/fa/ - Fashion

>>6296466
This watch would have been a perfect Explorer I homage if it didn't have the orange face.

I just might investigate further on this piece.

don't u guys have phones?

none of you fuccbois own a watch eh?

What do you think about my watch op?

>>6296803
not what id get for the money, but fairly respectable

Just bought this to be college babby's first watch.

>>6296880
bulvas good, i bought this for a cheap vintage dress watch

why don't you guys just cop literally any cellphone made after ~1995?

>>6296965
Who the hell wants to pull out a phone every time you need the time?

Lel, faggot.

>>6296976
Do you really need the time that often?

Do you live out in the country or something?

>>6296965
>Comparing state of the art handmade mechanic wristwatches to digital watch in phone

Seriously?

>>6296965
start wearing one, youll see the difference

>>6296999
they both allow you to read the time at any moment.

I know it's more akin to jewelry, but it's a dying aesthetic and will be considered superfluous by most even today due to the abundance of cell phones and monitor devices with built-in clocks lining almost any surface of public space.

In a few years they will become anachronistic accessories, akin to our view of pocket watches and and classic mens hats today.

>>6297025
i started wearing one for jobs where i needed to know the time, but pulling out a cell phone would be unprofessional (tour guide,teacher, etc), came to love em. and yeah, it is basically jewlery in a sense, but one of the only forms thats acceptable for men, and less about the show and more about the craft and design.

>>6297025
quartz almost killed the mechanical watch back when it first came out.
since then theres been a huge upsurge of mechanical watch interest and sales. it is not at all dying off.

Had this baby since 7th grade. (Two watches, but same make.)
It's perfect.

Light, durable, affordable, and does what it ought to do.

Can anyone show me a thin tourbillon under 10 grand?

>>6297072
They are already out of style, and will continue to rapidly disappear in the next few years and take up it's position next to the pocket watch in public perception.

>>6297083
look to china, i bet parnis has one.
tourbillions aint have the status they used to.

>>6296543
>check phone for time
>/fa/

back to /g/ you go

>>6297119
No chinese BS. I know Piaget has some thin tourbs for like 13k-20k. I'm sure an 8k or 9k one exists somewhere.

If it's not a Tourbillon then its not a watch but an expensive bracelet.

>>6296484
>rodina

crap chinese knockoff from a company that does nothing but imitate popular watches with shitty mass-produced, non-inhouse movements

>>6297084

Well, I'm part of some watch enthusiast forums which don't appear to be dwindling. You're probably projecting the disinterest with watches among your own social circles.

>>6297208
>Well, I'm part of some watch enthusiast forums which don't appear to be dwindling.
Exactly. It's a niche market already.
>You're probably projecting the disinterest with watches among your own social circles.
I have one friend who wears one, but it's all part of a neatly cultivated 1950's aesthetic.

I can't even remember the last time I saw a regular person under 40 wearing one in public.

I'm okay with you wearing a wrist watch, but it is most definitely going out of style. Fast.

>>6297124
Not him but almost everyone on /g/ seems to own a casio wrist watch

>>6297236
Maybe it would go out of style, but it would be decades.

From what i know, watches have strong brand positioning and are constantly adapting. For example, Breitling have a watch that is designed for aviation and Audemars Piguet made a watch for Maserati that matches its car.

Also many watches doesn't need a battery to work. So it would be really useful for travellers.

>>6297321
All the examples you've listed are extremely niche markets my friend.

They are already out of style, but that's ok.

That just means you need to cultivate a sort of retro or luxury aesthetic where it falls as a natural piece, though it seems to me like you already have.

>>6297208
>non-inhouse movements

jesus man, your pleb-level is out of the fucking roof

>>6297236
a quality watch is a much better investment than any fuckin dick ovens.

>>6297629
Not that guy, but his arguments is far better than any of you watch representatives.

>>6297337
the point of a watch is not to be in style.
a good watch you can pass down to your kids.
a good wrist watch will never go out style.
you want to pass down your two thousand dollar leather rick owens skirt to your grandchildren? you fucking fashion victim?

stop buying into /fa/s shitty trends and buy something quality and timeless, a nice wrist watch for example

>>6296484
>>6296511
>>6296545
>>6296959

I really love the large watchface look. Any suggestions guys?

>>6297656
get the flieger in the second one you linked, either from stowa, or laco, or steinhardt

>>6297640

That watches will go out of style? Ha, that's what they said about mechanical watches during the quartz revolution of the 70s.

Google for a Wall St Journal article called "Winders' Keepers" and tell me that "watches are going out of style".
(sorry for not linking but 4chan is complaining of spam)

Here are some quotes:
>Today, mechanical-driven wristwatches account for only about 20% of the global watch industry
>But for more than a decade, it's been on the upswing, aggressively defying the global recession
>In 2011, sales of Swiss watches—the uncontested leaders in this category—reached a 20-year high of $21.8 billion, of which 70% came from mechanical pieces.
>resurgence of interest in mechanical watches

sure sounds dire for the future of watches, eh?

