/fa/ - Fashion

I'm looking to get my first watch, what are some non-pleb brands I should look for? Also, is getting them off Amazon a good idea?

>>6893541
Anything that belongs to a fashion company is plebtier.

>Fossil
>Calvin Klein.
>D&G etc. etc.

All those watches are overpriced pieces of shit that use cheap quartz movements and cheap materials to imitate something expensive.

The first rule should be:

>Never pay more than 300 dollars for a Quartz watch that uses batteries.

There are pretty good brands out there but these watches cost around 500 dollars to 1000 dollars.

>Certina
>Frederique Constant
>Tissot
>Stowa (really nice brand actually)
>Hamilton.
>Movado
>Longines.
>Oris.
>Sinn.
>Fortis
>Nomos Glashütte
>Tag Heuer (beware of the overprices quartz watches)

>>6893517
Nothing wrong with a good quartz.

>>6893598
Sure. But if you pay more than 300 bucks for one, you are an idiot that values looks over anything else.

>>6893600
That doesn't really make too much sense, there are the same automatic mechanical movements found in 300 dollar watchs as well as 3000 dollar watches so by your logic....

>>6893586
>>more than half that list are perfect examples of what I'm talking about. Most if not all use ETA movements.

>>6893586
>>Never pay more than 300 dollars for a Quartz watch that uses batteries.

what specifics am I looking for then?

>>6893541
What is your budget?

Remember it's ALWAYS better to save up for the watch you want than to compromise. Watches are actual investments and will outlast almost everything in your wardrobe except a good pair of shoes.

>>6893600

A Quartz movement is cheap as fuck to manufacture, that's why you can buy a Swiss Made watch with some ETA Quartz movement for 30 bucks.

Quartz watches are not worth more than around 300 dollars, if you pay more than that you are actually paying for the brand and the design, nothing else.

A good ETA movement is worth that much as you said, you could probably buy a nice automatic watch for 400 dollars, but the value of the movement only goes up depending on how well it's made, the complications that are on the movement and all the in-house mods that they made.

See what I mean? A Quartz watch reaches the maximal value around 300-400 dollars based on the complexity of the watch, a good automatic only goes up until you could only afford one if you are a millionaire.

>>6893631
right now, ~250
maybe ~500 if i go frugal until christmas

My watch only 50 bucks. A bit kiddish but I know how to rock it.

>>6893640
>> but the value of the movement only goes up depending on how well it's made

on a 400 dollar watch, how much do you exactly expect it to appreciate?

Appreciation of a watch goes beyond just the movement... but what the hey, hate on quartz movements all you like. They're still better at time keeping than most automatics. That's a fact.

If you can afford a good mechanical then by all means go for it, but it doesn't really make a real difference till you're hitting that 5 figure sum.

What are your thoughts on the A2836 movement?

>>6893664
You are misunderstanding my post.

I like quartz watches, they are extremely accurate and durable. But I hate Quartz watches that way overpriced because of how the watch looks.

Like some Tag Heuer watches with quartz movements that cost around 2k. That's just scamming the costumer, since you are paying for the brand alone.

I love watches with automatic movements because of the movement in itself, the way those work and watching it work fascinates me.

>>6893649
http://www.authenticwatches.com/tzo.html

go for a Tissot, probably the biggest Watch brand name wise in that 500 category, and you have a loooooot of choice.

What's the deal with Parnis watches? I hear they're knockoffs but use real materials. (Whatever that means)

Worth buying on ebay?

Watch thread?

Let's start this shit!

>inb4 hair

>>6893682
As long as you acknowledge that "scamming" is a hell of a lot worse for automatics then it's all good. Tags use automatics movements in their 5000 range that swatch companies use in their 500 ones... *shrug*

I get your love for the craftsmanship, but it's still a consumer product, so that basically means marketing and hype rules.

>>6893687
at least they acknowledge that it's a IWC 3714 clone. Tags 1887 is such a direct 3714 clone it's ridiiiiiculous

>>6893699
My Tissot from the 70s.

>>6893687
forgot to mention that it's possible it actually uses the same movement or at least an asian clone as the IWC

What were the name of those antique Soviet watches /fa/ was so excited about a few months back?

Are they actually worth it, or are they just novelty items?

