/fa/ - Fashion

>no ISO certification
>no screw down crown
>no bezel lume pip
>only 100m
SKX is kill, pedophiles on suicide watch.

2nd For Seiko is still the KING

>>14624314
King of shitters. Nothing to be proud of.

>>14624326
LITERALLY fucked the swiss bare back at the observatory trials.

>>14624311
I'm pretty sure quite a few people are going to stick a SKX dial and insert on the basic one and call it a day.

>>14624335
Yeah, pedos are known to be delusional like that.

>>14624301
That's a rumor started on /pol/ dumbass lol

cop or not?

left or right?

i'm seriously considering one of these.

I'm really loving the case shape. Has that mid century Jetsons flair that most divers don't.

>>14624357
I'd get a traditionelle with a sub seconds dial to be honest. Either pic related or the one with the guilloche dial.

>>14624351
Are you an Arab prince or an Instagram influencer? If so, yes.

>>14624346
>pedo
Why the pedo moniker though?

Aren't they known to be either be too poor for any watch or very rich pedos like Epstein that usually wear Rolexes and or Pateks?

>>14624375

>>14624333
okay gramps

>>14624375
I'm not a badgewhore, but I'd have gone for fewer, better watches in that case.

>>14624382
That's caretelcore

>>14624385
You dont even know what you are looking at, I laugh at your ignorance, for it will be your downfall.

>>14624398
I think I'm looking at a bunch of Orient, Seiko, and Russian watches. Am I wrong?

Just got a new job with a modest pay rise of £3k and got 9k in the bank. What watch shall I treat myself with? I’m in the maritime industry as an engineer.
Current watch pictured.

>>14624363
I'm glad you enjoy it bro :) turtle is superior to skx007 in every single way

>>14624430
sell that and buy a vintage snowflake
smaller size and a nicer look

>>14624430
>9K in the bank

You don't treat yourself to anything. Keep saving.

>>14624430
How is the Erika strap? I've been trying to decide if it's worth the $50

>>14624301
Cool watch, is that Daniel Wellington?

>>14624439
lol this one was £8 on aliexpress. Don’t spend $50 on one but they are really nice and comfy.

>>14624437
Why?
It’s not like I hoarse money in my bank account... it’s disposable but would rather spend less than £1500 to pay off some more mortgage.

>>14624357
There's no way to decide between them without you trying on both in person. Technically nothing to choose between them. It'll come down to sizing and how they feel and look on your wrist.

>>14624430
>>14624479
You've already got a decent Tudor. Why spend £1500 on something that will just be worse? You're in Christopher Ward territory. I'd just save the money, wait a year and then spend £3k on something actually good.

Semenmaster was lookin good over the weekend

>>14624476
Tudor watch on an $8 strap? It's like I'm really on /fa/

>>14624513
I bought it to see how it felt and how it worked. The £8 strap is completely fine and works a treat.

>>14624513
>>14624526
>>14624439
I'd say the 50$ is the brand whoring /fa/ equivalent. I ordered 3 similar French diver styled straps for about 14$ a piece and the quality is stellar

Anyone have favorite nylon strap color schemes for black/silver dive watches? The Bond straps are a little played out and they're a little busy. Tried pure black and that helps the watch itself pop but it's boring as fuck. Right now I've ordered a black strap with narrow gray edges but I'm curious what /wt/ thinks.

>>14624589
It really depends on the diver, I'm assuming you mean steel bezel and black dial?

>>14624596
I mean like silver case, blade bezel, black dial with white markings. No other accents like coloured hands.

>>14624620

>>14624607
I mean I'd just stick to the steel bracelet or get a black rubber. Or the 'hello my name is chad' approach such as pic related.

>>14624624

>>14624382
What a shitter. Get a GS or fuck off.

>>14624409
Yes. There is no seiko on there you blind fuck. Get your eyes checked, better yet just find a dumpster and lay in it you trash, you rat fuck.

>>14624627
I'm really looking for a fabric strap. Bracelets are heavy and rubber straps and bulky. I've used NATOs in the past.

>>14624683
>Casio

That's even worse you gutter dweller

I'm just getting into watches. This is my FIRST real watch (besides for a Samsung Frontier). I got a Seiko Special Edition but took the rubber strap off and replaced it with a steel bracelet. I paid like $450 total with the steel bracelet. How'd I do? What should I get next that is on the opposite end of the spectrum?

>>14624732
You whiffed bro. Should have gotten an SLA033 if we're talking Seiko.

>>14624763
Sorry bro, I have good tastes. SLA033 is ugly as fuck. I wouldn't even bury my gay pedophile nazi grandpa with that thing.

Best watch for 80s shooting competition aesthetic? Seiko Turtle?

>>14624311
>Dive watch
Cringe overload

what does it mean when my watch will stop turning, not a battery problem as it was recently changed, but will start working normally if i crank it a little ?

