/fa/ - Fashion

いやや、日本の文化とかはただ中国の生ごみ。御もっとも綺麗な腕時計は誇り高く中国の物。

>>15429165

>>15429174
I know it's Chrono24, but there's something just incredibly funny about the idea that only someone who doesn't know about mechanical watches would buy quartz.

>>15429165
>Japanese brand
>Japanese case
>Made in Japan
>Eta movement

>>15429165
What are we wearing today /wt/?

>>15429202
Nice.
Is that you trying it on at the AD?

>>15429206
No hun, that's my kitchen table. It's almost 9pm ;)

>>15429202
What a hideous overpriced piece of shit

Perfect watch.

>>15429211
Can you take a pic from this angle pls

>>15429212
What might you suggest?

>>15429216
>He can't afford a rolex

>>15429221
A smol seiko with a penis on the dial and kanji day indication, you can get one for 20 dollars.

>buy $30 vintage vostok shitter from ebay
>"oiled and serviced by master yada yada"
>get watch today
>wind it up, it runs
>stopped after 30 mins
>wind it up more
>stopped after 5 mins
>open case up
>seems good hmm

im guessing it needs actual cleaning and lubrication? The watch is more than 30 years old (1980s) now. There is no marking on the inner caseback so Im guessing it was never serviced.

if I tap on it/use a "air blower ball" on the movement it'll run but only for like ~15 mins. Im afraid to wind it even more as the 'vostok wobbly crown' is kinda fiddly, I'm not sure whats the limit and this is my 1st winding watch.

>>15429202
Finally got my Dan Henry shitters.
Here a 1964.

Is Meranom safe? I want a Vostok real bad

>>15429219
I don't see why not

>>15429226
huh. With manual wind watches you should feel a distinct stop to the crown when the watch is fully wound. Overwinding is a myth unless you stupidly crank on it hard and break the stem.

>>15429241
omg i feel so stupid

turns out ive been winding it the totally wrong direction
i was hearing the "clicking" sound and assumed it was the click for the winding

lol...............

>>15429247
Well thats pretty bad but hopefully you'll get some life out of that spartan movement now, master watchmaker Yuri permitting. The click sound the other way is just a ratchet mechanism so that turning that way doesn't unwind the watch.

>>15429216
why is the metal on the hands all fucked up? That watch is 4k

>>15429271
Swiss luxury watchmakers nearly all outsource hands, and they almost never finish them properly outside of crudely mass buffing the top surfaces.
Even the likes of Patek and Lange are guilty of this.

>>15429281
you poorfags are fucking insufferable

>>15429293
You won't find shitty badly made hands on my casio :^)

>>15429174
>What do you want people to think?
>A. That I'm probably rich.
>B. That I'm definitely rich.
lel

You can only post in this thread if your watch it 10k and above

>>15429293
What's wrong?

>>15429310
It's slightly above 10k cents, yes.

>>15429311
The finishing on that Patek
>Bud-um tss

>>15429174
Why do you want to buy a watch: Function
expected something like
>outdoors/trekking
>marine sports
>motor sports/racing
hell I wouldn't even mind if they had an edc in there, but instead they give you this for function
>to reflect who I am
>great investment
>fitness tracking, tinder, email
>to time frozen pizza
Why are hardcore watch aficionados so cringe?

Discuss

https://youtu.be/3_ZEozWlPJs

>>15429299
>>15429311
>>15429318
That you go so far out of your way either hilariously abusing logic (hurr you're a marketing slave!1) or going complete sperg with your macro photos to try to discredit something you hold a latent hatred for since you can't afford it.

Literal cancer to these threads.

>>15429332
Holy jesus what is it that you're coping so badly with?

>>15429332
>pay tens of thousands of dollars for autistic supreme high quality finishing that should hold up under macro
>it doesn't hold up under macro
>"i-i-it's not a ripoff fukken poorfags SEETHE"
literal cope

>>15429335
>>15429336
>wash waaah cope cope cope!
literally meaningless screeching

>>15429343
> meaningless screeching
Says the guy who posted this: >>15429332

>>15429326
tbqh solid points all around desu

>>15429345
confronted you with your pathetic reality and you didnt like it and started screeching.

>>15429349
>confronted you with your pathetic reality
Says the guy incapable of coping with this reality: >>15429281

>>15429352
I dont even fucking care because I'm not an autist spending all my time studying things under 10x magnification. Literally no one cares except you, the person trying to make up an attack out of your latent jealousy.

>>15429354
>I dont even fucking care
Says the guy who posted this: >>15429293 >>15429332 >>15429343 >>15429349 >>15429354

>>15429228
Meranom is the official store for Vostok.

>>15429281
You have any Lange examples?
They only make around 5000 a year maybe a bit more, less than 10k anyway.
Patek make around 60.000, compared to Vacheron's ~25k who generally have higher finish than Patek.

>>15429361
>You have any Lange examples?

>>15429165
>>15428771
>>I've literally never seen a zoomer wear a rolex submariner or any diver. Divers are way more expensive.

Dude literally all zoomer youtubers and streamers and other e-celebs are wearing Rolex or better, it's like the first thing to buy with youtube money, then a Lambo or another luxury car.

>>15429356
You cant follow your own argument so theres no use replying to you again.

>>15429373
There is no argument.
The pics show what they show.