>>6893706

The white version of >>6893699
but with a battery.

>>6893710
worth it in what sense? as a collectable novelty? HELLYEAH

>>6893658
are you 13?

>>6893712

>>6893710
You mean Vostok?

>>6893716

>>6893713
I mean actually wearing them and in terms of precision

Like complimenting a nice brown fall outfit, or something,

>>6893716
Could have been Vostok, but I don't remember - that's why I'm asking

>>6893719
My most recent item.

I might be the only guy that has this watch since it's assembled by only one guy in the city that I live in.

>>6893725

I have a Certina and a Vostok as well, but those are in bad shape and I need to fix them.

what is your opinion on invicta watches?

i bought a dive style one a month or so ago and have been wearing it until I realized just HOW similar they look aesthetically to a real rolex or beitling dive watch.

I almost felt a little guilty as if I was wearing a knockoff brand. what do you think?

>>6893729
Nah, Invicta makes good stuff. Go for it.

>>6893600
>>6893640
Mechanical ETA2824 costs like 50 bucks. Same with equal grade Miyotas such as 9015. Not to even mention Russian and Chinese entry mechanical that cost half of that.

With your logic you could just as well say "If you pay more than 200 bucks for ETA2824 watch you're retarded". For those who don't know, watches with this movement go up to 2 grand.

Also, some quartz movements are marvelous and from engineering point of view much more impressive than standard mechanical movements. Seiko 9F, Citizen movement they use in Chronomaster which name I don't remember, Breitling Superquartz..

Anyway, it's usually sign of somekind pseudo-enthusiast of babbys first time getting into watches if all they do is go on about how watch has to be mechanical and quartz=bad etc. Like some wise man in TZ-UK once said, "appreciating of quartz is a sign of WIS maturity".

>>6893729
that particular watch look is almost universal now. Almost every diving watch have the same bezel and crown style. Don't feel bad. It's a nice watch.

Posting my great grandfather's watch, recently had it restored by a watch maker.

>>6893737
appreciation*

>>6893739
A photo would be good. Love this more than my Portuguese 7 Day.

I want this one so bad

>>6893729
>what is your opinion on invicta watches?

Fine for sub >100$ beater watches. Just don't buy into their ridiculous RRP's. Their whole marketing strategy seems to be to inflate their RRP's to ridiculous levels and let people think they are getting a good deal. Invictas are always sold like "normalöly 900$ NOW just 99$!!!", when in reality the watch is just about good for that 99$.

I received this watch as a gift, I wear it fairly often

Prim - an old mechanical watch from former Czechoslovakia.

>>6893517
Then buy it its only like 2 stax

I so this Orient watch while randomly browsing for cheap watches on Ebay

Does this looks just as nice real life?

>>6893814
You think that looks nice?

I realize this might not be the place for digital watches but anyways, I just got this. Probably non-/fa/ as fuck but I kinda like it...

What do you guys think about it?

What is the best watch brand for a poorfag? Something like 150 dollars tops

>>6893852
with a techy fit that would look p great
chock on some y-3s or summut

>>6893715
24

>Swiss Army
>silver face, dark brown leather band
>free

Malboro use to give away some much awesome free shit with their "tickets" youd get off the side of the pack

Id wager its about a 50 dollar watch

>>6893803
you already know

>>6893737
>Seiko
>Made in Japan
>Implying Jap watches are worth anything

>>6893956
Nice

>>6893973
This one is worth about 500,000 USD. But of course you'd be better of with 3000 USD James Bond Seamaster, at least people would recognize it as "expensive" watch.

>>6894033
Forgot pic.

>>6894039
I wish there were some more affordable and nice looking see through mechanical watches

>>6894053
There can't be because they affordable, bulk produced movements are butt ugly. There is literally no point in making skeleton or semi-skeleton out of some bulk ETA movement, except to maybe attract fedora-tier classy gentlemen who think gears=cool.

>>6894099
Shame really

At least I can look forward to saving up to something other than kangaroo leather jackets and drip boots

>>6894053
http://www.etsy.com/se-en/listing/156603042/mens-steampunk-watch-skeleton-mechnical

Might interest you.

>>6894039
would love to see a watch like that but with a sort of milky semi-transparent glass layer between the hands and the workings, so you can sort of make it out but not really
does such a thing exist?

