/wt/ watch thread

[Anonymous No.15342977]

The original Milgauss was fucking perfect holy shit what the fuck happened Edition

This thread is about the appreciation of watches and their design, their history, and the engineering and materials that are required to make a functioning timepiece.


Guides:
> Poorfag guide: https://m.imgur.com/a/NFMXDuK
> Watch essentials 102: https://pastebin.com/Rc77hhXV
> Purchasing used watches: https://pastebin.com/f44aJKy2
> Purchasing straps: https://pastebin.com/SwRysprE

Should I buy this MVMT / DW / "minimalist" fashion watch?
> https://imgur.com/a/6CNO8

Should I buy this Armani / Michael Kors / mall watch?
> https://imgur.com/a/Sw1FsAn

"Suggest a watch for me."
> Your budget
> Watch type, e.g. dress, diver, pilot
> Movement, e.g. automatic, hand wound, quartz
> Desired features, e.g. water resistance, day/date, 2nd time zone
> Preferred strap option, e.g. leather, nylon, bracelet
> Wrist size or desired watch size

Last thread >>15340059

[Anonymous No.15342990]

>reissue of watch from the 20s-60s
>it's 40mm
>dinner plate fucked up proportions

[Anonymous No.15342997]

>>15342990
>Movado's entire catalog after 1983

[Anonymous No.15342998]

Hello fellow watch enthusiasts. Do you wear your watch to the toilet?

>>15342977
>checked
I wouldn't say perfect, I would say, not ugly.

[Anonymous No.15342999]

>>15342998
TRIPS SAY FUCK 40MM

[Anonymous No.15343005]

>>15342999
45mm ben10 gang here I come

[Anonymous No.15343007]

>>15342994
>put date window
people complain
>dont put date window
people complain
>lack of day window
people complain

theres no winning for seiko. I imagine if they offered 628638266 extra configurations to cater to everyone there would be someone complaining that their catalog is too cluttered as well

>>15342991

[Anonymous No.15343008]

>>15342977
the new one actually looks much better. Old one looks boring AF

[Anonymous No.15343011]

>>15342999
Nice trips. My post would have looked better with dubs (like these).

[Anonymous No.15343023]

>>15343008
Old one
>angular dauphine hands
>angular indices
>angular markers on the bezel insert
>all in all a distinct feel from the sub yet everything is harmonical and the thunder seconds hand works
Nugauss
>BATON EVERYTHING
>BATON HANDS BATON INDICES
>no bezel insert, rounded bezel
>arabic minute markers as if a retard would even forget
>retarded color scheme
>OP 40 case and bracelet
>thunder hand to remind you you bought a milgauss and not an oyster perpetual

[Anonymous No.15343024]

>>15343008
>Green with orange

It's DOA son

[Anonymous No.15343026]

>>15342990
The only people who buy overpriced watches anymore are obese middle managers, so obviously the size of the watch is going to increase to accommodate these lardwhales. A sensible 36mm watch looks like shit on a flipper.

[Anonymous No.15343028]

>>15343024
>>15343023
>he wants another boring ass unimaginative black and white watch

go buy an explorer or something then, the colour is one of the best things about the new one

[Anonymous No.15343030]

>>15343023
this
it's just a fucking oyster perpetual redial, no improved technology, no actual purpose. it's pathetic, it's a LARP even by watch LARP standards
omega's co-axial master chronometer movement is literally dozens of times more antimagnetic and it's not even a selling point on most of the watches it's in, meanwhile rolex is charging premium price for a cosmetic upgrade, this is stolen valor

[Anonymous No.15343034]

>>15343023
>thunder hand

[Anonymous No.15343043]

>>15342977
Soul vs soulless

[Anonymous No.15343045]

>>15343043
>rolex
>soul
lol

[Anonymous No.15343049]

>just bought diamond paste off aliexpress for 5 bucks
Can I seriously polish a sapphire/hardlex crystal for 5 bucks?

[Anonymous No.15343055]

>>15343049
u will need a dremel with buffing tip iirc.

[Anonymous No.15343061]

>>15343055
I've got one already, but I feel like doing it by hand because I can autistically polish something for an hour or two while I watch a movie and the scratches aren't super deep.

[Anonymous No.15343074]

>>15342999
Based.

[Anonymous No.15343075]

>>15343061
well it should work as hardlex is like a 8 and sapphire is a 9 on the mohs scale. Diamond is 10. remember to tape shit off though

let us know how it turns out

[Anonymous No.15343100]

>>15343045
Ah yes, following orders from the mountain jew, the epitome of soul™

[Anonymous No.15343104]

>>15343100
are you retarded? blind swiss dicksuckers are the ones who say rolex has soul. calling rolex out as the marketing-based sham it is is actually one of the most controversial stances you can take in this semen slurping community.

[Anonymous No.15343109]

>>15343100
>swiss
>soul
lol

If you want soul buy Russian. All built on 1950's manual machines and using old Soviet designs, with women manually applying lume pips/calibrating the movement while smoking. None of this clean room, CNC shit that the Swiss do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH4-JAtGgVA

[Anonymous No.15343116]

>>15343109
Swiss was pre Quartz Crisis
Japanese was pos Quartz Crisis until 2010
Now is ex-Soviet watch time.

[Anonymous No.15343117]

>>15342990
Could be worse, like 42-44mm.But I will never get the trend of reissues that doesn't follow the original size and form.It's always making a bigger watch, with some long lugs, and putting shappire glass instead of plexi.And fuck you,the original had no date but there is a date on the new one because everyone loves date windows.And of course, the watch is automatic even when the original had a handwinding movement.

[D-M-T No.15343118]

>>15343100
AL&S >>> all of these

[Anonymous No.15343121]

>>15343100
>Flik Flak
>soulless
get a load of this goy

[Anonymous No.15343129]

>>15343118
>A. Lange & my wife's Söhne

[Anonymous No.15343134]

>>15343118
> Swatch Group Hierarchy
> b-b-b-but ALS is better!
okay, cool story

[Anonymous No.15343136]

>>15342998
I certainly don't take it off before I go, but who would put a watch on TO take a shit?

[Anonymous No.15343139]

>>15343116
Just imagine the time and effort put into a single Vostok, that they then sell for $60 a piece (including shipping). It's insane to me:
https://youtu.be/eRAU2qI6rXg?t=1972

Meanwhile Rolex cranks out close to a million watches a year and artificially creates scarcity so normies still think they're hand crafted by ancient monks in the Swiss alps.

[Anonymous No.15343140]

>>15343136
I put on my chronograph before I go to the toilet so I can know precisely how long I spent there and keep track of my global toilet stats through time.

[Anonymous No.15343146]

>>15343139
you've convinced me, I'll buy a vostok
I have one already but I bought it at a yard sale like 10 years ago

[Anonymous No.15343166]

REMINDER: Japs make the best watches
Prove me wrong

[Anonymous No.15343177]

>>15343139
That's because every watch is marked up to death.
Sure, any swiss-made watch that is actually swiss made will necessarily be more expensive than a japanese, russian let alone chinese watch based on labour cost alone, but not to the extent they'll have you pay.
Vostok and Raketa make automatic and mechanical watches in the ranges most watches should be if it weren't for massive markup, which is 60-150€, 100-300€ if you want to get fancy or add complications and more water resistance.
>>15343146
Raketa has a pretty interesting story too, being an "official watchmaker" during the USSR years, in charge of making all the commemorative watches and reward watches for officers and administrative officials, completely crumbling because that was their main business and it disappeared with the USSR, then be bought and completely rebuilt in the very same factory, based on the same models and hiring the same former employees.

