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Previous Thread >>17785010

>>17786411
>But some cheap mechanisms are really robust and close to high tier accuracy and the watch case finish is 5% worse at most
how do you define high tier accuracy?
give me an example of a movement that is
>cheap
>robust
>"close to high tier accuracy"
there are robust movements at every price point but if you want it to be both, then it cant be cheap

A BIG FAT QUARTZ CRYSTAL

why did the moon watch get so expensive? I get inflation and all that but a 2x price increase on the used market is kinda crazy. I thought I was in no rush to get it because it would always be in production so supply is steady but I didn't expect it would become that expensive. Feels hard to justify for a chrono movement with no column wheel.

>>17786578
This is not QUARTZ!!! It's quartz crystal.

>>17786578
A watch with a case of quartz crystal and an automatic movement.

It has to happen.

>>17786578
damn that's a big battery

>>17786582
because people are willing the pay for it. simple as. it is still the same outdated watch that was always way overpriced because they marketed it well, but now it reached new heights. if there was a nanometer of improvement id say sure, charge it more, but this is getting ridiculous.
in five years time rolex will be where ap is now, tissot, longines, oris.. will be >5k.... seiko is already charging 6000$ for a prospex with unaligned bezel, chapter ring and unevenly applied lume on the indices, cant even imagine where they will be. watch world now is like american housing market in 2007. i just hope it crashes soon so i can buy something for decent price

Strap recommendations? I want it to look a little less military

>>17786591
I don't think a quartz crystal is a suitable material for watch cases. Sapphire isn't either, but it's probably less brittle than quartz.

>>17786592
Not a battery its the screen idiot

>>17786591
You know what would be cool though? If the case was made out of quartz and would actually be used to measure time. Like a normal quartz movement, but basically inside out.

Class

>>17786609
A digital screen?

>>17786617
why does your watch have balls?

>>17786620
It's a MAN of a watch.

Why did they have to fuck up the 40th anniversary clear gshock so bad?

>>17786594
You can still buy nice pieces below 5k you just have to know what zoomers aren't craving.

>>17786582
Because Omega raised prices by 50% and going up. If it's 7k new it won't be 3k used like before it's 5k now. Also Jeff Bezos apparently wears Speedy a lot so that boosted it to normies.

And then there's the fact that there is literally no competition at the price point. Name a 5k watch with the brand prestige of Omega, the history of the Moonwatch, the in house caliber as good as the 1861 or better, a manual wind which is pure class and all that at 13ish mm thickness.

The only watch I can think of that comes close is a 36mm Heuer re edition but it uses the same movement and being small it's not as present. The Autavia has a column wheel but it's a noisy fat motherfucker at 16mm. Breitling has the Navitimer but it's not as prestigious as Omega.

Who competes? Daytona is 20k. I've heard some watch dealers say that Omega is the next Rolex and the market is still asleep on it, that Speedys will go to Daytona prices. With the Swatch hype I believe it.

>>17786582
People are poor and desperate nowadays

Most people who buy and sell are not enthusiasts but speculators trying to make a profit. Every hobby is filled with these scalpers nowadays

>>17786644
It's fine, they made a more traditional one if that's what you want.

>>17786644
Why is it fucked up?

I just read the last thread and I can't believe we had a retard thinking there must be a battery in a spring drive. What the fuck? We should start collecting these retarded statements in some meme. My contribution:
>The military uses automatics because, being only mechanical, they are more reliable than quartz
>There is no legitimate day-to-day use in a chronograph and whoever wears one is larping
>Analogue hands belong only on mechanical watches and quartz watches should all have a digital display
>The F91W is a child's watch and can be worn only by children

>>17786666
please dont get him started again

What are we wearing tonight?

>>17786666
It's the same guy. He doesn't believe these things, he's just lonely and needs (you)s to survive.

>>17786666
>The military uses automatics because, being only mechanical, they are more reliable than quartz
i really wonder what watch do special forces use (navy seals, sas, delta etc). probably g shocks or something similar

>>17786669
How do you know? The former two are from months ago

Rate my new shitter, anons

>>17786641
fuck is this

>>17786665
impossible to read the time

>>17786659
If everyone was poor and desperate, prices would be falling, not rising. Just as an esteemed philosopher once said, "Somebody's doing the raping", well, "Somebody's doing the buying."

>>17786664
I like the idea of a clear gshock, I just wish the time was readable on it. Although maybe that's not special enough for the coolectors

>>17786673
Unironically it's a thing (more used to be nowadays) when you reach those levels to get a rollie and beat it to fuck. But they use gshock for the most part

>>17786636
I really wish I had one

>>17786680
You're right but
>41mm
still too big for my babby wrist. I love good quartz though, I have a JDM Seiko with a HAQ perpetual calendar that I'd take over their entry level automatics any day

>>17786706
>source: my ass

>>17786713
end your own life

>>17786713
What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I'll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I've been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I'm the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You're fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that's just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little "clever" comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn't, you didn't, and now you're paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You're fucking dead, kiddo.

