/fa/ - Fashion

bros...

>>17503461
I like the case, but why does the crown stick out so much?

>>17503467
good call, they should've done grooves

>>17503454
>Haute Horology edition
Then anons shouldn't post itt if they are:
>poor
>a weebo in love of japanese shitters (especially gay sexko)
>poor
>satisfied with wearing plastic toy watches
>poor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxYOV08CkQA

>>17503519
why do you keep posting this soiface?
you've been doing it virtually every single day for many months or even years now.

>>17503515
Sports watches aren't the strong suite of the Big Three, all of these look like shit.

I'm looking for examples of other watches with that orange aeroplane-shaped hand.
Help a brother out /wt/.

thoughts on orange bands?

>>17503613
They're nice when they match the dial. I can't find one that closely matches the orange of my diver.

>>17503613
>>17503617
ii reckon it can look nice when its not matching

>>17503612
Basically most Lemania 5100 watches.

best budget dive watches under like 500?

>>17503641
seiko skx007 for that generic diver look
ultimate budget would be casio duro

>>17503613
Orange is meh.

>>17503641
theres basically just marlins if you want an actual dive

>>17503519
'jak him

>>17503515
Those are replicas, you're fooling no one.

>>17503515
I can even name the factories of those reps, the first one is a PPF.

>>17503454
"Suggest a watch for me."
>500 euros, for the perfect watch I can stretch it to 1000 euro
>dress
>automatic
>water resistance, but rest as minimalistic as posible since I don't want to set them all the time.
>bracelet
>4cm, a couple extra mm is also ok.
I'm looking for a replacement of this 50 euro chink watch.

>>17503685
Small seconds on a sports watch is stupid.

Could get my hands on a 1970 MKII for about 2k, seller is legit - should I? Love the design.

>>17503708
If it's legit and in decent condition (aka not repolished, recent service, etc) go for it.

>>17503711
Says it's "fully polished", the service situation is the only thing that holds me back. Seller claimed it's working perfectly on the time scale and that it's stored in a bank safe.

>>17503719
A big part of the appeal of a MKII is that radial brushing on the case. If that's been polished out that's a dealbreaker imo.

>>17503723
Oh, I see. Looks like that is gone. How much should I offer if I still would go for it?

>>17503725
I wouldn't bother to be honest. There will surely be better examples you'll be able to find elsewhere or in the future that won't be repolished.

>>17503726
Thank you for the advice, anon!

Got a $150 Fossil dive watch for my high school graduation a decade ago. I don't know anything about watches

>>17503725
That's fucking bad.

Why do people fucking do this?

>>17503741
I don't get the joke.

>>17503748
Lange should make a Zeitwerk chrono, the split and monopusher part was just exaggerating.

>>17503751
Uh, I don't think that's technically feasible.

>>17503763
>technically feasible
They're Germans, they'll figure something out.

What do you think about the “G-Shock” ?

2k for a serviced 1999 speedmaster seems fine, I guess?

>>17503784
What a horrible model.

Listen, you'll always regret not saving up to $3-$4k for a nice model, and instead settling for a $2k ghastly one.

>>17503793
What makes it horrible?

>>17503811
It has that late 90s/early 2000's vibe. Looks kinda cheap.
Also it's not an actual Speedmaster. If you want one so bad, save more money and get the real deal, not some shitty iteration from the 90s.

>>17503512
>coping faggots get scared by people who reject their hierarchies
What if you just normcored and greymanned?

>>17503612

>>17503829
Oops I missed the orange part, sorry

>>17503515
>Patek discontinues the Nautilus
>Vacheron is no longer accepting wait list applications for the Overseas

Explain this.

>>17503835
>>Patek discontinues the Nautilus
They didn't.
They just stopped producing the steel version. The new version is in white gold.

>>17503818
Disagree with you about the looks, I think it looks very nice, mature and a little more serious than the traditional speedmaster. Why do you say it's not a "real speedmaster", what's the lore here?

>>17503697
Seiko SARB/SARX whichever has the white dial, you missed when they were $300 and have to pay $1k for them though.

>>17503697
Does it have to be up to 1000 euros? Seiko's SNKL43 comes in a very similar look to that cadisen if thats what you're looking for.

>>17503858
The layout isn't the same. It has a date window.

Is the seiko 6R35 movement that bad? This watch ticks pretty much all my boxes but I heard they are a nightmare in terms of accuracy.

>>17503811
The subdial font is awful, the chrome rings around them are awful, the shiny-ass bezel with the bad "TACHYMETRE" font is awful, the weird shiny Omega logo is awful. These are already enough to ruin it.

If you really want a V7750 Speedmaster (which is like a Baby-Seamaster, not even the original hand-wound movement or a Lemania), there's a ton of other choices. Though honestly all Valjoux 7750 Speedmasters are kinda bad visually.

>>17503925
Don't have a 6R35 watch but I have a 6R15 and a 4R36.

