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>>14639246
They probably should of linked it then huh

What do you guys think of steinhart?

>>14639246
better luck next time with your shitty fucking breitling then

>>14639238
That collection reminds me of this one.

>>14639238
A Komandirskie with GRU and the bat symbol is like having a watch that says Special Forces on it. Pure cringe.

>>14639269
Yeah it ended up being pretty colorful

I wish I could decide on what to get, I'm poor so I will never have a collection of more than one sort of expensive watch for different occasions, but since I'm poor, it doesn't really make sense to wear a Rolex as a daily beater, in fact, it would be better to wear a relatively inexpensive watch, but then I won't get any respect from anyone so I might as well not wear a watch at all, but if I wear a Rolex everyone's going to think it's either fake, or it's real and I'm a massive douche or someone will mug me. Since I'm poor I don't have expensive clothes that go with an expensive watch anyway.

What should I get? I don't want a poorfag shitter like Timex.

>>14639293
No one gives a shit if you wear a Rolex. No one.

>>14639293
Wear what you like that's within your budget and not because of what other people are going to think of you when they see your watch.
99.9% of people don't give a fuck what you wear on your wrist

>>14639293
Get a cheap vintage with an interesting movement/complication. High beats (e.g. 1960's Seiko), tuning forks, mechanical alarms, column wheel chronos, pre-quartz electromechanicals etc. No one will give you shit if you have a cool vintage. It shows you put some effort in rather than just getting some department store dog shit.

>>14639302
Hnnnngg. That bracelet is wonderful!
>>14639293
Get an skx while you still can, it's good value for money no matyer what the autists here will tell you.
>>14639278
I like that one.

>>14639293
Figure out how not to be poor without going into debt on a gamble. And then post how you did it here so I can personally review it and uh, let you know If it's cool or not

But if that doesnt just get something with a sapphire crystal that you like the design of for 1-2 hundred, and dont worry about it

>>14639306
>Get an skx while you still can
I'm not *that* poor though.

my collection

>>14639342
How do you edit pics like that?

>>14639357
lmfao which one of you was this

>>14639360
Jesus. That is really super.

>>14639360
Patrick was really outdone here

>>14639374
I fucking hate the numerals on Bateman's card.

>>14639376
they're easy to read. a business card is one of the few appropriate uses of that type

>>14639301
>99.9% of people don't give a fuck what you wear on your wrist

This so much. I've gotten more complements from my citizen work shitter than my grand seiko.

>>14639293
This why people buy omega

>>14639293
the only solution is no watch or Apple watch

>>14639256
Steinhart is complete trash.
I don't get why McManus praises their Submariner knockoffs so much, especially given his dislike of virtually all other microbrands.

>>14639441
People listen to that dog turd? He's a scamming piece of shit

https://forums.watchuseek.com/f71/mcmanus-amphibian-4634767.html

>>14638705
The Komandirskie is a screw down crown too.
I already have two, I bought them broken like 6 or 7 years ago and only ever bothered to get bands for after I found them in the basement several months ago.
I was interested in the Amphibas due to historical/design appreciation, water resistance and the general looks of it.
Swimming with it? Probably not, I could use quartz casios I have, but frankly since I got out of school, I nearly never wore watches anymore because they aren't particularly interesting or special. Since I found the vostoks I had again, I actually wear them relatively frequently because
I am forced to wind both daily, so I have them out close by, and they are very interesting (in comparison to anything you'd be able to buy at a comparable price, if I bought them new). I don't like not having the option for use near water though.

Phoibos or Steinhart Sb homages? I want a green diver. Any other non homages with a nice, green bezel?

>mfw customers regularly mumble through the 8mm thick laminated glass "thinking" that if I can see them I can also hear them

>>14639509
Get the Phoibos. Other than the movement and price, it's identical to the Swineshart (supposedly, the cases, bracelets etc. all come from the same factory).

>>14639376
>>14639374
Bryce has the best one

>>14639579
This. Peak legibility.

>>14639238
I really like ya collection G

>>14639360
How did a witnit like you become so tasteful?

>>14639302
Vintage electronics might be a pain in the ass to service though

>>14639360
>Aquisitions

Even if you get your grail luxury watch as your exit watch / one-watch-collection people will scoff and say he always wears that same Patek/Rolex he must not be able to afford more

just quit now

Can I have a reccomendation for a 40mm or smaller field watch with a screw down crown and a case that isn't high polish?
I am looking for something to replace my Vostok for /k/ and /out/ stuff, mainly because it is blindingly shiny in the sun. I have found the 38mm size and the Vostok to be perfect for not being to heavy or moving around and chafing when doing stuff like kayaking, and for weairng comfortably under jacket cuffs.
No Casio products plz, Casios are awesome but not the style I am looking for.

Mountain frogs: “Le tourbillon is le highest form of watchmaking art. That’ll be 50,000 Swiss shekels please hon hon hon”

Ching chongs: “We’ll make you the same thing for a grand”

Seriously, why pay more than $1000 for a watch?

