/fa/ - Fashion

Maybe Mahk can do something about this tragedy called one piece end links that is plaguing the watch industry, he has some experience in transforming the bracelet industry.

Pointless complications rhat you want? For me it's

thoughts on copebuying a tutor

>>17657822

Haute Pinballologie

>>17657826
What time is it?

>>17657845
Time? Don't be stupid, it doesn't tell the time. It does have 9 jewels though.

>>17657852
Only 30k!

I recently bought a Vostok Amphibian 780446
I think it looks nice, but wondering what others think about it? I would rather have it without the day date, but I don't think it's too bad.

>>17657857
Where is the day?

>>17657818
Island Watches has become Island Bracelets lately. They announced like 3 new types of aftermarket bracelets for various seiko and casio and islander models.

>>17657862
inbetween the 4 and the 5

>>17657862
nvm, i see what you're saying, sorry, long night so I miss typed, I just meant the date,

>>17657864
Aren't they just the same junk as strapcode? Honestly, only Uncle Seiko has a clue when it comes to bracelets.

>>17657873
>Aren't they just the same junk as strapcode?
No.
>Honestly, only Uncle Seiko has a clue when it comes to bracelets.
You have to be trolling.

>>17657875
Strapcode is nothing but male endlink trash. I guess islander has some female models, but they're all bulky piles of shit.

US is the only one that actually lists the fucking specs properly. And they're the only ones that make wearable bracelets in terms of weight. All around the 50g mark, while Islander are all up at fucking 80+, bloated piles of shit with bulky clasps.

>>17657883
Bulky compared to what?

>>17657885
They're almost twice the weight of a high quality bracelet. Only way you can do that is if you make them stupidly thick and put massive ugly locking clasps on them.

My bracelet is 42g. And that's with solid endlinks.

>>17657887
>>17657883
I think you might need to lift some weights, string bean.

>>17657873
I bought an uncle seiko tropical strap and realized I got reddited. What a joke.

>>17657811
>>17657609
>$1500 for a basic module and a titanium bezel+bracelet
The module is significantly better than the 5610. You don't have to pay $1500 but you have to pay at least around $500 for the steel models with STN. You also get a titanium case and screwdown back, sapphire, and DLC. It's definitely overpriced but nothing else compares.
>5610 is my favorite model because it's completely carefree for me, it can sinc with the multiband signal no problem
Every other models with multiband is better than the 5610 in my opinion.
>and the dimensions fit my thin wrist better. And I actually like the assymetry. With the titanium mod it feels perfect, I'm really satisfied with it.
I'm glad you're satisfied with it. For me the smaller size is not worth the lack of bezel compatibility with the regular squares. It limits your options greatly.
>>17657681
>What are the downsides of solar and atomic on a G-Shock?
Having both and using them day to day there is no significant difference. It's nice having perfect second accuracy but depending where you live you have to make sure you put your watch at the best location which is usually by the window at night. Solar is also nice so you can replace the battery every 20-30 years instead of every 10. I have never had issues keeping my battery at 100% but some people have, if they wear long sleeves or if they don't wear their watch all the time. If you have multiple models it just gets compounded. Yes, you can leave them out but not everyone wants to do that. In conclusion it's a lot of unnecessary babysitting and I find changing the time twice a year on a regular model just as worry free. The problems solar/atomic fixes are comically small. People just like it because it's cool tech and it is but it's not necessary.

>>17656806
>Yes you can set times manually, it will only try to receive a radio signal if its set to a time zone that has a radio broadcast available, but even in the specific radio timezones you can set it manually.
Can I set it so that the watch dosent try and adjust itself?

>>17657895
Yes grug, heavy means good. 16mm is how thick a watch SHOULD be.

>>17657896
Let's be honest, if you're dumb enough to buy a 40 dollar rubber strap, you deserve it. I'm talking about bracelets here, you shouldn't be paying more than 2 bucks for rubber.

>>17657901
I've never used a rubber with your mother.

>>17657887
>And that's with solid endlinks
lmao he doesn't even have endlinks from separate pieces of metal, what a loser

>>17657913
Honestly, yesterday I was debating making a pair for the sake of shitposting. If I had another set of endlinks I'd do it, I've got spare links I could cut apart, but they'd be a fucking hassle to make. Like gluing veneers on teeth.

>>17657901
I bought a $70 rubber strap to replace it and I've been pretty satisfied with it

>>17657915
What's the difference? Softer rubber? Nicer pattern?

>>17657917
Shaped to fit the lugs perfectly, no gap, curved around my wrist, basically doesn't look half assed.

I understand the US tropic is supposedly historical and maybe I shouldn't judge until I've worn the original, but I've worn the modern silicone strap that came with my seiko and it's about as comfortable as any strap I've ever touched, it's just kinda ugly (but still way better looking than the uncle seiko which looked better in the pictures)

Looking for a quartz watch with:
Common replacement battery model
Reliable timekeeping(not atomic)
10+ years of battery life
Shock resistant
10bar water resistance,preferably more
An alarm
Preferably have a digital display,a non rubber/resin/plastic wristband and other functionalities other than an alarm

I do not want bluetooth/wireless functionality,atomic timekeeping nor for it to be a smartwatch
I live in Romania so my budget is limited at 200 euros but preferably it would be cheaper

>>17657927
>Common replacement battery model
>10+ years of battery life
Pick one

>>17657811
fuck that thing looks stupid

>>17657931
What I meant by common replacement battery model is that I don't have to go to where the watch was made to get a replacement battery

>>17657927
>>17657938
just get one of the solar gshocks if you care so much about never changing the battery

>>17657868
>>17657869
>what time is it?
>i dont know

>>17657868
>>17657869
Great brainlet filters we have here.

