/fa/ - Fashion

Thoughts?

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/urban-jurgensen-one-collection-introducing#&gid=1&pid=1

>>14154862
Interesting bracelet design

>>14154790
They made a solid gold version of this watch, limited to 35 pieces. Price is 70k USD.
https://www.g-central.com/pure-gold-g-shock-for-sale-in-2019/

>>14154862
There's pretty much nothing about that design that I like.

>got this bad boy
>plastic strap
Huge disappointment

>>14154887
Looks like croc-grain calf, but proper leather

>>14154790
The only Gshock I have ever wanted... normallyonly buy automatics

Does the strap look good?

>>14154924

>>14154928
Do you not have sunlight where you live?

Pelagos or SMP?

>>14154862
disgusting

>>14154994
SMP

>>14154907
Just modify a GW-M5610 instead. It's mostly the same, just has a resin case under the steel bezel & no bluetooth.

Should I get the Max Bill Mega or the Meister Mega?

I'm in love with both of these watches but I can't decide which one to cop

>>14155010
You ghetto motherfucker.

>>14155014

>>14155014
I love these. I really like the quartz resurgence going on. Waiting for this beast to surface.

>>14155014
Max Bill looks nicer

>>14155020
Max Bill. That world ma on the dial is aspie as fuck.

>>14155018
Its pretty good, solid steel bezel, solid link bracelet with machined clasp. Better than paying £500 for the other one.

>>14155018
Why spend 300 more when you can get all you need with that mod?
t. not him

>>14155014
>>14155020
Based Junghans
Personally I prefer the Max Bill Mega out of those two

>>14155021
1 second per fucking year, can you imagine?

>>14155021
Hasn't it been two years since they showed this?
Why are we not seeing this in regular watches, did they over estimate the accuracy of it and don't dare to launch it?

>>14155021
Quartz has a lot of potential for a resurgence and can be done really well for great accuracy

>>14155045
>>14155020
What's the skinny on these movements?
In-house haq?

Deciding on being a watchmaker. Am I gimping myself if I choose to go to Glashütte instead of Geneva? I feel like there's more opportunities, brands in Geneva. I wouldn't have to learn French though, if I go to Glashütte.

>>14155039
the radio controlled movement >>14155045 here promises "0.006 seconds in one million years" once you remain in range.
Otherwise its about 8 seconds a year

>>14155059
I don't dig these radio-controlled things though.

>>14155021
Dress that up all you want, it's still a quartz at the end of the day. Only watch I'll own with a battery is probably a Ressence.

>>14155038
they are underrated imo

>>14154924
>>14154928
Nice croc-grain calf. Looks nothing but proper leather. Wear in good, and bad health!

What do you guys think of OWC watches
Great Homage divers small batch produced by a true autist with crazy attention to premium materials

>walking into a shiteling store and getting a 25%+ discount and 0%

How realistic is this?

>>14155076
https://wristwatchreview.com/2019/01/18/zero-compromises-given-the-orange-watch-co-6538-bond/

you guys have good /out/ watches?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPEegA63m_Q

>>14155084
sauce?

>>14155133
Is that yours?

>>14155133
Alison Tyler

>>14155032
>>14155029
This is just as bad, if not worse than buying replicas.

>>14155157
>replicas
You are seriously not making that comparison

>>14155169
You're pretending to be richer than you are by pretending you own a watch that you don't.
I definitely looks worse than a decent fake as well.

>>14155171
Ok good one

Just noticed this. These gears would seize up right?

>>14155228
The fuck are you talking about?

>>14155231
THESE GEARS WOULD SEIZE UP, RIGHT?

>>14154790
Post watches fit for honorable men believing in a worthy cause.

>>14155240
Seiko "Tribute to Ben 10".

>>14155233
This is why we need to go back to /g/.

>>14155228
You're thinking of this sort of thing where the three gears are all connected and wouldn't all turn. In your picture the two side gears are only connected to the middle gear so the system should turn OK.

>>14155233
only if the smaller gears were turning in opposite directions, or the same direction but at different speeds. Otherwise no

>>14155254
Ah, the good ol' greater manchester public transport executive. No wonder public transport is so shit in Manchester

>>14155252
Based.

>>14155252
Tuna’s are so nice tho. Would rock a marine master everyday if I could.

What do you guys think of my watch?

>>14155281
Funny how you guys like that abomination so much but rant about the maxi-case. That's literally an ashtray on a strap.

>>14155312
Found the Rolex fag.
>but muh maxi-pad-case
Lmfao

>>14155330
Lol.

>>14155347
Are you upset about something?

>>14155312
It’s two different things though. The tuna is big because it was meant for saturation diving. Bigger watches are easier to read underwater.
The maxi case was just a design change. I don’t know why they changed it. Maybe to align themselves with other brands selling watches with larger cases.
Doesn’t matter though. I personally like the maxi case.

>he doesn't like chonk divers

>>14155350
Nah, just laughing at Seiko really.

>>14155352
Do you think the majority of these people actually wear these watches for saturation diving?

