/fa/ - Fashion

First for "oh you couldn't afford the rolex version?"

Is there any sense at all in going into this hobby if you're poor?

Seems to me that before, it was possible to get into hobbies and maybe even *make* money out of them, if not at least have a relatively low cost of entry, but nowadays every hobby just requires you to funnel a shitload of money into it.

the submariner date is revolting and should be considered a crime to own one. It is specifically made for yuppies faggots who sit on their fat ass all day who “need” the date complication filling out gay documents.

>>15905959

If you’re still poor after this weekend then honestly idk if there’s any hope for you anon.

Why did seiko ruin a good thing?

>>15905976
Because Seiko is crap now

Post watches

>>15906001
Okay

>>15905967
Dive watches are a complete farce anyway, might as well have the added functionality.

>>15906001

why did they do it bros?

>>15906035
What's the strap? Need one for my Chinesium flieger.

>>15906001
if you insist

>>15906053
The plain strap that comes with the Laco Aachen. I think they have them on their site. Its good and thicc

>>15905959
This is not a "hobby". Fishing is a hobby, piano is a hobby, sports is a hobby. Watches are just consumerism and marketing circlejerk. Imagine all mention of brand names were suddenly illegal you can bet this industry will fold overnight.

Buy the cheapest one for your practical use. All that other thousands of bucks would be better if you invested or gave to charity.

THE GRAND SEIKOIOKK

>>15906068
>Imagine all mention of brand names were suddenly illegal you can bet this industry will fold overnight.
Are you sure, I'd still like a nice watch that's made to my design preferences either way. I'd definitely buy one if it was cheaper.

>>15905976
They are trying to capture the western audience which means loud big watches and milking stale designs forever.

I seriously hope they release a midsize diver this year but it will probably never happen and we'll get yet another 45mm chonker.

>>15906068
This. Shits not hand made by elves in Sweden or Switzerland anymore

>>15906045
They saw the market for Americans who want a Daytona but are too impatient or poor and went for it

>>15906001
>>15906013
>>15906035
>>15906059
Can’t afford a Rolex?

>>15906045
Now they just need to put that date window out of its misery once and for all.

Which one of this shitters should I get?

Bro do you even casio? I'd post mine but I'm too drunk to unflip the unflipped picture.

>>15906117
None of them

>>15906117
>>15906130
Can't afford a Rolex?

>>15906135
Pffft your rolex can't calculate both dates AND times. Mine even comes with 10 pleasing beeps every midnight. Why? To tell God I survived another day.

>>15906135
You need new material. Why not flip the script for once. You do know Rolex owners are the most sensitive and proud about their basic b purchase.

>>15906162
Nobody owns a rolex they paid for in /wt/ though

Wear gold
craigshipp.com/grandseiko

>>15906001

A Milanese strap doesn't go well with anything.

>>15906001
that looks so much better on a leather strap than a metal

>>15906199
this

>>15906117
Just get a Seiko 5 for Christ’s sake

>>15905959
You don't have to spend a fortune, if you don't want to, to get a great watch on your wrist.

>>15906272
That depends entirely on your reason for buying a watch.

>>15906117
Cringe

>>15906272
Let me guess "not a fortune" is around 5k right?

>>15906207
Yes, although that strap is rubber.

>>15906400
ah, haha so it is. I wanted to say "fabric" strap just to be general but I thought that sounded dumb lol

>>15906391
5k isn't crazy for a researched purchase that could potentially last decades

>>15906420
>5k purchase
>probably immediately lose value the minute you wear it
>have to service it every 5 years or so
>send it to timbuktu and wait 6 months to get it back
>that will be another $1000 plus tip :^)

Please don't try to justify watches as a smart purchases. There's literally nothing smart about mechanical watches.

>>15906439
Never said it was intelligent or dumb. You should take a nap you seem upset

>>15905959
Buying shit isn't a hobby. Repairing stuff? Sure. But most people here jerk off over their amazing mechanical watch, then pay some pajeet a few hundred bucks to service it for them.

>>15906461
Damn that must be long dick johnson

What's a watch that says, "I'm from 4chan and proud of it"

>>15906478
F91W

>>15906449
You implied that a 5k purchase will last you longer when it's simply not true.