>>17657950
Post some cool watches then.

Speaking of pointless complications

>>17657945

>>17657958
I think this is actually a very clever mechanism that keeps the dial clean of chronograph registers. I don’t really like the Odysseus but I do like the chronograph functionality. If you want a traditional chronograph by Lange you buy an 1815 or Datograph anyway.

>>17657897
>Every other models with multiband is better than the 5610 in my opinion.
I have a GAW 100 and it's far inferior to the square 5610 imo.

>>17657954
I was talking about the ability to read the time on those watches or not, see >>17657945

>>17657961
I meant the spinning part.

>>17657964
Ah i get it now. Still, post some cool watches.

This was sold at auction for an estimated 300k-500k $.

>>17657844
I've been looking at a few old Casio data banks on eBay. I love the retro look to them.

>>17657986
I admit there is a bit more to it than just bead blasted titanium case, but still...

>>17657992
Post more watches with diamond caseba... oh, nevermind.

>>17657994
>TISSOT 1853
ok
>SWISS MADE
cool
but then!
>SEC.
No.

>>17657818
Best meme to come out of this general

>>17657845
What the fuck?

>>17657998
The SEC. is the best part

>>17657940
Yeah but which?
And what site do I use to check all the models? The casio website lacks a filter

>>17658001
kek

>>17657994
Why do shit brands try to make skeletonized watches? You can't just take off the dial and have it look good.

>>17657999
It's real, came out a year ago, Mahk is way ahead of time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIBKt72Uu0I

>>17658001
See
>>17657852
The 'movement' only spins the two wheels in the center when you press the button. 9 jewels though!

>>17658019
Gorgeous

KNEEL

Grubby Foreskin

>>17658037
>quadruple tourbillon
What's next, a V8 biturbo tourbillon?

>>17658044
What's the fastest tourbillon in the world?

>>17658045
Franck Muller Thunderbolt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGspox5-ybQ&ab_channel=Time%2BTideWatches

>>17658055
Cool. What is the most powerful watch in the world?

>>17658058
Not talking about power reserve, just pure power.

>>17658058
Good question. This might be in the running.

>>17658045
>>17658061
I'm not Jeremy Clarkson, i just want to know how many Omegas would you need to power a normal car like a Golf.

>>17658064
I'm guessing this or that Hublot that needs a power tool to wind.

Gonna pull the trigger on this Hirsch for my SARB017, thoughts?

>>17658067

>>17658073
Why would Ferrari agree to this

>>17658074
F1 team sponsored by hublot and that's why their times are shit

>>17658073
>tfw you accidentally use the wrong bit on your Hublot drill and accidentally make a hole in your watch

>>17658068
Hirsch straps are extremely mid, just don't get your hopes up

>>17658079
You could say their timing is off.

>>17658085
Deadass no cap fr fr ong?

>>17657974
>Still, post some cool watches.
The day I have 1k to blow on a watch, I'll buy the Victorinox Journey 1884 with a wooden bracelet. Idk why no one ever talks about that brand's watches, they look pretty good, they're fairly priced, it has a beautiful ceramic bezel, you can choose automatic (with an in house movement) or quartz movement on each model, and they're almost as tough as G-shocks. What's not to like ? And yet I never see anyone wearing Victorinox watches. Maybe a few Inox there and there but that's it.

(Since I'm phone posting with kuroba I can't upload pics because my IP range is banned, sorry)

>>17658085
Rec a better brand in Europe for $50? Should I go for the colareb meme or is that also mediocre?
Currently got a Rios wave strap that's starting to crack and look like shit

>>17658090
on god senpai

>>17658094
>Victorinox Journey 1884

>>17658097
Quartz will never be the king of anything.

>>17658095
$50 doesn't buy much. You could try to rationalize splashing out on a strap made by one of the haute horlogerie suppliers, and slapping it on a sarb, or just accept the fact that you've got an ok strap, for an ok watch.

>>17657954
Just learned this exists. Kino

>>17658101
Thanks anon. Am I the only one here who likes Victorinox as a watch brand ?

>>17658124
>>17658073
>>17658037
>>17658064
>>17658019
>>17658005
>>17657994
I don't care if it makes me a pleb, I will never understand the appeal of watches like this, to me it just looks like something a fat kid in a fedora would wear

>>17658133
I mean the appeal is in the decoration and architecture for the high end skeletonized watches and in the technical brilliance with respect to the Greubel Forsey and Patek. I would never buy a skeletonized watch or a grande complication but I can still appreciate the insane autism that goes into making a good one.

>>17658127
I kinda like their quartz shit.

>>17658109
Yeah I get it but I'm not gonna spend $200 on a strap for this watch. It's not worth it. I just wanted to know if there's something specifically wrong with hirsch or if it's just a case of you get what you pay for.

>>17657900
If I recall correctly, yes.

>>17658133
Yes, it makes you a pleb. Congrats!

