/fa/ - Fashion

The Willard has been satisfactory fellas.
Comfy cushion case.
Fits smaller than it’s proportions suggest, mostly due to short lug-to-lug.
Polishing is killer.
Threw the garbage bracelet out for a rubber strap
>pic unrelated, not mine.

>>17352865
>>17352809
I had an Uncle chocolate bar strap on my Willard for the better part of the year but the keepers broke off. Not sure I'd recommend them.
For now it's back on the bracelet that I'm not very enchanted with. Its character is not really suited to it I think, regardless of the quality of the bracelet.

Also I had a prime shitpost ready but the new thread took too long and I forgot what I was going to write to incite the rabble.

I currently own 4 of these, but this is the collection I'm aiming for. Thoughts?

Post inspired by stupid things watches. I'll start.
Glass bottle watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTpzSrRTtYA
It's up.

>>17352875
need more color

>>17352871
I got it on a SPB153J1 strap. I sell Seikos so I just ordered a strap through our supplier.
I’ll be picking up a chocolate bar and a Haveston nato. Might fuck around with some canvas or sailcloth straps aswell.

>>17352872
Damn if that one has issues too i won't recommend them at all. I thought it was only the tropic.
Anyway its hard to justify getting anything else when the $9 fkm rubber straps on ali are really freaking nice.

>>17352896
> I sell Seikos
How are you enjoying your time here, Mahk?

>>17352875
Just get what you like dude, it aint that deep.

>>17352875
Too many.

You're not a celebrity, no one is interested in your 8 "I'm poorfag trying hard" shitters. No one is going to see "your collection". Get a digital shitter, MAYBE a shitter field watch, then maybe an actually good watch

>>17352875
You're already at the perfect number.
Keep the Citizen, the G-Shock and either the Stowa or the Speedy.

>>17352875
>over 10k worth of watches
>not a single good one
Just get a Rolex and be done with watches, retard

inb4 based casio poster
>>17352875
>i currently own 4 of these
let me guess which ones

>>17352923
Based

Fetishizing "a collection" instead of "a decent watch for when I want one" is a mistake redditor sois make.

They DON'T "want to be done with it" and so decide they NEED 8 shitters instead of one good watch.

>>17352902
Eh, it sort of is just because I limit myself to how many my watch case can hold (plus one as a daily).

>>17352923
Unfortunately my tastes exclude almost all Rolex watches. I don't like the cyclops date magnifier, I don't like the mercedes hour hand, and I don't like the green crystal on the newer Milgauss. Leaves me with Oyster Perpetual and Daytona, I like the Citizen as a daily more than the OP and I like the Speedmaster more than the Daytona.

>>17352930
Go for it.

sex.

>>17352673
>>17352687

>>17352045
>>17352090
>>17352125

>>17352944
Powerful

>>17351952
>>17351966
>>17352200
Dekla type B (42mm, 6steel), inhouse german brand (except for movement and I imagine the sapphire). Had the strap made from diaboliq straps. Better then laco/stowa for less (at the time I bought it, maybe more now)

6steel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oaAxXW78yE&t=7s

>>17352871
So you have the crazy expensive one or the Prospex one?

post your have’s and want’s

have
>seiko skx007
>seiko spb151j1
>citizen bn0157-11x

want
>CASIO G-SHOCK GA-2100-7AER
>DOXA SUB 300 PROFESSIONAL
>CWC SBS DIVER ISSUE (QS120-DD)
>60/70s SEAMASTER

>>17352961
Nice royal orient

>>17352933
>They DON'T "want to be done with it" and so decide they NEED 8 shitters instead of one good watch.

This is, unfortunately, true and a lot of hoard-- I mean, collectors do it, for whatever excuse they can concoct to justify their shopping.
>I have X slots in my watchbox
>I ""need"" to have a dress watch, a dive watch, a chrono, a travel watch...
>I need to have a Rolex, a Grand Seiko, a watch from the Trinity...

Meanwhile, you could just look to your dad* and realize that you can manage just fine with a Datejust in any and all situations.

*With all due apologies to American anons, I'm sorry you don't know your fathers.

picrel is the greatest and best watch ever made
all else is cope

>>17352964
This is cool anon

Only Seamaster I fuck with

>>17352982
Lmao, my dad's been wearing the same Datejust since 1979. He wore it when we climbed Kilimanjaro and he wore it at my wedding. The only time he's not worn it has been when it was being serviced.

I used to own a large number of watches that I justified via increasingly silly reasons.
(I was one of those guys that needed a watch to "tick every box". Chronograph, vintage, ultra-thin, high horology, all that shit.)

I cannot bring myself to only own one watch, but I've limited myself to two: a sports watch and dress watch. The sports watch is currently a G-Shock Mudman and the dress watch is a JLC Reverso.

If I ever get a new watch, it will have to replace one or the other. That said, I still love talking about watches.

>>17352939
what were they thinking with that date window

>>17353043
Commitment to being period correct. The one from 1969 had it.

