/fa/ - Fashion

>>17454240
Kinda sad I missed out on that vostok, but then again I don't need 2 GMTs. Been eyeing this one, does anyone know if meranom can still ship out of the country?

>>17454240
>Comfy Vostok Edition
That's fantastic cause I just found a Vostok Amphibia online that says NSEW on the bezel, but idk if that's actually a compass or just false advertising
Thoughts?

>>17454260
...are you serious asking if the watch has a bult in compass in it?

>>17454261
I was searching for a cheaper land tortoise alternative

>>17454240
model?

>>17454260
Many watches have those useless solar "compass" bezels.

>>17454302
Not that many desu, a useless diving bezel is much more common.

Which watch would most likely be used to go to the moon today? Would it be a digital watch? Is there a particular watch being used today by ISS astronauts?

>>17454337
Nukes are flat, Earth is fake

>>17454330
Diving bezel is useful to time things without pulling out your phone. The solar compass is strictly worse than an app on your phone as it doesn't freely turn so what's the purpose of it

>>17454330
you're retarded

picrel is the greatest and best watch
all else is cope

what is /fa/ or /wt/'s thoughts on buying a couple inexpensive watches that you just like despite everyone else calling a shitter versus just saving money for a $800-1500 watch that nobody calls a shitter and only some actually know why it costs that much?

>>17454411
in that price range it's most likely a shitter, too. The only option is to buy what you like

>>17454411
Literally just do what you want to do, who cares if random neek basement dwellers on a mongolian basket weaving forum call your watches shitters. If its what you wanna buy, just buy it.

>>17454420
I just have a problem spending big amounts of money for some reason. I'm fairly indecisive and always "no no I shouldn't spend this on stuff I don't need" despite making decent money. $120 on an automatic watch that I just kinda like versus saving up for a few more months to buy a $800 watch just hits different and I really have to think about it. Like I recently realized over the last 6 months or so I think I've spent like $3000 on guns. I can sell those guns for a bit of a loss if I really needed to but damn thats a lot of money for toys.

>>17454422
Yeah its ironic when you spend $12 on an F91 and we all kinda laugh at it for being so good, but spending $120 on a Seiko 5 for example some people just want to call it a dumb shitter that nobody should have bought. Then they spam post $200,000 of watches at a jewelry store they don't own.

>>17454411
Irl nobody gives a shit about watches. So buy what you like and what you are at peace with.
I personally love gshock squares, hamiltons, longines aside from admiring omega, a.lange, rolex and other non-shitters by 4chan standarts

>>17454429
If we are talking about not crazy prices, just save for the watch you REALLY like. Substitutes won't scratch the itch the right way.

>>17454411
personal choice is miles better than following the crowd. Especially when the crowds brains are rotted by mindless consumerism.

Get a shit tier collection and enjoy it.

>>17454434
Thats the dilemma; I really like a Hamilton Jazzmaster day/date, then theres a really similar casio for $800 less. 98% of the watch for 5% of the price. Yes I know that hamilton without being damaged will probably work until I'm old and wrinkly, but that casio probably will too with battery changes.

>>17454429
Bro just sell all your shit and invest that money in a reliable managed index funds and real estate instead, then get a hobby where you invest time instead of money.

You all know this is the right thing to do. You all want to answer to a lunch lady Stacy in daily standup forever?

>>17454429
Guns are easier to justify when there's tangible benefits like reliability, accuracy, ergonomics and ease of use. When a $50 casio can tell time more accurately than a $5000 shitter, it's a harder sell. Not knocking anyone's love of luxury and semi-luxury watches, but from a utilitarian standpoint they can be very hard to justify.

>>17454454
Man you put it into words better than I did. Yeah a Casio is mass produced, doesn't have heritage, sapphire crystals, or precious metals but it'll tell time, look decent, and probably last a decade trouble free compared to a Grand Seiko that costs $9000 that just looks prettier and probably hand made in Japan. The choice on paper is obvious that the Casio is the better overall watch but I still want the GS. Maybe I'm too rational in wanting to pay off my mortgage in my 30s instead of buying really expensive toys and jewelry, but I also hate life so maybe I'm doing it wrong still.

>>17454411
>$800-1500 watch that nobody calls a shitter
You clearly haven't been around here long enough
But in real life you'll have the most expensive watch in the room like 98% of the time with that price range unless you work some really posh job like investment banking.

>>17454463
I've been coming to /wt/ threads long enough that many here think anything less than a Patek Phillippe which everyone has is a shitter. Yeah, some guys on a Chilean wire insulation sorting forum walking around with $100,000 watches. Got it.

>>17454447
What people are really buying is craftsmanship.

Not precision; a 5 dollar quartz watch is more precise than the most expensive mechanical watch.

Not design; You'll find that shitters for the mass-audience often have more interesting designs than expensive watches.

Not technology; again, a quartz is much more technologically advanced than the centuries-old system that is a mechanical movement.

Not longevity; as you said, a quartz watch will last a lifetime if you swap batteries every 5 years.

The only difference is how much time and skill goes into perfecting every component of a watch - manually. So you're buying a work of craftsmanship. Not because it's better, but because it's a work of art (allegedly).

So if craftsmanship is something you can appreciate but isn't worth your own money, go for the Casio.

Has anyone here tried or successfully built their own watch movement?

Just ordered a Longines Heritage Flagship to add. No it doesn't fill any gaps in my Collection but I'm a sucker for the 50s style.

~1985 Swatch - ~1960 Vostok Komandirskie - Seiko SARB065 - 1932 Bulova - Seiko 5 - 1952 Tissot Bumper Auto - 1954 Longines Auto - Casio WorldTime (metal band) - Hamilton Khaki Auto

>>17454503
One of the coolest budget collections I have seen here, it got the usual go to shitters (which are nice) but the vintage pieces with the fancy cases really set it apart and gibt it SOVL. really love the spiderlugs conquest & the tonneau/hexagon case

>>17454429
Dude you're retarded unless you're spending $6k for an entry level luxury watch you're still buying a shitter so why the fuck do you care about it, how can you be so poor to think about these purchases so much lmfao just get an internet data entry job Pajeet.