Is this the only decent looking rolex

>>14155368
That's a winter watch. I want a red 1680 in my collection.

Which of these wears smaller?

>>14155364
People that bought the original tunas definately used to, I mean that’s why they were created. And they weren’t mass produced.
But nowadays, all dive watches are just for show. Dive computers are very cheap and more vital.
People still wear divers for diving, but it isn’t as much of a tool watch as it once was.

>>14155368
Nah

>>14155378
End links on both look like shit.

>>14155240

>>14155378
Samurai wears smaller than a turtle, but I think the turtle is more comfortable.
Both nice watches though.
Which one are you learning towards?

>>14155240

>>14155045
> Quartz has a lot of potential for a resurgence
Already been and gone. It's called a phone.

>>14155400
Think I prefer the old school styling of the turtle in general. Wish they did an skx in this colour scheme the.

IWC Aquatimers are underrated as fuck

Radio control is going away this year. Stop buying them.

>>14155368
Lmao no, that's embarrassing dogshit. Gmt master is the good looking lolex.

"Suggest a watch for me."
>Your budget
under $1000 USD
> Watch type, e.g. dress, diver, flieger, etc...
diver
>Desired bracelet option, e.g. leather, nylon, metal
metal
>Wrist size or desired watch size, e.g. 17cm / 38mm
not a wrestlet doesn't matter

>>14155347
>>14155312
>>14155252
Looks fine to me.

>Explorer's are nice for around 3 weeks then are dull as ditch

Look at this NPC over here >>14154784

>>14155637
He's right.
They're the most bland a watch can get. Once you get over the novelty, there's almost nothing that is visually appealing to maintain interest.

>>14155637
>>14155583
I think the explorer looks great
seriously considering making it my one exclusive watch

>>14155560
>Radio control is going away this year, stop buying them.
What does that mean?

>>14155347
>>14155312
>retard anon doesn't know about the actual Seiko Ashtray
Embarrassing.

>>14155347
That's not an Ashtray, that's a Tuna. This is the Ashtray, please learn your Seiko model names.

The crown on it is absolute shit but I still love it.

>>14155347
Based

>>14155130
Garmin fénix 6, best watch i ever had

>>14155375
If you have enough money get normal white1680. Reds are fuckin overpriced and 80% are faked dial/ franken

>hurr durr Omega is for James Bond LARPers

Why do people think this when James Bond has mostly been a Submariner wearer? Why don't people get accused of LARPing when they get a Sub?

My brother picked up the SARY today and he loved it.
>>14156067
There's nothing wrong with trying to emulate James Bond, he's a cool guy.

>>14156067
>worst movies all involved Seikos

Hmm

>>14156067

>>14156081
...have you ever seen license to kill? Or living daylights?
Lmfao

>>14156107
Living Daylights is great

>>14156107
Dalton's two are objectively the best in the whole lineup.
Dalton is as close to the original Bong from Fleming's novels as any actor got. The fact he wore a Sub in one of the further solidified the Sub as the GOAT watch

>>14156067
No larp, but the Planet Ocean he wore in QoS is my favorite Omega watch and I'm still planning on getting one in the near future.

>>14156067
>not mentioning the Aqua Terra and 2220 SMP Craig wore
Lazy research.

>>14156120
Dalton is way too serious. Ask anyone who they think of when they think of James Bond, not one person will say dalton
You want to shit on seiko’s be my guest.
But don’t shit on bond by trying to lay this fucking dalton bullshit on me.

>>14156147
t. Boomer who grew up watching Moore

>>14156147
No, they'd say Connery or Brosnan. The fact that he's not the quintessential Bond does not say anything about the quality of his movies, which were excellent.

No one would say Lazenby was the best Bond either, but that doesn't stop On Her Majesty's Secret Service from being one of the top 3 Bond movies and neither does Connery save Diamonds are Forever

>>14156156
>OHMSS
>top 3
Status: NOT FILTERED
Congrats, you have shown you have good taste. OHMSS is the ultimate pleb filter.

Is the skx007 actually a decent watch or is it just a meme?

>>14156179
it's a decent meme alright

>>14156150
The first bond movies I watched were Connery’s.

>>14154924
approved at my level

>>14156120
Are you fucking retarded? Dalton practically killed the franchise.

>>14155397
under rated post

New Patek on my wrist.

>>14156213
Hey Paul Pluta, how's the unemployment going?

>>14156193
If you think it was Dalton's playing of the role that did it you're retarded, underaged, and not worth my time.

>>14156213
Memes aside, this hand is disgusting and if that was the color my skin I'd have killed myself a long time ago.

>>14156213
Nice fake retard, obvious bracelet gaps and twists.

So hamilton is going to upgrade their khaki mechanical with the h50 movement which has an 80hour power reserve. I'm a bit wary because of the plastic parts in the powermatic 80. Anyone knows anything about the new movement? Also I really hope the current khaki mechanical will go down further in price so I can snatch one.

>>14156270
Also fuck the white dial. Looks like a cheap casio.