>>15906481
fuck hes not wrong

>>15906478
Amphibia maybe

>>15906483
I'm not the person you're arguing with, but you were the one who suggested the 5k number. They could have had a $300 Seiko in-mind and you just shifted the conversation in that direction.

>>15906001
>>15906481
Personally I prefer the F105W

>>15906487
Good thing I have one coming

>>15906483
Youre doing all the implying mate

It tells time. Good enough for me.

>>15906488
>5k isn't crazy for a researched purchase that could potentially last decades
>5k isn't crazy for a researched purchase that could potentially last decades
>5k isn't crazy for a researched purchase that could potentially last decades

Don't be disingenuous now.

>what brand name would you like pham
>white bread
>that sounds stupid
>WHITE BREAD

>>15906508
They need to toss the date

>>15906495
>Cable going up sleeve
Are you a robot?

>>15906497
>Let me guess "not a fortune" is around 5k right?
>Let me guess "not a fortune" is around 5k right?
>Let me guess "not a fortune" is around 5k right?

What exactly did I say that was wrong?

>>15906513
The preceding post has no bearing on the opinion you declared.

I've been pairing down. For those who have been following along:

Speedmaster: already sold, planning to buy the new version
Metal G-Shock: sold and replaced with a resin one
JLC: 100% set on selling, have to reach out to the friend I bought it from originally and see if he wants to buy it back, if not I'll list it

>>15906514
Sure it does? I said that you were the one who initially said 5k, and you were. That was the opinion that I declared. Hello?

>>15905959
That's because marketing has convinced people that buying slightly different variations of the same item is a hobby.

For the price of a cheap watch you can buy a camera and get started with photography, buy an instrument and learn to play it, get a pair of binoculars/a cheap telescope and observe planets and distant galaxies, plus a myriad of other things.

Don't get sucked into money-sinks like watch collecting, it sure is fashionable, but the added value to your life is so small that it's not an optimal investment for a regular guy.

>>15906518
the fact that you sold the jlc before the tudor baffles me

>>15906521
And? You still said 5k was a good lasting value. Bye.

>>15906525
All I said was a 5k watch can last a while I never implied it was gonna retain value or go up. CAN and POTENTIAL are the words of the day

>>15906525
Again, I'm not the person you were arguing with.
This is the problem with being anonymous online, I'm never sure if I should be tempering my expectations as if I were speaking to a 5-year-old or not. Clearly I should have.

Guys. I need the picture of the guy on facebook who wears a rolex on both of his wrists. I think he wore a kilt too.

>>15906529
Misleading. You can potentially be an astronaut by tomorrow but we all know what actually happens.

>>15906532
I read the time off my oven
Speaking of household time what's a nice wallclock for the living room?

>>15906534
Only if you have the reading comprehension of someone from elementary school

>>15906535
The clock on the living room microwave.

>>15906537
Only people from elementary school try to weasel away from they just posted and everyone can see like you do lmao.

>>15906535
If you're alright with digital I really like these giant ones from Marathon. They're radio-controlled to atomic time so you don't really have to think about it.

>>15906541
At least I know how to read

>>15906553
Do you? You don't even know what you posted lmao.

>>15906547
I was thinking something a little classier, those clocks remind me of the ones my grandparents bought from mail catalogs in the early 2000s.

>>15906535
Vostok ship clock with 6 day power reserve

tfw vostok mogs panerai
>>15906579
Based

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h69QxJMkPjw
thoughts?

>>15906583
What a bought and paid for shill.

>>15906068
>gave to charity.
Gotcha, rabbi

>>15906579
Where do I get a russian seaman to wind my clock though
>>15906068
>donate to charity
zoom zoom

>>15906579
Best source for those?

>>15906272
I'll give you a (You) since these philistines don't watch him.
>>15905959
>Is there any sense at all in going into this hobby if you're poor?
Yes. You'll have something to talk to rich people about. It's a lot more excusable to be poor of finances rather than taste, trust me.
>>15906001
here you go aynon
>>15906059
I can smell the raw fish, pickles, pelmeni and vodka from this image.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peculiarities_of_the_National_Fishing
I recommend this piece of kino. Thank me later.
>>15906117
Some dude recommended the cadisen version over parnis. The only thing I'd suggest is to never get gold-colored shit. Only gold.
>>15906140
based (10)
>>15906508
ughm hello its actually WhitebreaD
>>15906511
I'm usualy the first guy to say this, but colour-matched and at 16:30 it's not very obtrusive. Likely better w/o it though.
>>15906600
meranom

>>15906602
Meranom doesn't have shit in stock for watches or clocks

>>15906579
>210mm diameter at 74mm thick
Would only look a little large on my 7in wrists.