6R15
>-5 full wound
>-27 low wound

4R36
>-5 full
>+2 mid
>+10 low

>>17503925
>caring about accuracy
buy a quartz or Rolex.
>seiko automatics
"Hey there everyone I'm a massive faggot. I could just buy a shitter and move on with my life, but I really NEED to show I'm an ENTHUSIAST with watches, and people might think I'm just a NORMAL person if I had a basic quartz shitter on. Yes I am too poor for a ROLEXROLEXROLEX or anything horologically interesting, which realllly makes me anxious and insecure. But as a consooomer I define my identity based on what I buy, so it's reaaaaaly important I find something le quirky"

>>17503963
>Yes I am too poor for a ROLEXROLEXROLEX
I'm actually not poor, Rajeesh. I just refuse to buy your shitter at 2x MSRP you curryniggerfaggot.

>>17503969
We have F91W for ten American dollar, do the needful sir

>>17503697
Tissot prx

>>17503969
>Yes I am too poor for a ROLEXROLEXROLEX
>I'm actually not poor, Rajeesh. I just refuse to buy your shitter at 2x MSRP you curryniggerfaggot.

lmao poorfag got triggered and buttblasted

>>17503925
It's not bad, you can expect something around 5-15spd irl, you could get it regulated for a couple of bucks if you're an autist. My Presage with a 4R35 has +18s out of the box.

>>17503982
post rolex + poo-colored wrist, Muhmed.

>>17503925
Who cares about accuracy on a mechanical watch?
Even if allowances are lax from the factory, you can always regulate it. If you like it, go for it.
t. got me an Alpinist a week ago

Discuss

https://youtu.be/oFQ_mbrBKw0

for me, quite personally, its SUGESS.

My three watches

$2150 on >reddit, yes or no?

>>17504018
no. No one cares about it or will recognize it.

If you actually just fucking loved it you'd have already bought it. Fact you've got to say the exact price too makes it clear you're holding your tiny pp in your hands and are super scared.

>>17504018
lel, do you see how scratches it is?

>>17503708
>>17503784
>>17504018
Fucking hell man, just save more money and buy a real Speedy. For that kind of money ($2000) you'll only find second hand 90s Omega shitters that no one wants.

>>17504022
Vintage swiss shitters for $2k on >watchfinder, yes or no?

can't decide if i go for a tissot prx chrono (valjoux) or a king seiko. both seem to be pretty good, i like tissot but it seems to be "babbies first swiss watch" - slightly leaning towards the king seiko, should i get it?

>>17504031
>hi everyone do I look like old money? pls think of me as old money I'm not like that new money that just buys brands and thinks he can acquire class, nonono I totally inherited this from my grandpa and never think about it at all, am I feudal lord yet? pls look up to me!!!!
Stop simping for people who will never respect you and try, just once, to have a backbone

>>17504030
I actually don't like most Speedys, and would prefer a triple date watch

>>17504035
You lack taste and style sweaty, your grand basedko awaits

>>17504031
All 3 for $2k might be an okay price, otherwise pass.

>>17504037
Already wearing it bro, I hope the oligarchs see this!

>>17503884
Those look nice. Too bad they got discontinued.

>>17503896
I'm not sure if I want to spend 2000 on a watch. But if you got some good suggestions above 1000 I might consider.
SNKL43 will be on the list aswell.

>>17503975
I really need to see that one in person. Not sure if I like the t-classic better.

>>17504035
What do you mean, these are just plain dress watches. That's like saying Grand Seiko owners want to be old money

>>17504038
It's 2k each you chud, can't you recognise a holy trinity when it's presented to you

>>17504040
Let me save you some time, tissots look like wish.com garbage IRL, you will be mad you even wasted the time going to the store

>>17504040
>Those look nice. Too bad they got discontinued.
You can still get them on Chrono24/Ebay and even in some shops, but expect to pay almost as much as for the new Presages (which are actually worse).

>>17504042
Grand basedko comes with its own kind of delusion and cope so you have to decide what your cope style is; personally, and this is just me, used holy trinity watches and used VC in particular are gigacope for people who lack the self awareness to find any humor in it. It's urban gentry tier, "hire a graphic designer to make a family crest and put it on the wall for your youtube channel" kind of embarrassing. This is the level of watchcope where you should be considering a hublot so you can play it off as ironic with some degree of plausible deniability.

>>17504040
I just got an SNKL43 as my first Seiko, so far I like it. A little annoyed there isn't any manual winding but otherwise its quite attractive. Theres a number of variations of it too; slightly different hands, different color dials, its a sub 38mm watch too. Looks and feels great on the wrist.

Another one to check out is the Orient Bambino II. Inexpensive, Japanese movement I think assembled in China. Still looks attractive and seems to fit most of what you're looking for too.

>>17504043
Shut up idiot, they'll look like you went digging around your grandma's house and stole dead grandpa's watch.

>>17504051
I think you're overthinking too much/ trying too hard to be funny or something, but what dress watch do you recommend for that price?

>>17504056
I did, chud. But I have the holy trinity and you have a holy trinity of diabetes

>>17504058
If you can only afford to pay that much then you don't need a dress watch because you don't wear a suit for anything except weddings and funerals and that's probably a shitty $1k Walmart suit or some shit that doesn't even fit you.

>>17504060
Let's say I theoretically was you and had your job and salary of being unfunny on /fa/, what would you buy?