>>14639704
Same reason you pay 1000 over paying 100 for a Seiko 5.
Better finishing, attention to detail, pedigree, and exclusivity. Does it make financial sense? No, but it is cool and certain people have the money to throw at stuff like that.
>.t someone who'a collection consists primarily of Citizens, Seikos, Swatches, Casios, and Vostoks

>>14639704
A tourbillion is literally just a spinner
Perpetual calendar and minute repeater movements actually have technical merit

>>14639704
It's more complicated than that. Yes the tourbillion isn't worth anywhere near 50k but you also shouldn't by a nasty chink one for 1k.

>>14639701
TSAR Medium?

>>14639614
>Buying for people other than yourself, excluding gifts
ishygddt

>>14639739
Tourbillion couldn't compete with spring drive, so they had patek touch it and list it for house money

People want it only because it's expensive.


If Ferrari deleted Air conditioning on a 2 million dollar car, people would want sports cars with an ac delete

>>14639293
>I wish I could decide on what to get, I'm poor so I will never have a collection of more than one sort of expensive watch for different occasions
If you're poor don't buy any expensive watches. Be smart and use that money for things that matter in life.

>but since I'm poor, it doesn't really make sense to wear a Rolex as a daily beater, in fact, it would be better to wear a relatively inexpensive watch
Ding ding ding

>but then I won't get any respect from anyone so I might as well not wear a watch at all
Watches don't get you respect. A loser with a Tissot is just a loser who spent too much money on a watch.

>but if I wear a Rolex everyone's going to think it's either fake, or it's real and I'm a massive douche
Probably

>or someone will mug me.
Do you live near niggers?

>Since I'm poor I don't have expensive clothes that go with an expensive watch anyway.
The people I know who wear Rolexes every day don't wear "expensive clothes." They're late-middle-aged and have a lot of money, though. Actually, my ex bought herself one for a 30th birthday. She was kind of superficial and spent money compulsively.

>What should I get? I don't want a poorfag shitter like Timex.
Citizen Eco-Drive. Pick something that fits your aesthetic and wear it for 20 years until the cell dies.

>>14639760
>If Ferrari deleted Air conditioning on a 2 million dollar car, people would want sports cars with an ac delete
That's true. There are a lot of people who would understand that AC detracts from performance and that removing it is a good thing.
There are FAR more people who don't care and would demand AC

>>14639788
This. Reminder that the F-40 is still the greatest Ferrari ever made.

>>14639760
>>14639788
>>14639817
The supercar market has changed. In the 60s-80s it was about performance. Now it's about impressive Arab princes. If Ferrari came out with a new car that had cardboard doors and no radio like the F40 it wouldn't sell well.

>>14639739
But there are many high end watches that are simple 2 or 3 handers with nothing else going on apart from movement decoration (which is sometimes hidden by a steel caseback anyway). If the point of buying high end mechanical watches is to appreciate the mechanical complexity and art of it, why would you buy a $8k Rolex with a basic 3 hander movement instead of a tourbillon?

>>14639760
>Manufactuer designs car be lightweight ass possible and has a source of weight and parasitic power loss removed
>dudelmao people are dumb they just want it cause Ferrari is expensive xDDDDddddd

>>14639357
pure class

Been wearing this thing every day for the past year and a half. Travelled to the other side of the planet with it, swam in the ocean, went scuba diving, strapped it to my motorcycle when the clock stopped working on it and left it on there for weeks in the heat and rain, dropped it loads of times, showered with it, etc. Still trucking.
One time when swimming in the ocean with it I noticed afterwards that the crown was unscrewed. Shook it until sand stopped coming out of it and screwed it back down, still keeps good time.

Blyat engineering is truly based.

>>14640022
Based and Amphibiapilled.

>>14640023
I want to thank whoever convinced me to buy this over the soiko 5. Bought one of those for my brother after I got my amphibia and he doesnt even use it anymore because it keeps terrible time and is super scratched just from his office job.

>>14639238
hello frens

>>14640022
I think you're the first person I've ever seen who still has it on the original bracelet

>>14640064
Pretty sick honestly

>>14640064
the expert's choice

>>14640048
It's pretty rattley tbf. Used to have it on a NATO strap but it got worn out.
Where do you guys gets yours?

Would you wear your Rolex on a date?

>>14640124

to fuck asian gold diggers? why not.

>>14640124
i dont date outside my species

>>14640124
Honestly it depends. I've worn a $50k Rolex to In-N-Out and a $100 quartz to Michelin star restaurants.

>>14640132
grandparent cry

>>14640142
post $50 rolex

>>14640142
>In-N-Out
thats what i was doing with ur mom last nite

>>14640124
Depends on the context of the date. Nice dinner with somebody I might actually see myself with? Sure

Getting drinks with a tinder thot? Definitely not.

>>14640132
based

>>14640170
Nice. She does enjoy the fries there.

>>14639293
The U1 submariner rep has been getting lots of praise over in the rep watch subbreddits for price to performance.

You can get it for like 60$ over on dhgate also, no-one gives a shit about your watch/what your wearing in general.

Wear what you like anon.

