/fa/ - Fashion

>>17826620
>7K for a Swatch shitter
lol
lmao

>>17826622
How many years must you eat TV dinner to afford that?

sneedmasters are ugly anyway, get an aquaterra or something or better yet stop coping and get a rolex because if you can't afford a 15k watch you can't afford a 5k watch

vintage bros... we're so back...

>>17826628
>get an undesirable ugly generic shitter because I cant afford a real Omega

Screech.

>I only buy watches with history. History is a prerequisite to purchase a watch. Look and feel are not good enough reasons to purchase. My wardrobe is old money Italian labels. Don't drive a Tesla either. Only a bitch would care about how nice something looks first and not see the two things in combination. A cheap and meaningless watch is irrelevant and basically will never be remembered by anybody. You would only buy it if you won't be remembered either.

>>17826630
nice sneeds of rice

>>17826632
>>17826633

>>17826472

No.

The issue with normalizing Spring Drives is that the lack of escapement means less potential wear, which means longer servicing intervals.

Less servicing means a reduction on a potential revenue stream. I don't think Seiko realized that what they came up with with the Spring Drive was that it was just too good that it just doesn't work with planned obsolescence. Hell, the only reason why I see people want their GS to be serviced before the 10 year mark is because they'd like their watch cases be polished back to full Zaratsu finish, since as gorgeous as it is to look at, the lack of aberrations in a near microscopic level means that it's also a scratch magnet in the process.

will the watch bubble ever burst and make the sneedmaster affordable again?

wooooooooo!

>>17826640
>I don't think Seiko realized that what they came up with with the Spring Drive was that it was just too good that it just doesn't work with planned obsolescence.
kek
>he doesn't know
nobody told him about the integrated circuit and the lead-free solder that they MUST replace during a "routine service" or else
lol
lmao

>>17826701
>lead-free solder that they MUST replace during a "routine service" or else
>source: I made it the fuck up

>>17826704
It's purely speculation, though knowing how shit non leaded solder is and how every electrician bitches about it, but if you had to indentify a weakness of the Spring Drive system it wouldn't surprise me if it turned out to be IC and not the time tested mechanical components.
Whether it's so bad that Seiko replaces the ICs every service as
>>17826701 says I don't know. I doubt it, but I've never seen their service sheet and I don't know if the tri-syncro regulator or whatever it's called is even touched when you send a SD watch in at all to have the mechanicals oiled etc.

>>17826717
For all the bitching people do about spring drive being unreliable and breaking down, I've never seen an actual account of it from anyone who owned one.

>>17826704
>source
My dad works at Grand Seiko.

>>17826747
You just know nobody is going to listen and pretend to be bots as a meme.

>>17826752
>the watch doesnt say "80:08.5"
fag post

>>17826752
Why yo bitch got no legs?

>>17826620
So you can buy $7,000 watches online and they just ship them to you?

>>17826633
What is it about generals that compel people to make the same posts in them every day for weeks?

>>17826759
Yeah? What are you confused by lol?

>>17826763
risk of shipping I guess, haven't you ever ordered something off amazon and had the tracking info mark it as delivered when it was actually not?

>>17826764
Don't be a poor third world retard?

>>17826764
when you start getting up there in price shipping is next day in person delivery.

>>17826764
I bought a $1000 Casio and would not be delivered unless I showed ID. I think something over $5000 might require a foreskin sample.

R8 my current collection. Will eventually replace the tissot with a steel datejust or aqua terra and way later add a vintage white gold Golden Ellipse.

>>17826780
I dig it, especially that Zenith.

forgot how much I liked my sarb033 (made before seiko started to suck)

>>17826782
I love the respirator line, especially the early square ones.

>>17826788
>started to suck
>started
lulz

>>17826780
Nice.

>$32,000

$3,700

>>17826816
Are you in an open relationship?

>$12,700

>$19.95

I love my gshocks :)

>>17826755
kek

50€
learn2bang4buckmax

Hanhart 417 ES Reissue Pilots Chronograph

>>17826788
I really like mine, but the crystal is the worst smudge magnet.

>>17826186
>>17826191
Thanks Anon. It was a grail of mine for decades, so I'm happy as punch to have one. It's a daily driver, and it performs spectacularly. You can get the non-Speedmaster case ones with the Lemania 5100 inside for just over 3 or 4k USD, but this particular model is the most desirable and legible, thus the significantly higher cost today. That, and the general rarity of this piece (around 2000 made, over only 2 years).

>>17826630
Nice ones!