>>17454522
Thanks! I actually have papers for the Longines, love the lugs on that one as well. The Bulova is a family watch, and is actually in better condition than it looks in the photo, however I desperately need to get a new strap for it. Tiny by modern standards but a great little formal evening watch.

I'm lucky enough to have a local watchmaker who's fairly inexpensive so I can keep these old autos serviced. They get a lot of wear. The Tissot bumper is the watch that gets the most comments out and about, but the case plating is very heavily worn, and I'm considering a heretical replate at some point.

How do I know if a small brand is good or not?

>>17454524
>muh $6k is measly and should be frivolously spent with little thought
Post watch, LARPer.

>>17454524
What makes you think I'm poor or a pajeet?

what is the best watch forum

>>17454547
Define good? There are some cool micro-brands that use Chinese movements, and some really shit Swiss watches.

But generally, if they use a quality movement and the macro shots of their dials are crisp, and most importantly you like their design (I would shy away from micro-brand "Homage" watches), get it and enjoy it.

found this collection on ebay

>>17454574
Looks like a collection of watches worn by a funkopop collecting 38 year old beta autist.

>>17454573
By good I guess I mean quality that would not make me get made fun of

>>17454579
LOL
How much are they asking for it?

>>17454587
Meant for
>>17454574

>>17454582
Tbh, if you're really wandering around wondering if people are going to make fun of your watch, just buy a respected major brand and call it a day. Otherwise just lurk watch forums and find whatever the flavor of the month is and chase that clout.

Your enjoyment of an object should never be contingent on others approval.

>>17454573
how is Vaer

>>17454407
How do you wear this thing? it's so tiny. I looks like a postage stamp on my wrist.

>>17454503
>>17454574

What's the appeal of a shitter collection?

>>17454592
Is this forum a good watch forum to lurk or are there better ones

>>17454595
With his vape

>>17454593
A decent brand for the price, the "American Made" angle is their main attraction. I wouldn't personally consider them as something to add to my box but they're certainly not going to get you picked on out and about.

Breath is the path, brothers.

>>17454600
Watchuseek is pretty much the OG. /fa/ is usually going to say "anything I can afford is excellent, anything cheaper is crap, and anything more expensive is a ripoff"

You will never find a watch enthusast in the wild who's as autistic as they are in this thread.

>>17454595
you wear it like any other watch that isn't a 58mm abomination rappers want.

>>17454595
You put in on your wrist, and then you close the strap, and you're good to go.
>I-IT LOOKS TEENIH!
Are you insecure? It's a watch, it shows time. Buy a W217H if you want something bigger.

>>17454606
Thanks for the help

>>17454557
The fact that you consider a cheap $1.5k shitter expensive enough that you have to philosophize about the purchase in 3 tomes of text and this is such an exorbitant sum to you that you're deluded yourself into thinking that you can get a "good" watch for that lmfao?

>>17454468
I have over $750k in watches friendo.

>>17454611
Do you normally impulse purchase things for $1500? I guess we're on the internet and we can say anything like the guy below you. I too have $3 Billion in my portfolio. Can you recommend a watch in the $60,000-90,000 range?

>>17454619
>$60,000-90,000 range?
Pff!! Those are shitters.
You need to put at least 100k in a watch.

>>17454541
I actually like to wear my dressier watches with more casual clothes, feels like it elevates the outfit & gives me more occasions to wear dress watches. Rocking a Tank Louis with a nice Hoodie just feels right.
>>17454598
What would you get if you had 2k to buy watches? And don’t tell me that there are no watches worth buying in that segment

>>17454598
Either someone cannot afford to spend 5k on a superfluous object, or they like watches but don't want to spend 5k on a superfluous object.

Some people can afford a Ferrari, but drive a VW, and most people can afford a VW but not a Ferrari. Provided they aren't mall kiosk chinesium, I'll think most any Watch is cool.

>0 - 6k
shitter
>6k - 10k
meh
>over 10k
a proper watch

>>17454619
>>Do you normally impulse purchase things for $1500?
No because I'm a poor loser from a third world country. I would if I had a normal job in America.

>>17454595
I use adapters, which extends the lugs slightly.
I also have a diver strap on it.
It's very comfortable.

>>17454601
>this puff's for you

>>17454627
I'm pretty much always in at least business casual (I only come to /fa for watch threads, I am the most boring dresser on earth) so I can usually rock a dress watch any given moment. Another reason I was stoked to pick up the Longines Heritage, all the style I like of my vintage pieces but avoids the wear I'm putting on them with the reliability of a modern movement.

>>17454619
>Can you recommend a watch in the $60,000-90,000 range?
I can do better than that, I can recommend you a $35k used watch that is in the $60-90k range in terms of quality and features - Parmigiani Tonda Centum.

>>17454407
>>17454601

I prefer these

>>17454627
>What would you get if you had 2k to buy watches? And don’t tell me that there are no watches worth buying in that segment
A G-Shock, what else?

>>17454604
Thanks, not certain. I'm looking for something similar to 1016 explorer but not sure what other alternatives to a 36mm black face there are since Smiths is a gatekeeping faggot. I could save up for a grey market explorer 5k but nothing 10+ and beyond so might as well go with a $500 style. Not sure about the san martin chink either

I see Montblanc charges several thousands for their watches. Is it a rip-off?

>>17454673
My FIL has one, it's a beautiful watch, that said it of course doesn't have the cache of the Swiss majors.

He's really into Pens though so it was a natural fit.

>>17454673
Are they the same manufacturer that producrs the fountain pens? Those at least are notorious for being terrible rip-offs. And the quality of the pens isnt even really good.

Post
>career
>salary
>low/med/high COL area
>most you’ve ever spent on a watch

>>17454337
The G Shock 5600 has been the choice of most astronauts and of NASA itself... It's flight certified and has gone on spacewalks. It would probably be the moon watch of today, but you just KNOW there is a lot of lobbying going on behind the scenes for what will be worn on the Artemis missions.

>>17454503
I had that meme 5 top right god I hated that fucking watch, I'm glad it failed after less than a year piece of shit grinding rotor noise illegible faggotry arrggghghhghg.

>>17454606
>You will never find a watch enthusast in the wild who's as autistic as they are in this thread

Toast if you must, and you will

>>17454582
Here you go lad, nobody can mock this watch as it's designed and used by the highest paid divers in the world and costs 250 of your dorrar.