Hi /fa/ggots, I need me a full LOOM watch.
Can you suggest me some cheap and reliable watches so I can LOOM?

>>15906615
Lorus lumibrite field watch, around $45 on ebay

Thoughts on this chinkshit Longines rip off?
Got it back in 2016 for $30.
Surprisingly reliable shit, I expected it to get stuck one or two years in, but nope, still going.
One of hands went MIA after I've tried disassembling the watch due to some water getting instide. I got it all cleaned so there are still no problems and rust in there.

Which one?

https://www.ablogtowatch.com/seiko-announces-a-trio-of-limited-edition-140th-anniversary-prospex-dive-watches/

>>15906648
Middle, although fuck Seiko and their "limited editions"

>>15906459
>Buying shit isn't a hobby. Repairing stuff? Sure.
Gotta buy it first to repair and you have to buy a LOT of it to practice. And tools which cost thousands and a clean room to do it in. And you have to be in the right country for it really, since no one is going to buy a refurbished vintage watch from a dude in Timbuktu.

>>15906648
None. Stop enabling their bullshit and maybe they'll make some good watches for their asking prices.

>>15906522
>for a regular guy.
DESU in 2021 if you're a regular guy you're going to have a shit time anyway.

What do you think? Looks pretty epic to me.

>>15906676
Looks like a knockoff Sinn

Does a microshitter exist with:

>Speedy Mk2 design feel
>seagull movement

and if it doesn't how do I go about making it ?

>>15906680
Godspeed Sonoma

>>15906678
Yeah for 5 times less and with better specs.

>>15906685
Wow.

>>15906686
If you don't even like this one I don't know what to tell you.

>>15906693
Now this is horology.

You think Omega'll come up with new designs for the Artemis/Starship missions? Surely they can't keep milking the same speedy design?

>>15906684
>Good looking watch ruined with a stupid name and terrible fauxtina lume

I wish I could be disappointed but I've come to expect nothing less these days

>>15906698
>good looking
not with those hands they aren't

>>15906581
Even Casio.

>>15906648
I don't wear anything over 39mm so I have to pass until Seiko comes to their senses and releases a replacement for 013.

>>15906068
This.

>>15906068
>Fishing is a hobby
Having seen the sums my coworkers dump into boats and poles and can't say it's any better than watches.

>>15906117
One from the bottom row

>>15906697
They already made the X-33

What is the best retro sports watch (for poor people like me) and why is it the Yema superman?

>>15906719
Yeah I tried getting into it and honestly unless you just want to sit in the mud with a stick in hand and you have the stomach to put literal worms on the hook it's expensive as shit.

>>15906740
I was with you until you said it took stomach to put a worm on a hook. Wait until you're putting live trash fish on the hook to catch bigger fish.

>>15906737
Only heard bad QC stories from this brand.

>>15906746
Yeah I really don't want to do any of that, ideally I'd just buy the stuff and go sailing a bit and pretend I'm fishing.

Any good field watches? I have the SNZG15J1 from when I first started getting into watches but it's way to thick for what it is and wears weird because of it.

Rate the new Merkur mechanical chronograph
38mm seagull movement plexiglass $250

>>15906767
Also available in this weird grey edition that just looks like a greyed out out of stock watch

>>15906763
Explorer or Railmaster

>>15906769
Railmaster is mogging explorer shitters

>>15906785
Based, picking up mine this weekend.

>>15906785
Too bad it's limited edition, probably one of the best looking watches Omega makes

>>15906785
This reference is SO GOOD. Pic related as well. If the MC had a high-polished case it would be perfect.

>>15906785
Looks like shit all polished and smooth like that, like some tin shitter.

>>15906769
Explorer if the Rolex steel sports watch vibe matters to you. Railmaster if you like something that is more low key. As far as tech goes, the Railmaster is far superior to the Explorer

>>15906793
Why do they brush the dial on the normal edition? The classic look is so much better

>>15906798
Brushed dial is cool

>>15906802
It would be better if they ditched the lines coming from the center

>>15906737
Almost got one but ended up with a Baltic

What watch are you buying with your GME gains?

