/fa/ - Fashion

please talk me out of buying goldeneye seamaster 300

>>17677480

I like it but I'm starting to really like the polar explorer and might trade it in as the price for this model has went up a little bit (i got the last production year.

>Formal events
I don't do those (i am an autistic degenerate and i wfh) but I've been wearing it as my daily driver, the sunburst is really obvious in the day time but at night it just looks like a run of the mill explorer.

>>17677501
Looks heterosexual af.

>>17677502
thanks for the reply. good luck in your future acquisition.

>>17677502
I'm thinking about one too, you looking for the 5 digit polar model? Box and papers? Undecided on whether I want that but do know I want the 5 digit 100 percent

>>17677506
No problem, we'll see. I don't know if I want the downgrade in movement yet as I'm pretty anal about accuracy of the watches I own.

>>17677507
I was considering the older model as the fit is a little better and buying a new strap to throw on it.

What's the Cartier Tank alternative if I don't like roman numerals? (No, the Reverso is too thick)

>>17677511
Oris Rectangular?

>owns more than one watch

>>17677501
The 2254.50 with the sword hands is superior in every possible way and is the one brosnan should've worn. It's also aged better than these blue ones which look kinda cheap.

>>17677511
Cheaper Omega option

COMPLICATION TIER LIST

ELDER GOD TIER
>Perpetual calendar
>Minute repeater
>Deadbeat seconds
>Digital display
>Equation of time
>Fusee and chain
>Remontoir
GREAT TIER
>Flyback and Split Second Chronographs
>Functional tourbillon
>Foudroyante
>Annual calendar
>Weekly calendar
>World timer
>Big date
>Mechanical alarm
>Hourly chime
GOOD TIER
>Jump hour
>Moonphase
>Power reserve
>True GMT
>Pointer date
>Chronograph
>Retrograde calendars
SHIT TIER
>Date window
>Day window
>Open heart or skeletonized dial on any watch worth less than $40,000
>Caller GMT
>Spring drive

Does anyone have the really good water resistance chart

>>17677331
Take a look at the Seiko Essentials (SUR) line and try to get one on sale.

It finally arrived, bros. And holy fuck,

>Listed on eBay as pre-owned, $3000 off RRP
>it arrives
>literally brand new, papers aren't even signed
>It turns bright silver on some angles than switches to black and white, it's mercurial
>dial initially looks plain black but exposes its intricate patterns when exposed to sunlight
>lume placemen is sharp green and placement is absolutely impeccable
>hover is indeed more accurate than sweep when it comes to describing the seconds hand.

I can't be fucking happier. It's everything I want and more. I didn't even care about Zaratsu polish prior to this since I didn't even know what it does but holy fuck it's almost as if the entire case is made out of mother of pearl.

i have this watch :3

Found this apparently Girard Perregaux vintage for 200 bucks
What do you think? Seems legit?

>>17677545
based and ddlg/ageplay corepilled

>>17677548
Probably real, maybe, but also dogshit.

The industry was very different back then.

>>17677548
Don't go down the vintage rabbit hole.

>>17677529
>no wr
Watch can only be used in vacuum
>10m wr
Watch can be taken out of vacuum on hot and dry summer day up to 30 minutes
>50m wr
Watch can be used on eaeth, but not when it is raining
>100m wr
Watch can be used when it is raining if you have an umbrella
>150m et
Watch can be used when it is raining and you dont have an umbrella
>200m wr
Watch can be used when you wash your hands, vut it is advised to take it off regardless
>300m wr
You can safely wash your hands and take a shower up to 10 minutes
>600m wr
You can wear watch while in the pool up to 4 meter in depth. Jumping into the pool is not advised
>1000m wr
You can swim with this watch
>1200m wr
You can free dive with this watch
>11000m wr
You can scuba with this watch

As a person who lives 700 miles from thw closest sea and who doesnt know how to swim, i would advise 600 m wr minimum, you really cant go under that

>>17677542
Post a few pics from further away

>>17677555
gr8 b8 m8 and noice trips

>>17677561
I'll do so later, I've been sleepless waiting for this thing and I need to crash.

>>17677542
Pretty based, but now you get to have /wt/ tell you that you’ve bought a piece of shit and that you should kill yourself

It’s over.

>>17677542
LMFAO is this a joke it looks like someone dropped it out of a car and it stood there on the highway for 5 years lmfao retard wtf

>>17677528
>ELDER GOD TIER
lmao shit list because you're missing the greatest complication of all so difficult to create and tune there's only 5 living watchmakers capable of it.
guess what it is
fucking plebnog

>>17677571
what is it? Special relativity time dilation calculator?

>>17677571
Countdown bezel

>>17677567
I don't care, I'm so fucking happy right now, this thing looks absolutely magical whenever I switch angles, it's like the black and white bezel turns into quicksilver, its absurd.

>>17677542
Pretty dope. You should take a video of it.

why would you get quartz in this day and age? just use your phone

>>17677571
don't know if you're talking about a grande sonnerie but i'm not going to go through and make 50 different listings for variants of minute repeaters and chimes you faggot, no one gives a shit

Stuck between these two watches. This would be my second time ever buying a watch, with the intention of aesthetic. My first was the Timex Weekender, which I got many years ago, so these are 3-4x the price, and I had originally had a budget of £100, but after seeing what decent watches cost, I doubled it to £200 and these are the two I like in that price range after some research.

Which would people here recommend of the two?

>>17677571
>>17677580
Grande sonnerie goes in meme tier because Greubel Forsey charges $1 million+ and the only Patek grande sonneries for sale are on chrono24 for $4 million+. God only knows what one from Dufour will run you. No one even really bothers making them.

>>17677528
Where’s the gf complication?

>>17677580
>variants of minute repeaters
A sonnerie is not a repeater.