>>17504058
I don't know what your self image is so I can't really say. If you are badly in need of a prestige brand without looking like you're practicing to be the next anna delvey, you might consider a used cartier. If you want to avoid looking so tryhard but still have something that some "watch people" will respect you could just get a new longines heritage. If you want to look like you really put no thought into this whatsoever, but still want something solid, get a baume & mercier. Literally no one will think you're trying to impress anyone, because you can't with a baume & mercier yet watch people will have a rough idea of what you cost, which is what I assume you want to communicate here.

>>17504066
Nothing, I'm suicidally poor.

>>17504069
This was my line of thinking
>Grand Seiko is shilled on here as the best dress watch, costs ~$3k for basic quartz
>These vintage ones are ~2k and will have at least some pedigree behind them, and they look the part
It's not like you can show these off since they are the most nondescript dress watches I have ever seen

>>17504075
Gone are the days when grand seiko could plausibly be claimed as the "under the radar" choice, there are 80 foot grand seiko billboards outside the holland tunnel now. Also I don't think GS makes a quartz dress watch, I could be wrong though.

Anyway nobody buys a used VC to NOT show it off, just because you aren't planning on it being noticed from across the room by the cleaning lady doesn't mean it's not for showing off, this is 4chan you can spare us the cope narratives

>>17503725
50 bucks

>>17504031
Meh, might as well get a vintage Seiko.

>>17504082
>Anyway nobody buys a used VC to NOT show it off,
Don't be so moronic. Do you know anybody who ever takes notice of watches these days? Let alone approach you and talk about it? You'd have to go out of your own way to wave it in somebody else's face.
>Oh, I couldn't help notice you rolling up your sleeve and then I saw your watch
>Wow thanks, it's an Audemars Piguet
>A what?
>Oh, don't you mean the Royal Oak people? I know them, Travis has one. What's that model, I've never seen it before.

>>17504032
Go and try them both in person.

>>17504091
Thank you for spelling out the fantasy but it's unnecessary, any "watch guy" knows exactly your fantasy scenario. The mouth breather at work will ignore or dismiss it because it's not 46mm and covered in rhinestones, and you will feel very superior (which you are, it's not just a feeling!). The upper middle management guy, who you are trying to impress with your understated style and substance over fluff, will subtly acknowledge your sophistication, without saying it out loud he'll set the gears in motion, you'll get that promotion (not because of the watch of course, but it didn't hurt), you'll finally be adored by the right kinds of people (YOUR kind of people), and so on. The deserving will get their reward, the unwashed masses will know their place, your dog went off to live with a nice farm family, the cute waitress really likes you, and you really can tell the difference with lossless.

>>17504108
I don't know how I can make it any clearer, but not a single person in 2023 cares about watches, and none of the people in your examples will ever take notice of any watch. So your whole premise of wearing watches to show off is moot, no matter how hard you imagine people wanting to notice them.

>>17504108
>Thank you for spelling out the fantasy but it's unnecessary, any "watch guy" knows exactly your fantasy scenario.
Perhaps you lack reading comprehension skills but that is very obviously a bad "fantasy" where nothing good happens.

>>17503515
>date window on the "Patek"

>>17503998
Have you been running the chronograph for 6 hours or is that hour subdial not functional?

Does anyone in here actually like watches

Seems like this is just a bunch of autistic people trying to stand on each others hands

>>17504142
that subdial just follows the main hour hand so its pretty useless. biggest fault for the watch IMO. otherwise its really nice.

>>17504144
No. Everyone who does not share your opinions doesn't like watches.

>>17504144
theres not a lot to like about the state of the watch industry and their customers

>>17504051
the mountain jew fears the samurai

>>17504051
>used holy trinity watches and used VC in particular are gigacope for people who lack the self awareness to find any humor in it.
Why? They just look like any other dress watch.

>>17504144
>Seems like this is just a bunch of autistic people trying to stand on each others hands

That is the basically the watch "community".

Here's people who own watches:
>people who buy whatever stylish apple watch people have because it's apple
>people who buy a mall shitter because it "looks nice"
>woman who was buying jewelry at cartier and saw the tank and said "That's nice"
>guy who bought a Rolex with his bonus money because that's what the partners in his firm wear
>street trash who thinks owning a Rolex is actually meaningful and saved every penny to be able to buy a Rolex and makes it part of his identity and imagines it puts him in some special club when every rich person just thinks of an ordinary Rolex as a "nice watch" and moves on with their life
>engineer types who think utility=desirability and think it must be cool to larp with 1000 g-shocks
>poorfag with a casio
>richfag "haha I am a commoner" with a casio
>reddit retard who wants to make watches a "hobby" but is poor as shit so buys a three dozen shitter seikos of ever so slightly different colors and gets updoots for a post with them all so thinks he must be really cool
>slightly rich autistic people who make a big deal out of watches and then autistically try and shit on other people because that is seen as a threat to their own choice and try to convince other sticky people they have taste in watches

Any reason to not buy a PRX 35mm as my second watch? I currently have a g shock 5600 that I like, but it’s not dressy enough for work.

>>17504170
NTA but you need to get your head checked. Those 2 watches don't even look similar other than they're round and watches.