I hope the guy whose Baltic got stuck or sent back from customs is alright.
He was not in a good state :/

>>15906767
>>15906768
that's a lot of money to spend on a shitty render.

>buying shitters when you could be buying amc and gme

IWC B T F O

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001051137860.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.761e4c4dxTzcw4

>>15906880
Which is better? A or B dial?

>>15906879
Can't really do that easily in my country, it's mainly meant for Americans to get even richer.

>>15906883
Personal preference. I like B style in many newer style aviators. I prefer the A dial in classic fliegers.

>>15906518
>JLC: 100% set on selling, have to reach out to the friend I bought it from originally and see if he wants to buy it back, if not I'll list it
>100% set on selling by far your best watch
Kek

>>15906648
SARB017

>>15906893
Technically didn't the A dial get rapidly replaced in service as the B dial was much better as an actual tool?

>>15906879
GONNA BUY A GRAND SEIKO WITH MY STONKS

>>15906880
Is escapement time one of the best hidden gem chinese shitter brands?
Cheap and nice pilots watches, a few larger marine style watches with the unitas style movements.
A classic king seiko homage with a mechaquartz 3 hander, a vintage swiss style watch with a huge domed sapphire and a miyota 9000 series movement for $150, date and no date options.
A quartz fleiger chrono that doesn't have that gay seiko mechaquartz with the useless 24hr subdial.
Just added an SKX homage

>>15906880
Stowa/Laco maybe

IWC don't look like classic fliegers

>>15906875
Is that what they ordered? I was wondering what watch they got

>>15906880
Why in the video on the listing do they have one frozen in an ice cube?

>>15906936
That’s what I deduced, but I don’t know for sure.

>>15906932
The King Seiko homage makes no sense as 40mm with those lugs.

>>15906001

>>15906985
Judging from your pic

I am picturing a pretentious mid 30s brit

>>15906925
No idea but sounds feasible, not that the inner dial provides that much more utility. I still like the A dial. So simple/sterile.

>>15906932
I intend to find out after however many weeks/months it takes it to get here from China. The specs and design are identical to what many microbrands in the US would offer at $300 to $600. I expect they come out of the same factories making said US microbrand watches. $99 is a stupid good deal for decent SST case, sapphire crystal, NH35 and devotion to the original flieger aesthetic.

>>15906932
Never did understand that 24h subdial bullshit. On the SNA411P1 they at least turned it into a separate alarm clock. Can set it to a second time zone and use it purely as a clock for added utility. I sold a Mechawartz Seiko I had simply because it seems like retarded fluff and because the overall build quality on that watch never impressed.

>>15906001

>>15907004
You calling my watch pretentious, mate?

>>15907028
>Richard
Good book choice.

>>15906045
Any publicity is good publicity. This is easily the most controversial watch since the AP Code 11.59 disaster. I think it will sell extremely well.

>>15906879
Am I too late for this? I just want to buy my Sinn.

>>15906001
>>15906135
Still no rolex on a book itt? I guess they're all larping or they don't read

Hey guys, check out my new watch.

Yes, I am stupid enough to think I can restore this.

>>15907055
Go for it! :rocketshipemoji: :rocketshipemoji: :rocketshipemoji: :rocketshipemoji:

>>15906481
damn didn't know scholagladiatoria shitposted here

>>15907069
stuff like that is only for people with balls of steel who can watch stocks all day. If you want to make money with zero effort in the market, buy SOXL, TQQQ and FNGU on red days. free money

>>15906518
The verb is "paring down", from the infinitive "to pare".

And that collection is too austere.
The Pelagos and Flieger are basically the exact same execution: linear matte white on matte black.

>>15907053
Thanks, haven't gotten far yet, but it's very funny and well written. I'm getting old, didn't need google for that reference

>>15907069
$126 now

Could still blow up either way, but I can imagine a lot of retail investors are sweating bullets right now.
Overall it's a very good thing for the financial markets (and especially the traditional hedge fund whales) to get a jolt like this.
Things were getting a little stale.

What watch does Elon wear? It looks like he used to wear one more back in the PayPal days.

>>15907121
Think he wears brietling

What're some good leather bands for a field watch?

Why are date complications almost always poorly done?

