/wt/ - Watch Thread

[Anonymous No.14494371]

This thread is about the appreciation of watches, as well as the micro-engineering and materials engineering that are required to make a functioning timepiece.

> Required viewing for new people:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wunVbIIufUI

Guides:
> Watch essentials 102: https://pastebin.com/Rc77hhXV
> Purchasing used watches: https://pastebin.com/f44aJKy2
> Purchasing straps: https://pastebin.com/SwRysprE
> Guide for plebs: https://imgur.com/a/NFMXDuK


Should I buy this fashion brand watch?
> Scroll through this album first: https://imgur.com/a/6CNO8

"Suggest a watch for me."
> Your budget
> Watch type, e.g. dress, diver, flieger, etc...
> Desired bracelet option, e.g. leather, nylon, metal
> Wrist size or desired watch size, e.g. 24cm / 50mm


Previous thread:
>>14490125

[Anonymous No.14494375]

hirsch came in, first time in a while I didn't have to punch a hole in a strap. Anyone have an oceanus? Getting the ocw s100 next

[Anonymous No.14494407]

What is the best gshock?

[Anonymous No.14494412]

best vintage watch under 500?

[Anonymous No.14494413]

I think this is some chink made in hong kong trash(haven’ heard of this brand before)
I bought it for 15 bucks

[Anonymous No.14494414]

>>14494407
DW-5600

[Anonymous No.14494443]

managed to locate the original bracelet for this late 70s Seiko. Wouldn't trade this watch for anything, such a beautiful design

[Anonymous No.14494444]

>>14494443

[Anonymous No.14494448]

Threadly reminder of our pecking order here

>NASTY, EVIL, VICIOUS SHITTERS TIER tier
MVMT, Daniel Wellington, Apple Watch, watches from clothing brands, Fossil, Invicta, Stuhrling, Skagen, Citizen, Timex, Steinhart, Swatch

>MALL WATCH tier
Tissot, Bulova, Seiko, Maurice Lacroix, Casio, Orient, Certina, Hamilton, Frédérique Constant

>ALMOST WORTH SOMETHING tier
Mido, Rado, Raymond Weil, Edox, Nomos, Movado, Junghans, Montblanc, Baume & Mercier, Stowa, Bell&Ross, Mido, Indie microbrands

>ITS SOMETHING tier
TAG Heuer, Oris, Longines, Tudor, Glashütte Original, Rado, Grand Seiko, Montblanc, Christopher Ward, Sinn, Soviet vintage watches

>MIGHT IMPRESS NORMIES tier
Rolex, Omega, Breitling, IWC, Cartier, Breguet, Piaget, Hublot, Bulgari, Zenith, Panerai, Jaeger LeCoultre

>HAUTE HOROLOGY tier
A. Lange & Söhne, Patek Philippe, Blancpain, Audemars Piguet, Vacheron Constantin, F. P. Journe

[Anonymous No.14494468]

>>14494448
what is the cheapest with decent quality?

[Anonymous No.14494490]

We made it to the weekend guys, what a crazy week it was eh? I hope that you get your much deserved relaxation this weekend, wear a nice watch and take it easy, for life is a dream....

_BillMIESTER_
*Sent from my WangXiu Tabphone via Tapatalk*

[Anonymous No.14494491]

>>14494444
Nice, I dig it.

[Anonymous No.14494542]

Does /fa/ like Balls:)? Just purchased this as my first automatic watch (and really watch in general since owning a shitty Fossil when I was 10) in what I feel like was a steal from a grey market seller on Prime Day

[Anonymous No.14494544]

>>14494542

[Anonymous No.14494551]

>>14494407
full metal square

[Anonymous No.14494622]

>>14494443
>>14494444
Nice pajeet shitter
Kys

[Anonymous No.14494625]

Lol
Replica movements are boss.

[Anonymous No.14494642]

>>14494490
you too, bill

[Anonymous No.14494703]

>>14494448
>TAG above NOMOS
Toppest of keks to you, sir.

[Anonymous No.14494772]

>>14494490
Can’t believe we made it, Bill.
Have a nice weekend, guys.

[Anonymous No.14494774]

B U L O V A

[Anonymous No.14494777]

>>14494774
more liek bull vulva kek

[Anonymous No.14494778]

>>14494774
Why do I see so much of this brand at the mall?

[Anonymous No.14494779]

>>14494777
Wow guess I'll throw it in the trash

>>14494778
Because it's a mall shitter brand that makes nice watches

[Anonymous No.14494783]

>>14494371
what's a decent watch if i don't want to get mugged?

[Anonymous No.14494786]

>>14494779
>mall
>shitter
>nice
kek

[Anonymous No.14494787]

>>14494783
Casio DW5600E-1V

[Anonymous No.14494789]

>>14494787
i don't want to look like a terrorist either

[Anonymous No.14494790]

>>14494783
Speedy
Niggers only like Rolex.

[Anonymous No.14494802]

>>14494783
How about moving away from your shithole country?

[Anonymous No.14494814]

>>14494371
Can anyone identify this watch? I'm guessing it's super expensive.

[Anonymous No.14494817]

>>14494789
Casio A168WA-1YES

[Anonymous No.14494826]

>>14494802
the shithole was in my heart all along

[Anonymous No.14494828]

>>14494542
Kinda like their GMT with "everything".

[Anonymous No.14494839]

>>14494542
ligma

[Anonymous No.14494854]

>>14494491
cheers

>>14494622
wait so let me get this straight, you are saying that your aesthetic sensibilities are crippled?

[Anonymous No.14494874]

I really fucking dislike how the small square electronic watches looks like. I literally cannot fathom why people like thoae g-shocks and casios

[Anonymous No.14494901]

>>14494814
From the strap I'm guessing it's an overseas.

[Anonymous No.14494915]

>>14494772
Fuck, do I love those hands. Also, the way the light bounces off the indexes....I’m sweating. Also MUUUURRPPPHH

[Anonymous No.14494918]

>>14494874
I imagine that early digital watches were more squared to flow with the shape of the LCD readout, and it just stuck

[Anonymous No.14494925]

not 100% related, but can I wear a necklace in addition to a watch, if its for a festive look (birthsday)?

im a boy (male) ofc

[Anonymous No.14494932]

>>14494925
Yes, but don't be one of those faggots with bits of string and bead bracelets tied around their wrist next to a watch. That is the most hideous thing I've ever seen.