>>14624842
It means you bought a shit watch.

Sup niggers

I'm a zoomer with about $8,000 saved up. I own a couple of baaaasedkos (sarb033, alpinist, flightmaster, skx) and I want to change up my collection a bit. I want one luxury piece so I can sell my baasedkos. What do you guys recommend as an entry level zoomer tier luxury watch?

I was thinking either:
- Tudor black bay 36
- rolecks datejust
- speedy reduced
- oris big crown

Any suggestions? Should I just save my money?

>>14624866
-Speedmaster "First Omega In Space"
-Rolex Oyster Perpetual in white

>>14624872
pretty much this yeah

>>14624866
Rolex Oyster Perpetual in Grape.

Ignore this cuck >>14624872.

Rate my planned collection:

- one of the G-Shocks with a tacticool stealth inverted screen
- Rolex OP 39 black dial
- MOTMFMOMNMUMIN
- Reverso
- Heuer Bund

>>14624695
I dont know in what galaxy casio is worse then seiko but it's not the one we are in you motherless bastard.

>>14624381
B A S E D
A
S
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Post your watches

>>14624939
Other then the omega and seiko watches it's alright

>>14624942
Nvm actually. With kanji date wheels I can let them slide, no more seiko though, buy watches from a real brand like orient

>>14624942
The box looks pretty cheap. Probably Chinese eBay tier.

>>14624947
>Real brand
>Orient

>laughinganimegirls.tiff

>>14624939
pretty nice, but you could sell the far right seiko for something more exciting

>>14624948
It's from amazon, it's decent enough.

>>14624966
That one is my least worn watch. I could probably get rid of it, but I'm not interested in buying anything else anytime soon. I've been wearing either the explorer or the tuna about 99% of the time lately.

If I wanted another watch it would probably be something vintage, I like the 45GS a lot and I also really like GMT-Masters but those are not cheap.

>>14624942
Death to those who insult vintage Omega.

>>14624842
Some guys were talking about this a while ago it’s supposedly the capacitor or some circuit shit that’s fucked.

>>14624430
>fake tudor

kek
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k

>>14624501
Based and semenpilled

Would something like a Jaeger, Blancpain, Piaget, Breguet be based? Patek gets all the love in this segment

>>14625078
ntyah

>>14624950
Anime girls would love orient, as they would recognize it is the superior domestic choice.

Is there an actual point in getting a semi-luxury "tool" watch for a daily beater, or is the G-Shock+real luxury combo better? The problem is that I never really wear clothes or do any activities that would go with a real luxury watch so I'm thinking it would just sit there.

>>14625078
They're all based and no chance of a rapper or some know nothing blowhard lawyer owning one.

>>14624891
Just get the gshock and be done

>>14625087
Depends on your idea of semi-luxury. You can thrash a good Ecodrive without fucking it up the way you would an automatic.

>>14625101
>Depends on your idea of semi-luxury.
Sinn-tier basically.

Look how based this giant Rolex looks on a 6'6" athlete
How can wristlets cope?

Why spend more than $1200 on a watch when the Damasko DA36 exists?

>>14625119
>How can wristlets cope?

By knowing I'm white.

>>14625133
said "Kevin" Sheng of Singapore

>>14625120
looks like a $100 watch

>>14625142
That's what makes it so great. Looks basic to normalos like you, but true connoisseurs such as myself can appreciate the beauty behind the scenes.

>>14625120
damasko really need to hire a bloody designer to help them out. this anon is right
>>14625142

>>14625149
>the beauty behind the scenes
an Eta?

>>14625162
The antimagnetism of a Milgauss, the case that will never be scratched, and the self lubricating crown. I like their in house movement tech but ETA is better for a tool watch since anyone can service it.

>>14625119
Jesus that’s ugly

>>14624939

Why do you fags want to compete with idle rich heirs, celebrities, Saudi princes, etc in this watch hobby?

Just go watchless or take the Apple Watch pill and leave this stupid game

>>14624866

>This >>14624880

>>14625299
I can guarantee my modded Vostok Amphibia is unique in the world, so no Saudi prince will have one. I've already won the watch game.

>>14624880
Red Grape Oyster Perpetual. The watch you get when you don't want to risk having an opinion or losing any money, but still want to show a little bit of that gay flair.

>>14624891
- tacticool G-Shock as long as it's square
- Explorer I 36 mm
- No Omega whatsoever
- Santos two-tone
- No Heuer unless it's a vintage Autavia
- Universal Geneve Nina Lincoln Panda
Fixed

>>14625292
Sensible, predictable, boring accountant watches

>>14625299
>not knowing how satisfying an orient feels on the wrist

>>14625333
you would trade it 1 for 1 with an AP in 0.0015 seconds

>>14625342
then sell the AP and buy a bunch more orients

>>14625342
No I would say no to free money and just buying my pieces back when I see them pop up again, trading for something worth infinitely more makes no sense and I can't see it benefiting me.