>>17677588
That’s why I said “and chimes” you retarded fag.

what kind of watch would you wear

>>17677573
That would be easy, I think you mean general relativity

>>17677579
My quartz watch is 90 grams, the size of a coin and is conveniently strapped to my wrist. My phone is a 300g 15cm x 6cm brick that barely fits in my pocket. Need I say more?

>>17677602
Obviously the Deep Sea Challenge. Then my watch can be recovered and be auctioned off for millions as a gruesome trinket years later

>>17677596
Not the same thing you turbonigger. Listing only one and not the other which is an entirely different conplication means you and your list are trash.

>>17677612
>conplication
Keep seething ESLtard. No one cares. You can’t read and you can’t write.

>>17677586
Waste of money tier: grande sonnerie, petite sonnerie
Mostly waste of money tier: minute repeater, decimal repeater, 5-minute repeater, quarter repeater

I’m sure there are other chiming complications but they’re all memes

>>17677605
just get an automatic instead, has more soul than a battery watch

>>17677528
>sprooooooooong drive at bottom
funny because is true

>>17677542
Just don't open it

>>17677548
Not legit

>>17677622
>Soul
Kek, this is not a spirituality board, this is a fashion board. Automatics are inevitably inferior when it comes to timekeeping and practicality, so I really don't see why I should get one

>>17677542
>papers aren't even signed
anon

>>17677662
Anon, your poor is showing.

One nephew picked the one on the left. I’ll either keep the one on the right or give it to the other if he likes it.

I’m now looking for a dive watch that’s 50-100 ft
Also if you could redpoll me on lunar watches that would be cool

>>17677494
what do we think about these vs Bulova Sea Master as watches for boating and snorkling?

>>17677678
>Also if you could redpoll me on lunar watches that would be cool
I'm gonna assume you're poor and on a tight budget based on the pic you posted. Check out the Bulova Lunar Pilot

have a friend looking at a tag heuer monaco. i remember some old post someone had here with a bunch of watches women liked and that one was at the way bottom as the least attractive mens watch out there. does anyone have that or am i just being schizophrenic

>>17677682
>I'm gonna assume you're poor and on a tight budget based on the pic you posted
Poor cuz i dont cash out my link too often just looking around for the nicest cheap watches.

My goal is a two tone Sub Mariner
Im now considering an Omega

>>17677542
how did you manage to take the worst possible picture

>>17677690
Get a speedmaster then

>>17677690
Get a speedy m8 stop wasting money on shit tier watches (if they aren't gifts)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQhjUDclCJ8

>>17677747
>is shit better than poop?

>>17677511
Reverso classique is 7mm thick

>>17677681
just get a G-Shock

>>17677542
Why it looks already beaten to shit?

>>17677542
do you trust it that much to not get it authenticated still?

asking because ima buy a few watches from the greymarket and not sure what to do

>>17677583
What model ist the Seiko? I like it more

>>17677700
>>17677702
what speed masters are worth the money retail?
Are there chances of getting a watch from an AD that you flip the next day for profit?
Or is that only with a few rolex

I just dont want to buy a watch that is not worth what I paid 12-24 months later.
Im not too picky
I dont know the watch release schedules
I just want 2 nice collectable/wearable watches.
I want a dress watch (never suit jacket, always khaki and long shirt)
and I want a watch I can go snorkeling with thats not too expensive but is still a nice watch.

The snorkeling watch can be an every day watch as well.
as of today im no longer a no watch. I havent wore a watch since 6th-7th grade.

pic is what I bought and now im looking for a 400-2000 dollar water proof watch that can double as an every day. Leather or Steel bracelet is fine.

>>17677700
>>17677702
lots of speed masters to choose from

>>17677786
>what speed masters are worth the money retail?
>Are there chances of getting a watch from an AD that you flip the next day for profit?
>Or is that only with a few rolex

>I just dont want to buy a watch that is not worth what I paid 12-24 months later.
>Im not too picky
>I dont know the watch release schedules

Honestly anon, you'll probably be disappointed by the speedy or Omegas in general. Sounds like you would be much happier getting findomed by a minimum wage Rolex AD.

>>17677787
>what speed masters are worth the money retail?
Im looking at Omega Sea Masters, Rolex Sub Mariners, Ball Hydrocarbon, Bulova Marine Star, Zodiac Super Sea Wolf, Tudor Black Bay, Ulysse Nardin, Tag Heuer Aqua Racer, DOXA sub, BALTIC AQUASCAPHE, Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris Automatic, Oris Aquis


So many to choose from.
I either want to scoop a dive watch for 500 2500 5k or 15k for the two tone sub mariner.

How high are you?

Thinking of picking up a Sinn 556 for my first watch. Is this a good choice? Or is there any better watch for similar price?

Also, I am not comfortable buying a nice watch like Rolex or Omega which is easily noticeable, now with crime on the rise where I live.

>>17677791
I like the speed master 57's
5 bar is cool to swim in the gulf all day?

I’ve never worn a daily watch and just bought this. Is it a decent daily wear?

>>17677798
Its a good choice anon. There are decent cheaper alternatives that might give you the same vibe, like Lacos for around 400€. But the Sinn is better.

>>17677803
wouldnt risk it desu

>>17677804
Yes it is.

what do i think about this watch?

>>17677803
Probably so. But i wouldnt do it. You need to he sure the watch is regularly checked and gaskets renewed... get something at least 100m wr and avoid worries.

>>17677610
Holy fucking nigger faggots. How much fucking text can you put on a watch?

>>17677810
fuck
do I get the devil dive?

>>17677804
should've got the T80

>>17677820
forgot picrel

>>17677819
Dunno about the watch but if swimming is something you do often definitely get that has high wr

>>17677821
very gay

>>17677807
Ty
>>17677820
I actually did have that as one of my final options tbqh

Cop or nah?

https://www.wristenthusiast.com/latest/best-dive-watches

someone please make an infographic out of this list

>>17677830
the dial is too bottom heavy

Is it worth the price difference?