[Anonymous No.14494941]

>>14494932
Yeah don't be Chad, just be a Soiko virgin forever. Your advice is laughable, the more shit you have on your hands and wrists, the better.

[Anonymous No.14494945]

>>14494941
Go back to sleep, Jonny Depp.

[Anonymous No.14494958]

>>14494941
If you're one of the long haired hippie fags that actually like that look, I suggest the next thing you put on your wrist is a cut.

[Anonymous No.14494959]

>>14494918
But I mean come an look at shit like >>14494817 like half the face has shit that looks like it should be torn off after you remove it from the box. Its so god awefull

[Anonymous No.14494963]

[Anonymous No.14494965]

>>14494963
Paul is a genuine guy when he isn't acting, but fuck that guy makes some bad financial choices for his wage

[Anonymous No.14494972]

>>14494828
>02 04 06 08
Why?

[Anonymous No.14494973]

>>14494965
I always say it, but I can't tell if he's a really really good method actor, or how much of his act is genuinely him, specifically his insecure rants about other more successful youtubers and his really poor financial decisions.

Especially the latter, I sometimes wonder if he's actually driving himself into some serious financial shit, or it's all an act and for some reason he's loaded and can afford to pull off all of this for the camera.

[Anonymous No.14494975]

>>14494972
24 hours. It's a GMT watch.

[Anonymous No.14494979]

>>14494975
The leading zero is vicious. Are they doing it to avoid rolex patents?

[Anonymous No.14494982]

>>14494973
I wonder the exact same. Like his interview with teddy baldassare is a good example that he isn't nearly as crude or close minded as he appears to be, and he seemingly has a good head on his shoulders, but I'm not sure. When he gets to speaking about his unemployment, legal issues, having to sell pieces because of financial things popping up, a lot of that seems completely real. I'd say he's definitely one of the more mysterious figures on youtube.

[Anonymous No.14494985]

>>14494972
autistic symmetry, maybe a programmer designed it

[Anonymous No.14494989]

>>14494945
https://www.bestylish.org/style-icons/johnny-depps-style-secrets-exposed-pictures

It's a legitimate style, it looks great on anyone. You can do it in a more rock/metal style with leather and darker clothes, a more elegant style with a suit where you wear brand name bracelets, anything. It's just basic peacocking really.

[Anonymous No.14495014]

>>14494989
https://youtu.be/Bl6VqOL3oqA

[Anonymous No.14495035]

>>14494989
So this is allowed?

[Anonymous No.14495044]

>>14494989
If you want to peacock, buy a Richard mille, hublot, or Jacob and co. At least people will assume you don't care about style because you're rich rather than being a onions chugging crystal energy healing yoga guru.

[Anonymous No.14495050]

>>14495035
> Bund strap
> Non-aviation watch
Usually a leather strap on a diver gives a nice distressed / vintage look but I feel like I need a shower after looking at this

[Anonymous No.14495053]

[Anonymous No.14495087]

>>14495050

[Anonymous No.14495093]

>>14494932

[Anonymous No.14495102]

>>14494989
To each their own. I always judge a book by its cover, because the book designed the cover. Anyone I meet that tries to pull this off is always a try hard douchebag who needs other people to tell him how to dress.

[Anonymous No.14495166]

This is the most beautiful watch I have ever seen, yet I'm too poor to buy it. Can anyone find watches that look close to this for less than 5k? I have tried yet failed. Nothing uses the same numbering or style quite like this. Honestly surprised there haven't been more homage watches in this style.

[Anonymous No.14495185]

>>14495087
That's hideous.

Ps lose some weight

[Anonymous No.14495186]

>>14495166
Zenith Pilot

[Anonymous No.14495187]

>>14494975

You rang?

[Anonymous No.14495191]

This is what r*p owners have to put up with

[Anonymous No.14495196]

>>14495191
Thats a thicc crown stem.

[Anonymous No.14495200]

>>14495191
Even 50 dollar invicta shitters know how to properly affix the indices. If that's happening to your watch you literally have like, a rep of a rep of a rep. Repception.

[Anonymous No.14495201]

>>14495196
I don't think the rep factories give a fuck about the crown stem

[Anonymous No.14495207]

Looking for a mid-range pilot watch for when I begin pilot training. I want to one day own a Breitling Navitimer because Breitling but not until a couple years down the line when I get a promotion.
I was thinking a Sinn 104 but is Oris worth the extra $$$ or should I save the extra cash a put it towards a Navitimer down the road?

[Anonymous No.14495210]

>>14495191
looks like modern art

[Anonymous No.14495215]

>>14494814
It's the Casio aq-230 actually super cheap I just got one on discount on Amazon then got a leather strap fitted

[Anonymous No.14495228]

>>14495191
Why would anyone want to buy a watch where the manufacturer self sucked themselves balls deep by putting "superlative chronometer" on their own product? Am I dumb for finding that cringy?

[Anonymous No.14495242]

>>14495228

I don't want to wear the same brand pajeets obsess over anyway

[Anonymous No.14495264]

The Casio aq-240 has had a full bracelet gold tone upgrade, cop yours now

[Anonymous No.14495271]

>>14495166

[Anonymous No.14495272]

>>14495228
To stunt on plebs with only COSC certified watches. Rolex has Superlative Chronometer and Omega has Master Chronometer. All the true Haute brands have the Geneva seal.

[Anonymous No.14495275]

Just buy a phone, it comes with a built in watch

[Anonymous No.14495279]

>>14495215
Are you retarded? They mean the watch that rounders player or whatever he is is wearing in the pic.
>>14494814
It kinda looks like an Oris Aquis on a rubber strap.

[Anonymous No.14495286]

>>14495272

>he cares about what other people think

[Anonymous No.14495290]

>>14495272
I find it funny there are plenty of people that wouldn't buy a quality watch if no one else knew what it was

[Anonymous No.14495294]

>>14495286
not dying in the cold aside, the whole function of clothes and accessories is social signaling

[Anonymous No.14495299]

>>14495290
Nobody pays attention to what you have on your wrist except for strippers.