Citizen eco drive with 40mm titanium case and sapphire crystal. Which colour should I get? Only blue comes with a titanium bracelet. If I get any of the other colours I will probably out the leather strap for my own strap.

>>14624375

Dogshit

>>14624381

Pedo's watch collection

>>14624866

Explorer 114270

Should I buy a $600 Tissot chronometer or a new longbow?

>>14625398
mhmm, enjoy ur soimaster pal

>>14625400
I've never seen one wear bright colors, they are all very non descript, even when creepy or weird looking it is almost always dark color tones.

>>14624596
Is it me or have Chris Ward really turned shit around recently? If they get rid of that logo I think I’ll buy a C60.

Do any watch brands just have a logo without the brand name in the dial?

>>14625416
>Do any watch brands just have a logo without the brand name in the dial?
Sure, can't think of any others offhand though.

>>14625416
Ergon and probably a bunch more microbrands

>>14624939

>>14625416
phoibos >>14624375

>>14624866

Get a nice Airking on the used market or even a vintage 34mm steel Rolex for a couple thousand and save the rest of your money.

>>14624939
Since i keep flipping i really don't have a cohesive collection picture.

That Omega Dynamic is in amazing shape though. Are the bracelet links still alright or have they started to unfold?

>>14625433
Better watches than 90% of this thread

>>14625443
Counting that i have 10 watches or so and that Citizen isn't one of them anymore, i'm surprised about the somewhat positive response.

>>14624479
Get a Maison Celadon Imperial.

>>14625443
The bar isn't exactly very high

>>14624476
Link to £8 strap?

>>14625084
Don't they use seiko movements...

>>14625459
￡7.40 20 21 22 mm French Troops Parachute Bag For NATO Elastic Nylon Belt General Brands Wacthband Watch Strap Band Military Bracelet


Can’t post link due to spam filter. Search for this.

>>14625443
Literally no one wants to just stare at stock photos of rolex we have all seen 1,000 times. High end is fun when you have so much money that you can buy crazy shit, a large scope of selection. None of us have that kind of money, so when you see a luxury collection from here it is only going to be reasonable boring ass redundant choices, if you knew the guy irl it would be cool to look at them, but we don't, so they aren't that exciting to look at, we all know what a sub/motm looks like. Variation is interesting, that is low end, that is what this used to be on /g/ and why it's so fucking dead now.

>>14625485
> Variation is interesting, that is low end
What the actual fuck are you talking about?? There is more variation in the high end than in the same old generic cheap shitters posted here all the time.

>>14625492
Yay images from hodinkee and promotion of shit none of us have or will most likely buy (except for safe shit like mentioned above). That is definitely better then 90% of watches that exist and can be obtained with relative ease, nah fuck that, I wanna see more stock images of vacheron and the 3 boomers that boring staple pieces.

>>14625511
That was the /g/ threads. It sounds like you should go to reddit /r/Watches. That's more your thing. This is /fa/ where we care about design and how things look, not if it's affordable.

>>14625524
It was not the /g/ threads I remember them well, and if that is what /fa/ cared about then this would be fashion watches or replicas but it's a weird middle ground where it's nothing but again, stock images off google, and then the faggot "lol yeah I got an skx as more beater with the sub" shit. The future of /wt/ will be shitters and you will shut up about it, getting back to what we actually own and not larping as country club boomers (bill posting is fine though)

future generals should ban chink shit and jap crap

>>14625550
nah their cool

>>14625476
Technically, no. Their movements are in house but orient are owned by seiko.

Jap watches are great

>>14625476
The seiko ebson corporation owns them (seiko itself I think is separate from the conglomerate, but obviously they are owned by them). While alba is a line from seiko, orient is run and operated separately. I think there are a few orient that might have borrowed the seiko quartz VK movement for chronos but thats about the extent of it.

So in reality there is just the seiko epson corporation and citizen, but orient is the 3rd biggest name in japanese mechanicals (with history before getting acquired). If anything at all I wish seiko would force orient to have unified marketing across all countries, the way orient does it is fucking horrible where orient USA is different then orient zimbabwem, it doesn't pay off. They also really need to bring back royal orients, even if it's only 1 model a year or something, make it a grand

>>14625552
source?
I want this

I fucking hate und-anon

>>14625575
It's okay, he has autism.

>>14624437
this

ARCHIE'S FEED AND SEED

Name a better watch

Protip: you can't

>>14624501
>>14625069
Based as fuck.

>>14625480
Cheers mush.

>>14625651
Alright lads.

I still miss my Steinhart after selling it.
Wtf is wrong with me. Might actually have to rebuy it.

