/fa/ - Fashion

What watch do I wear to say "I have given up?"

>>17565296
pretty much any rolex

>>17565296
Any Casio, Seiko, Citizen, Orient or Timex.

>>17565296
f91w

>want to check the time
>admire my Rolex
>remember that I'm better than anyone else because I'm wearing a Rolex
>forgot to actually check the time
>admire my Rolex again
Happens to me all the time.

>>17565296
Truly giving up is wearing no watch at all because you can't be bothered to care what time it is.

>>17565305
That sounds really stupid, you should be ashamed of yourself

>>17565301
Watches that just works™

I like this, it matches my N64 controller

>>17565335
You should go all in.

>>17565343
Lmao

>>17565305
Why do you keep shilling rolex in my thread every day?

I'm so fucking mad this thread and the internet convinced me to buy a ton of shitty meaningless 200€ watches when I could have saved up for a nice watch on a special occasion. Tomorrow I'm selling my whole collection

>>17565343
The middle aged asian housewife drip?

>>17565296
Any microbrand

Which modern pilot chronograph has the most historical bona fides?

>>17565335
>>17565343

>>17565375
stowa

>>17565353
isn't this thread mostly the exact opposite? you're a special kind of stupid if you got swindled into buying MULTIPLE 200€ shitters lmao

>>17565376
That would be perfect to wear with a light blue Lacoste shirt, you could have matching alligators

>>17565361
Honestly I respect anybody wearing literally any microbrand more than I respect anyone acting like there are correct or incorrect watches to buy.

gifted myself a Sinn 104 green dial for my birthday. How'd I do?

>>17565353
I doubt people here convinced you of that, we usually advocate for the opposite. Also post your collection.

>>17565403
Absolutely stellar! You and Pilot-Anon match now

>>17565390
They make (fashion) watches.

>>17565403
It doesn't look new, but i guess that's ok.

>>17565403
Stop shilling sinn in my thread please

>>17565361
>>17565393
Montas and Farers look nice. Will probably go for one of those next.

>>17565410
it's new, i just didn't bother wiping it off before the pic ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

>>17565413
Farer is excellent for colours and is really the only actual option for entry levels for a decent, well lumed world timer. Monta was supposed to release a new OceanQuest this past Winter, but for some reason, they havent.

>>17565403
How do you like it? I had a Sinn 104 on my wishlist for a while but I kind of gave up on getting one because it's similar to other watches I own and I don't think I would wear it much. I love the look of the white dial version though.

>>17565296
Just use the clock on your phone.

>>17565403
Sinn are almost great, but they just make some weird decisions. Why are alternate numbers on the bezel different sizes? Why the stupid super long points on the hands? Why make the lug to lug so large?

>>17565403
horrific bezel.

>>17565427
Funny, I never noticed the numbers on the bezel being different sizes but now I can't unsee it. I like the syringe looking hands, it gives the watch face a unique look.

I almost bought one but I decided to keep saving up my money for something else.

>>17565415
I mean it doesn't look contemporary, the design looks a bit old school. Not saying it's bad.

>>17565423
love it. Wanted something fairly inconspicuous that i can wear with anything, but also with some nice little details, for under $2k. Only real downside is not coming with quick release spring bars/bracelet
>>17565427
ha, i honestly never noticed the alternating font sizes.
Also, the lug-to-lug is actually pretty narrow for a 41mm, i'm 6'4'' and have skelly arms and a skinny wrist.
I like the syringe style hands, but that's just a subjective thing.

is my watch /wt/ approved?

>>17565442
No, watches with tachymeter bezels are a crime against humanity.

>>17565442
Not really i'd say. As a watch (citizen, eco drive, chrono) it's ok, but the looks, oh boy...

>>17565442
I'd just feel weird wearing a "gold" watch that isn't made out of actual gold

>>17565451
I agree, even gold plated is sketchy. Do it properly or don't do it at all.

>>17565444
you shut your whore mouth about our lord and savior Speedmaster Moonwatch

>>17565442
gold and green always looks great to me

>>17565455
cringe, kys redditfaggot

>>17565440
>Also, the lug-to-lug is actually pretty narrow for a 41mm,
Seiko does a lot of 42mm watches with a 46mm lug to lug. 1mm wider, but 1mm shorter. Sinn aren't the worst offenders by a long shot, but they could be making more sensible cases.

>>17565459
a post with nothing but cliche buzzwords is the peak of "cringe", dummy

>>17565455
NTA but tachymeter bezels are tacky. Nobody knows how to use them and they're useless clutter on your jewelry. Its ugly when the intent of the watch is to be pretty.
>BUT I COULD LEARN HOW TO USE IT
yeah and never actually use it in practice because its stupid. Its just like I could learn how to use a slide ruler printed on my watch bracelet and I'd never use it. How about an abacus on my earrings? Its ugly and stupid on all watches.

tachymeters look cool, simple as that

All chronographs look ugly and stupid.