[Anonymous No.15343186]

>>15343139
But which Vostok should one buy? I looked at thier website and a lot of stuff looks a bit generic.

[Anonymous No.15343187]

>>15342990
>[Longines looking awkwardly with their 30m WR €1200+ 40mm heritage reeditions]

[Anonymous No.15343192]

>>15342999


jesus christ i just barely made it bros

[Anonymous No.15343194]

>>15343186
probably an amphibia, their iconic line
>it looks generic
most of them don't. they have an almost hilariously russian design with efficient case designs and garish dials with those utilitarian sword and arrow hands. that shit is so soviet even 40 years after the fall and it's part of the charm.

[Anonymous No.15343198]

>>15343186

[Anonymous No.15343201]

>>15343139
The whole luxury watch market is a scam, said it on the previous thread, you get artificial value, a 10k watch cost that not because the materials or their qualified workforce, it cost like that because marketing, brand value and demand/offer.

>>15343139
>Meanwhile Rolex cranks out close to a million watches a year and artificially creates scarcity so normies still think they're hand crafted by ancient monks in the Swiss alps.
I was reading reddit and a guy posted he went to an AD rolex and got a sub in just 15 days, he anounced it like he was the biggest happening ever, when the truth is is ridiculous you have to walk into a store wanting to buy a watch and moments later you walk out of the store with no watch and maybe a Cellini and the dealer tells you you are on the list.I don't know why people hasn't tired of that business model.

>>15343140
That reminds me of something I read long long ago.A dude wanted to do an experiment, he only took shits when he was at work and did it on work hour, every time he took a shit, he calculated the time spent.At the end of the year the dude basically had a bunch of days of work spent on the toiled.He happily claimed he was getting paid to sit on the toilet.

[Anonymous No.15343216]

>>15343194
>most of them don't
I was looking on the vostok europe site, seems to be a lot more modern looking stuff.

[Anonymous No.15343218]

>>15343117
Also instead of using a hand wound 5mm thick movement they opt for a generic and unregulated (sh)ETA 2824 and make the watch 10-14mm thick.
>>15343187
Fuck 30m wr. Fucking fake ass marketing ploy. It's piss easy to make a wr watch, the fucking russians do it for 50€ for fuck's sake. If your watch costs more than 100 bucks I expect 100m of wr.
>here's your 38mm diver (30m wr) bro, that will be 5000 :^)

[Anonymous No.15343220]

>>15343186
Get an Amphibia from Meranom.com. You can either get a stock model or mix and match parts, for example find a case shape you like and add a stock watch with that case shape to cart, then add whatever hands, dial, bezel, caseback, strap etc to cart together with "changing spare parts", and for a whopping $4 they'll swap out all the parts to whatever you request

[Anonymous No.15343222]

>>15343201
ADs seriously do not understand that they are just the middleman in a crumbling, outdated system and that they exist because of the experience they can provide us and the work they can provide watchmakers. In today's world watchmakers could just sell 99% of their shit online and save boatloads of money, and customers would be able to get the watch without having to deal with some snooty upjumped faggot.
ADs don't realize this and instead keep acting like they are God's gift to horology, drunk on the power. The whole temple needs to come tumbling down.
>>15343216
The Vostok Europe shit is terrible, it's like something modern Russians who know nothing about watches would wear. Tasteless, gigantic, vulgar shit for the hypebeast crowd. Classic Vostoks on Meranom are more reasonably sized and while they have fun designs they still look tasteful.

[Anonymous No.15343224]

>>15343216
Vostok-Europe is a separate thing from Vostok. I think they're based in Lithuania or something and use Vostok/Seiko movements but with their own designs.

[Anonymous No.15343226]

>>15343216
Different company entirely. Search poljot24..

[Anonymous No.15343231]

>>15343201
I remember listening to some watch podcast where the guy talked to a Rolex AD, asking why the long wait for some models, how do they justify the price, etc. The AD straight up believed that it took one year to make a Rolex, and he seemed absolutely sincere in this belief. They have training seminars where the Rolex higher-ups actually tell the ADs this, who actually believe it and then pass that on to customers.

[Anonymous No.15343234]

>>15343218
Thats just disgusting. IWC are on the same jewry level. The Portuguese is a few mm thinner than the Pilot with the same movement.

[Anonymous No.15343242]

>>15343231
I've actually run into people like that, who believe it takes 1 year to make a Rolex. If you ask them to explain how it takes 1 year to make a Rolex, they can't answer it. They just say that it does because Rolexs are really really good.

[Anonymous No.15343248]

>>15343187
I take that back, the heritage line was something like 1200-1400 when they came out, now they are 2100+

[Anonymous No.15343253]

>>15343216
Vostok Europe is a subsidiary that's made to make bigger, louder modern watches for the hypebeast crows while stuff like the Komandirskie Classic brand goes all soviet-aesthetic, Partner makes sport watches and Vostok-Classica makes vintage and dress watches.
So pick what you want, really.
>mfw they unironically make ship clocks too

[Anonymous No.15343254]

>>15343226
>>15343224
>>15343222
>Vostok Europe =/= Vostok
Thanks, that makes a lot of sense.

[Anonymous No.15343260]

>2894-2
>5 bar
>12.9mm including DOMED glass
>38mm
>€950

Now imagine IWC or Omega doing the same, or even Longines/TAG. The price would tripple, if not add another zero.

[Anonymous No.15343264]

>2894-2 Top
>5 bar
>12.9mm including DOMED glass
>38mm
>€950

Now imagine IWC or Omega doing the same, or even Longines/TAG. The price would tripple, if not add another zero.

[Anonymous No.15343270]

>>15343254
Here's a good post if you're just getting into Vostok. It'll explain what makes the Amphibia so special.

https://forums.watchuseek.com/f54/vostok-amphibia-analysis-design-methodology-491757.html

[Anonymous No.15343289]

where to get watches like this except from alabaster? or is it the only source?

[Anonymous No.15343299]

>>15343289

>we want the ancient vampire customer base

[Anonymous No.15343308]

>>15343186

[Anonymous No.15343321]

>>15343289

[Anonymous No.15343325]

>>15343308
Is that the green one (-726) or a new color?

[Anonymous No.15343326]

I had a dream Lange made a casio replica and I went to this weird watch shop that doubled as a korean bbq and the guy brought out this new Lange made digital watch and it looked like it was made of the same material as gummy bears, and the display stretched from edge to edge - so you could even see the numbers change from the sides of the watch. It had an integrated gummy bracelet.

Am I watching too much watch videos bros? To be having dreams about watches now?

[Anonymous No.15343331]

>>15343289
>>15343299
I'd buy this if it was less than 100 dollars
And didn't have the cyclops

[Anonymous No.15343337]

>>15343321
I do wonder though, are Gucci watches actually good quality or are they just taking dropshipping to the extreme?

[Anonymous No.15343339]

>>15343326
So basically it was a Richard Mille?

[Anonymous No.15343341]

>>15343321
He's objectively correct.

[Anonymous No.15343347]

Remember what Hamilton completely dropped the ball when they released this amazingly handsome watch at the god awful size of 42mm.
If they just made it 38mm or smaller, they'd have cleared up.
Hamilton always make their watches too big for the obese American audience.