>>6894122
Not really trusting China, never ordered anything from them before

>>6894122
>fake gears carved into cheap plastic
looks shit m8

WANT

>>6894541
>breguet ripoff

>>6893710
Vostok, Pobeda, Raketa, etc.

>>6893814
Looks like one of those Chinese mechanicals that go for way cheap. I have one and it runs and looks nicely but the chances of it working on arrival are about the same as a coin flip. Don't have high expectations. Google "cheap chinese mechanical" and you'll get tons of threads from PMWF and WUS.

>>6893973
Again? Don't you get tired?

>>6893724
Vostok (Boktok, Wostok)
Raketa (Paketa)
Poljot
Slava
Luch
Strela
Sekonda
Buran
Okeah
...

>>6893729
They sit ridiculously large on the wrist and pretty much exclusively get their designs from other companies. Quality control is also spotty. Avoid at all costs.

Pobeda
My grandfather's 1950s Omega Seamaster
My other grandfather's Rolex
Timex Weekender (Beater)

Storm puts out some very nice watches. Not in terms of movement but design wise and visual aesthetics its very nice.

http://www.stormwatches.com/

Great for if you want looks over quality movement (i died i little inside)

>>6894995
>fashion brand watches

What does /fa/ think about luxury smartwatch?

>>6893752
me too but going for the auto

Hamilton make some nice entry level Automatic's.

>>6893517

any stigmas with square watches?
im about to get this for 200

a vintage mondaine from the 70's

>>6895315
200 USD? Seems overpriced considering that condition and lack of original strap/bracelet.

>>6895086

>>6895089
I don't like how the automatic one says automatic
The Quartz one is blank

>>6895400
He is paying for the brand name.

Best simple watch for $2000?

>>6895427
I know, I've had couple of vintage Omegas. They just don't fetch that much, and they are everywhere.

I want to get a Skagen 858XLSLC, should I?

>>6895417
says bauhaus though

One of the watches I want, but will likely never get: Junghans Max Bill

What do you think?
I can't remember where I got it.

>>6895816
>weaaboo/10

Are calculator watches /fa/?

>>6895985
they're okay. not bad, not great either.
better than weekenders.

>>6895985
I want a culuculater-look smart watch ^^

>>6895985
needing a calculator for such simple maths

I'm a 6'6 guy every watch I'm interested in looks like a small cracker jack box toy on me.
I prefer digital watches, what do you guys suggest?

>>6896022
>division
>simple

>>6895765
why. it's only like $1000 right? we can get it eventually brah, we can make it.

>>6896049
Swatch, G-shock

opinions on diesel watches?

>>6896136
Just /fa/ watch.
I dont dislike design.

>>6896136
They're made by fossil so it ain't too bad.

Fossil makes watches for a lot of fashion brands like Marc Jacobs and Michael Kors

>>6896262
Forgot to mention all Fossil watches are made in China with the exception of the recent Swiss made ones.

>>6893852

>>6896813

>>6896816

>>6896818

>>6895086
>>6895419
shitty, lazy

>>6893724
Pobeda

>>6895089
What watches are on the left? I'm digging the minimalism. Any other minimalist watch recs?

>>6896813
>>6896816
>>6896818
>>6896822
kekd

>>6894053
>>6894099
Swatch used to make a lot of theirs in clear plastic, back in their original line-up from the 80s. I dunno if they're pricey as a collectible now but back then they were nothing special. I guess that's a quartz movement not mech but pretty cool looking anyway

>>6895330
w2c bracelet

Do you guys prefer white or dark faces?

>>6894039
Have fun reading that.

how does /fa/ feel about this as a casual watch?

http://www.amazon.com/Timex-Unisex-Heritage-T2N791-Leather/dp/B007P4YACS/ref=sr_1_1/177-7616052-2914406?s=watches&ie=UTF8&qid=1379130436&sr=1-1&keywords=T2N791

>>6896997
I like it. Wouldn't look good with a dark fit, though.

>>6896907
Left is uniform wares 203 and middle is kent wang.

I used to not really dig Sinns but this photographer made me fall in love with them.

>>6896997
If you're a woman.

>>6897702
Not that guy, but I do like some of the color schemes on the women's models.

>>6896979
I love dark one. Dark blue is prefarable.