>>17658124
The Royal Oak was the worst thing to ever happen to Audemars Piguet. Now they seem assume every new watch design they ever make must be a paradigm-breaking world shaker, so they just vomit up ugly shit like this and the Code 11.59.

>>17657927
Casio ae1200 on a metal bracelet. You can later pimp it out if you choose with a metal case.

>>17658171
The 11.59 is based though.

>>17658155
the latter

>>17658176
nice Cadisen homage

>>17658065
Now that's something I would love to see

>>17658176
Being a contrarian doesn't make you right. The 1159 is too damn big and too damn thick in an era when watches are getting smaller and, more importantly, thinner. And all that thickness still gets you zero water resistance.

They were truly thinking that abomination was going to be the thing that unshackled them from being the royal oak company.

Admittedly, the Starwheel complication is cool, but they've done it before in better-looking watches.

>>17658193
>muh water resistance
lmao. No one cares fag.

>>17658176
>The 11.59 is based though.
You must be happy then. Since it's such a sales flop, you can get them second hand for a fraction of retail.

>>17658127
I prefer buyinf watches from compabies that specialize in watches. A victorinox just seems kitschy.

>>17658176
The only good thing about the Code 11.59 is that buying one jumps you up several spots on the waiting list for a Royal Oak.

>>17658197
Hands look cheaper than the ones on a Nomos or even Daniel Wellington. Shan't look at this any further.
This is merely a scam to fool suckers still waiting for their Royal Oak

>>17658205
Yeah. Very obvious corner-cutting. Inexplicable too, since the double curved crystal and the multi-piece case would be very expensive to produce. Why cheap out on such a trivial part and end up making the whole watch look crappy?

Lost a brand you like that gets absolutely no love. And I mean no love, don't say Seiko just because some people on here are autistic about it.
For me it's gorilla watches

*anally annihilates Patek, Lange, Vacheron, Greubel, Mille, and Dufour in one fell swoop*

Post a brand you like that gets absolutely no love.
For me it's gorilla watches

>>17658219
For me it's Hublot. I love this thing

>>17658219
They look like they're for actual gorillas.

>>17658171
>Checks their catalog
Holy shit, I had no idea it was so grim.

>>17658213
Nice Swatch, bro. So funky.

>>17658228
>royal oak
>royal oak
>royal oak
>something else
When are they renaming to the royal oak company? ROC

>>17657958
no cap fr?

How fake does it look? What gives it away?

>>17658255
I bet you this is a real Rolex and this is just a troll to make all the rep experts itt look like ass hats

>>17658133
You are right

>>17658259
No, it's a rep I'm buying, I just want to know how to distinguish a fake from a real one, and how far this one is

>>17657828
that is cool

>>17658200
The square G-Shock didn't sell at first too, and look at where it is now. Same for the Daytona.

>>17658202
It never stopped me from wearing Casio's. As long as the brand has the reputation to make quality products, it's enough for me. I'd consider a Yamaha watch, but not a Tesla watch for example.

>>17658280
Casio while making other things does specialize in watches and has firsts when it comes to watches like the gshock. Victorinox just feels like it's slapping it's name onto crap watches and using the swiss heritage to sell it.

>>17658289
That's not very fair. If you look at the Inox it's 100% original and built in house. It's not using a Japanese movement like most microbrands.

In today's episode of "Just what the FUCK were they thinking?!" the new Breguet Type XX.
42mm wide, a 4:30 date window. (They even put "Swiss" under the date window, not at 6 o'clock!)

>>17658340
Sad. The old models were beautiful.

>>17658255
I'd say the edges look rather soft on the bracelet, and that dot on the bezel looks too large. Just a gut feeling, haven't held a submariner in my hands, but saw one in a shop window. The picture quality is too bad to tell you more, usually the finishing of the hands and date window can be a factor

>>17658255
plastic cover and grainy image makes it hard to inspect it in detail, but some of the clear signs that would make me think it is fake are pic related
>gap
>same finish on lugs and endlinks
>rolex letters around the dial dont land on minute indices
>hour hand not "sharp enough"
>applied indices too "sharp" and angular as opposed to smooth edge on the original

>>17658342
Many such cases.
The Breguet Marine was a nice, understated sports watch. ("Sports" in that it had crown guards and 50m WR) and they turned it into this weird rubber-strap abortion.

The Type XX should have been the easiest thing in the world: just make it like the old one. And then someone from marketing showed up and said "make it oversized and add a date window!"

Some companies just can't do sports watches, it seems...

I received my Hamilton, i love it but i'm still on the fence about the size on me...

>>17658340
I'd actually like the one on the right if they just got rid of the date window and shrunk it back to 38mm. The movement looks great on paper. Another really disappointing update from Breguet. Maybe they'll fix it with a subsequent release (I doubt it)

>>17658342
too thick. breguet sounds great on paper but you cant find a decent looking watch in their catalogue to save your life

>>17658351
its not too small

>>17658357
I disagree, there are lots of desirable watches they still offer, it's just they are all in the Classique and Traditional line. As the other anon said they just fumble horribly with sports watches these days. Just buy them used and save 60%

>>17658351
Looks fine to me

>>17658362
I was worried it was too big

>>17658321
Life isn't fair

>>17658371
wrist size and watch lug to lug size? you kinda cheated by pressing your hand against your chest making your wrist look bigger in return, but even if you didnt do that it would look ok. id say you can easily wear even a bigger watch

>>17658004
hopefully we get a Seiko collab too

>>17658365
Exactly. Their dressy watches are great. I think this is because dress watches aren't big sellers so there are no marketing suits from Swatch telling Breguet what to do.
Breguet is free to do their own thing.