[Anonymous No.15343352]

>>15343347
>wanting the murph
even if it was classically sized and didn't say "khaki" on it, interstellar was an overrated movie and murph was an annoying character
it's like wanting a zodiac watch. you wouldn't wear a serial killer watch, would you?

[Anonymous No.15343353]

>>15343341
anyone who knows anything about watches will laugh so hard that him. Its basically a very overpriced invicta, aka loud as fuck design with a quartz shitter inside

[Anonymous No.15343358]

>>15343352
the serial killer took his name from his watch, not the other way round

[Anonymous No.15343360]

>>15343352
>interstellar was an overrated movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3lcGnMhvsA

seems pretty fucking based to me

[Anonymous No.15343361]

>>15343352
Yes I would. I dont care about the movie or the character, the watch is great looking and i like it.

[Anonymous No.15343364]

>>15343358
it doesn't matter, it's his now

[Anonymous No.15343373]

>>15343347
Poor tiny yuropoors can't wear a 42 mm without it crushing their delicate wrists :'(

[Anonymous No.15343375]

>>15343352
>popularizing a watch by naming it after a character that wore it in a movie
Top Cringe

[Anonymous No.15343378]

>>15343375
the watch was literally created for that character in that movie

[Anonymous No.15343379]

>>15343375
It wasn't popular. It flopped.

[Anonymous No.15343382]

Hamilton are horrific. It's American and so has zero taste, originality or style.

[Anonymous No.15343386]

>>15343378
>>15343379
I meant the Rippley, Arnie, etc.

[Anonymous No.15343389]

>>15343353
>anyone who knows anything about watches
Who cares, the quartz shitter does the job, it's about the style.

[Anonymous No.15343392]

>>15343382
Hamilton is a long-dead zombie brand being pulled around on strings by Swatch. They are basically just the North American arm of the Tissot/Mido/Certina/Hamilton entry level Swatch hydra. Similar designs and specs, similar price points, same movements, but marketed differently in different areas, e.g. Hamilton is popular in the US so they peddle it there instead of Mido, which is popular in other countries. This is the so-called Swiss "soul".

[Anonymous No.15343393]

>>15343389
But that's the thing, Gucci's styling is just loud, gaudy and awful, it only exists to scream "I SPENT TOO MUCH MONEY".

[Anonymous No.15343397]

>>15343393
let's be real here that describes rolex too

[Anonymous No.15343400]

>>15343393
I think the Gucci grip looks great.

[Anonymous No.15343401]

>>15343389
what style though, and i dont see that watch being able to be worn on most occasions. Gucci is only mostly recognisable with their bags. To everyone it'll just look like a prop from a movie or a cosplay thing.

[Anonymous No.15343410]

>>15343382
It's a Swiss brand but regardless of the meming they do make some pretty neat things

[Anonymous No.15343416]

What watches are /terrorwave/, /fa/?

[Anonymous No.15343421]

>>15343416
A non-G-Shock Casio with most of the text scrubbed off using paint thinner so it has a mostly blacked out look
Or a G-Shock with the same treatment
Or some slavshit like Vostok

[Anonymous No.15343426]

how common are people like this?

imagine buying so many watches and not knowing straps can be changed out

[Anonymous No.15343427]

>>15343416
Casio F-91W, worn by war criminals such as Osama bin Laden and Obama

[Anonymous No.15343437]

>>15343426
Selling watches with their original straps/bracelets (including all the links too) is just good business

[Anonymous No.15343440]

>>15343437
unworn straps. Who wants grimy worn leather straps? at least bracelets can be cleaned.

[Anonymous No.15343449]

>>15342990
Chad Rolex simply offering both the vintage sizes and the bigger sizes.
And yes I know their maxicases are always big but who even wears a Submariner or similar. Datejust, Daydate and Oyster Perpetual are the heart of Rolex to me.

[Anonymous No.15343450]

>>15343440
muh vintage
people will buy watches where the dial is faded out almost to unreadability because it's vintage and that's a tropical dial.
people will pay double for watches that have nonfunctioning radium lume that's rotting the hands off.

[Anonymous No.15343461]

>>15343450
thats the actual watch. Can be cleaned and a bund strap can be used if the back is too corroded/old. Wearing rotting straps stinking of decade old sweat from a stranger is just gross af.

>>15343416

[Anonymous No.15343470]

>>15343461
Holy shit I need that

[Anonymous No.15343482]

>>15343470
casio has several models with muslim prayer function.

for that model theres a mode where the seconds hand will point to mecca iirc, like a compass needle.

[Anonymous No.15343491]

>>15343482
If they encrusted it with diamonds they could make a killing selling these to Saudi princes

[Anonymous No.15343533]

Are there even any japanese watches in 38mm anymore? It feels backwards as hell considering asians are smaller.

[Anonymous No.15343534]

>>15343325
Yes it is, its sold put at Meranom though.

[Anonymous No.15343553]

>>15343533
off the top of my head,
old seiko 5(shield) and orient tristars and orient star classics are all 38. Citizen has a small portion at 38 as well.

big watches that stick out like a ufo on the wrist are popular in asia. This is why most gshocks are so big and almost all chinese watches are >40mm

[Anonymous No.15343582]

>>15342990
>it's 40mm
>dinner plate fucked up proportions

Wrist Onions Detected. Get on my level

t. 8''+ wrist chad

[Anonymous No.15343593]

>>15343582
fellow 8+ inch wrister here and it's still not a good thing. A 36 mm watch (for example a regular Datejust) looks perfectly proportioned in itself but it looks too small on the wrist. The 40 mm version of it looks better on the wrist but has the totally wrong proportions. The dial is too empty and the taper of the bracelet is just too extreme. The lugs stand out too much. And so on...I think the 7 inch range is perfect for wrists. Big watches look big but small watches look good.

[Anonymous No.15343669]

>>15343582
>>15343593
post wrist to prove you aint fat

[Anonymous No.15343677]

Holy shit, they did it!
The absolute madman!
>Value $7
lol… those chinamen

[Anonymous No.15343691]

>>15343677
OK, so storytime:
I was reccomended >/g/csg/ a while ago, and it turned out alixpress had some huge sale going on, and I found this Tourbillion watch reduced 99%!
So everyone told me they had great buyers protection and my credit card has some on top, so I ordered it, figuring out the worst that could happen to me is that it just gets cancelled, because poor Chang obviously must have made a mistake.
Pretty sure it was supposed to be $99 of, instead of 99%.
Kinda felt bad after ordering it, but I figured they'd just send me some explanation what went wrong and maybe offer a discount on some lesser watch or something, but they just did it!
$120 instead of $12 000!
They even put some rather crappy shrinkwrap on it, to fool the taxman, and it worked! no import fees

[Anonymous No.15343692]

>>15342990
40mm is perfect unless you're a wristlet or a manlet.

[CecilDrakeInSeattle !effayRxItQ No.15343697]

>>15343677
Babbies first China purchase. They have done this for years, sometimes they will even list it as zero value as a free gift or sample.

[Anonymous No.15343700]

>>15343691
Normally I hate those fags that post fuckhuge pictures, but this time, I'm the fag.
Just look at those details!
That nice blue color on the case and the hand-blued hands!
That beating tourbouillon heart!
Those white gold roman numerals!
The domed saphire!
Fuck, I already love that thing!