>>17677831
sub
diver300
>powergap
everything else

>>17677831
>this 2000m dive watch pairs well with any suit
cringe

>>17677838

>>17677847
>>17677838

https://youtu.be/KHZXSY6UEOA

>>17677854
I like this guy

>>17677858
https://teddybaldassarre.com/blogs/watches/best-dive-watches-a-complete-guide

>>17677865
thanks ted m8

>>17677819
The 666 is good, its a Citizen in disguise after all. A bit loud, but if you like the looks go for it no prob.

When I had alot of money, I had zero desire to purchase an expensive watch. I never considered it even once. Now that about 90% of my money is gone, I have a nigh uncontrollable desire to purchase an expensive gold watch. Can someone help me understand this? Is it because I want to show off wealth that I don't have? Is it because I want people to see my expensive gold watch and think, "Wow that guy is so smart and cool and he knows how to make good business decisions!" Is it because after loosing so much money, I think to myself, "I didn't even buy a cool expensive gold watch when I had the money! I'm such an idiot! If I had wasted my money on a watch, at least I would still have a watch." I'm pretty sure that if I ever become wealthy again that I won't want to buy or wear an expensive watch.

>>17677877
born to be poor

>>17677877
Why is it gone?

>>17677847
Ordered this already. Gives the stealth looks and the functionality: good wr, solar, timing shit (with the chrono instead of bezel so even better), dunno if its sapphire (the Seiko is), but the bracelet is much nicer so one thing for the other.

>>17677880
A bunch of bad investments and gambling.

>>17677879
Possibly. I won't argue with this.

>>17677882
>A bunch of bad investments and gambling.
How much did you have initially, what did you gain, what did you lose, what do you have now, let's hear the story.

>>17677882
Did you come from money or what

>gambling
you degenerate, hope you've quit that habit now

so the watch that features a diver that goes 666ft deep instead of saying 200m like everyone else is used by Jews to cheat the jewish Gods rules about electricity

>>17677882
lmao

for me, it's a tiffany blue dial.

>>17677884
My peak net worth was above $600k in crypto. I made it by working and investing in crypto. I lost about 90% of it by investing in other crypto projects that failed and by leveraged trading. At one point I cashed out alot of it into physical gold, and I consider that to be a good decision because gold is illiquid and it takes alot of effort to sell it and do something stupid with the money. Anytime I lost alot of money, I would think, "I didn't even buy gold before losing the money." So maybe that's the origin of my desire for an expensive watch. I keep thinking "I didn't even buy an expensive watch when I easily could have."

>>17677885
No, I'm from a poor family of retards.

>>17677890
Ok so you're still rich so fuck off moron.

>>17677893
I don't have to work now, but I'll have to work again in about 3 years unless I can get rich again.

>>17677894
Hope you fucking lose everything and then get bone cancer.

>>17677896
Wishing bad things for people doesn't actually work. I've tried.

They're saying Omega will increase prices this July

is that true?

>>17677877
Honestly? You probably just weren't into watches as much when you had money, that's probably it kek

>>17677910
Thanks fren.

>>17677778
SNE483
https://www.seikowatches.com/uk-en/products/discovermore/sne483

>>17677908
Who gives a shit? Nobody buys Omega anyway.

>>17677602
I woke up thinking of doing this same exact post and you beat me to it by 8 hours.

I shouldn't have slept

>>17677821
>Timex Anadigi
>over CASIO

Why

more like gaysio

>>17677759
They don't make fake spring drives

>>17677877
Watches won't help you with your problem, friend.

You're lost, you're just seeing watches the same incels see girls where they just delude themselves into thinking that it's what could fix them when the true problem lies within.

Crawl out of the hole you're in, the only person who can fix you is yourself. Yea sure, you see some dude with a Rolex, it's a show that they've made it, but you shouldn't be buying one if you don't even have a bedframe for your mattress.

>>17677887
What do they do with it?

>>17677830
I have this watch. I like it, but buy used

>>17677934
Check the tone for music (singing, instruments...) i assume.

A bit odd, since you can simply use the tone of a phone for example.

>>17677933
Thanks fren. This is probably true.

>>17677936
It's shabbat, they have to abstain from electricity

>>17677618
Rather a sonnerie over a repeater for a wristwatch, which by its very nature makes a repeating mechanism as redundant as a tourbillon.

>>17677830
Only if your pimp is buying it for you to commemorate your bottom surgery.

>>17677759
Did my research on watchuseek and there's a bunch of Japanese seller names that are being vouched by Western buyers.

That said this was a total leap of faith, but just like what >>17677932 said, Spring Drive is hard to fake. The closest movement counterfeiters can use though to replicate it is using the movement Citizen uses for the Bulova Precisionist but as you can see here, there's a very noticeable difference between the two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MDyhJ1UfEs.. The Precisionist still has a feel that looks closer to a sweep, whereas the SD is a full hover. The hover instead of sweep description people came up with for the Spring Drive really is accurate.

What sealed it for me though was the Zaratsu polish, this was my first exposure to this since I've never encountered it before, one of the experts I talked to that first brought it up told me that it's not exclusive to GS, Citizen watches also do them too, I just haven't seen said watches in person until this one.

If you're doing eBay, just google the seller and they usually pop up on watchuseek if they're reputable, JP watch resellers just tend to have ridiculous names for some reason. After googling, mine turned out to be a jewelry company hence why it was brand new, I just don't know why they listed it as pre-owned.

>>17677640
Yea, I'm aware of this, although I don't think this is gonna need servicing anytime soon since the card shows this first came out of the factory back in October last year, so that probably won't be until 9 years from now if I'm still alive then.

>>17677602
Hahahahahahahaha How The Fuck Is Getting Lost In The Ocean Real Hahahaha Nigga Just Swim Up From The Water Like Nigga Look At Your Frogman Haha

>>17677956
What gets me about this is that this happened to those multimillionaires because they cheaped out on a garage band submarine because it was $250k per person which was cheaper than Gabe Newell's submarine company that actually does the most successful dives to the Marianas Trench.