>>17504174
>woman who was buying jewelry at cartier and saw the tank and said "That's nice"
Wow that's me

>>17504179
They're both boring looking dress watches you pedantic moron

>>17504182
They're not boring, they're just not cluttered with nonsense. They're not trying hard to look good while still looking good. You cannot possibly be so myopic that you put all 'plain' or minimalist watches into the same bucket and say they're all the same.

>>17504174
What about all the mids who say "horological" every other sentence and compare literally everything to rolex while pretending to be too cool for rolex with their used constellation redial on a nato strap

>>17504175
having test worn that and the 40mm today id say if youre a guy go for 40mm

>>17504186
>and say they're all the same.
They're both round, white faces, leather strap, similar minute markers, similar crown, similar hands, similar lugs, no subdials, text in same place

>>17504188
Where did you test them? My preference is for a smaller watch but I guess it would be best to see them both in person.

>>17503454
trying to find a good budget watch with a similar look to this (dustin hoffman - the graduate) but with day/date and preferably an automatic movement. looking at seiko 5's but they're over 200 cad anywhere i look. i'm a poorfag and don't wanna blow too much unless i know it's a good piece and made to last.

only watch i've owned as an adult so far is a timex weekender which i really love and gets lots of compliments from the uninitiated. just looking to up my game and go something a little more mature or that can be added into a more dressy ensemble.

>>17504195
blue or black dial with hashmarks instead of numbers preferred.

Is this watch a cope for a green Datejust? It's a good price and probably all I'd need along with a beater G-shock or something.

>>17504195
>>17504196
There's some Day-Date Tissots on Jomashop but they're usually around 300 USD. For 200 leafbucks you're probably looking at Orient (but IIRC those are all date only) or a chinese knockoff.

>>17504192
>Where did you test them?
the next best watch dealer that had tissots on display
>My preference is for a smaller watch
thought that of myself too but every time i tried one i wasnt impressed

>>17504200
so are seiko 5 meme level not worth?

>>17504187
Basically reddit retards? They need to have the hobby thing but they're poor

>>17504200
>>17504206
i'm willing to splurge if the intersection of value and quality is right. also prefer 38mm case width cause i'm a thinspo lord.

>>17503454

>>17504206
>doesn't tell time well
>shitty build
>COPEs for poorfag who can neither get a decent watch nor just settle with some comfy cheap quartz

>>17504206
limited edition bait watch

>>17503925
mine has been around -5 seconds a day

anybody please talk me out of this one lol

>>17504227
I would immediately assume you were a Mencius Moldbug type if I saw you wearing this and would disregard anything you had to say.

>>17504230
I googled that. Sounds like an incredibly cancerous personality, I wanted to strangle him after the first half of the wiki

>>17504230
i'm more of a classic nick land type of guy.

>>17504147
lel that's even worse than the already bad 24-hour subdial.

looks like the love for seiko survived the revolution.

>>17504144
I like watches.

>>17504244
I like some watches but have a very tenuous relationship with the current industry.

>>17504219
>>17504222
sweet good to know thx

>>17504249
>le wrong decade
You aren't special

>>17504236
On closer inspection his watch has the Shah of Iran on it. I thought that was Pinochet at first. The NRx guys love Pinochet.

>>17503858
>Why do you say it's not a "real speedmaster", what's the lore here?

Because what you were talking about is in no way related to the watch that NASA has certified for extra vehicular activities in space, in design nor movement.

The current Speedy that warrants the name is the Caliber 321 model, which is like $14,000. If you don’t care about the movement and just want a Speedmaster that looks like the original moon watch, then you can choose the co-axial version which goes for around $6k.

This thing >>17503784 is just one of Swatch’s endless and shitty attempts at making money off of the Speedmaster name. In fact if I recall that one just uses a basic bitch ETA automatic movement.

>>17504175
Get the 35, the 40 is too big

>>17504195
>>17504200
>>17504219
>>17504222
how's this? not too much more for me if the quality is good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI0eUsASCwk

This looks great for a microbrand, damn.

>>17504280
Idk I like this blue watch better

>>17504260
Lol look at this nasa larping faggot, no one unsticky cares

My favorites in the collection i have. I wear the baltic and the bulova most often, esp now during the winter.
The omega is broken and need to find a local watchmaker to get it fixed.

"Suggest a watch for me."
> 500€ - 1000€
> Sportswatch with integrated bracelet
> automatic
> at least 100m water resistance + date function
> option to put on a nato strap in the summer would be nice, but not necessary
> around 40mm

PRX looks like shit in real life and is too big.

>>17504260
The speedy with the coaxial movment is the one thats actually qualified for evas tho...

The baltic on this matchy strap i found on amazon

>>17504368
You are swine you vulgar little maggot. Don't you know that you are pathetic? You worthless bag of filth. I'll bet you couldn't pour piss out of a boot with instructions on the heel. You are a canker. A sore that won't go away. A zit on the butt of society. I would rather kiss a lawyer than be seen with you.

You are a fiend and a coward, and you have bad breath. You are degenerate, noxious and depraved. I feel debased just for knowing you exist. I despise everything about you. You are a bloody nardless newbie twit protohominid chromosomally aberrant caricature of a coprophagic cloacal parasitic pond scum and I wish you would go away.