Yuyukowatch
I'm not happy with it so will probably redo it. Some of the materials didn't cut very well. The indices are supposed to be cherry petals but they're all fucked. And the colors are off.

>>17454720
>occultist
>0
>what is that
>$6k

>>17454720
Independent Urban Weath Distribution (independent contractor)
Depends on prevailing economic factors among my clientele
High
$0, I receive my timepieces through client interaction

>>17454524
>lmao dude you poor pajeet
So you are saying that average entry level internet type monkey had a salary of approximately 4k after tax to easily justify a 6k watch purchase considering the etiquette norms? Lmao, you are full of shit.

>>17454748
yeah

>>17454720
>Software
>$280k
>Med
>$120

>>17454720
>Territory manager (sales & engineering)
>$165k to $200k avg depending on year
>Bonus: wife does anesthesia and brings in ~$300k/yr
>low-to-med CoL area
>$800'ish

>>17454761
wow jocko really let himself go

>>17454720
>logistics manager
>1.5k eur per month (this is considered good in my balticstan)
>wut
>2.3k
I'm from Latvia, and I dream to leave this shithole and never look back. No hope whatsoever here, after 33 years of uphill struggle and one bankruptcy.

>>17454771
>I dream to leave this shithole and never look back
>spends nearly 2 months salary on a watch

>>17454774
>what is savings for leisure, what is side gigs etc

But yeah, I dont spend that much lately on leisure trinkets anymore.

The ultimate Vostok

>>17454600
This is one of the worst

>>17454784
if you want to one day experience potato you should be saving every cent

>>17454742
Lame weebo

>>17454673
Yes, that one have a modified sellita sw200 movement. Selling for 3k, that must be brand premium of at least 1k.
Their Minerva watches are nice, but they also cost a lot.

>>17454771
>>1.5k eur per month (this is considered good in my balticstan)
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO JUST GET ON A BOAT RETARDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Is the Hublot classic fusion the Drakkar Noir of wristwatches?

>>17454846
by which I mean
>80s
>for yuppies
>unabashedly masculine
>black 80s ad aesthetic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqgVHMFj6lY

Why does /fa/ hate this Casio?

>>17454857
Negative display trash

>>17454853
>unabashedly masculine
>Hublot
Sorry, no. Maybe try 80's Panerai?

>>17454868
It was a stout, bold watch for its day.
Also, pic is how they were advertised.

>>17454869
Yes, but it was (is) also famous among the gay community. Not very macho like.

>>17454874
haha what?

>>17454871
what were they thinking

>>17454874
I thought that was Cartier.

>>17454651

>>17454883
All that gold only to be ruined by the negative display.

>>17454879
IDK really, it's not that hard to do it well, there are many ways of doing it, but this one feels like it was only done because noone else has done it before. Tissot knows how to do it as well with the Visodate, but here they decided they wanted to do it wrong i guess.

>>17454893
Can't you just flip the polarizer or something and have a positive display? I know i've done it with one of my calculators.

>>17454893
>>17454896
I agree that negative displays suck.
Yeah, you can just flip the film over the screen and make it positive.
I don't have a gold G-Shock, but if I did the first thing I'd do is make it positive display.

>>17454833
Not as easy as you think. Besides, I dont know were to actually go. But I bet almost everywhere is better than here.

>>17454896
>>17454900
I'm going to do this with a ga-2000 I have, great watch, excellent module, ruined by the tiny megative display. I know most people hate ana-digi g shocks but this one great, especially considering it has a function to move the hands out of the way of the screens.

What makes Tissot good? Why do they charge more for their watches?

>>17454927
Charge more than who for what?

>>17454895
I found a GS that has a very similar vibe as my Weekdater.

>>17454879
It's not for everyone but I like it and it was something that drew me to this reference when I saw it

Can someone photoshop the positive digital display from the white watch onto the black one?

Thinking about the SRPG15 or the SRPG57.

>>17454503
how does the longer lug to lug feel on the hamilton khaki auto compared to the shorter ones on the snk 809? Does it change the wearablility much?

>>17454951
If it's bread it's good, brother.
The toast is with you.

>>17454895
People shit on the visodates date window but I love it. They also bitch about it being 42mm and I wouldn’t want it any smaller. The visodate is easily in the top 3 of tissot watches. Followed by prx and maybe the le locle. I also love that price range. They’re nice watches but I can wear them anywhere and anytime without worrying. I have a few breitling and nicer watches but most of mine are in the 500-2000 range.

>>17454761
>wife does anesthesia and brings in ~$300k/yr
mine too every night she gives me anesthesia and she makes - 300k/yr

>>17454928
More than other watch makers who make a very similar watch? Why is Tissot recommended so often here? What makes them good?

In case I could ever justify dropping a few grand on a wrist watch, I would definitely get a Santos Carree. Just beautiful.

>>17454975
Kys glowie

>>17454994
It's not really recommended, people here just like the PRX because they think it looks like a royal oak from a distance(it doesn't)

>>17455021
Why is he wearing a brlt without pants?

The bread is peace, the bread is forgiveness.

>>17455022
>people here just like the PRX because they think it looks like a royal oak from a distance
Why do you keep making this accusation? It has been pointed out numerous times now the PRX's design is far more derivative of the Rolex Oysterquartz.

>>17454771
I have a phone screening for a logistics coordinator in murica tomorrow, whatever coordinator means

>>17454994
Tissot is actually extremely reasonable compared other Swiss brands and especially Seiko which is its largest competitor from Japan.

Tissot generally gets recommended because they're affordable, usually have decent specs and finishing for the price and most of their designs are fairly basic and inoffensive making them both ideal first time watches and gifts for others.

Mind has been blown today because I've only just noticed 4 is IIII on all watches with Roman Numerals instead of IV

>>17455083
Good for you anon, you learned about the watch maker's 4, now you just have to learn why and you'll be officially a watch autist.

>>17455089
Well I just hadn't been into roman numerals on watches for a long time, but of course when I noticed I immediately looked it up

I want to finally spend some money on a watch I'll love but I live in London so the second I leave the house with it I will either:
>get stabbed and robbed
>get acid thrown in my face and robbed
>get my hand amputated and robbed
>all of the above
What's the point bros.

