519226
A triple calendar is my next goal

>>13519336
Confess, get it out your chest, anon

>>13519251
Screws are typically carbon steel which can't be anodized. Blue screws in watches are traditionally heat-treated, but sometimes chemical treatments are used instead to simulate the color mostly on cheaper watches.

>>13518268
Anyone have any tips for changing watch straps yourself without the tool? Is it doable or am I just better off paying a jeweler to do it to avoid notching my case.

I've been able to take the lugs out on some shitters as practice, but I can't put them back in

>>13518896
So happy

>>13519435
Just buy a $5 spring bar tool

>>13519397
I don’t want to name names but those swiss homos can’t do anything right.

>>13519459
>name names
It's an anonymous forum pussy, let it out or fuck off. Or are you embarrassed by the cheapness of your shitter?

>>13519343
What style and what's your budget?

>>13519182
redpill me on sistem51

>>13519493
Don’t talk to me like that.
I’m a gentleman so I’m not gonna tell you I’m very disappointed with my Hamilton Pioneer.

>>13519507
http://watchguy.co.uk/review-a-trip-inside-the-swatch-sistem51-eta-c10111/

>>13519504
I brought a timegrapher to a boutique and timed one once, it seemed to perform pretty well. But then there's this review, which performed much worse. I don't have any additional data. I'd be hard pressed to say it's so bad for the price.
http://watchguy.co.uk/review-a-trip-inside-the-swatch-sistem51-eta-c10111/

Thoughts on bund straps?

>>13519512
Jesus fucking Christ I hate Swiss so much.

I’m going back to Japs right fucking now.

>>13519528
Swiss is not bad. Just know that "entry level swiss" is an absolute meme.

>>13519551
That thing is 1k it can’t be entry level ffs

>>13519527

The most gaudy thing in the watch world.

>>13519556
The sistem 51? No it's not.

>>13519527
That’s a good looking tuna.

Is citizen really the king of solar tech? Surely someone else can match them.

>>13519495
>>66753720
I'm looking for something minimal and subdued for my flieger. Either no visible stitch or a neat, subtle one. Black or dark navy. ~$100 but closer to $50 is preferable

>>13519512
>The winding stem can’t be removed as there is no need to do that. You just buy the watch, and put it straight into the bin. No need to wear it.

Makes me laugh every time I see it

>>13519556
I think you misunderstand the modern world of watches. $1k-3k is considered entry level, high end starts around $10k+. Below $1k are pre-entry, shitters and beaters.

>>13519615
entry level luxury maybe
at 1k the fucking thing better run

>>13519512
>I haven’t seen anything like this in even the cheapest Chinese movements, and I think every self-respecting Chinese engineer wouldn’t want to put something like this into a movement. Only the Swiss dare to go where nobody has gone before

lol

>>13519527
Have a fedora to go with that?

>>13519527
Are you in a nu-metal band from the late 90s to early 2000s? If so, it's perfect

Watches are out of fashion now. Whenever people use their watch people just think they're retarded. It's literally just blatant flexing in 2018.
t. gen Z

>>13519681
Stare at your phone

>>13519688
I will and I won't look like a complete bender doing it.

>>13519691
You will though, the sad part is you don't even realize it

>>13519691

>>13519695
Lol okay. Remember to do that gay wrist flick to uncover your watch from your sleeve when you next check the time. Always impresses the ladies.

>>13519701

>>13519701
>requiring external validation for your actions
>caring what 'ladies' think
>caring what others think
>eternally gazing into your government-tracker-GPS-media device because all the other kids with the pumped up kicks do it

>>13519435
Just use a pin.

I just copped this, thoughts?
Thoughts on anadigi watches in general?

>>13519681

>fashion

Try taking your phone out during a serious meeting at work. You'll look like a retard.

>>13519701
There’s a retard complication with this one.

>>13519719
Looks ok, could have done worse.

>>13518799

>>13519792

Anyone have a patek, fake or genuine?

>>13519701
My roommate caught me doing this

>>13519527
First time I see this.
It’s not bad I’m genuinely intrigued.

>>13519832
Fakes are for faggots.

>>13519527
>>13519562
>>13519668
>>13519679
this

Prove to me that anyone with this oversized sweaty leather thong on their wrist isn't pic related

>>13519837
>gay
Sure thing, budd.

