/fa/ - Fashion

>>14460408
>I am a bit of a music producer myself

>>14460408
Those Jacobs are tacky af. Love the "Casino" one tho.

We need more lume shots.

Potato pic with phone.

>>14460440
nice semenmaster. here's a pic of my orange mongster.

>>14460440
God tier Lorus Lumibrite coming through

REMINDER THAT A THREAD ALREADY EXISTS

>>14456820
>>14456820
>>14456820

Threadly reminder of our pecking order here

>NASTY, EVIL, VICIOUS SHITTERS TIER tier
MVMT, Daniel Wellington, Apple Watch, watches from clothing brands, Fossil, Invicta, Stuhrling, Skagen, Citizen, Timex, Steinhart

>MALL WATCH tier
Tissot, Bulova, Seiko, Maurice Lacroix, Casio, Orient, Certina, Hamilton, Frédérique Constant

>ALMOST WORTH SOMETHING tier
Mido, Rado, Raymond Weil, Edox, Nomos, Movado, Junghans, Montblanc, Baume & Mercier, Stowa, Bell&Ross, Mido, Indie microbrands

>ITS SOMETHING tier
TAG Heuer, Oris, Longines, Tudor, Glashütte Original, Rado, Grand Seiko, Montblanc, Christopher Ward, Sinn, Soviet vintage watches

>MIGHT IMPRESS NORMIES tier
Rolex, Omega, Breitling, IWC, Cartier, Breguet, Piaget, Hublot, Bulgari, Zenith, Panerai, Jaeger LeCoultre

>HAUTE HOROLOGY tier
A. Lange & Söhne, Patek Philippe, Jaeger LeCoultre, Blancpain, Audemars Piguet, Vacheron Constantin, F. P. Journe

>>14460490
This is tudorfag threadsplit bait

https://www.watch-rankings.com/watch-rankings/
https://www.devonbuy.com/watch-brand-hierarchy/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Watches/wiki/brandguide/
https://forums.watchuseek.com/f2/ranking-watch-brands-price-revised-755635.html

Threadly reminder that if your watch isn't in medium luxury or above you are a shit.

>>14460440

Going strap shopping today. Hopefully will find something good in physical shops but not holding my breath.

>fag going to flaunt his fake choodor in ADs
>will come back in 6 hours and say "lol guys I took my fake to the AD and they couldn't tell the difference lol shows how good it is, too bad I was too poor to buy a real watch while I was there"

Extremely embarrassing to share a general with this class of people.

>>14460528
It’s not about being poor. It’s not being mugged off.

Why are the prices for the SKX013 (and 007) going up?

>>14460565
Because people continue to buy poorly finished Jap shitters with no heritage or AC and atrocious timekeeping thanks to shills like TGV.

>>14460571
Heritage or not, I've always wanted the 013. Should of have copped when it was less than $200.

Oh well.

Somebody needs to hurry up and make a good rep of the OP grape

>>14460571
Or QC*

>>14460573

http://www.trustytime.cc/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_236&products_id=19162

There’s already a few. This one is probably best.

>>14460577
The dial doesn't have the same shine as the real one, I'd need perfection for $478(!)

>>14460580
Why do you need 100% perfection? Are you planning to flex your Bolex?

>>14460588
I have a bulova I'm not in the business of flexing, I just don't want a watch that looks bad for that price, fair enough if it was like >$300

>>14460580
It will in person. Search for grape on trustytime and there’s half a dozen on there.

>>14460591
Then get the real thing dude.

Unless the watch is something simple like the Explorer I, you ain't gonna get a good rep at a cheap price.

>>14460612
There's some cheaper options, I'll consider them

>>14460614
I would get the real thing if I could make £4,300 appear in my account

>>14460616
Would you though? You would rather save 4 Gs and spend it on experiences or investments?

>>14460618
Investments are a meme and I don't have 4k anyway so it's not even worth thinking about

>>14460565
There are some rumors about their discontinuation, some shitty pics suggest that the skx will be part of the seiko 5 line.

>>14460571
The 013 is one of the few ISO-rated automatic dive watches that is okay for smaller wrists. I gave one to my gf and she rotates between that and an snk809 and is quite happy with both of them on her 5.5" wrist. Say what you will about QA, but there aren't too many others to even consider for someone with smaller wrists.

>>14460573
>good
>rep
>doesn't have a spare £4,300
just get a denzel washington until your lifestyle can support your taste in watches instead of buying a fake

>>14460624
Maybe I'll just shop around for homages lol

>>14460440

>>14460631
this mall-shitter beats the snot out of any fake

>>14460499
>A. Lange & Söhne, Patek Philippe, Jaeger LeCoultre, Blancpain, Audemars Piguet, Vacheron Constantin, F. P. Journe
All of these watches break after six months if you wear them regularly and servicing them is very expensive

>>14460440
>>14460445
Muh Baby Tuna.

>>14460649
> Actually believing this.

>>14460657
If servicing a watch is expensive then you don't deserve to wear it.