>>15429354
You obviously care or you wouldn't be coping trying to tell us all how much you don't care. You care, because you paid tens of thousands of dollars for "the best" and it has Chinese shittier tier finishing.
>b-b-but you can't see it without macro
If I am paying big baller money for something it better have autistic levels of detail finishing. That's what the money is paying for.

>>15429377
>>b-b-but you can't see it without macro
You definitely can.

If the light hits the edge of those hands, you see the dapples of light reflecting off the serrations as clear as can be.

>>15429377
I can see it now
>Yeees your watch is very expensive and I would definitely sleep with you, just give a minute to check the finishing of those hands there

I just won an auction for a Paketa big zero. Hopefully Corona-chan won't delay it too much.

>>15429376
No one gives a fuck about the pics retard

>>15429377
All the assumptions you just made are incorrect.
I care that you're shitting up the thread as usual, you singoehandedly ruin these threads. And anyone who doesn't take your retarded bait is "coping"... sure bud.

>>15429384
>Paketa

>>15429386
>No one gives a fuck about the pics retard
You obviously do.

>>15429389
Nope. Try to understand basic logic. You posted them, affirming something. I said what your affirming is meaningless. That's why I don't care.

Date or no date?
I want to order this next month, so I still have time to think about it.

>>15429386
What assumptions? You are obviously mad as fuck that heritage shitters selling the finest quality and attention to detail have sawtooth finishing on their hands under a macro lens.
A company like Patek doesn't just sell a watch. You don't buy a Patek because it tells time. You buy a Patek because Patek has been making watches for like two hundred years and probably invented the wristwatch. They only make one thing and they make it to the highest possible level of quality, with 95 year old Swiss monks waking up at the crack of dawn to carefully polish and assemble and apply every part of the watch so that it is perfect. That's why you pay the big bucks, and that is not an assumption, they are selling that image as a haute horologie brand because without high standards the heritage is meaningless and their prices are just bullshit.
Then they give you a watch that has San Martin-level finishing on the hands. It's pathetic. And you know it's pathetic, and your mind is reeling. You can't even defend it because, aside from it being indefensible, you are a peabrain retard who actually knows nothing about watches and just regurgitates memes you've picked up from shill sites, like so many other watchtards who pretend they have a clue.

>>15429393
if it doesnt bother you immediately like it would for those "THE DATE RUINS THE DIAL REEE" autists, then that means date or no date doesnt bother you

so, get the date, because its helpful.

It’s over for me

>>15429384
nice
how much did you pay for it? just curious

>>15429384
>whoa anon do you really have a Patek?
>...oh

>>15429405
its fine~
im smaller than you

imo it actually makes buying watches more fun because you are forced to look in places you wouldnt have looked if you were a more median size

anyway this is the results from yesterdays polling >>15426654

seems like most people here are the average and we arent a general full of wristlets

>>15429398
Very simply, you are confusing the fact that I told you normal people dont care about microscopic details for the idea youve created that I must be "only saying that" (because I actually care deeply since I must have bought some expensive watch that I'm now dissatisfied with). That's your fantasy. The rest of your wall of text is a tirade following along your mistaken assumptions, thus is meaningless other than it being a good example of how the mentally Ill cling to a preconceived notion and label all evidence to the contrary as "coping" in order to avoid facing reality.

>>15429393
If you have to ask, then no date. It will bother you incessantly.

>>15429392
>he mad

>>15429426
not him but no date bothers me more than having a date

unless its a dial like this why would it matter

>>15429393
Unless you work in a cubicle, no date.

>>15429430
I was going to buy that Credor but then I found out it was made for tiny Japanese wrists.

>>15429387
Correct
>>15429411
£55 from glorious Nippon
>>15429421
Kek

>>15429384
It's looks like something a child would make in pre-school workshop

>>15429346
I fucking knew it

>>15429437
No, it's not Paketa it's Raketa

>Paкeтa

Cyrilic for Rocket.

Jeбeм ти мaјкy

>>15429446
It's also English for shitter.

Why isn’t this back display?

https://youtu.be/jrAC0sI19PY

>>15429446
>crabo

>>15429405
cheer up desu. pic related have the same wrist as you, has a youtube channel and a big tiddy gf to boot

Maybe 6 or 7 threads ago I posted about the fleiger type aliexpress shitter I bought and it *finally* came. Surprisingly good quality, also the buckle is nicer than the ones on my more expensive watch straps. Pic 1/3

>>15429463
I've been planing to order one of those.
Is it San Martin or Steeldive?
Also,pls post a pic of the hands to see the finishing.

2/3 the ar coating makes the dial look blue depending on the angle

>your IP range has been blocked from uploading due to abuse
What the fuck? That's shit if I can't shitpost properly at work. Any idea how to get around it without buying a pass?

3/3 the buckle >>15429465 its a corguet with sterile dial.

>>15429452
shitter watches are the most charming and non pretentious

there is a purity to the simplicity, almost a timelessness.

The true joy of horology is not about what a watch costs, but the feelings it evokes.

>>15429468
use ur phone
>>15429466
looks clean, how much?

>>15429458
She’s an actress, Teddy pays her to pretend to be his gf.

>>15429487
It was £45 or so. Search for corguet on aliexpress and you should find it.

>>15429492
Wouldn't surprise me, him being whorologist and manlet.

>>15429487
I am, I always get messages that I'm permabanned and whatnot when at work, I guess there's someone using the IP range I'm on for posting illegal shit. And there's no way I'm using the WiFi to post.