I like this but I assume it's not actually worth the price premium over a basic Presage

>>17786693
the rich get richer the poor get poorer

poor desperate people hike up prices which price out regular people. but to richfags its just a regular day.

this is like saying why home prices haven't gone down even though no one can afford it lol

>>17786711
>still too big for my babby wrist
41mm with 12mm thickness and <50/m lug2lug is not really big. Simmilar size watch looks good on my wrist (6.5inch)

put out your camp fires

Just found out that normies will be more impressed with a $10 watch with a cool strap than a $1500 watch with a solid link braclet
how do I cope?

>>17786772
get a 1500$ watch with a tacky bracelet

>>17786772
what do you mean? is there a specific $10 watch that impressed the normies?

>>17786787
some $10 chink shit I bought at Kohl's on a nato watch strap purchased on aliexpress for $3. I've gotten more comments on this thing than anything else in my collection.

>>17786764

>>17786696
You can just change the module for a different one or get a clear bezel and band for any one you want.

>>17786685
A wrist watch.

>>17786668
gold day date.
>>17786683
7/10
>>17786739
it is not worth the extra cost over a regular presage

>>17786690
I can see it says 10:58 with 50 seconds.
What are talking about?

>>17786713
You could just look at the pictures of what they are wearing. Most wear either a G-Shock, a Garmin, or nothing. I mean, what else can you even imagine they would wear?

>>17786656

Is Alba effay

>>17786792
Rad, I might actually get the other Vero Smokey watch since they have it in stock and I used to fight forest fires

when im 65 and retired what should i have? a two tone rollie?
what if a future scholar in the city takes interest in it

>>17786862
The west is only getting more scholarly as time passes

thiccc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYdLtKW575o

>>17786889
spoiler
looks like a bunch of modded casioaks

Thoughts? May have to get this even though after my Tudor and Seiko navigator timer I told myself my collection was complete

>>17786913
alpinist gmt? looks interesting. the watch is getting pretty complicated with both the compass and gmt though..

>>17786913
Looks good, let me guess, over $150 lmfao?

>>17786931
over $1000 bucko

>>17786664
I don't like the font on these gshocks
the cheapest casio has better font

>>17786933
LOL

>>17786941
seiko seems to let their seiko5s and dressKX fill the $0-500 segment, then they killed the sarb line and are moving those watches in the prospex line and trying to charge more for them

>>17786920
I agree it’s quite busy but still find it stunning. Love the case of the alpinist

>>17786947
>>17786933
For that kind of money you can get a GMT watch from a real brand.

>>17786957
>seiko isn't a real brand

>>17786957
Post your gmt big guy

>>17786913
Wait for a limited edition, i bet they will put out one with a stunner dial.

recently bought myself a Casio aq800e, and while I love the look of the watch itself, the band is constantly pulling on my arm hair in a way that's really bothersome. Does anyone have any guides to swapping out the band for something like a NATO strap, or any other suggestions for a solution? The watch is a white model like the pic, so I'd also accept some color suggestions for the strap if anyone has any. thanks!

When is the Casioak GMT coming out?

>>17786613
>ass

>>17786668
Same I've been wearing since morning.

>>17786823
Damn

>>17786823
Based Omega Basedmaster Professional

>>17786592
For you

ngl, I'm excited.

God I’m tired.

Since I have a planet ocean 8500, do I have at least one cool watch?

>>17786764
>>17786792
These look great but the vero one is all sold out

>>17786666
>The F91W is a child's watch and can be worn only by children
F91 is a child’s watch though, but that doesn’t mean you can’t wear it.

>>17787025
>do I have at least one cool watch?
It's an Omega, so yeah.

>>17787030
The Vero Smokey '64 is still in stock >>17786844

Will this eventually pass or should I slake my thirst for a Navitimer with a Navitimer

>>17786673
Casio (gshock, protrek...), Suunto, some Timex, some Citizen... and this is it.

People want WR, alarms, chrono/timer, backlight and a light watch. Nobody doing serious stuff will trust a mechanical watch irl.

>>17786599
Brown leather

what are you are thoughts

>>17786613
I prefer the women's model for the Seiko tank, the men's one is too square and bulky for my taste

>>17786599
NATO strap that’s not earth tone color

I was watching a video that talked about more affordable royal oak and nautilus alternatives. I liked the watch that was shown in the video but i forgot what it was. It kinda looked like royal oak but wasnt a distaseful 1:1 replica, "homage" or whatever. On the dial there was a globe in the same style as the one on pic rel, but slightly different.

I cant exactly remember anything else that might help the search, but i think that the price was between 2-3k, or maybe 5k. Im pretty sure it was one of those two, but im not certain.

Does anyone know which watch it could be?

>>17787122
Pic related

>>17787122
>affordable alternatives
code for COPE

>>17787122
a Patek Aquanaut? thats slightly more expensive than 2k tho

>>17787122
Was it the Frederique Constant Highlife Automatic?

why do you fags wear dive watches when it looks like you don't even bath

nononono SWISSBROS? NOT LIKE THAT NOOOOOOOO

>>17786636
Hope they make a 36mm

forty six millimeters

>>17786844
Thats nice

>>17787167
Simple. Don't buy shitters. It's either High-end Luxury watches or bust.
The yellows do it even worse.