>>14156270
No pics of the movement are even available yet.

>>14156335

>>14156179
it's very good for the price but it's quickly outclassed by nicer watches

>>14156179
The movement is shit, but it has a certain quality that I can't really describe. Also the design is peak seiko. Will probably last you forever since the parts are really easy to get thanks to the crazy amount of mods available.

>>14156352
>Also the design is peak seiko.
Submariner rip-off with a rip-off Jubilee bracelet. LOL.

Connery>Brosnan>Dalton>Lazenby>Craig>Moore

>>14155397
I have one just like this but Casio and my wrist is too thick for the strap :c
Makes it awkward when I reach for my pistol.

>>14156213
how fat are you? that looks like Jabba the Hut's sorry sausage excuse for a hand.

>>14156213
looking good mate

>>14156356
For me it's:
Dalton>Moore>Connery=Brosnan>Craig
Not including Lazenby as I haven't seen his movie yet.
Moore's movies were mostly campy and gay as hell, but as a Bond, he nailed the smooth, suave spy perfectly. The fact that he was the only actor to actually have been in the Military helps. But Dalton gets the nod as best because he's the closest to the source material which is a cold, unfeeling killer who does what it takes to complete the mission. It's why his movies were so dark that people didn't like them. But he's the best when it comes to being book James Bond. Moore is best for being the Bond the movies made him be.

>>14156352
Not sure if you are trolling or just retarded.
The 7s26 isn’t a pretty movement but it is definately a solid workhorse movement. They can be regulated to be pretty accurate as well.
>design is peak Seiko
Have you ever seen a 6309 or a 7002 or a 7548 or etc.
it’s the same design bro lol.

>>14156440
Lazenby isn't a great actor, which is because he wasn't an actor at all. He was just an Australian model that bluffed his way into getting cast. He does quite well when you consider all that and he is naturally very Bond-like, even though he isn't great at the emotional scenes.

The movie itself is excellent though and he's very good in the fight scenes.

>>14156446
It's not accurate at all lmao

>>14156446
For a $210 watch 7s26 is a shit movement. It doesn't hack and handwind. And have you tried regulating it? It won't stay accurate for long. Yes the design is classic seiko, it doesn't get any better than that, that's why it stays relatively the same after all these years, hence peak.
Don't bro me you fucking retard.

>>14154877
That actually looks fire, but

>paying 70k for a g shock

That's more than most rolexes, that's ridiculous

>>14156335
Oh shit
Source?

>>14156458
What were you expecting for 200$ bro? A fucking Patek?

>>14156488
Read the post again anon. I mentioned handwinding and hacking. Mako ii is only $130 and it has both functions.

>>14155379
Youd better wear a backup for your dive computer... i wear a citizen eco-drive titanium. And if i dived more id buy a GShock Frogman.

>>14156491
And 7s26’s can be had for 50-80$ new.
They put a low end movement into their low end diver.
If you want a better movement buy a better watch.
If 200$ is a shit ton of money to you to spend on a watch then I don’t know what to say bro.

>>14155763
Kill yourself please.

>>14156526
So you agree the movement is shit for the price? Fucking seikofags I swear. I used to have a 007 but I gave it away I got my seamaster. It's a good watch but not having handwinding capability gets old really fast especially when the watch also has day date function.

>>14156548
The 7s26 isn’t limited to the skx chief. You can get them, brand new, for 50-80 in a Seiko 5.
Is it the best movement ever made with a ton of features? No. Is it a good movement that’s dirt cheap? Yes.
50$ bro. What do you expect from a movement for 50$? It will last 20+ something years without any service.
It’s like the joke about the dude who goes to fuck a 2$ hooker and gets crabs. And when he goes to confront her about it she says “what did you expect for 2$? Lobster?”
Fucking omega bond larpers, I swear.

>>14156558
But you're not paying $50 for an skx you're paying $215 for it. That's more than 4 times the price. And you get the same movement as the $50 watch. That's some good fucking value bro.

>>14156564
And your paying more for a watch that is from a better brand and looks better than a mako.
So someone who doesn’t want to own a mako, because it’s ugly, would see the value in spending an extra 70 to have a better looking watch.
So yes, that is some good fucking value,
Bro.

>>14156570
You're just moving the goalpost now. My original post was about how the movement is shit for the price, with regards to its lack of handwinding and hacking capabilities. I even said it's a good watch and I love the design.
Now I'm fucking tired and I think we both made our points. Do you even own a SKX?

>his watch isn't Rolex or part of the holy Trinity

>buying a fake
>preferring the daytona to a speedmaster or navi

For that reason, I'm choosing not to invest in your shitpost, I'm out.

“I’d totally tell people it’s a fake bro.”

>>14156583
So just like you? You don’t own a Rolex, you own a fake Rolex. Big difference, playboy.

>>14155384
Isn't that a 1019?

>>14156609
Yea the filename is wrong. Blame whoever uploaded the pic in the first place.

>>14156583
Oh fuck me you’re turning into the black bay fucker.
Just because you own a replica doesn’t mean you have to be a prick.

