Watches general.

[Anonymous No.10711198]

pic is mine.

[Anonymous No.10711247]

>>10711198
you should learn how to wear a watch correctly, just in case someone should think you look like more of a cunt than you already do.

[Anonymous No.10711256]

>>10711198
That watch is too nice for a NATO, for fuck's sake. Do the watch some justice and put it on a regular leather band. If you insist on wearing something rugged and waterproof, go look for a composite strap. Otherwise, stop wearing your watch like a cunt.

[Anonymous No.10711309]

>>10711247
>>10711256
shit. teach me how to not wear a watch like a cunt please.

[Anonymous No.10711319]

>>10711309
A watch doesn't loosely dangle down by your metacarpals -- it goes on your wrist, up more toward your forearm. And that strap is pathetic. Please.

[Anonymous No.10711343]

Are Fossils and Diesels fuccboi-tier?

[Anonymous No.10711346]

>>10711343
yes
diesel especially

[Anonymous No.10711367]

r8

[Anonymous No.10711376]

R8

[Anonymous No.10711390]

>>10711376
Nigga might as well be wearing a clock on those skinny ass bitch wrists

[Anonymous No.10711396]

>>10711376
worst IWC

probs fake, can't tell from potato quality

[Anonymous No.10711397]

>>10711396
Yeah, its a fake haha. Nice Hamilton.

[Anonymous No.10711403]

long shot, can anyone ID this strap?
Google says Hirsch, trying to find the specific one and failing

[Anonymous No.10711461]

>>10711198
r8 muh watch

[Anonymous No.10711470]

>>10711403
Hirsch Liberty strap breh

[Anonymous No.10711472]

>>10711461
wristlets, when will they learn

>>10711470
u da real mvp

[Anonymous No.10711475]

>>10711461
a little gaudy desu

[Anonymous No.10711492]

>>10711472
>>10711475
lol cant help i have fa wrists
speedy auto is more my wrist size, but the dial looked too cluttered
what do, fa/gs? can't help my wrists

[Anonymous No.10711499]

>>10711492
I'd get a seamaster desu, I'm pretty sure it's smaller/less busy

[Anonymous No.10711547]

I'm getting a shinola for christmas, anyone have any suggestions? I feel kind of weird about it because it's pricey, but it's happening anyway. Although I like the blue/green faced ones, I already have a blue faced watch and I think I should get white just so I can wear it with anything

thinking of this

[Anonymous No.10711552]

>>10711547
or this

[Anonymous No.10711569]

>>10711547
>500 dollars for a simple tanky white-faced watch

nigga what are you doing
get a watch you can dress both up and down

[Anonymous No.10711586]

>>10711569
it's a gift, I'm not buying it.

>get a watch you can dress both up and down
what does that mean

[Anonymous No.10711588]

>>10711547
>take a shit cheap Chinese watch
>assemble it in the US, still out of cheap Chinese parts
>charge a lot of money for ugly shit watch because muh Detroit

[Anonymous No.10711595]

>>10711586
dressing a watch up -> able to be worn with dress clothes
dressing a watch down ->able to be worn with casual clothes

I'd personally recommend a hamilton jazzmaster at that price, you can get a pretty gr8 one. It's my daily watch.

[Anonymous No.10711604]

>>10711588
>>10711595
is shinola a meme here? I never go into watch threads

my family is from the Detroit area so the muh Detroit reigns true.
I wouldn't get a watch from there but my brother is set on getting one so I'm trying to get the best out of this situation

[Anonymous No.10711613]

>>10711604
>The current company is owned and operated by Bedrock Brands, a privately owned Texas investment group, and was launched by Tom Kartsotis, one of the founders of the Fossil Group retail conglomerate.

It's literally a mall-brand, guaranteed to be shit movement and quality
get it if you want, just know that the company was launched in 2011 by people in Texas

[Anonymous No.10711614]

What do you think about Brathwait?