ARCHIE & BRANDS

ROLEX - KING
SEIKO - OKAY
PATEK - THE CONNOISSEURS WATCH
SQUALE - SHIT (NOTHING BRAND, ABSOLUTE GARBAGE, DECEPTIVE AND DISHONEST, SUB STANDARD)
TUDOR - FANTASTIC, AFFORDABLE, GREAT WATCH (CLASSIC ONES ARE HORRORS)
OMEGA - DISAPPOINTING (FAR TOO MANY LIMITED EDITIONS, JUST TRYING TO BE ROLEX)
NOMOS - UP AND COMING, HAS SOME EXCELLENT DESIGNS (GOOD FOR 20 YEAR OLDS, YOU HAVE TO BE COOL TO WEAR THEM)
GRAND SEIKO - FIX YOUR FUCKING NAMING SCHEME, BUT THE CONCEPT IS GREAT, LOVE THEM BECAUSE THEY PISS OFF THE SWISS
ANYTHING MADE IN CHINA - WORTHLESS (BUY ICONS NOT SHITTERS)

>>14625662
If a brand can't make it's own in house tourbillon, it's dog shit. Therefore most of these brands are dog shit and the big Chinese brands are winners.

>>14625673
Based Seiko fan
https://youtu.be/Hwa7RT7DyEM

>>14624800

>>14625677
Seiko is by far the best watch brand in the world, I don't think anyone can dispute that

>>14625524
r/watches is crawling with Patek owners. /wt/ is full of poorfags.

>>14625662
Where does he say this?

>>14625702
Teddy Bulbasaur interview

>>14625705
Link it.

>>14625700
I just checked for several pages and can't get see Patek mentioned.

>>14625492
Kinda odd mix of dress and sports watch with the bezel and bracelet looks too thin.

>>14625710
https://youtu.be/WLlZYK2UB54?t=1143

I just realized that Seiko on their website states that most if not all of their mech watches are rated for +/- 35-45 seconds per day, what the actual fuck? This is fucking pathetic, my Tissot automatics gain or lose like 3 seconds on a bad day, and they're not even cosc certified (one is the swissmatic the other is a powermatic 80 and I've had both for many years now). And you dumb niggers keep shilling these laughable gook shitters, fucking kek. Shit gooks movements are not comparable even to low tier swiss movements.

>>14625687
>5 10 15 or 13 14 15 on dial

That kind of shit immediately ruins a watch for me. I can't fucking stand it, 13-14-15 is even worse than 5-10-15, god damn it it's so fucking dumb, what the fucking point? Are you really that fucking dumb you can't remember that 13 comes after 12 and so on? I can understand some special kind of brainlet wanting 5-10-15 because fuck multiplication tables right, it's not like we learnt this shit in preschool or anything, but 13-14-15 is on a whole other level of fucking braindead retardation. If you're older than 12 it's not acceptable to have anything other than numeric indexes on your watch. I don't give a fuck if it's a Rolex or whatever, it's not acceptable, end of story.

>>14625733
If you don't guarantee accuracy you won't get dumb niggers constantly shipping you watches for warranty work when it's out by 5 seconds

>>14625433
The bracelet is fine, it's a little jiggly but not too bad. It's due for a service but it's in pretty good cosmetic shape.

>>14625758
Addendum to this: there are dumb niggers who ship HAQ watches back because they're out 11 seconds per YEAR instead of the 10 that the manufacturer promised. Never guarantee accuracy.

how tight do you wear your watch?

>>14625762
Watchnigger here, I get people wanting to return watches at the store for changing the date at noon.

I haven't bought anything in about 6 months but lately I've been getting an itch for a top-of-the-line steel 80's digital. Could someone post that seiko one and anything else that's good?

>>14625761
Definitely nice to know, i've seen a lot of the bracelets come apart over the years and some people having to swap them for specialty leather straps.

Also i can't seem to catch the Orient's color unless under sunlight it seems.

>>14625320
>- Santos two-tone
Santos is so goddamn ugly though.

>>14625492
FREDERICO PEDERICO JOURNE
INVENTORO DI FECALIS

>>14625770
retard here, what's the problem with that?

>>14625836
It's equivalent to someone returning a hamburger because they think the restaurant put the top bun on the bottom and the bottom bun on the top.

>>14625762
If you can't deliver a certain level of performance, don't guarantee it.

>>14625655

39mm Explorer is cack

>>14625862
How do you even enforce it? It's impossible. Do you take someone on their word that they measured the deviation over a year? How do you check the watch? How do you determine that the watch has been repaired?

>>14625873
It doesn't take a year to determine the yearly rate of a watch. Even with amateur hobby equipment it's easy to determine rate to within low single digit spy error in a few weeks; with professional measuring equipment it can be done much faster still.

39mm fat bloated & ugly

>>14625899
This is all only theoretical though. The only way to know for sure is to let it run for a year with the seasonal changes in temperature etc.