Hell, the Omega Ultra Deep getting down there? That achieved going down the Marianas Trench using Steambucks money.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSV_Limiting_Factor

>>17677945
>tfw no pimp to forcefem me and buy me a homos
why even live

>>17677937
>This is probably true.

It is, spoken from experience. If you're still posting here, you still have the means to claw out.

>>17677877
Disregard everyone else, become a watch dealer.

>>17677897
same here bro. same here.

forgiveness brings healing bros

>>17677963
All fine and dandy until some schmuck offers you their 250lb wife for that bump up the watchlist.

>>17677835
I just bought the Duo, no subsidiary seconds

nomos? more like no hoes

>>17677640
explain

>>17677980
Taking it apart will break that specific corner of the movement completely due to the lack of anglage.

I'm assuming it's fine if you send it back to Japan for servicing since they can probably just replace that specific part but if you open your own GS, good luck finding a replacement for that.

>>17677968
Give the whale the ol' batman and offer her husband a Cellini.

>>17677983
Makes sense since the wife clearly has more balls than the hubby.

You're already better than your average AD with that wisdom.

Are jubilee bracelets gay? I have a hard time deciding. I don't like how they look on smaller watches like Datejust because it looks more dainty like women's jewelry to me and it comes off as fruity, but for some reason I think it works on bigger busier watches like GMTs.

>>17677993
I mean if you think it's gay, it will always be gay in your mind regardless of what we say, so it';s gay

>>17677993
>fat hands
don't worry I don't think you need to worry about male attention

>>17677996
>he doesn't know thick bears are all the rave in the gay community
ngmi

>>17677957
>Rush said there were two primary obstacles: the perception of danger and the small number of submersible vehicles with human crew, which primarily are built and owned by government agencies.
>Rush noted "In the last 35 years, there hasn't been a serious injury [aboard a submersible], and there have been over 15 million people going [underwater] ... Statistically, [submersibles are] the safest vehicles on the planet."
>Once the occupants are aboard, the hatch is closed and bolted from the outside; there is no way to open the hatch from inside the vessel. In addition, there is no on-board navigation system; the support ship, which monitors the position of Titan relative to its target, sends text messages to Titan providing distances and directions.
>Journalist David Pogue, who rode in Titan to view the Titanic in 2022, noted that Titan was not equipped with an emergency locator beacon; during his expedition, the surface support vessel lost track of the Titan "for about five hours, and adding such a beacon was discussed. They could still send short texts to the sub, but did not know where it was. It was quiet and very tense, and they shut off the ship's internet to keep us from tweeting."
Text messages kek, it just gets better from there on. I need to find one of these clever plans to kill rich people.

>>17678000
Some Millionaire probably wanted to brag about how their Omega got all the way to Titanic depths or some shit lul

>>17677995
I already have a GMT with a jubilee bracelet I'm wearing right now. Like I said, I think it works on GMTs. But I've seen smaller 36mm watches with options for a jubilee bracelet and it just doesn't look right compared to the oyster bracelet.

>>17677993
I don't think they are, it's honestly hard to notice a bracelet, honestly.

To me, comfortability is a bigger priority.

>>17678001
>Rush had called him after reading it to tell him that he believed industry standards were stifling innovation.
If they put this in the movie it would sound cliche and fake. Truth is indeed stranger than fiction.

>>17677998
yeah, "the gay community" is like 3% of gays, it's just a stupid euphemism for dysfunctional people with no standards, who have compulsive casual sex with a different anonymous partner each night, like the piss orgy meme guy. in reality most gay people are attracted to attractive men and are somewhat selective about their partners, and when/where they will have sex, there is no "the community" because they haven't all had sex with each other.

the perception that "real gay people" are promiscuous sex freaks is responsible for a lot of guys not figuring out that they're gay until surprisingly late in life. they think "gay" means being that piss orgy guy, and if they're not that piss orgy guy, then they're obviously not gay. they compartmentalize in retarded ways and end up trying to larp as straight guys until they leave their wife in their fifties after realizing "gay people" really did mean them.

tl;dr: what's popular at your local bath house does not necessarily reflect what male-attracted males are into on a population level

>>17677982
what about the wheels

>>17678008
That I don't know much about, unfortunately. Not alot of people are willing to open their GS to check since it's a 4 figure gamble doing so. This isn't a Tongji, Miyota or NH movement that you can easily open and observe and put back easily once you're done.

>>17677998
>>17678007
GAY FIGHT!!!

>>17678011
me on the left

>>17678011
Say what you want but fashion wise, they RUN this board.

Not gay but I seek their wisdom when it comes to style and fashion.

>>17678014
You are gay if you like their fashion advice.

>>17678022
I don't like it, but women do.

That fact that I can get that for free without having to be gay makes this board the ultimate secret weapon.

Longines HydroConquest or Tudor 1926?

>>17678028
>ugliest longines or the copiest model of the copiest brands of cope watches
why though

Wanna pop this shitter on a nato or zulu. What are some colour combinations that would work?

>>17678030
engagement gift for my brother

>>17678033
Get him a gift certificate.

>>17678028
>Longines HydroConquest or Tudor 1926?
>>17678033
>engagement gift for my brother
depends on his personality then. i like both, maybe longines a bit more, but would probably go with tudor personally, because it will fly under radar and nobody will ask me about it, yet it is quality watch. longines looks too similar to yachtmaster

>>17677786
That Bulova is horrible Jesus Christ. Why did you buy it?

>>17677956
Is frogman hype well and truly over, gshockfags?
I can remember when they were really difficult to actually get a hold of because the special editions would disappear within seconds.

>>17677982
>but if you open your own GS, good luck finding a replacement for that.
who the fuck even does that? for what purpose?