[Anonymous No.15343704]

I have no words...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Patek-Philippe-Aquanaut-5167a-Khaki-Green-Strap-/233499143085

[Anonymous No.15343705]

I remember the old days of buying things from China. Where no matter what you bought or where you bought it from and where you lived, it always took 2 weeks to get to you and the box would be completely fucked up and crushed and torn. The item inside would always be fine. Pristine and untouched. But the box was always fucked up.

[Anonymous No.15343706]

>>15343677
>WINNER
y doe, kek

[Anonymous No.15343707]

>>15343697
Yeah, I heard about that, but listing $12 000 as $7, that's quite ballsy. Even with the $120 I payed for it, $7 is quite a stretch. I dunno, a normal watch price, like $50 would have been more believable, but apparently, it worked. Not complaining, just wondering.

[Anonymous No.15343712]

>>15343706
Because I won the price spelling error game?
99% off instead of what must have been meant to be $99, that's quite the win!

[Anonymous No.15343714]

>>15343700
An exceptional time piece my friend and belongs in the upper echelons of haute horology. Wear it in good health.

[Anonymous No.15343719]

>>15343705
>But the box was always fucked up.

because..
https://youtu.be/zjdpz05u2DY

imagine actually ordering a watch like that $25,000 gold seagull with a real tourbillon JOMW was showing and having it go through this

[Anonymous No.15343721]

>>15343691
gg

[Anonymous No.15343727]

>>15343719
I wonder how many REAL SWISS ROTEX TOURBILLON are buried in that pile

[Anonymous No.15343728]

>>15343714
Thanks, I will!
Kinda worried about my health when I finally wear it to go out, corona and all that, but damn, that thing sure is going to pull pussy! It ain't no Rolex, but a tourbouillion is quite close, and it's go loads of bling!

[Anonymous No.15343733]

>>15342998

[Anonymous No.15343734]

>>15343700
for real though its kinda amazing that you can get real mechanicals like this for like $30
(i hope you really didnt pay $120 for a forsining)

[Anonymous No.15343740]

>>15343719
Well, apparently my $12 000 blue gold tourbouillion survibed it without issues. They used a shitton of foam wrap! And it's hella accurate to boot. Set it about 24h ago when I got it, and it's still accurate to the minute!
And it even got's a tourbouillion on the back!

[Anonymous No.15343745]

>>15343734
>$30
WTF? Did they fuck up their price even more. Kinda really feel bad for the company now. So they sold a few of those and lost over 10k on every sale?
How can they even afford that?
But just checked alixpress, the seller I got it from is gone now.
Fuck. Now some poor chinese watchmakers are unemployed because of some greedy westerners like me? Now I feel bad.

[Anonymous No.15343746]

>>15343691
They always sell all their items as >90% off you retard. Are you sure it's a genuine tourbillon? You got chinked I'm afraid.

[Anonymous No.15343751]

>>15343746

[Anonymous No.15343756]

>>15343745
Skilled artisans toiled day and night to create that tourbillon and you really bent them over a barrel

[Anonymous No.15343757]

>>15343746
>Are you sure it's a genuine tourbillon?
Well, look at >>15343700 and >>15343740, that's clearly a working tourbouillion! And while I feel kinda bad for the poor folks that now lost their job, you're just mad that you didn't get such a great deal!

[Anonymous No.15343760]

>>15343746
>he cant tell a real tourbillon from a fake one
bruh its right there, r u blind

[Anonymous No.15343762]

>>15343756
As said, I'm sorry for them, but they could just have cancelled the deal and offered me some good deal on a lesser watch (it's not like I'm in the income bracket for 12k watches), and I would have been a happy camper, but they choose to go down with flying colors.
Probably that asian
>keeping face
and
>muh honor
thing. Kinda weird, but here we are.

[CecilDrakeInSeattle !effayRxItQ No.15343764]

>>15343707
It's because something like an import tax will be applicable over $10 etc. so the small items will always be listed as $10 or less. The value of the item you ordered be it $20 or $200 will usually have no impact on that and they will keep the declared value as less than $10. In theory they are lying and cheating, I suppose. There is a certain freedom to it though that if they listed $14 value instead of $7 you will have to have paid more just so you government can pocket the money.

[Anonymous No.15343778]

>>15343764
In all my time buying shit from chinks, the one time I got fucked by customs was on a 20 dollar fucking keyboard. If I had known that was the parcel, I would've told them to send it back.

[Anonymous No.15343785]

>>15343778
>getting taxed at $20
do americans really....

[Anonymous No.15343805]

Anyone remembers me posting that watch and no one could figure out what it was, including me?

[Anonymous No.15343806]

>>15343677
>>15343691
>>15343700

[Anonymous No.15343807]

>>15343805
I cracked it open (and ruined the gasket in the process) and that’s what I found.

[CecilDrakeInSeattle !effayRxItQ No.15343810]

>>15343778
>>15343785
Lol That's why I am OK with chinks lying and cheating about the value, because your own government is just extorting money off you anyway.

[Anonymous No.15343814]

>>15343807
Forgot pic

[Anonymous No.15343815]

>>15343806
>a decorated, blinged out stainless steel mechanical watch all for $16

中国万岁

[Anonymous No.15343821]

>>15343814
Movement says
>AUTOROTOR 25 JEWELS
>21600
>PUW 1563 T
and a SWISS is hidden somewhere deep down, and the inside to the caseback says 8 / 78
Suppose PUW 1563 T is the movement and 78 the year it was build?

[Anonymous No.15343822]

>>15343814
>>15343805
looks like some 60s thing. This kind of case shape was very popular then

[Anonymous No.15343830]

>>15343821
>PUW 1563 T
Apparently PUW stands for Pforzheimer Uhren-Rohwerke GmbH, so it's from the old (west) German Watch manufacturing town, but somehow, it still says SWISS inside. Weird.
Anyways, that's the OC from me so far.

[Anonymous No.15343839]

>>15343533
There are a handful of the high end citizen "the citizen" watches that are 38mm there is even one that is 37.5 iirc

[Anonymous No.15343843]

>website lists water resistance in PSI

[Anonymous No.15343844]

>>15343822
According to https://watch-wiki.org/index.php?title=PUW_1563 it was manufactured from 71 to 77. Caseback says 78 and to me the style sends out more 70s vibes, but 60s are not that different.
Now I now the movement, but still can't find anything about "descartes".
But "Uhren-Rohwerke", seems like it's essentially a company that only does naked movements (so like ETA), so it's definitely not some overly expensive inhouse thing, and I'm pretty sure my father didn't shell out a lot of money for that, but still curious about it. Also, I really dig the style.
Guess I gotta get it serviced. Not going to wreck it further, but I just needed to see what's inside.

[Anonymous No.15343850]

>>15343700
>>15343740
Somehow I don't see the tourb, can you take a better pic of the balance wheel? I remember there being a $400 chink tourbillon spoken of in hushed tones somewhere.

[Anonymous No.15343859]

>>15343740
it's good that they put 'back' on the back of the watch. otherwise you might wear it the other way around and look like a fool

[Anonymous No.15343865]

>>15343850
They even put the movement into some shock absorber made out of ivory!
I though ivory was illegal, but I guess China doesn’t care.

[Anonymous No.15343871]

>>15343865
Based

[Anonymous No.15343876]

>>15343865
looks like some fine grade calf leather too

[Anonymous No.15343879]

>>15343871
>>15343876
Yup. Truly got a great deal!