>>17658389
wrist 6.3 inches (16cm), watch 38mm, lug to lug 46mm

>>17658351
watches look smaller when your wrists are pointed that way, and the opposite when you point your wrist towards your face

There’s really no difference spec wise when it comes to Oyster vs Explorer? The OP can do whatever the Explorer can

>>17658411
Wow look at the big brain on you. Next you're gonna tell me Rolex only has 1 design.

>>17658411
yes

>>17658411
You can't Explore with an OP, you can only be an oyster perpetually.

>>17658420
Can I be an explorer ii?

>>17658425
Only if someone is an explorer 1

>>17658406
another shot on another strap.
If it was a dress watch i would have returned it, but i guess i can get away with it with a casual watch.

>>17658427
it looks fine, don't worry about it too much

Seiko SRPE "dress KX" or the new SRPK? Want to get my bro a watch for his bday around $300, ideally in the 38 - 39mm range.

>>17658401
>>17658427
its fine dont even think about it

>>17658435
>>17658439
thanks!

>>17658431

>>17658446
Saved

>>17658479
for some reason this looks like a render to me

>>17658479
That color is so dull.

>>17658479
this would be 100x better if it had planet ocean hands instead of those poor looking puny little things

>>17658483
OW_THE_EDGE.jpg

>>17658526
>being THIS new

>>17658483
I haven't read this in a while. Good kek.

>>17658497
Skeletonized hands are zased, very readable and don't take up the whole dial like the planet ocean ugly hands do

>>17658479
Is that an OEM strap or third party?

>>17658346
Thanks, man. How should the finishing be on the endlinks?

>>17658610
If you remove the endlinks you will find out that they are actually made out of three separate pieces of metal, not one. That's how you recognize a real Rolex.

>>17657857
Had mine for many years.
The dial on yours is inspired by the original model which is pretty cool

are titanium seikos /fa/?

>>17658628
Seikos are not particularly good at being effay, but they are good at being watches.

>>17658614
What's your accuracy like? I'm getting a little annoyed gaining a minute or two every 24hrs.

>>17658586
OEM deployant version. It’s not the pin buckle.
>>17658484
Good lighting from all the smoke over the east coast.
>>17658492
It really depends on the light and I like it for that. On a real sunny day it can be a very beautiful rich green and cloudy it is much more dull as you can see.

This retard is still spamming about endlinks.

>>17658349
>Some companies just can't do sports watches, it seems...
Some companies shouldn't make sports watches. Considering their entire aesthetic and history Breguet falls into that camp.
Unfortunately because every boomer midlifecrisiser absolutely NEEDS a sports watch even though the most activity they get is maybe walking up and down the stairs in their house, that's what the market thinks it wants.
If they shilled the fuck out of dressier watches then that's what the slackjawed consooomers would want. But nooooo, everyone wants to larp as james bond or whateverthefuck so everyone has to scramble to copy the royal joke, the submariner or some dogs breakfast rm.

>>17658653
If you open up the case back there’s a little lever you can move. It should be marked and you can regulate it yourself.

>>17658672
I kind of wish they started shilling dressier watches. I'm sure there's a bunch of companies out there that wish that's where the fashion would go.

I started primarily wearing them a couple years ago. Stuff like the JLC Master Hometime. It's all been positive. They're smaller, lighter, more comfortable. They even get compliments from girls because "it looks classy".

Downsides? 50m WR? Doesn't matter, I don't swim with a watch on a leather strap.

>>17658213
>>17658197
>>17658193
>>17658176
>>17658124
Fuck the haters. AP is amazingly kino and unique. Actual kinectic sculptures.
I love them.

>>17658653
about 10-15 secs a day

>>17658677
careful to only make extremely small movements if you try this

>>17658693
>careful to only make extremely small movements if you try this
It's russian, use a hammer just to be sure.

>>17658696
I'm not Jeremy Clarkson by the way.

>>17658612
kek

>>17658690
which one do you like the most the marvel collab or the rainbow colored iced out set?

>>17658718
The red one is quite punchy, and the dark blue is nice as well.

>>17658614
that's what I was going for, the original 350. It was the closest I could find with the nicer bezel. I've had the Komandirskie for awhile, but the bezel has always been lacking. I still really like the Scuba dude dial like yours too.

>>17658718
SOVL

>>17658677
>>17658693
Is it really that easy? I've never been game to try and regulate my stuff.
Do I need to bother with that chinese timing device that begins with a "W"? Or should I just open it up, nudge that thing less than a hair's breadth and wait 24hr to time?
I'm not that anal, but nearly 2mins is kinda annoying desu senpai
And I tried de-maging it with a cheapo device I bought.
>>17658693
>10-15 secs a day
Were you just lucky OOTB or did you fiddle with it?

>>17657989
I can't get enough of retro digital watches. It's timeless aesthetic.

1/4

>>17658749
2/4

>>17658751
3/4

>>17658752
I like this one.

>>17658752
4/4

Can anyone identify? Looks like a Seiko maybe but the guy in the pic is one of the top professional cyclists in the world with a million dollar salary, so I think he'd probably have something nicer
Anyone recognize it?