>>17826668
When I got my 1861 Hesalite generic Speedy, it was around 3500USD for a scratched no-box-no-papers model from Japan. It's still the same now (there's one for 3375). If you buy the bottom of the barrel and send it into servicing, it should come back 'as new'. It'll be cheaper to do that than to buy full set 1861. The 3861 however is superior in nearly every technical way that matters, so the prices on those will stay high for quite some time. Such is life.

>>17826721
Neither have I, and I know 2 people who own them. They love them, and wear them a lot...so it seems a proven technology.

>>17826764
Shipping with insurance, sign-for, tracking...everything. It does exist, and watches go through this like any other small luxury good. True, you have to hope that nothing happens in transit (which is the scariest part of the experience, desu), but once it's delivered, a sigh of relief is jettisoned by both the seller and the buyer. If you're doing person to person, then sometimes people fly out to deliver in person to avoid the hassle.

>>17826835
this is actually pretty neat. i love bi compax chronos, but theyre always fuck huge. this is 39mm, but its still 13mm thicc, but thats not too god awful all things considered. I would absolutely ditch that strap tho.

>>17826846
>this is actually pretty neat


Why wouldn't it be. It's the ultimate cool watch.

>remember you could buy speedmaster reduced for 500 dollars on amazon back in 2006
>even rolexes only cost like $300 in parts
>all that profit margin is literally greed, branding and wishful thinking

lol this hobby is a joke. buying to invest has made prices ridiculous. so are all the modern customers treating watches as NFT and scalping. I think I'm done with watches for the foreseeable future.

>>17826848
Not a word of that is true.

>>17826849
Whatever. Choose to not believe me. I remember when Nomos sold for $400. I remember when I could get a Rolex Explorer for $1000.

Yes goy it was always this expensive and ridiculous. Stop remembering. Keep supporting [company]. Keep getting raped by profit incentives sheep.

>>17826846
That leather part of the strap under the watch is removable, you could also just get the bracelet. I've been looing at these for a few weeks now probably get one in the near future, the factory is pretty nice with a really cool museum full of old Hanhart pieces.

>>17826854
>I remember when I could get a Rolex Explorer for $1000
40 years ago?

>>17826856
w/bracelet

>>17826859
More like 1940.

My dog really likes the smell of new leather bands

Reminder everything over $200 is a cope. You can get all you want stats-wise under 200.

If you have to get into debt or it "hurts" to buy a luxury brand. You couldn't afford it and you're a poser. Only buy a 3k+ watch if your annual salary is 600k+. Or else you're the horological equivalent of a nigger who went into debt to own an iphone and caddilac

>>17826894
Nobody cares, get back to flipping burgers

>>17826894
This is gay. The finishing on a $200 watch generally will not be anywhere near a reputable $1200 watch

>>17826894
Spend under 0.5% of your net worth. $500k net worth - congrats you can buy a $2500 watch.

>>17826903
In what way? can you give examples?

>>17826821
>bi tempo
gmt? What's the other hand?

>>17826856
gay
>>17826860
gayer

>>17826961
They're just Nazi pilot's watches. No need to be so scared Shlomo.

>>17826831
Same but I stick to digital myself. Cute bullbar on the 2100.

>>17826893
Seiko all penis

Are seiko macys watches legit?

>>17826972
Thanks the bullbar protects the glass little. I wonder if the 6 band feature on some gshocks will still be around as time goes on cause of the smartwatches

>>17827015
*A little

Cop? 1989

>>17827017
Nice

>>17826957
yup it's gmt.. guess you just have to memorize the gmt scale

>nivada
Redpill me on these shitters

my local Swatch shop had the Swatch Omega Speedmasters in stock, but only the ugly ones: Sun, Earth, Uranus, and some other color. They seriously look like cheap plastic, like a happy meal toy. They are not ceramic, they are not metal, they are junk plastic.

Hey guys, rate my watch

I need some help /fa/gs

Should I
>buy and collect numerous shitters until I'm satisfied (likely indefinitely)
or
>buy a $20 casio while I save for a worthwhile luxury watch that I'll use as my 'one watch collection'

What would you do?

>>17827059
Save. I might save to get a omega seamster

>>17827059
Buy a seiko 5 or aliexpress automatic then forget about this shit hobby.

>>17827059
If there was a "worthwhile luxury watch" I would have bought it but I have never found one so I'm destined to roam the Earth with my hoard of Casios. Haven't found anything better.

>>17827091
Stop wasting your life and money brother. A casio is all you need.

Are there known issues with Doxa watches, how is their QC?

I've had problem with less known brand in the past and I just wanna make sure I wont have to go through a shitload of problem if I buy a SUB 300T.