>>14640232
> getting lots of praise over in the rep watch subbreddits
That's a glowing recommendation if I've ever seen one. Is that you TGV?

>>14640250
There the only thing posted on Chinatime anymore, doesn't take a simp to notice.

>>14640179
Flex on thots and stealth-wealth if you're looking for a future wife.

>>14640285
if I wanted a revived brand why wouldn't I get a Blancpain and stick with the Swiss

>>14640305
Take a similar model from each brand and compare them as if you'd buy one and then you should have your answer.

>>14640326
>comparing the king of all watch brands to random kraut shit

Good joke

My first mechanical. Am I getting closer to effay?

>>14640350
The only people who buy Blancpain are Russian mafia and oligarchs.

>>14640285
I *need* this watch. It's glorious.

>>14640326
Yeah ALS is the "right" choice but wants to be right all the time
We'd all have Seiko 5s and Casios if we wanted to be right re: dollar value

>>14640350

>>14640352

>seiko

fucking gay, son

>>14640384
I've seen that watch in person. You need to be a wristlet to wear it since it's surprisingly small.

>>14640406
Too small beats too big
Don't be another AZN with a Rolex sports and AP collection, not even one fitting his wrist

Ok here's my ratings
Red: ugly trash
Orange: big meh
Yellow: decent
Green: sexy c(l)ocks

>>14640433
What’s pink?

>>14640352
Wow looks like a yacht master

>>14640472
That pink is the only red Huwaweis have apparently

>>14640414
It's vintage watch small and I'm not a AZN wristlet.

>>14640352
Nice!

>>14640478
Why would you use one of those phones in current year LMAOOO

>>14640483
It's aesthetically pleasing, it's fast, capient, takes great photos with light and costs 120 € with shipping.
Yes it's unironically the phone with the best quality-price ratio.

>>14640498
Xi Jinping says thanks for being a jew

>>14640507
Shut the fuck up apple user

>>14640474
What's wrong with a Yacth Master?

>>14640285
Omega, smart girls know the brand but respect you for not being pretentious enough to buy a Rowlex

>>14640539
Android*
Feels nice to get the updated versions of the OS and not spied on.

>>14640633
>smart girls
Cool oxymoron bro

>>14640659
>not spied on
lmao bro if your phone was manufactured in asia it has built in spyware guaranteed

>>14640659
I'm getting OS updates just like you retard, all phones that were already on the market when they broke the deal do.
But keep coping with the fact that you spent 800 bucks on a device only to save wojacks and watch gay porn all day

I wear this every day to my fancy financial firm job and watch mog everyone in the building. Most people wear the most disgusting smartwatches imaginable, and other young dudes who have enough of a soul to not wear a smartwatch wear 45mm hunks of plastic shit.
Women wear whatever sort of fashion watches from fossil or kohls, but I guess women get a pass.
The nicest stuff is the occasional Ecodrive on some boomer who got it from Ross in a mall, because it's always the absolute worst ecodrive imaginable. Any men with watches that have bracelets are guaranteed to be too smallbrained to size the microadjustment properly so they don't fit quite right.
It's a hellish, yet somehow satisfying experience. 7/10
God bless the Seiko 5, fuck the /fa/ggots.

should i get a 32mm santos galbee or pay like 1.5k more for a medium new santos

is it just me noticing but are most men wearing watches now. even kids that are 16 are wearing them

>>14640743
Yikes, even my security coworkers wear bulovas and shit.

>>14640743
You can't mog with a Seiko because every normie knows that's a shit brand.

>>14640743
This is so fucking flavorless and flat

>>14640743
God what a mediocre watch.

>>14640743
Imagine being able to wear any watch and picking that soulless insectwatch.

>>14640743
BASED

>>14640743
Every investment banker has a Daytona or other Rolex cool larp

>>14640794
They don’t though. Normies have never heard of Seiko.

That is the best Seiko 5 design but it’s also fraudulent in looking like a SARB/JDM/Presage tier Seiko while still being a $100 7s26 based shitter like every Seiko 5

What kind of people wear Seamasters?

>>14640798
But you would call a white OP39 clean and pure

>>14640433
Red ........ I've got some bad news for you, you're colour blind

Anyone excited for the new alpinists coming next year? Will have display backs and an updated movement. Guarenteed to make redditors cum.

>>14640743
Let's see Paul Allen's watch.

>>14639312
I just ordered a Seiko SBBN035 yesterday. Should arrive next week. How are you liking your Tuna? I already know I don't like the included strap. Thinking about green 2 piece canvas or black flat strap.

>>14640124
Yes but I haven't dated in decades. I do recall wearing Rolex on dates. No one cares.

>>14640352
Looks good.

>>14640743
For that style of watch it really does look like poorly made trash.

>>14640840
Basically anyone who wants a decent watch but doesn't care enough to seek out a Rolex. I owned the old 2002 black wave dial. I think it looks better than the current one.

Current rotation pic.

>>14640931
what a disgusting looking watch

>>14640914
To think that is pink you must be colorblind. It's like /fa/ has never seen pink. It's clearly more red than pick so shut it

>>14640981
No one (apart from fellow colour blind bros) will ever agree with you.