>>17565474
I like the little subdials, it looks like the dashboard of a car. Also I use them all the time for timing stuff while I'm cooking so they are pretty useful to me

>>17565470
Same argument as "Why buy a $12k Rolex when a $30 Casio can keep better time?" No one is buying a Swiss chronograph for its functions. They're buying for subjective reasons, and it's pointless to argue about peoples' subjective choices. People like what they like

>>17565477
People buy Rolexes because they're pretty, everyone across the world know what they are, they're a very durable and long-lasting product.

People buy chronographs because they like clutter and unused complications regardless of the brand? You're a moron and chrono's are the stupidest watches in existence. They're improved by deleting the tachymeter bezel. If you want a stupid little stopwatch for no reason thats fine, don't pretend the bezel improves anything for anyone. You're out of your fuckin element on this one, take whatever tachymeter chrono to the nearest pawn shop, toss it at the shopkeep and trade it for literally anything else.

>>17565475

>>17565503
Somebody should make a watch with nothing but subdials. Subdials within subdials.

>>17565486
>because they're pretty
I think Rolex designs are pretty plain and bland. All their most desired watches, the submariner, the explorer, the OP, etc all look boring to me.

>bought some new watch hands
>they came broken (second hand punched a hole in the lume)
>can't decide what to buy instead
Making your own watch requires so many choices. It's fun, but sometimes it's hard to choose.

My cheap timex expedition just shit the bed. What's a decent cheap durable watch that I can wear at my physical work. No G-shocks and no f-91w

Is there any watch that is designed to look like the face of Big Ben? But not some aliexpress microshitter

I think that would be cool

>>17565529
Why do you say no G-shock? They are perfect for physical work, they are tough as nails

>>17565529
Pope watch or duro would be fine if no digitals are allowed, but digital is objectively better.

>>17565546
>digital is objectively better.
Zoomer detected.

>>17565549
For a "cheap durable watch", moving parts are an unnecessary complication.

>>17565557
The cheap dogshit rubber straps found on most casios will fail long before a watch hand will.

>>17565541
Just don't like the look of G-Shock, that's all
>>17565546
Should have said no divers either. Digital is good. I assume you mean that basic swatch watch when you say pope watch? Otherwise I have no idea what you are talking about, still thanks for the suggestion

>>17565531

Do watches have a Rule 34? If it exist, a watch has been made after it?

>>17565549
There's analog G-shocks too

>>17565561
That's true for the super cheap ones, but FWIW I wore a $40 every workday for 7 years and the band is perfectly fine. Also, you could just get one with a metal bracelet.
>>17565563
Timex ironman is solid but also ugly. Maybe some variant of the AE1200?

>>17565570
Ulysse Nardin has a bunch of sex watches. There's a minute repeater one with little naked people carved out of gold that thrust eachother and a little bell goes off
https://youtube.com/shorts/NpqM5LKuh64

>>17565576
meant to type $40 gshock

>>17565580
No you misunderstood. I meant like if it exists then a watch has been made with that theme.
>mario watch
>bacon watch
>cheese watch
>X watch

>>17565580
high whorology truly is classy, bros

choose one

>>17565576
You weren't kidding. God damn that's an ugly watch. I'll check some of the ae1200 variants out, see what I can find. Thanks man

>>17565595
Rolex

>>17565512
>I think Rolex designs are pretty plain and bland.
Thats how shit stands the test of time. When a Rolex from 1950 used will still get $10,000 and look attractive today you know it'll stand the test of time. Their autism nonsense will not, you'd have to be a moron to buy these colorful ugly watches from them. An omegalul semenmaster 70 years from now won't get more than a couple hundred bucks. They'll be ugly and undesirable.
>but its a speedmaster and looks like the one that was allegedly on the moon!
Nobody will care. Nobody cares now.

>>17565529
>My cheap timex expedition just shit the bed.
Did the battery die or is it physically damaged beyond reasonable repair?

>>17565595
If they're the same price the GS only because the printed indices are smaller and more subtle. If the Omega is significantly cheaper I guess go with that but just my opinion I don't like that minute and second hand, and the minute indices are too long and prominent but it works overall, its fairly balanced. I still don't like the minute and second hands on that Omega though.

>>17565614
Rolexes from 1950 still sell for 10k because the people who buy rolexes are braindead, not because the designs are timeless. You see it to a lesser extent with shit like Omega, the brand is popular so grandpa's old beater is still somehow worth a few grand because it happens to say Omega on the dial, while any other swiss shitter from that era would be worth 20 bucks.

>>17565624
>not because the designs are timeless.
They look reasonably similar and "most" people would consider them attractive anyway. If you've got a case of fox and grapes then thats on you.

>>17565639
At best, all I can say about rolex is they're bland. They're what you buy if you have no taste and just want the popular thing everyone else with no taste seems to like.

>>17565647
Sounds like you have no idea what you're talking about, thanks for chatting with me.