This might be ignorant But Casio makes watches? I have a calculator by them that I use all the time. I didn’t know they did watches.

as much as i admire the engineering behind mechanical watch i can't help but think that for most of the business its nothing more than jewelry for men.
which is kinda gay imo.

if your watch cost more than 1k and has precious metals in it, you are objectively a woman

>>17353041
I'm this guy >>17352875

Technically two of these could be viewed as "ticking boxes", but not because I think every collection "needs" these things, I just like divers and chronographs. If I had to have one watch it would be the Citizen hands-down. But I also really like wearing divers and chronographs. I could pretty easily cut down to four with those three and the G-Shock, but the rest I also like for some sort of historical significance.

>>17353078
>still justifying hoarding

>>17353073
Oh wow its a 18 jewel unitas movement with some extra polishing and a fancy balance wheel.
Let me guess that watch costs 10-20k.

>>17353082
weird place to draw the line for a fashion board
>closet full of clothes and sneakers but only one watch you fuck

>love looking at watches
>wristlet
how do i cope

>>17353094
Look at vintage pieces.

>>17352871
I'm planning on picking one up soon

>>17352875
I saw a Laco the other night and the metal wears lovely, the edges rub and gives it a very interring finish. I'd rather go with one of Stowas small ref, the 41mm all white dial wears very large.

>>17352939
It's growing on me, would need to try one on

>>17352956
I think the CWC is so of bad value

>>17353037
I love it

>>17353092
Ironically my watch is the only thing that changes. My closet is just like ten copies of the same exact outfit.

>>17353094
More wristlet friendly watches have been released in the last couple years then for the previous 20. Plenty of good stuff out there

>>17353099
That's the most reddit picture I've seen in a long time. You should post it there. You'll get all sorts of updoots.

>>17352892
What are you 14?

>>17353041
>The sports watch is currently a G-Shock Mudman and the dress watch is a JLC Reverso.
post pic

>>17353115
They have nicer watches and better taste than /wt

>6.5in wrist
Chronographs aren’t for me huh :(

>>17353125
This one is. >>17352939
Even the Moonwatch wears smaller than its numbers suggest.

>>17353125
You can get some 38mm chronographs. I recommend the Baltic Bicompax, maybe the Seagull 1963.

>>17353118
Here you go.

>>17352871
I hope you didn't buy an uncle seiko strap

>>17353085
Watches designed and entirely hand made as one-off pieces by people living in expensive countries tend to be like that

>>17353149
>designed
There is no desgin work involved in making a decorated version of a $150 eta movement

>>17353108
can you gib examples please?

>>17353150
you said unitas earlier why did you change your story? do you feel it makes it sound "even worse"?

the escapement is an original design by the maker. if you can find another person out there coming up with his own takes on things like that, and personally implementing them, and you can sell them for $1500k a pop and make it a viable business, you should be doing that and not shitposting on 4chins

>>17353156
that will be $20,000 please

>>17353078
>historical significance
which ones? what significance?

>>17353138
Nice. I'm jealous.
What sort of pieces did you have before you cut it down to those two?

>>17353176
The Omega Speedmaster I assume everybody knows, third watch on the top row, that was the "first" watch worn on the moon (quotation marks because it's technically tied with a Bulova prototype that later became the Lunar Pilot).

The Laco Leipzig, to the right of the Speedy is a fleiger pilot's watch, it's what German Luftwaffe were given during World War II. This one is specifically a type-B dial, with the hour markers on an inner ring and the minutes printed around the outside, worn by the observer in the plane that was coordinating the runs. Laco was also one of the original five(?) manufacturers who were contracted to make them during the way. Others were like A Lange & Sohne, IWC, Wempe, Stowa...I think that's it.

The Stowa Marine, bottom left, is modeled after a naval deck watch, which like a big pocket watch that would stay in a wooden box in the captain's chambers, they had to be particularly accurate because they used them to calculate their position using longitude and latitude.

The black field watch next to that is a Benrus, and that's the model that was issued to US soldiers during the Vietnam war. Not much else than that, but I figured if I got a field watch it should be a significant historical model.

The Sturmanskie, the yellow-dial one beside that, was the first watch to be worn in space. Yuri Gagarin, a Russian astronaut, wore it on his first un-landed shuttle into orbit. It was the watch the Russians gave to pilots as they graduated flight school. Fun little piece of trivia, it was un-landed craft (meaning they had to jump out) and they had to parachute down with shotguns on their backs because they could land somewhere with bears. Russians are built different.

Some more significant than others, and none of them are (or will be) vintage ones that were actually used that way, but it's a fun little daydream when you check your watch as your day is passing slowly to think about how they were used as legitimate tools in the past.

>>17353190
Oh, I should also add, that Stowa is a bit larger than I'd like but that's because it actually uses the same movement that you'd find in those deck pocket watches back in the day. Neat little tidbit.

>>17353184
>What sort of pieces did you have before you cut it down to those two?
Too fucking many.
Omega Speedmaster, Omega Planet Ocean, Rolex Explorer II, Rolex Day-Date, Piaget Altiplano, Cartier Tank Louis, Patek Aquanaut, a bunch of complicated JLCs, Blancpain Bathyscaphe...
Those were the highlights.

...and I realized that I had close to 6 figures tied up in fucking watches. I work from home most of the time and no one I know cares about watches.

No kidding, I bought these watches because of the internet.

The Reverso was the only one I actually liked wearing. So that's the one I kept. The Mudman's utility is self-evident.