All the watches from that tier except JLC which is pleb fodder should just be leased by the watch company to learn you faggots some respect.

https://youtu.be/sIvB5ycShM4?t=8
https://youtu.be/sIvB5ycShM4?t=8
https://youtu.be/sIvB5ycShM4?t=8

R O L E X

>>14460758
I hope it's a rep

>>14460769
Nope. Here's some more.

https://youtu.be/KeGhaDNF_As?t=103

>>14460780
Tasteless

Why don't you own a turtle, anon?

>>14460817
I’m a man.

>>14460817
Puke.

Watchnigger here, I need some advice from you guys. What's a reasonable price to have these old Speedmaster triple-dates serviced? It uses a slightly modified Valjoux 7751, which is like a 7750 with more boomer features.

A customer is thinking about having it serviced, and I'm certainly able to do it, I just have no idea on what price to ask. I don't want to look like a jerkoff that asks more than an Omega service center, and I don't want to undercut everyone else so bad the watchmaker mafia gives me a pair of cement shoes.

What's the price independents do these in the West?

>>14460880
Tell him to throw it in the trash

>>14460885
Can't, sentimental value. He told me the army started handing these out to generals in the early 90's, and his pep-pep, a general at the time also got one.

Quite a step up from the quartz Orient VX the old comrade lieutenant-colonel that takes it to me for battery changes got in 1986, but a bit of a step down from the Heuer Montreals communist air force pilots got from the late 70's.

>>14460880
Oh boy a black guy. I’m really nervous.

>>14460908
No, not really.

"Watchmaker" is really an inaccurate term for people who repair normie shitters. We don't make watches, we nig around with them till they're niggered back to life.

>>14460623
those rumors have been around for years tho

>>14460623
>>14460934
A guy from the Seiko importers told me 7S26 gets shitcanned next year, along with most Seiko 5 models that are too cheap for a 4R36 upgrade. Basically the 5 family gets turned into the 5 Sport again.

SKX may get retired too, or at least severely downgraded. The Tuna has kinda took its place already.

>>14460577
how do you not get busted by customs by shipping a fake from China?

>>14460939
>he thinks there’s a watch-marshal in every flight trying to spot fakes

>>14461037
irregardless, there's a chance you'll get caught and it's not just the seller that gets into shit

Another fucking old FAGGOT pissed me off again. He came in with a Raketa calendar (same model as pic, only in Russian) that had its crystal cracked, fell out of place and acrylic shards dangling off the crystal and on the dial.

I recommended a crystal replacement for $15, but the cheap old fuck didn't want it, he said he only wanted the crystal popped back, despite me repeatedly warning him that this can't be considered a fix. I already took out most of the shards by this point. So I popped it back for free and that's that I didn't want to deal with this fucking cheap fuck anymore.

Hours later he comes back. The blind old fuck only just noticed that there's a gap so big missing from the crystal you could stick your pinky in there (I TOLD him the crystal is completely fucked, but the old fart of course wouldn't listen, "it's fine, it's fine"). He tells me I caused him property damage, by removing some dangling shards from a broken crystal. His idea was that I should have put back every piece of broken acrylic and the watch would have been fine in his book (naturally I'd never do a hackjob like that, especially not when it's my fucking reputation as a repairman).

So we had a shouting match a minute or two, kept telling me I caused him damages, I told him no, the crystal was fucked. So he left, called me a fraud watchmaker, I yelled after him something along the lines of "go fuck pennies somewhere else, good day", I can't remember verbatim.

So now I'm almost ready to ban old people with mechanicals from the store. They're the greatest fucking nuisance so far and constant troublemakers.

>>14461052
That's not a word man

>>14461080
You should have refused to service it

>>14461086
I did, the whole first visit was no more than five minutes. In the middle of trying to convince this old fuck that a crystal replacement is necessary I popped the cracked crystal back, removed the shards, and gave it back, all for free. In my mind I helped, in his I ruined a still perfectly fine (i.e. cracked to fuck) crystal, after asking an obscenely large price ($15) for a repair.

I refused any non-solution shitjobs, I told him "a crystal replacement is the solution for this", exactly these words, like three times.

>>14460939
Not sure. It was marked as “measuring equipment” and $18 value.
It came so fast as well. I green lit it on Monday and I had it on Thursday.
im in U.K.

>>14460499
Wear a citizen everyday. Keeps perfect time and looks great even when it’s beat up. Eat me

>>14461052
Caught by who? Your family?

>>14461218
Why this and not a gen Speedy or Vostok?

>>14460440
wasnt going for total darkness, as I snapped this one a day ago for fun

Is the Explorer a meme tier watch?

>>14461315
It's the Rolex for people who have no interest in watches.

Anyone have any experience with the Hanhart Pioneer or just Hanhart in general?

>>14460817

Samurai is better

>>14461362
Indeed. I don't like the bar of soap styling of the tutrtle.

>>14461366
nope. power reserves should be as low-profile as possible not in your face like that one.