[Anonymous No.15343894]

>mechanical watches have SOUL, they said

[Anonymous No.15343915]

>>15343879
But honestly, though, I just wanted to have an ultra cheap shitter to take apart without regrets, and the skeleton (or rather, no dial) helps to see whats going on when it's running or you're winding it, and it's actually quite impressive what you can get for 12€!
I mean, it's still shit and looks ugly as hell, but IT IS A WORKING WATCH! (And about as accurate as my vostok…) The blue anodizing doesn't have any visible flaws, the applied numerals are actually quite well polished and quite centered on their "islands" and the printed minute markers and the forsning text are quite decent. Hell, I actually like the hands and the domed glass give it a nice look.
Still not going to wear it in public, but I actually expected way worse.

[Anonymous No.15343920]

>>15343894
of course they do

[Anonymous No.15343929]

Why do people still need watch in the age of smartphones being in your hands all the time and you can just look at the time there?

[Anonymous No.15343938]

>>15343929
t. the man with no job

[Anonymous No.15343939]

Someone offering me an sbgx093 for about 1.4k, but it's watch only and probably beat to heck...

[Anonymous No.15343941]

>>15343915
ya the hands do look very sharp, desu. If only the dial was simple and classy, it would have increased the appeal of the watch by like 800%. China is like a rpg character who rolled 10 in manufacturing and 1 in design.

[Anonymous No.15343944]

>>15343939
ask for pics
anyone who is selling a watch honestly will be glad to take whatever pics you want from whatever angle

[Anonymous No.15343953]

>>15343939
Get as many pictures as you can. Look at quartz grand seikos on chrono 24. I have seen some great deals coming out of japan (50% off retail) for barely worn 1 to 2 year old quartz models.

[Anonymous No.15343964]

>>15343944
>>15343953

Oh yeah I did. The photos he sends me are absolutely terrible quality (those are already 100% crops) so at this point I'd rather not. I looked around and as you said, there are quartz pieces that go for cheap, near-mint, as a full set too. I'd rather pay a bit more for those than risk it.
(though the antimagnetic is such a cool piece, regardless)

[Anonymous No.15343979]

>>15342999
42mm confirmed gods perfect size

[Anonymous No.15343982]

>>15343979
42/6 = 7. the number of God

[Anonymous No.15344018]

>>15343964
That looks fake as fuck

[Anonymous No.15344028]

>>15343964
not him but he only sent u this 900px comp?
the compression is real kek, you can literally count the jpg artifacts around the indices

[Anonymous No.15344045]

>>15343929
That's why I own the Apple Watch :)

[Anonymous No.15344047]

It's interesting how much the price has increased on Seamasters and Speedmasters in the kast couple of years. I got a Speedmaster for £2300 and a Seamaster for £1800 but now they're both £400 more than I paid. Strange.

[Anonymous No.15344055]

>>15343929
its more useful than you think. I only recently got into watches and it has been a big difference. Instead of digging around for the phone just have to look at my wrist.

[Anonymous No.15344063]

>>15343929

for me? having something that i can strap onto my wrist as soon as i wake up that will work effectively under any situation that i usually find myself in on any particular day is nice.

situations such as:
working
swimming
hiking
biking
off-roading
camping
traveling/flying
etc

yes my phone would suffice just as well if i’m careful with it, always have enough charge, etc but having something that just works for its intended purpose (keeping track of time accurately and reading it quickly at a glance) gives me something less to worry about.

[Anonymous No.15344073]

Have you guys scored any sweet NOS (new old stock) deals before?

[Anonymous No.15344074]

>>15343740
100% not a tourbillion, you can see the mainspring barrel

[Anonymous No.15344087]

>>15344074
wow check your eyes dude
its clearly a triple axis tourbillon

[Anonymous No.15344092]

>>15344073
Looking at picking one up soon, feel like I need an ugly 70s diver

[Anonymous No.15344101]

>>15344074
>100% not a tourbillion
yes correct
>you can see the mainspring barrel
wait what

[Anonymous No.15344125]

this is what the Max Bill wishes it could be.

[Anonymous No.15344128]

>>15344092
been looking at stuff too, pic related. Theres lots floating around the bay still, especially lesser known swiss brands that died in the quartz crisis.

[Anonymous No.15344133]

>>15344073
what's the deal with these Marlboro Swiss Army watches?

[Anonymous No.15344163]

Damn, that's one good looking microshitter watch.

[Anonymous No.15344174]

>>15344163
the seaforth is better
the fairwind's minute hand is actually weirdly long and the hour hand is weirdly short.

[Anonymous No.15344175]

>>15344125
Pretty cool but I prefer the helvetica

[Anonymous No.15344176]

>>15344163
wow, that is very nice looking. Whats the price and specs?

>>15344133
idk, just randomly pulled a pic
not sure what the timing bezel is actually for though. 20mins is a long time to smoke 1 cigarette.

[Anonymous No.15344216]

which microfuck brands are actually worth it?

[Anonymous No.15344245]

>>15343264
Too bad it's such a retro (in a bad way) design, if they made this with better proportions and non-dainty looking lugs and pushers and crown I'd buy it right now, I love everything else.

[Anonymous No.15344249]

>>15344216
most of them
they actually try

[Anonymous No.15344263]

Yo retarded Chink tourb LARP dude, fuck off, you're just shitting up the thread, you're not funny, you're not even amusing, all your posts could've fit in one reddit image macro in /r/mildlyinteresting or some shit like that.

[Anonymous No.15344267]

Tell me why I shouldn't buy this

[Anonymous No.15344271]

>>15344249
which do you like

[Anonymous No.15344275]

>>15344267
I have the pre-solar model and I like it a lot.

[Anonymous No.15344277]

>>15344275
O
Then maybe I should

[Anonymous No.15344285]

>>15344267
>oh my god anon! is that a tank? it looks so good
>n-n-no, it's a seiko s-solar
>oh....

[Anonymous No.15344288]

>>15344267
>dress watch
>solar powered
I think you should immediately understand why not

[Anonymous No.15344289]

>>15344263
>>15343751

[Anonymous No.15344292]

Post comfy watches

[Anonymous No.15344302]

>>15344285
Oof.. nvm I'll get a LC tank solo then

[Anonymous No.15344309]

anything above 38mm is trash

>>15344267
the gem doesnt look nice

[Anonymous No.15344311]

>>15344288
One charge lasts for a year I swear Seiko said so...

[Anonymous No.15344317]

What kind of watch strap would you recommend for my Vostok?

[Anonymous No.15344324]

>>15344317
NATO strap

[Anonymous No.15344329]

>>15344317
velcro

[Anonymous No.15344333]

>>15344317
not the bracelet it comes with

[Anonymous No.15344334]

>>15344324

Which color(s)?

[Anonymous No.15344336]

you guys like RADO?

[Anonymous No.15344341]

>>15344336
only the vintage

[Anonymous No.15344343]

>>15344176
They're like $600-$700. But you'll never get one just passing by without a huge markup, because Halios is a very popular brand for how little they output. Whenever the orders go up, they run out fast.

[Anonymous No.15344346]

New to watches lads, are Timex Marlins worth the price?

[Anonymous No.15344348]

>>15344341
Nice polerouter homage.

[Anonymous No.15344352]

>>15344346
not the new ones, i m o. iirc they use Chinese movements, which is not inherently bad, but pretty bad for the price they are asking.