>>15429475
Stop making sense, anon, these threads are for making fun of people's wrist size and talking shit about Rolex and Omega.

>>15429463
What's the case size and what's the back like?

>>15429475
Even when the feeling it evokes is "that looks like a piece of shit" ?

>>15429437
The small "t" looks different in Cyrillic. This faux-Cyrillic thing only works in capital letters for PAKETA.

>>15429492
>She’s an actress, Teddy pays her to pretend to be his gf.
The only way that qt with the big tits is his actual girlfriend is if Teddy was at least top 2% rich.

>>15429540
>>15429492
maybe she likes his sense of humour

ive seen 8/10 girls go out with 2/10 fatties

>>15429540
>The only way that qt with the big tits is his actual girlfriend is if Teddy was at least top 2% rich.
*scams you with his premium straps*

>>15429549
Maybe it's just a front so his rich dad thinks he's working and doing something.
>>15429545
>ive seen 8/10 girls go out with 2/10 fatties
I haven't.

I sound like a coping faggot right now, but seriously guys, such a skinny manlet couldn't pull such a lady.

>>15429556
>skinny
I take that back, he's certainly doing at least curls.

>>15429556
he cute tho. no homo.

>>15429563
He’s a pencil necked geek.

>>15429556
If you leave your basement you'l see that couples like that are not uncommon. Especially when they work in similar industries and meet that way like those two.

>>15429556
Someone should photoshop a BBC onto the computer screen ;-)

Finns are gay

>>15429463
I wish the chinks would make some sensible cases for sizes like 36mm. There just aren't any options aside from buying a broken 40 year old shitter and fitting sapphire glass.

>>15429556
I don't mean it in a racist or diminutive way at all but Teddy fits the "nice Jewish boy" stereotype perfectly except for, well, not being Jewish. There's a demand for his type in the dating market, even among gentiles.

>>15429556

>>15429595
The stereotype being "rich beta loser who will buy you shit while you fuck the poolboy" ?

>>15429492
>>15429556
Do you guys ever leave your house? This girl is a 6 or 7, theyre absolutely in the same league

Which one looks cooler, more versatile?

>>15429358
That web is based as fuck, simple design and you can sort watches even for lug to lug or even lug width, something other websites lack.

>>15429643
obviously the black one since black goes with way more clothing and black dials make watches look smaller so it can dress up or down easily
also i wouldn't bother with an skx now unless you can also spare an additional 50 bucks or so to get another movement and either change it yourself or have someone do it for you

>>15429636
Are her elbows too pointy?

>>15429636
I would say 8 or 9, but I agree she's not that special.
Just goes to show 4chan is still home of the neckbeards.

>>15429643
black with pepsi bezel

>>15429643
The black is going to be more versatile.
But when I get the money I want the blue Samurai, not the black.

>>15429651
>9
>not that special
Im getting mixed signals here

Any tips for copping a sub 500€ vintage omega w/ steel bracelet off eBay?

>>15429656
did you read the pastebin

>>15429656
Find a genie in a lamp who'll grant you 3 wishes.

>>15429651
Her face is 6 or 7, hair and body bump her up to an 8 for me.

>black or blue

boring~
live a little

Why the fuck is there no sterile flieger type-a watches on AliExpress with a diamond or anvil crown? They all have shitty standard crowns.

>>15429655
She's an 8 maybe a 9 depending on taste.
Clearly not 10/10 (>elbows too pointy)
U consider 10's to be "special".
Also Teddy, despite being a pencil-necked nerd, is good looking, clean, and tidy and probably has his shit together.
In my opinion, she's not out of his league. Again, if you're not a basement dweller you see these kinds of girls pretty regularly, and often with worse dudes than Teddy.

The typical /WT/ reader holds an Education Connection degree or higher, browses from his basement, earns $19,000 per year, owns 175 Russian and Chinese watches, and purchases, on average, 30 watches per year with an average value of $15 or higher per watch.

)))

>>15429684
>with an average value of $15 or higher per watch
*lower

>>15429441
Thanks, you too.
>>15429446
>>15429536
Yes.

>>15429646
You can also add alternative dials or hands etc to your cart, then add an option called 'fit spare parts' and they will build the watch to order for you.

What are good stats for accuracy of mechanical watches?

>>15429672
Are you blind or just retarded?
https://a.aliexpress.com/_BPbAXl

How does low/high temperature affect quartz and mechanical watches? I want to get one for mountain hiking and I wonder if that is something to worry about with one of the two.

>>15429556
Her youtube videos on "what guys should wear" are so bad. Basically her suggestion is to dress like an NPC.

>>15429715
Bro, just buy a quartz if you're into accuracy and telling time.

>>15429723
Every watch company has different standards. IIRC Omega, autistic bastards that they are, actually take this kind of thing into consideration and have specially calibrated lube to make watch performance more consistent even in different temperatures. I don't know if this is marketing bullshit but this is what I have heard from them.
In general low temperature can make parts like the spring contract like your balls, so your watch runs slower. The spring also expands in heat so in hot temperatures your watch can run faster.
Quartz watches are affected by temperature as well but the big concern is that if it's extremely cold and your quartz watch isn't properly insulated against it, the circuits could stop working and then your shit is dead.
Also pressure changes might cause your watch crystal to pop out, although I don't know how often that actually happens.

>>15429723

Low temperatures can fuck with both. Quartz/digitals have been known to sometimes go blank and/or freeze in places like the poles.