Flashing my wad

>>14461369
Surprised you mentioned that and not the open heart, now that I have this and >>14460554 I just need the red kamasu for the trinity of fire to be complete

>>14460672
you caught me, I sincerely believe knowingly buying a fake makes you a piece of shit

>>14460440
What about radium lume shots?

>>14461385
>trinity of fire
I don't even want to know. someone else can take it from here. Sounds like something a furry would come up with.

Best lume in my box

>>14461400
red dials, is that to the point enough you faggot

>>14461416
2254.50?

>>14461417
If you're collecting red dialed watches to make a trinity of fire you don't get to call anyone a faggot.

>>14461419
Almost, the gmt version.2534.50

>>14461423
it's a joke, say that to my face you little bitch, you will look as red as one of my dials after I'm done with you

>>14461423
I second this

>>14461433
Oh no please don't kill me and then write a fanfic about how you fed my heart to shadow the hedgehog or whatever you retards do.

Happy Saturday all. A little overcast here, but no complaints because we had a beautiful sunny 4th and 5th. Spending time playing some flight sims in VR, then maybe some Nier Automata. Anybody have any suggestions for a hidden gem on Steam or GOG?

BILL
*Sent from my Huajiu ProTab VIA Tapatalk*

>>14461427
I wish omega still made some thin watches. 85xx is nice and but those bitches are thicc

>>14461445
S E R V I C E D I A L A N D H A N D S

>>14461458
oh no, my Rolex watch has been serviced with official Rolex parts. i've been found out, you got me.

>>14461291
Because it was an 8th of the price you dolt.

>>14461457
Totally agree, i stck to the 2500 version smpc because of that

>>14461099
>I refused any non-solution shitjobs, I told him "a crystal replacement is the solution for this", exactly these words, like three times.

Then stick by what you said. Never a different way to deal with old fucking penny pinchers.

I worked in a phone/pc part/pcs/accessories shop 6 months ago and our standing rule about screen protectors is that employees will not under any condition stick it on.

Old people would beg and moan whether then bought a phone or not and we would say no, since then we are obliged to change it if we fuck up as an employee the store has to give him for free. Though if he asked one as a favor and didn't complain about he results it's we would.

Of course the old penny pinchers would complain if it wasn't good, and i would tell them to try themselves or go to some other place like the phone shop across the street that sold the same protector for 3 times the price.

What is wrong with quartz exactly?

>>14461500
Nothing at all. I enjoy my mechanical watch for the sheer fact that it amazes me how it can be so accurate from just a spring and cogs. I also love my radio controlled quartz chrono eco drive.

>>14461486
blue dial 2500 AT is a watch I regret not picking up back in the day

>>14461500
You don’t lose enough seconds a day.

>>14461460
>you got me
Sure did.

Why buy a vintage watch that's had all the vintage parts replaced?

>>14461488
Odd. Here when I bought a screen protector the seller kinda pushed to install it for me. It's probably the opposite here, I assume people do it themselves, fuck up and get air bubbles or it peels off because the screen wasn't properly degreased and bitch about the product being shit.

>>14461535
I bought an F91W for shits and giggles a couple months ago and it's the most precise quartz I've ever had. I reset the time on the 20th last month and it still hasn't lost a second.

Should I buy pic related?

>>14461536
> all

Shut up.

>>14461577
Seething

>>14461573
Well, if they want to buy it then sure. More profits for the store and they get a 10% discount on all accessories on purchasing a phone. (even if they stack stuff that isn't related to their phone)

But when they are pushing you to put it on for them, and you aren't the biggest expert on the matter but say you wouldn't mind helping and they still get hissy afterwards that's too much. Hell, i remember some Thai lady came in, bought a Mate 20 and got a proper service and i talked English thought the process (Helpful since she can barely speak Hebrew).

Yet i installed the protector like shit, since it was a weird Hydrogel protector with no guide rails. 0 complaints from her.

>>14461577
don't bother, he's the type that wants to hide behind a monitor in the basement and seethe at the people who are actually enjoying the watches they wear. Anyone got any favorite microbrands?

>>14461317
Tbh Explorers is the best Rolex watch.

>>14461605
no, that's the pepsi

>>14461284
authorities

>>14461614
>>steel pepsi on oyster
>muh dick

>>14461656
Who are these authorities?

Niggas aint going around to wrist check every goon out there.

>>14461656
They are trained in combat situations and watchmaking detection.

nothing beats my F-91W

We’re here for the fakes.

>>14461755
based retard

>>14461755
the complete opposite of /wt/

>>14461755
>>14461755
Rich fucking bastard buying a full price f91 instead of a Guangzhou Kemanqi Watch Industry Co., Ltd. WR F91W. Fucking decadent capitalist paying for full price casios.

>>14461780
poor people make me sick

>>14461783
How the fuck can you justify paying 10 fucking dollars for the f91 when you can get the WR F91W for 1 dollar thirty cents? Fucking capitalists. Do you know what you could do with 8 dollars and 70 cents?