>>17787182
the entire market between $200 shitters and $20000+ handmade watches is a scam

>>17786987
They shoud ad an gmt hand and the possibility to put an other hour on the digital display
3 different times

>>17786666
The rest's retarded, but this
>There is no legitimate day-to-day use in a chronograph and whoever wears one is larping
is objectively and demonstrably true.
And no,
>timing muh steaks and boil pashta...
doesn't count because everyone has kitchen clocks or a phone. Use the ubiquitous kitchen clock and admit that the chronograph is just a silly toy for manchildren to play with to larp as neil armstrong or paul newman or whoever the fuck
faggots
chronographs clutter dials and almost all are fucking shit movements anyway unless you manage to get a proper column wheel, not that there's a legit use regardless.
Stop pretending. Stop larping. Grow up fags.

>>17786673
Navy/SBS types use G-Shock Frogman models.

>>17787023
I haven't seen you in a while hamilton guy

>>17787199
Retard take, the logic of
>You don't NEED a chronograph, just use your phone!
Could be applied to watches in general, the point is that you *can* time kitchen stuff with a chronograph if you *want* to.

>>17786947
>$0-500 segment,
>0
it's 400
anything under that is meh

>>17786957
>pay pig for a brand
oh nonono

>>17786985
it's a thing you know after the fact but you can't blame them - seas don't have arm hair
casio do have real screw backs its just something you have to look for now you know
if it's resin case and not steel i wouldn't bother to change the strap

>>17786987
analog casio is disgusting

>>17787032
i like the resin but i kinda irritates my wrist
cheap casio is best strapped to another object not you
pure utilitarian

>>17787122
just get a 300usd super clone retard

>>17787209
timing steaks on the grill is not a legit use of something meant for moon missions, racecars, or ww2 pilots. it's larp with toys

>>17787180
What's the difference between all the models that have this general look with the date at 3 and the full day window below?
>weekdater
>seikomatic
>business
>business dater
>seikobusinessmaticdater
>daterdater
etc.,? Why did they have so many names for what looks to be the same model?

>>17787217
It's only not legit if it physically cannot be done, but it can, you can use a speedtimer to time a steak. Whether you're using it in your kitchen or on the moon, you're just timing shit with it and therefore a chronograph is a perfectly legit timing instrument in either scenario.

The "legit" use of a chrono watch in race care is also pretty dubious since you use a chrono in rally racing where average speed is a target to achieve and you can't calculate that while you're also driving, your co-driver has a stopwatch for tracking average speed and time taken to complete a stage. If you're the driver, you need both hands on the wheel and complete concentration on where you're going, so a wrist mounted chronograph is of dubious value when you have a co-driver responsible for diving the driver information.

you literally don't need more

>>17787040
Looks a bit big, I dunno

>>17787057
Looks a bit big I think

>>17787123
I think citizens are quite BIG aren't they?

>>17787229
it's 40mm but also 14.45mm (or maybe more) thick
it's also somehow meant to be a women's watch

>>17787218
Well the Seikomatic was the name for the first automatic watches from Seiko, it was supposed to be a 'premium' line. They changed the logo right around that time too. Those were interesting and busy times for Seiko, they just acquired Taro Tanaka a few years earlier, the Tokyo olympics happened, Grand Seiko was born, so Seiko was all over the place with the names at that time. The watches with that day date arrangement are generally known just as Weekdaters.

>>17787226
What if I literally do?

>>17787152
Yes thats it, thank you.
>>17787146
>code for COPE
I thought that too, but i really really like pic related

>>17787246
Why not just buy a PRX or a Tsuyosa? What's even the point of expensive cope watches?

>>17787226
>gold date disk
never happened ever
it's a myth

>>17787247
>PRX
Underwhelming in person and looks like some of the vintage seiko 5s (had one so i saw it immediately and cant unsee it)
>Tsuyosa
I strongly dislike that one. There is something missing but i cant put finger on it. Also, feels lile the bracelet, the case and the dial all came from the different watches

>>17786617
>cp

>>17786666
>silver hands on silver dial
>omega at worldtimer isn't a real worldtimer
i forgot the other retarded takes

>umm yes.. I need an automatic movement that keeps worse time than a $5 quartz because.. I just do!!

>umm yes.. I need a quartz movement that keeps worse time than my already bought and payed for phone because.. I just do!!

>>17786560
Thinking about succumbing and getting my first diver. How important is ceramic bezel? Longines hydroconquest has it but tudor black bay doesn’t and its like more than double

I guess the new metas certification is cool

>>17787280
or you can get a radio gshock which is just as good as your phone because it sets itself

>>17787182
>>17787184
Yeah I agree. There's no big brand selling for value and specs anymore. It's all branding and I C O N I C wankery. A tissot is not worth $1000 lol. A rolex isn't suddenly worth twice as much just because they created tudor as the entry level buffer and jacked their prices up after.

>>17787209
>>17787217
>wearing your watch in the kitchen/cooking
all those oils and grease probably aren't good for it

>>17787280
I like an automatic movement because it's "ready" any time just pick it up and use as long as its accurate within the minute its plenty useful. A quartz can die on you and its useless until you can switch the battery.