Mechanicals used to slow down a bit in cold weather but modern oils probably handle it well. I mean, Speedmasters can survive on the moon for gods sake so it should be fine.

But I doubt you’re traveling to those types of extremes so you should be fine.

>>15429734
Is it cold on the moon? For some reason I always thought the moon was warm.

>>15429739
It depends. The moon has no air to insulate so when the sun is shining on it it gets twice as hot as Earth and when the sun is off it it gets twice as cold

>>15429715
+/- 2spd for a modern Rolex or Patek. Other high end brands not far from that. Cheap mechanicals can be as bad a +/- 60 spd. A hybrid like Spring Drive is +/- 0.5spd. The most accurate purely mechanical movement I'm aware of are in some Richard Mille's and are rated at +/- 0.5spd

why does /fa/ hate every watch youtuber?

>>15429722
>$211
Think I'd rather get a Tisell if I'm going to spend that much

what is the /pandemic/ approved watch?

(also must be useful for rioting)

>>15429778
a g-shock so your watch is safe when you're getting blackbagged by the feds

>>15429778

Anyone here has experience with timefactors? Do they make decent watches? Thinking of getting this model.
https://www.timefactors.com/prs25exp.htm

>>15429766
it doesnt matter that much because mechanical watches can be regulated.

>>15429774
whats the difference? this watch doesnt have a logo and specs wise the tisell is virtually near identical or similar. In fact the AE one is the one that has a choice of swiss sellita.

>>15429803
Resurrected mushroom brand, owner is said to be a bit of a difficult chap (https://www.reddit.com/r/Watches/comments/5bsf7k/advice_timefactors_broken_o_ring_turns_into_my/)), quality is decent for the price point, watch itself is a Rolex Explorer homage with a lower-mid range miyota movement.
Consider this if you're looking for a conservatively styled mid-size automatic with a white dial under 300 euros instead:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Universal-Geneve-Automatic-All-Steel-New-Old-Stock-Full-Set-NOS/264804473485?hash=item3da7939a8d:g:L5oAAOSwo-5eIGA5
It's nothing special but at least it's from a reputable brand, it has a swiss eta 2824-2 movement, the material, finishing and assembly quality is superior and it costs about the same. The UG should get serviced though because it's been sitting for a decade or two, that should be calculated with (and it doesn't come with a warranty).
But you have many options, no need to hurry.

>>15429852
What an ugly watch

>>15429852
>watch itself is a Rolex Explorer homage
Smiths A454...

>>15429875
*a badly re-imagined Antarctic Deluxe dial in an Explorer homage case

>>15429852
>doxes customer for asking him about bad QC
>"a bit of a difficult chap"

>>15429767
Most of them are normies who don't talk about shitters so /wt/ isn't there target demographic. To be fair though most watch youtubers are awful.

>>15429939
This. They mostly just suck and have no idea what they're talking about or are trying hard to be some kind of irritating persona.
I just want to hear about the watch and see some macro shots.

>>15429818
No one regulates their own Rolex or HH brand movements.

>>15429767
>1/4 of the thread is about teddy
>why does /wt/ hate ytbers

>>15429939
>who don't talk about shitters
did you forget about HELLO AND WELCOME

>>15429956
>>1/4 of the thread is about teddy
The guy who is constantly posting watchtubers going NEW TEDDY! and linking to their videos is an obvious troll and really should be banned for spam/advertising

>>15429956
Can't forget someone we've never heard of before.

>>15429946
> I just want to hear about the watch and see some macro shots.
The best watch channels with actual content like that tend to be produced by watch sites who of course are doing it for sales and marketing reasons.

>>15429972
And yet they are still the best because they just show you the watch rather than trying to establish a fake personality
Honestly the whole watch community on Youtube is pathetic and you're better off reading articles on any watch blog besides Hodinkee since Hodinkee is pretentious, slow, and useless unless Jack Forster is writing

>>15429961
probably just a mancrush fanboy
real troll is more like that craigshipp person

>>15429972
>Can't forget someone we've never heard of before.
you must not buy chinese watches. He is the premier AE king

>>15429985
>real troll is more like that craigshipp person
It's the same guy.

>>15429174
Honestly, not a bad flow chart, but a bit euro centric. I'd probably choose seiko instead of longines and certina desu. The best part about the chart is that it gets to you to think about the reason you want a watch in the first place. Pretty easy to lose the plot when your always spammed by ads and social media, which is probably why people have aimed watches that they dont really like. I've even been named into things here kek

Pic unrelated it's a good meme

>>15429233
Keeno

>>15429982
Hodinkee are now a complete waste of time, pun intended, and have been for many years. Ever since they stopped being a watch blog and became a marketing site for their shop and the watch industry. There are some good sites out there that produce actual articles about watches rather than reprinting the latest marketing pack from some brand.

As for YT there is:
Watchfinder - great production and even though it's advertising he does get subtly snarky about certain watches.
Tim Mosso - if you simply want to be bombarded by endless numbers of watches, movement shots and encyclopedic knowledge.
Roman Sharf - if you wan no nonsense facts about the watch industry and how the business works, combined with lots of good watches on display.

Saw a guy at work (RAF) wearing an original issued G10 today, I was jelly

>>15429956
I don't mind JOMW, he's upfront about whether he actually paid for things himself, and he seems to have a wide appreciation of cheap shitters through to actually half decent stuff.

>>15429715
+15s per day.If you are not aun autist you can live perfectly with that and you will never be late.