>>14461785
pure class, that watch there could've saved me a fortune

My friend bought a $200 fake rolex off the deepweb. But 3 out of 4 jewelers we brought it too thought it was real and offered to buy. What do?

>>14461833
see >>14461756

>>14461833
Tell him to stop talking out of his ass, the guy is a lying sack of shit. You should murder him in his sleep & stick his shitty fake up his ass.

>>14461833
Never bring anything genuine to those jewelers

>>14461833
Never seen a fake with a free sprung balance so it means no jewelers opened it and only 1 wasn't fucking retarded.

>>14461844
>>14461874
>actively engaging fake shitposters

>spend twenty six thousand united states dollars on an omega speedmaster professional man on the motherfucking moon rendered entirely in white gold
>pubes on the inside of the crystal

Is Swiss quality a meme?

yall niggas know where I can find a holographic raketa?

As a watch noob is it cool to get a vintage watch of a high end brand as a babbys first timepiece?
I feel its better to get a 1970s jlc for 800 instead of a tissot or some shit

>>14461923
Yes but its all about the particular specimen. I picked up a ks with help from a wiser anon who did all the hard work and even then there were problems, it was sold as 'serviced' with timograph proof showing +2spd,when it arrived to me it was losing 30 seconds a day. Had to take it to a private watchmaker to take a look at it and even then it came back to me with not much improvement. It all depends on the specimen.

Another choice is paying extra for heritage reissue models released in this decade that accurately reflects vintage watches created back when watch designers actually knew what the fuck they were doing. This is money going to waste, but it is a more reliable end.

>>14461923
just about any JLC ever made is better than just about every Tissot

>>14461833
Of course that's a shitty bait, but in the case of the watch looking perfect, after they pop it open they will call the police.

>>14461970
Do jewellers and pawnbrokers actually call the cops if you try and stiff them with fake shit?
I figured they'd just tell you that its a fake and they can't accept it or to fuck off

>>14461975
Pawn brokers might even slow-play you and stall for the cops to arrive if they don't have anything better to do that day and you're trying to sell them a fake.

>>14461726
>Niggas aint going around to wrist check every goon out there.
If you wear it on the wrist, sure, but every package you order goes through customs. The problem is that you'll have to report it to customs even if you're flying there if you buy it with the full box and papers and shit, so it will get checked too. It only won't if you just buy the watch itself without anything else.

>>14461099
>I popped the cracked crystal back, removed the shards, and gave it back, all for free
Why did you do that? You're a retard. Either replace the crystal or don't touch the watch. You legitimately gave him watch with LESS than he had when he got into the shop. If you didn't change the crystal for free after that, you're in the wrong.

>>14461975
Of course they do, why wouldn't they? It gives them free brownie points with the cops for when they get caught selling fake shit, they'll claim that they haven't noticed because "you know that we always call you when we notice". Of course, their fake shit comes from actual gangsters, and most of the cops wear it too.

White Oyster Perpetual vs Explorer 1. What do

>>14462034
I'll take the vastly superior snowflake

>>14462034
Explorer 1

>>14462030
I worked for an Ad for a major Swiss company. Our policy was just to tell em their shit was fake and let them be.

>>14462024
I've bought watches from Japan, Europe, etc. and I'd never have to declare that stuff. All the customs are looking for are drugs and meat/plants.

Watch police here.
Are you maggots even thinking about purchasing fakes?

>>14462034
Delicious oyster

>>14462034
You'd have to pay me to take a stupid 3,6,9 Explorer over that beauty.

ayo real quick what watch would you wear to a wedding?
a $50 rolex from turkey or a glashutte nomos
i dont know shit about watches if its not evident

>>14462091
>rolex
Can a Rolex do this?

>>14462078
breaking news! the fake watch police caught tudor rep anon

>>14462114
Fake, I'm not white.

>>14462122
Tudor rep anon has been compromised, dont believe this fake. probably the fake watch police

they used picrel to identify fake watches on peoples wrists. im pretty sure this is how he got cuaght.

>>14462102
reset a chrono hand? yeah, pretty sure Rolex can do that

>>14462034
I really like the explorer and it's lume but the white OP goes with absolutely everything
Just make sure you don't spend that much of garbage like a grand soiko

>>14462034
Does this come in black?

>>14462302
Yes

>>14462305
I was setting you up to post one that's all blinged out with diamonds and leopard print and shit silly.

>>14461370
beautiful
What's it made of and how much?

This is my most valued watch

>>14462421
that bad boy has gotta be worth a few hundred bucks at least

>>14462412
its a fake made of chinkium.

>>14462421
Post your tits.

>>14461755
What car is that? 458?

Could a vintage seamaster have so little water resistance that it could get destroyed by rain or washing the dishes?

>>14462580
bring it to Omega and have the gaskets replaced, I doubt it could enter from the crystal.

>>14462597
I don't actually have one, I'm thinking about buying one. I could also just bring it to my watchmaker and have it pressure tested. What would it cost if Omega would replace the gaskets?

>>14462607
no idea bud

>>14462078
I'd never buy a fake

Bought this beauty, first real watch for me. What's the next step?