>>14625758
I bought a $350 Seiko this week and it's running about +17s a day. I wasn't expecting it being this far out. Should I exchange it or would another one be likely to be as bad?

>>14625659
Skin divers are always cool

>>14625923
If it's new and that's out of spec you could do that or you could attempt to regulate it yourself and get some kind of satisfaction.

>>14625826
Are there any quartz divers with the rounded case shape of that Raketa?

>>14625923
>$350 Seiko

this is why rich and successful people hate us plebs

you can't be this fucking stupid

>>14625940
Probably an old Seiko penis quartz from the 80s.

>>14624301
Should I get a pocketwatch?

>>14625964
>penis quartz
>divers
what

>>14625966
You already have one it's called a mobile phone.

>>14625565
based basedmaster brother

>>14625988
>basedmaster
What? I

>>14625575
You mean HAUTE-Anon

>>14625982
Horry shit
>Inb4 some hipster wears an iwatch with a chain

Edit: fuuuuuuuuuu

>>14624357
Right

>>14625944
I’m sure it’s the hentai, hate speech and cp and not our watch opinions.

>>14625991
Citizen Promaster. Educate yourself nephew.

>>14626025
That wasn’t me btw.
The black one came free with the lume one.

>>14626031
Oh i know basedbro

>>14626025
That's terrible. I thought it might have been referring to the guigiaro repica/reissue. The original was sold as a SPEEDMASTER in japan.

Which GS model should I cop?
Just got my first pay.

>>14626040
9r-84

>>14625655
This is a very nice combo. Well done.

>>14625914
Fucking hell is that real?

>>14626040
Buy some real watches first before thinking about getting a GS.

>>14625923
Have a go at regulating it yourself, that's part of the fun of affordable watches. I'm always amazed by the big shot collectors on forums who have never opened any watch up because they started off with luxury watches and they're too scared to damage anything. Buying a $40 Vostok and making it run within 3 sec/day is a rite of passage.

>>14626007
Just look at wish

The shit people are wasting their time and money to afford is just mind boggling

>>14626063
How about something more plain? Not interested in chrono.

>>14626075
Like what?

Hi guys am I a true pilot if I wear this

>>14624301
Vostok best

>>14626107
What style of watch are you after? Budget?

>>14625758
Bullshit cope. Jap movements are shit, as proven by this fag who actually fell for the memes >>14625923

More than 10s a day is fucking sad. Other than that, most Seikos look like absolute shit and have dicks on the dial, ugly hands, and shitty overall design. The Presage line is almost acceptable (even though they're for the most part gaudy as fuck and more appropriate for a Japanese host club boy than a western cocktail party goer) but they rate them for 30-40s a day which makes me think the movements are pure trash, seriously even the Swatch Sistem51 is more accurate than this.

>>14626107
>How about something more plain? Not interested in chrono.
That's understandable. A spring drive chrono can only be appreciated when it's running. Nobody can tell the difference between a regular small seconds and a spring drive one.

>>14626156
Remind me who blew the fuck out of the swiss at the 1968 observatory chronometer trials, and remind who has sold more observatory chronometers than any other brand.

>>14626156
By the way this is the accuracy of my 2 years old powermatic 80 (non cosc).

Sometimes I do get something nice.

This customer seems to be really into late-60's/early 70's Swiss beaters. Mostly obscure brands using ebauche movements and whatnot. Definitely better than working on worn-out slavshit and modern chinkshit all the time.

>>14625978
I thought I had seen one, I might be confusing the old turtles with penis quartz & combining them on my mind desu.

>>14626165
Fix my watch.

>>14626156
Seikos have character, unlike generic entry level Swatch peons (Tissot/Mido/Certina). Hamilton kinda has something but it's still a shadow of its former self.

Plus you can regulate their movements easily, unlike the free sprung balance shit in Powermatics, and they don't have synthetic escapements like in the cheaper (non COSC) Powermatics

>>14626160
Obsessing over accuracy these days when comparing mechanical vs quartz is utterly redundant and idiotic. No one buys a high-end mechanical watch these days to obtain the most accurate time piece possible.

>>14626160
For mid tier brands, sub 1000 watches, Seiko appears to be pure shit. Not sure why you shill them so hard when they're ugly as fuck and the mvmts are trash.

>>14625299
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doou_Zg3iBo

keep buying watches frens! You'll get a Nautilus one day!

Rate my slavshit

>>14626172
>>14626174
>cheap shitter seiko has bad accuracy
OH MY GOD GET A LOAD OF THAT ACCURACY
>seiko actually has the most accurate mechanical watches every made
WELL ACCURACY ISN'T THAT BIG A DEAL

>>14626165
Interesting battery hatch. Seems like those are months, and you need to align whatever month you installed the new battery in with the arrow on the case. Shows that they didn't expect more than a year out of even a big chunky SR54 battery.