>>15429825
I guess I'm not gonna buy either regardless, if I'm going to buy a Chinese shitter then it's going to be a sub $100 shitter.

>>15429956
Why does he have quartz watches in his watch winders??

>15 Euros
I'm tempted to buy this just because it's a weirdo watch.

>>15430031
Hmm, let's check what my 40 year old quartz says.

Well, I set it a couple of weeks ago, and it's 3 seconds out right now. And you're telling me you lose a couple of minutes a week? Jesus, man. Why would anyone buy a piece of shit like that?

>>15430027
This one? They're pretty sweet but I think I'll get the quartz because it's cheaper.

>>15430039
>implying you can tell what watches are those from essentially a 50pixel grid

>>15430053
But why? That watch is crap riding on heritage. You can get better military watches. Does it mean that much to you to LARP as an army man?

>>15430060
It looks good, anon.

>>15430028
ya hes good
gets to the point, quick pros and cons and has all the pragmatic shots
dont need for macro and all that fluff especially when his focus is on cheap shitters

>>15429227
Based pandachad

>>15429227
People are saying 250 for a mecaquartz is not great value, but the dials, and authentic proportions are sublime.

His new dress chrono is his best I think.

>>15430053
>quartz

>>15429228
Yes, but be prepared to wait a couple of months for it to arrive from Russia.

They have excellent customer service.

>>15429767
never any criticism
they're just advertisement channels

>>15429722
Lug you too

not enough watches in this thread
pic related is a franck muller I would actually wear

post watches you like from companies you don't

>>15430154

>>15429767
I like TGV, he is a larper but he really enjoy horology in a non meme way, he talks a lot about the watch and everything about it without looking like salesman, his channel is top comfy and he knows how to put intros and music on his videos.

>>15430160
I respect ulysse nardin for their batshit insane watches though
this one is a music "box" for vivaldi's four seasons

>>15430019
>There are some good sites out there that produce actual articles about watches rather than reprinting the latest marketing pack from some brand.
What sites are these?

>>15430169
There genuinely are none because all watch blogs are nothing without the industry giving them scoops and previews

>>15430110
>not wearing a watch because it is quartz
You're a dumbass

>>15430108
People over value movements in a lot of watches desu. There really only a small portion of the cost unless it's in house, in which case I suppose you have to take into the r&d costs and the cost of nice finishing Other than that they are all mass produced. Noobs fixate first on sapphire Crystal's and then movements, completely disregarding the rest of the watch. To my eye, the dan Henry's look pretty good. I just hate how they always have the 24 hrs time on those mecaquartz. Needs an hour totalizer or running seconds

>>15430174
Well then what are some of the better sites then? I don't like hodinkee much and I can't stand watch youtubers and the majority of them are blubbering idiots

>>15430185
I mostly read ABlogtoWatch, Worn&Wound and Monochrome Watches. Fratello Watches isn't too bad either except that they write in an annoying hipster style but the content is OK. Time and Tide is not terrible, they are shills with not a lot of writing ability but they do cover a good amount of stuff.

>>15430182
Don't know about his other watches, but the 1964 has a seconds hand, 24 hour timer and minute stopwatch counter.

>>15430044
Autism about mechanical watches, average movements are about +15+25s per day, it can be regulated of course, but usually if you are not an autist you will leave your watcha lone of its around the 10-15s mark.Then you have movements that are COSC (or similar) certified, they have been regulated to high standards and are about -6s/+6s per day.

It all comes down to how regulated is the movement, you can have luck and having an average movement with really good parameters and you can have a top movement bad regulated. And price does not really matter, even if you spend lets say 5k on a brand new speedy, that watch will be about +10/s per day.

That's why a lot of people can't understand the mechanical watch autism, a simple cheap quartz can tell the time better than an expensive mechanical watch that cost x700.
I have a Casio edifice which cost me 35eur and that watch gains less than 1s per year, that's ultra quality quartz territory, Citizen and other brands have those really high end quartz watches that gain just about 4-5s/ per year and they cost several thousands, and here I am with my shitty casio beater that almost reaches that precission while costing what would cost a single ling from a high end watch.

>>15430176
i dont sleep on polyester, i dont use wireless devices, I only cook with gas (actual flame). I still write letters especially to people I have feelings for

sorry sweetie, a mechanical will always be infinitely more romantic and appealing than a quartz watch filled with nothing but circuitry.

if i die, my mechanical will die soon after along with me. If you die, your gshock will continue running for years or decades, even when you are nothing but bones. It doesnt need you. In a sense you are disposable to the watch.

>>15429165
is a cartier balloon bleu an okay daily watch for a woman? or is it too basic/common?

>>15430249
what are you even talking about? most women just wear a fucking apple watch

>Find the perfect stainless steel digital watch
>It only a 1-year battery life
>It only has 30m water resistance
>It's almost 400 fucking dollars.
Fuck this shit.

>>15430169
SJX does some excellent history & technical articles every few months. e.g they de a break down of a George Daniels movement. Revolution did a recent article on every Patek perpetual calendar ever made. Monochrome has a regular technical section.

They all to the usual brand releases but even those tend to give more details than Hodinkee these days.

>>15430249
that looks 80s AF and not in a good way. I'd just get her the normal tank or a small nomos or a rolex OP 31.