>>13519856
Well I’ve never seen a faggy fedora with one so.

>>13519857
I'm dead
>fuckin saved

Does anyone know russian watches? Is there a 'power rating' of any kind? I'm looking at this vintage Poljot with a quartz and have absolutely no idea whether it's one of the better quartzes or a shitter of shitters.

>>13520292
>quartz

>>13519443
It's not perfect but as I said it's kind of grown on me.

>>13520301
Sure bud lemme just buy a $25 mechanical wow man I sure do love setting the time every few days it isn't at all what I specifically bought the watch to do, reliably tell the time. If there only were technological advancements that would allow us to build accurate and affordable timepieces with large power reserves. Man can only dream for now

>>13520368
It's funny, the first day I wore it I saw a woman wearing a watch that looked very similar, hard to tell though from a distance, could have been something else. Also not sure if it was the same size or a little smaller. But it also had that ring around the crystal. I know it's called bezel, just not sure whether you call it bezel in this case. (and by case here I mean situation, not watch case as in steel case etc.) It looked good.

Can someone convince me to buy a mechanical watch?

>>13518854
I prefer classically sized watches in the 34 - 38mm range. I do have watches bigger than that but if a watch is available in more than one size I'll go for the smaller.

>>13519692
Why when you can JLC Master Ultra Thin for a fraction?

>>13518981
What about 39 year olds?

>>13519041
>Estonian
Nah m8, it looks like a shitter Mvmt

Isn't it fucking retarded to buy a mechanical watch that doesn't hack and hand wind? But then again, you're never going to be using the second hand for knowing the exact time on a mechanical, but rather to time seconds or for telling that the watch is running, because it's going to be off by a minute most times you look at your watch. Would probably take some getting used to, the idea that the second hand is mostly a distraction. Hand winding though seems stupid to not have?

>>13519111
Make sure to get that version with the green map, it looks much nicer.

>>13520383
Is 38mm "classically sized" though or is it wishful thinking? Apparently there are vintage men's watches as small as 30mm.

>>13520385
Fuck....
Just put 40 then.

>>13520384
I thought "genuine leather" was the lowest grade leather?

>>13520394
Thst says 'genuine all' so it probably says 'genuine alligator'

>>13519719
Kys yourself

>>13520394
It just means it's fucking animal skin. Shitter brands use it to mark that their polyurethane-sheet is filled with shredded leather. High-end manufacturers don't need to specify their leathers being 'full grain' or anything else because it's expected for them to use quality shit.

>>13520394
Yeah, JLC is known for using shit.
>>13520399
This.

>>13520392
38 is the upper end of what I usually go for personally.
Classically sized watches to me would be from 32 - 36. The Sub was a huge watch when it came out at 40mm, now that's quite small for a diver.

>>13520384
And why even that when you can Zenith Ultra Thin?

>>13520415
This will eventually lead to this.

>>13520404
Ok, I heard it was a branding for the lowest grade leather.
>>13520407
>Yeah, JLC is known for using shit.
I just asked, cunt

>>13520428
>branding
*labeling

>>13520418
I watched a video about watch production, it was a commercial for Patek Philippe I think. When I watched it it struck me that it's kind of ironic that people who prefer mechanical watches over quartz watches often have this argument that it's handcrafted, as opposed to manufactured in an automated process with robots and computers. That might have been the case in the 19th century, but mechanical watches today seem to have just about as much robots and computers in the manufacturing process as quartz watches, only difference really being the amount that's produced...

Recommend super thin watches.

>>13520292
From what I've gathered Russian watches are generally reliable. For $25 won't hurt to pick it up. Link dump incoming

http://www.h-spot.net/watches-russian.htm

https://forums.watchuseek.com/f10/

http://www.horology.ru/en/articles/pobeda.htm

>>13520381
Probably not, they're impractical
I bought one just because I thought it was cool

>buy an analog watch because of aesthetics
>never wear it because I am more comfortable reading the time instantly from a digital watch when with analog I need to think for a few seconds

Do I just need time to get used to it?