>>14626168
Sure, bring it into the store.

>>14626179
I thought Seiko won the Observatory trials with quartz?

>>14626182
Are you retarded? the swiiss brought quartz watches. The most accurate mechanical watches at the trails were seikos.

>>14626186
Prove it

>>14626182
no it was mechanicals only
seiko shot up the ranks over time but i don't think they actually won

>>14626187
>please spoon feed me
Go fuck yourself nigger

>>14626182
Seiko had 36000 bph high beat chronometer movements like a year after the first high beat movement was developed by GP. A lot of their mechanical movements were basically chronometer grade but don't call themselves that because "chronometer" now is associated with COSC

>>14626193
So in other words you can't and don't want to admit to lying.

>>14626179
>having to spend like 10k for the accuracy of a sistem51

>>14626196
Ok so you're actually retarded and can't research basic facts that everybody with minimal interest in horology has known forever.
Would you like a link that says the sky is blue while you're at it?

>>14626176
Numerals kinda similar to mine. Even though not even same factory (Poljot is 1st. Moscow, Raketa is Leningrad).

>>14626201
Actually it’s not blue, the blue wavelengths are captured by air particules.

>>14626211
You vape don't you? I can tell because the faggotry readings are off the charts.

>>14626150
Something I can wear with my business attire + casual
5k max, also want 2nd hand
>>14626158
Thoughts on sbga203?

>>14626193
>>14626201
> Gets called out
> Responds with anger and name calling
Are you 11?

>>14626181
>>14626165

Hey watchniggers. So I brought my old ass Glycine to the watchmaker in march and he still hasn't been able to find a new mainspring for it. The watch is from the 40's, maybe 50's. He's and old guy and it wouldn't surprise me if he doesn't use the internet, this just seems like a long time to me. I understand that finding parts is getting harder and harder, but I'm not a technical guy, I just like to stare at how pretty my watches are. Any thoughts/advice? Was thinking about seeing him and taking some pics of the movement (don't have any) and try to find a mainspring myself through internet and social media.

tldr; halp

>>14626203
I think it was just the style of the time. When was yours made? I think mine is late 60's or early 70's.

I like gold plated Soviet watches because they were a reflection of the society as a whole - when times were good in the 60's they had Au 20 (20 microns) of gold plating, then as the economy got worse over the years it went to Au 10, then 5, then barely anything towards the end.

>>14626214
Why don’t you post some fake macro smudges

>>14626218
>Thoughts on sbga203?
I'm not a fan. GS greatest weakness is their inability to pair the spring drive technology with a real breakout style statement. I want a spring drive but seiko doesn't currently make one I like. the 9r84 comes closest but leaves much to be desired.

>>14626225
Lol he does vape. what a fag

>>14626218
> Thoughts on sbga203?
It's about as safe a choice as you can get from a design PoV. It looks just like a thousand other watches, it's only positive is better finishing than most.

>>14626230
who cares about great polishing if it's gonna surely fade if you wear it a lot
then you can't repolish it or it's worthless to collectors

I look like Dave Navarro rec me sum tiempiece please.

>>14626235
>who cares about great polishing
Everyone except you?

>>14626237
>I look like Dave Navarro
Wow. I'm sorry.

>>14626240
check out a vintage royal oak, looks like shit with scratches
the more polished it is new the worse it looks old

>>14626235
I'd say a bigger a problem for GS is the trouble getting them serviced outside of Japan.

>>14626259
servicing is a scam generally
this is why you...
>>14625299

>>14626226
Yea also that thickness is a big no.
>>14626230
If I were to get a little more adventurous with the watch design, what are some choices outside of GS?

>>14625923
you the turtle buyer? Send it back. You should be expecting 4spd like mine was when I got it from fucking ebay

>>14626253
>a dress watch is gonna get scratched to shit being worn in an office a few days a week
>all the polished indices protected by sapphire crystal are gonna get scratched to shit

>>14626221
Just ask him you cuck. All you need is the name of the movement and you can prob figure out the rest yourself.

But it is not that suprising that he has not found a mainspring, no.

>>14626266
There's nothing wrong with that GS. It's a good watch with well above average finishing and accuracy. If that's what you want then go for it.

But for a first serious watch you may be surprised at the servicing costs/logistics and poor resale value. For that kind of money there are fuck loads of great vintage dress watches you could buy (if you don't mind the smaller sizing)

>>14626279
looks like a new seiko 5

>>14626281
No need to get hostile. Alright, my mission will be to help him find a mainspring then. Thanks!

>>14625978
>>14625940
There are a few Silverwave quartz's that have a similar shape, i had a few over the years but i'm not sure where i saved the pictures.