>>17455082
Is this like that basedjack meme of
>watch bored basedjack
>watch (swiss) openmouth basedjack
?

>>17455095
You'll have a great survivor story.

>>17455095
Post proof you're from London and not a yankoid trying to cope after yet another mass shooting

>>17455096
>Is this like that basedjack meme
No, it's answering your question.

>>17455098
I’m on the shitter mate, only proof I have on hand right now is this Tesco’s floss

>He continues to buy shitter watches instead of just saving up for a good one.

Why do you CONTINUE to do this?

>>17454968
It wears slightly larger but still very comfortably. Unless you have truly tiny wrists it shouldn't make much impact.

>>17455106
>he won't save up his entire life to buy a Patek Torb on his deathbed just to prove he had taste.

>>17455106
Variety. If you save up for one good watch, that's presuming there's only one style of watch you like and fits all your outfits.

>>17455106
Just work a few more hours
Just save a few thousand more dollars
Just wait and consume a piece of jewelry to impress watch nerds who can't afford it
Just put it on the credit card

I wonder who could be behind this post?

>>17455105
There's Tescos outside the UK

>attend an Ivy league full of yuppies and rich asians
>some ramen noodle haired zoomer, probably 20 years old, wearing a two tone Air King
>20k from an AD
Gotta love spoiled rich kids flaunting mommy and daddy's wealth while they scroll on Twitter through the entire lecture

>>17455112
>finally saved up enough at 90 years old
>3 year waitlist
>dies before he gets it

>>17454742
that's a fun piece, but i can imagine cutting felt would be difficult especially if you're looking for fine detail such as cherry blossom petals
but really, it's quite delightful and i appreciate the warm textures of the dial

out of curiousity, do the hands pass over the fabric without touching it at all ?

The bread comes to all of us, brothers.

"Suggest a watch for me."
> Your budget
500
> Watch type, e.g. dress, diver, pilot
pilot
> Movement, e.g. automatic, hand wound, quartz
not quartz if possible but I realize it might affect the price
> Desired features, e.g. waer resistance, day/date, 2nd time zone
chronograph would be nice, but it's not neccessary
> Preferred strap option, e.g. leather, nylon, bracelet
leather
> Wrist size or desired watch size
38-40 ish

>>17455122
>complaining about rich people

my mother bought me two vacherons and will likely buy me a 3rd.

damn it feels good to be rich.

>>17455134
>500
How about you get a job instead of looking at watches

>>17455095
Well it really depends on your lifestyle. First they have to find out that you have a watch worth robbing. Then they have to find out if it's even possible to rob you. Then they have to actually do it. It's not that simple if you don't make it simple for them.

>>17455135
Not complaining, just pointing out the ironies of life
He's sitting next to a pajeet international student whose family won't make that in a lifetime

>>17455122
>two tone Air King
What the fuck are you talking about? There's no two tone air king unless you go second hand for a really old one and those go for under 10k.

>>17455143
I meant Sky Dweller my bad

>>17455095
It helps if you're not posting 100 photos of your watch on social media. I bet most people that get robbed posted plenty of pics of their watches on insta and other such bullshit, it's like an invite.

>>17455135
neat

>>17455135
Nice corne, cool to see it on a different strap than the stock one.

>>17455135
These are clearly both reps.

>>17455095
Imagine living in fucking London. 5k a month for a one bedroom surrounded by Pakis

>>17454503
> C, F, B, B, A
> A, A, C, C

>>17455028
>>17455031
>>17455045
>>17455129

You forgot your meds glowing bastard

>>17454503
What an awful collection. Not one single watch worth owning

>>17455176
Lmao is this pic the origin of the meme?

>>17455142
>>Not complaining
Why aren't you complaining? Do you think this is how it's supposed to be?

>>17455179
>Makes an stupid question, ignoring that there's a fucking glownnigger in /wt/ threads

Fuck off autistic retard

>>17454720
>bartender
>lol
>med
>£800

>>17455180
Because I'm in the same class as him, at the same expensive ivy league. I'm wearing an IWC so I've still got a better watch than the faggots wearing Apple watches

We're all bread, brothers.

>>17455185
So no empathy? Figures.

>>17455214
Why would I care about poors?

>>17454720
Assassin
$25k in cash up front, $25k in wire transfer when the job is done, expenses not included
I go to where the work is
I don't pay for watches, I take them from my prey

>>17455182
>noooo someone is shitposting!!!!!!!! its a ploy!!!!
Retards like you is the reason this website became dogshite after 2016.

>>17455135
Voucheron Consestin

>>17455098
>proofs! for something as miniscule as living in a famous city
Another example of retarded behavior that contributed to demise of 4chin and this board in particulae

>>17455124
It's not fabric; it's paper cardstock. The dark blue one is a thicker and coarser paper than normal, and I think that's giving me trouble. I want thinner paper but I can't find it in the colors I need, so I'm stuck with cardstock I can source.
No they don't touch, but just barely. The other ones I've done have had a much more comfortable space between the hour hand and the dial, but this one has 1-2 tenths of a millimeter clearance.

>>17455134
Seagull 1963; pretty much the only thing you can do for non-quartz $500 chrono.

>>17454609
How can you even read the time on this thing it's so tiny. I can't believe I fell for the F91 meme.

>>17455188
>>17455243
Just kys already

>>17455278
You really need help.

>>17455278
You need to let bread into your life, brother.

been itching to get a new watch in the $3k range but all of this talk of an impending recession is giving me pause

>>17455308
You need to let meds back into your system, schizo.

>>17455308
Indeed, brother.

>>17455316
What's more important: flexing on people with $500 watches, or a month's rent?

Ok I might be dumb but how do you guys read 24 hr time quickly? It always takes me like a few seconds to read it properly.

>>17455316
I mean at least you'd have a watch if you buy it? Money will be worthless.

Thoughts on casio aq 230 as a budget watch?

Is there something wrong with me for wanting this atrocity?