[Anonymous No.14495306]

>>14495286
if people didn't really care what others think everybody would just wear cargo pants

[Anonymous No.14495328]

>>14494468
Seiko probably.

[Anonymous No.14495330]

>>14495306
I don't care what you think and I don't own any cargo pants.

[Anonymous No.14495331]

>>14494371
Can someone red pill me on buying used watches? Is chrono24 the best place to buy them?

[Anonymous No.14495332]

>>14495306
Literally what's wrong with cargo pants? It's the only thing I've ever worn.

[Anonymous No.14495336]

>>14495330
never said you care what i think, i said you care what people think

[Anonymous No.14495341]

>>14495332
people who work with their hands use them, so it looks bad if you want to signal that you are sophisticated and above them

[Anonymous No.14495343]

>>14495272
And yet an 80 buck quartz bulova is more accurate.

[Anonymous No.14495355]

>>14495336
You're people

[Anonymous No.14495360]

>>14495343
If it was only about accuracy quartz would have killed off mechanical watches a long time ago.

[Anonymous No.14495366]

>>14495360
Most people are brainlets who dont think logically

[Anonymous No.14495372]

>>14495341
Do people actually consider suit-wearers to be human in America? I never did, when I see someone in a suit I just dismiss them as an irrelevant aparatchik or a gangster/politician, but that's Eastern Europe for you.

[Anonymous No.14495374]

>>14495360
I'll never stop being amused by the fact that the driving force behind quartz was... THE SWISS WATCH INDUSTRY.
They were %100 behind quartz until the japs were better at producing quartz watches than the were.

[Anonymous No.14495375]

>>14495372
Does eastern europe not have offices?

[Anonymous No.14495378]

>>14495372
there are different styles to look sophisticated, there are sophisticated slobs that would be never be seen in a suit in public but still carefully signal that they aren't Trump voting manual workers

[Anonymous No.14495381]

>>14495360
But it did, though, for a decade at least.

[Anonymous No.14495394]

>>14495375
Yes, and they're filled with the same bugmen like everywhere else I presume?

[Anonymous No.14495397]

>>14495394
Idk I don't really see people in suits often, lots of dirty labourers in my city

[Anonymous No.14495492]

>>14495207
Sinn gets my vote. What complications are a must have?

[Anonymous No.14495494]

>>14495492
This caption reads like something a Jew would write.

[Anonymous No.14495495]

>>14495378
/fa/ is pro Trump

[Anonymous No.14495514]

>>14495378
Unless You're a congressman who gets to choose your own wage or a democratic politician that doesn't practice what they preach, I doubt anybody with prosperity and wealth would vote dem.

[Anonymous No.14495516]

>>14495492
>>14495207
No one knows what Sinn is, and ESPECIALLY no one knows what Oris is, get a Breitling instead.

[Anonymous No.14495518]

Post some pretty quartz movements pic unrelated if you think its bad pic related if you think its good like me ty

[Anonymous No.14495519]

>>14495516
Get a Breitling when they prove themselves as more than a Tag alternative, or just bite the bullet and buy a Rolex.

[Anonymous No.14495520]

>>14495514
> I doubt anybody with prosperity and wealth would vote dem.
That's where you're wrong faggot. Voting dem means lower wages and higher corporate profits.

[Anonymous No.14495540]

>>14495514
I'm upper middle class and I live in a pretty wealthy area. Everyone here supports moderate democrats and moderate republicans.

Wealthy people like free trade, which keeps their support away from people like Trump and Sanders.

[Anonymous No.14495547]

>>14495519
Breitling is the TAG for pilot wannabe kids, so I don't see the issue. He can get a Rolex later on when he graduates.

[Anonymous No.14495556]

>>14495299
And salesmen

[Anonymous No.14495568]

>>14495275
I can't bring a phone to my office and I like knowing what time it is

[Anonymous No.14495574]

>>14495275
>>14495568
The phone is the modern equivalent of a pocket watch

[Anonymous No.14495585]

>>14494371
something for you replica buyers kek https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q28C4CL/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B07Q28C4CL&pd_rd_w=jVlgd&pf_rd_p=8a8f3917-7900-4ce8-ad90-adf0d53c0985&pd_rd_wg=rxFkc&pf_rd_r=TGJ040ES2NVBXT8N93GG&pd_rd_r=9a38ca7e-ab11-47e6-b3de-a4df5f2eb372

[Anonymous No.14495588]

I'm turning into an inside-wrist fag. Is this heresy because it's comfy AF

[Anonymous No.14495589]

>>14495585
i bet it's more reliable than the patek

[Anonymous No.14495595]

>>14495588
Yeah it's kinda heresy but it IS less likely to get damaged that way. Don't tell the inquisition I said that.

[Anonymous No.14495625]

I went to a Cartier AD yesterday to check out the Santos . Its actually pretty nice. I personally liked the white/silver dial much more than the blue which looked a bit cheap. feels really comfortable on wrist.

Not sure if its worth $6850 though considering the other options available at that price range.

[Anonymous No.14495636]

Got a 420 blue scuba dude amphibia on a shark mesh. What bezel should I get?

[Anonymous No.14495638]

>>14495625
It's not. Nothing with a dial that's hard to read or offers low accuracy on purpose is worth 6 grand.

[Anonymous No.14495641]

>>14495574
How long before apple makes a wristphone?

[Anonymous No.14495647]

>>14495638
I mean thats a given. If youre buying that watch, youre very much buying it for its aesthetics. It looks really good in person.

[Anonymous No.14495665]

>>14495641
they don't already have one?
>>14495647
>If youre buying that watch, youre very much buying it for its aesthetics
So the target audience is stupid cunts who don't care what time it is and just want an expensive rectangular watch?

[Anonymous No.14495675]

>>14495638
>low accuracy on purpose
So, any automatic or mechanical watch??

[Anonymous No.14495681]

>>14495641
Apple watches have had LTE connectivity for a while now
Still requires an iPhone to set up though

[Anonymous No.14495691]

>>14495675
It's not really the same thing and you know it. That dial is bullshit. Is it 11:15 or is it:11:12? who knows? Not you because you have a retarded square watch that can't display the time accurately.