[Anonymous No.10711616]

>>10711604
>>10711613
if you're still not convinced

>A blogger has derided Shinola for using cheap, easy-to-manufacture quartz movements, noting that the battery-powered movements utilized—manufactured by Ronda AG, an independently owned Swiss movement manufacturer[3]—are worth a mere $20.[18] Other brands, such as Tag Heuer, have also faced criticism of this sort.[19] Shinola has further faced criticism for its failure to use the automatic, self-winding mechanisms found in nearly all higher-end watches, ones which require substantially more skill to produce.[9]

>Detroit-based journalist Jon Moy has suggested that the choice of Detroit as the location of Shinola's factory was a calculated act of "opportunistic marketing" intended to yield feelings of nostalgia on a purchaser's part. [20] He wrote about Shinola: "Shinola is using my city as its shill, pushing a manufactured, outdated and unrealistic ideal of America."[21] On the other hand, many commentators to this article consider this criticism unfair, given that the company has created American manufacturing jobs.[22] Moreover, the company has invested intensely in its employees, flying in watchmakers from Switzerland to train its employees.

it's clearly working

[Anonymous No.10711619]

>>10711613
>get it if you want
honestly dude have you been reading my posts at all

[Anonymous No.10711620]

>>10711604
It's a meme everywhere. $20 quartz movements shoved in a case in a factory that happens to be in the US does not really make a $500 watch. They're just yet another shit Fossil sub-brand using a resurrected American brand name.

[Anonymous No.10711621]

>>10711619
read between the lines, tell your brother to get it if he wants to, but you'd be wise in telling him it's a 20 dollar watch

[Anonymous No.10711629]

>>10711396
How big is that one? 40mm?

[Anonymous No.10711637]

>>10711629
38, default strap's bretty gud too

[Anonymous No.10711690]

is this ok for a first watch? i want something safe.

[Anonymous No.10711987]

my lazy Sunday watch

[Anonymous No.10711994]

Arvo watches m8

[Anonymous No.10712034]

[Anonymous No.10712047]

i will never be swayed from my osama-tier f-91w. practically weightless, the smallest profile ive ever found on a phone, lasts forever and does everything i need it to, like time bombs or whatever

[Anonymous No.10712054]

>>10712047
>phone
on a watch fuck no bully pls

[Anonymous No.10712059]

>>10712054
fucking retard go suicide

[Anonymous No.10712064]

What do you think about Brathwait?

[Anonymous No.10712202]

anyone know this watch?

[Anonymous No.10712306]

>>10711396
>>10711397
easy to tell the spacing on the hour numbers are off.

[Anonymous No.10712340]

[Anonymous No.10712408]

Whats the opinion on smartwatches here?

[Anonymous No.10712661]

>>10711198

Massimo Dutti Watch

r8 and h8

50? second hand

Pretty ok for a quartz watch.

[Anonymous No.10712668]

>>10711367

>swatch

Fucking dropped. Nxt lvl Normie's watcg. Even Gshocks are more effay

[Anonymous No.10712680]

>>10711367
It's garbage and I hate you

[Anonymous No.10712681]

>>10711614

Still expensive. It would look like a cheap Denzel Wellington replica

[Anonymous No.10712699]

>>10712034
>spectacles testicles pen watch

[Anonymous No.10712701]

>>10712034

THAT'S A MOTHERFUCKING MUJI'S PEN? Could you make a little review about it? It's worth it?

[Anonymous No.10712702]

>>10712668
like really clean dial on that. think the finish on the case/strap is pretty disgusting and toy-like unfortunately. a matte clay would be better, but then maybe the faux machining would look retarded.

[Anonymous No.10712960]

what is the general opinion on vostok amphibia? good buy for a first watch?

[Anonymous No.10713074]

>>10712960
become an hero today

[Anonymous No.10713204]

Here's what I've been wearing pretty much every day lately. I need to get more straps for it, all I have right now is the stock rubber one, this OD NATO, and a similar tan one. The NATOs are from my local watch store, and are nicer than any of the ones I've gotten anywhere else, and are reasonably priced, but they've been out of black ones for a while.

>>10712340
>>10712701
I really wanted one of those Muji pens but they were out of them at my local store. This reminds me that I need to check back and see if they're restocked.

[Anonymous No.10713287]

>>10713204
That's a zulu.

[Anonymous No.10713301]

>>10712960
If you get a more subdued model and can handle the scratch prone bezel, crystal, and replace the bracelet.

[Anonymous No.10713329]

>>10713204
simple, stoic, dive watch

[Anonymous No.10713343]

>>10713287
doesnt zulu refer to the hardware on the nato strap

[Anonymous No.10713352]

Picked this sucker up today. No battery tho

[Anonymous No.10713362]

>>10713343
No, they're also cut differently and use thicker material.