I love it when retards who learnt about watches through Teddy Baldassarre try to shit on Rolex.
>durrrr people who buy Rolex are braindead
OK sure nigger, tell that to Philippe Dufour lmao

>>17565655
Oh man, a swiss kike wearing a swiss kike watch? Shit, I guess that defeats my whole argument.

>>17565661
It pretty much does, yes.
When the most skilled and talented watchmakers are all wearing Rolex, all you can do is sperg alone like a bitter loser.

>>17565655
if he wasn't a nigger loving poorfag, he'd wear a Dufour, now he has to settle for a fucking rolex, lmao

>>17565680

>>17565343
Wear that with just a blue thong and it'd be pretty lit

What are good websites for JDM watches?
Someone mentioned Sakura Watches and another place the other day.

>2023
>Wearing a watch

>>17565680
>>17565682
>>When the most skilled and talented watchmakers
That's cute, I have zero respect for either of them. They both missed the entire point of watches, and have turned them into a cancerous business practice based on selling their own brand of autism.

You know who the best watchmaker is in the world? You've never heard of him, and I've never heard of him. He's a man who makes watches for himself, and the watches he wears are all made by him. The failures, the test runs, they're all ground up for scrap. That's what watchmaking is, when you take it to the ideal.

When you convert that into a hand finishing business, you're just a prostitute. There's nothing impressive about a Dufour, or a Smith. Because the people who own them are just rich retards who want a fun story to tell at the dining table, about how they bought a month of an "artisan's" life for a hundred grand.

And that's why they wear Rolexes. Because they hate watches.

>>17565689
There's also seiyajapan.

>>17565691
>I have zero respect for either of them
Oh no! How will they ever recover from this?

>>17565595
Both are nice but I'd probably pick the Grand Seiko because I already own 2 Omegas

>>17565691
that's a lot of coping for one post

>>17565691
>turned them into a cancerous business practice based on selling their own brand of autism.
Can you expand on this?

>>17565695
thank you

>>17565596
I love my Ironman but I admit some of them are ugly as fuck

>>17565655
Dofus is a hack

Rolex = overrated

>>17565427
>Why are alternate numbers on the bezel different sizes?

our brains are funny and there's something about the alternating sizes, which make it quicker to register how many mins you got

>>17565595
GS all day, erry day

jus look at the bordered date window

>>17565595
GS bracelets are unacceptable

>>17565740
Why?

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>>17565595
Omega has a better braclet and gs has a better dial and hands. Is that an older seamaster? If it has the sketchey first gen coaxial movement get the gs

>>17565712
"Modern" advances in watchmaking have obsoleted the man in his garage spending weeks on a movement when a machine can pump out better quality in 20 seconds. These men have instead tried to make a living off selling a very inefficient process by sticking their name on it, but all they've really done is invalidated their own work. The old masters at least had the excuse that their patrons were kings, not your waste of oxygen modern millionaire.

If you want to celebrate watchmakers, the guy who spends a few hours doing some CAD work for a paycheck and makes a watch case that winds up selling 100k units is far more deserving of praise. Or the guy watching the machine that churns out 50 gears a second. Those guys have got more claim to fame than these faggots, but you'll never read about them in an article for obvious reasons, there's no money to be made in promoting them.

These "handmade" watches appeal to a very specific clientele, and it's the last kind of person you'd want owning something you worked hard on. That's why it's prostitution.

>>17565750
You're just mad because you're poor lmao

>>17565743
the clasps are garbage, no micro-adjustments at all, often ill fitting and even the finishing is underwhelming compared to the case.

for a brand that competes in the rolex/omega/jlc price bracket that is not acceptable

>>17565766
My favorite part about anti GS schizos are taking pictures of the watch and just circling a random part of it without explaining anything.

What watch do I wear to get women to notice me?

>>17565769
unironically, a Nomos Tangente.

>>17565618
I managed to get the crown stuck on something and pulled the whole thing out. Don't know where it went

>>17565769
Pic related. Dress like a clown too, everyone will notice.

>>17565715
Which one do you have?

>>17565766
>no micro-adjustments at all,
How is that even slightly acceptable? I guess they at least have half links, but those are bigger than a microadjust. Even my crappiest seiko has three microadjusts.

Look at that disgusting gap between the end of the clasp and the bracelet, too. I have 40 year old seikos with perfect evenness here because they clasp over the tri-fold.

That finishing is atrocious, I assume they're at least solid lugs, why didn't they machine them properly? Were they scared of retards scratching the finish taking them off?

>>17565774
10 lap essential

what watch should I buy if I want it to still have easily buyable parts in 80 years?
I want to gift it to my brother. He's a buy it for life kind of guy. He still uses stuff my granpa used to use like knifes and leather boots. He takes great care of his stuff.

He doesn't care what kind of watch, just that it will be his companion until the day he dies.