>>17827015
>In the future, Casio hopes that as a more cost-effective solution it will be able to connect all of its watches directly to the Internet. This would be a step above the current atomic clock radio signal technology which works well in Japan, but has limited utility in many other parts of the world. For now, Casio is experimenting with Bluetooth technology, but it admits this is a short-term solution. Eventually, it wants to experiment with LTE and other mobile data broadcasting in its watches so that they can always be accurate, anywhere in the world, and still enjoy the G-Shock’s legendary level of being “worry-free.”
>https://www.ablogtowatch.com/casio-g-shock-watch-headquarters-visit-made-japan-cool-fun/2/
This article is from 2016, before the introduction of their popular Bluetooth watches. I think if you ask them today their answer would be very different. Bluetooth went from an 'experiment' to their main feature. I don't think they will ever get rid of multiband completely since it is very cheap and easy to integrate into models, heck, they could just keep making the same basic multiband squares until the end of time and people will always buy them. They have introduced bluetooth only models, so in the future there will certainly be fewer multiband G-Shocks.

I saw you grab your gf when I walked in the room

>>17827095
I have a Casio, as I said, multiple in fact. They improve my quality of life and I could sell them and at worst break even if not make a profit.

>>17826630
Crazy how the Deville from the 60s mogs all of the modern Seamaster lineup.

>>17827059
depends on your means and how much variety you want desu.
you can go for a few casios and an expensive watch. or a few casios and a few entry level automatics of various models or brands you want to rotate.
also consider the cost and availability of servicing, accidental damage, and if your preciousss watch gets stolen. can you live with it?

>>17827115
if he got an expensive watch he could get insurance.

>>17826752

>>17826837
The 3861 is an inferior piece of shit and only someone who doesn't understand watches would claim that it's better because of co axial. The fact that you really think that makes me realize what an idiot you are.

And that you recommend buying a beat up naked watch only to have it serviced at nearly 1k cost instead of buying an unpolished mint full set. Fucking wow.

Guys don't listen to this guy or you'll regret it.

>>17827104
*Beep Beep*

For the poorfag itch is Casio and Chink homage the way?

>>17827145
Sometimes the finishing can be scuffed but chink watches are the best value, you get the same movements most other brands stuff into value watches with better materials. Do do your research though as not all alibaba brands are created equal.

>>17827145
Casio is not for poorfags.

Got the new a11 since didnt want to wear my great grandpas ww2 one daily. Wish it was the black dial.

>>17827145
How poorfag are we talking here?

If I can't have a gold Nautilus, then I'll keep using my phone to tell the time.

>>17827154
>Casio is not for poorfags

>>17826854
>I remember when I could get a Rolex Explorer for $1000.
you are 60yo and still browsing 4chan? lmao

>>17827176
Extremely talented, rich and prodigious musicians wear Casio

Your argument is invalid

Why doesn't anyone make digital watches with 18k gold cases and bracelets? I don't give a fuck about paying Swiss people extra money to assemble (and repair) obsolete time-telling technology. I only want jewelry for men, and I want it to be gold.

Anyone know where I can get a titanium mechanical chronograph? I

>>17827194
IWC have several but they're expensive. Omega have made some, also expensive.

>>17827194
Grand Seiko, but they're all big and ugly, except for the Tentagraph, which is just big.

>>17827202
like really ugly, don't even bother looking. You have been warned.

>>17827148
Yes, I've checked one like Pagani Design, they use sapphire crystal and Seiko movts. I can get a Submariner homage watch for $70 equiv or even less, shipping included.
Submariner vs Pagani Homage:
https://youtu.be/7E43zAwE2Zo?si=il4pnBhLYa5VxbR3
>>17827154
I recently only have been interested in watches so I didn't look at wrists of other people before. But now, I see poorfags wear Casios, Timex and entry level chink smart watches. Seems to be the poorfag norm.
>>17827165
$100 equiv. max. I have access to chink watches from their ecommerce sites with discounts (not aliexpress).

>>17826640
>lack of escapement means less potential wear, which means longer servicing intervals
you service watches to remove old lube and apply new, not to replace the palet fork because it wore out. this applies to spring drive just as much as any other movement with moving parts.
>Less servicing means a reduction on a potential revenue stream
no one services their watch.
>Hell, the only reason why I see people want their GS to be serviced before the 10 year mark
see above. it's common for rolex watches to never be serviced during the original owners life.

spring drive isn't more popular because the swiss spent the last decades convincing everyone that there is something inherently special about mechanical watches.

>>17827236
Cool, shame about the scratched crystal.

>>17827042
Buy a Seiko alpinist instead.