>>13520446
Well I already have a Citizen eagle 7. I think it's similar to Seiko 5 and Orient Tristar, said in a youtube video these three were competitors. Don't know how old the watch is, might be from the 70's or 80's telling from the video. It doesn't hack and doesn't seem to hand wind. The bracelet is a crappy folded bracelet that's falling apart and the clasp opens by mistake very easily, but maybe if I changed to some type of strap it would be ok. I don't like that it's clearly a Rolex copy though. I don't think I want to use it.

>>13520449
Funny, I'm the other way around. Despite wearing an f-91w for many years I still think it's easier and faster to read the time on an analog and I recently began wearing one. Will still use my f-91w at work and when running or at the gym though.

>>13518317
what watch is that? doesn't look like a casio f91w

>>13518953
In Australia, if you look under 26 they're required to (about half actually do) ID you.

I've always had a soft spot for Longines.

Where do I buy one of these watches and will it be a chick magnet?

>>13520472
I found one on ebay, quite expensive.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nelsonic-Donkey-Kong-Nintendo-Watch-1994-with-new-battery-/153080738568

>>13520476
fuck, does not ship to my country

This is what my strap looks like after wearing the watch for 5 days. Thoughts?

>>13520486
This is what you get for buying synth-leather.

>>13520486
It's two sheets of PU laminated over a core of leather shreds. Do you expect it to have much shear resistance?

>>13520497
>>13520499
Didn't say anything about this when I bought it. Only said it was leather, and the strap also only says "genuine leather".

>>13520516
Genuine leather is dogshit

>>13520519
What should it be then? I'm fucking irritated that this $60 watch has a strap this shitty, because in the past I had a $90 watch that had a much better strap.

>>13520516
It says genuine leather on JLC, AP, and VC leather straps too.

But I guess it's dogshit because you say so.

>>13520516
Then it was probably covered in a thin strip of it, over shitty rubber.

>>13520516
>>13520519
>>13520531

>>13520531
>But I guess it's dogshit because you say so.
I didn't say that, are you retarded? That was clearly another poster.

>>13520537
Sorry, I know.

>>13520391
Good call, thanks my dude.

>>13520525
Genuine croc can be had for less than 80 bucks from chink express. If you want just leather i'd stay away from emulated textures since they usually corrected grain horseshit.

>>13520556
what is chink express?

>>13520531
No, it's dogshit because it's the lowest grade leather available.
I sincerely doubt JLC, AP or VC use genuine leather.

>>13520559
aliexpress.com

>>13520559
Alirexpress. You can get shit to get you started up like nato's and perlon straps there to accessorize your cheap beaters. And there's good stuff there too but it isn't exactly cheap even when it's chink. Buyer protection is good tho.

>>13520442
Invicta miss Piggy.

Morning, lads.
Can’t believe I worked all weekend.
Fuck this.

>>13518446
you matter

>>13519041
i like how theres like 100 vowels in its name and the minimalist design. never seen anything like it

>>13520486
Wait, are you saying a $60 no-name shitty watch has poor strap! It can't be!

>>13520601
As I said, I had a watch that only cost $30 more that had a much better strap. The problem is I bought this watch online so I couldn't inspect it before I got it. That's irritating because there's like a million times more watches online than in a physical store. None of the reviews mentioned that the strap was crap, might be fake reviews for all I know.

>>13520621
>than in a physical store
*than in physical stores

>>13520621
Every day you go on and on about your cheap shitter. You got burned man, learn from it and move on.

>>13520384
>Why when you can JLC Master Ultra Thin for a fraction?
The answer to that question should be that JLC's MUT line is a semi-production line while the Patek should be finished to haute horlogerie standards, but there have been rumors over the last few years that Patek is no longer finishing their entry level models to those haute standards.

>>13520440
Hand-crafted refers to production processes that are manually controlled, not that are done entirely without the use of powered tools. While the basic machining of most parts even in high-end watches is done on CNCs, most or all of the fitting and finishing of every component is done by humans through manually controlled processes on haute horlogerie watches.

>>13520627
Then recommend a better watch with almost identical style, ≤$400, black leather strap, white dial, stainless steel case, arabic or roman numerals, ≤35mm diameter, ≤8mm thickness.

>>13520634
>fitting
Even chinese shitters are manually assembled. You didn't really refute my point.