>>17678043
People who probably want to see how it works.

But that's just my assumption since people that fit that sentence would be going for the limited edition ones like the SBGE275 instead where the caseback is sapphire and seethrough.

>>17678032
Apart from straight black or straight navy, a navy/red combo would work but not the typical Bond alternative stripe pattern. Try to find one where the navy is in the center and the reddish is only on the outer edges.
A lighter grey could meld well with the silvery steel case. A blue Bond stripe blue/offwhite would also work.

>>17678032
Black, blue, grey, or combination (stripes)

>>17678045
Navy and red is too much. Dont match every fucking color ffs!

>>17677640
>>17678044
I just don't see how the pic is a valid criticism since nobody is going to do this.
It's like saying don't buy brand x car because if you open it up and don't know what you're doing it could fuck up and not work. Almost everyone except 1/1000000 faggot autists is going to take apart a multi-thousand dollar watch "just to see inside" and unless they're the pantsonhead retarded kind of faggotautist they'll have the training, the tools and the know how of what to expect before they attempt something like this.

Thoughts on Signum watches? I don't think their designs are anything to write home about, but I appreciate what they're doing with a wide variety of dial materials. How is their quality?

>>17678056
IIRC until Zelos rereleased the Ember Orange, I was considering the Signum Cuda due to the same color scheme(orange during daylight, becomes yellow at night due to the lume) and the one common complaint I see about their watches is the bezel feel, it supposedly feels cheap.

Besides that, they feel like the American version of Zelos since they go for the same gimmicks(crystal, MOP, heavy use of lume, etc).

The reason why I'm not bothered about the complaints about Signum's bezels is that 1) who the fuck ever uses dive indicators these days and 2) there are actually people who prefer the crunchy sensation of bezels instead of smooth.

Does anyone know anything about these Olevs watches that are all over Amazon? They look pretty good in some of the renders that don't have blatant photoshopping errors but there's no way they're any good for $40, right?

>>17677528
A simple watch, hours, minutes, maybe seconds, this is perfection.

>>17677996
Gays will fuck anything retard

>>17678069
they're a level below Cadisen in the <$100 bracket. If you don't care about waiting 2 weeks, you're better off buying them directly from Aliexpress for potentially lesser than what's shown on Amazon.

It doesn't take a lot to make watches these days, even moreso when Miyota 8000s and NH35 is easily attainable and people are fine with the latter's -20/+40 since it's "still within COSC specifications".

The ones that do give a fuck though would be going for Miyota 9000 series, which is what San Martin and Pagani Design have been doing recently.

>>17678076
The paganis and sanmartens upgraded to miyotas seem to be $100-200 more compared to the NH35s.

>>17678079
Which is somewhat justifiable since the Miyota 9000 series tend to be at $80-90, I'm sure they get them discounted since they order by bulk but I'd assume for large orders, it would still probably be around $40-50 per movement.

That said it's a worthy tradeoff because Citizen brought fire with this series. It's achieving Sellita/ETA accuracy with just 1/4th the price of those movements.

I can respect what they're doing, but I don't think it's a good idea since they're trying to do microbrand strategies minus the creativity attached to microbrands since they use superior materials like Titanium and Sapphire but they mainly do homages, whereas microbrands don't need to do that since they've got room to be more creative in terms of materials and dials.

>>17678081
San Martin has a few "original" designs. They're mostly weird square watches probably made with left over cases and bezels and shit that don't sell well.

>>17678000
untraceable, you're completely relying on an outside source to control the vessel safely? holy kek... you'd expect that tracker, some "go to surface" button and the option to open it from the inside to be the bare minimum for safety.

>>17678094
I'm torn on the choice to not allow the vessel to be opened from the inside. On one hand it would be fucked if the thing washed up somewhere and the people inside couldn't get out. On the other hand, in 99% of all other cases where the fuck are they going to go?

>>17678087
Yea which doesn't really inspire me much, I can kinda see why they're reliant on homages since I don't think they have an R&D that works on design specifically.

The problem with San Martin and Pagani's approach is that even a person who's an amateur with horology knows about the trifecta for watches(Titanium/Sapphire/A reliable movement), what makes it worth it is the intrinsic value of the watch, and that usually requires a touch of artistry, a good example of this is how Max Bill watches cost as much as they do because they also come signed with an autograph in the watch itself, the autograph is the X-factor and is what gives it it's intrinsic value.

Looking for a simplistic watch
>$60 or under, used is fine
>just needs to tell time, date would be nice though
>nylon or leather strap, something that's casual but not too casual for office wear
>wrist is 14cm

>>17678098
>I'm torn on the choice to not allow the vessel to be opened from the inside.

Personally, I think it should be openable, for at least access to a quick and painless death, because dying slowly from asphyxiation/starvation/dehydration is far worse than dying from pressure. I remember from the Piccard entries that despite hearing portholes crack, they know what's going to kill them is the one that they don't get to see or hear so at least the deaths were going to be painless since it was going to be instantaneous, can't say the same for the three I mentioned prior.

That said, Piccard and co. doing this shit in the 1950s, those fuckers had nerves of steel.

>>17678099
I'm sorry, titanium is part of the "trifecta?" Since when?

>>17678106
I personally prefer 316 L SS but it's mainly due to how it used to be exclusive to luxury watches.

Why do we hate the Planet Ocean again?

>>17678099
Max bill is dead dude, how does the autograph count for anything?

>>17678108
Because its too big and fat. Like the Seiko Sumo.

>>17677642
How can you tell if it's not a real one?

>>17678110
His death actually adds more to the intrinsic value of the watch since he can never make more of them ever again.

Even if we disregard money laundering, it's the reason why Picasso artworks cost as much as they do. A skilled artist can replicate what he's drawn using the same materials, but the intrinsic value of Picasso drawing them himself will never happen again.