>>15907171
Because they never fit on the watch properly. There's no such thing as a good date complication, but day/date is fantastic. Fully replaces the 3 marker instead of looking like a bizarre replacement for it or trying to have half a marker instead (never works).

>>15907183
What about top day and 3 date?

>>15907121
tfw based Gates wears Casio

>>15907184
Those things are fucking ugly. You want everything in one place anyway.

>>15907059
brush with white vinegar and investigate the damage. Near the edge with the golden "bubbles" isn't looking good.

>>15907059
disassemble and put in ultrasonic cleaner and hope it's salvageable

>>15907201
Ultrasonic will fuck the magnets up. I'm going to disassemble it and clean every part carefully, if it's still fucked I'll just get another movement eventually.

>>15907207
I didn't say put the whole thing in there.

Neva 4 get
Fuck mechanical shitters

Anyone have a Vostok bezel they'd want to sell? I don't want to pay $40 and wait three months for shipping

>>15907227
look into seiko bezels, a lot of modders use those

If you were to assemble a 6 watch collection of these brands:

1) Breitling
2) Rolex
3) Omega
4) cheap beater brand like Vostok/Luminox/whatever
5) Sinn
6) Casio

What would you get from each and why (so that it best completes a 6-watch-box collection)?

>>15907289
1. Navitimer, math
2. Sub date 41mm, poosey
3. Railmaster, afraid of magnets
4. Classic amphibia w/ cushion case, blyat
5. 356, chrono to time my poos
6. G-steel, to finally beat up my dad

>>15907289
6 Rolexes

>>15907289
>Breitling
That black ana-digi one
>Rolex
Datejust 36 silver sticks fluted
>Omega
Seamaster Diver 300
>Cheap beater
I like that green Vostok but they are too thick. I don’t know.
>Sinn
U50
>Casio
5610

>>15907289
1) Navitimer
2) Day date 36
3) Vintage Geneve
4) Swiss Army Cavalry
5) U50
6) Pokemon Baby G

>>15906518
The jlc Reverso? Why would you sell it? It's a masterpiece!

>>15907289
why not just invest into one really nice watch that holds it's value instead of having a meme rotation filled with shitters and meme brands

>>15907289
1) Premier Chronograph
2) Platinum 36 Day Date
3) Black 41mm Seamaster Diver 300m
4) Komandirskie
5) Sinn 105 UTC
6) Casio Duro

>>15906518
>have one horologically interesting watch in JLC
>sell it and keep 4.5 shitters
For what purpose?

>>15907289
Navitimer 43mm B01 on bracelet
Datejust 36 all steel domed bezel blue
New moonwatch
some Strela chronograph with the slavshit Valjoux clone, probably
356 (probably getting one soon)
Ocean anus

>>15906737
The future is yema

>>15907361
Dunno, you tell me.

>>15907361

As much as they cost, it'll take most people most of a lifetime to buy one, and once a person passes a certain age, the appeal of fancy stuff starts to fade. After all, if a person makes it to 50 or so without ever buying a super fancy watch, getting one at that point isn't a high priority unless they come upon a windfall of some sort or have had a life long desire for some specific one.

I often wanted a fancy car, but now that I'm able to buy one, it's kind of like, "meh."

ID on this watch please

- Reddit

>>15907400

>>15905959
I'm rather frugal and I've been lurk here for a year and a half. Only got a Vostok, a Casio and a Pagani, but I enjoy the discussion and watching other anons' pieces

my true grail watch is getting a watch gf

>>15907412
Easy when you're rich and famous like her husband (and into all the retarded German fetish shit they're into).

>>15906117
two tone, gold dial, go full sleaze

>>15907415
who's her husband?

Any of you know a place to buy straps that won't cost me a leg and an arm to ship to Yurop?

>>15907435
craigshipp.com

>>15907415
Kai from Watchvice.
But he isn't really rich and famous, he is running a marketing agency and works with a german jeweller to get watches, he doesn't own that many.

>>15907447
I would go gay for craig

>>15907450
Dude is 10 years younger than me and I can barely afford a fucking Hamilton. Fuck my life.

>>15907447
that’s a hell of a jacket
>>15907473
Hammies are an honest man’s watch, no shame in that outside of Lithuanian chess forums.

>>15907465
You'd have better chances with the dogman

>>15907489
Wellthereyougo

Glashutte Original is based.