>>17455022
I didn't even know what a royal oak was before I came to this thread

>>17455295
>>17455308
>>17455329
Glowie retard, take meds insufferable faggot

>>17455377
Practice, I think. I used to work in the medical field and all of our charting was in 24 hr time.
>>17455392
Nothing at all. That was Dade's watch in Hackers

>>17455461
>>17455278
>comes to a watch thread to cry about watch shitposting
>posts watch unrelated schizo shit
Literal shill behaviour

Can I have a hand finding an adapter for this watch (seiko SNK587 (7s26 02c0)) so that I can put a nato strap on it? the lug thing on this one is really weird and small and I cant find much reference to it aprt from i9t being called 3269JZ

>>17455392
What's even the point of all that extra plastic? Looks awful.

>>17455475
This "tactical" (((no u))) it's a classic psyop from the spooks agents

>>17455487
You don't belong here and it shows.

Convince me to not buy pic related. Been wearing an F105W for years and want an upgrade.

https://www.seiyajapan.com/products/g-gw-5000-1jf

>>17455493
Literally no reason not to get one. Unless you're running a worn-out F91w and you made that your entire personality of course.

>>17455500
What kind of fag bases their personality on a $15 watch?

>>17455502
The same people who think that owning more than 1 thing is le bad and heckin unbasederino.
Same people who think being frugal is a personality.

>>17455502
> wheredoyouthinkweare.jpg

>>17455502
For example a week ago or so there were completely unironic threads about how you ackshually only need 1 le blue collar wurker leather jacket so...it will last you for lyfe!!!111 (spoiler alert, they don't)

>>17455478
This is one of very first casio's triple sensors, all that extra plastic is to hide and protect all that electronics

>>17455493
I wear a 5600 most days. I love it.

>>17455512
The paint hue on the plastic reminds me of those infamous "golden brown" paints that were on the toys back in the days. They were making the plastic very brittle (Gold plastic).

>>17455493
The ones with the combi bracelets are pretty cool.
Very comfy.
G-Shocks are great.
I honestly can't imagine any reason not to get one.

>>17455502
This faggot:
>>17454407

>>17455522
This guy is good. The youtuber drama groupies, anime watch man, the French fatman, toasters and the F91w man make this thread at least somewhat entertaining, oh and obviously the Rolex Sirs.

>>17454720
>office wageslave
>36k USD
>high COL
>4k

>/wt/ physically incapable of ignoring bread posting
are you guys letting the bread anon win for shits and gigs or?

>>17454940

>>17454900
>>17454857
Metal heavey squares are cool as fuck. And i honestly think that negative display goes well with darker ones

>>17455554
Don't try to resist the bread, brother. We're but the crust of his dough.
The toast be with you, always.

>>17455570
youre right brother, the dough has shown me the light, may the toast be with thee

>>17455308
needs more pickle cake

>>17455249
No, purposely misreading a post just to complain about it sadly is a 4chan tradition you are currently upholding.

>>17455225
Oh this is a new one for /wt/ you hate both the rich and the poor

SWISS MADE

SWISS MADE

>>17454469
>Not longevity; as you said, a quartz watch will last a lifetime if you swap batteries every 5 years.
lol
lmao
nobody tell him about unleaded solder mandated worldwide by the eu
aka "soi-der"
let him learn on his own that all modern electronics have a lifespan of about 20 years
spend decent money on a quartz? lol
spring drive? lmao

>>17455632
>eu mandating things worldwide

>>17455633
unfortunately it is so
it was mandated that all electronics sold in the eu cannot contain leaded solder
and so all large manufacturers except perhaps some nameless aliexpress specials have acquiesced in order to have their goods be sold in the eu at all
all because of
>much negligible risk of cancer
it's all a joke

>>17455632
>resolders
done

>>17455561
Much appreciated. I don't know how I feel about this.

>>17455639
Fuck that just replace the movement, costs absolutely nothing and because they're not a work of craftsmanship who would care?

>>17455632
this post was made by a leadbrain, ever so damaged from unnatural amounts of heavy metals

>>17455648
B-but muh sprung drev finest nippon make 1000x folded

Casio Duro?

>>17455655
Imagine paying all that for a quartz watch

>>17455668
first you try to imagine ever having that much money at once, poorfag

>>17455674
I do have that much money, because I'm not a sucker and didn't pay $6000 for a quartz watch. If I did, then perhaps I'd be a poorfag.

Is there some nice not a joke quartz watch?
Any recommendations?

I'm tired of jerking off my watch and setting the time and date every time I don't use it for some days.

>>17455699
Rolex oysterquartz

>>17455699
Most Casios are unironically good. I use a Duro as my daily for work and for going swimming after work.

>>17455702
post moar duro pics

>>17455683
you're a poorfag because a $6k watch means a substantial amount of money to you, even if you have it. For an actually wealthy person this amount of money is not relevant at all, spending it has the meaning of whether you buy a hot dog right now. They could also just give it to a random person or burn $10k because the fire is nice to look at, it wouldn't matter to them. Do you get this idea?

>>17455702
how the fuck are you supposed to read the dial if it has no digits

>>17455708

>>17455706

>>17455699
Full metal gshock. Silver, black or even gold.

>>17455707
Everyday, you are here. The raging richfag. You are a staple of these threads, just like the rolex sect adept and breadbro.

>>17455710
Can we take a minute to appreciate what a beautiful, functional and durable time piece the Duro is.

>>17455707
Yeah I get the idea, but it's a misconception held by poorfags dreaming of being rich so their current reckless spending habits can be maximised without concequence.

You don't get rich by writing a lot of cheques, as the saying goes.

>>17455699
Get a Casio Lineage. Radio controlled, solar-powered, meaning you don't ever need to tinker with them, they keep themselves powered and on time. Models go from sporty to semi-dressy and cost next to nothing. They're ana-digi though, you might not appreciate that.

>>17455708
How do you even know how to use a keyboard?

>>17455708
Imagine being this much of a brainlet.

>>17455708
Bait

>>17455708

>>17455730
There are some zoomies at my office and I do not think it is not bait at all, they don't even understand analog.

>>17455699
Unironically Tissot, not even necessarily the PRX. A good chunk of their lineup is quartz with sensible, if a little bit boring, designs.