>>15430249
Cartier is very popular with women and they are anything but 'common' looking.

all I need is a classica and something with Mickey/Donald on it and I might finally be done with glorious shitters
>>15429767
Relative Time is a hair boring but gives pretty honest reviews

do you guys wear your watches at all time even at home?

>>15430154
I have to be honest, I kind of like the tonneau/barrel-shaped watch design.
It's a shame that they're associated with brands the likes of Richard Mille and Hublot.
What are some models that are 5-figures or under?

>>15429468
>lazy mods can't take 5 minutes to remove off topic threads and enforce the rules
>instead they just hand out range bans like candy at Halloween and fuck over anons who did nothing to deserve it
I know that this is just a Bolivian horse wrestling forum but goddamn, we deserve better than these lazy faggot mods

Is it a good idea to try to collect at least one model from each brand?

Is the seiko 5 series a good first watch?

>>15430192
Thanks, I'll check these out

>>15430287
Yes, I'm taking all the mileage from my Seiko. Also shake it up to charge it from time to time. Feels good.

>>15430291
>one from each brand
do you want to end up with at least 500 watches?
there are countless swiss brands that died in the quartz crisis

>>15430296
If I were a bored millionaire I'd almost be tempted to, for the hell of it.

>>15430296
lmfao obviously he meant real brands

>>15430292
I did it. 100 Euros for a nice looking mechanical piece. No regrets.

>>15430243
Man I like mechanical watches too, but who the fuck cares if a watch "needs" you? It's a fucking watch man. Like it's a nice thought but the amount of vintage watches in demand just say that a mech watch diesnt need you it just needs a body

>>15429495
Range bans are board specific, you might be banned on one board altogether or banned from uploading pics or only banned from starting new threads.
And they hand out range bans for no fucking reason and you never get any explanation as to why they did it.
It's very unlikely anyone was posting illegal content on /fa/ considering that off topic bullshit stays up until it gets archived all the damn time

>>15430243
Cringy boomer post

>>15430265
Just get a Protrek or gshock

>>15430292
yes and no
its a very safe choice. My 1st watch was a seiko5 and I got it when I didnt know that much about watches. But then I found out that I really prefer quirky or uncommon watches, and now I wish I've gotten something else, like an orient tristar or something.

>>15430300
many defunct brands have aesthetic looking watches, a reflection of their time.

>>15430292
It's not a bad choice, but for new watches I'd definitely go for Orient or a Chinese brand for the slightly better specs at that price point, as Seikos have increased their price recently.

>>15430161
TGV's turboautismo and dedication to the larp makes him extra comfy.
He does have the merit of being honest and not praising or talking smack of stuff he has not seen for himself, so that's something.
Too bad he falls for the "positivity above all" meme and the idea that "it's great if you enjoy a product that's shit, you're getting something good out of it"

>>15430296
>quartz crisis
Red pill me on this. Did Swiss shitters really get hit that hard by quartz shitters?

>>15430339
>a Chinese brand for the slightly better specs
more like 2x the specs at 1/3 the price

>>15430319
eat your tide pods and go donate to your favourite twitch eceleb, zoom zoom

>>15430341
I really like that he only talks about watches he actually saw in person and wore.
The "reviewers" who comment on watches from Internet pictures and stats are lame.

>>15430333
>that sinex was a NOS example that already sold a while ago
>no others like it up for sale now
Fuck. Had I known I'd have paid the $1k-ish it went for.

>>15430356
Not hard enough. We need another Swiss watch genocide.

>>15430356
>Did Swiss shitters really get hit that hard by quartz shitters

almost 2/3 of all swiss brands got wiped out and it lead to the creation of Swatch and their own plastic quartz shitters.

>>15430287
It’s the only thing I wear, desu

>>15430287
I sleep in my automatics because I'm too lazy to wind them

>have to buy furniture
>have to buy new tires for the car
>a new tv would be nice too
yet
>looking at watches all the time and making plans on what to buy.
Jesus fuck.

>>15430384
H-ha ha, you are definitely not me, I c-can definitely control my impulses!

>>15430287
yes and before I watch porn I switch my automatic to my right hand.

>>15430287
I wear two watches at home when I'm alone, one on each hand.

>>15430309
Are they indefinite or for a certain time? I can comment but not upload pictures, very annoying.

>>15430373
>almost 2/3 of all swiss brands got wiped out
Seriously? How did quartz shitters cause so many to go out of business?

>>15430413
Quartz watches weren't cheap in 1969, just saiyan.

>>15430413

It was space age technology in the late 60s and early 70s.

>>15429174
>mechanical or quartz?
>mechanical: suggestions
>quartz: "whatever floats your boat"
why even bother putting this fork in the chart?

>>15430356
It did not happen. It's almost entirely a myth, or more like an industry-wide conspiracy made up by the Swatch group and their enablers in order to grant legitimacy to the repositioning of the watch industry as a luxury industry.
>>15430373
>almost 2/3 of all swiss brands got wiped out
It gets repeated a lot but I am yet to see the exact numbers of those allegedly "wiped out" companies. As every economist will tell you one simply can't expect brands in any industry to survive for more than 2 or 3 generations, making their demise an organic process. What you have is a few separate cases of bankruptcy forged into the lie of the "quartz crisis" by the powers that be.
Many people -including a few earnest swiss ones, some of the relatives and descendants of the alleged victims of the quartz crisis themselves- have tried to unveil the lie, only to earn ridicule and permanent bans on watch enthusiast (more like lie enthusiast!) forums.

