/wt/ - WATCH THREAD

[Anonymous No.17493571]

The Royal Oak is based edition.

> Poorfag guide: https://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

Previous: >>17492019

[Anonymous No.17493578]

>>17493571
I only like the plain Royal Oaks, the chronos and calendars are a bit try-hard, they don't really fit the watch.

[Anonymous No.17493588]

>>17493578
yeah that's a beautiful version. I feel similarly about the Nautilus. sometimes it seems like watchmakers have forgotten that minimalism is elegance

[Anonymous No.17493651]

>>17493553
Are you genuinely retarded? A casio duro is one of the most solid watches you can get. Why on earth would I watch break just because it's sub $100?

[Anonymous No.17493673]

>>17493651
i just figured a watch that cheap would be made with cheap parts and wear down pretty quickly
kind of like getting $50 dress shoes or dress pants

[Anonymous No.17493700]

>>17493673
You have department store specials that are total shit but the big names make cheap watches that are really good. Usually quartz but there are some automatics and manual winds down in that range that are cheap because the clockwork is an ancient design that paid for itself 50 years ago. Seiko 5 comes to mind. Some classic Timex too although they went up in recent years. They're nice watches, just not "nice". Up over $200 is where you see a huge jump in quality and features but not necessarily a noticeable one other than some finish details.

I know this thread is usually geared towards aspirational purchases and has a lot of poorfag FUD, but IRL use tends to be on the cheaper side of things and they last, sometimes too long. Cheap watches are tanks and you start to wish they would break.

[Anonymous No.17493707]

>>17493700
Thanks for posting the amphibia, I'm the guy who wanted a sub $100 diver and forgot that vostok is the only automstic I would consider at the low end. Now that I typed this out I just remembered these aren't really possible to get right now are they, because of the war and such?

[Anonymous No.17493708]

>>17493700
Appreciate the breakdown, anon. I already have a couple of luxury pieces so maybe I'll just resort to purchasing interesting-looking cheap pieces moving forward. It might be time to get a Casio!

[Anonymous No.17493712]

>>17493708
>It might be time to get a Casio!
Honestly why not. They make some alright watches in the low end and they're built like tanks with arguably the best water resistance of any watch brand under $2000 and definitely any other watch brand under $500.

[Anonymous No.17493715]

>>17493707
Ebay and US resellers, expect to pay at or over $100 for them. Still cheaper than an equivalent seiko, just not the value they were and should be.

>>17493708
There's endless selection as far as casual watches with zero posturing involved. Lots of nice military designs and little features like the best backlight ever.

[Anonymous No.17493758]

>>17493571
Oris divers 65 or Sinn 104? stuck between both.

Also sinn white face or black face?

[drezer !!PlyIVVh2t31 No.17493762]

>>17493571
Where can one buy used sub-$100 USD watches online aside from eBay?

[Anonymous No.17493763]

>>17493758
That's a sexy looking sinn, def white face. Now lets see hoe thicc it is.

[Anonymous No.17493766]

>>17493762
Etsy, chrono24

[Anonymous No.17493769]

I think I'm done with watches bros. I like looking at them but I just don't want any more

[Anonymous No.17493771]

>>17493769
no dude you need to keep grinding to buy an 18 million dollar jacob and co.

[Anonymous No.17493773]

>>17493763
I love the white face too. Although it looks like one its not as chunky as a dive watch. More of a pilot watch

[Anonymous No.17493780]

>>17493588
No one knows what minimalism means any more. It's all busy as shit or Bauhaus vomit. Nothing wrong with a little flash but they layer it on so thick.

[Anonymous No.17493786]

>>17493769
How many does one really need anyway?
>your watch
>the watch you wear when your watch is in the shop
>late night drunk purchase
>outdoors but the nasty kind of outdoor watch
>watch someone gifted you and you're too polite to throw away
That's about it.

[Anonymous No.17493824]

Still hunting a cheap dive watch with 45mm or less lug-to-lug. What's the squatest Seiko Turtle or Willard or whatever? I like the look of the Mini Turtle but 400 bucks for mineral is frustrating.

[Anonymous No.17493869]

>>17493769
How poor are you?

[Anonymous No.17493882]

>>17493824
The Seiko 5 srpd61 looks very similar and is half the price.

[Anonymous No.17493903]

Visiting my Rolex AD today and planning on putting my name on the list for a Submariner. What watch should I wear into the store? I want to show them that I'm a "watch collector" and not just a flipper. Choices are my Speedmaster or Grand Seiko Snowflake. Or do I go in without a watch?

[Anonymous No.17493929]

>>17493758
the day/date kills it for me. such a fuck ugly combo

[Anonymous No.17493932]

>>17493769
You sure you don't want any more watches? Do you even have something like this?

[Anonymous No.17493951]

>>17493903
HAHAHAHAHA

>I want to show them im a watch collector!!!

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

imagine having enough money for luxury watches and STILL caring what others think about you this much

[Anonymous No.17493980]

Which of these shitters looks better?

Been looking for a no date, plain looking, time only watch to travel with and think I've narrowed it down to these two. Wanted solid casebacks and preferably fixed lugs, but guess I'll have to keep searching a bit more to find that.

If anyone has any suggestions; this is what I've been trying to find:

- Solid Caseback
- Fixed lugs
- No date
- Preferably mechanical
- Time only
- no dive/timing bezel
- preferably a screwdown crown
- minimal branding
- sapphire crystal
- Preferably no faux-vintage lume

Literally the plainest mechanical watch to ever exist.