>>14156614
(You) addiction probably. Imagine trying high horse with a fake. Yikes. I’d wear a Seiko before I wear a fake.

>>14156583
What makes up the holy tinity? Daytona and what else?

Unless you own the genuine version, the only reason you’re buying a fake is to just to purely larp as someone who’s wealthier than they actually are. Sad & pathetic. Gen owners at least have the excuse of safety/security, wearing the fake in unsafe areas.

>>14156625
He probably means Patek, Vacheron constantine and Audemars piguet

>>14156625
The trinity isn’t watches you dingus.

>>14156583
> will tell anyone that asks it’s fake

Proceeds to act that he’s better than everyone that doesn’t own a Rolex or a trinity watch because he owns a (fake) Rolex Daytona. Yikes my guy.

>>14156629
It's God, Jesus and the Holy spirit. Duh.

>>14156656
Correct. Thou shall not blaspheme.

>>14156648
>flyback chrono
Nice. Too bad about the damn date window though, it was almost perfect. That and it being 44mm.

>>14156660
I'm looking for this:

Platinum bezel vs grey crayon.

>>14156669
spacing is off?

Speedy owners. How often do you use the chronograph function?

What are your personal thoughts re: skeleton dials? Personally, I don’t like them especially on less expensive watches with little to machine automated finishing. However, an LF Galet Secret style skeleton where you can show and hide it would be interesting.

>>14156678
Only acceptable for tourbillon and more expensive complications imo. For everything else display them in an open caseback.

>>14156678
99% of the time they're crap. Pic related is an exception though.

>>14156685
>Twenty (20)
Why do most watch companies do this? It's like the readers are retarded or something.

>>14156691
In case you don't speak english, I guess.

>>14156678
Here’s the Laurent Ferrier I was talking about. The dial moves.

>>14156684
I agree.

>>14156685
I’m not sure if Lange’s lumen editions are considered skeleton dials but those were well executed as well.

>>14156695

Why did nobody warn me how disgusting nylon straps get, would have bought spares

>>14156703
Just handwash them in the sink

>>14156675
I had one and never used it. It’s easier to use my Seamaster bezel to time my chick nugs in the oven. Who the hell needs to measure things down to the second in this day and age?

>>14156669

>>14156678
I hate them, no matter how nice the movement is

>>14156475

Limited to 35 pieces though, so you're mostly paying for the low supply I think. Most Rolex models run into the hundreds of thousands of units produced a year..

>>14156695
you can see the three parts of the dial, it's pretty tacky I reckon

>>14156697
Why are the bezels so thick?

>>14156748
https://reddit.com/r/Watches/comments/axl23t/rolex_daytona/

>>14156179

It's decent, but also a meme. I kind of want one, secretly...

>>14156346

Not even that, really. If anything it's overpriced as FUCK. Realistically you're going to be paying around €200,- for one online, but if I were to buy one at my 'local' Seiko boutique, they would charge me no less than €399,- (THREE-HUNDRED-AND-NINETY-NINE-EUROS), or about a buck over $450..

I suppose that was a fine pricepoint when it came out in the mid 90s, but today it's really pretty absurd imo.
>pic

>>14156352

This is my main issue with it. The 7S26 is decent as fuck, but not really worth paying 200+ for, even if it is in a decent diver.. I don't care for the modding, as I actually really like the original design..

>>14156354

Far cooler looking than the sub imo.

>>14156446
>The 7s26 isn’t a pretty movement but it is definately a solid workhorse movement

Yeah, it is. And it especially was in 1996 when the SKX came out.. Today though, there are far better things in Seiko's catalogue, often at similar price points.

>>14156526

My 7S26 came at $70,- new, in a watch, running and assembled and all..

>>14156558

That's the point exactly though, isn't it? The just deserves a movement upgrade, as it's been around since '96.. I'd gladly pay €50,- more if they put in a slightly more current movement, but in the place the SKX is placed in the market as of now it's just not impressive enough for the price.
All of that said, typing all of this makes me want one again. Maybe I should see if I can get one used or something..

>>14156785
Far cooler looking is relative. (lol @ your taste). It's still ripping off Rolex designs.

>>14156792
>Far cooler looking is relative

It is, but the SKX is clearly cooler than the sub.. Sub is more neat and sleek in a way, but lacks the rugged appeal of the SKX imo.. At least the price isn't as big of a rip off as the sub.

Also, I think some of the newer subs are a lot uglier than the one in your pic, which is really at the peak imo.
>pic related
The proportion between the case and the bracelet is all gone..

>>14156678
I used to love skeleton hands because naturally it was pretty cool seeing all the stuff under the hood working away.

Big problem now though is skeleton style is synonymous with Chinese shitters which has somewhat ruined the concept.

>>14156354
>Submariner rip-off
>>14156792
>It's still ripping off Rolex designs.

Rolex ripped off the Fifty Fathoms' design.
Which in turn ripped off shit like the Zodiac Sea Wolf.