I'd buy a tudor if the whole brand didn't feel like "Couldn't afford a rolex"

>>17787247
>PRX
cheaply made

>Tsuyosa
mall watch design

>>17787282
Tudor over Longines, all day everyday.

>>17787309
>. A quartz can die on you and its useless until you can switch the battery.

Yeah like once every 10 years and they generally warn you when its low. Quartz chads stay winning

>>17786328 SLA051

>>17787309
>can't wear in the kitchen
>can't wear in the shower
>can't wear at the beach
>can't wear while exercising
when can I actually wear my watch?

>>17787319
Never
You can't even look at it

>>17787319
When recording instagram reels

>>17787316
That's only for casio digitals even then not all of them

The common ronda 3 hander only has 2 or 3 years

Picking it up from your watch box then finding out it doesn't have battery is kinda cringe. I guess it would be less of a problem if you only had one watch and you wear that one quartz everyday

>>17787319
>he didnt buy a stainless steel 1200m water resistant, antimagnetic, antishock, perpetual calendar, split second chronograph
>he doesnt keep it in empty, sterile, dark class XII bank vault inside of 5 concentric rooms, one inside another, all of which are under strict temperature and humidity monitoring
what the fuck are you even doing bro?

>>17787330
>The common ronda 3 hander only has 2 or 3 years
>Picking it up from your watch box then finding out it doesn't have battery is kinda cringe
in what clown world scenario do i have so many watches that i didnt notice that my cheap ass quartz has been ticking every 2 seconds for 3 months, but still i absolutely need it at that moment?

>>17787319
>can't wear in the office because the buckle scratches while typing
>can't wear to the restroom because of poo and pee
>can't wear in public street because you'll get mugged

based watches being completely useless

>>17787333
i dont even buy watches anymore senpai. i cant bear the thought of some minimum wage employee at chinese sweatshop or the cargo ship that will transport it to switzerland so they can stamp "omega" logo on it handling it poorly. i just collect watches in my mind now

>>17787342
>>can't wear in the office because the buckle scratches while typing
Recently cleaning my Tudor and notice half the bracelet is completely scratched.

>>17787333
Got to look after my limited edition g shock bro

are there any prx-type watches where the top ring isnt just smooth but has some kind of design?

Can anyone ID this watch from the other thread plz?

i have my idea but i don't want to influence you.

>>17787361
see >>17787360

>>17787360
Christopher Ward Twelve has an octogonal top.
Tho, genta design are supposed to look like the watch dial is integrated in a bracelet, so PRX are more faithful.

>>17787365
yeah that's what i thought, a VC

>>17787361
it's literally the vc overseas above your post

>>17787360
>PRX PRX PRX

can you stop being psyopped by the swatch group for one second

>>17787360
>>17787361
nice timing

>>17787366
that dial gives me eye strain

they really need to get rid of that logo. it doesnt fit the style of watches they are making at all

>>17787360
>top ring
That's called a bezel

>>17787370
At last it doesn't have the fucking trident

I don't get why more of the homage and clone companies don't "legitimize" their blatant watch copying practices more by offering them in colors that the real watch doesn't have. If you're trying to pass it off like it's real it's obviously not going to work, but most of them put their own logos on the dial so it wouldn't pass regardless. Getting a pagani or san martin that looks exactly what it's aping is pure cope, but if they for example made a daydate with a red dial or a milgauss with purple dial and sapphire they would arguably be adding value to the market and competing more with Rolex for the intrigue of their customers by making stuff Rolex doesn't actually make. Like Steinhart makes explorers in a shitload of colors, you can't buy a lavender or yellow explorer so Steinhart is serving an audience that wants that.

im gonna buy the alpinist gmt and u guys cant stop me

>>17787378
whats the price? it looks like 300 dollar watch, but knowing seiko i bet its more

>>17787378
You won't

>>17787386
Without looking I'm betting it's $400+ and has mineral crystal.

>>17787375
To think like you do you have to a good understanding of the industry and history

Average normie will just go

>this looks like one of this nicer rowlegs watches
>hmm it's also 1/20th of the price
>I think this is a great value and buy it

>sees a unique watch
>oh no this one is too out there and "unsafe"

They're not at the point where they appreciate innovation and creativity it feels like

I notice when I wear my OMEGA I yell at my wife and kids more often than when I’m wearing my ROLEX. Why is this?

do you own an eco drive shitter?

i do

>>17787390
>>17787386
it's $1400 they are fucking insane lmfao

I'd like to thank you guys for recommending this stunning watch. I'm so happy I got this

>>17787330
if you think you're not going to use your cheapo quartz for a while, pull out the crown to disengage the battery's usage so that it lasts longer overall

>>17787396
Presumably san martin has an understanding of the market. It seems like they churn out a new shitter clone or "original watch" using leftover components from clones that didn't sell every other week. If they didn't Jody wouldn't have a job.

>>17787397
Because you ain't a sissy bitchboy who takes a No from the wife and let her visit the AD each weekend.

>>17787414
which one of you assholes gaslit this guy to think that watch looks good?