>>6895704
>>6895704
Anyone?

>>6897962
Practical one.

>>6895437
>best 4 door car for $60,000?
Could you elaborate on simple

>>6895985
Millionaire owner of my company wears one
So, no.

>>6897677
Dying for a sinn chrono
Cant decide if i prefer the 103 with the dive bezel or the simpler 356...

Do you like leather or metal?

>>6898274
about a band?
I like leather and rubber.

My golden mechanical Poljot, gift from granddad. Made in USSR, almost twice older than me, lol.

>>6898641
Modest watch is the best. I like USSR watches.

>>6898641
You have too many watches..

>>6898677
What do you mean, lol? It's the same watch on all three fotos.

This is my everyday beater, I also got a seiko snow monster I use when I'm ~doing things outside in the sun~, and a leather strap old dressy omega I got from grandpa (which I basically only use on weddings).

My grail is an IWC Portuguese though, saved the money and everything for it but still don't have the balls to drop that much dough on a watch (something like a rolex submariner or omega seamaster at least is instantly recognizable, IWC is god tier but most plebs will think it's just some random watch).

>>6898701
I'm a retard, here's the pic.

>>6898694
Yeah i know,but what about most of the other posts? Is it yours?

>>6898703
Citizen. Good choice.

>>6898719
No it isn't

What do you think about these

>>6898742

>>6898742
Orient is one of japanese conservative watch maker. Cool.

>>6898724
It's a good everyday watch for people that travel a lot, the radio sync with the local timezone is a godsend. Also looks good with more casual fits or when out clubbing, where a sailing watch would look out of place.

I still prefer classier mechanicals, but they're for when I'm out for fun, just jewelry.

>>6898709
No, Poljet was my first post itt. Also i have a titanium Orient for every day.

>>6898765
But полет=polet
And im not even russian

>>6898788
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poljot
Actually it's "Полёт", but "е" used very often instead of "ё"

>>6893517
That fukken watch tho..

Is there a watch guide somewhere? remember seeing one a long time ago. I want a new one, but my economy is quite shitty right now. Anyone know a good quality and good looking watch around $40-$60?

>>6893517
Poorfag wants to have watches. What would you recommend to me? Budget 300 with smt$.
Stopped at this one for now.
Thank you.

guys please tell me, is this watch /fa/ ?

>>6898928
>good quality and good looking watch around $40-$60
Timex, Casio, Orient has a lot of nice looking models in this price.

>>6898928
Search for a Seiko or Orient in amazon.

>>6898958
Yep, it's quite good.

>>6898958
I like the watch,not the band.
But it depends on what you will wear..

>>6898982
I like preppy outfits, kinda

>>6898958
I like it, but the band sucks. I will be getting a NATO strap eventually

>>6898995
oh,i think it a nice combination

>>6893517
>It pisses me off so much to see how the average /fa/ user has no fucking clue about watches and only sees to value either shitty fashion watches or only the extremely expensive high end brands.

Let me guess: you have a Seiko 5 or an Orient and you're upset that someone called your cheap mass produced watch cheap and mass produced.

Your Junghans doesn't fool me, good sir.

>tips fedora

>>6899089

#rekt

>>6893737
Also this x1000

7S26 is the euphoric classy gentleman's equivalent of a throwaway quartz movement. I'm shaking my head picturing some 17 year old with his first cheap ass mechanical watch turning up his nose at an A660 Citizen or an Omega Marine Chronometer because it doesn't make rattling noises when you turn your wrist.

There's no difference between a Seiko 5 and a Fossil except that the Fossil is a better watch that keeps better time and doesn't get ruined if you accidentally drop it.

http://www.authenticwatches.com/tissot-desire-t52142113.html#.UjR4H67LVHY

Thoughts on either this one or it's gold edged brother?

everyone should have a good swiss-made automatic before spending their money on faggy leather jackets or 1k clown shoes imo

>>6899471
Not everyone cares about watches. Watches are a hobby all on their own.