>>15907535
Is that curved slot the 12hr chrono totalizer? Pretty neat if so.

>>15907538
Yep

>>15907535
5¢ have been deposited into your account

Is the bezel on this static?

>>15906196
Kino watch and book. How do you like the baltic? Part of me wants to get one but itd be over $1k cad with the strap and bracelet. Fuck me.

Ok bros, I need some advice. Local postings on Kijiji show a listing for a Rolex Explorer 1 (pic related) that the guy says he "purchased just a few months ago from a local authorized dealer." He says he was "on a waiting list for this piece for about a year" and that he hasn't worn it at all since purchasing. Offering full box, papers, receipt.

He's asking approx. 30% above retail MSRP and says his price his firm, but the listing has been up for almost a month so I'm guessing there haven't been many takers and that he might be itching to sell.

What should my negotiation strategy be?

>>15906478
Anon's hentai subm4r1n3r. So based

>>15907552
Waiting list for an Explorer 1? The fuck?

>>15907561
Yeah, I'm feeling like he's exaggerating because in my city Rolex waiting lists aren't particularly long even for watches like the Daytona and I have seen Explorer 1s in AD/boutique display cases.

>>15906518
I like it dawg. Get a grand seiko to replace the JLC to maximize the seethe you're generating

>>15907552
>41mm explorer
>paying over retail
>helping some cuck flip watches so he can become a preferred customer

>>15906518
This literally gets worse every time you edit it.

Is this a larp ?

>>15907552
Don't do it anon, go sit on that list yourself if that is the case. While you're there mention him flipping one and potentially get him banned from buying more.

>>15907571
The idea is to pay ideally 20% or more below retail if possible. No way I would pay above retail for a secondary market Explorer 1.

>>15907546
It looks just like the piece of shit one on my buddies, and that turns.

>>15907577
I wish I knew exactly where he got it because I would not consider myself above ratting him out for trying to flip the watch at a profit.

>>15907552
He will wait on that garbage forever. If you offer him retail he might try and talk you up to 10%, but if you offer anything below he will completely shut you out.

>>15907578
I'd send him a message with your offer letting him know if he changes his mind. Then put yourself on the wait list at an AD.

Use that as leverage if he tried to cut a deal "already on the wait list" "you'd rather wait 6 months if can't meet your price"

>>15907289
1. Premier chrono
2. Submariner
3. Vintage handwind constellation/seamaster
4. Boctok black scuba dude no date with an aftermarket bezel and crown. Or my orange monster
5. U50
6. Mudman
You will receive no explanation.

>>15907535
That is so fucking cool.

Recommended me a watch
>under $200
>on the small side
>brushed metal case
>look good with a dark brown strap
>preferably quartz or digital
>durable

I was thinking of a bertucci field watch, but I dont know if there are better options

>>15907596
Good idea. Thanks bro.

>>15907289
.

>>15907629
Citizen Chandler

>>15906579
>6 day power reserve
My wall clock lasts a few months.

https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/uneven-lume-mark-on-black-bay-58-blue-am-i-being-too-picky-here-guys.5275576/

LMFAO SUCK IT POORFAGS

>>15907691
I will never understand that hour hand. It's just fucking hideous.

>>15907535
I think this is their coolest watch. So loaded with features and you get a top tier bracelet too.

Still rocking the squarepill

>>15906518
The Speedmaster and JLC were your best watches. Your old speedmaster was better looking than the new one!

Best genta-esque watch for Tissot money?

why dont retarded manufacturers know the only way to be a submariner is to make your dive watch fucking small even the maxi case subs are still smaller than most

>>15907776
A Tissot.

>>15907776
See
>>15907735

>>15907780
Because big = good

>>15907700
The whole "snowflake" name seems like an attempt to rebrand it as something other than a big fat ugly rectangle

>>15907691
>>15907700
>>15907786
Tudors are dogs. Go Grand Seiko.
craigshipp.com/grandseiko

>open the ladies watches section of WUS
>hope to find some qt hairy arms to fap to
>it's all literal grannies with liver spots and shit

>>15907827
No woman under 50 gives a shit about watches, they're slaves to current trends. At best they'll be wearing some designer shitter with a 2 cent quartz movement in it.

>>15907838
>>15907827
The average woman cares even less about watches than the average man.
And WUS is an old people's forum

https://www.watchuseek.com/threads/rolex-v-tudor-trying-to-decide-between-the-two.5269488/

Heh...