>>14640996
Wait i had my luminosity at 0 that explains.
Yes if I bring it up to the max it's kinda pink.
It's 2 am and I blinded myself

>>14640946
I think I've seen the middle watch in Beyblade.

>>14640946
>Basically anyone who wants a decent watch but doesn't care enough to seek out a Rolex. I owned the old 2002 black wave dial. I think it looks better than the current one.

I don't have any interest in Rolex. Never have. There's so much hype surrounding the brand, and they've been imitated by so many other companies I feel likes the image has been diluted. If I were buying a mid five figure watch I'd be looking at other brands.

>>14641047
They have the machinery to mass produce and don't use ETA 2824 or valjoux 7750 movements, kind of like Nomos and Seiko

everyone got their spooky watches ready for October?

>>14640743
What shitty ass firm do you work at where a Citizen is a nice watch? I see the occasional fashion watch or Bulova, but almost all my coworkers wear Rolex, Omega, and some of the young guys are starting to get Tudors. Buying a pricey swiss watch is like a rite of entry for guys going from college life to $120K+ yr.

>>14641201
Gay

>>14641175
There's the ghost moving disc, the expensive gaudy clown, and...?

I can't see myself ever spending more than like 2k on a watch and I'm not even poor. There's just so much other way more fun stuff you can do with the money.

>>14639704
I'll admit as a Swiss defender the tourbillon coming out of China have me a little pissed.

I think we all know prices are inflated but yeah it's looking like the amount of hand work put into some of these super high end watches is not what we were led to believe

>>14641239
To be fair, anyone who pays more than a few grand is doing it either because they're filthy rich or they fell for the marketing. This applies heavily to mechanical watches, but it also applies to someone buying a citizen chronomaster.

>>14640142
I wore ur Rolex when In-n-out'd ur wife lmao
The pw on ur safe is her bd

So as a poorfag, is it acceptable that the Speedy is my only "good" watch, and I normally wear a Sinn or a quartz shitter? Just seems completely pointless to get into this "hobby" without a Rolex.

>>14641270
Hobbies are about what you get out of them, not what other people think. Why feel the need to buy a watch for social reasons? I don't think I'd be that interested in a Rolex until my collection was full of watches that I was personally more interested in.

>>14640142
I'm also in the "had a meal more expensive than my watch" club. Honestly I feel like expensive dinners and expensive watches are equally pointless. But then at one point I owned a $7,000 flashlight.

>>14641293
>Why feel the need to buy a watch for social reasons?
Because we live in a society?

>>14639585
thanks, a lot of blood, sweat, and cum went into forming it
>>14639272
The guy at the russian store said it made me look cool

is stormzy based?

>>14641301
Nobody actually cares how much your watch costs my man.

>>14641352
hes bluepilled woke

>>14640124

I wonder if her current bf knows.

>>14640124
I don't go on dates, I don't even talk to women. Why would I spend money on knuckle dragging whores when I can buy delightful treasures and just cum to increasingly strange pornography while my future robot wife is being designed in china. Enjoy being raped over the coals by these vultures (not to insult vultures, unlike women they are cool and have useful jobs) you mouth breathing boomer, hearing aid needing ass nigger.

>>14640433
Do you also have a closet full of the same outfit, seven times?

Help me /wt/. An old lady client of mine is moving into assisted living and told me in no uncertain terms she'd be heartbroken and mad if I didn't take her grandfather clock. In a moment of weakness I said yes. It's some Howard Miller she bought new 30 years ago and the quality is shitter tier, despite costing $900 in 1989-dollars. Of course it stopped and need servicing.

What in the flying fuck am I going to do with this?

>>14641449
Firewood?
Could try fixing it but who is really going to buy it nowadays?

Got a nato wristband, dope

>>14641449
take it to a mechanic and have them fix that bitch up, then put it next to a chair you like and drink whiskey, make throat noises, glance at it as well as your watch

>>14641260
The Chinese have almost everything now: ultra thin tourbillons, minute repeaters, true resonance movements. The high end stuff is still expensive, but a relative bargain compared to Swiss offerings (e.g. Beijing MRB-1 tourbillon minute repeater for $50k). It's only a matter of time until people start noticing.

What is the quality difference between modern vostok komwhateverthefuckskies and 80's production?

this is it

or is it this

Well /wt/ wasn't helping so I just ordered one. Hits the right notes for me.
>300M
>Sapphire crystal
>Thermostabilized chronometer certified ETA quartz movement
>10 year battery
>Drilled lugs
>Matte stainless
>Engraved bezel
>Company is literally one Englishman
>Made in Switzerland out of local and Chinese parts
>For $275

Well /wt/ wasn't helping so I just ordered one. Hits the right notes for me.
>300M
>Sapphire crystal
>Thermostabilized chronometer certified ETA quartz movement
>10 year battery
>Drilled lugs
>Matte stainless
>Engraved bezel
>Company is literally one Englishman
>Made in Switzerland out of local and Chinese parts
>For $275

>>14641555
>made in switzerland
>with chineses parts
lmao just buy a casio instead

>>14641555
COSC certification for quartz doesn't really mean much, just says it'll be within ~25 sec/year. I think the movement in yours is 10 spy anyway, so getting it certified as a quartz chronometer just adds unnecessarily to the cost.