>>17353190
not gonna lie with that level of autism interest i cant fault you for having or wanting so many

>>17353198
>No kidding, I bought these watches because of the internet.
That's like everyone on WUS, lmao. Guys convincing themselves they NEED some watch...only to take pictures of it and post on social media.

>>17353198
Why did you keep the reverso?

>>17353207
I have this mindset about 3/4 of the year, but a few times of year I'm at an event/venue/social gathering where everyone else has a real watch that costs at least $4000 and I have a fucking $399 seiko with a $100 aftermarket strap to show everyone I have a very half-assed interest in watches and probably can't afford anything good so everyone be nice to the poorfag he's out of his element

>>17353228
>>17353207
oh, so what I meant to add to that is, social media has got nothing to do with it, I just feel like a bum when I've got the shittiest watch in the entire event space

>>17353010
I'm wearing on rn and can confirm

>>17353214
A couple of reasons: it's the most comfortable, I liked the way it looked best, it's steel and I didn't like wearing gold.
If the Day-Date were white gold, I might have actually kept it. It was the classic yellow gold-champagne dial combination. Beautiful watch, but I just felt like some greaseball Italian when I wore it.

Also, so many of the watches were redundant. Like, the Explorer II, I bought that as an "adventure-travel" watch but, whenever I actually went to some place where an ExpII would thrive, I had the G-Shock, which was even better.
All the dive watches? Yes, I do dive...and I have a dive computer, like every diver of the last four decades.

The complicated watches were cool but, again, I could enjoy them without spending 10k+ on them. Knowing the technology exists is pleasure enough, since I never wore them when they sat in the box or on the winder.

>>17353138
Both of the are too big for you.

>>17353230
You can do what >>17353138 did and have one killer watch.
The Reverso is actually GOAT in this situation. No one's going to say JLC is shit. No one buys a JLC without knowing what it is. It's not like Rolex, where people buy the status.

You could easily imagine someone wearing a steel Reverso could have a gold Patek or Breguet sitting somewhere. Such a person clearly is into watches.

>>17353138
Extremely based anon

>>17353238
Nah, they're not. They fit fine. I'm wearing them loosely for the purposes of the pic. You can't wear two watches at once.

is there a name for this kind of bracelet?

Oh, look!!!!
Another thread filled with seething poorfags.
When will you plebs learn?

>>17353245
Solid metal bracelet

>>17353245
Generally speaking, it's a single-link bracelet. That design, however, is specific to the VC Overseas.

>>17353138
Casio, quartz, high horology, no Rolex cope, "ticks all the boxes"

Holy shit, I think you've solved /wt/

>>17353245
integrated bracelet

>>17353241
I'm not buying a fucking reverso lol

I just want the cheapest possible thing that doesn't scream "pleb" or "cope" or "he really doesn't know what he's doing he just wanted the cheapest possible thing that doesn't scream 'pleb' or 'cope' or 'he really doesn't know what he's doing'" so like, not a quartz tag or an oris or anything like that

>>17353259
No one really cares.
In the final analysis, you're judged by what kind of a man you are.
Not the thing on your wrist.

>>17353259
>>17353241
I should add - even if I got a used reverso it would just scream "larping as old money". I'm not a complete fuckup but I'm also not a trust fund kid or a fintech startup bro, it has to be consistent with my basic biographical details, wardrobe, and lifestyle. so, very obviously, not a reverso. but there's a lot of space between a reverso and a $399 seiko, I'm just trying to find that spot. but no, old money WASP watch brands aren't going to work.

>>17353260
yeah well when you blew up the WTC and changed modern history you can drop lines like that, in my case I'm just a regular guy, and people don't go "oh, you're not related to .....?" when my surname comes up

so a nice watch can tip the scales in favor of "oh, this guy has his shit together", which is all I ask a watch to do

>>17353246
Post your watches

>>17353259
>>17353261
JLC Master Date?

Or, if you want to look like someone who just like watches but there's no background story, you can get a Glashutte Original Senator Navigator. You can get them pre-owned around 3-3.5k.

Anyone who knows watches will know the brand and the quality. For everyone else, it will just be a nice watch. Plus, it's a Flieger style, so you can wear it casually if you want, and it has a neat minute-reset complication.

>>17353266
JLC, PP, and VC are out of the question

I like some glashutte originals but the general vibe I get from them is "fat old man" (maybe because the only people I've met with them are, indeed, fat old men). also fliegers are probably my least favorite watch style, and that thing is way too big, I want something where I don't have to have my left cuff an inch larger than my right cuff (I have a shirt that I had made that way as a test, and it makes me extremely self conscious and basically started my latest watch anxiety binge)

>>17353259
>>17353261
>>17353266

There are a ton of watches out there that you can get for really cheap that watch aficionados will recognize as being good. Fuck what /wt/ thinks, it doesn't have to be a Rolex.

A perfect example is something from the Chopard LUC line. You can get those for pennies on the dollar second-hand or gray market. They are legit high quality. Any watch aficionado who sees one will be impressed. Anyone who doesn't care about watches will just see "Oh, a watch...it doesn't say Seiko or Rolex on the dial....I don't know what it is and don't care."

>>17353273
I actually had a rolex, I stopped wearing it the 3rd or 4th time someone was like "rolex, eh? nice!"