Should I look for brands or rather movements?
Read good things about the ETA 2824 but dont know if this is the best approach

>>17565776

>>17565750
>>17565691
Also, how fucking poor are you?
LOL, ROTFLSHMSFOAIDMT even.

>>17565780
anything with a ETA 2824 / selita sw200 or any other variation of those, you will be able to buy replacement movements and parts for the next 50 years. Avoid the powermatic 80 it's disposable and i don't know if they are sold openly.

>>17565769
Invicta gladiator anon. Show them you are a real man

>>17565768
Their movements (the ones in their normal watches) are dogshit, tho.

>>17565780
Also anything with a seiko nh36/nh36 you will be able to buy replacements for ages.

>>17565780
Patek Philippe, JLC and Zenith will make parts from scratch.

I would say some sort of Seiko diver, like a turtle 777. Buy a new spare movement if you're really worried about parts.

>>17565780
Buy it for life is a meme. In 80 years, there will be a replacement drop-in movement with twice the power reserve and 10x the accuracy available for 20 bucks. An ETA is the last thing you want, because a 2824 is like 200 bucks. An NH35 will cost you 30 bucks today, and the replacement movement for it in 80 years will cost you 30 bucks still. Every decade you can junk it and fit a new one, and you'll still save money over buying a 2824 even if you service it for life for free, which isn't going to happen, those fancy oils go bad eventually and they're expensive to buy if you just need a ml.

>>17565777
I wonder if they concluded microadjusts are nearly useless and just not needed because the people who buy expensive watches like that don't fucking care.

>>17565789
Same 2 images circling literally nothing for same thread for over a year. Get new material, maybe something with substance.

>>17565801
I'm thinking it's probably an issue with fit. Adjusting one end of the clasp means the folding portion moves, which means you need a less precise clasp that doesn't feel as good. So they made all the adjustment in the bracelet instead and gave you half-links to get roughly the same level of sizes.

Personally I can't see the point in ever having more than 4 microadjust points anyway, but you should still have them. They're better than half-links, although sometimes the spacing is fucking retarded. The closer together, the better, you only need to have microadjust points longer than 1.5 links. I don't know why some clasps have 8 of the fucking things across a solid 4cm of clasp. Give me 8 over 2cm, you retards.

>>17565809
>but you should still have them.
Why though? If they adjust by the links only whats the point of micro-adjusting when there are half-links? I remember adjusting my Seiko by removing 1 link and thinking it was way too loose before removing that link so I moved the micro adjust from hole 1 to 3. Way too tight. Moved it back to 2 then thought I needed to remove a link from the other side and add it to the other but got it all figured out. Why not just remove 2 half-links from either side and be done with it?

Seiko has never made a good bracelet. They have also never put a good piece of leather into a strap. It doesn't matter if you buy one of those micro artist studio pieces the leather is still garbage.

i just copped this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urCWMKmvOKs

>>17565818
LMAO
Send it back.

>>17565813
Because microadjust points can be smaller than half a link? My bracelet links add 6.6mm. If it had half links, each one would be 4.4mm, but half links are ugly. The microadjust points are every 3mm. Personally, I'd prefer them every 1-2 mm, and you're never getting a half-link that small.

If your bracelet lines up easily, you got lucky. I've had plenty of bracelets where you're halfway between a micro-adjust, and you'd be miles out with just half-links.

>>17565814
>Seiko has never made a good bracelet.
The Z199 is the best bracelet ever made. It's a shame the uncle seiko version isn't as good, but it's much cheaper.

All the modern seiko shit is junk though.

>>17565821
Alright, explain leather straps that have zero adjust other than the holes half an inch apart from each other.

>>17565828
Leather straps have more give to begin with, and the holes get stretched out over time due to wear. Metal is unyielding, which makes a proper fit more important.

>>17565831
Every bracelet I've ever touched had some "give" to them too where they expanded and contracted just a little bit between links. I've also never worn a tight leather strap hoping it stretched out too. Again, you're focusing on something that means nothing.

>>17565834
I find a microadjust (it doesn't have to be a tool-free one, the one that Rolex used to use is fine) is good for hot or cold weather.

When you go on vacation to a place that's very hot and humid, your wrist will swell and your watch will be Mortadello-tight the whole time. With a leather strap, you can simply go up to the next hole.

>>17565770
>Nomos Tangente
I wore this Junghans everyday for 2 years. Absolute class, but not one person ever noticed it. I still have it on rotation, tho.

>>17565834
>>Every bracelet I've ever touched had some "give" to them too where they expanded and contracted just a little bit between links.
That's not give, if you hold them up gravity will pull that distance, it's just the space around the link bars so they don't seize.

This stuff does depend on how you wear your watches to begin with. Some people are fine with it being looser, others have it tight enough to cut off blood circulation.

>>17565770
Trans women maybe. Been wearing mine and nobody has mentioned it. Same with all watches though desu.