Nothing wrong practically with Casio but digital watches are kind of meh on grown men unless you're being ironic somehow, while the coveted Duro is 44mm in diameter and an obvious Rolex Submariner rip off so it also looks pretty stupid IMO as well.

>>17455735
I genuinely cant believe this shit. I mean, how can you claim that you never saw a dial in your life, even if you are 20?! Its like some bad reddit tier monty phyton scetch

>>17455744
I dunno anon, if they were born in 2003 they probably had a smartphone before they even got old enough to actually care what the time is.

>>17455708
did you see the bezel? it's 51:11, duh

>>17455746
Mind-boggling. I'll have to ask some zooms at work about this as an experiment.

>>17455750
I don't see the issue tbqh, people who are into horology tend to like its old world charm hence the abundance of vintage styled watches available. If being able to read an analogue watch/clock becomes something of a forgotten art, I think that makes it more special, right?

>This Seiko is an amazing value!
>look it up
>quartz

>>17455751
I just couldn't fathom the idea that such basic skill will be considered a lost virtue this early into the future.
Imagine , being a snob in say 10 years just because you can read a dial.

>>17455764
Less than +/- 15 seconds a year isnt amazing value

>>17455730
lolno I know 30 somethings with degrees who can't read a fucking clock never mind a watch, the dystopia is real.

>>17455764
Seiko never has any good value these days
>$750
>Made in Malaysia
>Mineral Crystal
>Cheap bracelet/clasp
>Alignment performed by people who are both blind and suffering from Parkinson's disease
The budget world has moved on from Seiko, while Seiko is desperately trying to go more upmarket with their prices while still building their watches like shit using third world labour removing what little cachet Seiko had previously with the watch world.

>>17455769
We're probably snobs now, do bare in mind anon people have increasingly using their phones as their sole timepiece since phones became pocketable in the 90s. It hasn't been an essential item for two decades now for most people, the only people who know how to read an analogue watch are people who either
>A. Lived in a time when kids weren't being given phones (smart or dumb) the second they could read
>B. Have gained an interest in horology via YouTube or wanted a fashion watch like a Daniel Wellington or some shit and learned to read a watch in order to own one

I have the nicest watch in this thread.

I know. You're jealous. Maybe if you work a little harder you can get one this nice in a few years.

>Fauxtina

>>17455803
Based chronomechanicanon.

>>17455135
Ahh the cow horn boy is back. That is the best watch ever

Nothing beats a Omega SeaMaster

>>17455811
No wave dial no buy to me imo. That one is too plain. Love the new design though, btfo of the submariner in looks

>>17455807
Not a mechanic now but I did use to work in a body shop. Shit sucked

>>17455773
>budget world has moved away from seiko
>everything under 1k uses seiko movements

>>17455779
can the too fat watch move from the picture so that I could see the nicest watch too?

>>17455819
You got to work on an Elise, neat.

>>17455821
Seiko as a brand, if Seiko pulled an ETA and stopped supplying movements the budget market would just move on to the PT5000

The reason why the market has moved on from Seiko is because you can get their movements in watches far better spec'd and far more exciting in appearance while being less than a Seiko

>>17455830
Sure, I've done a few. They're not very fun to work on. We were the only Lotus dealer/repair shop around. I've done a few Elise, an Exige, a few Evoras. None of the old guys there could even get in them and they hated working on them, so I got stuck with them along with one other guy. We had a Hennessey Venom once too but I didn't have to work on it thankfully

My watch>your watch
/thread

>>17455847
my skin > your skin
checkm8

>>17455841
>They're not very fun to work on.
I can imagine, yeah. All that added lightness comes with a price.

>>17455777
Trips of truth to some extent. Maybe I'm just in denial that 34 years old is actually not that ruebo young anymore and basically lived pre boom of tech retardation.

What is the White man's watch brand?

>>17455860
Vostok, seiko, gshock, damasko, sinn, original galshute, habring, a.lange, maybe tudor, longines as a stretch

thinking about getting the GA2100 g-shock and turn it into a "casiOak" with one of those steel kits

>>17455862
Fuck thats ugly. its like a clone of some $100k watch that someone crammed a g-shock unit inside of, and the gshock looks horrible.

>>17455859
Well the other possibility for not caring about reading an analogue watch is also just the simple fact people have less leisure time these days, it's kind a rare these days people just have a free couple of hours regularly, average people are usually working their fucking bollocks off just to afford the basic standard of living these days and that comes with a heavily regimented life, you can't get lost in leisure and loose track of time when your life is built around your calendar in Outlook and you're welded to your computer or phone trying to keep on top of every meeting and deadline contained within, take into account most people work overtime frequently and "spare" time involves just food shopping, cooking and having a wank before going to bed in order to live to see another of work, perhaps people are too attached to the clock to need a watch.

>>17455866
I like how it looks, but being a wirstlet I have to forget about it

>>17455711
This thing is based in any iteration.

How do I tell if a microbrand has soul or not?

>>17455886
They all have soul, but almost all of them are dishonest and shitty by nature.

>>17455861
Why is Longines a stretch?

>>17455889
How so? I've seen people bitch microbrands out for not having the same capacity for customer service as the Swatch Group has, but that's about it and it's just something that's obviously a risk with microbrands.

>>17455889
How can I tell an actual microbrand apart from a (smaller) DW-copycat

Waiting on my 6309 with a 7548 movement

>>17455893
Its walking a border nowadays with posh pakis and asians wearing them and advertising them. But its not that bad. Used to be THE pilot brand.
>>17455895
Its just that many microbrands often bullshit everyone about muh unique snowflake story and dont offer anything besides being a microbrand

>>17455898
Dunno, you do some research? And actually touching the thing. 90% of microbrands will be a makeshift borderline scam.

>>17455904
That was my guess, the amount of (unnecesary really) asians they use to advertise. Is there any spiritual successor to Longines or simply a similar brand to it that retains the aryan spirit?

>>17455904
>nowadays
longines has always been popular in asia, longer than you've been alive

>Used to be THE pilot brand
all the pilot pilot lindbergh navigator stuff is revival lore, nobody thought about those models until every major watch brand started mining their vintage catalogs for heritage products, the standard issue longines for asian gentleman from comfortable family backgrounds was something very similar to picrel

>>17454720
>human resource management
>72k
>loooooooow COL
>4k
Gonna get a Zenith El Primero in a year probably

>>17455918
>$72k income, before tax I assume
>buys a $4k watch
you live with your parents or what?