> board concerned about appearance
> complains people don't care about the intricacies of a mechanical watch

>>6899170
too expensive for a quartz and tissot is kinda tacky (it's well known as swiss for people that can't afford tier 1 brands)

id go for a seiko sarb071 as a leather strap dress watch around that price, it has a more sober style, hand winding movement and better build quality

>>6893752
w2c

>>6899518
watches are a fashion statement dude, one of the few particularly masculine ones. people will size you up by your shoes and your watch, more than anything else.

you shake hands with a dude wearing a calatrava, you sure as fuck try to remember his name and get his card.

>>6893586
Nomos and Longines are the only decent brands you listed, and you won't get one for less than $1,000 unless you mean vintage (and even then, you'll probably go over $1,000 after servicing).

Movado is acceptable if you're getting a vintage Museum, but I wouldn't touch anything else by them. Tag Heuer, top lel.

>>6899471
Congrats, that just about the ugliest possible Omega. Why not just go for the 007 watch if you're really this pleb.

>>6899584

Sinn has its followers because of their ELITE TACTICAL features, but I think I'd just get a G-Shock if I was planning on beating up my watch that badly, and throw it out when it breaks.

>>6899514
>hand winding automatic

Oxymoron. This is a "feature" designed to sell to people who shop based on a checklist of "features". There is almost no justification for a hand winding automatic, for that matter there's hardly any justification for "hacking" movements in the age of quartz.

It's like people who want functional buttonholes on a cheap chinese made RTW suit. All it does is give them something to charge you more for on a low margin mass produced product.

>>6893583
ID on the watch?

>>6900501

It's one of those horrible riced out rolexes marketed to niggers who don't know any better.

>>6895086
Don't you need to buy a 300$ phone just to use the 300$ watch? Seems a bit retarded and pretentious.

i wear an old junghans, or a prc200 about 90% of the time.

>>6899566
Okay so when I wear a shitty $20 Casio digital watch (dat function) and raf velcros I send you mixed messages??

Watches do have their place in fashion but not everyone is interested b

Same with cars or anything that affects your "image"

picked up an orient blue mako the other day it is so fucking dope and really inexpensive

not a rolex knockoff like invictas, inhouse movement, 21 jewels, mechanical automatic, fucking doooooooope

>>6900752

I have met 3 people IRL wearing Orients.

They were, in order of meeting them:

1. A 50 year old Egyptian cashier and former taxi driver
2. A 40 year old gay flight attendant on a regional airlink flight
3. A 20 year old waiter at a mediocre department store restaurant

>>6900787
im a jeweler and wear my orient off work casually every day

get a lot of compliments and I seriously love the way it looks, I like the dial more than a submariner. I dont really like any other orients though and the brand is certainly not that /fa/

Thoughts? Liking the style not sure if it's worth the money

>>6901037
Terrible. Stay away. Even the design is pretty silly, it uses exaggerated dress watch features to attract classy euphoric gentlemen, while obviously being marketed as casual everyday watch.

Not to even mention it's grossly overpriced.

>>6900752
orient = seiko

orient is the japanese made entry level line.

seiko5 is now made in third world contries, like malaysia incl. movt. due to demand for low priced mall watches since everyone hated paying $500-800 for a seiko and didn't under stand why a "grand" seiko costs more than a rolex

should i spend the money on the max bill or just settle for the junkers?

>>6901037
>avoid all contact with water

>>6899471
>omega

>>6901037
>Daniel Wellington

>>6901363
>minimalist minimalist minimalist
>automatic winding

Why not get the hand wind max bill? It's more in tune with the minimalist aesthetic, it's got better proportions, and it's cheaper than the auto.

>>6901569
its 35mm though. the auto is perfect for my 6.5" wrist at 38mm

>>6901154
>>6901371
Could you guys recommend something minimalist like this I could casually wear? A brand that isn't total shit, I'm new at this as you can tell

>>6901750

I've got a 6.3" wrist and I wear a 34mm watch. It looks great. The oversized watch fad is terrible, the watch head should fit completely on top of your wrist, lug to lug, with no overhang.

>>6901792
i agree, currently rocking this and its 37mm so I think the 38mm will be practically the same, just about perfect as the 37mm is a good fit

yeah huge watches are retarded, you see sooooo many though it'd odd

>>6901757

Just get a Timex Weekender. You're not going to impress anyone with a $200 watch and at least the Timex won't get you laughed at unless you bring it on yourself by acting like your typical /fa/ self-declared "watch nerd".

I hat a watch from Croton, i really dig their watches.