>>17827244
>Seiko

>>17827205
>unpolished inner clasp
>no anti-reflective coating
>plastic box
>"luxury watch"
why is Rolex like this?

Why shouldn't I get this? 300 meter wr and sellita sw200

>>17827256
Kind of boring for a c-tier brand, if I was buying a glycine I would at least get a bronze watch as there aren't too many other bronze case offerings at that spec and price.

I love this dial.

>>17826620
we citizen now

What do you guys think of the watch collection I’m in the process of gathering together?

Look at that beautiful guilloche sector dial. The raised Tachymetre track inside the case rather than on the bezel. The symmetry of the dial face with markers all around. The cut-off arabics at 12 and 6 to satisfy mechanical engineering autism.

The small seconds at six. The fuck-off-ness of a chronograph without an hours counter. The fact that the movement came with one, and a date, and you cut the fucker apart to remove not add functions to the watch purely for aesthetic reasons and uniqueness. The rotating markers inside the registers so the wearer can't even properly read the minutes counter.

I fucking love IWC.

>>17827059
Spend around 500$ to get:
G-Shock (e.g. GA-2100-1A1 ~99$)
1963 Chronograph (~180$)
Orient Bambino (~180$)

You get for a daily beater, a chronograph, and a dress watch. Those will get you a long way, save the rest to get your grail.

>>17827277
Me too, brother.
Nice dubs btw

I have a theory:

Of all the good luxury watches, Rolexes are the worst looking. The reason for this is twofold. 1) Rolex wad the pioneer of many iconic modern watch designs, which means that Rolex set the standard upon which other companies made improvements. 2) In order to compete with Rolex, other companies need to make better-looking designs.

I'm not saying Rolex has bad designs. I'm just saying that other companies won't be able to sell watches in the $7k+ price range unless they look better than Rolexes.

>>17827283
Rolex is objectively an ill shaped block of steel with a few odd curves to it. People buy Rolex for the quality and longevity, not the looks - aside from the blingy shit.

>>17827277
is this a new release? please tell me it is... looks amazing but need to see the case shape

>>17827277
what's going on here

>>17827296
Cut numerals, for some reason.

>>17827271
What are those 12 and 6 numerals ahhahahahahahahahahahahahaha

>>17827294
No sir, it's ancient (2005). IWC 372501. It was IWCs remake answer to the Royal Oak, designed by Genta.

>>17827301
Yeah they cut the markers off. Either you love it or hate it.

As much as I love GS, man, this unacceptable.

A very amateur mistake too, imagine waiting months to get your watch serviced only for it to come back looking like this? Not even 3rd party watch repairs can fuck up this badly

>>17827042
>Swiss made
>ship from China

Horribly overpriced and I have no idea how they're getting away with using the "Swiss made" label.

What's everyone wearing this fine Sunday?

>>17827349

The definitive tier list

>>17827349

When a watch is off 10+ seconds a day it's not very fun to wear :(

>>17827354
I actually agree only a few minor nitpicks:
>Bremont belongs in shit tier
>Longines should not enter Luxury tier
>Rado should be Premium
>Tudor should not go higher than Tag

>>17827354
been seeing this on leddit

>>17827354
sinn is missing

>>17827357
lol europeans

Why can't I just go to seikos website and buy a watch directly from seiko?

>>17827354
This is just, like, your opinion, man.

The only ranking that matters is annual sales numbers.

>>17827384
you can though https://seikousa.com/collections/prospex/products/spb210

>>17827384
ehh, you can. but why are you buying msrp unless you really want to reserve for an upcoming limited edition?

>>17827349

>>17827386
Then I guess McDonalds is the best restaurant in the world

>>17827398
I'll never understand people who judge quality by how many units are sold. Apparently they really believe every company excreting the cheapest possible shit onto the market in every industry is the best company. I guess that goves us ryobi and the best power tool company, toyota as the best car company, kellogs as the best food company?

>>17827354
congratulations, you made the dumbest chart to date

>>17827396
I wish these had a different case, the lugs look all spindly and weird

>>17827339
This has been plaguing these models yeah, trouble is it takes time to develop, so they couldn't have known beforehand. It is unacceptable to get a watch like this back from service though, i'll give you that.

>>17827364
Is it really? I set mine once or twice a week, i don't care if it's accurate to the second.

>>17827276
Pick one Flieger, I like Stowa more than Laco and it's a toss up between A and B dial
Don't buy the carbon Squale, it scratches REALLY easily and not having any weight makes it feel like a toy
If you want a blacked out chronograph I would go for SSC917 instead of the Astron
All white watches don't work unless you are a VERY stylish negro
Don't buy bulgari...ever.