I don't want a chopard or some other obscure shit, I want something semi-mainstream, not ultra ultra common, but non-autistic. something like how jens stoltenberg has that omega that is completely boring shit, but also not a watch anyone can talk shit about. something like that, but not an omega, maybe one level less from the mainstream than that, but not two levels less.

>>17353273
>A perfect example is something from the Chopard LUC line.
I was about to write this. There is no better way to spend 3-4k and look like you know about watches.

>>17353279
>I don't want a chopard or some other obscure shit, I want something semi-mainstream, not ultra ultra common, but non-autistic.
Pick an obscure model from a well-known brand.

Like Cartier. Skip the Tank and Santos. Go for the Pasha.

>>17352871
i have the umera and regret not getting this but its like 5k preowned for a seiko

>>17353280
>>17353273
This is available in chrono24 for about 5k. I find the design truly appealing, clean but also manly and classic. Should I pull the trigger?

>>17353292
>42mm
do you weigh 300 pounds?

Do Chinese like Tudor? Found out Jay Chou partnered with them and as cheesy as it sounds, it actually makes me view the brand in a positive light. (Go ahead and tell me I’m dumb)

>>17353301
Do you mean ethnic chinese or do you mean citizens of mainland china?

>>17353292
The watch itself is great, but they wear large. Can you find any watch that's about the same diameter and lug-to-lug to try on in person.

Although, if you get it from a dealer on C24, you can always return it if you don't like the fit.

But as for the watch itself? Yeah, it's great. The LUC 01.01-L movement is a real gem. Don't quote me on it, but I think Michel Parmigiani (the Parmigiani Fleurier guy) designed that movement. I know he designed others for LUC.

>>17353292
I think Fat Mortadello has one of those. Maybe he'll post a wrist shot of his, so you can see what it looks like on an obese man's wrist. Decide from there if it would fit your wrist.

>>17353295
I'm just not a wristlet. The Sneedmaster fits me very well, and it's 42mm too.

>>17353304
I haven't contemplated that before. The fact that I can return it, if needed, makes me think it I should risk it and buy it.

>The LUC 01.01-L movement is a real gem.
>I think Michel Parmigiani designed it
Oh, my dick

>>17353292
You could just draw a watch on a piece of paper lmfao.

just goes to show you, most people in the market for a nice watch are fighting beetus and gout from too much roast beef and port wine, and not enough fresh air and exercise

>>17352871
Isn't the movement shit in the newer ones?

>>17352871
Looks ok, how much?

>>17353331
compared to what?

>>17353306
>>17353324
Lawyerkun is not even ITT and you're already boiling.

>>17353342
>Lawyerkun is not even ITT
He is now.

>>17353342
>imagine whiteknighting a man on 4chins

>>17353302
Either of them

>>17353279
Get what you like retard faggot

>>17353279
I kind of feel the same way as you honestly

>>17353246
What are you even doing in a poorfag thread?

>>17353190
after this I actually really like this collection

Rocking the old man watch today

>spend 10k+ on rolex
>nigger runs up to you at gunpoint and steals it
What happens? Are you out the money? Are watches insured?

>>17353628
IF you're insured yes. Also, don't wear recognizable watches were there are nigs around.

>>17353637
How does one insure a watch?

>>17353628
>living within a niggerzone.
If you have Rolex money then you should spend it towards moving into a white suburb.

>>17353628
First of all I don’t live near niggers because that’s stupid. That like living next to dangerous radiation.

Second of all, I would have a pistol on me so if a nigga wanna start sumthing he ton get it.

I joking but also I’m not. Stay strapped kids.

just how common is spring bar failure? is it just a meme?

>>17353628
Add it to your home owners insurance.

>>17353156
who the fuck would buy a no-name watch for 1.5 million

>>17353656
Officially 5% but unofficially 20-30% is the reported figure.

How reliable are Spring Drive movements? Are they better than your traditional lever escapement mechanical movements? I'm afraid to buy a GS because the tech is proprietary to Seiko, and any servicing needs to be done in Japan.

>>17353675
The 'escape wheel' in a SD movement doesn't actually have any parts that touch besides the pivots, it's all controlled via an electromagnetic brake. So I don't see why it wouldn't last longer than a normal swiss lever escapement. The spring drive is also seiko's darling movement, they put it in $300k minute repeaters too. It's not going anywhere anytime soon.

>>17353334
$1600, got it for $1000

>>17353541
older IWCs are so sick

>>17353655
*he actually gets killed with his own fucking gun
It's fun to be en americunt, ey?

>>17353688
Ouch, for a fucking Seiko beater? The world has truly gone insane.

>>17353675
>I'm afraid to buy a GS because the tech is proprietary to Seiko, and any servicing needs to be done in Japan.
This is true. You can read a few watchuseek threads of posters complaining about having to send their gs to japan.

>>17353653
>>17353655
Do you have one of these shirts?

>>17353659
I'm >>17353279
>>17353270
>>17353261
>>17353259
and I am not putting any watch on my homeowners insurance because that shit is for catastrophic losses and your watch getting stolen in a mugging is not a catastrophic loss (well let's say it could be in theory but if that's you, you've made a lot of very bad choices and should not be allowed to handle your own money)

Most people IRL are underinsured and use insurance wrong, they use it like a way to smooth out small bumps instead of absorbing them, thus paying way way too much for insurance in the long run, no wonder so many americans end up in shitty financial binds when something goes a little wrong

>>17353675
Is that still true? I'm looking at USA seiko service center's list and only some of the spring drives have to go to japan

>>17353712
Only old references stay in USA. Most new references (aka the ones with newer movements) and chronos go back to weebo land.