>>15906508
nice seiko mod bro

>>15907447
man that looks cozy

>>15907535
>east german watch company
>had dope aesthetics but shit cases due to embargo from the west
>berlin wall comes down despite Thatcher being concerned that germany once recombined would be a superpower
>Glashutte rebrands, goes full haute horology and keeps it's soviet dial aesthetics while schilling to the rich
>yeah I'm thinking based
>a united germany does indeed come to dominated the European Union, but east Germany is in a perpetual depression in comparison to the west
>what. a. ride.

seriously though would love a glashutte

>>15907887
Thereyougo

>>15907967
thumb looks weird

>>15905949
Is it okay to wear a watch while wearing sprezz or tip

>>15907977
yes
preferably gold on a leather strap.

>>15906898
I agree, it probably is technically my nicest watch. It's also the most expensive by a couple grand (more as I'm currently without Speedmaster), and the one that I literally never wear. I bought it because my friend happened to be selling it and I wanted to tick the dress watch box. Turns out I don't need a dress watch and I think I can spend that money on things I'd actually get use out of.

>>15907102
Good shout on "paring", I didn't know that. As for the Tudor and Laco being similar I see where you're coming from, but I can't get behind it. Those are my two favorite watches for entirely different reasons.

>>15907354
Not a Reverso, a Master Ultra Thin Small Seconds. It's honestly got nothing to do with the watch itself, I just realized I bought it to tick the dress watch box and it turns out I don't need one.

>>15907367
For the purpose of wearing them. I didn't get into this to have the nicest collection of "safe-queens".

>>15907568
Honestly I do like GS, but I'm not sure that I'd get one. As for the seething, they all hated my collection initially anyways.

>>15907737
I highly disagree on the Speedmaster, I think the new one looks much nicer, especially the bracelet since that's the biggest change. Plus being co-axial and METAS certified are both great things in my eyes. Plus I owned my last one for 2-3 years (and wore it a fair bit) and I only lost like $500 when I sold it, I'm certainly not sad about losing it.

>>15908061
You've learned the most important lesson in watch collecting.
Never buy a watch to tick a box.

>>15906879

>mfw robinhood shuts down for good this weekend and all these faggots lose all their money

>>15908118
What are you rattling about?

>>15908128

i was going to call you a retard and ask you if you have been living under a rock for the last week, but not knowing whats going on as the world is experiencing a cataclysmic event is kind of based.

this is basically you right now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9i_7Js7ZXQ

It's up!

https://youtu.be/HoE7IZvNkMo

>>15908153
I don't day trade, I'm a hodler, I'm still sitting tight on AMD from $10. So no I don't look at stocks very often.

>>15908158
>Phoibos PX002C
basado I bought one recently from LIW

Thoughts on the 105 "UTC"?

>>15908176
apple watch homage

Think I found the perfect shitter boys.

>>15908186
>CW
>massive crown
So close, but so far.

>>15908161
Buy and hold one Bitcoin.
Strong hands like Craig always win.

>>15908180
My first thot as well

>>15907850
>It has been almost like I was being “paid” to wear a Rolex.

>>15908176
Its a modern alternative to boomer explorer ii. Which is pretty kuch ever sinn. They are what rolex were 50 years ago when they were making quality watches that were relatively affordable to most people.

I want a ezm 3f criminally underrated. Love the u1 u50 but feel its not as versatile.

what is craig shipps end game?

>>15907551
I love it. Already got 5 straps in the mail for this beast. One of them of course is a midnight and barley nato

NEW TEDDY

https://youtu.be/4wH9sDrzVDQ

>>15907552
buy a rep and enjoy not being duped by marketing execs into buying hyped shit while some arabs in doha laugh about middle class guys assraping their wallets

>>15906481
>>15906489
For me, it's the A700:
>better backlight
>better display
>6mm thick

>>15907289
>1) Breitling
Chronomat D13352 V28986
>2) Rolex
Turn-O-Graph 16264 V27435
>3) Omega
Speedmaster Reduced 3539.50.00
>4) cheap beater brand like Vostok/Luminox/whatever
Seiko SKX013
>5) Sinn
103 St Sa
>6) Casio
GMW-B5000D-1JF

>mogs your explorer

so in 2019 Rolex said the drought would be over in 2 years

>>15907289
What a bunch of overhyped dogshit fucking brands

>>15907661
Yeah I was going to say this
>>15907629
Citizen BM8180-03E (chandler)

Price has gone super high, used to be on amazon for $50-80

>>15908471
To be fair they were not expecting Covid to happen. So in 2020 production dropped by something like 30% but demand was higher than ever. It will be many years before the watch market and specifically Rolex return to how they used to be. In fact they may never and this is the new normal.