>>13518524
>Thank you for taking the Mensa Online Test!
You have 27 correct answers, this means you have good chances to pass the real Mensa Test

I have a Seiko SARX033

Man im really wasting my life on this site considering I could be Mensa material.

>>13520647
>Even chinese shitters are manually assembled. You didn't really refute my point.
The overwhelming majority of the labor is in the manual finishing of the movement components and the case/dial/hands/etc. Finishing watches internally and externally to haute standards requires enormous amounts of skilled manual labour, plus labour spent on QC'ing every component cosmetically and mechanically.

>>13520649
I don't trust IQ tests. I took one a psychologist gave me, scored "well over average", but when I tried to study a preparatory science course at university, high school science, I had to go back like 2 or 3 years, don't even remember, to finish the course that was 1 year long. Now I pump fuel for buses for a living, 34 years old, never had a gf.

>>13518874
Lume is pretty useless. It only lasts like 20 minutes at most and you need to have it in good light before that.

Dont be fooled by the photos of people holding a torch to the front of the watch for 5 minutes. Just get the face and hands that you think look the best in visible light.

>>13520641
Less than 2 minutes. Learn how to search and stop posting your faggy cheap piece of crap. Note that this is junk as well but much better than your poopwrist

https://www.amazon.com/Tissot-T-Classic-Tradition-Silver-T063-610-16-037-00/dp/B005DL3R8S

>>13520654
What about tritium watches?

>>13520657
apparently tritium is much dimmer than other lumes although it is always active. idk who other than marathon does them though

>>13520655
>44mm diameter

>>13520652
Having a high IQ doesnt guarantee a pass. You still have to work.

My brain can not read and write well but I can somehow do maths like im seeing the code in the matrix.

I ended up doing engineering as a maths degree doesnt pay the bills. I really had to work on how to string sentences together.

>>13520659
Luminox I think makes them too.

>>13520641
This is $16 over your budget but it is vastly superior the that Pulsar in every way if you can live without the numerals.
https://www.seiyajapan.com/products/seiko-dolce-quartz-sacm171

>>13520660
Jomashop used to have them, out of stock now but you can find them if you try. With those dimensions might as well get a woman's watch, no one will notice with your faggy demeanor
https://www.jomashop.com/tissot.html?color=White&price_filter=%24100-%24250&watchsize=30-35+mm
Use the search functions to find something you like
https://www.jomashop.com/tissot-watch-t52-1-421-12.html

>>13520663
I was depressed. And I'm a slow as fuck reader, and slow in everything really. I'm also neurotic as fuck most of the time which contributes to my slowness. I didn't have time to go to lectures, had to sit home and read and yet I only read like 40 pages per day or something, don't remember. You'll probably have to be able to finish a 300-page novel in a day if you're going to manage university is my guess, and I've never done that, usually a novel takes at least a week for me, not reading 8 hours a day but still, even back in fucking 7th grade or something some classmates finished a novel in a weekend. I don't think I'm very smart, although in high school I scored 100% on pretty much all math tests and three maths teachers said I had aptitude for it, and others were impressed or jealous, one teacher said I could go to the economics school. The program I was at in high school was for social science though, but I took an additional math course. I think maybe the science program had yet one more course or maybe two, one of which I took at the preparatory course at university, didn't seem hard but then again not very much of the stuff we had seemed hard, it got hard because it was so fucking much in the allotted time, actually somewhat higher intensity than people who study the same subjects in high school I think. Also, later when I took an aptitude test I guess similar to SAT I scored really fucking bad on the whole test including the math part, I've taken that test maybe 3 times and scored bad every time, but not as bad as the last time.

>>13520418
I just cant like it.

>>13520695
>>13520695
>>13520695

NEW

>>13518268
new
>>13520698
>>13520698

>>13520678
>faggy demeanor
no u

>>13520641
Casio MTPS100L-7B1
Of course the strap will be dog shit but that's really no biggie when a $30 strap from a speciality store will shit over any oem strap in sub 1k watch category

>>13520486
save up for a quality strap. avoid fake, bonded, synthetic leather. get nothing but top grain if you want a leather strap. metal bracelet is an option for formal/sport wear. nato/canvas for sport/casual.
you get what you pay for.