/fa/ - Fashion

Watch has 42 mm in diameter, not 52. Sorry!

this watch looks like shit

if you want a /fa/ watch get a swatch irony body & soul or a hamilton ventura

>>6932302
I want something that looks like my current shit.

Those you recommended look nothing like this.

>>6932275
So you want a chronograph
And you're one of those retards that keeps the chrono running 24/7 because you don't realize the small seconds counter exists

I recommend a digital watch that way you don't fuck up

On the off chance you learn to not be retarded get a Rolex Daytona or zenith el primero or omega speedmaster

>>6932275
I've been looking for the perfect black dial chrono (for me) for a while now

Here's what I've compiled so far under/around $500

>weirdly enough I think I've decided, and it's none of these
but it could still be useful comparison for others

>>6932648
here's what I'll actually be getting (because the movement does make a difference for me)
still cheap in the grand scheme of chronos
Strela 1250 using a Poljot 3133 hand-wind mechanism
oldschool russian pilot design, display caseback

>>6932656
>russian watches
I dig.

>>6932543
You can't turn off the chrono on OP's watch

which one do i go for??

Roly is a fake "joke" gift from my parents.
Tag and Omega used to be my Dad's.
Casio for working out/skating.
Getting a real Rolex for graduation.

>>6932754

What colour are your shoes and belt when you dress up?

All three should match, pick the watch that fits that.

>>6932763
who the fuck wears brown shoes

>>6932781

It goes with certain colours of suit and forms of dress.

Here's Ryan Gosling wearing brown shoes

>>6932859
Not that I disagree with you about brown shoes but that's a shit fit m8

>>6932781
>he doesn't own brown shoes

pleb

>>6932781
I bet you don't own a pair of fitting pants either you gothninjafuccbitch

>>6932873

I was just demonstrating people wear them.

I actually need to buy some brown shoes to go with my Victorinox Airboss.

Recommendations for brown dress shoes? They'd go great with my light grey suit and I also need a brown belt. Help me /fa/ because I have the watch down....

>>6932875
>>6932895
post a fit with brown shoes

>>6932648
>>6932656
>>6932754

Spending more than $200 and less than $5,000 on a watch is a stupid idea. Every watch in that range is a pile of shit. If you can but it in a mall, its not worth buying.

>>6932764
Make sure you get a tasteful Rolex, please. For your sake. Dont get a steel Datejust or Submariner.

>>6932960
>Spending more than $200 and less than $5,000 on a watch is a stupid idea. Every watch in that range is a pile of shit. If you can but it in a mall, its not worth buying.

Can someone comment on this

I don't believe shit like this if I don't get an explanation

>>6932973

This is kinda horseshit and fnudamentally an opinion which comes down to preference.

Anon has decided sub-$200 watches are "good enough" for daily use/beating. For your in-house automatic or mechanical actions, hand-crafted precision he says you must spend above 5k.

In between $200 and 5k he clearly believes that the premium Quartz stuff and mass-produced automatic actions just aren't worth it. That's fine for him. I think he's wrong but to each his own. Why do I think he's wrong? Because a $6000 IWC action *is* good. I just don't think it's $5000 worth of better over a $1000 watch with an ETA movement. But again, to each his own. One day I would like a luxury watch, but that's just me.

>>6932973
Listen, its like buying a Lexus. Or one of those "special" "luxury" Hyundais. To anyone that knows cars, you look like a tool.

To anyone in the know about watches, a Tag or Omega, or Timex, or anything else in that 200-5000 range fits into the faux luxury category. I wouldnt be caught dead in one. Youre better off with no watch at all.

>>6932983
Pic related, my average fit

>>6933025
>>6932983

shieeet, wrong thread my bad

>>6932983
Thanks a bunch dude
saved your post in my notes

>>6932960
Bullshit. A classic JLC MasterControl is about 4k. A Speedmaster which is one of the most iconic watches goes for around 3k. Then you have smaller brands like Nomos which provide inhouse movements and fantastic design for even less. If buying used, the 3-5k range is maybe the most value for money you can get.