>>17658765
An Islandwatch specialrino.

>>17658718
These are great. Red or purple for me

>>17658766
it's all so tiresome

>>17658765
Looks like some citizen shit.

>>17658742
I think it is really that simple.
Obviously if its poorly oiled then this is just delaying the inevitable of needing a service.

It ran like that out of the box. I wouldn't exactly say I was lucky as the case was visibly miscut and I had to polish it for hours to get it symmetrical.
Ultimately quality control has never been great and I imagine it's worse these days with everything.

>>17658718
If i had the money I'd absolutely get one. These are based and only faggots will complain about this

>>17658671
It's the latest meme

>>17658773
where did you get your nigger taste from?

I want a high quality quartz so I started looking into grand seiko. I like sbgv207 and sbgx261. Anyone had them? What did you think about it?

>>17658742
>Were you just lucky OOTB or did you fiddle with it?
Not him but I was with mine, but it was also a nicer model so it could have been prerrgulated

>>17658779
Just go with Citizen, they're better watches with nicer finishing. Both brands totally fall apart when it comes to the bracelets though, shit clasps with no micro-adjusts.

>>17658780
>nicer model vostok
Curious which one? I thought they were all on the same level.

>>17658779
Like the other anon said, look at Citizen's "The Citizen" or Chronomaster lines.
Ecodrive so you don't have to fiddle with batteries like Seiko, and the perpetual calendar datechange is better than Seiko's lazy mechanism.

>>17658765
Looks like a Tissot from the counterbalance on the second hand

>>17658777
>everything i don't like is "nigger taste"
I feel sorry for you

>>17658792
Pretty sure it's this

>>17658789
Well it used to be that the nicer vostoks were from the SE line, nicer dials, brushed cases, bezels with inserts. Now though you get the nicer ones even in the classic line, costing even more than the SE line vostoks. Pretty much anything over $130 on meranom is a nicer vostok.
Mine is a 170863, pic related, it's when they first started with releasing nicer models in the classic line

>>17658786
>>17658791
I did look at the citizen line. Aq4092 in blue and aq4080 in blue and silver. I really like ecodrive and perpetual calendar, but there are a few considerable downsides
for aq4092
>considerably more expensive
>case diameter is 40 vs 37
>thickness is 12 vs 10
for aq4080
>doesnt come in black
>both blue and silver are more dressy than black gs and blue aq4092
Id probably buy black dial aq4080, but if im not mistaken, it doesnt exist. Ill take a look at chronomaster, but it sems like its not availablei n europe?

>>17658796
That's it, thanks friend

>>17658811
I think once upon a time "The Citizen" and "Chronomaster" used to be the same line. "The Citizen: Chronomaster" though they seem to bother with the chronomaster subtitle anymore.
I don't say buy or don't buy from these sites, but I've found them useful to see what's available and what has been available and is now out of production.
You might find a citizen model you like that you'll have to get used because it's some older Japan only model.
Until very, very recently The Citizen and Chronomaster were JDM only, so there's not much out there about them and so I've defaulted to these jap watch resellers to look at stuff:
https://www.sakurawatches.com/watches/citizen-watches/filter/19-collection,the-citizen
https://www.ippojapanwatch.com/collections/citizen-the-citizen

I'm partial to the AQ4100-57L (38.3mm, titanium, really nice blue dial) and the costlier AQ6100-56L (nodate, sparkle blue, steel, 39mm with the world's most accurate quartz movement).

>>17658779
Like this >>17658786 anon said the Citizen is a bit better, but ultimately pick one you like the look of the most.

>>17658829
Thanks, that is really useful

>>17658830
>>17658791
Finishing is done with the same machine Zaratsu aka Sallaz machines probably to the same standard.
Besides battery stuff, you have to ask whether or not this annoys you:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxM3k2PvSQw
more recently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrZMPyVkD0E
Comments say that it changed 4mins after midnight.
They also explain that the citizen is so smooth and instant because it's electronically managed whereas the relatively lower tech Seiko does it mechanically like with their mechanical watches.
Depends on what you like.

>>17658839
>Besides battery stuff, you have to ask whether or not this annoys you:
That instant change from 30th to 1st is really, really nice

>>17658779
I have a SGBX. I'm a fan.

>>17658791
You do have to fiddle with batteries, they're just much longer lasting rechargeables and should be good for about 10 years. When they go, it's a unique citizen part number that is based on a standard rechargable cell, with some proprietary leads soldered to it to "fit" the movement. There have been some horror stories about citizen not being very supportive of non-japanese customers which ultimately drove me away from those watches, otherwise they're really cool

Also they do make a smaller one, but it's not a signed crown. if you want the signed crown you have no choice but to get the gigantic one

>>17658850
>10yrs
Should be 15-25 nowadays, shouldn't it?
Yeah when these were Japan only they didn't give shit, but Citizen has realized that it is terribly behind Seiko in terms of outreach for its premium lines and now that generally when people buy a costlier watch it's never quartz but almost always some sort of mech and with smartwatches/phones really signalling the final death knells for all quartz-based watches since their primary benefit over other watches is now gone, I think Citizen is changing its tune. It will have to.
That The Citizen is finally being offered elsewhere besides Japan shows this. Whether it'll help them or not I don't know, but the the only mechanical "The Citizen" that came and went a year or so ago and nobody gave a shit. Citizen had better get a move on, whatever it is that they plan on doing.