[Anonymous No.10713411]

>>10713343
As far as I know a zulu strap is a single piece, a nato has the extra flap of material that goes under the watch and stops it from sliding up and down the length of the strap. Pic related is nato, if you cut off the extra flap it would be zulu. I prefer zulu because they're less bulky since the watch sits on top of one piece of fabric instead of two, but I guess nato is a bit safer.

[Anonymous No.10713415]

>>10713411
i always thought whether or not the hardware was squared or rounded dictated zulu/nato-ness

[Anonymous No.10713419]

>>10713352
Very nice find. I'm jealous.

[Anonymous No.10713427]

>>10713415
They might have different hardware but I would think the extra flap of fabric is the bigger difference between the two.

[Anonymous No.10713428]

>>10712701
>>10713204

love them so much i bought a bunch

[Anonymous No.10713444]

Braun

[Anonymous No.10713447]

>>10713411
Not entirely true, a five ring zulu is particularly defined by the two extra rings attached to that extra flap, whereas a nato has one ring on the flap. A three ring zulu is a single piece as you mention, but they're both defined a zulu by their shared hardware and material.

[Anonymous No.10713561]

slavaboo watches

Looking to get a seiko bezel for the amphibia soon or an actual seiko diver

[Anonymous No.10713583]

>>10713561
Da.

[Anonymous No.10713600]

>>10713444
good choice. no bullshit fashion brand, no bullshit minimalism that renders it useless. just pure, well-designed, utilitarianism from a company that's been doing it for decades.

[Anonymous No.10713680]

>>10711396
What's the cheapest I could get one of these for? I've never actually bought a watch and I assume you can usually find them for cheaper than direct from the manufacturer.

[Anonymous No.10713747]

>>10713600

Wise words

[Anonymous No.10713755]

[Anonymous No.10713850]

>>10713561
>>10713583
how do you guys like your amphibias?

[Anonymous No.10713890]

>>10712340
what watch is that?

[Anonymous No.10713893]

>>10713850
bead blasted

[Anonymous No.10713898]

>>10713680
Buying from a boutique store (i.e. buying your Omega from the Omega store) is the most expensive option, they will charge you full MSRP and you would have to be retarded to pay full MSRP. Buying from an AD (authorized dealer, usually a jewelry store or a watch store that carries many different brands) is usually cheaper but still gives you all the same warranty and everything. You can also often find gray market dealers for cheaper still, but those won't have the official manufacturer warranty. Websites may be authorized or they may be gray market, you kind of have to read up on them to see which is which.

For something like that Hamilton that costs less than a few thousand dollars I would honestly stick to gray market, your cheapest option will most likely be Amazon or some other online store.

[Anonymous No.10713902]

>>10713561
whats the one on the left?

[Anonymous No.10713906]

>>10711367
>>10712202
>>10713444
>>10713755
If you're going to buy fashion watches, at least pick good looking ones.

[Anonymous No.10713916]

>>10713890
>>10713902
Vostok komandirskie 1965 edition, other anon's is the gold version w/added nato strap, mine is SS.

[Anonymous No.10713929]

>>10713850
it's gr8, definitely get one over a komandirskie unless you want manual wind for some reason.

[Anonymous No.10713943]

>>10711198
Nice face on this, too bulky imo, and the strap is actual trash.
>>10711367
Troll
>>10711376
Too busy for me, and the pleather strap is nasty. Kill yourself.
>>10711396
I like the face, but the hands are sort of gaudy. Strap is, again, trash, and you've fucking cinched it so tight to your arm I'm surprised your hand isn't blue.
>>10711403
I want to like the forest green face, but something about the gold hands and white inlay make it look trashy. Would look great with white golf gloves.
>>10711461
Troll
>>10711547
Cop, if you get "the blue/green faced ones," go kill yourself. Simple strap, love the bold numerals on the white face.
>>10711690
Boring as fuck.
>>10711987
I hate this.
>>10712034
Pen outshines anything else here.
>>10712668
Troll.
>>10712701
Clean, safe, boring.
>>10713204
Troll.
>>10713352
First great watch in the thread. Don't sell it for cocaine, you fucking worthless piece of shit.
>>10713444
Gr8 for an ugly, utilitarian, cheap timepiece.
>>10713561
Troll
>>10713755
Worst watch in this thread yet. Actually gagged.