What's particularly sad is the fact that this basic design is pretty much Rolex' entire backbone: Submariner, Deep Sea, Sea Dweller, GMT Master, Yacht Master, Explorer II, ...

>>14156800
God that looks shit. The square case shape the life make is trash.
Can’t believe people fawn over this shit.

>>14156770
No one noticed it's a fake?

>>14156804
The French navy was shopping out watchmakers in 1952 looking for someone who would make their concept watch to their requirements. Rolex was given the same design requirements as Blancpain. Picrel is similar, British MOD's requirements, looking for a supplier to fulfill it. The Submariner was released the same year as Blancpain released their Fifty-Fathoms.

>>14156800
I'd prefer it slimmed down too but you just need a bigger wrist to pull it off. It still looks good.

>>14156808
>The square case shape the life make is trash.
Are you even speaking english?

>>14156824
Life=lugs. Sorry new phone. Who this?

>>14156804
*Cracks White Monster*
SIPPPPP

>>14156804
Nice for you to ignore the Jubilee rip-off too. The Submariner is an iconic design whether you like it on not. The same reason why the Submariner design has largely remained the same, compare that to the Fifty-Fathoms.

>>14156695
That looks like it's missing a howling wolf

>>14156820
No, this was purely a collaborative effort between French military diver commanders and Blancpain's CEO (a diver himself.
Rolex was not involved at all, although they claim they were developing a similar watch concurrently.

And your drawing for the Milsub is from 1957; 4 years after the release of the FF (and original Sub).
So those design aspects in that drawing are definitely based on pre-existing mainstream watches.

>>14156840
Three of those four Rolexes are Blancpain rip-offs.
Thanks for supporting my point lmao.

>>14156841
>Nice for you to ignore the Jubilee rip-off too.
What?

>The Submariner is an iconic design whether you like it on not.
Sure.
There are a bunch of iconic dive watches, all with the same basic layout derived primarily from the Fifty Fathoms.

>>14156850
Of course it was a collaborative effort, after being accepted by Blancpain. The French Navy went to everyone with their concept, everyone turned them down except Blancpain. The drawing is not the same yes but similar, it's what I meant by the French navy shopping out their concept to every watchmaker and being turned down.

>>14156854
Deny it all you want but even with your denials you're just saying Seiko is copying a copy. Lol. And Jubilee bracelet, retard.

>>14156864
>The French Navy went to everyone with their concept, everyone turned them down except Blancpain.
They only went to a very limited number of watchmakers before Blancpain, and Rolex was not among them.

Is there any logic or reason for waffle straps or is it purely aesthetic?

New capacitor and its ticking away...

>>14156864
>Deny it all you want but even with your denials you're just saying Seiko is copying a copy.
The Sub is itself a copy of a copy, pic related.

>Seiko is copying a copy.
You mean like when Rolex added a shiny metallic border around its lume plots, copying Seiko's 6159?

>>14156896
I'm 99% that it's just an aesthetic choice, though the underside isn't flat against your wrist with all the indents so maybe that's for better ventilation or something?

>>14156891
>The next step was taking the watch from paper to production. “We looked all over the world for someone to manufacture this watch… There was no French watchmaker that would agree to do so…. We found Blancpain, a small Swiss watchmaker… Blancpain agreed to manufacture the watch. That’s how it all happened.”

>>14156914
The Submariner was based on the Turn-O-Graph 6202, released in 1953, before the Submariner. And also obviously developed way earlier than the Submariner because it was released before the Sub. Cite your source on the lume plots because you’re certainly reaching.

>>14156820
That Omega Lugs tho...

>>14156931
>>The next step was taking the watch from paper to production. “We looked all over the world for someone to manufacture this watch… There was no French watchmaker that would agree to do so…. We found Blancpain, a small Swiss watchmaker… Blancpain agreed to manufacture the watch. That’s how it all happened.”

"When they brought their idea to a French watchmaker, however, “they said it had no commercial future whatsoever,” recalls Maloubier.
So the men went to a diving equipment manufacturer that led them to a small (at that time) Swiss watchmaking company called Blancpain. And the rest was history."
https://www.atimelyperspective.com/blog/2011/01/31/around-the-world-captain-bob-and-the-tale-of-blancpains-fifty-fathoms.html

Echoes your source in the sense that they looked to France, and then landed on a Swiss maker.
In any case they did not go to Rolex.

>The Submariner was based on the Turn-O-Graph 6202, released in 1953, before the Submariner.
Same deal as with the Submariner, the basic design came from the FF.

>>14156931
>The Submariner was based on the Turn-O-Graph 6202, released in 1953, before the Submariner.
But after the Fifty Fathoms.

>Cite your source on the lume plots because you’re certainly reaching.
Source?
Find me a Submariner with metallic lume borders before 1969.

Reminder that Rolex x Casio is literally the OTP.

>>14156945
The Submariner released a few months after the Fifth Fathoms. The Turn-O-Graph predated the Submariner. It takes more than just a few months to develop a watch.