>>17455919
I'm married and my wife works as well. Total income is around 120k actually

>>17454720
Stuff
94k last year
Low
4k

>>17454720
>IT consultancy
>£50,000
>High
>£300

>>17455914
Damasko and sinn are pure utilitarian krauts, probably. Vostok is white, but its too poor for many. Like I said, longines isnt bad. Certainly no low brow gangsta shit "rapper" is wearing them.
If you have alot of money, just buy a glashutte original or if you have a gorillion, lange and sohne.

>>17455926
I've just realised how much easier and straightforward my life is by not being a racist

>>17455927
What can I say, I like white people and its easier for me to be around them. I'm not a raging racist per say, just like my own folk.

>>17455860
IWC obviously
They made watches for the Nazi air force

>>17455931
Don't really see how not buying watches
from specific brands based on the race of people you've seen wearing them matters in that case

>>17455932
Oh fuck I forgot about them. Good call

>>17455926
>>17455932
Thank you friends

>>17455935
Oh but I didnt say that I dont buy nigga approved stuff.

>>17455940
Yeah as I said, my life is a lot easier and straightforward, this racism without being a racist seems like effort that could go elsewhere

>>17455920
Doesn't it make you feel weird? That's like 5% of your annual income. How would you feel if you lost it or it got stolen or you tripped and fell on it or something?

My view is that if you have to be conscious of the value of what's on your wrist, you overspent, but maybe it's just me.

Can a dress watch be a chronograph?

>>17455952
Can be but usually isn't

>>17455951
Yeah that's one annual salary, but the watch is going to last much more than one year so it's a relatively insignificant amount of money really.

>>17455951
It's just a thing. You can always get other things, it's not the last thing available.

>>17455939
Da

>>17455951
You just have a conservative mindset about money; if someone set fire to $4000 of your money you'd be pissed and it'd make a bit of a dent in your personal budgets. Thats a good and smart attitude for money for investing, buying toys, buying dinner, whatever. That other guy doesn't see that $4k evaporating into nothing or going toward something meaningful like being debt free or retiring 2 months earlier because shiny watch is pretty today!

>>17455708
> I don't think he's kidding guys

I'm so glad I held off on buying that watch for decades. I really enjoyed it the last two years of my life.

>>17455967
Heres a guy that has never seen a walmart greeter sitting on a stool with an oxygen in front of sliding doors in the winter because he frittered away his money on shit he couldn't afford. Bet he's enjoying those golden years.

>>17455960
I'm all for enjoying things and not living like a monk but that's just it, what other things does anon spend like an idiot on. Because "it's just a thing you can get other things" could apply to anything. So either anon is living on rice and beans and wearing garbage clothes, or he's extending this logic to everything else and not thinking about the future at all.

Let's look at a very conservative scenario and take that $333 a month and put it in a very conservative investment with 5% annual returns (we're going to assume that the 10.67% average annual return quoted by investment experts based on the period 1957 to present is a historical anomaly and we'll revert to the mean ROI from the dawn of recorded history except starting in the 1950s, as calculated by piketty)

Based on that extremely conservative investment, over 20 years that mentality costs you $143k, or based on the average from recent (last 75 years) history it costs you $277k

Now $277k is not enough to retire on but it's easily enough to leverage into something like a second property, just saying these kinds of things add up

Again I like nice things as much as the next guy but it's all about proportion, why wear a watch that's so expensive relative to your income when you'll have to drink shit wine and eat shit food and not go on vacation and wear shit clothes...

>>17455951
Who cares? What else do I have to spend my money on? You act like 4k is a lot
My home recording studio counting guitars and amps was double that

>>17455956
>Watch claims to be "heritage"
>diameter: 40mm

Why is ever modern watch a god damn dinner plate?

>>17456000
How much were the rims on your civic?

>>17456002
Because consoomers who learned about watches from teddy balthazar don't know the difference between heritage and "heritage", 10 bux says that guy is the same one who was bitching about asia nouveau riche "discovering" his longines

>>17455994
I don't disagree with anything you said, but when some people have no control and just shrug when someone points out they spent 5% of their income on jewelry its usually a symptom of how they spend money. Its usually getting that new car, getting guac every time they eat out, going to brunch every sunday, go on vacation and slap it on the credit card, buy that $10,000 living room set, and just finance their entire life but everyone else at work and their neighborhood has nice things so they too should get those nice things.

I agree, you don't have to live like a monk, but sometimes people just shouldn't be buying $4000 watches to impress strangers on /wt/ threads.

>>17456002
>40mm
>dinner plate

If 40mm is too big for your wrist you literally have to be a 5'2" femboy twink.

Anyone who's not a child would wear that size.

>>17456002
>>17456007
because a 40mm+ watch looks bigger and more expensive. Ever notice rappers have like 65mm gawdy shit on? Its the LOOK HOW BIG THIS IS syndrome. A bigger SUV looks more expensive than a smaller one sorta deal.

>>17456015
First of all it doesn't, and second, rappers wear all kinds of things

Why does Richard Mille get rated by "watch experts"?

>>17456002
40mm isnt that bad, anon. 7inch wrist and above can easily wear them. 42 and larger can get gaudy and funny.

>>17456007
Nah it wasnt me. But you seem upset, wristlet chang.

>>17456016
You're so dumb it hurts. Not only is Jay Z beyond a billionaire rapper, he's known for having a huge watch collection. Guess what, most are not cartier tanks. They're ultra huge bezels to add more diamonds at 42mm+

>>17456023
>>17456025
except that wasn't a tank or even a cartier, and you're fat. return to your urban gentry vids, adults are talking

>>17456008
the one thing I learned around here is that this figure isn't impressive, nor is a watch for $20k nor one for $100k. It's maybe inaccessible, but not impressive.

>>17456026
>adults are talking about muh nigga rappers wearing things!
>y-y-you are fat
Lmao, dont seethe, changy boy

>>17456026
its a square watch incredibly similar to a cartier tank design. Don't get pedantic when theres irrefutable evidence of large watches being obnoxious and stupid.