[Anonymous No.14495692]

>>14495638
>>14495665
>Doesn’t understand the concept of luxury

Why don’t you go be poor somewhere else.

[Anonymous No.14495694]

Is there a GMT Master II BLRO "homage" with an ETA movement inside?

[Anonymous No.14495704]

>>14495691
the aq230 doesn't have this problem >>14495215

[Anonymous No.14495713]

>>14495547
Or he could just skip the garbage and buy a Rolex. The person who wakes up and decides to save for a quality watch will be a lot more sore if they look in their watch box and see what an embarrassing collection they've amassed.

[Anonymous No.14495721]

>>14495692
What the fuck is this ridiculous shit?

[Anonymous No.14495738]

>>14495520
>>14495540
Voting dem means voting for those who pander to poor people about how they deserve more pay for their entry-level high school job, taking money from the higher ups that actually did something with their lives to earn the money that they earn. It isn't being greedy, it's being smart, and everyone should get the return that corresponds to the work they put in. Not to mention the fact that less regulation is more economic freedom. Reps make a better effort to not spend money that doesn't exist and cultivate more to fill the gap left by others.

[Anonymous No.14495742]

>>14495721
That's called haute horology sweaty, learn about it

[Anonymous No.14495788]

>>14495691
>Is it 11:15 or is it:11:12?
and who cares? if i need to tell time that accurately, ill wear my rolex for the day. if i dont have anything important to do, ill wear the cartier. its not that complicated. I dont even think youre wrong, its just youre assuming I would buy this as my only watch. think bigger anon

[Anonymous No.14495791]

>>14495788
>rolex
>accurate

[Anonymous No.14495823]

>>14495791
Chronometer? Accurate? You really be wilin nigga on god cuh fr

[Anonymous No.14495832]

>>14495791
youre right. only swiss cucks buy outdated mechanical watches

true accuracy chads buy high-accuracy quarz watches from japan

[Anonymous No.14495843]

>>14495832
redpilled

[Anonymous No.14495852]

>>14495832
> Not owning a watch that utilizes the resonance frequency of Cesium-133 atoms

How can you call yourself a chad?? Smh my head anon, baka my head

[Anonymous No.14495859]

>>14495832
why couldn't the swiss figure out how to build a spring drive movement before the japanese?

[Anonymous No.14495861]

>>14494772
Great timepiece, wear it in the greatest of health!

-BILL-

[Anonymous No.14495866]

>>14495859
because they are too busy building the same watches over and over again

[Anonymous No.14495873]

>>14495788
You're a fool. You spend thousands on a "superlative chronometer" when, for a fraction of the cost and no compromise on build quality, you can own a perlative ceronometer like this beauty. The sub isn't even good looking. Now THIS, this is a gorgeous watch.

[Anonymous No.14495878]

>>14494371
Which hand do you wear your watch left handed people

[Anonymous No.14495888]

>>14495873
What the FRICK is wrong with that cyclops

[Anonymous No.14495891]

>>14495873
tevise is true haute horology

[Anonymous No.14495919]

>>14495859
because noone is buying watches to know the time

Seiko is just a criminal counterfeit watchmaker that laundered money through "research"

[Anonymous No.14495924]

>>14494703
nomos is boring af though, tags at least have personality in their look

[Anonymous No.14495927]

>>14495861
HOW YA DOING BILL?? ITS MIKEY JUST CHECKIN ON YA. THE OLE WIFE AINT LEFT YOU YET?? HAHA JUST KIDDING. THATS A BEAUTIFL WATCH MAN, WISH I HAD MY BABY BUT THE TAG HAER IS IN THE DAMN SERVICE CENTER AGIAN. YOUD THINK THE DAMN SWISS LUXURY PEOPLE COULD FIGURE THIS OUT BY NOW, WHAT THE HELL IS MY HARD EARNED MONEY EVEN GOING TO? PROBABLY SOME DUMB YOUNG AMBASSADOR LIKE JUSTIN BEAVER.. ANYWAYS MAN GET BACK TO ME WHEN YOU CAN, IM HAVIN A GRILL THIS AFETRNOON SO ILL GET BACK TO YA WHEN THE HANGOVER IS GONE HAHA

-----------------------
MIKE G. POWELL
RETIRED FIREFIGHTER
I LIKE MY WOMEN LIKE I LIKE MY WATCHES,... QUIET AND PRETTY
TAG HAUER AQUARACER
SEIKO SKX
CASIO G SHOCK
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy 7 via Tapatalk

[Anonymous No.14495930]

>>14495919
>noone is buying watches to know the time
*inhales*
WRONG

[Anonymous No.14495933]

>>14495873
>the date alignment

[Anonymous No.14495935]

>>14495888
>>14495933
You guys laugh at it but their actually making fun of you haters, its a metaphor for how offset you are the date is slightly up and to the right cause you guys are authotorarian right for demanding people not buy such luxury cause you cant get it for yourselve

[Anonymous No.14495969]

>>14495516
>>14495519
If I show up to flight training with a Rolex or a Breitling on I will be ripped to absolute shreds by my peers and instructors.

[Anonymous No.14495975]

>>14495969
Get an F91W

[Anonymous No.14495977]

>>14495969
What the fuck are you talking about, why? Flying is for rich people, most will have something better.

[Anonymous No.14495991]

>>14495977
That's if you're paying your way to fly commercial. I'm going military.

[Anonymous No.14495995]

>>14495991
Then it won't be your fault that they're tasteless morons

[Anonymous No.14496002]

>>14495969
Get a parnis daytona, it's like a rolex daytona but better

[Anonymous No.14496019]

>>14495638
kek

[Anonymous No.14496029]

i like all of your watches guys :)
i like you :)

[Anonymous No.14496033]

>>14495866
Truly and honestly redpilled.

[Anonymous No.14496044]

>>14495691
You actually can read this watch to the minute. There is a minute track. Maybe you're just mentally deficient.

[Anonymous No.14496051]

>>14495991
Oh, are you black or something?

[Anonymous No.14496052]

>>14496044
I wouldn't be shocked, complaining about not being able to read a Cartier dial is the watch world equivalent to that one kid in class who would complain about the teacher putting up an analog clock because they didnt know how to read it.