>>17787414
nice one bro. didnt know there were people here who had patek philipe kind of money

>>17787414
Why does the dial look like asphalt?

>>17786683
If I had a cartier tank or Santos I would prefer those straight blue arms. If I had a cartier Ballon blue, I really would replace the chronograph arms with the little ones in this. It looks better.

>>17787414
Enjoy it, my friend.

>>17787440
KEK, you asshole.

>>17787414
I've seen that watch. I just wish it was bigger, from 38mm to 42mm.

>>17787375
im wondering how you can enter the watch market with different designs nowadays because despite vast sameness there are a few brands with designs that stand out so its not impossible and i wonder how they did it

>>17787440
lol
>>17787443
>>17787464
thanks
>>17787458
dunno. I like it though
>>17787467
there's 43mm version, which looks also cool

>>17787464
>KEK, you asshole.

>>17787476
Oof

What is it about the PRX that causes the bourgeoisie to seethe?

>>17787476
>there's 43mm version, which looks also cool
I'll look into it.

>>17787485
Plastic movement

>>17787489
Well it is quartz if you're not a retard paying the "watch enthusiast tax"

>>17787491
>>17787485
quartz= pleb shit

>>17787485
i like the prx i feel its just a bit boring

>>17787440
fuck you, leave him enjoy his fucking watch, jesus fucking christ

>>17787493
Paying twice as much for the same watch because
>Quartz is for pleeeeeebs! I need my mass produced, robotically made, disposable, plastic automatic movement because as a watch enthusiast I need the soul of a mechanical movement!
>Waow! It's dial is a homage to the Royal Oak which is a watch I know because I'm an enthusiast!
Is retarded.

>>17787485
It's a cool watch and a callback to vintage Seastar designs. Can't bring myself to hate it despite the meme status it has achieved amongst watch youtubers.

>>17787497
>I need my mass produced, robotically made, disposable, plastic automatic movement because as a watch enthusiast I need the soul of a mechanical movement!

yes.
it still has that smooth-ish 3hz second sweep
its more than enough accurate
because its a popular movement its easy to service
i like the idea of a mechanical movement

kino

kino

>>17787360
I think Baume and Mercier is underrated, it's like a 12-sided Royal Oak

>>17787485
I don't understand the appeal because the design is all it has going for it and I find it boring and unremarkable. I'm glad it brings people joy but it leaves me tepid.

>>17787485
I just wish the 35mm quartz had an olive green dial like the old OPs

>>17787505
>smooth-ish 3hz
If you wanted smooth sweeping hands you would get a quartz crystal but that's clearly not what you want kek

Ordered an Alpina Seastrong Heritage Diver

>>17787285
Except your g shock hasn't recieved any signal lol, keep coping.

>>17787529
the choices of watches with smooth sweeping seconds is very narrow

>>17787520
Reminds me if my old Fossil.

>>17787530
BRO

I was looking for a watch like this but the Longines Legend Diver was too expensive for me. This looks great but then I saw >42mm

why

>>17787532
True. It's almost like people don't care more about other aspects of the watch than about hands sweeping smoothly.

>>17787537
>42mm
too big or too small?

>>17787537
DH 1970

then donate the rest to charity

thoughts?

>>17787551
aren't those like 3.5k or something stupid

>>17787551
$1,690.00

>>17787551
Too busy for my taste.

>>17787531
Just checked mine. It’s been sitting in a drawer in my garage and it synced on the 29th.

>>17787493
don't worry, a lot of people who just learned about mechanical watches think this way. it passes. you'll come to the realization that there is nothing special about a powermatic 80 or any of the other low end automatic movements and that a quartz for the same price would have been the objectively better watch. welcome to the watch world, anon.

>>17787551
>>17787555
Too expensive. Just get a San Martin GMT.

Donate the rest to charity.

>>17787494
I saw it in person and even the 40 felt a bit too smol

>>17787562
No fuck off id rather go bankrupt buying watches than give anything to niggers

>>17787562
The thinking man's choice, well done

There's a green one coming soon I'll probably buy

>>17787570
could be for orphans, infirm people, etc. though there are good black people who need a hand.

stop being a sociopathic nigger only thinking of yourself. that $100 could change someone's life

>>17787520
I’ve gotten so many compliments from my green prx. No one’s ever noticed my Rolex and it turns 1 year old on Monday.

>>17787561
For the quartz PRX it's an objectively superior watch at half the price

>>17787595
>No one’s ever noticed my Rolex
Maybe you shouldn't have gotten the most anonymous Rolex in existence.

>>17787614
Well I still love it. The 19mm-14mm taper in the bracelet is to die for

>>17787561
i dunno, i've realized that there's nothing special about low end automatics, but the 1 second cadence of an analogue quartz still makes me internally cringe for some reason.

holy shit this looks great

>>17787282
both of those look like shit

>>17787631
this great?

>>17787628
Is it the new or old exp36?

>>17787653
The newest 36mm one, which I think they call the 2021 version

>>17787653
>>17787655
Sorry I should have just said it’s the 124270 don’t know why I spaced on that.

>>17787595
get an oysterquartz then.