>>17565691
>They hate watches

Boohoo... fucking cry baby

>>17565844
>others have it tight enough to cut off blood circulation.
Are you an AI? I very highly doubt anyone wears a watch tight enough to cut off blood circulation.
>inb4 meme pics of some hamfist wearing a super tight rolex, please ignore their hands not being blue

>>17565851
Do you not understand hyperbole, GPT-chan?

Got £3,000 to spend on a watch. Split between Cartier Tank and JLC Reverso. Convince me to buy one or another. I marginally prefer Tank's design and history, but Reverso appeals to my watch-nerd side of brain more. What version should I get with this budget?

>>17565851
>I very highly doubt anyone wears a watch tight enough to cut off blood circulation.
Wait until Fat Mortadello gets back from Africa. His bloated ass wears his watches so tight it squeezes the lard out from under his fingernails.

>>17565866
Tank is dressier, Reverso is sportier (still pretty dressy).

However, if the question is between two steel watches, JLC all the way. A steel Tank is a cope watch, while the Reverso was originally made in steel.

>>17565866
Reverso is a gimmick, Cartier looks better but is a woman's watch with a homosexual crown. Buy something less gay, I guess.

>>17565869
I'm sorry bud I don't know who Mortadello is.

>>17565866
Keep saving and buy a Rolex

>>17565876
Stick around long enough and you'll meet him. Fat South American with a large collection and some impressive pieces. He mostly posts to flex. Easily filtered because he uses his collection pics like an avatar.

>>17565866
Reverso

>>17565883
Man I don't think I'll even recognize what is going on. I typically assume people with $50k+ watches are either trust fund kids, wearing fakes, or that 0.01% chance its an ultra wealthy person flexing his wealth on a low-traffic section on 4chan.

>>17565870
>>17565875
>>17565877
Any interesting artisanal/microbrands to put on my radar? I've been out of the watch-sphere for 2 years grinding Let's say that I can increase my budget to £5,000. Can it buy me something interesting?

>>17565890
Get a used harbring2

>>17565890
https://www.chrono24.com/habring/erwin-scientific-v2--id27135569.htm

>>17565890
Maybe Minase.

>>17565353
I'll give you $30 and two chobani yogurts for the lot>>17565361

>>17565866
Square watches are homo but the Reverso duoface is based as a piece of horology with the dual sided movement.

>>17565900
I like all of that except the date window. The shape/size revealing the days. Why would they need to show 27 is between 28 and 26?

I want a Parmigiani micro-rotor so much, bros.

>>17565930
>wanting a watch that is a couple of letters away from a type of cheese in the eyes of normies.

which color

>>17565930
Why is a micro rotor better? I would assume it couldn't add as much power throughout the day? Or is it just some parmesan proprietary shit that isn't better?

>>17565963
>Why is a micro rotor better?
It's just a different way of doing things that you don't see too often. Typically, resultant package ends up being thinner at the expense of being wider.

>>17565963
>Why is a micro rotor better?
If done well, like in that PF, it will allow the watch to still be an automatic while remmaing very thin and also NOT making it wider.
That right there is a 39mm x 8.2mm case.
Also, I already handle one and is SILENT AS FUCK.

>>17565959
Green

>>17565930
sounds cheesey

>>17565997
>I already handle one and is SILENT AS FUCK
Am I the weirdo for liking just a little audible tick when I push my watch to my ear? Or really like feeling the rotor moving around if I stop moving my arm? Kinda reminds me there are moving parts and no battery on my wrist keeping very accurate time over the day and running forever if I move an hour a day.

>>17566026
No, you're not a weirdo, but you have a seiko that the moment you pick it up sounds AUTOMATIC GOES BBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR whith all its force, you tend to appreciate silent autos.

>>17566037
*if you have

>>17566037
But that's how you know you have a quality Seiko

>>17566037
I do have a Seiko, and 3 other automatics that aren't $20,000 but I've never thought that internal rotor wobble to be bad on any of them. If I picked up an automatic and couldn't feel it automatically winding itself I'd assume something was wrong with it. Likely why a clear caseback was included with that watch.

>>17566045
Have you ever picked up a vintage watch with a bumper movement? It feels weird, as if something is broken inside it, bouncing around in the case

>>17566037
I like the BRRRRRRRR sound that my vintagr Seiko makes.

>>17565768
are you serious? how can you excuse those chinese tier tolerances on that bracelet?

that looks like something rolex would have produced back in the 1960s. there is no excuse for a $6k watch to have such a poor fitting.

>>17565595
Grand Seiko Brah

>>17565769

Women do not know ANYTHING about watches, and they prefer simple "traditional" looking watches.

Unironically get a Daniel Wellington. They don't fucking care. I got more "that watch looks nice" comments when I didn't know shit about watches and wore a watch from The Fifth (literally instagram brand Daniel Wellington-tier quartz shitter) than now when I wear a Rolex or Patek.

Or just wear an Apple Watch.

>>17565594
Nice

>>17565768

Just go to multi brand AD and go handle a Tudor bracelet and a Grand Seiko bracelet. GS is garbage. You're getting defensive because your weaboo fingers have never even handled a watch with a decent bracelet.