>>17353147
Bought an uncle seiko for my skx. Shipped november 02, still haven’t arrived in my country.

Why are good watches so outrageously expensive?
I honestly don't get it...

>>17353138
>>17353041
Based as fuck

>>17352871
Coulda saved my dude

PAGANI DESIGN PD1705V2 Men's Quartz Watches Waterproof 42mm Chronograph Sport Wrist Watch for Men
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K8YV9hdoI4

San Martin 38.5mm Vintage Simple Pilot Military Style Sapphire 10Bar Leather Strap Lume
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XNIpqiCrtI

>>17352875
Just get one proper watch and bin this pile of garbage.

>>17353805
>Pagani
>"Proudly made in Shuangzhan, China"

>>17353805

>>17353716
That just means whatever you buy now will be possible to USA service by the time it needs a service

>>17353813
That just means bad (worst) luck to the dude with the GS that shat itself and didn't work.

Another day at the office, greetings from Japan bros

>>17353827
Hope you get eaten by a shark retard.

why does noone do a real bubble crystal anymore?

>>17353853
Corum still does. It's even called "Bubble"

>>17353856
Ah yes the rose gold corum skull tourbillon
solid 18k rose gold case, 47mm diameter and a mere 18,5mm thickness
it has 30m water resistance and costs the same as a royal oak
it's pure class and will never go out of style, noone can accuse you of having bad taste when you wear this

>>17353880
I didn't say they looked good, but yo cannot deny that it's a bubble crystal, which is what >>17353853 was begging for.

>>17353806
Sure, which watch specifically?

my casio g shock 'tough solar' randomly is not on the right time anymore. I live in Belgium so I set it normally to 'Lis' (Lisbon time) but it's just wrong. It's been like this for two weeks so no automatic reset with the atomic clock shit. Now it's on 'Ber' (Berlin?) and its on 4:15 while it should be 14:12. It's also in '12' mode, so like the american way (I want it to be 20 00 not 8 pm)

Any help?I need it synchronized with the atomic shit and need a 24 h setting.

>>17353892
At least a fucking Rolex.

>>17352875
Yeah I made collages like that when I first got into this "hobby" too, before I realized that there's no point in trying to find the "best bang for the buck" for each collection slot, which you seem to be doing here. It's fucking pointless.

>>17353933
>I realized that there's no point in trying to find the "best bang for the buck" for each collection slot, which you seem to be doing here. It's fucking pointless.
It's worse than pointless. It's fucking counterproductive.

There's that point that a lot of collectors reach when they look at their box full of "affordables" and realize that the money they've spent would have easily covered the one watch they really lusted after that whole time.

>>17353936
but did they know what watch they lusted after in the beginning already, or is it an acquired taste?
of course, if you already know that you really like watch X and despite knowing that you acquire tons of shitters that look nearly like your dream watch but not quite, or feel tricked to buy watches with different complications... then you're really retarded

>>17353930
t. Broke nigga thinking he's money with an air king

The Turn-O-Graph is the only good Rolex.

>>17353943
>air king
Loved by chicks more than any of your shitters.

I used to get a lot of compliments on this watch when I was still working retail, for some reason.

What is the watch that has garnered you the most compliments from strangers?

>>17353930
See >>17352938

Just got to handle the Tudor Black Bay Chrono and I have to say that the thing is fucking bigger than the GMT. Why does no one ever mention this. It's huge

What's the cheapest option to get a watch with an nh35 movement?

>>17353948
>>17353943
>Air King
that's a cool looking watch! thanks for telling me about it :)

>>17353941
>but did they know what watch they lusted after in the beginning already, or is it an acquired taste?
I suppose it depends on the watch.
Something like a Sub or a Day-Date, they probably know that before they ever buy their first watch.
Or, they realize their dream watch after spending a little time in the watch world, but they keep buying shitters instead of immediately dropping everything and starting to save up.

Why aren't cheap quartz GMTs a thing? I'd rather not pay $80 for a GMT thatll have -/+ 20s a day.

>>17353800
The plastic chapter ring is awful.

>>17353232
Based.

>>17353966
Timex Q GMT

>>17353966
why are luxury gmt's even a thing when you can buy the OG for under 1000?

>rolexpakis thinking they're in the same league as my nautilus
O boy im laffin

>>17353950
snk366

>>17353962
Look on aliexpress. Invicta pro diver is another option

I need a classy 39mm watch below 500 euros with a deployment clasp leather bracelet and visible numerals (arab or roman don't care)

My usual outfit is black chelseas with dark jeans, a rollneck sweater or v neck shirt and camel or black overcoat.
Any ideas?

>>17353976
I'm too poor for that sheet

>>17354017
some Tissot, they usually do deployment clasp leather bracelets

$580 usd str8 from japan, just need to replace this shit bracelet and I’m in good shape

>>17354043
Are you a diver though?

>>17354045
daily

>>17353138
The stitching on that strap looks horrible.