>>17658839
I thought the date change would annoy me but then I realized I'm never up that late anyway, I think I've seen it change twice since I bought it. The real annoyance is having to change the date when the month is less than 30 days.

Also I may have skimmed the thread too fast but you're leaving out the best part of The Citizen which is the independently adjustable hour hand. That is much more interesting to me than the instant date change at midnight on the dot, since, like I said, I'm never up that late anyway.

In the end my concerns about my watch being bricked won out over the gee whiz features, and I went for the Grand Seiko. But I still think about getting a The Citizen in addition

>>17658859
>the independently adjustable hour hand.
Newer 9Fs have that too.

>>17658866
Yeah but they only put them in their bigger watches. If I'm not mistaken (and I could be, I'm going on memory) even the 37.5mm The Citizen has it. Seiko doesn't have anything under 39.5 with the hour hand and the lug to lug makes it wear larger.

>>17658718
The top right one.

>>17658859
Technically the 4 second time difference for the date only really matters for 1/21600 of every day

>>17658910
Good point. Anyway my post-purchase rationalization is as follows. On a 9F watch, the interval between midnight and the date window switch actually varies somewhat between specimens, because it depends on the skill of the individual watchmaker attaching the date wheel to the date change mechanism. It will never be perfect, and that is by design, and the nature of the imperfection is always unique. So it's like wabi sabi, for quartz.

Or maybe it's all cope.

so new seamaster pro 300m with spirate this year right?

>>17657989
behold

What watch is this?

>>>/vg/432702091
Artificial Academy 2 General /aa2g/ #1282
Sad Jack Edition

Welcome, this general is for the discussion of ILLUSION's Artificial Academy 2.

COPY ERROR MESSAGES WITH CTRL+C, PASTE THEM WITH CTRL+V INTO GOOGLE TRANSLATE. JUST CLICK THE WINDOW AND PRESS CTRL + C, IT WORKS.

>Downloads:
/aa2g/ Pre-Installed Game, AA2Mini: https://tsukiyo.me/AAA/AA2MiniPPX.xml
AAUnlimited updates: https://github.com/aa2g/AA2Unlimited/releases
Anon's Modded Pre-Install: https://pastebin.com/42JS3q6E

>Information:
AA2Mini Install Guide:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vS8Ap6CrmSNXRsKG9jsIMqHYuHM3Cfs5qE5nX6iIgfzLlcWnmiwzmOrp27ytEMX03lFNRR7U5UXJalA/pub
General FAQ:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200216045726/https://pastebin.com/bhrA6iGx
AAU Guide and Resources (Modules, Tans, Props, Poses, and More):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17qb1X0oOdMKU4OIDp8AfFdLtl5y_4jeOOQfPQ2F-PKQ/edit#gid=0

>Character Cards [Database], now with a list of every NonOC in the megas:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1niC6g-Xd2a2yaY98NBFdAXnURi4ly2-lKty69rkQbJ0/edit#gid=2085826690
https://db.bepis.moe/aa2/

>Mods & More:
Mods for AAU/AA2Mini (ppx format, the mediafire has everything):
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/vwrmdohus4vhh/Mods
/aa2g/ Modding Reference Guide (Slot lists for Hair/Clothes/Faces, List Guides, and More):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gwmoVpKuSuF0PtEPLEB17eK_dexPaKU106ShZEpBLhg/edit#gid=1751233129
Booru: https://aau.booru.org

>HELP! I have a Nvidia card and my game crashes on startup!
Try the dgVoodoo option in the new win10fix settings.
Alternative: Update your AAU and see if it happens again. If so, disable win10fix, enable wined3d and software vertex processing.
>HELP! Required Windows 11 update broke things!
winkey+R -> ms-settings:developers -> Terminal=Windows Console Host

Previous Thread
>>>/vg/432320786 come on permban all of them kek
yo mad over that discord link post ha what a noob you are loser nigger aa2 fag mod you mad asf lmfao

>>17658226
I want a big bang unico so bad lmfao, it's such a goofy watch.

>>17658987
Which one?

found this pic fucking kino

im positively chuffed rn lads

>>17658989
Not the same anon you asked, but I would love to own this.

>>17659011
>US ARMY
LMAO

>>17659011
did nobody tell this guy about gmts?

>>17659027
Even your cat is judging you

>>17659011
Is that the Christopher Ward logo on the brim of his hat?

>>17659027

Nice to see with the colorful APs and the Hublots itt that some people are actually interested in fun watches and not just boring black dials sarbs, field watches and divers.

>>17659060
Based cat but I like that Smiffs. Has just enough to differentiate it from a total Rolex knockoff.

LMAO this is absolutely brutal. I'd walk away and never look back.

https://youtu.be/2mCFCZjXGZk
https://youtu.be/2mCFCZjXGZk
https://youtu.be/2mCFCZjXGZk

To the anon who ow s a MTG B3000, does it have the function to move the hands out of the way of the subdials? I would assume it does but the one review I saw the guy said he couldn't find that function. On my gshock that has it I just have to double press the light button and it stores the hands away.

>>17659011
Am I the only one who thinks that wearing 1 watch on each wrist is peak try hard ?

>>17659156
No, I think so too.