>>17827364
>>17827423
It depends on the context. I set my work watch at the beginning of the work week, sometimes maybe 10 or 15 seconds or so fast, and I just let it go for the rest of the week. If I'm going out under circumstances I'll actually need to know what time it is I'll set it to the second before I go out. But for a watch I wear while I'm just milling about the house doing chores it doesn't really matter. This post actually reminded me I needed to set the watch I'm wearing right now because the date needed updated, it was almost 2 minutes behind. But it's a watch I just put on after work and usually I just mill about the house and fall asleep wearing it, so it isn't that critical that the time is exactly right.

>>17827276
Utter shit bro. Even the Turdor or Longines won't save it. Forget about all that garbage, all of it, and buy one decent watch, two at most. By the looks of it, you need
>an IWC Flieger (3 hand ETA version, not the Sellita shit)
>a diver, pick one of Omega, Turder, Breitling etc.
Stop there and see what is your thing.

>>17827354
motherfucker gives us his subjective opinion and then calls it the most accurate chart to date, reddit really is hot trash

>>17827431
>buying IWC
ishygddt
>pick a diver
>Breitling
oh no no no no no

>>17827434
>i-iwc
Fat yankee hands typed this.
>Breitling
They're so shitty that Turdor bought their chronograph movement...

We get it, you don't know shit about watches.

>>17827435
who cares about the movement, they look like massive gaudy boomer shite

>>17827436
Retardo

>>17827435
>paying $12,000 for a glorified Laco
>buying the ugliest diver on the market
"nuh uh you must be poor"

>>17827377
But tudor is in every measurable way better than tag tho

>>17827445
>But tudor is in every measurable way better than tag tho
Rolex cope. At least tag makes some sexy chronos

>>17827426
>>17827431
I’m surprised no one has caught on to the fact that it’s a collection of watches based on materials yet. Resin, Steel, Bronze, Carbon, Ceramic, Titanium, Aluminum, Silver, and Gold.

>>17827454
Show me a sexy current production tag.

>>17827460

How do I stop researching and buying watches? How did you do it?
Is there really a holy grail watch, that one watch, that you can finally say "I'm done."?

>>17827466
No

>>17827460
The glassbox and skipper mog anything Tudor have ever made

>>17827466
gshock 5610, seiko alpinist, sinn 556, tudor bb58, omega aqua terra
maybe

>>17827474
>>17827466
and those aren't really holy grail but just good enough watches at a reasonable price point, such that you can stop thinking about watches

>>17827466
acquiring a personality and real interests and hobbies
few consoomers ever achieve that

>>17827470
This. Not to mention all the vintage Heuer remakes that shit on everything Tudor has ever touched. Omega actually competes with Tag at their higher level, not Tudor.

>>17827463
>mariokart tranny shit
>BUT IT HAS A TOBLERONE! WITH MARIO ON IT!
lol
lmao even

>>17827486
Oh look, a pathetic Heuer homage from Tudor. This is like the fat retarded child that wants to be friends with everyone at the party.

Buying a Tudor instead of a Tag/Heuer is like admitting you're too fucking dumb to understand watches but have some money to blow regardless. It's literally a watch for soccer moms to buy as graduation gift for their shitty average children.

>>17827470
>>17827485
TAG Horror vs. Kenissi outhouse, truly one of the battles of all time

>>17827489
The Heuer 02 is a Heuer designed movement from I believe the 80s, column wheel, brilliant. They fixed the noisy rotor too. It's better than any Tudor movement, though they aren't bad at all.

>>17826620
Saw this the other night I will now buy the white dial smp300m

>>17827455
You're missing tantalum, palladium and concrete.

>>17827498
He also forgot wood, paper, clay, wool, polyester, glass, brass, tin, copper, polyurethane.... There are a lot more materials than that, dudes need to step it up.

>>17827455
Because no one gives a shit about that moron. The important things about watches are:

a) brand
b) price
c) looks

>>17827488
>average Tag enjoyer

>>17827486
Did the date window frame fall off lmfao?

>>17827503
>wood
Plenty of wooden watches out there.
>paper, clay, wool
Not sure.
>polyester
Could be.
>glass, brass
Yes
>tin
Really?
>copper
Could be.
>polyurethane
Come on.
I was thinking watches that are already made from those materials, not just listing all the materials known to man...
Also cheese.

>>17827510
There are some solar watches that use paper on the dial.

>>17827512
>on the dial
I think anon meant the case material. You could list a bunch of metals used in the movement...

>>17827515
I'd let it pass if a material was simply featured prominently in the design of the watch. Like for polyester if you have a watch with a linen dial on some kind of fabric strap that's probably enough fabric to pass.