Seiko didn’t invent metal bordered lume lmao.

>B-but the Sub copied the Fifty-Fathoms!!!

>>14156966
The Seiko looks better. The Rolex has too much of a jarring mix of contemporary and traditional.

>>14156179
Movement is inaccurate as fuck, but overall build is pretty solid. Some people thought it was a Rolex, but kinda cringed at me for saying it was a Seiko, so I stopped wearing it since it felt pretty phoney. Got a SRPB43 on a mesh strap now.

>>14156971
> Some people thought it was a Rolex, but kinda cringed at me for saying it was a Seiko
This is what everyone thinks outside of /wt/. Thanks for being honest.

>>14156978
But bro, Blancpain!

I don’t know how anyone thinks the SKX looks like a sub. I had a guy ask me if mine was real and I just said yea it’s a Seiko...

>>14156994
>I don’t know how anyone thinks the SKX looks like a sub.

What do you think the guy was referring to when he asked if it was real you dingus? You think they make fake SKXs en masse?

>>14156971
> brand copies Rolex design
> people are disappointed to learn it's not really a Rolex.
Standard. What do you expect when people learn you're wearing a shitter?

>>14157001
That was my exact point without sounding like a complete faggot :^)

>>14156971
>Hey is that a rolex?
>No, it's better

>>14156966
The seiko actually looks good and it’s a great buy for the price

>>14157010
Cope.
>>14157012
Might as well grab a Steinhart Sub ““homage”” and say it’s a great buy for the price.

>>14156994
no one in the real world knows anything about watches, any dive watch will get you
>nice rolex bro!

>>14157020
This.
In fact, any watch that looks shiny will get you "is that a real Rolex?"

>>14156931
>>14156965
The turn-o-graph was a rushed model Rolex put out because of the popularity of the Fifty Fathoms (Cousteau etc.).
It served as their all-round tool/dive/pilot's/... watch, and was later supplanted by the Submariner, GMT, ... as Rolex actually put time into development.

>>14156971
>Some people thought it was a Rolex, but kinda cringed at me for saying it was a Seiko, so I stopped wearing it since it felt pretty phoney.
KEK
To be honest I find rolex watches ugly as fuck

>>14156994
Seriously, different case shape, different crown placement, different indices, different hands, different bezel design, different bracelet. The only similarities are they both have a black dial and black bezel insert, and they're both diver watches. I think the design copying argument may be a subtle troll.

>>14156999
This guy no clue with watches. I guess he thought every dive watch was a Rolex...?

REMINDER:

IF YOU WEAR YOUR WATCH EXACTLY ON YOUR WRIST YOU'RE A FAT (probably American) CUNT.

THE WATCH SHOULD SIT BEHIND YOUR PISIFORM BONE AND THEREFORE SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE WRISTUP THE FOREARM.

>>14157052
Lol. Even the bracelet is a Rolex rip-off, the jubilee bracelet is extremely “Rolex” due to the popularity of DateJusts.

I can’t believe Rolex put the larger explorer out with the old explorer hands. What the fuck were they thinking? They’re really a shit company which doesn’t live up to their hype.
What other shortcuts have they done?

>>14157062
Here’s a GMT-Master on a jubilee bracelet for the retards who don’t know what a jubilee bracelet is.

>>14157060
Fuck off. You can wear a watch however you like. There is no right way.

need watch suggestions
> 300AUD
> dress
> metal
> 16cm wrist, >40mm

Not that I'm even remotely interested, but is this an obvious fake or "a custom"?

Some cunt wants AU$10k for this, lol.

>>14157093
Orient Bambino.

>>14157094
What’s his story? Terrible coated fake. Just look at those lugs and bezel.

>>14157094
Looks real but with a pretty poorly done after-market DLC coating. The problem with customs like that is Rolex will not service them and resale prices tank because of that. He's asking far too much. You can get a good condition non-modded version for around the same price.

>>14157094

I think they did make or used to make black PVD Submariners, but 10k AUSbucks seems a tad low for a genuine one, unless it's got some skeletons in it's closet.

>>14157105
Just some Ebay thing. Not enough of an expert on Subbies to report it. Could just be a shit after market job.

>>14157108
Pretty much what I thought it could be, and all the points stand. Yeah he's a dumb cunt for thinking he'll get even close to 10k for it but I don't want to report it for being fake if it actually isn't etc.

>tfw obviously fake Day-Date auctions on Ebay listed for $5k BIN, and they're one and dones and actually sell

>>14157117
He mentions he bought it from some shop in Miami and had it "professionally refinished", lol.

>>14157117
Rolex have never done PVD Subs or any other model.

>>14155056
Wow I'm surprised to see somebody else going into watchmaking here.

I'm at a watchmaking school here in the states, but ultimately you should go where you will receive the best education. You should meet with the instructor first.

>>14157117
They never did. You are uninformed.

>>14157123
>>14157125

Kek, I assumed the ones I've seen being offered for sale in the €10-20k ranges were (at least in part) genuine models.

So apparantly there are people out there paying premium prices for aftermarket refinished Rolexes? Wew..