>>17658779
I've had the sbgx261 - i loved the hands, but sold it because in daylight, the dial appeared very dark gray instead of piano black, like for example on a submariner. I loved the dimensions, the finishing, the comfort, but ultimately couldn't justify to keep a watch that I did not enjoy in summertime so i sold it for exactly the same I paid for on chrono24. unfortunately the champagne and white variants are ugly so yeah.

What's a good 5 digit Sub cope, ideally 16600LV? Steinhart look like shit.

>>17659182
check out Davosa, plenty of models. I've got their ceramic sub and I really like it

In love.

>>17659184
Nice thanks Anon, the blue reminds me of an old Tudor Sub. Not a fan of the green. Now the question is whether to get something like this or pay a little more for a used 36mm Seamaster quartz.

Any recommendations for minimalist dress watch with a mesh bracelet? Something in the 500 - 1000 range ideally.

I was looking at this movado museum but I know it gets a lot of hate

https://www.movado.com/us/en/shop-watches/museum-classic-0607511.html

>>17659186
>manual wind
>still 13mm
What the fuck are the incompetent fucks doing at Omega?

>>17659188
>>17659184
>>17659182

>>17659188
I actually have the 36.5mm davosa subby in black. 11.7mm thin, wears really well. I was considering the blue one myself. got it for 520 usd after some discount. i used to own an ovm 39 steinhart and there's no comparison; steinhart was so fucking bulky and bloated at 14mm and its ar coating was garbage - with the davosa i can see the dial at any angle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q2rzZKib_Y&t=275s&ab_channel=LongIslandWatch

>>17659156
>>17659159
If you're a military commander thinking about the middle east and the west a million times a day, for strategy, communications, whatever, then saving milliseconds in thought, multiplied many many times, can amount to something significant. Two separate watches is more error proof than a GMT.

>>17659210
*fool proof

>>17659195
someones' going down tonight!

>>17659186
Strong red > meh orange

>>17659203
It's around £700 bong bucks from a quick search, would you say it's worth that much?

>>17659210
>laughs in failed incursions in the middle east and copious amount of soldiers sacrificed for shit and giggles

>>17659191
at least get a 100$ skagen instead of this 1k """worth""" of bullshit

>>17659223
I'd try to find it secondhand or wait for a discount, i figure it's good value at around 500-550 usd.

>>17659223
Why would you buy a no-name sub clone when you can get a chink clone for under 200 bucks, or you can get a chink rep for similar?

>>17659227
I agree with your sentiment

>>17659223
I wouldn't spend more than 300 on a micro brand or a mall brand.

>>17659239
I couldn't find a San Shartin that looked like a 5 digit sub. And what rep factories make 5 digit reps these days? Other than BP.

>>17659261
Yeah at £700 I'd rather save for a 36mm quartz seamaster.

Ally watch. Yea or nay?

I'm a newfag to watches and I'm doing my research and come across WatchUSeek. Why does everyone there have their heads so far up their own ass? Is this what happens when you have nothing to talk about other than watches?

>>17658483
You're all faggots. Go fuck yourself, it's a great watch.

>>17659305
It's tacky, anon.

>>17659132
>To the anon who owns a MTG
That guy killed himself after it was proven that it was just a cope for MRG.

>>17659027
SMIF
GO ON MY SON

>>17658850
>You do have to fiddle with batteries, they're just much longer lasting rechargeables and should be good for about 10 years.
Number I'm seeing online in say yt reviews and anecdotes from forums of ecodrive divers is, upper end, 20 years. I'll assume 25 is the absolute max they could go before shitting the bed. I don't know what the official citizen literature says about their higher end pieces but you'd assume that it would at least be better than 10. That's not bad, and in say 25 years time will you even still have the watch? Will you still be around? Will anyone be around that can replace the necessary parts? The same question can be posed for every single watch sold today be it quartz or mechanical.
20+ years, best case scenario, where you get exceptional accuracy and you don't have to worry about a periodic servicing of mechanical parts by the fewer and fewer watchmakers that exist nor do you have to worry about locating batteries. I wonder when some green EU bullshittery will finally do away with disposable batteries entirely.
Buy, wear, forget for a quarter of a century, hopefully.

>>17658765
Tissot seastar

>>17659305
It's revolting

>>17658765
tissot is a big sponsor in pro cycling, he probably got money for that pic

>>17659305
>black shield
>shield is red
What did they mean by this?

>>17659305
The problem with it (and many other ceramic watches with matte finishes) is that they look deep black in renders but in person appear an ashy dark gray.
However, if they decide to go for a polished look, it just ends up looking like it's made of plastic.

>>17659343
Tudor is actually owned by Rothschilds.

>>17659304
I think WUS is a valuable resource, but only (and I mean only) for the brand specific sub forums where you can ask specialized questions and there’s a pretty good chance someone there is an expert. There are some specialized resources for some brands like Langepedia that make the WUS forum a bit redundant, but lots of the informative, dedicated, enthusiast run watch sites have been abandoned.

I find the public WUS forum completely ridiculous. I get overwhelming Reddit vibes from the place, only it seems like most of the regular posters there are clueless boomers.

>>17659350
I don't like these old 70s cases, so it's not a big loss. I love those kinds of clean bezels, though. I'm so fucking sick of the "modern" design which has 3 pips instead of 4 between each marker.

>>17659352
Pretty sure all the old style forums populated by american boomers who have buying expensive stuff as a hobby have the same exact vibe.
See the navy seals style tirades you regularly see in screenshots from audiophile forums.