>>17787655
>>17787656
I'm on a list. Have you experienced that problem that's apparently plaguing that generation of rolex movements?
I wonder if I shouldn't just get the 114270, but I like the lumed indicies.

>>17787661
It went thru a weird period of being minus 1s a day for about a week and a half a couple weeks ago.

it’s since corrected and the rest of the year it’s been a solid consistent +2 a day. I’ve even gone bowling with it

>>17787636
all watch prices are ridiculous rn

at least Seiko doesn't give you a plastic movement and throws in a GMT at the "entry level" price point.

if the swatch group and industry collectively greeded out saying $1000 is budget then we might still have this for $400

Quick /fa/ggots, what's the peak La Sapeur watch? I wanna impress the hottest bitches in Brazzaville.

>>17787666
this is why I'm now a G-man

>>17787661
The supposed movement problems have just made me decide to hunt for a previous-gen OP36 with an Explorer dial instead of playing AD games for a new Explorer. That way I get lumed indices, plus a slightly more unique piece, and the 48 hour power reserve is fine anyway.

>>17787668
Probably some complicated 40+ mm "dress" watch like a Lange.

>>17787675
But you’re missing out on the best bracelet of any 36mm watch if you buy previous gen. The clasp and taper is so luxurious

is it worth it, bros? I could cop it once I get my bonus next year

>>17787678
I haven't tried on the new Explorer, what I don't know won't hurt me

>>17787680
I’m an omega hater and absolutely loathe the regular blue seamasters but this is pretty neat.

>>17787681
Do whatever you want with your money but for the price difference between old and new, the upgraded bracelet is definitely worth it. You should really check it out in the store if nothing else. It’s a lot of fun trying them on

>>17787680
I have to say, this looks actually good. Do it!

>>17787550
>dan henry

Why put your name on copied designs? Should have just went with a bare dial.

I know barely anything about watches, but from what I've understood tag is a cringe brand and a family member bought pic related, help me shit on him and his decision

>>17787712
>help me shit on him and his decision
Four words

Couldn't
Afford
A
Rolex?

>>17787414
brother

If they made a chronograph with the exact dimensions and minimalist dial of this watch I would coom.

>>17787199
>timing muh steaks and boil pashta...
>doesn't count because everyone has kitchen clocks or a phone.
Uh well then actually telling the time doesn't count, either. You one of those retards, too?

>>17787217
But all of those applications have far more advanced and accurate tools for measurement. Unitonically, timing steaks is the real world use case of a chronograph.

They are a joke.

>>17787680
real gold or fake? it’s a good looking watch

>>17787722
>Minimalist
>24 hour markers

>>17787722
you will never find it valjew is too thick and chunky

smallest chronograph is either quartz or that ST19 seagull

just get one of those and donate the rest to charity

>>17786560
looks nice, too bad it's fucking 43.5mm

>>17787712
you can't mock a man's watch unless you have something better

>>17787712
>aquaracer
>paid $1500 if he's lucky

oh nononoo..

>>17787668
Gold RAWLECKS

>>17787712
In order to mock him, you need to have a better wacth.

>>17787741
>>17787748
yeah, no worries, I'll just take my old casio from the shelf

>the year is 2050
>a steel sports rolex now costs 80,000 msrp
>you finally receive a call
>they can only offer you this eco-conscious watchless presidential bracelet (new model)

Your response?

>>17787752
*unzips pants*

>>17787414
>>17787476
>>17787718
shittier version of pic related that tried to do its own thing and failed miserably

>>17787764
I own that watch and I do enjoy it a lot, but I'd still trade it in for a Blancpain Fifty Fathoms if BP ever put out a classically sized version.

>>17787774
maybe that swatch X bp collab will be 36-38mm diver

>>17787781
Classically sized FF is 42mm, like it originally was.

>>17787750
>Casio
>Better

>>17787764
Chyna

are there any affordable divers with a thin bezel?

>>17787752
>takes another bite of bugmeal
>"Well, the climate crisis is only 8 years away, I'd be a fool if I didn't do my part."
>gets stabbed to death on the 43 minute walk to the AD in the 15 minute city
>media reports another privileged white male refused to pay street reparations and got what he deserved
>Rolex AD sales rep calls the next name on the list
>client arrives within 8 minutes in his red private hover jet, has the watchless bracelet installed on his blood diamond encrusted daydate with a textured dial made with actual human skin cured with orphan blood, leaves in his blue private hover jet

>>17787791
>actually precise
>costs nothing
>doesn't look like a rolex cope
please argue how it's worse

>>17787792
Thailand

>>17787741
>>17787748
This is the internet. I will mock literally anyone for doing literally anything and there is absolutely jack shit you or anyone else will do to stop me.

>>17787795
depends, is chinkshit off the table?

>>17787838
yes but post it anyways

Damn I kinda love this. It’s a lot of mid century fun

>>17787848
why does no one talk about Chopard in the online watch consoomer "community"?

>>17787853
>why does no one talk about Chopard in the online watch consoomer "community"?
Because they're a small brand. They have no truly iconic designs in men's watches and a lot of their watches still use off the shelf movements.
The LUC line has some interesting movements but are laughably overpriced.