>>17678108
The planet ocean is actually Omegas best diver. The handset is great and its case is shaped well so it doesn't feel like a huge flat slided slab on your wrist. Im just waiting for them to refresh the 39.5mm version and im snapping one up.

>>17678108
Looks cool, far too thick. 45.5mm is a monster.

>>17677602
>what kind of watch would you wear

I Hublot because i'd have to be retarded.

>>17678108
>>17678120
Might actually get this over black gay 54.
I didn't suck the AD salesman's dick hard enough.
>14.2mm thick
Geez

>>17678132
Why the fuck do watches over 13mm thick even exist at this point?

>>17678108
i love that thing. id buy 39.5 if i werent a thin man with 6.5 inch wrist. i wish they made it 300m wr instead of 600 so it can be thinner and leave everything else the same. i've considered omega seamaster pro diver, but i cant stand the look of those hands

>>17678134
Watchmakers trying to cram hand wind hacking cosc day date power reserve indicator, plus 20 bar, 15000 gauss, and 80 hour barrel, and if anyone complains about the size they can just go manlet manlet dyel manlet and it shuts up any serious discussion of why

I don't mind antimagnetic or high WR unlike a lot of people but the market is way too tolerant of disgusting oversize watches

>>17677798
>Also, I am not comfortable buying a nice watch like Rolex or Omega which is easily noticeable, now with crime on the rise where I live.
You really think Tyrone wouldn’t try to rob you because it’s only a Sinn? Get real dude. Sounds like you need to either carry a gun or move.

>>17677520
2254.50 is ridiculously underrated.

>>17678142
nta but I don't think you understand how these watch theft gangs work. It's not "tyrone on the street". They have people in clubs/bars where wealthy people go, trained to look out for specific watches. These are usually young women, cocktail waitresses etc who can get close to the marks and see the watches up close. These women are not hodinkee spergs, they're a friend or cousin or a friend of a friend who happens to be young and hot. The spotters have enough space in their empty little heads for about a dozen target watches and I can promise you, nobody gives a fuck about Sinn. It's not even that it's "not worth the risk", it's why bother training them to look out for a Sinn when every night there's 50 guys with much fancier watches. It's going to come down to, should we wait for the guy with an entourage with the richard mille, or should we settle for the guy with the submariner.

So the waitress messages the gang that she sees something good, she snaps some photos so they know who their target is, and they wait outside in a BMW or a Mercedes (it is almost always one or the other). When they're in a comfortable spot several guys get out with guns, they relieve the mark of his watch, and everyone goes home happy. The really dumb ones will target two clubs in one night but that's a nearly perfect way to get caught, the police are on to them. Once a week is about right.

>>17677494
Does anyone know this watch’s model? I know it’s a Seiko 5, but that’s it l

>>17678132
>14.2mm thick
>Geez
Go try one on, it doesn't wear like some slab sided chronograph. Its well proportioned and wears very comfortably

>>17678158
Almost positive thats some random old watch with a fake seiko dial put on it. Very commonly made in inda and referred to online as mumbai special watches.

>>17678158
Can't see shit, any other pictures? Especially caseback. Probably fake as other anon stated.

>>17678166
What's India's obsession with frankenwatches?

It's absolutely hilarious to me since they're up there with UAE and Dubai when it comes to speculating with Rolex watches yet they're depreciating the hell out of the watches that they chop up to make watches like these.

>>17678172
1 billion poor people
many of them were alive when there were only mechanical watches
enough of a network of watch repair guys arose that there's still a ton of them around doing third world repair jobs on the mechanical wristwatches that are still around
collector autism hasn't taken hold, or is not considered important (keep in mind the obsession with originality is a relatively new thing even in the west)
also it's a fucking seiko 5, there is nothing to depreciate

personally I think it's cool and I wish we had watch guys like that in the west, considering how many old seiko 5s and other shitters just get abandoned forever because it's not worth the cost of repairing them the proper way

>>17678177
>also it's a fucking seiko 5, there is nothing to depreciate

That part makes sense a few years ago but not these days when the newer Seiko 5s are now getting pricier and pricier. Even the venerable SNKL23 which used to be regarded as the ultimate budget watch is being sold for at least $150 if you don't buy them second hand, which is absurd for one that used to be at least just $80-$120.

>>17678182
you cannot "depreciate" a $150 watch and no SNK is "venerable", stop, these are shitters. maybe, MAYBE in 30 years one or two models may become cult collector items like the seiko that was in james bond. they're taking watches that would have ended up in a landfill, and making them run, this is a good thing.

>>17677671
Why? I am poor yes, but my grail is a 9F quartz GS, I would never bother with autos or manual wind.

>>17678189
>they're taking watches that would have ended up in a landfill, and making them run, this is a good thing.

Understandable

>>17678182
Seiko 5's were created by Seiko for the third world market.
The 5 was ref to the 5 points that the watch had to have:
>day/date
>shock resistant
>water resist
>cheap
>automatic
They were designed when quartz was hot, expensive shit and you had better chance of finding a watchmaker in sub-saharan africa or somewhere in SEA than a replacement battery. Although really they were never meant to be serviced, just worn until the the movements eventually ground themselves into dust.
My father's driver had the same 5 on his wrist for 20 years; never serviced. He only replaced it when the crystal cracked. He was never late.
On the other hand my brotherinlaw's mother's rolex was on her wrist for 25 years and never needed servicing either. And when she finally brought it into a rolex service center she was charged a basic flat rate, the same one she'd have been charged if she'd brought it in during the "recommended service interval" bullshit.
It's a scam, a con, and you'll hear watch repairmen talk about it on yt.
Only cucks and retards do the
>oh it's year 5 better take my perfectly functioning watch to get serviced! soiface.png

>>17678172
>What's India's obsession with frankenwatches?
The indian is at heart a conman, a scam artist, a cheat and a swindler.
Their national sport is scamming each other. "Honesty" doesn't exist in the vocabulary in any of the 50 of their irrelevant national languages. That pretty much all frankens are bombay specials should not be of any surprise to anyone that's had dealing with these foul reeking creatures.