>>17565567
Looks cool, who makes it?

>>17566087
I am a literal owner of a Grand Seiko, I am going to sell it purely off the bracelet. I really like the bracelet, but the clasp with no microadjustmets pisses me off a fair bit. It was way too fucking hot where I live to have a watch that doesn't fit right

>>17566093
Good. Get rid of that japanese filth.

every time I try to wear one of those steel segmented watches (like these >>17566070
) they catch my arm hair and rip on them but whenever I wear leather watches they end up absorbing my sweat and start smelling really bad.
I think the synthetic fibre ones look kind of childish/ tacky so what can I do? Any hairy anons here who wear watches have any tips?

>>17566105
have you ever tried a milanese bracelet?

>>17566108
I have not, aren't they a bit feminine?

>>17566115
I don't think so. I guess it depends on with what watch you pair it with.

how do you pronounce this

>>17566130

"trash"

w2c this strap

>>17566130
"jay jay le coot" but with a funny french accent

or just call it a JLC like most people

>>17566130
cantaffordarolex

>>17566102
I like Japanese stuff

>>17566130
I'm not sure why retarded Americans butcher pronouncing this, the pronunciation can be a bit different between the German and French. It is pronounced along the lines of Jey Jer Lecoolte

The German pronounce things with e on the end funny, so the e at the end kind of sounds like an r

>>17566133
there's a few like it on Holbens

https://holbensfinewatchbands.com/collections/colareb/products/colareb-firenze-rust?variant=16240044802159

https://holbensfinewatchbands.com/collections/fluco-1/products/fluco-hunter-brown?variant=16239388819567

>>17565305
Happens to me too bro

>>17565919
maybe so you can always read the date no matter what time it is? idk i don't like it either

>>17565403
The dial looks really nice. I always really liked their pilot watches but their divers are also pretty nice too. It sucks they've been increasing their prices

>>17565456
based color combo

>want a nice watch
>scared of getting robbed
I live in Los Angeles.

>>17566229
>Living in Americunt
LMAO

>>17566229
what if you gave out watches to all the people in your neighborhood?; wouldn't they stop robbing you once they are saturated?

>>17566229
get a Zenith, Oris, JLC, Grand Seiko, Seiko, Hamilton, Sinn, etc and nobody will look twice. Increased robbery protection if you put a watch on a leather band. Most niggers won't even look twice at a Rolex if it's on a NATO or a leather band.

>>17565403
Very nice. I really like the 104 and the U50.

>>17566125
If they made these 36 mm and thinner I would slurp them up like BBC.

>>17566236
too bad for you tranny

>>17566105
did you actually try a decent steel bracelet or have you come to that conclusion from wearing 50$ casios? there's a noticeable decline in hair pulling when you go from folded links(basically a cheese grater) to solid links
the other points are valid, leather soaks up sweat and stinks and you can't even wash it and the nato straps look like you couldn't afford anything better, like a rope for a belt
milanese is fucking nice, but if you go with the mindset that it's feminine there's no helping you

>>17565866
Can you even get a Reverso for $3k? I’ve been looking at Tanks and I feel like JLC is completely out of my price range

>>17565296
Some no-name Chinese crap you buy from a stall at some flea market.

>>17565376
>pool watch
>is only rated for 3BAR

>>17566130
Zhey zhair (air like chair) luh coolt

>>17566105
Have you properly adjusted one? I have an old folded links bracelet that never pulls hair in use, but can occasionally when I take it off, because I re-folded all the links. When I got it, it was a jangly mess, but after pulling all the links tight with a pair of pliers, I haven't had any issues. A decent solid link bracelet should be like that out of the box.

>>17566130
Jäger Le Kultre

Opinion on the Vulcain Cricket?
I really like the vintage look of it, and the complication is pretty fun.

Why is op always a flamboyant faggot?

>>17566142
Nice watch sir.

>>17566335
gay

>>17565376
this is unironically a great looking casual watch.

>>17565403
not a big fan of divers, but this one looks good, i like to see it does not try to look like yet another sub clone.

>>17565594
looks like seikos "mountain glacier" alpinist but worse.

>>17565959
depends on what best fits your overall style. ice blue is great for light colour clothing, blue is the best alrounder, green the "classic" look. can't go wrong with either colour tho.

>>17565997
>>17565930
Fuck, now I want a cheesy microrotor too.

>>17566371
>people are so cope about Rolex that they make this shit

>>17566373
>Omega is so cope about Rolex that they're paying millions to appear in the Bond franchise

>>17566374
>Rolex does this
:D
>Omega does this
:(

>>17566375
Not my fault if Rolex is cool and Omega is cringe.

Opinions on kamasu and kamasu II as a daily beater? Are they any good?