It’s like they want to buy a GS

>>17827515
>>17827519
I’m the guy assembling the collection. I’m specifically working on case material.

>>17827523
Concrete.

>>17827526
Palladium/silver alloy

is 105$ for an Orient Ray 2 a good deal?

>>17827526
How does this work? Do they have some kind of light weight blent of concrete or is it a coating or something?

>>17827529
Cheese resin.

>>17827532
65-75% fine cement, 25-30% epoxy resin replacing water in standard concrete, and 5-10% fiberglass

>>17827276
I dislike every single of your choices.
Longines is mall tier trying to be entry level luxury, i hate the branding and invicta logo.
I hate the fliegers, the Sinn looking one, i guess that's a taste. The bronze one reminds me of 2015 when it was a thing. You're wasting money on Orient-tier shit.
The Squale, i like their retro models, everything else i disregard.
The Tudor, you picked the worst colorways possible, but solid model.
White ceramic Rado, who even wear those? Maybe for women who don't like watches and just want to accessorize.
Bulgari, are you trolling?
The Seiko, can't argue about the brand but the design is 2005 tacky.
The G-shock is ok.
;tldr don't get any of this shit and get ONE proper watch (+the Casio maybe).

Is there a better watch for the price?

>>17827553
It's just a Sellita SW200 inside, so yeah, many.
Frederique Constant watches have some swag at last.

>>17826780
That longines is surprisingly bad in person

>>17827188
>G-D5000-9JR
Your dream is a reality.

>>17827562
They only made 35 of them. Why don't other companies make them too? They would sell.

>>17827566

7000? Tag has finally won the chrono wars

>>17827553
just get the Tissot Regulateur or the Chronometre:
https://www.ashford.com/tissot-t0064281103802.html
https://www.ashford.com/tissot-t0064281605802.html
https://www.ashford.com/tissot-t0064081105700.html

>>17827553
Islander makes minimum 5 watches as good as that.

>>17827548
Honestly the Bronze Stowa is my favorite just because of the dial. I love the hours being separate from the minutes. If you know any higher quality watches with this dial style let me know

>>17827570
Nice Junghans homage

>>17826620
I need to clean some nut off my watch, I don't know what kind of metal or treatment is on the crown or bracelet, would soaking it in 99% IPA be a bad idea?

>>17827591
Just lick it off that’s what I always do

I've been thinking about getting a bronze watch, can someone red pill me? How do you take care of your patina? Do you ever have an ugly patina come in and need to clean it up and start over? Do you just wear it to the beach often and keep it in a plastic bag to keep it from shit humidity air? Do you have to work the bezel often to make sure it doesn't fuse up?

>>17827591
When my watxh is dirty I literally just wash my hands, let water from the tap wash over the top of the watch, and I dry it off as I dry my hands. That's with watches on bracelets and rubber, you couldn't really do that with leather. Even then, just a little water on a cloth is fine.

>>17827098
If you're happy paying whatever they're charging for them these days for a 100% chinese made watch using the usual loopholes to identify as "swiss", then you should be fine. You'll hear about as many qc issues with them as you would with any brand. Nothing particularly egregious or commendable comes immediately to mind but you should do your own research; you might come across that one instance of shitty CS that'll put you off them entirely. Or that one instance of good CS that tips the balance.

>>17827600
Unless you're buying from a top brand, you run the risk of getting a case made out of metallic "mystery meat". A chinesium bronzey alloy of the usual tin and copper but also usually copious amounts of lead which will slowly poison you. Even with established makers, you can't really be sure unless they specifically address their alloy in the specs. Bronze also leaves a hideous green residue, especially on hot, sweaty days. It also smells. The yt shills don't tell you that.

Bronze is a meme 10 years past its use-by date. You missed the window boyo

>>17827601
The watch face has some deep troughs that's difficult to reach with a cloth. I guess I can try a wet toothbrush before I attempt to go with the alcohol.

>>17827460

>>17827601
>When my watxh is dirty I literally just wash my hands, let water from the tap wash over the top of the watch
you'd better have at least a 300m rated, dive certified watchwith a screw down crown for that kind of deluge other wise you're asking for it

>>17827557
Why do you say that? I think it punches quite a bit above it’s weight in terms of finishing.

>>17827626
30m actually, I regularly take it into a steam room as well

>>17827615
Is Tooter a top brand? They just came out with some pretty cool looking bronze divers. They have bracelets available but they seem keen to market it on these single pass straps, I guess to save your wrist from getting green and stinky.