[Anonymous No.14496055]

>>14496002
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6LNeyGBj5U

[Anonymous No.14496076]

>>14496051
Black? No. Something? Yes, aren't you?

[Anonymous No.14496117]

ROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEX

[Anonymous No.14496125]

>>14496117
I hate this, they're supposed to be classy, aren't they?

[Anonymous No.14496133]

I wish Sinn was a better "heritage" watch, as it is, it's just something that nerds buy for themselves, it's not a watch that you can leave your son or that you can tell someone you got it from your father's safe when he died or something like that, it's such a shame that I can't buy the watch that I like because it's such a shitty unrecognizable brand, even if it's almost $5k.

[Anonymous No.14496165]

I just spent a bit on a new watch but I'm not super knowledgeable or in the know. My main concern is the size of this watch being too small. I'm 6'2 and pretty big but have skinny boney wrists. Do you guys think 39mm is okay or is it too small? I have 2 weeks to return it. Thanks in advanced for your help/opinions. I love it a lot so far but I haven't tried it on with many outfits yet.

[Anonymous No.14496176]

>>14496165
39 is a reasonable size for most people. The general universal wearability range is about 38-40mm, fits your wrist well.

[Anonymous No.14496210]

>>14496176
MUH NAVITIMER REEEEEE

[Anonymous No.14496216]

>>14495514
you vote dem if are rich enough and you need cheap labor, only middle-class poorfags care about taxes

[Anonymous No.14496218]

>>14496176
>>>14496165 (You)
>39 is a reasonable size for most people. The general universal wearability range is about 38-40mm, fits your wrist well.
Yeah I think it's okay although I do wish it were a little bigger. I've been losing a lot of weight so I think that should help too. Now I just need some style tips. Not sure how I should wear this thing yet lol.

[Anonymous No.14496222]

>>14496165
https://www.infowars.com/aoc-criticized-for-wearing-600-watch-during-crying-border-photo-op/

[Anonymous No.14496225]

>>14496222
Lul. Mine was $2,000 but I got significant discount. Gonna go wear it at the boarder now, thanks.

[Anonymous No.14496226]

>>14496165
extremely nasty shitter

[Anonymous No.14496236]

>>14496218
Id assume the people in this thread will style an outfit around the watch they pick for that day, as people here are a bit more watch oriented, so I wouldn't say we are the best advice givers there. My only recommendation is not to wear that in a suit or anything overly sporty. While I'm not a fan of how movado almost makes the museum watch exclusively, I think it's still a fashionable piece that dates back 1948 and fits in with casual or mildly dressy wear. Like I said, I'd get a dress watch and field watch for the other separate occasions if needed though.

[Anonymous No.14496244]

>>14496236
That sounds good. I don't own a suit or dress jacket whatsoever. I usually dress pretty casually or sporty and I already have a sports watch. This is my first big watch purchase ever so it just made me a little nervous to drop a lot of money on it. It's something I've wanted for years tho so it wasn't like an impulse buy or anything, I just couldn't afford it before.

[Anonymous No.14496247]

>>14496055
Yeah I've seen it before, his review of the daytona specifically made me pull the trigger on it

[Anonymous No.14496252]

Mmmmm

[Anonymous No.14496253]

>>14496244
Well I'm glad that you've finally gotten it. As is evident by the chat history, typically people here aren't that accepting. Whether it be genuine or for the meme, I don't see a reason to be a dick to anybody for their tastes. Glad to see you get what you needed here without (too much) needless hate, enjoy it man. At the end of the day all of these are obsolete things that we still appreciate and that's something that connects everybody here.

[Anonymous No.14496258]

>>14496253
No worries. I'm well aware a lot of people hate the minimalist Movado's. I can't even tell what time it is on this thing without thinking about it for a second lol. I'll get used to it. Thanks.

[Anonymous No.14496284]

Can someone redpill me on ap royal oaks and patek nautilus’?

[Anonymous No.14496340]

>>14496284
Extreme bubble markets. AP as a brand makes overly delicate movements, even in their divers. They both are being hit with insane premiums in the expansion of popularity of steel sports watches, don't even think of buying until that plummets. If you must buy now, go with the VC overseas. Overlooked, more interesting design than the typical port holes and stop signs, and at a significantly lower price. Their popularity is rising however, so they may be very soon to join the other two in the steel sports watch craze.

[Anonymous No.14496351]

What is a good watch for an occultist?

[Anonymous No.14496357]

>>14496351
anything with owls or spiders

[Anonymous No.14496383]

>>14496351
Spooky swatch babey!!

[Anonymous No.14496397]

>>14494551
>not knowing that resin is better because it absorbs shock more effectively than metal

[Anonymous No.14496402]

>>14494412
Serviced or unserviced?
>>14494468
Seiko, maybe Orient. If not mechanical, Casio or Timex.
>>14494774
What is the lug width on that?

[Anonymous No.14496412]

https://forums.watchuseek.com/f67/sinn-u1-what-most-people-dont-understand-about-sinn-4402650.html

Look at all that cope, holy shit.

[Anonymous No.14496416]

Rooowwwwwlex

[Anonymous No.14496417]

>>14494783
Pretty much anything other that a Rolex, or a Rolex homage. Since ODB wore a Richard Mille recently, you probs shouldn't wear those either. Otherwise you should be fine.
>>14494828
I feel like this is one I need to see in the metal before I make a final call. >>14494925
Match your metals.
>>14495053
This pairing can be improved greatly by using a better watch.

[Anonymous No.14496421]

>>14496383
I love! Got the model number? I got this one a while ago.

[Anonymous No.14496424]

>>14495207
Those two are so close in price, it's really up to what you like better. I much prefer the Oris because I like the design better, and the pointer date is such a nice way to handle the date complication. Either way, they're good brands at the pricepoint using Sellita movements.

[Anonymous No.14496427]

>>14495331
It's a good place, so is crown and caliber. Buying from trusted users on watch forums is the true patrician move, and gets the best prices.

[Anonymous No.14496436]

any suggestions on a clean and versatile watch? that works for both the office and more informal settings? something similar to a seiko sarb033 (including metal bracelet) but preferably a bit cheaper (max $300) and with more availability. can't find sarbs where i live.

[Anonymous No.14496440]

>>14496417
Just what I had on at the time

[Anonymous No.14496441]

>>14496436
A used SARB033.