>>14157122
Fake watches that sell on eBay for large amounts are money laundering.

>>14157130
To be fair, lots of them are asking high prices but never sell.

>>14157130
There are people who get their gens coated and then there’s also Bamford.

Do they have 3D Printed movements and cases yet?

Has anyone in here removed a scratched AR coating? Will polywatch do it without damaging the sapphire?

>>14155056
If I go to Geneva***.

>>14157124
Not going into yet but seriously considering it. I have to look into schools, one of the few ones I looked at is WOSTEP in Neuchâtel, their course starts in 2021 which is a bit too far I feel like. I want to emigrate, I don’t really care for my home country nor do I feel connected to it so it doesn’t really matter in regards to moving to Switzerland or Germany.

My biggest worries are career progression and not ending up in some mall doing battery changes. I’d like to work at a manufacture. How are finding your school?

>>14157130
Engraved watches have a market, this is $22K. Personally I think it looks awful

>>14157064
The really funny thing is that in a few years those models will probably appreciate in price more than the other Explorers from that era

>>14157149
There’s tasteful engraving and there’s cartel gun engraving. That’s sort of the latter.

>>14157045
> I find rolex watches ugly as fuck
Nah the sub looks great it's just not worth anywhere near what they ask.

Anyone from London here?

>>14157149

I think engravings are nice, but I´m not sure a sleek ´modern´ watch like the Explorer I is the best canvas for it.. Especially not that floral style.

Reminds me of engraved firearms, which makes it seem out of place in that. Ironically, I think the Explorer I lends itself better to being PVD´d like that Sub above.

>>14157159
Yes, why?

wow tgv is doubling down on the sick relative thing, my opinion of him got a little lower. Tgv and watchfinder are the only regular watch content channels I can stomach.

>>14157174
>Not watching BASED Jody at JOMW

I saw TGV's thumbnail and it has a SNES Classic, so clearly he's going for that demo now.

That cunt will be doing Let's Plays soon.

>>14157181
He's always had a sprinkle of gaming shit in his channel. never heard of jody or jomw.

>>14157170
Can you pay Tudorfag a visit. He’s easy to spot. Just look for faggot wearing a scratched up Vostok or a fake Tudor Black Bay, depends on the day.

imagine making a video giving out fashion advice and using that fucking outfit for the thumbnail

>>14157184
some scottish guy living in australia, he reviews seikos, vostoks, orients and the like

>>14157174

What´s the tl;dr on the TGV drama? I watch his vids every now and then, but I cannot be arsed to trawl facebook groups and autist forms for the juicy bits..

>>14157174
That cunt is the most pretentious fuckers out there. Look at him wearing JEANS with that off-the-rack velvet jacket.

>>14157191
Used some guys macro photos in his video and even put his own watermark on them. Got banned for a couple of months. Said his absence was over a sick relative.

>>14157187
>>14157192
Well he has said he doesn't care for fashion.

>>14157191
Disappears from YouTube because he got copyright strikes. Was asked to take down videos featuring images he nicked. Guy asked him a couple of times but he wouldn’t back down which led to the guy filling DMCA takedowns. He got limited on YouTube, people started wondering where he was. He started making up some bullshit about a sick relative.

>>14157197
>Used some guys macro photos in his video
That shouldn't matter too much..
>and even put his own watermark on them.
But that's pretty bad..
>Got banned for a couple of months. Said his absence was over a sick relative.

Kek, that's hilariously bad. Can't you tell if Youtube accounts have been banned over copyright strikes though?

>>14157199

Don't they show those "THIS VIDEO HAS BEEN TAKEN DOWN ACCORDING TO DMCA BLABLABLA" anymore though?

>>14157213
https://www.instagram.com/p/BroOaL3A9Kz/ this is one of the guys he stole from.

>>14157215
Different guy, stolen & watermarked by Tristano. Absolutely a slimeball move.

>>14157186
No thanks. It's actually not too far from my office but I don't go south of the river. Also I can't believe anyone working in that location wears that shit. They'd get laughed out of my building if they turned up to work like that. One good thing about working in the City is you get to see many, many nice watches.

>>14157221
Not a bong, is south of the river an insulting term?

>>14156335
Kek, i have one, couldnt resist for 19.99€.
The display is just thick foil and scratches super easily.
>>14156486
Got mine in a store, mediamarkt in germany, but ebay has them too for abou 25 eur plus shipping. Search for gameboy watch.

>>14157215
>>14157220
He really should have just come clean and done a little PSA segment about not pinching shit. How hard is that.

>>14157223
south london is typically poorer, it's where the working class london accent comes from

>>14157224
Gee, thanks tablet.

>>14157224
>couldnt resist
You couldn't resist a gameboy watch? Really?

>>14157215
This guy has also let a bunch of other people use his GS photos so he was just super butthurt by 1) the watermark and 2) that TGV wanted to bargain with him and refuseed to pull the video (and demonetize it), and wanted to just put a credit (probably in the video description that no one reads).