Plus, no one here cares about them. The only person who has one here is Mortadello and his looks like cheap shit.

>>17787848
these big bold numbers look goofy

>>17787853
What the other anon said, but also because they've not paid influencers to shill their brand.

>>17787853
Supposed watch snobs would rather
>endlessly argue over minor changes in Rolex design language
>scroll chrono24 & resellers endlessly to monitor used Rolex prices
>pretend, finance, “invest” money to buy a Rolex

>>17786560
that mido looks pretty sweet. a bit large though. i see they have ocean star 200 that is a little bit smaller
42.5 mm diameter
11.8 mm thick
48.5 mm lug to lug
does anyone have it or tried it on? how does it wear and how big a wrist is a minimum, it's pretty wide, but thickness and decent lug2lug might make it wearable?

>>17787809
It was a response to someone talking about real life, that's the place where most of us spend our lives. You wouldn't understand loser.

>>17787863
are they a small brand? I feel like they're pretty big and well known among normies compared to all the microbrands that are endlessly discussed. they even make perfumes and shit

>>17787864
I love the font the most actually. The asymmetric part is just an added plus. Micro rotor is also neat

>>17787853
>why does no one talk about Chopard in the online watch consoomer "community"?
i feel that people who buy chopard are mostly women and men who dont care about watches at all and just see it as a piece of jewelry. they buy what looks good to them without researching it and never think about it again.
i feel like hublot customers are similar, but while they have a small percentage of watch enthusiasts among themselves, it seems like chopard has none whatsoever

>>17787871
>are they a small brand?
In terms of watches, yes, they're quite small. They're more well-known as jewelers (even though they actually started as watchmakers and branched-out into jewelry, just like Piaget.)

I got gaslighted in buying the PRX. Black dial.

Can’t say anything but good things about this piece, wears like a 15K$ watch.

>inb4 it looks way too much like an Ap or OysterQuartz urr durr

Actually this is the look of an integrated bracelet watch. I thought this watch was trying to be something else, it’s not. It has a great personality and a pretty unique looking style. Overall, it’s so much stuff for 1K.

The only thing I would add is a screw down crown tb, otherwise it’s plain fantastic

>>17787877
its a 500 dollar watch that wears like 500 dollars watch. people that think otherwise are either
>paid youtube shills
>seiko customers who live in another reality when it comes to perception of quality

45th anniversary space invaders

>>17787848
The previous patek ceo used to go on about how he listened personally to each minute repeater before they went to customers to make sure they "sounded up to standard", at least the father did as the current guy probably just stinkpalms them, but they've got nothing on the chime chopard created wtih their glass chime.
Instead of the age old spring bell gong system in the watch it's some kind of tuned crystal gong thing that sounds SUBLIME and makes the old metal gong system sound tinny and kinda shit in comparison.
That's all I know about chopard or care about the brand.

>>17787874
It is a jewelry brand now. Chopard owners are people who aren't serious about watches. Picrel is Chopard's most famous watch. Women love them.

Even if they have some in-house movements, they're not especially impressive. They're neither ultra-thin nor exceptionally accurate. They don't have neat complications or long power reserves. They're in-house so they can say they make in-house movements.

>>17787877
I saw a random zoomer wearing the blue 40mm today, looked good if a bit big.

>>17787879
Idk why would I shill for Tissot desu, nor I’m a Seiko fan boy, believe me when I tell you that’s this is just a great watch

>>17787167
Kek is that the tissot?

>>17787873
Based.. Very few companies do microrotors, only the most exquisite and nice.

>>17787886
do you honestly believe it passes for a 15k watch? seriously? a 3000 dollar aqua terra from a few years back is so far beyond it, it is silly to even compare it and then again, it is not some extremely limited, extremely expensive piece, but just run of the mill omega. there is such a big difference that even a person who never held watch and knew nothing about them would know right away which was the more expensive one

>>17787506
>>17787509
bayzed autism

>>17787167
why though

>>17787899
>do you honestly believe it passes for a 15k watch?
The question is does the original pass for a 15k watch.

>>17787877
>Can’t say anything but good things about this piece, wears like a 15K$ watch
Gonna be real with you, it looks like a $5-10k watch when you see it on someone's wrist. Not sure what black magic these guys have at the brushing line, but it's a step above Seiko and the like in the same price range. Remarkable.

>>17787586
>there are good black people who need a hand
Lol, lmao. Fuck you faggot. Reminds me of that nigga who got a heart transplant only to carjack a family and go on a crime spree

>>17787877
>psyopped reditor strikes again

>>17787879
it's a $300 watch without the swatch pricing scheme. there are copies of it pumped out by China so I wouldn't be surprised if its the same factory supplying parts.