>>15430413
>>15430419
It was simpler than that. Back then people needed watches, there was literally no other alternative for portable timekeeping, and the only technology was mechanical. Whilst they weren't expensive they certainly weren't cheap either but people had no other choice. Then dirt cheap quartz came along and dominated the market. The Swiss watch industry survived by becoming high-end luxury goods while the low end became dominated by quartz.

A similar thing happened when the Apple watch came out. It has decimated the cheap end of the market and brands like Fossil have lost billions. However despite the Apple watch's success the mechanical watch market has been largely unaffected.

>>15430287
No, I only wear a watch at home if I know that I'm going out to do something later on that day.
I'd rather not put extra wear and tear on a watch for no reason

>>15430410
Usually for a set period of time but that's another fun aspect of range bans, they never tell you how long they'll last either.
It could be a day, or three days, or three weeks.
I've had range bans that lasted for months with absolutely no idea who triggered the ban, what the ban was for or how long it would last.
Mods are faggots of the lowest order

>>15430167
Damn that's cool. If I were mega rich I'd buy this and dab on people with boring shit like the patek aquanaut.

>>15430424
wiki says the number of swiss watchmakers dropped from 1600 to just 600 in the span of 13 years from 1970-1983

>entirely a myth, or more like an industry-wide conspiracy made up by the Swatch group and their enablers in order to grant legitimacy as luxury goods
of course they would romantise swiss watches to sell them. But to say it didnt exist is hard to believe. Just flipping through ebay you'll see watches from so many LITERALLY WHO brands and they are all 70s styled (the brand died and that was the end of their line)

>>15430265
Looks like pulsar

>>15430043
I used to buy wierdo watches when I was a kid.
they always broke in about a year.

>>15430449
They own a Patek, you can't dab on them. Especially with something that looks like a toy.

>>15430174
Excuse the shitty photoshop, there is an app called watchville that aggregates all the information from these sites. But the app is very buggy, so I just visit these sites in my browser from time to time. Fratello watches, time + tide, monochrome, worn and wound are nice to browse. Hodinkee is good too but because its popular I hate it. I'm contrarian and faggy like that.

>>15430384

sell, consolidate and save!

>>15430482
Hodinkee is terrible. They are bad for news because they are slow as fuck, most of their stories are extremely uninteresting, and most of their writers are so fucking bland it's beyond belief. Whenever I go on Hodinkee I think "wow it's like they read A Blog to Watch and then waited 2 days and they're regurgitating the info with a snootiness filter"

>>15430485
what is that ?its beautiful right now

>>15430488
Not him but it's an SLA017.

>>15430488
>Seiko
>beautiful

Guys I'm moving to another city at the end of Fall.
Do you think my Vostok will arrive before then?

>>15430420
that chart is just "here are the brands that advertise with us the most". And so heavily weighed to one side. The only japanese maker mentioned is seiko even though the japanese share of the market is gigahuge. No mention of chinese or CIS watches either.

>>15430488

what this anon said >>15430490 - and i agree, thank you!

>>15430485
>throwing your watch on the floor and next to a broom

>>15430485
Wow, nice Sub -

...oh

whats up guys

>>15430506

>broom

she basically is!

>>15430506
That's obviously a dead badger that's going to be used to make expensive shaving brushes for folk hipster faggots that dress like lumberjacks

>>15430243
>electricity is scary to me, so I don't use it!
Get off the computer, grandpa. There's nothing inherently more "soulful" about mechanical watches, in the same way there's nothing "soulless" about CD audio over vinyl.

>>15430394
based cummaster professional

>>15430437
>extra wear and tear
>on a tool
Jewellery fags are the absolute worst.

>>15430413
The real question is how the fuck did mechanical survive at all?

I hate how poor the options are if you want high end quartz these days. All the "high end" shit throws in a crappy boomer movement that can't compete with a 5 dollar Casio, and then they expect me to buy that crap because "muh artscraftmanship" and little giopetto working tirelessly all day in the polishing mines to get a mirror finish on some cog I'm never even going to see.

>>15430544
I live innawoods and work outside almost every fucking day. I'm not going to wear an expensive watch while working on my property when my phone is within eyeshot and my house is fifty feet away.
Maybe someday I'll get a cheap shitter or a g shock for outdoor stuff but I don't really need it

>>15430527
>dead badger

words hurt

>>15430558
I just feel bad for you. Imagine owning something you can't even use.

My watch comes off when I take a shower, that's it.

>>15430556
If the public wanted to buy high end quartz watches the brands would make them. There's no craftsmanship in a quartz movement and technically the electronics is incredibly basic by modern IC standards. The public wants mechanical, even if that's purely because of marketing, that is just how it is. So no matter what your opinions are about quartz it's in a tiny minority.

>>15429654
This was my first purchase

>>15430560
I take it back, anon. That's a cute kot
>>15430565
>Imagine owning something you can't even use
I have a life outside of my home and wear a watch every day, I just don't put needless wear on it when I'm doing work around my property. I worked hard for what I have and I take good care of it. What's so hard to understand about that?

Rate my grail

>>15430578
>grail
>easily achievable at minimum wage with a few months of saving

>>15429165
>Suggest a watch for me
upper limit $2500
mechanical
silver dial on a bracelet (but will consider white dials), date functions are ok but no day-date. fixed bezel without markings
38-42mm

>>15430580
>easily achievable at minimum wage
oh boy here we go again

>>15430581
used model of this (bracelet options exist but I prefer the rubber)
it's more of a silvery-white

>>15430580
This one is out of production so the price has gone up, plus I have bills/debt that come first so it will take me longer to save up for it. I could probably get it in a year.