[Anonymous No.15344354]

>>15344346
> We want to make a manual wound watch
> Okay, great, should we build our own movement, recalling our history as a historic American watchmaker?
> Nah, just buy one.
> o...okay. So maybe a nice manual wound movement, like a Swiss ETA 2801?
> What? No. No! Buy a Chinese movement from Seagull.
> Okay. But, Seagull doesn't have any manual wound movements. Should we make an automatic watch.
> Hmmm...... I've got it! Buy an automatic movement from Seagull, and then just remove the rotor to *make* it handwind only.

[Anonymous No.15344360]

>>15344348
yeah I love the world travel series, but they are quite rare. Havent managed to find a non gold version in my region :( would over-pay easily for something like pic related

If anyone in EU region has a nice rado world travel, hit me up

[Anonymous No.15344361]

>>15344317
I rolled the dice and ordered one of their orange resin straps to go with this bad boy. I’ve heard their non free straps are good.
in the war of corona shipping times, it seems the chinks have the ruskies beat.

[Anonymous No.15344362]

>>15344346
it makes every other watch within hundreds of bucks look ugly and utilitarian by comparison so yes

[Anonymous No.15344365]

>>15344317

[Anonymous No.15344367]

>>15344361
russian shipping times are so fucking bad even when there isn't a pandemic

[Anonymous No.15344368]

>>15344352
>>15344354
Are Chinese movements really like something to avoid in watches or is it just because of the price point?

[Anonymous No.15344372]

>>15344368
they aren't that bad, especially Seagull movements, but for a company like Times and for the price they are asking, there is really no excuse for why they didn't use a standard Japansese movement

[Anonymous No.15344377]

>>15344309
>38
36 is the absolute upper limit.

[Anonymous No.15344379]

I only wear women's watches.

[Anonymous No.15344383]

>>15343139
Holy shit. I own a seamaster but I want this now. Where can I get bocktock shipped to cuckada?

[Anonymous No.15344386]

Where can I get a sensible metal strap?

And by sensible, I mean 2.5mm thickness at most, and not some mesh garbage where the only way to adjust it is to make the strap thicker.

Why the fuck is everything chunky 4mm garbage?

[Anonymous No.15344390]

>>15344368
no, not really. You can even find chinese movements that will cost you $1000 and up.

[Anonymous No.15344391]

FUCK ROLEX

[Anonymous No.15344398]

>>15344377
Not him but 38 is my absolute limit for dress watches. Really considering dipping my toes into 40mm for this fuuuaaaaark it looks so fucking good

[Anonymous No.15344407]

>>15344398
I'm really struggling to find ANYTHING about this that isn't disgusting. Maybe the lume is alright?

[Anonymous No.15344408]

>>15343139
yeah but rolecks has muh GENEVA WAVES and blue screwssss

[Anonymous No.15344423]

Which one?

[Anonymous No.15344427]

>>15344176
>>15344343
Now is your chance
https://halioswatches.com/products/fairwind?variant=13961638445100

[Anonymous No.15344449]

>>15344423
I'd say the Sinn but Damasko isn't bad either.

>>15344292
truly comfy I must admit

[Anonymous No.15344450]

>>15344289
>>15344263

[Anonymous No.15344453]

>>15344368
not them but i dont think seagull is technically any inferior to japanese equivalents in a vacuum. They have been making movements for more than half a century. And they can make actual moonphases and triple axis tourbillons. IMO its more of a matter of public perception and perhaps unfairly towards chinese stuff...

But it depends on what exactly Timex ordered from them.

In any case its a giant upgrade from old timexes with ugly bare metal movements with like 0 jewels in them.

[Anonymous No.15344463]

>>15344408

what of a guaranteed +/- 2 seconds per day and 10 year service intervals for over a million watches per year?

[Anonymous No.15344464]

>>15344423
The Sinn with the H link bracelet

[Anonymous No.15344465]

>>15344427
>lug to lug :48mm

:(((((

[Anonymous No.15344467]

>>15344453
>not them but i dont think seagull is technically any inferior to japanese equivalents in a vacuum

expound

[Anonymous No.15344471]

>>15344464
>thickness: 300km

[Anonymous No.15344473]

>>15344463
>10 year service intervals
sounds like a Vostok

[Anonymous No.15344482]

>>15344473

true- i suppose losing 12 hours a day right out of the factory means it doesn’t matter

[Anonymous No.15344483]

Bought this off etsy

[Anonymous No.15344489]

>>15344482
>spending 5k and waiting two years from a rawlex because you want high accuracy and 10 year service intervals
just buy a casio, stupid

[Anonymous No.15344493]

>>15344368
Generally speaking their movements are inferior in finishing, but you don't get nice finishing at the price they demand unless it's Stowa or the one cheap Nomos. What usually happens is that they buy the machinery from someone, examine movements, and occasionally make alterations to make it cheaper/better somehow. Nearly all of their finishes are done by a machine, the blued screws are probably not heat blued, and their "cote de geneve" is very different than the swiss/japanese variant. That being said I'd wager the chink clone of the ETA 2824 is less vulnerable to the handwind problem than the real one owing to minor alterations found in part design.

https://forums.watchuseek.com/f100/how-do-seagull-hangzhou-compare-eta-depth-look-216945.html

[Anonymous No.15344495]

>>15344471
It's thinner than the Rolex Explorer 214270

[Anonymous No.15344503]

How come you can get a used Rado Diastar on ebay for so cheap? Are they fake?

[Anonymous No.15344504]

>>15344489

okay, i will.

[Anonymous No.15344509]

Should I sell/trade in my two Omegas I got bored of for a 36mm Rolex Explorer I've wanted for years? I know I'll lose money getting rid of them, but since the world is ending from chink flu and niggers chimping out, I feel like I should get one and get it over with.

[Anonymous No.15344512]

Oh shhhhiiiiiit bros

[Anonymous No.15344513]

>>15344509
If it's an 114270, and you're certain it's a real one, then go for it.

[Anonymous No.15344521]

>>15344509

join me anon, let’s EXPLORE the world together

[Anonymous No.15344523]

>>15344503
>Item Location: DELHI, DELHI INDIA

[Anonymous No.15344528]

>>15344523
Rados are SUUUUUUUUPER popular in India/Eastern Asia though

[Anonymous No.15344530]

>>15344512
rare limited edition colourway?

[Anonymous No.15344548]

>>15344528
never seen them here in southeast asia. Its certainly not popular in china, not sure about japan but i doubt it. I think its a india thing through and through, probably a status symbol for them.

[Anonymous No.15344551]

>>15344548
what do chinese people wear?

[Anonymous No.15344553]

>>15344493

Do Seagul and friends even have the right to do this?

Like, it’s very obviously an ETA clone. I assume the only reason they haven’t gotten sued is because ETA would 100% lose any case in China. But I would think that they could get sued into not being able to officially sell their watches in Europe and probably the US as well.

Sometimes I wonder about how many Chinese companies are going to get fucked once China becomes fully integrated into the world economy.

[Anonymous No.15344558]

>>15344553
the ETA patents expired ages ago, anyone can clone them. The same reason Sellita can make an ETA clone

[Anonymous No.15344564]

>>15344449
>>15344464

Damasko has harder steel, fun blue dial, slimmer, better hand set.

I love the sinns black glossy dial, I don't want the H link bracelet, stamp clasp, no on the fly ajustablement. I'd rather make the saving.

[Anonymous No.15344572]

>>15344509
>>15344521

I've thought about it myself, I got the club and I lost all interest in the explorer. I just can't get over the bracelet on the 114270, I'd rather put the money to a sub honestly.