>>17827632

>>17827632
>JUST
Like 10 years later, anon. You live under a rock?
Their watches are fairly good, and the back is not bronze, so it won't stain your wrist.

>>17827632
here's one with some age

>>17827615
>It also smells
yea bronze smells like shit, I have a really old bronze lamp and my hands reek just from picking it up and moving it around to clean

>>17827627
>it punches quite a bit above it’s weight

>>17827669
>le smug reaction image
I see you enjoy sucking dick, faggot. The finishing great.

>>17827653

>>17827674
Talk about it's value proposition next. What do you think of its wrist presence?

>>17827679
Faggot

>>17827680
The color is actually nice, it would be cool if it wasn't a stinky textured rust but just the color.

Alright guys, post your collections

>>17827705
Are you trying to revive the Casiotron through ritual sacrifice? Because you don't need to, they are re re-releasing it soon. Nice collection.

>>17827714
Source???

>>17827705
Unfathomably based

>>17827548
>>Longines is mall tier trying to be entry level luxury
this lol
>>17827557
it's a mall shit like certina it has blue hands lmfao lol

I'm gonna fucking say it. Watch collecting is retarded

I just met a girl lads, this is it. It was nice knowing you all.

>>17827770
Why wasn't i aware of this? It looks better than the Royal Oak.

>>17827776
It's quartz so you can bet your ass AP doesn't make it anymore

>>17827747
>https://zonacasio.blogspot.com/2023/09/los-proximos-lanzamientos-de-casio-con.html
Spanish telecom model number disclosure.

>>17827778
Ew, looks like shit. Guess I don't have to spend money on it then, thanks bro

>>17827778
Round case + proper bracelet and I'm copping it

>>17827782
Those are pictures of the original. You never liked the Casiotron and would not be interested in a rerelease.

>>17827789
Whatever you say boy, don't piss yourself too much

>>17827632
>Is Tooter a top brand?
no lol

What do yall niggaz think of the Zenith® Chronomaster Sport™

>>17827809
Should get my wife and her bf those

>>17827809
I gotta add it to my Rado collection! Diversity is strength

>>17827553
There really aren't many options for that style.
>>17827579 these do not even look close.
>>17827582 everything they have that comes with a leather strap looks like a fucking toy

>>17827505
Is that a bl... a blbl... abllbl bbl.... a BLACK PERSON???!! Ding ding ding!! I'm going INSANE!! Amirite guises?

>>17827832
quite so

How do I resist the call?

>>17827809
>>17827816
Here it goes in my boycotted BLACKED GLOBOHOMO brands list with NOMOS.

>>17827837
Look at the price tag duh

redpill me on mido

>>17827705
Sure.

>>17827857
im really jelly of that heuer

>>17827862
Yea I'm glad I got it before they really blew up in price.

>>17827857
That Accutron must get you laid like never before

>>17827864
What did you pay? I scored the white one (full set) for just under 3k.

>>17827866
I paid 145k yen back in 2017. Adding on shipping, proxy fees and customs it basically turned into about 2k syrupdollars. Didn't have the box with it but it still has the caseback sticker on it.
>>17827865
The accutron probably gets noticed the most to be honest.

>>17827880
Not bad.

>>17827841
Add Breitling and Longines.

>>17827880
>>17827866
Hope you get your entrails eaten by rats in Cambodian prison.

>>17827626
It's a g-shock.

>>17826752

>>17827705
Well, why not?
That picture is fucking lit, btw. Fantastic idea, my friend.

If I buy a Black Bay 58 do I become an NPC?

>>17827953
Fucking hell lawyeranon still lurking.
Epic collection bro.
Why the supreme clocks though lol?

>>17827841
Every brand pays black people to wear their watches because they also buy watches.

>>17827958
wrong it's because it's catnip to white boomers

>>17827957
>Why the supreme clocks though lol?
Thanks, m8. Yes, I'm still around.
The white alarm clock was gift from a friend too into into the hype. He wears supreme sneakers and shit.
The red one is because I like the Seiko Marathon clock, (I later got the yellow one too.) and when I saw it, I just thought it looked very cool and bought it.

>>17827466
For me, I curated a list of watches I wanted and added/subtracted from that list for about a decade before starting to buy. It really cemented which watches I wanted, which ones were passing fancies, and which ones were utterly stupid. In this process I tried on as many of the ones I wanted as I could, and spent time with them. Then, I started buying. I did have a 'holy grail' watch in the mix, and that is my grail Speedy. Other than that, every other watch was, in my eyes, 'perfect'. This meant that while other watches might come out, none could compete with the design aesthetic of what I loved in the watches in my list.