You're a putrescence mass, a walking vomit. You are a spineless little worm deserving nothing but the profoundest contempt. You are a jerk, a cad, a weasel. Your life is a monument to stupidity. You are a stench, a revulsion, a big suck on a sour lemon.

You are a bleating fool, a curdled staggering mutant dwarf smeared richly with the effluvia and offal accompanying your alleged birth into this world. An insensate, blinking calf, meaningful to nobody, abandoned by the puke-drooling, giggling beasts who sired you and then killed themselves in recognition of what they had done.

I will never get over the embarrassment of belonging to the same species as you. You are a monster, an ogre, a malformity. I barf at the very thought of you. You have all the appeal of a paper cut. Lepers avoid you. Because off your face the rabbit population actually decreased. You are vile, worthless, less than nothing. You are a weed, a fungus, the dregs of this earth. And did I mention you smell?

If you aren't an idiot, you made a world-class effort at simulating one.

You snail-skulled little rabbit. Would that a hawk pick you up, drive its beak into your brain, and upon finding it rancid set you loose to fly briefly before spattering the ocean rocks with the frothy pink shame of your ignoble blood.

>>17504413
coaxial escapements didn’t exist back in the 1950’s and 1960s thoever.

seems like you and i are now embroiled in an internet argument and there’s not enough room for both of us in this thread partner.

>>17504406

Anyone know what country this was made for?

>>17504406

>>17504420
this one looks cool, I like the bracelet and the outer shape of the case but all the markers on the dial are bit much.

>>17504467
tiks all the boxes, but the geometric shapes on the dial aren't for me. But they aren't that visible on the white one, I'll try to check it out in person!

>>17504407
Yum

>>17504455
Sandnegrostan

>>17504455
Anywhere that uses eastern arab numerals. So Egypt and everything east of that until you hit India.

is there a watch similar to pic related, but 38mm?
white clean dial, dress-y, $1k or less.
I was actually looking at another Citizen(-group) watch, the NB1060 which would be perfect but I don't like the silver lacquer.

>>17504218
>rolex not big boy tier
Nah, buying rolex is unironically retarded.

>>17504227
The Saddam watch is cooler.

Jaeger-LeCoultre. Refinement, elegance, and tasteful understatement. The thinking man’s watch. Buy Jaeger-LeCoultre.

should I?

>>17504455
Third world countries.

>>17504521
Their price hikes in the past 3 years have been retarded. The reverso up over 30 percent

>>17504575
Every brand has engaged in massive price hikes the last 3 years.

>>17504552
At least they are finally using interesting movements now, go try it on, you will know if you want it

>>17504401
Big on the gold Casios personally.

Got a Rolex today. First one. Feels good man. I hope I can be done buying watches at least for a few years.

>>17504174
You're lacking the wealthy collector who buys weird shit because he can afford it and barely uses a watch more than two days in a row, so doesn't care about accurancy or wearability.

>>17504521

>>17504693
>breitling

>>17504693
Ref? Does it use their B01 movement?

>>17504695
Breitlings are cool

>>17504552
>should I?
Yes, excelent watch. Just keep in mind the new reference with in-house movement is a bit thicker that other options.

>>17504693
https://www.breitling.com/us-en/watches/top-time/top-time/A23310121G1/

>>17504703
>eww
Not that one.

>>17504709
It looks alpha

>>17504703
It's got a 60s/70s charm to it, so I kind of like it. But you'll have to put extra thought into the clothes that go with it.

>>17504710
>It looks alpha
Lol, no

>>17504714
Low t

"Suggest a watch for me."
> Your budget
$600
> Movement
Quartz
> Desired features
Stopwatch, timer, alarm, lume on hands and indices
> Wrist size or desired watch size
Case less than 38 mm, thinner than 1 cm

Basically pic related but smaller

>>17504732
>Paying over $100 for a quartz watch

>>17504732
Doesn't exist sorry
There is a Japanese version of the watch you posted that is smaller than the international models if you want to look for it, its probably on sakurawatch

>>17503925
i have a deep lake alpinist, it's absolutely based. honestly any decent movement is good enough. you'll learn to not give a shit about accuracy. by placing the watch in certain positions you gain and lose whatever time you need. my alpinist is +5 a day and it's a simple as hacking the seconds hand for 5 seconds every morning.

>>17504509
What watch is this?

>>17504738
What, you think a quartz watch can be worth $100 at most?

>>17504741
Thanks... 39.5 mm though, still too big

>>17504738
explain

>>17504779
>still too big
I already told you, what you want doesn't exist

>>17504779
>What, you think a quartz watch can be worth $100 at most?
Yes

>>17504781
^^^

>>17504732
Only you would like something that shitty. Doesn't exist.

>>17504705
Where did you got that nato? Is it custom?

>>17504738
post your watch collection

are Yema really fugged up or is it safe to buy one?

>>17504794
>Yes
That's pretty retarded

>>17504796
>Only you would like something that shitty. Doesn't exist.
I want the standard useful functions of a digital watch and the possibility to tell the time without two-hands operations. Plus a small size so I can wear the watch with shirts without it messing up the cuffs. Seems like pretty reasonable requests to me

quartz bros, we’re under attack by the mechanical gang. post your quartz and fight them off.