>>14626279
don't you honestly think it's retarded to praise case finishing which is a fleeting quality at best, and will be gone with 10+ years of ownership

seems retarded to say oh that Rolex isn't polished well that's why I don't like it
when the mostly brushed steel will age much better

Which one should i get, i can't choose.
I already use a cheap 2006 nokia to take phone calls more than a smartphone so everyone in the neighborhood probably thinks i'm a drug dealer.

>>14626086
>buying nigger watches
fuck off subhuman slave

>>14626302
Yeah I think it's retarded, but not any more retarded than a lot of other things that get praised (muh 904L). "Fit and finish" as a whole is a meme, yet people pay big bucks for it.

>>14626312
I can't buy nigger watches, Americans don't make watches anymore

>>14626316

>>14626313
I do like highly finished movements but the cost of ownership is too high
and they look better on screen anyway, I held a lange in person and it's just to small to have fun staring at really

>>14626274
Yeah. I've only had it for three days and I've seen posts on watch forums saying they can slow down after a while so I don't know if thisll even out. A lot of guys post their watches were running -10 after breaking in.

I got this from Macy's and it was shipped from Seiko in NJ so I could easily exchange it.

>>14626318
Patton was a nigger

>>14626320
At the haute horology level, "fit and finish" is valid, because there's actual handcrafting and craftsmanship involved.

At the lower levels it's a joke. Program a CNC machining center to put some chamfers in or hobnailing on a bezel and watch reviewers go nuts for it. The difference between good and great finishing is just a few more operations on a mill, not some extraordinary Swiss craftsmanship that justifies 10x the price.

>>14626237
>I look like the worst characters of Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat).
I too, am sorry.

Where do you guys buy your shitters/seikos etc.?

>>14626316
Bell & Ross dumbass

>>14625829
Go for the Reverso then if you hate it so much. I think both are excellent.

>>14626358
>rebranded Sinn

opinions on watches to go with this fit?

>>14626371
big red g-shock

For me, the choice is clear.

It simply has to be the Breitling Superocean Heritage II.

Why don't you own one?

>>14626221
Even with CousinsUK, and delivery from Bongland being about 10 days, it usually takes me three weeks to actually obtain the part.

>>14626307
Out of these 2 the left looks better but the gold is extremely tacky

>>14626222
Judging from the movement mid 70's or before. It doesn't yet have the newer 26xx H. generation of movement that my grandpa's 1978-ish Raketa has.

>>14626222
>I like gold plated Soviet watches because they were a reflection of the society as a whole - when times were good in the 60's they had Au 20 (20 microns) of gold plating, then as the economy got worse over the years it went to Au 10, then 5, then barely anything towards the end.
Same goes for movements. Till the mid to late 60's Soviet movements were more uniform (most factories produced variants of basically the same 26mm movement), but had Breguet hairsprings, balance screws and "Geneva" stripes. Then the next generation of movements in the 70's were more advanced, but less fancy. Then again in the 80's, the Vostok, Raketa and Poljot movements at the time are kinda barebones. Low part count, low complexity, not many functions, but other than that still had proper build quality.

Than in the 90's it all went to shit. Vostok movements from the 90's to now can be dated on how progressively uglier they got.

>>14626396
the bezezzle is useless

>>14626470
For what diving? You saying we can’t all go dive now!?

>>14626475
For anything, there's no point in having it on if you can't really use it is there.

>>14626488
>DECORATIONS ON A WATCH ARE NOW PROHIBITED YALL

>>14626371
Submariner on a striped nato that's 5mm too narrow.

New John McManus video, fuckers!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t1MEJJOJ3c

>>14626355
I got my orient shitter from amazon on a sale, $89

Based?

;)

>>14626590
So nice! I guess it was a gift for your gender reveal party?

>>14626605
Gender reveal at 42069 (You)s ;)

Just picked up my first mechanical watch. The start of a collection. What do you think goys? Any suggestions on where to get a replacement strap? This one kinda sucks

>>14626694
It's fucking trash, nice job falling into the Seiko trap. Offload that shitter on eBay and go buy a Rolex.

>>14626705
O ok thx bro

>>14626396
It looks like someone at Breitling said, let's have the microbrand kids design a watch for us, appeal to the youth segment and all.

>>14626694
pathetic, botch wotch and crotch

>>14626694
lose some weight fatty

>>14626805
Kek cope incel.
>pic related

>>14626877
Nice breasts.

>>14626877
>first thing he does is post himself tensing

yikes.

imagine being this insecure.

>>14626908
>insecure
Maybe a bit, but more so I love the self-satisfaction of proving people wrong. Healthy insecurity can drive a man to perfect himself.

>>14626877
lol insecure prat

>>14626913
>healthy insecurity
>an anonymous poster on that anime website flippantly said I need to lose weight
>better post that selfie of me after all the creatine where i'm tensing to prove this basedboy wrong

I am literallying loling at my keyboard.