[Anonymous No.10713953]

>>10713943
>Worst watch in this thread yet

Here, have one of my others

[Anonymous No.10713962]

>>10713953
You should author a post on how to effectively waste your money and simultaneously look like a giant faggot.

[Anonymous No.10713984]

>>10713755
I've seen numerals cut out to make room for subdials, but subdials cut out to make room for numerals is some truly next level horrible dogshit.

[Anonymous No.10713991]

>>10713943
>trolling /g/
Enjoy your overpriced weekender homage made by retards from flint michigan

[Anonymous No.10714006]

>>10711247
>>10711256
>>10711319
>>10713943

damn, and i thought the nato strap looks nice. the original strap looks like this, but it disintegrate after 2 years of sweat and wetness. wanted something that will last longer thats why i went for nato. .

[Anonymous No.10714062]

Mine. I enjoy it, and got it because I like blue. Having the date on it is useful too.

[Anonymous No.10714164]

>>10714006

What the fuck are you on about?

[Anonymous No.10714172]

>>10714164
Wrong post quoted, meant for >>
>>10713991

[Anonymous No.10714192]

>>10714006

The strap in the OP is just too minimalist to support the bulk of this watch's face. It looks like a fat girl using twine as a belt. The original strap is burly, but if you're looking for a replacement, I'd shy away from faux pleats in the leather, I think it looks tacky.

Check out Hirsch Massai, They do a really nice ostrich leather band that would work well with your watch.

http://www.watchstyle.com/leather/precious/massai.html

[Anonymous No.10714561]

>>10711367
they tick too loudly. I bet it's comfy though and has a good movement. I'd rather die than buying a swatch at this point though, save for irony models but only if they are truly more silent. kinda don't like those either because a lot of them have no lume on the hands.

[Anonymous No.10714586]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ4SjWzUh3c

picked up this boccia watch. really like it but it's only a cheap watch. decent quality but I didn't even get it in a box or anything when I got it from amazon. costs 99 bucks with bracelet though. it's handsome.

still holding out for a Seiko watch though.

[Anonymous No.10714741]

>>10712202
That's the hot nigga watch (bail denied edition)
See hot nigga collection fw 2015

[Anonymous No.10715305]

>>10714062
>>disgusting

[Anonymous No.10715784]

Thinking of buying this one. Opinions?

[Anonymous No.10715805]

>>10714062
B A I T
A
I
T

nice try though

[Anonymous No.10715808]

>>10714586
looks good

[Anonymous No.10715810]

>>10714192
>122$

:( im not made out of money senpai

[Anonymous No.10715813]

1/2 want cop a nato strap,what colours are cool?

[Anonymous No.10715814]

Currently wearing a rusty old swiss chrono.

[Anonymous No.10715815]

>>10715813
2/2

[Anonymous No.10715904]

Rate

[Anonymous No.10715930]

>>10715904
polywatch/10

[Anonymous No.10716117]

>>10713352
that's a beauty

[Anonymous No.10716313]

Just ordered this one
Did I do good?

[Anonymous No.10716438]

R8

[Anonymous No.10716450]

>>10714006
If you're still around, I'd recommend a PVC composite strap. They share the same shape of the original leather strap, being chunky at the lugs and everything. They are pretty robust and waterproof, and they look far better than a NATO.

[Anonymous No.10716478]

>>10715805

What's wrong with i

It's my watch

[Anonymous No.10716539]

>>10713352
not gonna lie im jelly as fuck

[Anonymous No.10716648]

>>10713287
Woah, so it is. I was calling it a NATO because it has the extra "flap," but I guess it's a five-ring Zulu. I guess I know why I haven't liked the NATOs I've gotten elsewhere.

[Anonymous No.10716667]

Here's mine

[Anonymous No.10716676]

>>10713352
Where did you get this, by the way? I'm still jealous. Fuck you.

[Anonymous No.10716700]

>>10711376
>Quartz
>non existent model

IWC made Quartz watches but never made that one in Quartz

[Anonymous No.10716704]

>>10711319
That sounds uncomfortable as fuck, holmeskillifam.