>>14462726
>Seiko
>Real watch
Pick one faggot

>>14462726
Now get a real real watch instead. >>14462305

>>14462726
Good choice.

A luxury chronograph or diver would be the most logical step imo.

>>14462730
>>14462733
I guess I'll postpone spending a few thousand bucks until I finish Uni, but thx.

>>14462726
> minute markers on the chapter ring and not on the dial itself.

How much you pay for this?

>>14462746
Since the SARB033 is discontinued I had to buy it from a seller in Japan. Costs around 400 now. Used to be cheaper 2 years ago when it was still in production. Main reasons for buying it was the 6R15D movement and the 38mm diameter (because I'm a wristlet)

Posting the only acceptable Seiko for a self respecting man.

>>14462751
I’d have gone for this if I wanted something like that. Much better quality for a similar price.
Your Seiko will serve you well though I’m sure.

>>14462756
Beauty, but more than twice as expensive, so wasn't quite in the budget.

>>14462768
Oh right. Didn’t realise it was that expensive. They come down quite a lot pre-owned.

>soiko fags taking over the thread

GET OUTTT GET OOOUUUTTTTT

>>14462026
>If you didn't change the crystal for free after that, you're in the wrong.

>>14462818
>your pizza has pepperoni cut in an ugly manner but it's edible
>chef comes and takes the pepperoni because you didn't want to pay for the pepperoni to be replaced entirely
Retard.

>>14462580
Could sweat from the wrist, damage the watch?

And would a bund strap make a difference?

>>14462830
Oh wow, you're actually fucking retarded.

>>14462853
Was the watch more or less functional after you "fixed it for free" moron.

>>14462874
He did *exactly* what he was asked to do as a watchmaker despite advising the customer otherwise several times. If someone came to my shop asking me to botch a job like that I'd refuse to do it outright because of situations exactly like this one, but it was ultimately the customers decision to take a botch-job over fifteen fucking dollars instead of getting it done properly. Customer is at fault here for being a cheap boomer Jew.

>>14462580
>that fucking gap
How the fuck do people wear watches on straps that are too small or too big for the watch? This fucks with me so badly.

Picrel or a seagull?

For a cheap beater it's surprisingly aesthetic

>>14462901
Never post this again.

>>14462421
>>14462580
lol

>>14462726
and lol

>>14462756
>chr.ward
>much better than a seiko

>>14462896
Alternatively, how about one of these as the closest I'll ever get to an ALS

>>14462915
It is much better than that Seiko. It’s better looking, better movement (debatably) and much much better finishing.

>>14462932
Get the Seagul. It’s a great watch for the money.

>>14462935
>much much better finishing.
Not likely.

>>14462935
>better looking
highly subjective. I like how both look and much prefer domed crystals to flat ones, but it's not like we're comparing something butt ugly like a nixon to something sublime like a FPJ.

>better movement (debatably)
SW200-1/2824-2 vs. 6R15... not much between them. I'm not a movement snob and don't see anything wrong with either of these. Maybe some like 4hz vs. 3hz?

>and much much better finishing.
I've had my share of seikos and the sarb033 has a pretty cool case that has quite a bit more to it than the pictures usually show. Never handled a chr.ward but is the finishing better than you'd see on a cheaper "swiss made" watch like a tissot or hamilton?

I've got to say that I like a lot of things about the particular watch you posted but fauxtina... just no.

>>14462896
damn, which watcfh is that ? I assume it is strela from what gooogle tells me but which one exactly ? looks absolutely beautiful, wish they had an english version so to speak.

>>14462973
>>14462896
ah I think I found it, it's the CO42LAW right ? and there is a english version of it. Looks amazing especially with that color of a strap.

>>14462977
If you like it go to poljot24 and you can see all the different variations

>>14461918
that's paketa retard, probably some fake

>>14462970
Chris Ward has very good finishing for the price and almost all reviewers agree.
I used to have a C60 vintage and it wore really nice and felt really sturdy and well built. I sold it to find another watch purchase but I would definitely buy one again. Especially their newer retro styled offerings. Especially if they got rid of that fucking logo and just left the little square emblem.

>>14462998
>Especially if they got rid of that fucking logo and just left the little square emblem.
They certainly love changing their logo every other year. Last time I looked on their site it was all lowercase and now it's capitalized. Gone altogether soon enough, I'm sure.

>>14462891
>He did *exactly* what he was asked to do as a watchmaker despite advising the customer otherwise several times.
I don't remember the guy telling him to take irreplaceable pieces of the crystal so that the watch ends up with literal holes in it.

Which watch can you wear if you're a crazy antiglobalist conspiracy theorist who's boycotting Rolex etc and still get some respect?

>>14463021
>shards of broken plastic
>irreplaceable pieces of the crystal
Alright, you're just fucking around.

Anyone know where I can get a watch like this?

>>14461080
Sad, this is such a great watch.

>>14463023
Vostok Amphibia Classic, I think they're still 100% in-house.