[Anonymous No.15344576]

>>15344572

looks great anon! the california dial is :okay_hand: !

[Anonymous No.15344593]

>>15344572
>I just can't get over the bracelet on the 114270
What's there to get over? I thought it was way better than the old 14270

[Anonymous No.15344616]

>>15344593

not him! but it was designed 20 years ago and it’s just not as advanced as the current lineups. meaning it doesn’t have the on-demand micro-adjustment and such.

i love mine with all my heart though, fits me like a glove and the 313x is a marvel of engineering that i still can’t believe was designed more than 3 decades ago!

[Anonymous No.15344634]

>>15344551
Seagull, Beijing, Fitya, Ebohr, Seiko and Citizens. And alot of luxury fakes

[Anonymous No.15344637]

>>15344634
fiyta*

[Anonymous No.15344650]

>>15344593
>>15344576

If you want a Rolex sometimes that's all that will satisfying you, I love the 114270 but I swell up alot in heat. I have the omega ajustable clasp on both my bracelets and I dont think I could go back.

>>15344616 This

>>15344509
Oh and what Omegas do you have, I dont think I would trade a speedy in but a seamaster or aqua terra maybe, not a new ceramic wave seamaster tho.

[Anonymous No.15344656]

are Rolex owners really superior to other watch enthusiasts? why?

[Anonymous No.15344665]

"Hmmm that pusher kinda looks like its sticking out a little more than usual...let me just give it a little tug"
FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU

[Anonymous No.15344673]

>>15344656
I let my AD fuck my wife to shave two months off the wait for my hulk subby :^)

[Anonymous No.15344674]

>>15344650
I have a Speedmaster "First Omega In Space" with a pusher that fell out and a last gen smooth black dial Seamaster

[Anonymous No.15344678]

>>15344665
Take it either to your AD or a watchmaker to fix it.

[Anonymous No.15344934]

has a girl(her/hers/cis) ever posted on /wt/ ?

[Anonymous No.15344946]

Effay, I don’t know shit about watches except I like the Tank look. Is this a ripoff?

[Anonymous No.15344958]

>>15344674
That will be an expensive fix, with thoses 2 models yea, I'd go with the 114270. I still think your money us better in a sub, at least the 114270 will hold its value well. The 36mm explorer is way better than the 3omm. If the price is right £4000-4500 go for it.

[Anonymous No.15344979]

[Anonymous No.15345028]

>>15344946
Not a ripoff, plenty of homage but nothing can go wrong with that. Plus it's a solar.

[Anonymous No.15345081]

>>15344483
noice

[Anonymous No.15345102]

>>15345028
Is Seiko good quality?

[Anonymous No.15345283]

Seiko: uses hardlex and NH35 into the $400 tier
Chinese mushroom brands: use sapphire and NH35 for $50, Miyota 9015's for $100

How do they do it bros?

[Anonymous No.15345290]

>>15345283
they don't have the Seiko brand name

[Anonymous No.15345320]

>>15345283
That's chink slave labor and corner cutting elsewhere for you.

[Anonymous No.15345329]

>>15343593
>>15343593
I have a seiko SARB in 38 MM and it looks to small on my wrist. The proportions are due to the design stage of the watch, not the size per se.


>>15344377
>36 is the absolute upper limit.

uh, sweetie.

>>15343139
makes me want one of these. I hate the way these look though.

[Anonymous No.15345330]

>>15345283
>how do brands and corporations work

[Anonymous No.15345355]

>>15345290
that's a good thing

[Anonymous No.15345433]

I finally pulled the trigger.

[Anonymous No.15345446]

i have a 214270 that appreciated 32% (somehow) since i got it in 2017. might be from the 2019-20 supply shock, which assumes demand is mostly steady

wheres the best place to sell it? bob watches is only offering 5500, chrono24 has a few listings for mid-high 6's

[Anonymous No.15345450]

>>15345433
so do you actually have it or is it in the mail?

[Anonymous No.15345455]

>>15345450
It's in the mail. I'll post it on my wrist later, assuming that it arrives and doesn't get stolen in-transit.

[Anonymous No.15345562]

>>15345283
a myriad of factors imo
>access to competitive supply chain
many of these brands share the same oem supplier. (this is true for many western microbrands manufacturing out of china as well) For example pagani and parnis share the same case factory, just built to different specs. This goes for hands, crystal as well. Seiko afaik does most of these inhouse.
>maintainance
seiko has hundreds of active models and thousands more in storage. This requires machine parts to be adjusted or swapped out and a lot of labour cost. In contrast the chinese brands only have a dozen or so models they maintain at a time.
>low r&d
many of the stuff the chinese brands do are homages and small tweaks here and there. They probably only have a handful of designers and only once in a while they do a truly original design like the GJ16034. They share a lot of designs as well. For example you can find the same Nomos Lambda homage across like 4 different brands.
>low QC
>labour cost
seiko factory is in malaysia and japan. Malaysia has low labour cost but not that low. In china companies can pretty much do what they want. (look at Apple/foxconn)

[Anonymous No.15345573]

>>15345455
Well congratulations, it's a beautiful watch. It really does look much better in person, the gradiant on the dial is amazing. People give Seiko shit but their budget divers are still great value.

[Anonymous No.15345602]

>>15344073
Damn, I’m not a smoker, but that’s smoking hot! (Ironically)

[Anonymous No.15345607]

>>15344263
Sorry. I never shall try my hand at OC again. From now on, I’ll just keep to the same old Rolex-fucking MOTM-nooo it’s reddit-grand Seiko-more like sōiko, kek-is Fossil good, didn’t read the OP-it’s up! Circlejerk.

[Anonymous No.15345623]

>>15342977
Great watch. Wearing it now. Tasteful.

[Anonymous No.15345631]

>>15345607
How about being productive and inspiring, instead, anon? Plenty of shitposts around, no need to pee into a sea of piss.

[Anonymous No.15345644]

>>15345631
not him but it was kinda entertaining. I might order similar just to tinker with

[Anonymous No.15345647]

>>15345644
>not him but it was kinda entertaining. I might order similar just to tinker with

[Anonymous No.15345655]

>>15345433
I have this but different color and strap.

It's super neat. Love the feel of the bezel turning. Super comfy too.

[Anonymous No.15345656]

>>15345647
>you should kys for wanting to learn more about watch components and taking cheap stuff apart and seeing how it works

kys

[Anonymous No.15345668]

>>15345656
End your life.

[Anonymous No.15345679]

>>15345668
why are you even in a watch thread if you are not interested in the engineering of watches? its a $15 watch. Get a grip you homo

[Anonymous No.15345688]

>>15345679
He was in the previous thread posting the same dumb kys image. Ignore him, he doesn't have a sense of humor

[Anonymous No.15345694]

Are there any respectable watches that aren't expensive? I just feel like this hobby is pointless unless you're rich as fuck.

[Anonymous No.15345695]

Just got this baby in the mail.

[Anonymous No.15345698]

https://youtu.be/i5NS32qS-Zs?t=60

Can someone identify this watch please?

[Anonymous No.15345705]

>>15345694
seagull 1963. movement is an actual column wheel chronograph, hand wound old swiss relic. Official ones are $500, various unofficial clones as low as $180. Get the HKED version if you want more historical accuracy.

[Anonymous No.15345707]

>>15345705
No, really.