[Anonymous No.14496462]

>>14495638
4:10 what hard about it

[Anonymous No.14496472]

>>14495625
I really love the Santo, love the new braclet, it's got some history but you did hit the nail on the head, you buy it after a few rolexs and omegas, shame it's a nice watch, I'd take a speedy, seamaster, op, explorer, no date sub over it for the money. If you do get it, get the mid size, its classically sized and suits the watch a lot more.

[Anonymous No.14496477]

timex is $9 right now

[Anonymous No.14496480]

>>14496383
w2c?

[Anonymous No.14496486]

>>14496472
You're right about the Santos. It's a great watch. Just not worth adding till you have a few other watches. Competition in it's price bracket is fierce.

[Anonymous No.14496563]

Am I the only one that actually liked the Drive De Cartier?

[Anonymous No.14496567]

>>14496477
came to post this

[Anonymous No.14496573]

>>14496563
I like it a lot in photos but in person it didn't really wow me. Nice watch but didn't really excite me. Tried on the extra flat.

[Anonymous No.14496580]

>>14496567
i was gonna grab a few for the crew but idk, doubt theyd like them

[Anonymous No.14496615]

>>14496340
redpill me on what is not a bubble and what i should get now pls

[Anonymous No.14496630]

>>14494828

I think of BALL as a company with capabilities to do some fucking badass watches with top notch quality but never quite got the BALL to omit the nasty non-color matched date windows at 4:30. A company without the mojo to make a simple time only 3 hander.

[Anonymous No.14496642]

I just want to go for a run with my greyhounds after driving my 1985 Volvo 242 home from my tennis lessons... but I'm low-middle class. Please talk me out of this watch.
If it makes any difference, I will never go on a date nor have children to raise.

[Anonymous No.14496645]

>>14494959
That is part of the appeal, you have no taste

[Anonymous No.14496652]

>>14496645
>hurr durr I want my watch to be a walking ugly obnixious space inneficient commeecial for the brand and features the watch has
Seriously consider suicide. It is nought but ugly, and if you do like it you need to consider buying a thick lenght of rope not god awfull plastic

[Anonymous No.14496653]

>>14496652
Sad. Not only do you have bad taste but you seem to be mentally ill as well.

[Anonymous No.14496702]

>>14495102
god tier image

[Anonymous No.14496706]

>>14496653
Pl*stic pleb

[Anonymous No.14496729]

>>14496630
wasn't ball's whole gimmick the tritium tube technology
at least b&r stuck to their whole square shit

[Anonymous No.14496734]

>>14496729

Not really

[Anonymous No.14496759]

>>14496351
Bell & Ross BR01 Burning Skull.

[Anonymous No.14496768]

What watch has day-date looks but not the price. I am not a fan of the Seiko day and date watch, the style is off. Should I just bite the bullet and buy a used Rolex Day-Date?

[Anonymous No.14496818]

>>14496029
I like you too, and I like all of the watch gang :)

[Anonymous No.14496928]

>>14496768
why is his arm hair like that, its like incredibly thick stubble

[Anonymous No.14496947]

>>14494371
Watches are for edgelords w/ bad money habbits

[Anonymous No.14496950]

>>14496947
Not really

[Anonymous No.14496971]

>>14496950
Yes really

Reminder that 'buying things' is not a hobby

[Anonymous No.14496972]

>>14496971
hobbies are for children

[Anonymous No.14496978]

>>14496972
>Yes, yeees, buy expensive things! Good goy

[Anonymous No.14496986]

>>14496978
Seething poor

[Anonymous No.14496992]

>>14496986
Coping rich

[Anonymous No.14496998]

>>14495919
>noone is buying watches to know the time
Anon, you just might be clinically retarded.

[Anonymous No.14497012]

Just buy a watch you like a get the fucking this board guys.
Consumerism will rot your soul.

[Anonymous No.14497022]

>>14497012
>a get the fucking this board guys
?

[Anonymous No.14497054]

>>14497012
>>14497022
Seiko derangement syndrome has reached the brain, it's terminal.

[Anonymous No.14497071]

>>14496768
Bulova Super Saville

[Anonymous No.14497075]

>>14496412
https://forums.watchuseek.com/f67/sinn-u1-what-most-people-dont-understand-about-sinn-4402650-9.html

Did anyone except me actually read this? Every post is basically "the bezel is off but Sinn has the best sturdiest tool watches" or "there's dust on the dial but it doesn't matter I'll take care of it in 10 years when the next service interval is up, Sinn still makes the best tool watches" and so on.

What the fuck is wrong with people.

[Anonymous No.14497078]

https://forums.watchuseek.com/f24/abstract-please-help-me-understand-how-different-audiences-will-perceive-sinn-my-wrist-4369994.html

And in this one everyone admits Sinn is a shit brand that no one knows about. Nice.

[Anonymous No.14497089]

>>14495625

Im about to buy a replica of the 35mm Cartier Santos.

[Anonymous No.14497094]

Will ROLEX ever undo the maxicase disaster?

[Anonymous No.14497171]

>>14497094
Probably not.

[Anonymous No.14497177]

Do you think Rolex will ever make its version of flieger watches or military tool chronos, /wt/? I want a watch like that but I know that it's really stupid to buy anything that isn't a Rolex.

[Anonymous No.14497180]

>>14497094
You mean the super-case?

[Anonymous No.14497215]

>A coworker owns a Sinn. It is very light-weight and also more "dressy", if there is such a thing, but a tool-watch his Sinn is not. The B's bezel has a way more solid feel to it when it is being turned. The Sinn's Bezel felt like a childrens toy compared to that. Allow me to quote the Sinn guy when he turned the CA bezel: "Oh...wow"

[Anonymous No.14497223]

>>14497171
now you're just flexin
>>14497094
I'd pay out the ass for a non maxicase hulk

[Anonymous No.14497227]

Help, I've been infected by the analog/digital quartz brain disease, I just think they look so tacticool, but Breitling seems like a dumb choice for a daily beater. Should I get something like that anyway? What's the best one from the most recognizable/respected brand, it's probably Breitling, right?

[Anonymous No.14497239]

>>14497075
wtf i didn't expect a german brand to be that bad
are they using refugees to make the watches?