>>17354152
>t. seeeeething

>>17354163
I really like his reverso, that's why I said it. Can't understand why one would put such a shitty strap on a timepiece like that

can you check at the manufacturer if a watch with a certain watch serial number was reported as stolen? On most sites I find only warranty activation

>>17353969
It’s ceramic and is lumed up, the steeldive 1970 is pretty mad value

>>17354169
>t. seething so hard he doesn't recognize the JLC Casa Fagliano strap.

Sup bros what we wearin

>>17353541
>>17353827
Very nice

>>17353955
It's fat as fuck but most people forget about the height after a while. I can't see from the shot but if the lugs are overhanging your wrist that would be a bigger problem than the height imo

>>17354169
Why don't you buy one of your own? They're reasonably priced. 4-5k USD on c24. You can put whatever strap you want on yours.

>>17354163
Seething is paseé, now is the time for steetching.

>>17354169
>>17354179
I love the Falgiano strap. I think it gives the sports watch some rugged character. Because it's seemingly always on a black gator strap, you can forget how the Reverso doesn't have to be a dress watch and can be worn casually.

>>17354189
not this guy but I want a yellow gold/black dial one and those are somehow harder to find. I'd even buy a new one but they only have pink gold on the JLC website

Is the grand seiko snowflake worth $5800 plus 6% tax?

>>17354331
>seiko worth $5800

>>17354331
What is "worth it"?
If it's your dream watch and you can afford it, yes, it's worth it.
If you're looking for an investment, safe-queen piece, no, it's not worth it.

If you like it but you're iffy and think you'll flip it later, then you have to factor in the financial hit you'll probably take when you sell it in addition to the cost.

>>17354347
By worth it I meant could that money be spent on another brand and still be good. I like the GS but I hate knowing I'll buy it and it probably wouldn't even keep its value a year later. I don't care if it appreciates but I rather have it at least maintain its value

>>17354351
>I like the GS but I hate knowing I'll buy it and it probably wouldn't even keep its value a year later. I don't care if it appreciates but I rather have it at least maintain its value

The number of watches that actually maintain their value is vanishingly small. It's basically just some Rolexes and some Pateks.
If you like the watch, buy it. If you're thinking about value retention, that means you're having doubts and you don't like the watch that much after all.

>>17353936
I understand where you're coming from because I feel the same way about the guy with the box full of 8 Seiko and Orient watches all around $500 a piece but they dream of buying a $4000 Tudor which they could have gotten for the same price, this isn't my situation. There are only two watches in that whole image that would change given an exorbitant amount more money, the Speedmaster would become a JLC Polaris Chronograph and the Stowa Marine would become an IWC Portugeiser with just the small second. This isn't "what's the best bang for buck", this is what style of watches do I want and which ones do something for me.

>>17353987
Guess what? I'd rather have my Air King rather than your overprices piece of shit. The crown of Rolex is way more recognized and easier on the eyes for ladies. 99,9% of people don't know what the fuck Patek is. Kill yourself tranny.

>>17354357
>The crown of Rolex is way more recognized
>easier on the eyes for ladies
>99,9% of people don't know what the fuck Patek is
I really fucking wish these threads were on a different board.

>>17354357
We're hitting cope levels that were once thought unattainable.

>>17354361
>>17354363
Cope faggots
Rolex is King, brand recognition is all that matters.

>>17354366
>brand recognition is all that matters
If you only like watches as a fashion accessory and status symbol, sure. I don't think they're bad watches, but this way of thinking is fucking miserable in this hobby.

>>17353930
>>17353948
>>17354366
People like this deserve a range ban.

What dial colour would you recommend for Rolex OP? I am undecided between silver, white, black and blue. At the moment I am leaning towards the light ones, because I already have sport watches with black and blue dials.

>>17354408
Blue.

>>17354408
>>17354415
I agree, blue, especially if you don't have a blue watch yet. Something about a blue sunburst dial just looks exceptionally good outdoors.

>>17354369
>hobby

>>17354435
Watch modding is the only "hobby" with watches. The rest is just spending money.

>my seiko alpinist is running -15s/30min
pain. Gray market so I guess I'll be stuck with regulating it myself

>>17354452
Did you accidentally magnetize it or something?

>>17354435
>>17354449
Fair, but given the rest of the sentence I don't know what other word would have fit there.

>>17354456
Could be. I thought magnetizing the hairspring tends to make it run faster, not slower

>>17354449
I'm really tempted to try my hand at servicing old watches. I'm sure it's way harder than it looks and you probably end up spending half a gajillion dollars just on tools and equipment.

ITS OVER

>>17354463
i laugh

I love old timey watch adverts

>>17354415
>>17354424
I have two blue watches already, so I'll definitely like that. Then if I feel the need for a white watch I can still get something else later

Just got this absolute classic

>>17353893
Look up the manual on casios website using the module number on the back of the watch

>>17354017
https://www.jomashop.com/tissot-gentleman-powermatic-80-automatic-chronometer-blue-dial-watch-t127-407-16-041-01.html

>>17354460
Some of the other issues are going to be parts availability. You won't have the equipment to make wheels and pinions without spending an absolute shitload, so you're reliant on being able to order factory parts, which could be either unavailable entirely or off-limits to a hobbyist. So choose your movements very carefully so that you know that you can order parts to service it before wasting money on a paperweight

>>17354499
fucc off caio

>>17354514
Yeah, that's kind of another thing that's keeping me from trying. I think what I would do is buy non-working cheap watches on ebay and hope it just needs a cleaning or something. I wouldn't be buying high-end stuff.