[Anonymous No.15345708]

>>15345694
Orient

[Anonymous No.15345712]

Guys, this isn't a hobby. It's just consumerism. Just find a watch and wear and never come back here again.
And why the fuck can't i stop coming back here??

[Anonymous No.15345719]

>>15345707
ya really. Its memed to death but its impressive. Technically and it looks great too. Where else are you going to get something like this for $500

or u can get an orient star classic or something, /shrugs

[Anonymous No.15345721]

>>15345695
How much did you pay? Love that watch. I'm getting mine serviced atm

[Anonymous No.15345724]

>>15345712
Because you are looking or that PERFECT one, but it either doesnt exist, is unavailable, or costs too much (in maintenance as well) that you just keep on daydreaming.

Like cars, all various answers to the same question. Some just want a reliable honda and dont give a shit, some want a flashy and vulgar screamer. Some want dailies, some want weekenders.

Endless variety, really.

[Anonymous No.15345726]

>>15345721
532 USD / 770 AUD from Amazon. It was the cheapest place I could find for a new alpinist. Ebay prices are ridiculously inflated.

[Anonymous No.15345733]

>>15345726
thats expensive still. Chrono24 dont have them for less?

[Anonymous No.15345734]

>>15345694
Vintage Omega, vintage chronographs, vintage Soviet, vintage Seiko

[Anonymous No.15345735]

>>15345733
Unfortunately no. Not without it being worn.

[Anonymous No.15345745]

>>15345724
I just want a watch that says "this dude is not a complete loser at 40" but the only thing that fits is Rolex so...

[Anonymous No.15345747]

>>15345745
rolex is "i'm a complete loser and just want one to show off my status"

[Anonymous No.15345750]

>>15345745
Buy a fake then if you only care about what other people think about the watch you're wearing.
True happiness comes from within, anon, it seems like you're a long way from finding it.

[Anonymous No.15345755]

>>15345712
Think of it this way:
Greek hoplites lusted after the finest shields and armor.
Napoleon drank from the finest porcelain.
etc.

[Anonymous No.15345760]

>>15345750
So you live in a cave and wear rags and you've convinced yourself that this is fine and you're enlightened?

[Anonymous No.15345761]

>>15345745
Rolex might be the gold standard, but it is such an imaginative brand, it and its owners really seem like basic bitches without personal taste. The marketing shenanigans are also disgusting.

[Anonymous No.15345764]

>>15345761
you must mean unimaginative, because that's what they are. their new watches are just new colours of existing watches.

[Anonymous No.15345766]

>>15345760
good analogy retard

[Anonymous No.15345768]

>>15345760
>he doesnt know the story of Diogenes

its kinda shallow to only chase material stuff, even though consumerism is a big part of watch collecting. If you only chase shiny stuff you'll never be happy, theres always something else to get.

[Anonymous No.15345776]

Maxicase destroyed Rolex for me. At this point, if I could have any Rolex it would be pic related.

[Anonymous No.15345779]

>>15345712
The best thing I ever did was sell my £3000 Omega and use the cash to buy a Leica M240 and a 50mm lens. Photograpy is just as gear-y and consumerist but at least its creative and has progress.
Saying that, I'm still looking for the best wstch I can get for like £800.

[Anonymous No.15345780]

>>15345768
>>he doesnt know the story of Diogenes
I do retard, so do you live like that? Or do you just claim that you're enlightened selectively because you're too poor for real luxury goods so whatever is above your station in life is for pretentious faggots and whatever is below is for boorish peasants?

[Anonymous No.15345783]

>>15345776
Any Rolex with a cyclops is garbage. So that's like all of them.

[Anonymous No.15345785]

>>15345780
Luxury goods are how the nouveau riche and trust fund kiddies waste their money.

I can understand paying a little more for something that meets your specific requirements or tastes. If you want to drop 500 bucks on a watch you love, go for it.

But when you're spending thousands on a watch "so that other people don't laugh at me", you are, in essence, a complete waste of flesh.

The sole point of buying a Rolex is so you can say "I have enough money that I can flush a few grand down the toilet, am I cool now?". I understand this is the fashion board, and many people here seriously believe that if they just get the right V-neck, or the right skinny jeans, it'll somehow make up for them having no personality other than spending money and watching pop culture trash. It won't, and whatever trinket you're chasing will never make you happy. At best, you'll get a small confidence boost, but the first time you see someone shitting on your watch, even that will be lost because you're a weak peasant in golden rags.

[Anonymous No.15345787]

>>15345780
1st off, Im not the anon you first replied to.

2ndly, if you only buy watches for others people's sake and not what you really like then you've already started off the wrong foot. You will be the one constantly wearing the watch. Dont become like one of those insufferable fags who constantly have to show and talk about their rolex to everyone he meets.

3rdly
>real luxury goods
>a rolex
lmao. If you cared about luxury and quality there are plenty of other choices to get

[Anonymous No.15345790]

>>15345785
>>15345787
So you're poor and LARPing, gotcha. But why not just go all the way with your cuck philosophy instead of this cope? Your life is already shit, if you went to live in a cave as the enlightened philosopher that you want people to see you as, at least you'd have an excuse to be a poor loser and people couldn't shit on you for being inconsistent and hypocritical like you are.

[Anonymous No.15345796]

>>15345790
you know the true 0.1% dont even wear rolexes right? they have haute pieces that cost 200k and up. You are just butthurt you got called out for a shallow person like you are. You probably only wear clothes to impress skanks too. Go watch your alphaM video.

[Anonymous No.15345799]

>>15345796
>>you know the true 0.1% dont even wear rolexes right?
Yes, and? We're talking about the bare minimum "I'm not a loser" watch for normal people, not what the elite wear, follow the conversation.

[Anonymous No.15345801]

>>15345799
if you have to convince people you are not a loser you are already a fucking loser lmao. Warren Buffet drives a shitty cadilac and Gates wears a $50 casio shitter.

[Anonymous No.15345819]

>>15345796
>you know the true 0.1% dont even wear rolexes right? they have haute pieces that cost 200k and up
The super rich just wear cheap trash - they don't need to impress anyone

[Anonymous No.15345820]

>>15345801
>>15345819
>for normal people, not what the elite wear,

[Anonymous No.15345821]

>>15345818
>>15345818
>>15345818
>>15345818

[Anonymous No.15345824]

>>15345820
why do you even give a shit? if you only care about impressing NPCs and not actually love the watch you buy you can just get a superfake for $500 and nobody will ever know

[Anonymous No.15345829]

>>15345819
For him, he knows wearing a cheap casio is how he can impress people the most.

[Anonymous No.15345967]

>>15345745
I actually agree somewhat. For a flex watch you can't beat Rolex. I prefer Omega and Sinn, but I have two Rolex watches for when I have to meet clients, specifically an OP and a Datejust.

My clients aren't watch nerds and there's no better shorthand for, "this guy probably has his shit together" than a Rolex.

Off the clock I rock my 104 or my Speedy.

[Anonymous No.15345994]

>>15345735
Still a good choice, I bought mine second hand with the original seiko bracelet for 800 aud back in September.
Before Carona I was just about to buy a 58bb but was made redundant, so imma settle for getting the crystal Green AR coating, hot-rodding the movement to be a Hi-beat (With parts from a NE20) and the Ginault bracelet I bought
Fucking keen for it come back from the watchmaker woop woooop

[Anonymous No.15346032]

>>15345747
>>15344656

[Anonymous No.15346123]

>>15345776
This