[Anonymous No.14497241]

>>14497239
I thought Sinn would be the sturdy tank watch and really wanted to get one, but this is just ridiculous. They're way too expensive for what they are, it looks like they only have the "tool" look and not the build. So I'll be moving on to something else.

[Anonymous No.14497247]

[Anonymous No.14497249]

>>14497171
>ORIGINAL GAS ESCAPE VALVE
>SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER
>OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED
>RING LOCK SYSTEM
That is literally worse than gshocks

[Anonymous No.14497253]

>>14497227
>navitimer quartz
oof so close. google 90s breitling aerospace titanium

[Anonymous No.14497254]

>>14495093

its terrible how he dresses up
he has a talent but empty head and should change his fashionist

[Anonymous No.14497256]

>>14497249
it may as well say

>IM RICHER THAN YOU
>IM RICHER THAN YOU
>IM RICHER THAN YOU
>IM RICHER THAN YOU
>IM RICHER THAN YOU

[Anonymous No.14497260]

>>14495738
Can't really generalize the party like this anymore because of how split it is. The center-left faction (Butti, Biden) isn't like this at all and is pretty pro-capital. Butti's policy director is even a former Goldman Sachs exec.

The current Republican admin doesn't seem to me making a huge effort to curve spending to me, nor is he supportive of free trade. He's practically just as bad as the left-wing democrats. I'd vote rep if they nominated Weld.

Trump also has atrocious tastes in watches.

[Anonymous No.14497263]

>>14497247
[x] based
[x] redpilled

[Anonymous No.14497266]

>>14497253
I saw these but I'm really bothered by the huge 3/6/9/12, I like the lack of numerals on the one I linked. I've seen all the modern Aerospace variants too, I just don't get them I guess.

[Anonymous No.14497291]

>>14497266
The seiko arnie springs to mind.

[Anonymous No.14497299]

>>14497291
>basedko virgin arnie
>mille chad sly

[Anonymous No.14497303]

>>14497266
As a super cheap beater, go for the timex expedition. You have the option to use it as a second time zone display, and it has a rather satisfying rotating bezel for almost no money at all, I use it when I'm doing outdoorsy shit so I dont fuck up anything important.
For a more luxury approach, there are quite a few Omega Speedmasters with the analog digital display that will ensure that you are basically the only person in town with that same watch. I find analog digital watches a little ugly, but I fell in love with the ugliness.
(Honorable mention to the breitling emergency, awful choice but the SOS signal is too quirky not to mention)

[Anonymous No.14497309]

>>14497299
That watch is so over engineered and rugged that it paradoxically becomes a good survival watch despite the price. If you're buying that thing, chances are money isn't a problem and you can actually afford to put it to use. RM is not to my taste, but I have to give them credit for this one. It's like a fuck you to the royal oak survivor.

[Anonymous No.14497316]

>>14497309
why the fuck does it have a spirit level instead of a small compass or something

[Anonymous No.14497322]

>>14497309
the gpr-b1000 is a better survival tool

[Anonymous No.14497332]

>>14497322
Oh yeah, does it have water purifying pills inside? Didn't fucking think so.

[Anonymous No.14497336]

>>14497322
Is that solar?
What’s the most sophisticated solar powered watch?

[Anonymous No.14497345]

>>14497322
Let's be honest, people that buy a RM for survival and people that buy a g shock for survival don't overlap. Everyone has to act their wage

[Anonymous No.14497348]

>>14497316
>why the fuck does it have a spirit level instead of a small compass or something
Look at the bezel

[Anonymous No.14497350]

>>14497266
imo the 3/6/9/12 is a lot more tasteful than the one you linked. looks like someone ate number soup and threw up on a watch

[Anonymous No.14497352]

>>14497348
that's not a compass.

[Anonymous No.14497354]

>>14494814
he usually wears a blacked out breitling colt, so my guess is a breitling superocean

[Anonymous No.14497358]

>>14496992
You don't need to cope when you're rich you fucking retard

[Anonymous No.14497359]

>>14497336
yeah, it's the only solar watch with gps afaik

[Anonymous No.14497360]

>>14497358
explain cocaine and high end call girls then

[Anonymous No.14497362]

>>14497352
Maybe if you're a retard, sure. The sun exists. Rises in the east, sets in the west. Crazy right? I guess the people that are too stupid to use a compass bezel will never make RM money so it doesn't really matter though.

[Anonymous No.14497363]

>>14497362
wow thats so helpful at night thanks

[Anonymous No.14497365]

>>14497360
Everyone likes drugs and fucking, your wage just dictates whether its coke and models, meth and cheap street rats, or sitting nicely somewhere in between.

[Anonymous No.14497368]

>>14497354
can someone please compliment me for being right i am pretty sure i am right

[Anonymous No.14497369]

>>14497363
exactly. What kind of fucking retard thinks one of those bezels is a practical substitute for an actual compass.

[Anonymous No.14497372]

>>14497363
Who the fuck navigates at night? Thats literally when you stay in place and make shelter. Also did you expect the compass to be lumed? Holy fucking shit dude, there's no point in buying a survival watch with common sense like yours.

[Anonymous No.14497373]

>>14497372
lume is meant to respond to a quick flashlight burst not the sun

[Anonymous No.14497374]

>>14497368
You sir are right, accept this compliment right this instant

[Anonymous No.14497375]

>>14497372
They're not just useless at night They're also useless on a rainy day or indoors.

[Anonymous No.14497377]

>>14497374
thank you for the compliment

[Anonymous No.14497379]

>>14497373
>disregards the entire point and points out an extraneous portion of the paragraph
Absolute genius here. Why complain about not having a swiss army super watch if you, a clear outdoorsman with a macgyver head on his shoulders, will have everything on hand to tackle that task anyways? Including a compass, I assume

[Anonymous No.14497382]

>>14497379
have sex

[Anonymous No.14497383]

>>14497375
Then that was your fault for not packing what was needed and expecting a luxury item to provide you with literally everything you need. Also who in the literal fuck has ever been somewhere indoors and thought to themselves, "fuck I wish I knew which direction east was"

[Anonymous No.14497385]

>>14497379
Why are you so pooper pained about someone pointing out the retarded design decisions on the RM? it's got a fucking spirit level. What the hell. In what universe is a spirit level more useful than a compass?