>>14626925
Imagine saving this picture. The absolute state. Insecurity made me stronger. I didn’t wallow in my pity like most fags here

>>14626211

Sure is reddit in here

>>14626588
Yes

>>14626927
not gonna lie I'm mirin your physique

>>14626932
*raises paw*
Hmmm you should go back there, sir.

>>14626877
>bloop bloop
>picks up nipples
This goes in my cringe jar.

>>14627018
show body

>>14626289
Weird incaflex but ok

>>14624357
Right but far, based on design and proportions.

>>14624430
Sometime I love the 58 and sometimes i see it and it's so flat looking. I've only saw the Black bay originals in person.

Got £30k saved, what watch should I get (no mortgage) I got a speedy. Maybe a seamaster ceramic? Or a basic reverso?

>>14627171

>>14627196
that doesn't look healthy

take care of yourself

>>14624501
>>14625069
>>14625651

God dam I should have got one when they were on sale.

>>14624866
I hate the black stem on the crow of the BB36 I can't get over it or I'd have one. As others have said:

OP39 white dial
Speedy Pro if you are okay with hand wind
Rolex Explore 36 / 114270

God tear first luxury watch, date just only if it's not 2tone, fluted bezel and on a jubilee.

>>14625320
Square g, okay it has its role.

OP39 white (personally) or 36 explore as said if you can deal with old bracelets.

MOTM Perfect, stunning in person

Reverso, grande date / grande calader / sun and moon / small seconds if your not looking to spend that much on a dress watch, I do like the display backs tho.

No Heuer, unless its vintage and even then, probably not.

I have a MOTM and looking to get a OP39 but passed up on a cheap explore 36 which I regret. You taste is much better than 99% of thrash on /wt/ make your picks you'll be fine, stick to the classics they will be timeless and not age.

>>14624939
I'd keep the Omega Constalion and explore and sell the rest, speedy or seamaster maybe el primero

NEW THREAD WHEN?

>>14626396
Superocean is a dog, useless bezel as stated, boring design, they are know for aviation watches and you by the diver, resale is trash, the brand had it's time. Navi or nothing

>>14627313
Well I like it and nothing you can say will make me change my mind.

sleaze

why do diver's not have a separate timer for oxygen supply and a pressure reader for depth?

>>14624479
learn how to invest money or take a trip with someone who means something to you

>>14626371
Movado makes good suit watches

>>14627517
I hope you're left handed

>>14627259
Boring, boring, boring watches apart from the G-Shock

“Stick to the same boring watches that retain value because other boring people buy them” is true Archie meme tier advice

>>14626341
the "geneva" stripes on a $2000 nomos can't be real right? just CNC

>>14627718
What do you mean by can't be real? Yes they're there, and yes they're done by a CNC mill following a pre-programmed tool path. No hand finishing involved.

>>14627732
real like done by german fags in white coats under a microscope

>>14627751
The German fags in white coats assemble and QC the movement, but making all the parts is done by CNC. There was a good thread on WUS about the differences between high volume luxury brands like Rolex and haute horology like VC, Patek etc when it comes to manufacturing and hand finishing: https://forums.watchuseek.com/f2/quality-machine-vs-hand-made-movements-827597.html#post6052071

Basically, cheap watch movements are made with minimal decoration and that so that everything fits together adequately.

Higher end movements are decorated more (more CNC operations per part = more time = more expensive) and have better QC so that parts fit together well. The machines make a bunch of parts, then people go and pick the ones that fit together best (as all have slightly different tolerances).

At the highest levels the parts are hand finished to fit together perfectly, and there may be other hand carved decoration as well.

Considering how expensive a watchmaker's time is, they won't be sitting there hand carving decorations unless it's a really high end watch.

>>14627789
I was hoping at least "COCK DE GENEVE" had to be done by hand guess not

>>14627812


>Glashütte ribbing
>This is a striped finish, usually drawn diagonally across the surface. It is very similar to Côtes de Genève.

>>14627828
Says nothing about whether it's done by machine or if that's even possible

are FP Journes actually made by the namesake watchmaker? can't be at this point right

>>14627668
Sometime good advice is just good advice, you hear a lot of people say because it is, so it's boring now but it's still good advice.

Reversos does not hold its value please note and buy it used.

You never recommended any watches? Says alot.

>>14626877
Nice gyno fag, you have the weirdest body I've ever seen. What program are you on? Mirin forearms tho

>>14627196
IM FACKING ZEEZ BRAHHH

>>14627841
They are, just like every gem on a Jacob & Co. are cut by Jacob himself.

>>14627985
From all the fags that talk about Mr. Journe this, Mr. Journe that I thought he handmade most of the matches

>>14628087
He's still involved with every watch they make but how much on each one is hard to say. FJP as a firm make around 800-900 watches a year so he can't be making them all himself.

>>14628087
I don't know about F.P.J. but I can guarantee you that every Jacob & Co. gem is cut by Jacob.