>>17565594
Based

>>17566383
There's nothing really wrong with them, but Seikos are just generally a little better. Better access for parts, chapter rings look a bit nicer on divers, 4 o clock crowns are better and the orient ones are a bit small. If you like the styling, go for it.

gen id activists timepiece of choice

So spring drives arent really servicable apart from the mechanical parts right?

>>17566399
What do you mean? What else is even serviceable?

>saved up 12k for a nice watch
>went to Rolex boutique and saw a watch I want
>suddenly ask myself why I would pay this much on a tiny piece of metal
>put the money into an ETF

I just can't justify it to myself spending more than 1k for a watch even though I have a great tech job that pays 90k.

>>17566392
Orient does have more accurave movements though, don't they?

>>17566090
IDK, i just searched for big ben dial watch.

>>17566405
congratulations, you are sane
uhh I mean "lol poorfag cope, I saved up for years for my Explorer, w-worth it!"

>>17566408
I used to have a kamasu and it was 4 seconds late every day. Had 2 seikos with a 4R36 and both were 15 seconds late.

>>17566405
>great tech job
>90k

KeK

>>17566279
žž luh ku

>>17566413
what do you do for a living anon

>>17566408
It's slightly better on paper but you're never going to get COSC out of either movement. The reality is that an NH36 can be replaced very inexpensively, and both movements can be regulated to the same level of consistency.

>>17566411
my 6R35 loses about 15 seconds every two days, slightly more if i don't wear it - i don't mind since it's part of my morning ritual to reset it over my first coffee of the day.

>>17566413
probably living in europe, still a nice income tho.

>>17566130
yager le cultra

>>17565773
Had a fake one as a teenager, fun complication and girls loved it.

>>17565289
is there anything i should know before trying to get one of these vintage 14010M airkings?

Thoughts on moonphases?

>>17566439
Yeah, everyone will know you paid the bare minimum to get a beat-up, entry-level Rolex on your wrist. No one will take you seriously.

Also, anyone you let handle the watch will be astounded at how flimsy and cheap it feels.

>>17566447
don't care, buying it for myself. how difficult is it to change the straps on these models?

>>17566450
>how difficult is it to change the straps on these models?
On the old ones? Easy as pie. They have drilled-out lug holes, so all you need is a toothpick.

>>17566454
when buying one of these, is it a good idea to get it checked out by a watchmaker and serviced? normally don't buy vintage models

>>17566457
Dude you can't afford service if you're buying that shit lmfao. Just wear it for the crown and don't expect it to work.

>>17566458
don't care so long as it keeps it working, what would a servicing normally cost

>>17566461
More than the watch retard.

>>17566463
i'm cool with that, thanks for letting me know. appreciate the info

>>17566461
it's not gonna keep working if you never service it though
idk what the service costs for old rolexes are. it depends on where you live too. I live in eastern europe, so servicing costs are cheaper and vintage watches more viable compared to countries with higher costs of labour. but servicing an old swiss watch would probably still be somewhat expensive

>>17566467
oh i do intend on servicing it, fairly sure the local places around me are decent in quality so i don't mind paying a premium if it means it's gonna last

>>17566461
A few hundred, depending on who you take it to.

>>17566416
Gobble up BBCs

>>17566420
I live in Europe too.

>Which race is most likely to steal your watch where you live?

Arab or Turk here. Probably Russians and Polish people too.

>>17566482
Pakistani's

>>17566482
None because self defense with a firearm is legal here and criminals get ventilated.

>>17566487
I will rape you brother.

>>17566490
I guarantee you won't.

>>17566487
just say niggers amerimutt

>>17566498
I won't, because black people are legitimately not a greater threat than anyone else. Again, nobody is going to mug you if they believe there is a chance they will get clapped.

>>17566487
You think your firearm is going to save you from a pack of feral niggers? You will be walking down the street when suddenly some nigger suckerpunches you from behind.
The only thing you notice while you slip out of conciousness is 4 additional niggers running up to you and grabbing your tiny wrist and stealing your Japanese shitter

>>17566482
Is there any western country thats not infected with the brown plague

>>17566461
Hate to say it mate but >>17566447 is right - you have to go into buying vintage rolex knowing that it will need servicing very frequently.

If you're just buying a cheap, vintage airking just for the Rolex brand for £4000, you'll spend the difference between that and a modern OP36 in 5-10 years on services easily, as well as the annoyance and unease of it breaking every few years.

You might as well save up for a modern OP or DJ instead of being tight now; vintage Rolex is a very different experience, of which people generally desire when buying them, you aren't one of those people, you just want a Rolex.

>>17566505
What fantasy world do you live in where this happens? Wherever it is, you better believe I'm carrying a gun if that's how shit goes.

>>17566511
How often to they need service? Do they really need that much more service than new watches?

>>17566511
Don't Rolexes generally work for 20-30 years without service? Isn't that what they're known for?

>>17566516
lolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

>>17566517
So where do all the reliability memes come from?