>>17504798
What difference would that make?

>>17503784
It depends on who serviced it. If Omega did the servicing, then it's worth it because that's about a 3rd of the value of the watch right there, and they would have replaced all parts that required replacing, as well as refinishing the outside (including bracelet) back to factory spec. If it was an independent, then no, it's not worth it and you should pay around 1700 USD or so.

>>17504018
This one is worth more because it's the chronometer-spec Valjoux 7750 triple calendar, so the price is okay. I would be careful of reddit though. Does it have the full set of links? What is the service history? etc.

>>17504030
Many people don't buy the Speedy Pros due to the size being too large, or the manual-wind issue, or of course, the cost. Given that Omega produced reliable watches in the 90s, they exist as a 'bargain' entry, similar to the 1960s Omega 3-handers which all have great movements but are bargain-basement in terms of price. Does anyone really care that the movement was an ETA? For one thing, it's easy to get parts and service...and that begins to matter when you consider that it's more difficult to find an independent who has the ability to properly service a coaxial.

>>17504036
Go with what you love, and fuck the rest.

>>17504803
OK

>>17504732
You might want to check AliExpress. There you can find tons of weird watches in designs that you’ve never seen before, for like $20 sometimes.

Someone's offering me a refurbished Rolex submariner (genuine parts but restored and taken from different watches) for around 2k USD, worth it?

>>17504809
Depends on which parts are replaced. If it's bad enough, Rolex won't ever service it, so you'll be stuck with a frankenwatch forever. Why waste money when you can buy a genuine one for 10k?

>>17504809
lol its worth $50

>>17504806
>Go with what you love, and fuck the rest.
Seriously, imaginary dickweeds aren't wearing the fucker. Just nothing too prescious, it's creepy.

>>17504809
Probably technically worth it but I wouldn’t do it, you want a watch that’s in good shape, where you know everything is as it should be. Save up the extra money for a real sub if that’s what you want.

>used aqua terras on ebay for 1500-2400
wow those things depreciate HARD once you buy them

>people be like "Moonswatch is worthless"
It's been over a year and they're still going up.

>>17504833
Now do completed sales on ebay

>>17504833
Is anyone actually buying them at those prices though or are retards just putting them up at stupid prices hoping they catch someone even more retarded?

>>17504835

>>17504803

>>17504835
It seems they are selling.

>>17504838
>>17504842
None of those are completed sales try again

>>17504844
Disregard this is suck cocks

Suggest a watch pour moi
>$1,500 or less
>diver or sport
>mechanical
>open back/ crystal for view of rotor, hour minute second hand with date
>leather or bracelet
>less than 48mm lug to lug

>>17504822
Your sentence doesn't make sense. What are you criticizing? Was it the watch I was talking about (i.e. 7750-based Omegas)? Was it the pic of my watch I posted? Was it the perspective of watch-buying?

>are you jelly?

>>17504853
Invicta

>>17504853
Citizen NB1050-59L
One of the better looking unique sport watches on the market in the affordable category
Also available in black and silver dial versions
~$550
https://www.sakurawatches.com/citizen-collection-nb1050-59l

>>17504854
Go shit yourself in the mouth.

>>17504854
I was agreeing, Some anons out there buy an image and not what personally delights them.

>>17504860
wish citizen eco drive designs looked as good as their automatic designs

>>17504863
They do, you just have to buy stuff from the chronomaster line

>>17504862
Fix your bezel

>>17504853
Nomos club date 38mm has the best looking movement of any watch that fits your criteria. Could easily find a pre owned one under 1500.

>>17504866
definitely going to eventually, but it defeats the point of affordability

>>17504874
Only rarely is a dial combo both good looking and affordable.

>>17504861
No. U.

>>17504862
Got it, thanks for the clarification.

>>17504863
They do, you just have to spend money.

>>17504874
Affordability is a problem with watches. Didn't someone do a Venn diagram back in the day with 'price - aesthetics - performance'?

I want an Omega Aqua terra quartz bros..

>>17504808
Any suggestion for what to search for to avoid the sea of 45 mm monsters?

Anyway I'm having a great time browsing through this shit

>>17504911

>>17504911
Aliexpress is all a gigantic wave of shit. Nothing valuable in there.

>>17504911
>45 mm monsters
Wristlet?

>>17503925
My alpinist can lose 5min/day. Something about it is fucked. None of my 4R movements do that. But I haven't gotten around to fixing it yet

>>17504945
No, but I'm looking for a smaller watch (read previous posts)

Aya watch. Very much half-assed the finishing since there are some mistakes in the cut files that need to be fixed in a rev 2 (shirt clipping with the indicator leaf, shoulder too). Aya!

Should I buy this? I love the dial, it's designed to look like water. I also think spring drive is pretty cool and I like how they removed the power reserve indicator off the dial

>>17504970
I'm not a fan of textured dials, but I have to say that one is nice.

>>17504970
fyi GS clasps and bracelets are almost Seiko 5 tier in case you don’t know / have never owned one. other than that, everything else about GS is excellent.