>>6901821
Already have a weekender actually. I'm trying to step it up a bit, anything around 500

>>6893517
i don't get it. You said something about people being ignorant and only see it as a fashion or costing too much and you pull up a junghan chrono.

if you're starting shit with maxbill junghans, i'll find you

>>6897723
i mean if you like em on your girl it'd be fine. If you like it on you, you have some things to straighten out

>mfw girls think I'm gay when i think something looks good (purse, wallet, scarf, etc) when i actually meant it'll look good on them

>>6902093
yeah right. the OP watch is the most beautiful watch I've seen imo

>>6902131
well i set my eyes on a junghan max bills. For a company that isn't as mainstream as movado and other watches, wheres the best place to get it?

>inb4 goto europe

>>6902219

There are a couple of US vendors. I CBF to google them for you, they're not that hard to find.

shit picture but it's my Ulysse Nardin Maximarine blue surf limited.

>>6893517
>People only wear watches because they think they're cool
>I wear watches because I think they're cool
>But my reason is totally better, srs guys

>>6893729
Invicta is low quality shit. Much better brands out there for low to mid tier.

>>6901470

>Rolex

>>6893586

>Tag HUEer

top kek

>>6902910

>shitty replica pp

>>6902936

lel I don't think so fuccboi

>>6902936

http://www.patek.com/contents/default/en/5167_1A_001.html

>2013
>Not wearing IWC

please go.

>>6903017
>>Pretty much my negro :P

>>6903047
yours?
>dayyyyyum

>>6902219
yeah I'm not too sure. but I'm definitely going to pick one up next month. either from amazon or here
http://junghanswatchesusa.net/MAXBILL/027-3501-00.html

not sure if ^ is the best vendor but I think it's legit

>>6903251
>>6902219
found this actually:
http://www.maxbillwatches.com/junghans-bill-automatic-027350100-p-6.html

it's cheaper but would like to know if it's a reputable website. fuck.

I've got a budget of around 35k for a new watch. I was thinking a classic watch from a high end brand such as Audemars Piguet, Patek Phillipe or others along this level. I also want it to be minimalistic in style with a complex movement. Preferrably automatic with a date display too.

Anyone know a good /fa/ watch under this category?

>>6903494
what do you do? how did you get 35k for a watch?

>>6903494
are you a drug dealer? holy shit i wish i could spend that much on a watch

for that sort of money i'd go for a platinum a. lange & sohne 1 (just the "basic" version). it's probably the most beautiful watch designed in the last 20 or 30 years.

>>6903494
shit dude, if i were u i'd blow all that shit on computer parts, animu figurines and cocaine

>>6903494
plz stop

Does any of you know what this old omega watch is called? It looks a lot like their seamasters but it doesn't have seamster written on it. I don't think it's fake tho', my grandad once told me it's made of gold and has a crocodile bracelet

sometimes i wonder if people realise that you wear a watch to look at the time and different watches are just different ways to look at the same time

>>6904095
dont look where that got me

>>6904167
thats a croc pattern embossed on calf bracelet.
its not made of gold.....

thats back when omega was sold at sears.
you have a "deville"

omega is a different brand now....they went upscale

>>6904184
Y-you just broke my heart anon

Finally decided to get myself a watch. Problem is I'm a poorfag with skinny wrists. Are there any decent watches around 50 dollars that would fit my 6 inch wrists?

>>6904409
Leather band so you can make holes

>>6904188
>implying that's a bad thing or that you have a bad watch

Remember the markup you pay is for Cindy Crawford's endorsement fee and all those ads in the back cover of Maxim.

Devilles are perfectly good watches. As a proportion of a middle class person's income back in the day they cost roughly the same as any entry level quality Swiss watch from a "real" brand. And normal people bought major life purchases at Sears because this was before the internet when 15 year old kids from Peoria could become instant experts in the most elite fashion designers from Europe.

2013 Sears is exclusively for poors buying Pulsars but it wasn't always like this.

>>6903529
>>6904044
Money has always been in my family ever since about the 1800s. This is just the budget I've set for it.

So any ideas?

>>6904822
samefag here.
>>6904044
I actually already have an A. Lange & Sohne 1. Just not in platinum. Any other suggestions?