>>17566516
No, this is marketting., especially when it comes to vintage airkings.
>>17566514
New ones 10 years, vintage shitters 3 years - and 75% of the time vintage ones will need new parts.

>>17566519
Marketing retard.

>>17566511
What is the cutoff for vintage shitter Rolex and modern Rolex? Like the 80s or newer?

>>17566505
>Gentleman punches you in the back of the head
>Turn around, confused, asking "excuse me, but what the fuck are you doing?"
>Gentleman continues trying you
>push him back, draw a handgun and turn his lungs into swiss cheese
>As he lays on the ground bleeding out and gasping for air, you stand over him thumping your hand against your chest and making retard noises to mock his deathrattles
>As his vision fades to black, the last thing he sees is you pointing to your wrist to reveal what he thought was a Rolex was actually an Islander Manhasset
Simple as.

>>17566524
Mahk, you should do a giveaway in exchange for your advertising here.

>>17566519
>So where do all the reliability memes come from?
From people wearing a Rolex for 20-30 years without servicing it and being like, "It still works."

My dad wore his Datejust for about 25 years, daily, and never serviced it. He insisted it still worked. It was losing about a minute per day.
>Works fine, just reset it every Sunday, no problem.

I finally snatched it off his wrist and gave it to Rolex to service. It ended up needing about 2500 dollars' worth of service. The fucking caseback needed to be replaced, since it had become so corroded.

>>17566523
6-digits.

>>17566482
>Which race is most likely to steal your watch where you live
Gypsies or Moroccans

>>17566523
>What is the cutoff for vintage shitter Rolex and modern Rolex?
Six-digit reference number.

>>17566527
Marc doesn't have to give away watches. A lot of people buy his shit, it's really popular.

>>17566535
You ruined the value of your dad's vintage rolex?

>>17566542
>You ruined the value of your dad's vintage rolex?
It wasn't a double-red Sea-Dweller, you sperg. It's just a fucking watch that didn't work.

>B-b-b-but the resale value! Abloobloobloo
There is no resale value because he's not selling it. And after he gives it to me I'm not fucking selling it.

>>17566542
It's a fucken' datejust mate get a grip lol.

If you're buying unserviced, unpolished datejusts with all original parts for more money than a serviced one, you're getting scammed - the only time that should be worth money is if it's a safe queen.

How long does an NH36 typically take to switch over the day/date? I watched mine, the date switched from 8-9pm, then the day switched from 9:30 to ~11. I figure I should set the hands forward about 4 hours so it all starts at about midnight, but 3 hours seems quite long.

>>17566542
>Everything must be monetized
Fucking grindset mentality zoomers, I swear to Christ. It's a family heirloom. You'd understand if you knew who your father was.

>>17566544
What a selfish brat.

>>17566548
OK kid.

>>17566547
>It's a family heirloom.
What part? The half Rolex confiscated?

What do you think?

>>17566547
If money doesn't matter, why even buy a rolex?

>>17566552
This was actually several years ago, when Rolex gave you your parts back. They're in a baggie in the box.

>>17566554
Cool looking Cartier.
Limited edition though.

>>17566548
>>17566552
Children of divorce seething ITT

>>17566559
>bragging about your dad being retarded with money
The second mine dies, I'm selling his oversized breitling and shitty 70s constellation.

>>17566554
I like the Santos-Dumont overall. Looks really good in solid gold. The manual wind ones use a Piaget Altiplano movement.

>>17566560
>I'm selling his oversized breitling and shitty 70s constellation.
...and the proceeds will net you a meal at a moderately-priced family restaurant.

>>17566563
How the fuck do you figure that?

>>17566556
So you'll put it next to your foreskin and balls?

>>17566555
What is tha twathtac?

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>>17566570
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>>17566570
>>17566570
>>17566570

>>17566563
I'm not selling them for the money anyway, I just don't want that junk cluttering up my closet.

>>17566554
Why is 6 not in line with 5 and 7? I like the color scheme though.

>>17566612
Because 7 ate 9.

>>17566439
Don't let the kids here scare you. It'll probably be best to have it serviced once you get it, then you'll be good for the next decade as long as you don't drop it on the floor or something like that.

>t. dropped my watch on the floor and now the seconds hand is moving freely lmao

>>17566408

I have an Orient Bambino and a Seiko Presage and although I paid twice for the Seiko what I've paid for the Orient, the Orient is noticably more accurate than the Seiko.

>>17566653
Isn't that just the luck of the draw, though? Or have you tried regulating both of them yourself.

>>17566554
Love the anus dial

>>17566653
>>17566673
basically all anecdotal evidence I've seen suggests that Orient almost always has better accuracy out of the box, while a Seiko has to be regulated if you want it to be more accurate

>>17566276
>he swims in pools deeper than 30 meters

>>17566401
he wants to reshape the quartz crystal himself

>>17566567
Islander

Finally got my Dangerous9 Strap for this big ass pilot. The strap that comes with the green dial is ass. Couldn't wait to change it out.