>>17787882
>minute repeater complication
what is this even used for other than vanity

>>17787877
>Can’t say anything but good things about this piece, wears like a 15K$ watch.
it looks like a $300 shitter. Delusional

>>17787877
and how many 15K watches do you own to make that claim? lmao. post em'

>>17787910
>what is this even used for other than vanity
nothing, it's completely useless in this day and age especially on a wristwatch
like the tourbillon, it only makes sense on a pocketwatch really
they were for a time when instant light wasn't a lightswitch away, when you needed to fumble around the in the dark for a match to strike to light the oil lamp if you had one in order to see the time on your watch, provided you were wealthy enough to own a pocketwatch
you might have a chiming clock somewhere if you had money though
if you didn't you'd have to wait for the chimes of a church or clocktower if you lived in a large city or town
minute repeaters told the time without the need to see the watch
useless for something on the wrist
an hourly strike complication is more "useful" on a wristwatch however, at least compared with a MR.

>>17787877
>wears like a 15K$ watch.
nani?

rando q but any watches with a deer motif?

>>17787735
real gold. 18k but real

Ah now I see why the PRX causes the bourgeoisie to seethe
>Noooo! You CAN tell it's cheap! My $15,000 watch IS noticeably better quality! You just don't know what luxury is!!!! Post your expensive watch RIGHT NOW!
a very tragic showing by the resident borgies

>>17787928
its a reddit hype watch with a plastic movement

>>17787928
my poorfag nigga, if you claim your civic feels like a ferrari, you should have at least driven a ferrari before to know what it feels like.

>>17787924
sexo

>>17787933
It's not that difficult to try on an expensive watch at an AD and besides if a watch is stainless steel and it has solid links and everything then the difference is hardly going to be Honda Vs Ferrari lmao

>>17787938
poorfag justasgood cope is incredible

>>17787921
Not that many.

>>17787938
sure, but the poorfag hasn't even made a comparison to anything. just a generic "wears like a 15K watch" hence the doubt that said poorfag has even had the experience.

>>17787947
Lmao okay, just ignore the thread having a meltdown because anon compared a PRX to watches that cost $15,000, that kind of defensiveness screams the bourgies have something to prove.

>>17787928
They aren't borgies, they're larping.

>>17787954
its one person replying to himself

>>17787870
Frankly I don't believe it.

>>17787928
I would have agreed if they didn't just announce they're doing PRXs with digital displays. Now they're just milking their reddit audience for all they can and it's fucking embarrassing.

>>17787966
That's the name of the game in the world of watches, there's few watch brands that aren't milking their respective fan bases with minor variations of their lineups. Like Rolex can drop a submariner with a green bezel insert and their fan base will freak out about it.

>>17787966
I was actually looking for a watch like that too bad they fucked up the digital display and stretched it.

>>17787968
you call it milking I call a good timeless design being a good base for variations.

ok im gonna buy a prx if I don't get 10 compliments in the first month of wearing it then... i don't know

>PRX is a Reddit watch
Why? Reddit also circlejerks about the same watches /wt/ circlejerks over. I think the anger here seems to be that outside of /wt/ the PRX is considered to be worthy of the hype and yet it's not an expensive watch, fags here don't like the PRX because it's not expensive and not something to flex with, a good watch cannot be a watch that can be owned by anyone as far as /wt/ is concerned.

>>17787978
That's obvious bias then, Rolex changing the colour of a bezel insert, jacking up the price and their fans creaming themselves over it is okay, but a digital version of the PRX being offered for the same money is cringe and milking Reddit lmao

The only thing I've ever learned from /wt/ is that the American middle class are really fucking overpaid kek

>>17787984
I wouldn't take anonymous boards or the internet for that matter, too seriously, friend.

>>17787987
>I was just pretending to be retarded
I couldn't take you seriously and I doubt many do offline either.

He's a troll or a marketer

Working really hard for the (You)s. I can almost feel the undercurrent of neglect and loneliness.

Though it wouldn't be wrong to say that redit does soiface over that watch just as much. It's the new AFFORDABLE LUXURY.

>>17787989
Learn how anonymous boards work first, friend. 4chan isn't one person. The only post I've made was some obnoxious unzipping pants in the thread.

>>17787920
Do not question the youtuber, just regurgitate their opinions until it becomes your reality.

nu >>17788026

>>17787993
>AFFORDABLE LUXURY
>LUXURY
>plastic parts in the movement
yeah, no.

Any good digital watches yet?
>Casio F91W/A158W and friends
Plastic (resin) case
>Casio A1000M and friends
Very nice (perfect) aesthetics, but no countdown timer (seriously WTF casio)
>Nixon ReRun
Gimmick.
>Armitron Rubik
>Speidel
>Technochas
These are the only ones interesting, but they don't look as nice as the A1000 series.

>>17788179
metal casioak with optional sapphire. edifice has some ok designs too

>>17788179
https://item.rakuten.co.jp/theclockhouse/mtc7003-wh1a/
https://www.theclockhouse.jp/pb/mtc202112/p03

>>17788179
Thinking of just getting the Tekhnochas. The 01 model has nicer specs, but I dislike how it looks, so I guess I must get the 55R.

Anyone know what is the shipping situation from Russia to EU?

>>17787665
>solid consistent +2 a day.
just like my cheap seiko

>>17788179
>F91W/A158W and friends
dont have cunt down timer as well

>>17787661
>I'm on a list.
So you're never gonna get one

>>17787718

>>17787506
People are trying to sell these for double their worth now lol. It looks great but I'm not paying over 1000 for it let alone 2000