>>6904844

Buy the lives of 100 poor children from the ghetto, drain their blood, and figure out how to make a watch out of it.

>>6904914
Already donate considerably to Globus Relief and Books for Africa.

>>6904925

Apply yourself son. Is "I donate books" something you can wear on your wrist?

There's a company that turns your dead loved ones into diamond. Think of how many poor children it would take to make a diamond studded wristwatch. I bet it would be less than 100.

here are some of my recent purchases. i bought them to resell

my "collection"

>>6904844
since you already got a grail dress watch, get a patek nautilus for those more casual fits.

>>6902080
>anything around 500

Seiko SARB033 or any other SARB

>>6904844
whats the case diameter on that? looks a tad large for wrist

Does anyone know if the center band on this watch is removable. Fossil Keaton Chronograph Leather Watch Grey.

>>6906767
yes, just buy a spring bar tool from walmart and remove both spring bars and discard the strap you don't want

>>6904787
well, he needs a new crystal, band and it probably needs a servicing.

so in that condition the watch is worthless, and when he's done, it's worth 70% of the money he put into it

faux gold case plating is a little passe' even in the 1970's.

and the case diameter is really too small to wear nowadays. i'd just throw it in a box with pics of your grandfather and leave it be

>>6906835
>so in that condition the watch is worthless, and when he's done, it's worth 70% of the money he put into it

It's his grandfather's watch. I know you value yourself based on how many law firms your dad has (was it 3 or 4, I forgot), but some people actually have a relationship with their family and things like inherited watches have significant personal value.

>faux gold case plating is a little passe' even in the 1970's.

Unless you're examining it at close range nobody is going to be able to tell gold plated from gold filled from solid gold, and even if they could they wouldn't care unless they were appraising it for resale value. Most people who aren't totally superficial scumbag SoCal types would see a guy wearing a watch like that, and either think nothing of it, or they'd think it was neat that he was wearing his grandpa's old Omega.

>and the case diameter is really too small to wear nowadays

lol'd

>>6906002
its a 44mm which might be a bit big but I like the weight.

thoughts?

Bought these two watches, both made in the USSR in the fifties and eighties, opinions?

>>6908257
Second one.

>>6908041
really like it - what brand?

>>6902131
>>6902219
Seriously, this really is a beautiful watch, is there a stigma haunting the junghans watches?

>>6905118
you seriously have a gold day-date? Please tell me you are older than 50..

>>6908787
Or black, please believe me when I say this, I'm not being racist at all, but gold watches fit like peanut butter to bread on black people.
Being white, I feel gold watches look tryhard on me...

witch is more fa ?

>>6908878
just get the one you like better

i like the black though.

>>6908878
yeah me too
but are they fa at all ?

>>6908709
>stigma

if you mean being fucking beautiful then yeah i guess there is. Only neg. I've heard is that the crystal used isn't the strongest (it's not sapphire)

besides that 10/10 watch

>>6909203
going for left I think

>>6908515
Luch

>>6898742
I own an Orient eminence, nice watch I'm very happy with it as my first auto - looks nice (*beautiful to anyone who doesn't know watches) and keeps good time

also they do sapphire crystal on pieces under 400 which is swell

>>6898747
>save $700
wtf

>>6909993
>sturhling

>>6909993
Is it working when you're not using it at night when you're sleeping?

>>6908917
No.
There are better Casios.

>>6908257
>>6908266
No opinions?

>>6909993
>wtf
Bullshit RRP as marketing tactic, similar to Invicta. In reality the watch is shit even for that 200$.

>mfw a watch thread with the most faggoty and misinformed opening post in the history of /fa/ has been ongoing for days

>>6913224

Orient does the same thing.
>executive watch
>retail value $499
>limited time only $199 act now!

>bought this LRG x Casio G-Shock like 4 years ago for $200
>wore it twice
>sat in a draw the whole time since
>see it in my draw a week ago
>check ebay
>people selling them for $900

>>6916840

>>6917795
not super useful but a nice watch.

>>6917800
even though this was only $8 its not too bad. Nice disposable watch.

>>6917816

>>6917795
>>6918088

these look like shit / fake. even if they are real breitlings they still look like shit, sell them and buy navitimer world.

I have a black Vostok diver that I rather like. I'm a poor student so can't afford anything better right now. The rubber strap it came with is bloody awful though need to replace that as soon as possible.