>>17678200
I can't really blame people for thinking this since every one of their manuals mention getting it serviced every 3(!) years, yet most people I talk to say they've owned their Seikos for a decade or so and they never had to service it.

It never made sense to me how they claim it loses accuracy when these movements are supposed to be closed environments, even moreso for newer movements when oil and lubrication are rarely a factor these days.

>>17678205
The grandfather rape video has forever changed how I see Indians

>>17678209
It's easy continual money for the companies.
I was skimming one of those vids by that russian jewelry/watch seller guy, roman? Anyone some rich french prick brought some fugly RM to them to get fixed and he was collecting it.
>lets teenaged thot daughter wear it to show off to friends
>she jumps into the pool
>3.5mill sporty watch can't handle the pool
>takes it to rm for warranty fix
>they tell him that it's not under warranty because he didn't abide by their service interval of 1.5 fucking years
lmao
so I guess he brought it to the russian and he got it fixed for much cheaper.
>1.5 year service interval mandated by warranty
>service turnaround time is 1 year
>wear the watch one year, lose it for a year
you never truly own a richardmille, you simply timeshare it for 1 year at a time with the service center.

>>17678182
>>17678177
These indian shitters aren't actually old seikos, they just print seiko of the new dials they put in them.

>>17678223
>you never truly own a richardmille, you simply timeshare it for 1 year at a time with the service center.


I'm under the notion that any luxury watch past 50k has this bs specifically. Ultimately though I don't bother with luxury brands in general since every encounter I have with a person who has one is utterly insufferable.

Like yea it's a pricy watch but just because I know about mechanical watches doesn't mean I'd steal your AP Perpetual.

>>17678232
>Ultimately though I don't bother with luxury brands in general since every encounter I have with a person who has one is utterly insufferable.
Are you sure you don't bother with luxury brands because you can't afford them?

>>17678255
No, I'm a stickler for accuracy specifically and the reason why I wasn't that impressed with the whole "You only have to set it once every 100 years" speech they did was that it still felt like a bit of a lie. The virtue of it being mechanical means that you'll still have to set it then occasionally due to the time variance associated with mechanical watches.

Ultimately, it's also a bit Freudian. My dad would flex his $30k Rolex Explorer and his Patek Philippe in gatherings with Spanish diplomats yet he couldn't even be assed to contribute contribute or care for me growing up. Dude contributed $200 out of the 30 years of my existence, so the distaste started really early, it just doesn't help they all act the same.

>>17678269
>30k explorer
Que?

>>17678269
>my dad never gave me money so i'm poor
so >>17678255 basically

>>17677542
Bad photo, take a better one. Otherwise i'm happy for you anon, enjoy your GS, and don't listen to the haters.

>>17678272
It's a pic from 2016 of facebook and I'm assuming this is a Polar Explorer - Black, I'd assume it costed that much then.

>>17678274
I'd really like to wish that was the case because it would've been simpler, but the negative feelings and memories that stuck with me was having to go through abuse like kneeling on salt for an hour or getting lashed with horse whips for errands I forgot to do and I wouldn't have had to deal with that abuse from foster parents had he done his due diligence.

That doesn't count being the last kid in the field trip because every other kid was already picked up by their parents 3 hours prior and my foster parents forgot that there was even a field trip to begin with.

>>17678158
Definitely a Mumbai special.

>>17678182
Who would've thought that a fucking Seiko 5 would be gaining value over the years.

>>17677850
>>17677838
I have the seiko in steel (SNE573).

I personally love it and would go seiko over citizen every time. The 38mm size is perfect for me. If you have to have the matte black version, they are on ebay in the $400-450 range so not as much of a price difference

>>17678232
>every encounter I have with a person who has one is utterly insufferable.
You don’t know a single person with a $50k watch

>>17678309
If you'd like to see the guy's operation yourself, he runs an IG page called la.chrono

He specifically mentioned how his AP Perpetual Calendar was at least $300k and how he only needs to set it once every hundred years.

>>17678287
>polar (white) explorer - black
That looks like a gmt master or sub to me, hard to tell. Probably not 30k tho

My collection so far.

>>17678341
Only high res picture of it that I have, unfortunately.

>>17678349
Upvoted

>>17678318
Instagram is not reality, you oversocialized zoomer. I’m talking about real life. You don’t know a single person with a $50k watch in real life.

>>17678373
What's the point of having a $50k watch IRL?

>>17678349
Funko pop?

>>17678349
shake the coomsoomer habit and settle with the one true g-shock

>>17678137
I have a GMT date window watch that hand winds and hacks that is thinner than a seiko 5 that's just a 3 hand daydate that doesn't handwind.

>>17678416
Forgot to mention it still has 300m water resistance.

>>17678416
Mind sharing with the class?

>>17678426
Nomos Zürich world timer

>>17678426
Squale Giramondo

>>17678430
>not true gmt

>>17678429
Based

>>17678432
It's a GMT.
And it exists, therefore is true.

>>17678436
>caller gmt

>>17678349
why do you have 5 same exact watches?

>>17678445
Seems like the call is coming from inside the house.

>>17678446
one for every day of the week

Decided to move up in the Casio world.

>>17678464
what g-shock is that?

>>17678349
Shame 2nd to the left was discontinued and never got a solar variant. I actually found the countdown timer but useful a few years go.

I just bought a speedy but now I want a seamaster. Can’t decide between green, blue or white.

Is stunting on normies a good reason to buy this watch? Will it help me get upper-class pussy?

>>17677529
Pic rel

>>17677528
>Saitama tier
Back of the watch showing a space module coming from the dark side of the moon and earth rotating on itself when chronometer is active.

>>17678488
I'll be real, that timezone complication at the bottom is so fucking cool.