>>14463023

This watch is even better than I thought it would be. I would say that even the 58 I find fairly chunky and big. I can’t even imagine how big the old BBs must feel.

>>14463024
If they were replaceable why did he leave it full of holes then idiot.

The sane person would look at the watch, see that they're going to leave the crystal full of holes if they "clean it up" and explain this to the guy, not do it out of their own volition and giving the swiss-cheesed watch back to the owner and then blackmailing him into doing a full replacement because "lel oops it's full of holes now tee hee guess you'll have to pay". Fucking gypsy piece of shit.

>>14463035
yikes

>>14463037
Fucking dumb nigger, the crystal was already full of holes, it wasn't even in the bezel. All I did is remove the dangling bits and pop it back. It's a bit my fault for not immediately assuming the cheap old fuck will try for some hack solutions, but I would NEVER leave the cracked off shards on the crystal to do further damage to the hands and dial, nor do some hack job of gluing that shit together or something.

The fix for this is a $15 crystal replacement, PERIOD! Nothing less. If you don't like it you can fuck off with your cracked crystal, if a customer is a PIG who'd settle for something like that, then I wash my hands.

>>14463027
https://www.seikowatches.com/global-en/news/20160324-5503733916
looks like seiko made an homage

>>14463056
>remove the dangling bits
Yes, this is the thing that you shouldn't have done.
>assuming
And this too.

If you saw that the watch is going to need a crystal replacement, you should've informed the customer that it's mandatory, and what the cost is, BEFORE messing with it in any way.

You're exactly like the scammer car mechanics who just tack on whatever "extra" stuff they "noticed" needed to be done.
>If you don't like it you can fuck off with your cracked crystal,
Sure, as long as you don't touch it and fuck it up even further first, you fucking mongoloid.

>>14463066
>You're exactly like the scammer car mechanics who just tack on whatever "extra" stuff they "noticed" needed to be done.
Literally make the world a better place and kys immediately you dumb cunt. It's not even the fact that you called me as scammer that's so absolutely enraging, but the fact that you're this much of a fucking dumb entitled brainlet and you're still somehow alive. I BEG you to never post here again.

>>14460440

>>14463075
Dude, if you're so poor that you can't give an old man a free $15 crystal after you fucked it up, then perhaps you should fuck off to the Seiko thread.

>>14463076
The fuck do you live where it's pitch black at 4pm in summer?
You from Norway or something?

>>14460573

There is a super replica of OP grape. But you need to get the movement serviced after you get it https://forum.replica-watch.info/forum/replica-watch-general-discussion/308081-consensual-list-super-reps-nwbigs

>>14463083
Dude, quit doubling down on your horseshit and just give up already.

I won't reward a cheap fuck with free shit for being in the wrong.

>>14460580
>>14460577
>>14460612


image attached is genuine dial vs replica dial.

> I have this and went to a Rolex AD. I was shocked to see the rep is so real there's just no tell! The Rep world is more exciting than Gen.

https://forum.replica-watch.info/forum/angus-s-industry-insights/298098-as-promised-rep-vs-gen-pics-of-jf-rolex-oyster-perpetual-114300/page27

>>14463095
Then give him the watch back exactly as it was. If you can't because you ruined it, you're in the wrong. How the fuck do you not understand it?

>>14463097
>wat is finishing

>>14463084
The sun barely sets in norway in the summer.

>>14463111
How the fuck you ruin an already broken crystal, you mong? The part is already totaled, all that you can do at that point is prevent further damage, by removing shards that can potentially damage the dial, or break teeth if it's lodged between hands. Which is what I did.

Just stop posting.

>>14463097
Replicas are getting ridiculously good. It really highlights how much Swiss watches are overpriced.
The replica is like 10% of the cost of genuine? Or less?

>>14463132

$428 for the replica
$5700 for the genuine

>>14463131
>How the fuck you ruin an already broken crystal, you mong?
By removing shards that can potentially damage the dial, or break teeth if it's lodged between hands. Which is what you did.

14463143
I'm done replying to you, retard.

This is my Seiko srpb19k1 with a nylon nato. Pretty good everyday watch and keeps decent time.

>>14462964
>>14462970
He's right, it is far faaaar better finishing.
Don't why you soiko fags are so delusional about a company who has jacked up prices considerably while keeping the same QC issues and shitty choices.

>>14463066
>If you saw that the watch is going to need a crystal replacement, you should've informed the customer that it's mandatory, and what the cost is, BEFORE messing with it in any way.

He points out in his original post that he did in fact do this, multiple times. When the client refused, he cleaned up the crystal and put it back on for FREE. They came with a broken crystal and left with a broken crystal. How the fuck is he a scammer by doing something for a customer for free?

>>14463083
You're wrong and he's right.
Your analogies and unbelievably retarded and while he could have left it as is, the old man insisted. Who wouldn't remove dangling shards? You claiming he should have replaced it for free means you're the cheap gypsy
You have to be a soiko jap shitter faggot, you sound like one

>>14463178
I do like it a lot more than some of the other 70's styled watches they released over the past few years.