>>17354514
>>17354519
different guy here and I was pondering about the following: how feasible is it to put an entirely different modern movement into the case? There's only a few factors that need to match, no? Same diameter, crown has to be in the correct position, thickness of the movement has to match. Am I missing something?

>>17354540
how case screws and dial hooks interface would also have to match. There are compatibility charts for old movements with updated ones, or for movements between manufacturers you may be able to find. I know when I replaced the movement in this quartz shitter that's what I had to do.

>>17354544
>Wenger Swiss Army
what’s the story here?

>>17354540
the height and diameter of the cannon pinion, the placement of the dial feet (though you can cut them off and stick the dial down with dial dots too.)

>>17354547
I received this watch as a gift from my parents ~15 years ago. Not really anything special other than that

>>17354551
That’s cool. My gifted Citizen Promaster from my dad holds a special place in my «collection»

can somone id this?

My niggers

>>17354559
I believe that's called a "badonkadonk"

>>17354370
kek
These guys are right though. Rolex simply ticks all the boxes.
>amazing quality and movements
>unmatchable brand recognition
And I'll add these two
>iconic designs
>raise in value
There are a lot of watches I like but let's be honest : it's a shit "hobby" that attracts the worst kind of people (wageslaves with an inferiority complex).
Unironically, the final redpill about watches is to just get a Rolex and be done with terrible hobby. You'll get the most accurate movements, the best designs ever made and you can make your money back in a few hours if you need to. Also watchnerds will respect your choice and you might impress a few people who know shit about watches.

I know it's not an easy redpill to swallow but deep down you all know it's true.

quick wistwash check

Actually using field watches how they were intended

>>17353138
Perfect combo, I love it anon.

>>17354579
kid is swagged out

>>17354562
Love it

What do you guys think about the new gray dial Rolex explorers?

>>17354571
Expectations came reality

>>17354584
I agree with this. >>17353252

I'd love to be in his place, but I have too many watches I received as gifts and I feel obligated to wear them, even if I don't like them.

Can somone ID this watch?

>>17354571
but what if i just don't like how they look?
it's not about the price, I like VC overseas a lot and it's way pricier than rolex steel sports watches

>>17354619
More like gay dial

>>17353704
Get the steel dive version for 100$. It uses a seiko movement. I love mine.

>>17354739
he can’t afford an overseas so it’s “not worth the money”

I dream of an old linen dial Datejust. There isn't a better looking DJ than this

>>17354571
Buying shit is not a hobby.

>>17354788
poorio poorio eats the manurio

>>17354571
>Unironically, the final redpill about watches is to just get a Rolex and be done with terrible hobby.

Based. You have a Rolex, maybe a shitter if you travel somewhere sketchy or want to time shit while you're cooking greasy. That's it. You're done. Continuing to devote mental resources is a disease.

>>17354709
looks like the mission to saturn moon swatch

Only SHIIIIIIIIIIIIITEEEEEEERRRSSSS ITT

>>17354559
>>17354563
that is the GA-B2100C-9A

>>17354845
No, it's the American market version, the F4T-B14CC-A55

>>17353190
>The Omega Speedmaster I assume everybody knows, third watch on the top row, that was the "first" watch worn on the moon (quotation marks because it's technically tied with a Bulova prototype that later became the Lunar Pilot).

100% wrong. The Speedmaster is THE first watch worn on the moon, by definition. The Lunar Pilot was a backup watch worn on Apollo 15 (not Apollo 11,12,14, wasn't there) when the Speedmaster was accidentally whacked by its astronaut, David Scott, and the crystal broke (popped off). Bulova only sent the one up, and had to recruit Scott personally since NASA never certified any Bulova watch, ever. They approved it for the one sortie for Scott, but never certified. The Bulova sold now isn't even space rated, since its fucking quartz and will shit itself once the battery leaks due to zero pressure in the vacuum of space. Also, the greatest space watch in history is the Fortis. More space walks and hours in space than every other watch combined.

buying things isn't just a hobby it's a way of life, it's the thing that keeps me going it's my raison d'etre

>>17354856
Oh, interesting. It was a watchmaker who told me about the Bulova, so I'm sure I just mixed up the story in memory. That's cool though. Where did the Seiko Pogue fit into the space timeline since you seem to have your facts straight?

>>17354856
Still better than when Rolex just tried to trick the Japs into believing that they were the watch of the Mercury Seven.
>It's a Space Dweller. There. We created the first watch for Astronauts. Another Rolex First!!

>>17354875
based rolex

when Musk finally colonizes Mars rolex should make a martian red dial op34 and call it 'Mars Voyager 1'

Hilarious that I entered this thread thinking it would be about watches but it's actually just a bunch of cripples shitposting about Rolex, pic related: the 4 unique posters that constantly continue to make this shitty thread

>>17354890
Someone tried to post about buying other stuff like a Chopard. Another posted a JLC. Bunch of Seikos as per usual.

There are people who are trying.

>>17354890
Im always impressed by the levels of mental illness it takes to make hundreds of posts a week on the same website shitposting or arguing about the same thing every single day some have been going for more then a decade at this point.