>>15430108
I bought them as cool looking beaters. The 64 included bracelet and leather strap. Also got the 1972 and a couple of extra straps, so that's 4 straps I also can use with my fancier watch, having odd 19mm lug.

>>15430578
Achievable/10

>>15430591
>could get it in a year
>grail

why buy a pilots watch if youre not a pilot

>>15430603
So I don't get lost when I get high

>>15430603
it's the only watch that is acceptable to be over >42mm

>>15430527
The longer you look at it the worse it gets

>>15430603
why buy a tourbillon if you're not holding your wrist at one angle for 100% of the time?

butt sex

>>15430595
Maybe "grail" is the wrong word, "goal watch" is probably more accurate. I wouldn't feel comfortable spending much more on a watch anyways and if I did I would probably never wear it because I would be afraid to scratch it.

>>15430610
You weren't supposed to look directly at it.
Now you have the soi disease

>>15430593
Holy fuck this would look great if it wasn't DAN HENRY.

>>15430628
it's an homage anyway, get the original

Can you polish scratches out of mineral crystal?

Tachymetres look so tacky

>>15430633
I feel like there's a joke in there somewhere

>>15430633
they're also my least favorite complication.
just fucking do the calculation in your head. what's the point of having a horribly asymmetric "complication" when you can just do 3600/time in your head?

>>15430629
To what?

>>15430653
Orfina Porsche Design. You can get them for 3-4k.

>>15429182
>I know it's Chrono24, but there's something just incredibly funny about the idea that only someone who doesn't know about mechanical watches would buy quartz.


This was literally me less than a month ago. My gf wanted to purchase a new watch, I decided to do some research. All I knew about watches was that they use quartz to tell the time. I figured literally every watch nowadays used quartz. Boy was I surprised when I filtered watches by luxury companies by their "quartz" lines and would only turn up like 2 results. I literally thought that all Rolex and Patek and high tier watches were quartz. Why the fuck would you think otherwise?

In very few other industries, especially ones that deal with technology, do you see the most expensive items rejecting the modern approach.

So yes, if you know nothing about watches, you think that quartz are in all of them. As I did up until a couple weeks ago.

>>15430643
It looks so ugly to me by having all those tiny numbers around the watch. At least a dive bezel is somewhat practical for everyday use because you can use it to time things, I think the vast majority of people with tachymetres never use them.

>>15430673
especially considering they're only useful in determining events/hour for something that takes less than a minute. how often is that useful?

>Imagine willingly wearing "Omega" instead of "Alpha"
lmao...

>>15429174
>the young professional
Oh boy, the cringe

>>15430663
Long story short, the quartz revolution in the 70s almost killed the traditional watchmaking industry. They basically saved it by making watches a luxury product and quartz became cheaper and could be mass-produced shit, but there are some advanced quartz movements that cost a lot, mostly from Japan.

>>15430688
What happens if you wear an Omega on one wrist and an Alpha on the other?

Can I get an id on this watch?

does Seiko do a gold version of this watch or something similar?

>>15430688
At least Omega makes original designs. That watch is just a blatant rip off of the Rolex Explorer. I've never heard of "Alpha" before but I already hate them.

>>15430688
>caring about labels instead of embracing your true self

>>15430711
its upside down and looks it have some kind of swimmer

Recommend me a F-91W with a better light and maybe less wasted space.
Army use, budget up to 200, thanks

>>15430765
And yet you didn't notice anything else

>>15430744
Bet you never heard about Steel Bagelsport either, pathetic.

>>15430584
plz no, I'm done with the previous 10 + threads of analysis
>>15430593
looks decent enough, it's quartz right?

I just got screwed by my vendor, bought this watch from Japan with free shipping, not only does it take 9 days to make it to my country, I got hit with tax (not a big deal, was expecting) AND have to pay fucking UPS an additional 100 dollars to deliver it.
fucking carona fucking up EMS shipping fucking Chrono24 fucking FUCK

>>15429506

You better not be talking about the watch you replied to. Because that one looks fucking dope. Get some taste, loser.

>>15430760
That sounds like a made up watch name that they'd use in a GTA game

i've been considering a Longines VHP Conquest, but I've been reading that you many not be able to change thr battery yourself and have to send it in every 4-5 years. Anyone here know anything? And while we are at, what are some notable non-solar quartz movements?

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>>15430844
>>15430844
>>15430844

>>15430108

2bh, that's a nice watch. I like the styling on that and don't "really" care that it's a quartz watch. I have always wanted the styling of a more expensive luxury watch, and if that means I have to settle for quartz for the time being, I'm okay with that. I also like the tachymetre.

>>15430820
afaik it's some faux luxury pretend european brand of shitters made for the japanese and hong kong markets

>>15430578
Rate my grail.

>>15430711
Timex BBC

>>15429715
My chinkshit ST16 does -8s/d on the reg. A lucky NH35 I have does -0.5s/d when worn and kept crown up overnight. My Boctok does +7s/d on the average (+4 on wrist, +12 on table).

I understand most mechanical watches keep worse time than single digit seconds per day. For comparison, my quartz Q&Q SmileSolar (it's like swatch, if swatch were good) does +0.2s/d when worn daily, and +0.4s/d on the shelf.