Especially that 6139 Pouge look alike with the open heart. So close to being a winner but they stuck in an open heart instead of just a display caseback.

How do you crash the price of vintage Speedmasters? I hope NASA revokes the spaceflight cert of the Speedy, or if a bunch of manned Moon landings happen in the 2020's with G-Shocks, Citizens and Fossils, because right now everything that isn't a shitty 90's auto-Speedy is ridiculously overpriced.

>>14463178
This looks really cool. Didn't know Seiko still made vintage watches liek this.

>>14463084
>You from Norway or something?
Dumbass.

What kind of watch should I get while I’m a poorfag? My budget is only $100 and I need something that will get me through the year.
My wrist size is 7 inches.
I like this style. leather strap.
>>14461949
>>14460931

>>14463379
Go to the mall and whatever Casio you like.

>>14462580
That's a stunner

>>14463394
That is actually pretty based.
Is it actual steel though?

Had to solve 7 captchas for this

>>14463132
The cost of labor in Switzerland is higher. Chinese replicas will always be cheaper.

>>14460577
how do you guys get over the fear of using your credit card on a non secure site? Is there a safe way?

>>14462580
I could never make my Seamaster 600 rainproof no matter what I replaced. Maybe the case or caseback is warped or some shit.

Then again this was about the very first modern (i.e. rubber gaskets) waterproof watch.

>>14463445
No, the MTP series are plated brass, but for only a year it hardly matters.

>>14463379
the seiko snxs73 with leather strap is the only correct option and it's within your budget

>>14463453
>how do brainlets that buy fake watches straight out of china get over the fear of using their credit card

>>14463473
i want a grape OP and dont have 6k or patience sue me faggot

What happens when you wind a watch that’s alert fully wound? Can you damage the watch or is there some kind of clutch mechanism?

>>14463482
Depends on the watch. Rolex watches cannot be overwound. Some manual wind watches get fucked if you try to overwind them, but usually you can feel the tension before that happens.

>>14463482
imagine buying this, and feeling even a modicum more superior to someone who bought a fake kermit

>>14463454
Hungarybro is that you?
Post your collection my man

>>14463531
If by collection you mean watches that actually work and are ready to wear then this pile is that.

I've got at least this many more that are either broken, parts donors or before restoration.

>>14463482
Most modern watches won't have a problem, vintage maybe.

Marine Nationale straps are crazy comfy

>>14463544
It seems like whenever a vintage Seiko/Citizen comes to your store it tends to stay there.

>>14463482
You find a resistance. I guess that if you are a retarded Frankestein monster you could keep pressing and break it...

>>14463581
I like the Citizen, crosshair dials are great.

>>14463084
Spain. Siesta time

>>14463581
Not really, that's all shit I got off Ebay and Yahoo.jp. I only have a few watches that I bought off customers because the repair would have been uneconomical, and I offered to get it off their hands. Of course I bought them for reasonable amounts, let's just say fucking people over is bad practice in a profession that's mostly trust based. The ones I bought like this are:
>blue Komandirskie in the middle
Mainplate had a broken off post, completely uneconomical. Owner just bought a new Komandirskie, and I replaced the mainplate with a Soviet one. Even I spent more on it than just buying one, but it was for fun-
>Seiko 5 Actus in the upper right
Inheritance piece, the new owner didn't want to shell out so much to restore grandpa's watch, I'd say it's in better care with me.
>gold case, gold dial, black leather Helvetia on the lower right
It has an automatic ETA movement, never seen a service since it was made in the mid 70's, so it completely seized. Owner didn't want to service it (a vintage auto-ETA service falls between $50 and $70 for me depending on the movement) so I bought it, and did it myself. Handwinding is fucked and will stay fucked.

What happens when you press the Speedy chrono reset button while the chrono is already reset, not running and resting at 12?

>>14463710
resets your virginity

Looks good on rubber, lads.

>>14463710
Nothing.

>>14463603
It grew on me over time. The winding and time setting is very smooth and responsive.

Shame the day isn't quicksettable otherwise i would wear it more.

>>14463632
Fuck me i haven't ordered anything off Yjp auctions in ages.

>Seiko 5 Actus in the upper right
Pic related is a project left over from a Yahoo.jp lot that i found again in one of my spare boxes after moving, dial and case are great but i accidentally rekt the crystal while reattaching the rotor and closing the caseback.

Ordered a new crystal for it but that cost about half as much as i paid for the whole lot, but better than it sitting in a spare box rot. And i don't mind since i've made a pretty penny from the rest of the lot.

is this one discontinued or what? one of the best day date dials I have seen so far, but cannot find much about it

>>14463447
then the swiss have to adapt to the new global economy

>>14463544
Based way to store your collection, I too have a pile of shitters in some box.

New sub has been leaked.

>>14463868
lugs are too small

>>14463740
That looks like the same case as mine in >>14463544 , a 7019-7060.

If so I know your pain, I just went at it with diamond paste and cerium-oxide for like a week till the crystal was somewhat acceptable.