[Anonymous No.14497388]

>>14497382
> Runs from the topic at hand
That's all you had to say lmao

[Anonymous No.14497391]

>put on my RM
>spirit level : 0%

[Anonymous No.14497392]

If I can't stow a knife and a fire striker inside a watch, then it's not a survival watch. Period.

[Anonymous No.14497397]

>>14497385
I'm not, I completely agree that the level is stupid as fuck. The watch in general is gimmicky, ugly, and a lot less helpful than they lead people to believe. It is annoying, however, when idiots try to say they didn't do enough by not adding the compass when, if it's raining, night time, or you're indoors, you even don't need to use a compass or navigate at all.

[Anonymous No.14497398]

>>14497392
>he doesn’t own a knifeulator

[Anonymous No.14497402]

>>14497397
>if it's raining, night time, or you're indoors, you even don't need to use a compass or navigate at all.
Are you retarded?

[Anonymous No.14497406]

>>14497402
Be nice to him his mom didn’t have money for summer camp this year

[Anonymous No.14497412]

>>14496416
jesus that batman just looks weird as fuck with a jubilee on it what the fuck were they thinking

[Anonymous No.14497420]

>>14497412
>hulk
>batman
Why do rolex have such man-child nicknames?

[Anonymous No.14497422]

>>14497420
Hurr durr why is the big green watch nicknamed hulk

[Anonymous No.14497425]

>>14497420
R O W L E C K S

[Anonymous No.14497427]

>>14497422
It's not significantly bigger than any other watch and there are lots of green things that aren't comic book characters.

[Anonymous No.14497431]

>>14497427
I am pretty sure the hour circle indices are bigger on the hulk, and the maxi case makes it big in general

[Anonymous No.14497432]

>>14497427
So what would you call it

[Anonymous No.14497433]

>>14497427
youre right they shouldve called it the rolex grassy knoll
that is a lot catchier thanks for pointing that out anon

[Anonymous No.14497446]

>>14497354
That doesn't have an integrated bracelet/strap, so I'm going to say that you're wrong.

[Anonymous No.14497453]

>>14497446
maybe you're right, if so then i think its an Oris aquis like an anon before me guessed. this was my reasoning for guessing it was a breitling, on top of knowing boone likes breitling

[Anonymous No.14497455]

>>14497453
I hereby retract my original compliment of your correctness and replace it with a compliment of your reasoning and ability to admit when you may be wrong

[Anonymous No.14497458]

>>14497455
thank you for the compliment

[Anonymous No.14497459]

>>14497398
>he

[Anonymous No.14497474]

>>14497473
>>14497473
>>14497473

[Anonymous No.14497496]

>>14497453
It's an overseas you idiots, it was literally the first reply to your photo.

[Anonymous No.14497541]

>>14494901
Lugs look wrong for an overseas

[Anonymous No.14497544]

>>14497541
How?

[Anonymous No.14497569]

>>14497496
>>14497541
>>14497544
Boones watch clearly has a rotating bezel though

[Anonymous No.14497574]

>>14497569
Then it's some vicious shitter I don't care about.

[Anonymous No.14497617]

>>14497544
They're further apart

[Anonymous No.14497626]

>>14497574
>>14497617
if you homos wanna continue this debate i posted another angle of the watch in a new thread

[Anonymous No.14497664]

>>14497453
The red circled bits are different.

[Anonymous No.14498119]

>>14495873
Why even spend all that?
Get this instead!
$49.95 at Costco.

[Anonymous No.14498207]

>>14498119
Tevise perlative ceronometer runs you only 20 bucks B)

[Anonymous No.14498242]

>>14495927
HEY MIKE, HOW'S IT HANGIN?! A LITTLE LOW AND TO THE LEFT RIGHT??!! JUST KIDDING. THANKS BROTHER, GOOD TO HEAR YOU'RE STILL DOING WELL, PRETTY SOON THAT TAG'LL BE BACK ON YOUR WRIST RIDIN' DIRTY AS USUAL. HOPE THAT HANGOVER DIDN'T TAKE TOO MANY MORE YEARS OFF YOUR LIFE HA HA KEEP THE PEACE BUDDY

-BILL-
Cambodia 1968-1968
A MAN AIN'T GOT NOTHIN EXCEPT HIS WORD AND THE WATCH ON HIS WRIST
Rolex Guild Chapter 257
**Sent from my TracFone via TAPATALK**

[Anonymous No.14498250]

>>14495927
>>14498242
This is art

[Anonymous No.14498574]

Thinking about buying this
Any advice or warning
https://www.chrono24.com/vacheronconstantin/overseas-72040-stainless-steel-37mm-blue-dial-boxpapers--id11217081.htm

[Anonymous No.14498691]

>>14498574
Seems like a good choice. VC is highly underrated comparatively and the overseas is the only of the holy trinity to not get fucked by the luxury stainless steel sports model bubble, but popularity is increasing as a result and I fear that it will soon follow, so when buying that, the sooner the better. I doubt the entire bubble will last too long by now since the nautilus 5711 is selling for an insane 90k second hand, but you still wouldn't want to buy it when it begins to surge in price. Good choice anon, not gaudy or pretentious. It's truly a "if you know, you know" watch. I'd go for it. The price looks good, the watch is a perfect size, everything checks out.

[Anonymous No.14498795]

I'm looking at a Jaeger LeCoultre Master Compressor Memovox. Anyone have any experience with them or advice?

[Anonymous No.14498855]

>>14498691
Is there anyway to tell between fakes and authenticate ones? There’s a lot of VC overseas on chrono 24, most of the ones sub 10k are private sellers with no reviews but the stores with hundreds of reviews charge 14k+. Not sure which ones to look at

[Anonymous No.14498878]

>>14498855
Definitely research the particular reference of that watch and scrutinize each detail side by side with real images, ask for shots of the movement, ask for images of what came with the watch (box and papers, etc.), look for red flags like the seller's country of origin, credentials as the seller, any previous watches sold, and so on. If all of that checks out and you still have a gut feeling, it's worth finding a more trustable seller and paying a (very slight) premium. Always remember, buy the seller before you buy the watch.