This doesn't mean that everyone will love the same watches I love. It just means that I figured out what I wanted, tested that desire, and then put it into practice when I was sure. Now I have no regrets, and I'm done buying. I haven't bought a watch in over a year, nor do I have any desire to do so. I still go watch 'shopping' (you know, where you go into a boutique to try on the latest design or whatever), but truth be told, I don't see myself buying ever again.

>pic is an example: to me, this is a perfect diver. Perfect bracelet fit, perfect dial, perfect handset, perfect case (including HE valve), perfect thickness (or thinness, depending on your point of view), etc. It's perfect for my eyes, but not necessarily for anyone else. Doesn't matter, because I love it and wear it.

>>17827958
Literally who x6

>>17827958
You mean every Swiss brand, a nation of cuckolds. Do not give the swiss your money.

>>17826816
>HOMOS Aidshutte

TAG Heuer Aquaracer Professional 200

>>17827980
No, I mean every, single, watch brand. No company is going to give up on a profitable market just to spare the feelings of 4chan losers who will never be their customers. Imagine JLC stopping advertising in China when it's their biggest market. Never going to happen.

Thinking about buying my first Rolex but want something not everyone has. Thoughts on the Cellini?

>>17828014
I'd rather pay chinks than self-hating whites any day.

>>17828016
Nobody has a Cellini because nobody liked it so it was discontinued.

>>17828022
With any watch brand you pay both.

>>17828025
Jap watches you pay japs, you can just pay the chinks directly for watches. You can support the swiss homo fashion industry if you truly love cock I suppose, won't stop you.

>>17828026
I'm a Casiofag, a lot of their advertising has black people. As they should, we love Casio.

>>17828036
Oh sure I don't even mind that. I think the swiss people, eurofags, and its fashion industry are particularly degenerate so I don't support them, I don't mind monkeys wearing g-shocks.

>>17827705
inb4 poor
Please h8 don’t r8.

>>17827974
oh god you are so boring. no wonder you're an alcoholic

>>17828042
not bad anon, but I never understood buying super similar watches especially if you were on a budget to begin with.

>>17828042
Would you exchange that collection for a Reverso, a Datejust, and some sort of entry-level chronograph like a Speedmaster?

>>17828050
I had a Datejust and Speedy Reduced before. Would exchange everything for a vintage Cartier Santos Moonphase though.

>>17827778
the ad is better

>>17827816

>>17827958
funny way to say steal

>>17828045
yeah I find myself gravitate towards smaller watches, so they can be quite similar.. I thought I have quite a variety but now looking at them altogether, yeah it’s a bit boring.

>>17827973
when the loupes cost more than your entire colection lol.. when/how dd you start your journey anon?

>>17828062
>when/how dd you start your journey anon?
Well, I'm an attourney so I make a lot of money, naturally. Then, I realized that shopping can be a substitute for a personality and you simps can be a substitute for friends and family.

>>17828067
didn’t expect that response lol. Thanks for sharing.

>>17828038
Black people wear every single brand. It's not a hard concept to understand.

>>17828016
If you want an undesirable rolex just get a vintage pre-cellini for way less.

I like this watch and I'd like something tasteful with a leather strap for whatever activity but it costs $2,500!!!
Why do watchfags shell out so much for this shit? It looks completely regular and isn't even encrusted with some fancy gems or gold. Ridiculous!

>>17827958
no, it's Blackrock and it's ESG.

>>17828062
>when/how dd you start your journey anon?
Well, it's been more than 15 years, m8.
A lot of patience and research involved. Also, it's obvious this >>17828081 jelly fag isn't me. Rather one of tha many people larping.

>>17828062
>when/how dd you start your journey anon?
Well, it's been more than 15 years, m8.
A lot of patience and research involved. Also, it's obvious this >>17828067 jelly fag isn't me. Rather one of tha many people larping.

>>17827306
Thank you mate ;)

>>17828130
thought so.. that Lange 1 is what dreams are made of. Really aspirational mate.

>>17828042
meh/10

>like sub case
>hate it's dial and hands
what do?

>>17827496
Amazing trio

>>17828230
Buy Toopoor

>>17828248
toopoor has a diff bezel

>>17827705
That pic is wonderful man.

>>17827349
I wore everything, just because.

>>17827773
Good luck, lad. Be yourself, don't compromise, and if you trust her, then give her your best. I hope you find happiness.

>>17828044
That's how you win.

New Bread, Go Go Go

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>>17827953
>>17827973
Is there a Seiko in there other than the marathon clock?

>>17828042
>>17828045
I want people to think i'm rich from afar but poor when they get close. I like to disappoint.

>>17826620
$10 vintage jowissa