Also nothing wrong with getting a used sub (although I'd rather get the new explorer II)

Thinking of paying for a mid range Seiko. What's a good lineup? The chronographs/solar any good?

>>6933189
I wouldnt get the JLC. The only decent Omega is a man on the moon, i assumed that if you knew about it, youd know that that exception always exists.

Anyway, if your spending over 200, id only bother with Patek, Jeager, Blancpain, Breuget, Vacheron, and Cartier. Used it fine if you can get it for less than 5k but you get what you pay for.

>>6933231

Solars are good and chronographs an be fine.

All in all Seiko is good. If you want god-tier value for money and automatic action, get the SKX0007 (or something like that) it's a 200m water resistant watch with an automatic movement and luminescent hands. Pretty face and bezel, too. If you like bright colours you can also rock the Orange Monster.

That would be my personal recommendation, but to be honest there's just so many options :)

>>6932754
GUys, that might sound retarded but

Do you know a watch like this, but with numbers ? BEcause I just can't read that right without them. Although the style is exactly what I like.

>>6933270

Well dude you just said you wouldn't get the JLC. There's no justification for that. Is it good? Yes. Is it fucking god-tier awesome? Fuck, I don't know. What's the gap between $5k and $15k to be honest? A lot of the time you're buying prestige. Oh the mechanics and labour and mastery are good... but probably enough to merit that kind of price tag. For the purchasing of status first and nifty technology second it's definitely true. But again it's kind of moot because like it or not, quartz is more accurate. Moreover you can't offer blanket statements like "Omega is bad" without offering any kind of reason aside from "muh moniez let me buy more attuned ones." What's wrong with them? They aren't Rolex or Tag Heuer or IWC to be sure but they're damn fine timepieces.

Meanwhile the budget brands you listed are good... but range on the high side of that massive curve. I don't think OP or the people interested have that kind of money.

And to be honest what's wrong with an ETA or Japanese movement on a nice case for less than a single k? I can't think of one and the only one you can provide is "muh technology"... even if the gap in 'superior' ones aren't worth the exponential increase in price.

Cry about it all you want, but even as an "appreciator of mechanical movements" there's nothing making a Swiss movement more magical than a Chinese one... aside from the increase in cost of labour.

>>6933320

http://www.good-stuffs.com/Classic-Rodina-automatic-wrist-watch-OEM-by-Sea-Gull-ST17_p_156.html

$120 for automatic mechanical movement. 30 meters water resistant (aka do anything in water that doesn't involve a long or deep swim). Beautiful Nomos-inspired face complete with numbers. And above all great value for the money.

>>6933231
Holy shit, save up $300 and buy the Seiko Alpinist with the green dial. That watch is beautiful. Do it now, faggot.

>>6933336
That's just perfect.
Thanks man.

>>6933339
It's a fantastic looking watch, specially forthe price, but it's not an everyday piece.

Probably the best watch for fall colors tho.

>>6933352

Yeah man. That's gonna be the next watch I get hehe. I wish they still made the black version though :(

>>6933330
I think youd be better off getting a JLC Reverso. Just imo.

Anyway yeah, you are paying for prestige. Thats the point of a pointlessly expensive watch. You pay for a beautiful movement and a name.

But that isnt the problem. The problem is paying $1000 for a $50 watch because it says Omega on it. You can get the same cheap movement and better looking for less. Its frankly a waste of money.

I dont say these watches are bad because theyre less expensive. I say it because their TOO expensive for what they are.

Nothing is wrong with a cheap watch. Nothing is wrong with ETA or even Quartz. The problem lies with the mock luxury brand attached to it.

Tell me to cry all you want. Im trying to warn you that buying a TAG is a bad idea. In the end its still a cheap watch. You just overpaid. Take a look at the resale value on TAGs and Omega if you think their worth more than a cheaper watch.

>>6933431

Ah, OK. If what you're arguing is it's TOO expensive for what it is without the actual prestige value then I'd say you are largely correct. I'm actually not bitching you out on this as I tend to agree. I like automatics-- it's just the ones I buy are under $300 and include Russian, Japanese and now Chinese-made models.