>>17504911
unless you can write chinese, it’s almost impossible to navigate it to find something specific.

search for “analog digital watch” and just click through as many as you can to see if they even list the dimensions.

>>17504989
That's a shame. I would've expected it to have a pretty nice clasp at that price point.

>>17504970
Go for it, that dial is gorgeous.

>>17504992
it’s a long running mystery as to why they put basically no effort into it. plenty of thread about it on watchuseek you might want to read

>>17504999
Thanks for the tip, I'll dig around there

>>17504970
Don't throw your money in the garbage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2hbg_GWAdg

Has anyone bought from Watch Experimental Unit WMT? This Pepsi looks really nice but not sure if it's worth $650.

>>17504970
Gold+SS is pleb
Blue is the plebbest color.

>>17504693

>>17505060
>$650
Lmao.

>>17504853
this + Hirsch medici leather strap
36 mm (for 16 cm wrist):

snk355
snk357
snk361
snk363
snk365
snk366
snk368
snk377
snk379
snk381

>>17503824
You can't reject a hierarchy, retard, only go to the bottom of it.

Whats the consensus on formex? Just another gimmicky special snowflake microbrand, or are they on to something?

>>17504218
Lorus gang... we are forgotten once more

Is this one of those $200 Stauers or is it some $20,000 bullshit?

>>17504866
I don't like how everything on the dial looks like it's floating on it.

>>17504970
If you can get it then sure.

>>17505080
kek

>>17505103
It could be a Gucci.

Got this AP royal Oak in Vietnam.

They wanted £60,000 for it, but i bartered them down to £65.

Also, as a poorfag i am only buying fakes from now on.

>>17505138
Based

Is this peak haute horologie?

>>17503697
Hamilton Khaki Field automatic 38mm

>>17505138
Based and fakepilled.

Hi /fa/, I've set myself the task of fixing Rolex, because they sure as hell aren't going to fix themselves. Starting with arguably the worst watch they make.

In brief:
>Removed WORDSWORDSWORDS
>Removed date

>>17505161
You should have left the DEEP SEA, now it looks super boring without any color.

>>17505162
Who wants green on their dial? It's not very deepsea.

Here's the sub, and the changes are basically to get it back in line with th vintage. I belive if Rolex did this, they'd sell for 5x retail and there would be a wait list 20 years long. If they really wanted to print money, they'd also allow you to change bezel inserts and dial colours, but one step at a time.

To surmise:
>Edited down words again
>Removed crown guards
>Shaved down lugs

>>17505165
Last one right now, the OP. This is actually pretty good right now, it just needs a bit of cleaning up.

Details:
>Removed those bloody hideous double batons
>Removed unnecessary words
>Moved 'Oyster Perpetual' down
>Made the chapter ring symmetrical

>>17505171
One more. Day-date. Only needs minor tweaks.

Such as:
>Make it steel
>Get rid of the Roman numerals
>Get rid of words
>Move 'Day-Date' down

>>17505173

>>17505165
>>17505171
>>17505161
I get that you're cleaning the design here, but if people wanted Scandinavian tier minimalism in their watches, they'd get some generic AliExpress quartz watch for $20.

The little details you're scrubbing off are part of the reason why people would buy a rolex over some no-name brand and add to the character of the watch. Part of having these luxury watches is having their features shown off. Which brands such as rolex like to emphasize. You can also streamline a design and oversimplify it.

>>17505175
Perfect example. The original design isnt even that busy and you've stripped it of all of it's character and turned it in to an aliexpress watch.

>>17505161
>>17505165
>>17505171
>>17505173
>>17505175
>let me explain how I, a literally who 4chan retard, would fix the most successful watches company.

>>17505175
I refuse to believe that the left dial exists

>>17505175
>why yes I do need my day date to say day date, how else would you know it's a day date other than perhaps the fact that it displays both the day and the date on the face of the watch?

>>17505108
They don't all have those glass dials

>>17505175
You made them all look like aliexpress shitters. Well done.

>>17505226
It already says day date.

>>17504999
It's not a mystery, swiss bracelets are built to tight tolerances so they are extremely stiff and require a micro adjust to be even wearable out of the box. Japanese bracelets are built with some play in the links so they wear "soft" out of the box and don't require a micro adjust to be comfortable. Since GS (and JDM watches in general) were memed to westerners by social media, almost everything you hear about them is just something everyone read somewhere online. Some of it is true, some of it is somewhat true, some of it is subjective but repeated as objective, and some of it is just plain wrong and weird, like the "acktchyully it's a capacitor not a battery" meme for solar watches.

Anyway "no effort for the owner" and "no effort on the part of thee manufacturer" are two very distinct concepts, but autists who love fiddling with mechanical things are prone to confusing the two.

tl;dr this is cast iron pans/linux/wet shaving, but for watches

>>17504970
Tacky and hideously large, if you are american then go for it, grand seiko is dead now, raped to death by western values

>>17505233
The dial is plastic actchyully

>>17505165
>>17505171
>>17505175
Literal improvements on all 3

>>17504833
They recently commemorate selling 1 million of those things and it seems that they are not going to stop anytime soon.
How the hell people are trying to sell/buying them for that much?
Honestly is a watch that I don't get, those old colorful swatch chronos are much more interesting than the cope moon watch

>>17505361
>hideously large
It's only 40mm, that is a pretty standard size for a men's watch. Maybe if you have pencil wrists it would be too large for you...