Massive cunt and not very gentlemanly at all.

>>14157223
Yeah it's a London thing. North rich / South poor (with some exceptions like Richmond). There is a London saying that Taxi drivers won't drive people south of the river at night.

>>14157227
Has to keep up his facade. Dude lied about his mother being dead lmao, he’s a sociopathic man-child gentlesir.

>>14157197
yeah that's fine, but don't go on to make fashion videos then

>>14157233
Key difference is used with permission. Not very gentlemanly is stealing photos, lying about your mother being dead, and faking a sick relative.

>>14157243
I didn't make it clear that I was referring to TGV being very ungentlemanly. He's a cunt.

The whole Squale thing really turned me off him anyways.

>>14157237
I don't give a shit about fashion, this is the only thread on /fa/ I use but my understanding of fashion is that there are two types. Trend followers and trend setters, ergo caring about fashion is not a requirement for making fashion content. The only difference is successful and unsuccessful content.

>>14157249
Yeah. You can tell from his persona and many of his reviews he was an egotist with delusions of grandeur. Doesn't surprise me he wouldn't want to credit other peoples work and pass it off as his own.

>>14157254
>Cunts on r/watches defending him with shit like HURR it's a character, it's just entertainment!

TGV is reddit personified

>>14157215
>>14157220

Kek what a petty moron. All he had to do was give credit.. But going the extra mile to actually watermark shit that isn't yours is wew-tier.

Did he really think people were not going to find out? Especially when the requests came in? Hilarious.

>>14157254
Swag is for boys, class is for men.

-Tristano G. Veneto

>>14157258
Weak people tend to get defensive about everything, instead of seeking the truth. Also groupthink. If you go against the beta group in reddit they will exclude you.

>>14157263
He did really think that. That’s why he came out with an explanation of his disappearance a sick relative he has to take care of so he wouldn’t be able to post. While also at the same time posting non-stop on instagram.

>>14157261
I thought he was more of a facebook group thing
>>14157258
I don't think he's acting a character it's about 75% reality 25% acting imo. He is a travelled guy with family history and some properties he just exaggerates.

>>14157264
>TGV talking about class
THE ABSOLUTE STATE OF HIS SIGNATURE SQUALE.

>>14157258
>"Honestly even though TGV did this, I'm still a fan and I'll keep watching his videos!"
>He said it takes him a week to make an episode, so it makes sense that he'd try to make it faster to get more videos out for us!

Cringe af.

>>14157275
he has aristocratic roots, but how much of that he actually grew up surrounded by is debatable

>>14157094
LOOK AT THE SELs LMAOOOOOOO

>>14157275
>>14157282

>Travelled guy
>Family history
>Aristocratic roots
>Some properties

Wait what? Isn't he just some muh-heritage Jersey Amerimemester?

>>14157282
Lol @ you for actually believing that shit.

>>14157213
Tbh his prolonged absense started way before the gs videos were taken down and he said that in his video too, I think it is possible he is not talking shit on this one.

>>14157299
>Some properties
they're all his mum's lmao, he pretended she was dead for a bit so people would think they were his

he is genuinely from aristocratic stock, scroll down from the bottom
http://www.thepeerage.com/p15525.htm

>>14154790
New thread:
>>14157329
>>14157329
>>14157329

>>14157326
>his prolonged absense started way before the gs videos were taken down and he said that in his video too
Elaborate

>>14157343
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YpRn_twZ64
Around 2 mins
The gs videos were taken down 2 or 3 weeks after he posted them.

>>14157354
Receiving two copyright strikes will limit your ability to upload on YouTube. It doesn’t matter if he wasn’t already uploading before, he wouldn’t have been able to upload after the debacle started even if he wanted to.

>>14156675
I’m a grad student and use it occasionally during chemistry lab work.

>>14157354
No you implied that his absence was foreshadowed before the video got taken down, what you've posted is nothing.

Is there a diver in a comparable price range to the skx007 that people would recommend? From what I've been reading seems like the 007 is the best value.

>>14157418
The SNZF17 is nice but it's a "diver"

>>14157418
ORIENT RA-AA0002L a.k.a the mako iii
It's only slightly more expensive than skx007 at $240. Similar size, but has hacking handwinding and most importantly sapphire crystal.

>>14156625
PP, VC or AP

>>14156099
Fucking kek

>>14157418
SKX009

>>14156758
But rolexes use a bunch of small parts and rare materials for their watches, don't they?

I know it's exclusive but the g shock just looks like a regular digital watch with gold plates, so I think $70k is still ridiculous imo even if it's rare, given most g shocks are a couple hundred bucks.

I could see $10k but definitely not $70k

>>14157052
the majority of people don't even know what the word, "indices" means.

>nice rolex, bro

>>14157149
I can respect the artwork that went into that, but I probably wouldn't be comfortable wearing that

>>14157124
You at the Rolex school in Lititz?

>>14154790
>when it comes down to it, only rely on the best

i bought this watch a year ago. it was my first watch and i have no regrets. was a good decision