>>17354896
Yeah I'm the guy they were recommending chopard to. I'm not sure wearing something like this on my wrist is worth it just to impress someoe who knows who mr. parmigiani is

>>17354931
Hey I spout a bunch of nonsens on this thread but at least I'm original and come up with new fresh bait

>>17354936
Ive found completely dead bulletin boards that have 0 activity in the last decade except for two users that log in daily to hurl insults at each other, sometimes they have been at it for more than 20 years.
Same with half dead unmoderated forums. Ive found a few that have no activity except for the same two or three people making threads every day to call each other faggots.

>>17354934
You can always wear something NOT absolutely faggy.

>>17354961
>42mm
Is that an invicta?

>>17354965
>42mm is too big
Are you a woman?

>>17354969
>42mm isn't huge
Do you drive a 2009 H2 hummer and have a wife that wears chicos FAS outfits and an inverted bob hairdo?

>>17354969
>>17354965
I have tiny wrists and wear every 42mm I've had fine. People don't care if your watch looks big. Just wear it.

>>17354985
ask me how I know your upper body wardrobe consists entirely of hoodies and t-shirts

>>17354990
Because you just assume everyone is as poor as you are

>>17355009
>all hoodies are cheap and only poor people wear hoodies
see >>17354976

>Imagine being a wristlet and going thru life with a permanent sensation of being so cucked, that you have to hate anything above 40mm

>>17355023
I'm wearing a 42mm dive watch right now, *and* a hoodie

I wouldn't wear this watch with a dress shirt because aside from not fitting well under the cuff, it would look stupid

I might occasionally wear a dress watch with a hoodie, but usually not

dress watches larger than about 38.9mm are for the morbidly obese

some things go together, that's why we're on /fa/ remember? oh nevermind you unironically think "gay" is a insult, of course you wouldn't know anything about dressing well, let alone dressing "up"

>>17354827
Shitters are worth more than this guys watch collection now that he doesn’t have any. lol

These threads really are shit.

>>17355037
I'll bet you have the best taste in the whole thread.

Are there any solar-powered high-accuracy quartz GMT watches?

>>17355028
>wears a *hoodie*
>In 2022
>thinks he knows fashion

>>17355069
Certina makes some HAQ quartz gmt watches but they aren't solar
Citizen makes solar gmt watches but they aren't high accuracy
Maybe citizen or seiko make a gmt with satellite gps time

>>17355028
>I'm wearing a 42mm dive watch right now, *and* a hoodie
>I wouldn't wear this watch with a dress shirt because aside from not fitting well under the cuff, it would look stupid
>I might occasionally wear a dress watch with a hoodie, but usually not
>dress watches larger than about 38.9mm are for the morbidly obese
>some things go together, that's why we're on /fa/ remember? oh nevermind you unironically think "gay" is a insult, of course you wouldn't know anything about dressing well, let alone dressing "up"

Retarded ranting/10
Would laugh again. :^)

>>17355069
dont know of any but thats actually a really good idea

A mathematician's dream.

>>17353085
thats a detent escapement you fucking idiot

I like my Tudor black bay :)

>>17354619
A Sub with a grey bezel would look very good.

>>17354925

>>17355069
Well the Casio Lineage has a world timer but i'm guessing you're after an analog watch with a GMT.

>>17355069
you don't need HAQ when it's radio controlled, and GMT isn't necessary when you can change your watch to any timezone in seconds

>>17354499
Fat mortadello spotted

>>17355368
How much do you think your shitty anus watch will lasts?

>>17355376
what are you even trying to say

>>17354188
nice.

>>17353703
that’s why you don’t pull it out and wave it around like a nigger would.. simply draw, aim, fire immediately and you’ll be fine. of course i couldn’t expect any self confidence from some euro faggot

Why didn't they put a signed crown on it, /wt/?
Why did they have to ruin the perfect watch?

>>17355457
That way they can showcase the perfect flatness of their finishing instead of hiding behind some stupid logo or letter that will only collect dirt.

>>17355476
Showcase finishing? The crown isn't even finished to any real standard, it's just a generic crown you'd see on a $150 eco-drive, it looks totally out of place on that case, or do you mean that's the point, a sort of wabi-sabi statement?

>>17355483
>The crown isn't even finished to any real standard
Look closer, it's better than zaratsu, you can see each and every single arm hair in it.

The Mini-Murph is 38mm. I’m probably going to get one but will try it on in person first.
Something about this watch is just so good looking.

>>17355491
what's the murph, is it from robocop?

>>17355491
It's also 45mm lug to lug so will wear pretty nicely.

>>17355493
One of the Chris Nolan movies about time.
Except this one was in space.

>>17352862
What civilized person sees a "culturally enriched" model dressed like this and then says "oh yes, his watch is definitely consistent with my image as an intelligent, successful citizen?"

>>17355546
I might buy this. Thanks for posting.

>>17355550
you cant buy negroes anymore anon

>>17355555

>>17354990
Why do you like cucking yourself?

I'm sorry, i think smartwatches are effay

>>17352944
Holy fucking based

uh, new thread
>>17355721
>>17355721
>>17355721
>>17355721
>>17355721

>>17355724
Finally!

>>17355555
kekked and checked

>>17354188
Stock strap?

>>17355405
You clearly are a fucking retard and your watch is shit, stop shilling it