>>14641555
you've just made the biggest mistake of your life buying that, may god have mercy on you

>>14641534
Like this more desu

>>14641566
it's /fa/. everything here is a mistake

>>14641555
>300m
>chinese
>quartz
>$275
Well it's very waterproof

>>14641570
me too but it's $100. it's got a comfy look for sure. gotta stop buying shitters so i can get one really nice shitter

>>14639238
Whats the best fake gold watch thatlooks real?

>>14641449
Honest put it into the aution and get out of it, it has no age to it, quality is low, we call it a Westminster chimera in the trade (fire wood).

>>14641221
B&R skull watch.

>>14641555
Wear it in good health.

>>14640457
based basedmaster

>>14641560
>he doesnt know
>>14641555
gud shit, the watch will probably outlast you

To the anon from the previous thread who got himself a Seiko RAF quartz chrono, where did you cop and how much did you pay, and what year? The repro from RWC is too large and the crown guard looks like ass.

>>14640743
A Seiko 5 isn't that big a deal to mog about even for that shithole you work in. And next time use a picture of a watch you actually wear.

>>14641820
Sick it's got a v8

>>14640042
based and vintage pilled

>>14640350
>Blancpain king of anything but the HauteHorol bargain basement pile
Nope

>>14641520
What's the "cheapest" minute repeaters the chinese have on offer? Just the repeater on its own, no tourby bs?

>>14641555
It's a perfectly fine watch, also it looks like you can literally bash a dude's skull in with it.

>>14641629
Skull watches always look bad because of the hands going over the eyes and face, they should use some other method. Like dots on the transparent disc like on the spooky swatch.

>>14641555
I really like the Smiths watch the timefactors guy also makes.
However, by all accounts he is a major, major cunt and if shit goes wrong you're more often than not SOL as he doesn't like to admit fault.
He owns his own forum which he uses to surpress word on shitty qc and other shenanigans. (banning and bawleting any dissent or proof of his own wrongdoing etc., attempting to blackmail or threaten to dox customers that found fault with his products - nasty shit)
After having read of enough incidents concerning this one man show, in decided to avoid. CS is vitally important imo, and I've bought enough shit that later on I was glad was well supported.
A large, faceless company might be just that, but they have dedicated CS depts to address your concerns and you won't find yourself fucked because the CEO/board chairman himself had a bad day and decided to give you a hard time. That's the problem with a one man show. He's only capable of so much, and if he decides to be cuntish when problems inevitably occur, then it would be best to avoid such potential shit shows imo lest you suffer the fate of those that came before.

>>14641855
Blancpain is the king of kings in the watch world and your opinion in this matter is irrelevant

>>14641984
>passed around like an old whore until being bought by swatch
>achieved nothing of note since acquisition
>bland designs that are indistinguishable from a handful of other makers
>known only for one watch half a century ago
>SWATCH group lmao
keep fellating the mediocre if it makes you feel better

>>14641993
no one cares seiko boy, keep saving

>>14641997
Wrong side up.

>>14641959
I mean it's a quartz watch that looks very sturdy from the outside, what can even go wrong that some random watch guy can't fix.

>>14641997
seiko never even came to mind I was talking in relation to other swiss brands
lol if all you're comparing blancfail to is seiko it's no wonder you're delusional

>>14642013
seiko is the only brand you can afford gook

>>14641408
? You can't be that stupid right? You really didn't see the OP pic? You think those are mine?

>>14640042
This is the highest iq collection I've seen. Is that a Chinese sewor on the top right?

>>14642125
It's full of fakes and trash. How is that high IQ??

"I Wore an Expensive Watch While Traveling, and People Treated Me Wayyy Differently"
- does this really happen?
https://www.thrillist.com/expensive-watches-worth-respect-travel

>>14640124
Facialabuse girl is my waifu and as my waifu she doesn’t care about the watch on my wrist only the facialabuse

>>14642296
Yes, of course. Everyone treats you differently depending on perceived social status, is this really news to you?

>>14642296
Dressing nicely in general will get you treated better by people, but that article seems like an exercise in masturbation. "I rented an expensive watch and suddenly rich people respected me and women hit on me." If that was true then /fa/ wouldn't be full of sad loners.

>>14642296
How does that work? Why would they assume you have an expensive watch and not one of the fakes that the guy 2 booths over is selling?

>>14642371
What social status? From a Blancpain FF?
>>14642375
It's hilarious seeing the ultra luxury watches posted on forums on people who are clearly seniors with diseased skin, grey arm hairs, and sun spots

>>14641892
They're actually really small. Smaller than any Seiko diver.

>>14642394
you'd be surprised how small seiko divers can get

>>14641520
Funny thing is I wouldn't but anything over ~5k from China no matter what it was.