Look at watches from decades ago, it was rare they were over 36mm. They also didn't have 15mm of bezel and a 4mm crown. They are timeless in design and still look good today. I fucking hate modern watches that have a 20mm dial and the case is 40mm. What are you even doing with your design department?

>>17456028
>noooooo you can't just have money and spend it how you want! if I had the money I'd show everyone I can imitate old money, also I spent $8000 on amplifiers and subwoofers and I have a $4000 watch on an olive garden manager's salary
/wt/, the thread that keeps on giving

>>17455986
I love this false dichotomy where you could buy that omega or Tudor today and end up eating cat food in a tent during retirement, or don't and live a life of luxury on Majorca.

>>17455994

Are you so fucking poor you have to make payments on a 4k watch? 4k at 5% over 20 years is a bit over 10k

You such a stupid fuck

>>17456030
where did you get the idea I like large watches? if you want the truth it's a combination of things, big watches were seen as manly in the turn of the century because of arnold and his panerais, complicated watches pretty much have no choice to be large and if you want to show off how many perpetual calendars and gyrotourbillons you have, you're not coming in with a case size starting with "3", ever, and consumer expectations have changed somewhat in 50 years and even if it's just a run of the mill mass production mechanical chronograph, nobody is going to put up with the limitations of a landeron 51 when the other brands are putting 7750s or equivalent into their cases

>>17456038
t. credit score 570

>>17456039
It's over 800
Retard doesn't know credit score is just paying your bills. That's all you have to do to have a good credit score. Pay your bills.

>>17456046
my guy, you bought a watch on layaway and have 10% of your annual income tied up in rockford fosgate, you are in no position to tell anyone about financial planninng

>>17456051
I'm not your man you faggot. It's interesting, I haven't been here in over 4 months. You've never left. Everyday you probably come here with your unhappy bitter self, spreading it around, trying to make anons as sad as you are. Casiofags are the worst people.

>>17455847
Sir you need to do the needful

>>17456055
you argued with someone 4 months ago about a casio and you're still seething about him

I'm sorry he (and I) made you feel bad but if it's hurting you this much, consider the possibility that you know we're right

did your wife give you shit about the watch? were you hoping approval from the internet would make up for it? this is what you get for making financial decisions to impress 4chan, now leave and hopefully, for your sake, it's permanent. sell that thing and buy your wife a nice necklace

>>17455994
Dude, it seems like the concept of opportunity cost has rotted your brain to a point where i'd suggest professional help.
Being frugal and responsible is a good thing. People can be frugal, but love watches.
People value things differently.

>>17456036
right? you could live in a tent and eat cat food right now, looking at your beautiful patek

>>17455492
>>17455570
>>17455572
Yeah I'm not the average /wt/ autistic retard collector of shitters tax avoiding like the the poos and the wristlets who posts in this thread.

Anyways, cut your wrists and get the rope fag, you are not funny by any means.

Are the IWC Portugieser and Portofino dress watches?

>>17456036
The people I meet who "enjoy life while they're young" are usually pretty fuckin broke in their retirement years. The guy who remembers all his high school touchdowns, all those new cars he leased, the world vacations were huge fun. And in his 80s he's living in a double wide trailer. They're not mutually exclusive sure, but its the ones spending money like they're in congress usually end up with nothing at the end of their life.

>eating cat food
Do you have any idea how expensive pet food is?

>>17456039
>if its a complicated watch it has to be gigantic!
Maybe don't get the whizbang shit like open heart skeletonized alarm clock perpetual calendar moon phase speedway chronometer horoscope fortune cookie bullshit. Again, they were making all that shit a century ago in <40mm watches.

>>17456079
>The people I meet who "enjoy life while they're young" are usually pretty fuckin broke in their retirement years.

I have a fully payed off house, car, and zero student loans. I own two watches from the so-called "Holy Trinity", and I have $250,000 in my brokerage account... I'm under 30. I don't know what other millennials are doing with their money, but it's piss easy to make a living in the tech industry these days.

A single programming job is $150,000/year. How can you not afford a $7000 Rolex?

>>17456046
>credit score is just paying your bills.
No, its how good of a goy you are at taking out loans and eventually paying them back. Ever notice whenever you apply for a loan it lowers your credit score? Ever notice paying off a loan lowers your credit score? Ever notice not going into debt lowers or can even eliminate your credit score? All it is is an indicator at how good you are at paying interest. Having an 800+ credit score means you're a good goy paying back interest timely. My credit is dropping as I put $20,000 towards my mortgage. Original schedule was to pay them $90k in interest over 30 years, instead I'll have paid them $9k over 8 years. After my mortgage is paid off I'm freezing my credit and after about 5 years (allegedly 18 months) it'll drop to 0 as an indeterminate insufficient data score.

>>17456089
Enjoy your temporary job while it lasts

>>17456035
The fuck are you on about, chang? I actually advocated about buying what you want. In my case, predominantly white brands, not your style, I know.

>>17456089
Yeah its definitely possible to have big incomes, save, and get out of debt, but your'e making nearly triple the average US income. Either you're a techbro living in silicon valley but still spending conservatively and saving where you can, or you're lying.

>Not having a 50mm
Why even bother

>>17456099
>He doesn't have a 60mm watch

Bread is with you, my brothers.

>>17456107
>>17456107
>>17456107

>>17456118
i'm avoiding this one, because of the revolting image

>>17456085
Hey don't look at me my daily driver is a 3 hander at 37mm, just saying the more of that shit you try to cram in there, plus automatic, plus water resistant, plus screw down antimagnetic whatever, you're going to end up with a ginormous wrist fedora

>>17456089
Then you're not the subject of the argument, which was a guy making $75k and buying $4k watches and subwoofers for his "studio" (I assume his plan is to make it big in video game music)

>>17456094
Dumb, economically anxious, and racist, the holy trinity of 4chins

>>17456011
a 7incher needs 38mm at most

>>17456104
what are you some kind of wirstlet?

>>17456409
>cam actuated
Why so poor?

>>17455119
if he was American the length of floss would probably not be measured in meters but instead 128ths of a mile or whatever

Suggest a watch for me. Less than 150 buck, simple and round. Casual style