>>15908483
source on that?

>>15908487
Just google it or watch some YT channels. All the major Swiss brands shut their factories back in March and production was never back to 100% for the rest of the year. Combine that with the knock-on supply chain issues and production is down everywhere. Same for the demand especially when Rolex released their new models in September.

>>15907289
>Breitling
Navitimer
>Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
>Omega
Speedmaster Pro
>cheap beater
Bertucci or Seiko 5 or something
>Sinn
556 I with the red seconds hand
>Casio
Oceanus T200S

Is it just me or do Omega watches seem more like toys

>>15908465
fuck I love this watch. shame the 6r is such an average movement though

>>15907289

1) Breitling
Superocean Heritage Chronograph
2) Rolex
Sea Dweller
3) Omega
Seamaster Diver 300M
4) cheap beater brand like Vostok/Lumiox/whatever
Seiko SRPC39K1
5) Sinn
U1
6) Casio
MDV106-1A

what is the best tag hueur watch?

>>15908643
I've heard the new alpinist has an improved movement, but fuck me the X is just so goddamn ugly

>>15908662
That one.

>>15908662
Either the monaco of the carrera imo. Of course it depends on which specific refs you're talking about.

>>15908662
Do not buy one

>>15908624
>Is it just me or do Omega watches seem more like toys
They have the same mall design cues that 90/early 00s TAG Heuer had so yeah.

>>15908643
20 bar, hacking and a 50hr power reserve under $400. It does alright as a movement

>>15908692
What are the cheapest watches with the biggest power reserve?

Is there a watch database anywhere where you can actually put in stats like that and get lists to compare?

I live in a gated resort retirement community, one of my neighbors ( a former GM mid-level executive) wears a two-tone Datejust, I commented to him one day, "Nice Datejust", he stood there for a couple of seconds with a blank stare and finally replied, "No, it's a Rolex"!

That about sums it up!

>>15908693
for context, most Vostoks have a 30hr reserve

Go go go >>15908704

>>15908693
it'd probably be any of the swatch group entry level shitters with a H10 or Powermatic what-ever-the-fugg they call it movements.

>>15907289
I'd get a midsize Omega Seamaster and donate the rest to charity

>>15907552
Cringe. Ignore Rolex and hope all of them never sell their brand circlejerk watch until it's worthless.

>>15908701
Why is that a surprise? I bet most people who buys a Rolex knows little about watches. They just know the brand name and that they make good watches.

>>15907289
>1) Breitling
Navitimer 1959
>2) Rolex
King Midas
>3) Omega
Seamaster Pro 300m ceramic gloss dial
>4) cheap beater brand like Vostok/Luminox/whatever
Vostok Neptune
>5) Sinn
U1
>6) Casio
Metal G-Shock

>>15907629
Citizen BM8180, I've had one for almost 20 years and all I've done is swap the strap as the keeper broke and replace the crystal as it was in a drawer for a while and got scratched.

>>15908881
Its a little out of my price range, are they reliable? I dont know much about the eco drive system other than its solar lasts pretty long.

Id like something I can wear when Im 80 or pass on to my kid someday, so I was thinking quartz because they last forever. I heard the power cell in the eco drive wears down to about %80 capacity after 10 years

>>15908993
No kid is going to care about some 200 dollar shitter.

Quartz doesn't last forever, there's still mechanical strain inside and you have to service them occasionally, although it's more like every 50 years instead of every 5.

>>15908993
It it very reliable, I forgot about mine in a drawer for a couple of years and when it was put into the light it fired up straight away.
You might have to swap the capacitor every 15-20 years so you may as well get it serviced at the same time.

>>15907782

fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk that actually looks good. ( I mean not going to lie looks shitty there but in good photos of the watch looks great, why do watch brands always take such shitty photos of their watches ?)

not usually a fan of tissot

>>15906615