>>6298269

First quote got cut off:
>Today, mechanical-driven wristwatches account for only about 20% of the global watch industry, but they are its most profitable segment.

>>6296545
I'm looking long and hard at GS.
Spring drive puts me off though, but that full-mech hi-beat model, well, I can't stop thinking about it.

>>6296968
I've got one of these.
Dependable and pretty inconspicuous.
Would recommend.

>>6297875
>steinhardt

lel.

only laco, please.

>>6297313
It's the /g/ equivalent of a timex.

I have some entry level watches.

Jacob Jensen
Hamilton Khaki Field
2 Breil Milano watches (a submariner look-alike and a black one with rubber band)

Some shit-tier Armani watches and a bunch of Casios

I want a Meistersinger automatic

>>6298315
Come off it; they're all virtually identical. Only difference is price, brand, and "fit and finish".

>>6297002
>lugs going over edges of your wrist

>>6298498
might be the angle. Also it's common knowledge that taking close-up makes the watch look twice as big in your wrist than it looks from normal POV.

just picked this up

>>6299223
looking good, its a refreshment from todays big gangsta wrist clocks.

What I've got: pseudo-german mechanical

What I want: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OMEGA-SPEEDMASTER-CHRONOGRAPH-MOON-TO-MARS-LIMITED-EDITION-GENTS-WATCH-/350485011859?pt=UK_Jewelery_Watches_Watches_MensWatches_GL&hash=item519a88dd93

>>6299428
>gangsta wrist clocks

>>6296511
Holy shit W2C!
This is fucking beautiful.

>>6299465
>http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OMEGA-SPEEDMASTER-CHRONOGRAPH-MOON-TO-MARS-LIMITED-EDITION-GENTS-WATCH-/350485011859?pt=UK_Jewelery_Watches_Watches_MensWatches_GL&hash=item519a88dd93

Eh, looks pretty tacky. Just get a normal Speedmaster Pro

>>6299480
thats not gangsta wrist clock

>>6296543
>functionality
Where do you think you are?

>just picked up one of these, opinions? I'm using it for highschool

one of mine, good watch for the money

>>6299729
and another
(first watch in space nigga)

>>6299726
why gold? kind of tacky, no?
that aside, fine watch

>>6299521
its a type-b flieger, i believe that ones a stowa, but laco, steinhardt, and probably some others make similar ones. seiko 5 is based on that as well, if youre cheap

>>6297025
watches will always be standard in the military, and they will always be better for people working labour jobs, or any jobs where their hands are constantly busy.

>>6296541
Sharp as fuck yo

hopefully my next purchase

Can anyone identify this watch? It was part of a banner so don't what model it is.

>>6299869
I believe it is a Tissot PRC 200
got that one, without the blue shissle

why isnt A. Lange und soehne more famous? they are literally THE most beautiful watches ive ever seen in my life and have excellent craftsmanship, but still only watch fans really know about them.

kek em

>>6300001
lel nice 1

>>6297722
i love this watch. any others like this for a few hundred dollars?

>>6300037
>any others like this for a few hundred dollars
That watch is a few hundred dollars. Best way to get your hands on it is through watchuseek.

where are all the trill niggas

>>6300438
hot hands, post feet please

>>6296484

Stowa and Glashütte. Great decision. I want also a Stowa. But the one with the KS. (Little second)

>>6300470
no thanks jeff LOL

>>6300542
who is jeff. Just post your feet

>>6300606
compliment me on my dope fit and i'll think about it

rate trillness/10

>>6300616
fukken rekkd the trill metr / 10 m8

>>6300632
trolld

>>6300651

http://m.urbanoutfitters.com/mobile/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=24094567&pushId=MENS

Just got this in the mail today. Thoughts?

>>6300863
>http://m.urbanoutfitters.com/mobile/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=24094567&pushId=MENS
decent, could be better, 3/10

>>6299726

It'd be alright if it wasn't gold. Leave gold watches for 45 year old women. If you really want a gold watch, get watches that are understated and sophisticated, and by that I mean get a Calatrava.

>>6299965

Eh, probably because only watch enthusiasts will only know about them and I don't mean that in a bad way. They don't advertise with celebrities. They aren't sold in malls along side Tags, Omega, Longines, etc.

Besides, pretty much only watch fans will know of Patek too.

>>6300863
Link redirects to UO home page so I don't know what you got, but since you got it from UO, chances are it's at best a Timex. 4/10

>>6296567

How do you like it? I changed over to a NATO strap for mine, just prefer it over a metal bracelet for both comfort and looks.

I was debating for the longest time for a date vs non-date version - I'm still liking both of them.

>>6299736

What watch is that? Looks interesting.

>>6299869
Its a Tissot PRC 200

>>6302351
poljot strela.
it's a reissue of the original soviet space watch (similar to how seagull did a reissue of the 1963 chronograph). can get one for under 500. I dig it a lot.