>>17505381
If invicta aesthetic is your thing (and there is nothing wrong with that at all), why not just get an invicta and save yourself about 9 grand

>>17505396
those chinese copies are getting better every year...

HAQ movement, 200m water resistance, swiss made, only 11mm thick, incredible design, the bracelet looks to be quality and only ~500€? am i missing something? Does anyone know a japenese competitor to this watch in this price range because i couldnt find one.

>>17504842
i recently called my local swiss store if they have any left and they told me they get them every other week except some models that trickle in randomly. i don't get why people pay 5x the retail price just to not go into the next bigger store. i can understand if they live in a place with no store anywere near but i'm sure that could be arranged somehow.

>>17505460
Yeah, a Seiko 5 would be $100 euros and look similar to that.

A timex or casio would be less than $500.

what's /wt/s opinion on seiko alpinists?

>>17505465
a seiko 5 and the certina i posted are both watches and thats where the similarities end. and i dont believe timex or casio offer HAQ at all, especially not at that price.

>>17505467
the sarb017 was great
the "upgraded" version is a mess

>>17505470
>must be HAQ movement
Whatever I guess. Doesn't make a difference.

>>17505460
If you like the design its a pretty solid buy. Certina makes lots of decent shitters with HAQ movements

>>17505486
>the "upgraded" version is a mess
what's the problem with it? both models seem to be semi rare now. any other models i should avoid or are recommended?

>>17505286
he means that he doesn't need the watch to say day date in letters on the dial

>>17505515
>what's the problem with it?
It changed and therefore its now bad

>>17504866
>tfw you have two blue dial sports watches and want this one, too, because it looks good
aaaaaaahhhhhhhh

>>17505553
Never post here again

>>17505515
The X looks like shit, the cyclops looks like shit, they took away the cursive "diashock" which was cute and retro, the date window inexplicably turned black on white which is fugly, and the addition of sapphire detracts from the tool watch character and launches it into wrist fedora "dress watch trying and failing to look tough" territory

>>17505567
>The X looks like shit, the cyclops looks like shit, they took away the cursive "diashock" which was cute and retro, the date window inexplicably turned black on white which is fugly, and the addition of sapphire detracts from the tool watch character and launches it into wrist fedora "dress watch trying and failing to look tough" territory
so it's about personal preference/aesthetics and the watch/movement is absolutley fine, thanks for clarification.

>>17505389
40 mm isn't an Invicta aesthetic you tiny man, it's a common size. But keep telling yourself that to cope with your lady watches for your dainty wrists

>>17505573
40mm is only a recent common size. 36mm used to be common for men's watches back when you could hit a woman and have bourbon for lunch. Stop pretending giant watches is a good thing.

>>17505573
t. drives a huge ass pickup truck and has a tiny penis

>>17505572
Sakurawatch has the black dial in stock
https://www.sakurawatches.com/seiko-prospex-alpinist-limited-model-sbdc087
Gnomon has several models in stock
https://www.gnomonwatches.com/search?q=Alpanist&type=product
The new model has an updated movement that i think is superior to the older one, the older one is stupidly expensive now anyways like any other popular discontinued seiko model.
You can also check ebay and watchuseek to see if you can find good prices from Japanese sellers, the yen is still pretty weak against the dollar and you can find some nice deals.

>>17505582
Also strapcode makes nice if somewhat expensive aftermarket bracelets for them.

>>17505576
Case thickness is the only thing that matters.

>>17505582
thanks, but i decided to go with the European Special SPB197J1. just looks really nice, same dial as the mountain glacier limited edition.

>>17504499 (Me)
guys, what do you think? or is 40mm ok for this kind of watch?

>>17505138
The case finishing looks fucking awful...this is the best one they had?

>>17505161
No. Now the watch looks fat.

>>17505165
No. The positioning of both texts is too high.

>>17505171
No, now it looks like the Citizen watches that had cool colours.

>>17505175
No. Now it looks like the Tudor version.

>>17505372
Wonderful...better than Alain Silberstein.

>>17505567
>The X looks like shit
I really happen to like the Prospex logo, it's the best part of the new Alpinist (for me)

>>17505609
>>17505567
it's not an X, it's a PS.

>>17505613
It's both. It's P and S that form an X.

What's with all these fakes?
Why is wt filled with poor sub humans?

>>17505430
They’re actually real believe it or not. Pic is from some watch dealer on FB.

new
>>17505659
>>17505659
>>17505659
>>17505659
>>17505659

>>17505576
Just because something used to be one way doesn't mean it is (or should be) anymore. Times change. Stop pretending tiny watches will make a comeback. They will always look like a women's watch on your wrist.
>>17505578
wrong on both counts

>>17505606
Yes and don't let wristlets try to convince you otherwise

>>17505234
>all it takes to make rolex look like aliexpress shitters is text
lol
lmao, even

>>17504806
solid advice, thanks anon!