They'll have to put out a fusee and chain, tourbillon minute repeater under 5k before I'd consider it next to a bottom teir Rolex.

I don't know if it's racist district or marketing or what but that's where I'm at

>>14642386
Most "watch people" I know in real life are retirees.

>>14642413
It's a special type of vanity and frivolousness when you're objectively disgusting and unfashionable and still find joy in shiny Daytonas and GMTs

>>14642413
I don't know any "watch people" but the people I know who wear watches have things like casios and invictas

>>14641370

That depends on the people you're surrounded with.

>>14641555

Nice one. About the CS, yes Eddie is a bit of a cunt, but then not much can go wrong with that watch that a decent watchmaker can't fix for you.

>>14640078
Amazon and Ebay

>>14642005
You never know.
Just from what I've read I would be wary of having to rely on any warranty claims with timefactors is all.
If it works it works and there shouldn't be any problems as you say, but if it doesn't and say the entire quartz module is fucked and you have to go through a warranty process with an asshole? I'd rather not have to bother. Shit's stressful enough as it is.
There's plenty of other watches that resemble the UK issued mil watch that that modern Smiths I was looking is based on for me to have to bother.
I only posted the caveat as I only just stumbled into a watch thread after a long time. If I had seen the precista-buying anon's queries before I would have posted the same thing: know what you're buying, and from whom you buy (the old ebay adage of "buy the seller, not the item" applies to pretty much most purchases).

>>14641520
It's going to take a long time for public opinion to change on China if it ever does at all.
Seems to be getting worse now, the "Made in China" stamp immediately cheapens every item that comes out of there.

>>14642399
Probably marketing. People have no problem shelling out $1k+ for the latest iPhone or other electronics out of China, but every Chinese watch is still viewed as dog shit

>>14641555
>Made out of Chinese parts
shiet dawg, that's all you had to say

>>14642444
Yeah china just aren't in the same league as say, japan who did manage to turn things around. When people look at ajapn they generally see a super clean, super safe country where you can lean your wallet on a train and it will still be there an hour later or someone has handed it in to the conductor or something.
China on the other hand, fuck me. It's pure lovecraftian horror. The depths of depravity and inhumanity the chinese can sink to knows no limits.

>>14641959
>>14642440

Precista buyer here. I know about Eddie being a raging prick, but I bought the watched (they're not currently in production) so warranty service is a moot point anyway. I originally was looking at Marathon TSARs but then I realized they use a worse version of the PRS-18's movement at more than twice the price.

>>14642455
>The depths of depravity and inhumanity the chinese can sink to knows no limits

Ironic considering the kinds of things the Japs did to China in WW2. I guess nuking them really straightened them out.

>>14641959
>>14642440

Precista buyer here. I know about Eddie being a raging prick, but I bought it used (they're not currently in production) so warranty service is a moot point anyway. I originally was looking at Marathon TSARs but then I realized they use a worse version of the PRS-18's movement at more than twice the price.

>>14642454
As far as I know the metal blanks are made in China and finished in Switzerland. That's not unusual these days.

>>14642455
It helps that Japan actually develops their own stuff and makes a lot of better items than their competitors.
All China does is copy patents, build it for as cheap as possible, say "Cha bu duo", and sell it for less.

The whole culture in China is fucked and anybody that has had to deal with Chinese companies knows it.

>>14642460
That's a pretty retarded argument. Things were hard all round in ww2. Japs were allegedly conducting medical experiements on chine prisoners. Jews were being forced to perform manual labor in german work camps, jews were desperately throwing soviet solders who didn't even have a rifle or ammunition at the germans and americans were dropping nuclear bombs on civilians

>>14642476
>allegedly

>>14642476
>jews were desperately throwing soviet solders who didn't even have a rifle or ammunition

Enemy at the Gates is not a real source

>>14642486
The winners get to make up whatever lies they want about the losers. I haven't really looked into the unit seven hundred and whatever thing but when you understand that the holocaust is a load of bullshit it engenders a certain amount of skepticism for any other crazy claims of atrocities allegedly committed by the axis powers.

>>14642492
And retards on 4chan get to revise any history they want, apparently.
There's good reason the entirety of older Asian generations hate Japan.

>>14642497
Are you actually Attempting to argue than the winners don't get to make up whatever lies they want about the losers to deflect from their own atrocities?

>>14641555
Where to buy? It's sold out

Cop?

>>14642509
Definitely. no collection is complete without one of those

>>14642509
>Specs: 57mm wide 30mm tall 400 grams

what the fuck is this

I want a golden automatic watch with blue dial. Any recommendation?

Just received this. The most ridiculously heavy box for this kind of watch.
Still not sure whether to flip and keep.

>>14642531
oh wow you fell for the new retro quartz thing. Just get a real retro quartz

>>14642531
it looks like the kind of plastic watch you'd find attached to one of those "cool new watch every month" magazines

>>14639238

>>14642538
>>14642542
Yep and this shit is going for £290 on eBay. I’m almost definitely going to flip after trying it on. It has a certain charm but meh.