Even worse is the Suwa 5Actus 6106-8440 (directly below the 7019 in my pic), which I found out uses the same crystal as the 6105 diver, so the few still remaining replacement crystals cost a fortune.

>>14462896
Nice dial

>>14463871
kek are we brothers or something?

It is indeed a 7019-7060.

I had a 6106-7420T from the same lot, however i was able to get a really cheap replacement crystal for it that's still is lying somewhere in a drawer (30$ or so) since a local countryman bought it from me before i had time to install it.

>>14463868
I want 12

>>14463868
lmao'd

>>14463868
NEEDS MORE WRIST PRESENCE, MAKE IT
W I D E R!

Yours for $4k.

>>14462907
Fuck off kike. Duro is based.

>>14463931
I can have a based Speedmaster for that and not some nip shitter...

New Squale!

https://youtu.be/lJ8GW8GFZAM

>>14463482
>Toyota
>Steinhart
poor man's setup
it's something, i guess

>>14463829
anyone??

Thoughts on the Sistem 51 line-up?

>>14464388
Good system

>>14461080

Why don’t you take photos of the watches as soon as you receive them as evidence?

Or at least have them sign an agreement of acceptance of your initial assessment ?

i want an aqua terra, but god damn if i ever spend 5.5k on a watch lmao

>>14464522
Because then the guy could sue him for ruining his watch.

>>14463572
where did you cop yours? erikas?

>>14464530
That's pretty low for an entry level watch, what are you talking about?

>>14464530
Anybody paying that much for an Aqua Terra is a retard

>>14464530
Obviously it's not the same at all but I really appreciate the panel blue dial on my shitter SARX045.

Sinn 104 for my first luxury watch? Does /fa/ like?

>>14464799
>H link bracelet
based

>>14464799
yes
are you a legit fotog and that picture is yours or are you another disappointment?

>>14464799
Sinn isn't luxury.

>>14464864
are you?

>>14464799
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq14JhPpzVo

Archie explains it all. Just buy a Rolex.

>>14464889
why?

>>14464894
Because literally no one gives a shit about any other brand. You're just throwing money down the well. Unless you already have a lot of money so you have a Rolex, then you can buy higher end watches.

>>14464898
>Because literally no one gives a shit about your watch

you've got that part right, retard

>>14464898
how much do you care about others opinion?

>>14464906
>>Because literally no one gives a shit about your watch
Unless you wear a Rolex. Just watch the video.
>>14464913
You'll see if you waste $2k+ on a watch and it's not a Rolex. Even if you didn't think you cared, you'll start caring soon enough.

>>14464918
how superficial are you?

>>14464922
Not at all, but I live in a very superficial society, and so do you. You can't brainwash everyone into thinking differently just because you know it's bullshit.

>>14464928
Why are you so distributive to this community?

>>14464934
I just enjoy sharing the knowledge.

>>14464864
what defines luxury? Honest question. And what's your opinion on the Sinn 104 outside of it not being luxury?

>>14464956
>what defines luxury? Honest question.
See https://www.devonbuy.com/watch-brand-hierarchy/

>>14464013
I'd rather buy a proper rep from the based Chinese watchmakers

>>14464968
>devonbuy.com
wow, that guy is a clown

>>14465028
See >>14460510

>>14461892
I've got a hard-on for space race-related items, and as such the Speedmaster is the only Omega watch I've ever been interested in. What's the secret to getting a good-quality example, buy one from the late 80's/early 90's?

>>14464522
That may be the expected if I would only do servicing and repair, but in a mall setting where I have to do battery changes on the fly, with customers forming lines it's pretty much a no-go.

But whatever serious repair does stay in, it gets photographed of course. Like this tiny ladies IWC.

Putting on hand lotion and then putting on the watch, bad idea?

How do you clean a watch case from grease etc?

>>14465178
How much gold did you strip from it gypsy? Enough for a tooth?

>he wants a Rolex and not a Vacheron

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAGAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHA

>>14465257
What's the least "ye olde watch" offering VC has?

>>14465257
They all look good, their sports model is the Overseas.

>>14465261
As the other anon said, probably the Overseas

I'm starting to feel tired of the seconds hand on my snk809, it's distracting when reading the time. Maybe all central seconds hands are like that, maybe small seconds or no seconds is better.

>>14465287
maybe something like this would be more appropriate for you? still has the seconds hand, but the minute and hour hands are clearly labeled so babby doesnt get confused.

>>14465287
Maybe you have autism and should be euthanized.

>>14465261
>ye olde watch
I have a hard-on for this aesthetic. It's probably why I like VC and ALS so much.

>>14460397
New thread

>>14465443
>>14465443
>>14465443

>>14461488
>I worked in a phone/pc part/pcs/accessories shop 6 months ago and our standing rule about screen protectors is that employees will not under any condition stick it on.
Damn I’m going to your shop next time. The idiot at AT&T put mine on without really asking me and got some shit trapped under it that I had to get out. Fuck that guy.