So do you gshock bros use them for work?

Can anybody recommend an automatic watch with a really nice kind of a sea green color dial, 36-38mm case diameter, preferably without a rotating bezel? $2000 or less, the lower I can get the better.

>>17659386
it really is a shame they made these 44mm

>>17659389
I don't know why anyone bothers making watches larger than 42mm. Even 42mm is extreme. Certainly for a regular 3 hand watch with a date.

>>17659132
I'm not him but I looked through the manual and it doesn't mention that feature. On the previous model it's listed as "shifting the hands".
https://support.casio.com/storage/en/manual/pdf/EN/009/qw5636.pdf
The new module doesn't list it:
https://support.casio.com/storage/en/manual/pdf/EN/009/qw5672.pdf

>>17659361
Yeah but I work mostly in the office or from home.

>>17659396
To sell to the Russ- oh wait, it's to sell to the Chine- oh, wait.
Funny how the size reversal started happening when both those cashcow markets the swiss have been catering every single facet of their moneygrubbing beings to for the past 15 odd years died.
Funny that.
Almost as if post-soviet classless rubes and newly rich asian manlets all want some massive totem on their wrists to make up for the obvious flaws.
Real coincidental.

>>17659407
>Real coincidental.
Not coincidental at all. The manufacturers have stated that's the case.
How the fuck do you think you found out about it? lmfao

>>17659420
>How the fuck do you think you found out about it? lmfao
Through observation when working in asia.
Little men with massive watches; smaller the man, larger the watch. It's hilarious.
I didn't know any brand explicitly stated that the reversal to smaller sizes was precisely because the chink market nosedived. They've come out and said it straight? That's surprising. Would've thought that they'd more likely just gloss over the mistake.

>>17659420
>The manufacturers have stated that's the case.
source for the honest brands that did this

>>17658001
I can't say less is more in this case.

>>17657945
You can always tell what time it is on this one.

>>17659027

Idont eant a wantch

>>17659156
>Am I the only one who thinks that wearing 1 watch on each wrist is peak try hard ?

I mean, trying hard was literally his job.

>>17659437
>I didn't know any brand explicitly stated that the reversal to smaller sizes was precisely because the chink market nosedived. They've come out and said it straight?
No, none would. Don't be thick.
Instead, they leak information off the record to industry newsletters. The newsletters, then, turn around and recount how X told them "on condition of anonymity".

Of course, that phrase always gets the conspiritards' brainworms wriggling.

>>17659361
I wear my 5610 with a chink bracelet and bezel for work. Saved my hand once from being chopped off when a stray shovel hit me in the wrist, bracelet deflected it. Hardly got a scratch on it too. Love that thing.

>>17659400
Thank you for having the patience to do that as I do not. That's unfortunate. You'd figure the second highest level of gshock watches would include such a basic feature.

>>17659386
Farer lander IV, bit larger than what you're looking for though

>>17659296
I think it's cute, but i'd rather think of it as a "slushie colored watch" rather than a "CUTING YOUR DICK AND THEN INVERTING IT INSIDE YOUR BODY AND STUFFING A DILDO INSIDE YOUR WOUND SO THAT IT DOESN'T CLOSE AND IT SMELLS LIKE FECAL MATTER ALL ALONG, FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS, UNTIL THE DAY THAT YOU FINALLY DECIDE TO OFF YOURSELF watch".

>>17659486
>No, none would. Don't be thick.
so basically you got nothing
>Instead, they leak information off the record to industry newsletters. The newsletters, then, turn around and recount how X told them "on condition of anonymity".
post it or you made it up
nigger

Maybe some of you will find this interesting. Most higher end watchmakers have been raising their prices rapidly over the last few years but Lange has been increasing their prices by as much as 15-20% at a time which is virtually unheard of. They are also consolidating their distribution by squeezing out ADs in favor of boutiques which will not offer discounts. Despite this, Langes are still flying off the shelf and it is extremely difficult to get anything more complicated than the most basic models, which have risen in MSRP by roughly $10k in 3 years.

However, the secondary market is lagging behind, but I expect their prices to rise by a lot. All this to say if you've been in the market for a Lange, you should buy it used quickly before the secondary market reacts to the insane price increases and reduced discount availability.

Spreadsheet showing how Lange prices have changed over the years:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1au-UMy3OSB_9ehmn5AkR_pfAPEjNTD7zo2FK7r0W8ZI/edit#gid=775839619

>>17659386
Longines Spirit 37mm, it's blue but sunburst so it has sea vibes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37KD8ExWDSE
(plz no racism)

>>17659518
>t. brainworms.
lmao at your poor ass

>>17659486
As evidenced by >>17659518 you know he's just going to continue to spout bad-faith "arguments" until someone can produce a timestamped video of the CEO of Swatch claiming that watch sizes are coming down because of the Chinese, using the most racist possible language.

Remember: this is still 4chan and that kid is 15.

new thread

>>17659539
>>17659539
>>17659539

>>17659535
ok nigger

>>17659540
ok samefag nigger lmao

>>17659542
>>17659551
Based 60 IQ retard.

>>17658133
this. work in finance and have grown tired of the rolexes, omegas, swatches (fake humbleness) and occasional pateks / audemars

>>17659874
let me guess, f91 amirite