>>14642550

>>14642556
Nice size. How loud is the ticking?

>>14642564
wow a two hander. am i haute horologie nao?

>>14642564
This is better

>>14642550
I want it.
I want to stare into that vantabyss.

>>14642566
It’s nowhere near as loud as my old Expedition. It has a Japanese movement so presumably a Miyota? Not sure if my old Expedition had a jap movement.

Tempted to get a Junkers soon. Only issue is, I'm seeing a $20 Swiss quartz movement in a watch costing 10x that amount. Is there that much value in the case or is this just a rip off?

>>14642580
Beautiful.

>>14642580
>peacock

I would have expected a mirco penis

>>14642619
Don't spend more than $60 on a quartz watch

>>14642619
you get a European watch for a bargain price
go for it

Closest thing to this without a date window?
Going to be wearing it to dress events only so don't want to spend a long time setting the date every time.

>>14642619
Virtually every quartz watch uses a $20 movement. Just do your research and know you're getting a good $20 movement and not a bad one. Or if you want to focus on the movement, find a quartz watch with a unique one, like the Bulova high frequency one.

>>14642633
The difference between a $50 Casio diver and a $150 Citizen diver is huge. Diminishing returns after that.

>>14642633
I was thinking along those lines
>>14642635
I do really like the styling, but I wonder if I can get something similar without as much of a markup

>>14642645
It's a toss up between two. One has a Ronda 517 and the other has a Ronda 5030.D

>>14639238
What is best every day watch that
>would go with jeans and t shirt
>fits 6.25 inch wrist
>under 250 eueobucks
Some designs i like are 5127g, submariner, explorer 1, khaki king, moonwatch, planet ocean and especially 5524g

>>14642471
You speak the truth, and so many idiot westeners don't understand it. I know a guy who was talking shit to me when I explained my thoughts on China after he told me about wanting to open a factory for his business there.
A week later (not kidding) after he opens his factory in China, the Chinese were already building a factory next to his and proceeded to copy his product and sell it for less. Biggest case of "told you so" in my life.

>>14642523
Rolex bluesy my guy, easy.

>>14642531
flip, you won't regret it

>>14642659
>A week later (not kidding) after he opens his factory in China, the Chinese were already building a factory next to his and proceeded to copy his product and sell it for less. Biggest case of "told you so" in my life.

That's how capitalism works. They really mastered it considering they're commies (on paper)

>>14642679
Exactly, that's why I laugh at the communists in my country. I tell them that communism doesn't even exist in China and they look at me dumbfounded.

>>14642659
Especially with today's internet sales and social media, this can turn into a clusterfuck. A few years ago some Australian company developed a fancy flashlight and contracted with a Chinese factory to produce it. The Chinks started selling the lights under their own name at half the price. When the Australians complained on public flashlight forums, the Chinks popped up and convinced everybody that because they were manufacturing the light it was their property, and the Aussies were just price gouging jews.

>>14642690
You're right, many such cases.

>>14641826
Too bad it's an automatic

Just ordered this badboy. Dont be mad poorfags

Should I sell my old skx007k to my coworker and buy a j version before they sell out

>>14642701
was thinking of making that joke lol

>>14642708
>Should I sell my x to my coworker
No

>>14642492
>muh winner writes history meme
pseudo intellectual quote

>>14642705
I saw one of these on ebay but in white. The weird thing is, it had 6 bidders and was at £102. I added it to my watchlist but it was removed from sale. Not sure if ebay removed it or the seller did.

>>14642705
You'd have to be poor to even think about buying that obvious fake.

>>14642726
you'd have to be retarded to even think that that wasn't just a shitpost or bait for tards

>>14642742

>>14642711
Ignoring that point then? Assume I was selling it off some other way to somebody else?

>>14642760
I know next to nothing about seiko so I can only give you general advice, don't rationalize and do whatever you want to do. If you try to do rational thing, you'll likely end up with watch you don't like.

TFW the most /fa/ Rolex going is the most hated. Look at that green and yellow, it's ironically amazing.

>>14642797
it has a face only a mother could love

Is there a microbrand that isn't complete dogshit?

>>14642797
I thought this was more /fa/?

>>14642813
that's unironically the best looking and coolest Rolex

>>14642797
id really like it if they switch the 3 6 9 to 15 30 45 or made the 5, 10 etc smaller or something. the combination is apalling

>>14642811
What would stop them being dogshit? They all use shit / generic movements and live off marketing.

>>14642654
read poorfaggot guide in op

>>14642693
Its why i can only feel so bad for some of the swiss phuckers who make half of their watches in china and then get a bunch chinese fakes hitting the market.

>>14642760
The K and the J are the same watches. The J is made for sale in countries with more loose requirements on "Made in..." marking so they can get away with printing Made in Japan on the watch. Now if you get one with something interesting, like a Japanese date wheel, that's another story.

>>14642882
A $500 Sub clone with an NH35? Take my money!

>>14642679
If you want stagnation, sure.
Why spend money in R&D if somebody can just copy your work with no recourse?