I do agree $1k for false-prestige is too much and may as well go all the way to 5. However, I think there are legitimately some brands in there such as Nomos with interesting pieces, it's just you're not getting the prestige when you buy them. I also happen to be a fan of some ETA movements but not the price tag-- hence why I like watches like the $300 Maratac on a Japanese movement and a case with tritium lume that can have the shit kicked out of it and still work.

So yeah I think the only reason we disagreed was incomplete phrasing.

>>6932275
Just to be sure, was your watch originally a working chronograph?
>the seconds hand, which now works as a gravity direction indicator
It sounds like the friction fit of the second hand is a little loose. This would merely require some pressure to push it further down on its axle. If you'd like, I can give you instructions on how to do this.

>the name on it blows and I am not really comfortable when other people check my wrist and see that name on my watch.
I think that's silly but I'd recommend the Seiko SSB series.
>Seiko
>same tricompax layout with date, same size, about $100 online
>1/5 second mecha-quartz chronograph

>>6932754
None.

pic related are incoming repairs

>>6933410
Feels good man

>>6933339
That is stunningly beautiful.

>>6933487

Holy fuck am I jelly

You know if they'll make it like that again?

D-do you wanna sell it?

>>6933487
What is that strap? Leather?

>>6933320
>I just can't read that right without them
What the fuck anon?

>>6933431
You can't put TAG and OMEGA on the same category. Omega puts out some very nice watches and is moving to be fully in-house (see 8500). A Planet Ocean is on par or better than a Submariner.

>>6933499
Just buy a stowa antea Jesus you fucking poorfags

My two newest Vostoks.
Planning on swapping the dial of the left one, I only got it since it was cheap.

>>6933692
butthurt autist detected

>>6933899
Vostok check mate
I have an amphibia with the dial like the right one just in blue. i will get a custom bezal for that one as soon as theyre back available.

2/10

>>6933499
it's a Rodina not a Nomos, you can afford it just get one

>>6934559
how much are the bezels and which kind? heard that process cost as much as the watch

>>6935019
Yeah 2 weeks until they make them in black again :D

I might even get in white... I don't know. They both are very nice.

>>6932960
/fa/, please don't think these statements are true. Not a single one.

>>6935028
http://www.murphymanufacturing.com/vostok_bezels.html
$39
and then either Ebay an insert for less than $10, or choose one here for $22.
http://www.10watches.com/apps/webstore/products/category/12255

>>6936397
that is awesome, I fucking love customizing shit, thanks bra

>>6936397
>>6936443
In addition to the regular Vostok bezels going for like $10. However, Vostok did produce a black diver bezel in the past, pictured here, and it may get produced again soon.

why can't I just have this already...
fuck being a student

can this watch be /fa/ ?

if so how

>>6936559

everybody on /fa/ thinks this is actually fitworthy, but they simply do not understand that this obese chinese CS student tier

>>6936559
only this version imo
metal > plastic

>>6936590
better pic

>>6936559

That's the watch /g/ stands by

cheapest /fa/ watch
prove me wrong

>>6936596
fuk thats disgusting

shark mesh bracelet
cop or not? what else besides a black dial chrono would this look good on?

>>6936683
/b/-tier

>>6936559
go home /g/

>>6936683

Nice. *tips fedora*

which one?

Currently in Germany for repairs

>>6932723
I don't know why but I think I like this...
If only the interior could look a bit less cheap-green-plastic or maybe it's just the reflection on the glass that makes it looks cheap in my eyes, but it could be made to look great

>>6938035
nice, really dig the strap how much was the strap and watch?

>>6936884
Someone can comment on this, I happen to like these kind of bracelet too

>>6938019
I think I prefer the one on the left but it'd call it "too minimalistic" and get the one on the right. Just me though

>>6938035
I got it for ~£1500 in Germany, costs more in the UK though. Strap came with the watch; shell cordovan leather (the best), takes a little wearing in though. It's sold separately for quite cheap on the Nomos website though.

>>6938190
What's the brand ?

>>6938199
Nomos Glashutte

>>6938095
mmm yeah, i was kinda digging the minimalism, but the date window is useful to me, and the Junkers is half the price