>>6908257
I like this one, could be a nice minimal watch with the right band.

>>6920643
I've got a brown and black leather strap for both watches, and I was thinking of putting the black one on the Raketa and the brown one on the Pobeda. What do you think?

>>6918088
dude, you're a power ranger aren't you

thoughts?

>>6921685
Nice, but not nice

>>6903494
Honestly I don't understand why someone with that much money would ask about watches on 4chan. If this is legit then certainly you've got a family jeweler or some kind of connection to a watch maker or some kind of resource that's better than 4chan.

>>6893517

I have this one. It's a nice soviet manual from the eighties, the movement is a Poljot 2614.

my wrists are very tiny and no matter how much I work out they don't get bigger

any small wrists watch suggestion

inb4 edgy gay comments

>>6921862
Stick to vintage-sized stuff, 40mm max.

Lots of Casios and Timex's are sized small and many cheap vintage pieces can be found on ebay, still running after 40+ years.

>>6921701
That's an amazing design, too bad they cost $1500

>>6921862
The only comment is lol babby no testosterone are you even male hahahahahahahaha

>>6921862
swatch
huge range, most of it in 35mm

>>6921685
I like the weekender, not sure about the one in center, but I think it looks ok and the seiko on the left I like too but why the hell is there a petrocanada logo on the face?
>>6921799
Why is this casio a timex?

I-Is this an acceptable watch /fa/?
It's the Seiko 5 automatic.

>>6924523

It was a gift, lel, got it when I was like 14. Regifted from some friend of my mother's, he must have got it from work or something, I still like it though.

>>6921868
wearing small case watches like vintage omega deville, or old Russian war watches is akin to wearing an unvented sack suit and triple pleated pants

it's just bad fashion, and it should be avoided at all cost

>>6924554
Yes.

I like Seiko5.

>>6924554
I have that one in black, I'm in love with it. Just get another band for it.

>>6924604
Yes. One of the savor of Seiko5 is swapping band.

>>6924560
Shut up, sieg.

Which do you guys prefer?

>>6924686
Right.

>>6924557
It's true that it's a nice watch, it's just the very first time I see a timex that shouts CASIO so loud :P

>>6901816
only 37mm but still manages to look hooge on your pathetic wrist

>>6924686
Both, actually, but if I must choose it would be the one on the left

>>6924686
If the left one was clean/polished and had rights band, it'll be the one i prefer

>>6924686
Bumping for more opinions.

Seiko Diver 7002

>>6917800
lel I stole one of these from a stuckup ho and gave it to my gf's friend.

I like it but only on girls.

--

thinking of copping pic related. thoughts?

>>6925188
oops forgot my picture lol.

>>6924686
the coffee stains on the left are hideous, but excluding that I prefer it. if you got that, cleaned it, and changed the strap to something like on the right I'd like it a lot.

I want a timex easyreader without the stupid date thing.

is there anything identical?

>>6925354
So just any plain-old, three-handed quartz watch?

Ebay has thousands.

>>6925374
needs a red second hand.

No interior numbers (13+)

No roman numerals.

iBEAM ftw

>>6925405
Swatch Red Sunday
I have one, it's fine. Leather band is nicer than expected.

I know it's been posted before, but is the automatic worth an extra $300?

>>6927694
depends

Much of the added worth of an automatic is justified by the appreciation of the enthusiast wearing it

servicing every 5 years can be a pain, but I wouldn't bother on a watch that cost less than 2k - so dw about that

aesthetically, it's surprising how much nicer a sweeping hand is than a ticking hand, and if the watch has an exhibition case-back, there's a lot of beauty in that feature

I say if you like the design enough that you see yourself wearing it for at least a few years - get the automatic, you'll appreciate it more and take better care of it (I'd assume). It will feel more authentic.

>little anecdote
I sat on the tram this morning next to a guy in a business suit wearing a $6,000 JLC, so I complimented him on it and we struck up a conversation about automatic watches. I was wearing a $200 jap made orient, but the prestige didn't really matter at the time, it was our shared appreciation for something most others don't get/don't care about... it was nice.

TL;DR - yeah, probably.

I have a G-Shock Simple Black, nice and stealthy and I dig the reverse LCD