>>14642892
It's more along the lines of i like my skx but see the opportunity of being able to get a brand new j over my 5yo k for nearly free assuming the skx ticks up a bit in price over the next few years

>>14642633
This?

>>14642974
Or this?

New Celadon pre-order for $518, thoughts? 39mm, 9mm thick, 100m WR, B15 automatic movement

>>14643018

>>14643018
Why would you ever buy this over a presage.

>>14643044
Better dial, better finishing, better QC, more exclusive

>>14641401
Based incel, based autist watch

>>14643073
lmao delusional

>>14643018
The concave bits on the side of the lugs are nice. I already have an imperial though so not particularly tempted.
Doesn't help that it took them over 3 years of excuses to send over a blue strap (which is what I originally ordered) for my imperial. Somewhere along the line one of the excuses became that it wouldn't be an alligator strap but a water resistant leather over rubber strap (the yue fei strap). So fuck it, I just ordered a custom alligator strap from a local shop instead.

>>14642885
Thanks my guy. I really like pic related. Would it be too big for my wrist (somewhere between 6.25 and 6.5 inches)

>>14643073
>chinkshit
>better dial/finishing/QC than seiko

"Maison Celadon was founded in 2012 by a project of Benjamin Chee, an eclectic entrepreneur of Chinese origins, born in Singapore,"
2 yuan has been deposited to your account

>>14643081
Seiko can't even align a dive bezel properly. Why the fuck would I ever buy from them?

>>14643109
There are Aliexpress chinkshit watches with better QC than Seiko. And they come with sapphire at the $40 level instead of $400

>>14643117
>>14643111
imagine actually believing this

>>14643125
ok weeb, enjoy your hardlex and 4R at $400

Help me identify this watch. It's my grandfather in the pic and it was taken in the late 50s so I'm guessing it's either a Hamilton or a Bulova of some sort. Help meeeee cuz i wanna cop it.

>>14643134
I will be enjoying my world leading and world renowned brand with a longer operating history than rolex, that produces some of the most complex and accurate mechanic watches in the world, while simultaneously offering enamel dials at price ranges you couldn't ever dream about from any other brand WHILE having a fully in house movement, thank you very much.
You scurry away now, with your shitty chink shit founded in 2012 that produces nothing of any value in shitty sweatshops from one of the most oppressive governments on the planet.

>>14643154
>most complex and accurate mechanic watches in the world
4R35 accuracy spec is +45 /-35. At $400. LMAO

>offering enamel dials at price ranges you couldn't ever dream about
PerpetuaL has an enamel dial with thermally blued hands for $180. It's not exactly hard to do.

>having a fully in house movement
Vostok has in house movements in their $40 watches. Starking has an in-house, high beat automatic at $40 (with sapphire and solid endlinks, something Seiko can't accomplish at 10x the price). No one gives a fuck.

>>14643169
>seiko offers cheap movements therefore all seiko movements are shit
are you pretending or are you really just this retarded?

>>14643152
judging by the typography height/width I'm confident it says BULOVA instead of HAMILTON.

>>14642639
Might not be your cup of tea, but the open heart Bambinos dont have dates

>>14643169
>worn above the wrist bone

>>14643152
>>14643152
>>14643152
set up a search for bulova tonneau art deco gold watch & to see what happens.

Go to a special bulova forum or and ask

>>14642984
no leather on divers

>>14639353

lmao

>>14643169
perpetual looks nice desu too bad i dont fully trust chinese movements yet and im done buying disposable watches

Annual and perpetual calendars are retarded
Who forgets the month??

>>14643696

I don't think that's the point.

>>14643696
Perpetual calendars are great for quartz/solar. Because fuck setting the date at the end of every other month. But yeah it's a very dumb complication for automatics since they die often.

>>14643716

If you over set a date on annual calanders you either just have to wait to catch up or send it back to the watchmaker to have them do it.

I wonder how many people have wund the watch forward weeks/months just to piss people off

>>14643018
Unless I remembered wrong the SB-18 stuck on those chink watches is a slightly modified old miyota movement. If I wanted a chink watch, I'd check out beijing watch factory instead. Too bad they increased their price to the point where you may as well just buy an Omega or a Seiko

>>14643740
>>14643740
>>14643740

>>14640352
I like the colors but it looks like those old seiko monsters, but it's a seiko 5. Glad you like it though

>>14641534
I like this one way more than the shitty plastic one.

>>14643696
*woosh*

>>14641555
Reminds me of this watch

>>14643732
Celadons are basically an upgraded Beihai. It's not exactly an in house movement, but BWJ modify the movements just for Celadon (gold chatons, golden balance cocks on a few, calligraphy on the plate, allegedly more QC checks)

>>14641303
sweet piece man

>>14643726
Annual calendars I wouldn't think to be as much of a hassle to adjust, it's perpetual calendars where you're really fucked if some asshole decides to screw with your watch.

ID on pic related please? My dad got it in a vintage store and gave it to me. It's real, but I don't know what the model is. No, opening up the back and looking isn't an option, don't have a watch maker near me to do it.