[Anonymous No.10716711]

>>10713943
lol wuht? how am i trolling, took that photo just to post in this thread

[Anonymous No.10716726]

Currently wearin a 44mm IWC top gun ceramic chronograph.

[sieg No.10716728]

>>10716648
zulu is a brand name from maratac

the chinese use the "zulu" name since it isn't trademarked
refers to the hardware those fat stainless rings

they tend to look cheap.

3 ring zulu = Military strap single piece, english people call it RAF style .

5 ring zulu is a NATO strap with maratac zulu brand thick hardware meant to fit over a wetsuit

they look REALLY cheap IRL like you went to lows and used chain ling fencing parts to make a strap

[Anonymous No.10716788]

>>10711690
Nice, I like it.

[Anonymous No.10716830]

>>10716728
I really like the ones I have, they're much nicer than the normal NATOs I've looked at. Great thick, durable nylon, and the hardware is a perfect match for the brushed front of my 173's case.

I don't know where my local shop gets them, though I have suspicions that they might be Maratacs, but it's part of why I'm waiting for them to restock and not ordering something elsewhere.

I also have this tan one and like it as well, but it doesn't go with as much of the stuff I wear.

[Anonymous No.10716906]

>>10716667
Interesting. Marathon? I've got an old one with run down tritium but the movement is mint.

[Anonymous No.10716937]

>>10716906

This one is a Traser, I'm really digging the tritium and that it's not too military looking

[Anonymous No.10717008]

What do you think of Casio A158?

[Anonymous No.10717135]

What watch would you guys suggest to a poorfag college student? I want something simple. Black/white (aged white, cream, etc.) color scheme preferred.

[Anonymous No.10717169]

>>10717135
Or just something that would look good with a double rider?

[Anonymous No.10717323]

Thoughts on this?

[Anonymous No.10717329]

>>10717323
you can find a watch that was worn in vietnam for $200.

[Anonymous No.10717340]

R8 M8?

[Anonymous No.10717342]

>>10717329
This is cheaper and far easier to get though.

[Anonymous No.10717371]

What's a good $200 watch for a brown skin guy?

[Anonymous No.10717377]

>>10717342
it also looks much worse and is a fashion watch. but buy what you like.

[Anonymous No.10717381]

>>10717371
Anything you happened to have stolen that week.

[sieg No.10717400]

>>10716830
maratacs ship in long plastic sleeves with a white square sticker that says

NATO/ZULU on it

[Mifune No.10717444]

>>10711376
aesthetically one of the best IWC and you had to go and fuck it up

>>Quartz... okay mate
>>Letters are off
>>Tachymeter too close to dial
>>Ugly ass crown
>>kill yourself IRL

[Anonymous No.10717492]

Supreme x Rolex
50k, will it make me /fa/

[Anonymous No.10717504]

>>10717492
garbage

[Anonymous No.10717511]

>>10717492
lol. is that a real thing?

[Anonymous No.10717515]

>>10717511
>>10717511

http://www.highsnobiety.com/2015/12/14/supreme-rolex-submariner-watch/

[Anonymous No.10717521]

>>10717515
haha. one of the silliest things i've ever seen. gracias por la link.

[Anonymous No.10717534]

>>10712340
>Soviet watch
>NATO strap
Huh. I think that looks pretty good.

Anyways, where's the best/most reputable place to buy a Vostok Amphibian?

[Anonymous No.10717568]

>>10717534
I buy my meme watches from meranom, I got my komandirskie 1965 in just under two weeks, pretty quick for Russia to USA.

[Anonymous No.10717628]

>>10717400
My store has all of their straps unpackaged and hanging on hooks, so there's nothing to really go by.

[Anonymous No.10717630]

>>10717568
Yeah right, mine was lost at sea for ages. Not Meranom's problem, just shitty Russian Post Jews trying to save money by illegally putting their mail on ships and leaving them in port until they're full.

[Anonymous No.10717697]

>>10717630
ivan to drunk to drive ship

[Anonymous No.10717716]

>>10717568
is ebay seller dmit_bakh a bad idea?

[Anonymous No.10717729]

>>10717716
Fuck if I know, I've only bought from meranom. You'll probably end up getting the seconds if you're buying new or Frankenstein watches if you're buying vintage.

[sieg No.10718006]

>>10717628
probably chinkanese then