How the fuck is this on a DRESS WATCH

>not sapphire

>Reference 5718 Counter Chrono, its most distinctive element is the large number aperture above the pinion, meant to be used for counting points, as its nickname would suggest. The feature advances automatically at midnight, however, so you can use it as a grand date should you wish, and adjusting is quite simple. The two pushers at 8 o’clock and 10 o’clock advance the digits by ten and one, respectively.

>>17678474
DW5600E-1V I think, got it at Walmart for $50

>>17678488
Nobody knows what jlc is.
Nobody knows what pp or ap look like even if they vaguely recognize the name.
Only rolex is universal.
Zoomerpuss doesn't give a shit about wristwatches unless it's the apple watch.

Newfag here. Why does everyone here hate Seiko?

>>17678510
How? We dont

>>17678508
Would I still need to worry about being robbed? It has alot of gold in it.

>>17678510
we love seiko

4:30 date done properly

>>17678485
Found a woman.

>>17678349
Could have saved and bought a nice watch.

>>17678099
I don't think anyone cares about the signature. It's the design that is good

>>17678532
Nah, I’m a guy. Leaning more towards the green as I usually wear earth tones. But I don’t want to regret it and wish I had gotten blue because I think the blue is more classic and it would go much better with my work uniform. White has the more dressy vibe but outside of work I hardly dress formal. Definitely don’t want black as I already have two black watches (speedy and sinn 104).

>>17678522
It's not possible to ever do a 4:30 date properly, 6 or 3 only

>OH GOD IT'S NOT A TRUE GMT IT'S JUST A CALLER GMT!
>WHAT IF I HAVE TO SPEND AS LONG AS 10 MORE SECONDS SETTING THE GMT HAND WHEN I TRAVEL?
Wtf else are you doing on the plane?

>>17678545
Wtf, speedy, semen, and sinn? I was just looking at a sinn and have the other 2, is it a utc sinn?

>>17678548
The idea is that you set the gmt hand to gmt or home time and then change the hour hand, not the other way around, so it is more useful if you actually travel. Change the hours a few hours forward or whatever and the gmt is set to gmt or home time. If you set it to gmt for the gmt hand all you ever need to change is the hour hand

>>17678549
It’s the 104. Took the bracelet off to clean it when I got my speedy. Just used hot water, dish soap and an old toothbrush. Holy fuck the water was black.
Which seamaster do you have?

>>17678551
I know how to use it. After you set the regular hands to local time it doesn't take that much more time or effort to move the gmt to your home time.

>>17678555
Seamaster 300 professional black

>>17678555
Do you apply light oil to replace what was stripped aewy by the soap?

>>17678396
What model? Looks like the 5610 but doesn't have the red outline ?

>>17678557
Nice. I think the black looks outstanding on the smp.
Does it get more wrist time than the speedy? The chrono is very useful to me, for example I’m currently using it to smoke a salmon fillet right now.

What special edition moonwatch would you get if money wasn't an issue?

>>17678566
Not technically a 'special edition' but one of these blue dial ones:
https://youtu.be/RqyvfaGCfSo?t=506

What's the cheapest true gmt I can get?

>>17678488
YES

>>17678546
9 or 12 also good

>>17678566
I was always partial to the Alaska Project personally.

>>17678563
GW-5000, it's built like the original g-shock DW-5000 with a steel case and screwdown caseback.

>>17678580
How much in watches is down there currently? Would the salvage be worth it?

>>17678566

>>17678585
Not Patek, not AP, not VC, not AL&S, no not really worth it.

>>17678571
that blue dial looks amazing
is there any info on it at all? was it custom made?

>>17678571
Man that's cool but I really don't get people that feel the desire to collect every single iteration of the same watch. That being said, I want the 18k yellow gold speedy with the green dial.

>>17678598
William talks about it a bit more, if you try and get an archive extract from Omega it just comes back as a "black dial". So who knows really.

>>17678446
Because they are cool!
>>17678396
Nah I'm good, I like having quite few Casio/G-Shocks
>>17678476
Yeah, the only reason I have it is because my dad gave it to me about 10 years ago, its been in mostly in my closet since recently.

>>17678602
I didn't quite understand what he meant by "extract"

how can Omega themselves be unaware of it?

>>17678512
Depends on to what degree your stomping grounds are melanin enriched. It's considerably less flashy and noticeable compared with a watch on a gold bracelet like a daydate/gold sub etc. Those kinds of full gold, sparkly things are targets if there ever were ones no matter what else you're wearing.
If this jlc slides under you shirt cuff/coat cuff nobody's going to know it's gold.
But if you're at imminent risk of getting mugged for your wristwatch I'd say you have way more pertinent priorities to attend to than buying jewelry, like moving to a place that's not a shithole.

>>17677889
nice

>>17678580
LOL

>>17678605
Many watchmakers will give out extracts if you request them. It's basically all the info about a watch based on its serial number. So in this case the watch may well have supposed to have been a black dial, but something got mixed up when it was made. The dial maker could have sent over these blue ones by mistake, or something else, again who knows.

>>17678572
quartz or mechanical?

souless, but with sapphire and ceramic bezel

Thoughts? Mixed reviews, feels weird spending $200 on a timex, but I love it.

>>17678627
like the dial but dont dig the bulky case even if its retro

new thread

>>17678634
>>17678634
>>17678634

>>17678564
No honestly. I wear the speedmaster about 60 percent of the time because it's more comfortable, another 25 percent is the seamaster and the rest is everything else

>>17678605
Wasn't Omega involved in a scam recently with an 'extremely rare' vintage watch that they tried to buy for their museum from some chink at an auction but it turned out that it was the museum director that actually made the frankenwatch and tried to sell it and convinced Omega it was a good idea to spend 3 million bucks on and also fabricated some of these 'archive extracts'?

what are the small numbers on this watch meant to represent? i thought they where minutes but the numbers seem off.