The Sinn 556 has a date function, same with Damasko DAs
The Stowa TO2 is decent but push-pull crown and see through caseback
- Bertucci watches are mostly quartz and have mineral crystals

[Anonymous No.17493984]

>>17493980
Stowa TO2 for reference

[Anonymous No.17493990]

I just want a fucking watch but I'm poor, please what can I do? I can't wear watches for kids like G-Shock I'm way too old, I'm just poor as fuck and my life is terrible.

[Anonymous No.17493994]

https://youtu.be/eUQS1BlmUMY?t=645
https://youtu.be/eUQS1BlmUMY?t=645
https://youtu.be/eUQS1BlmUMY?t=645

LMFAO THIS TARD literally just mixed Rolex, Tudor, and Omega on one watch.

[Anonymous No.17494022]

I think the Polaris is COOL!

[Anonymous No.17494031]

>>17493990
How much money you got to spend on a watch? I'm a poorfag too and pic related is my actual watch. Best advice I can give you is:
>accept that you can't have what you want (it's ok to "window shop" and dream but know that you can't have it)
>think HARD about what you really want in a watch
>know how much you're able to spend on a watch and then look at EVERY watch in your budget
>pick the one that best matches what you really want

[Anonymous No.17494055]

>>17494031
How old are you?

[Anonymous No.17494062]

>>17493980
Check out the Vario 1918

[Anonymous No.17494079]

What are some midrange watches (Around $5k) that aren’t Omegas SMP and Speedy? (Already have one of each)

Leaning towards a Tudor GMT since I don’t really have a GMT and I kinda like its form factor over Rolex offering (Work luxury retail and I’m good friends with someone from Rolex AD, could get one for retail since I already hooked up a sales rep with my discount but not fully convinced)

[Anonymous No.17494084]

>>17494079
Imagine being so retarded that you buy a bunch of $5k watches instead of one $15-20k watch holy shit.

[Anonymous No.17494091]

>>17494084
Once I move up the ladder I’ll get one, I work for Richemont so it will happen, JLC, VC, Cartier, IWC and all that is 40% off for me but I havent done anything worthy of them.

Autistic way of thinking? Maybe

[Anonymous No.17494092]

>>17494091
Up what ladder? What are you on about you fucking autist loooooool.

[Anonymous No.17494093]

>>17494092
If I have to explain what moving up the ladder means then maybe youre not too bright.

[Anonymous No.17494096]

>>17494062
Interesting suggestion, thank you!

[Anonymous No.17494097]

>>17494055
I'm a 45 year old failure.

[Anonymous No.17494102]

>>17493990
I got PicRel for like $70 USD as my beater watch

For even cheaper there are lots of digital casios that look decent. I think >>17494031 had some good suggestions.

Overall, just remember that buying any one product isn't going to fix your life. I know its easy for a stranger on the internet to say, but maybe take $10 (or whatever you have) and get a discount gym membership. Or start saving for retirement with $10 a month. It isn't a lot but the satisfying feeling of getting your shit together is hard to beat.

[Anonymous No.17494104]

>>17494102
>>Overall, just remember that buying any one product isn't going to fix your life.
Well yeah, but having money to do it would.

[Anonymous No.17494108]

>>17494102
>$10/month at 45
Nice I'll have $2400, I can wipe my ass with it since it will probably be a cost of a happy meal by then.

Where do you think poor people get free extra money to somehow save btw?

[Anonymous No.17494110]

Thoughts on this? Seems decent for the money. https://www.citizenwatch.co.uk/na1000-88a.html

[Anonymous No.17494111]

>>17494110
It's a Citizen lmfao, how can it cost more than $150?

[Anonymous No.17494112]

>>17494110
Forgot the fucking picture. Got a little vacheron overseas, royal oak, prx vibe going on.

[Anonymous No.17494113]

>>17494108
Lol m8 just trying to be nice. No wonder youre broke at 45 lol

$2400 is better than nothing, and the idea is that it gets you into the habit of investing something so that when you have extra money it goes towards your future.

Bitching on the internet won't change your situation; being proactive will. But I can tell i'm wasting my breath with you. Have fun dying broke lol

[Anonymous No.17494123]

>>17494113
I'm the 45 year old failure anon and I'm not who you replied to.

[Anonymous No.17494134]

>>17494110
They should charge 2000-3000 for this.
Idiots must suffer.

[Anonymous No.17494138]

Cope, poorfags

[Anonymous No.17494139]

>>17494113
>so that when you have extra money
FROM WHERE
DO YOU THINK EVERYONE WHO DOESN'T GET FREE MONEY JUST FOR EXISTING LIKE YOU RETARDS DO IS FUCKING DUMB
IS THIS THE STATE OF AMERICAN EDUCATION

[Anonymous No.17494146]

i hope someone cuts your face for your watch

[Anonymous No.17494148]

>poorfags are getting angry
Welp, there goes the thread.

[Anonymous No.17494154]

>>17493571
>seiko tank watches are fucking massive with 28mm straps
>seiko womens tanks are adorned with small jewels
JUST. Why's it so hard to find a small tank type watch? Do I need to travel back in time? I wouldn't even mind wearing a "women's" watch if they were just smaller versions but they have bullshit on them

[Anonymous No.17494158]

>>17494154
>I wouldn't even mind wearing a "women's" watch
Well that's good because Tank watches are women's watches regardless of size and jewels

[Anonymous No.17494209]

I like the Royal Oak and the Nautilus, but these look like women's watches.

[Anonymous No.17494216]

>>17494022
Someone is selling one in my country, wants 1k€ for it.

[Anonymous No.17494218]

>>17494158
>>17494209
That's because they're good watches

[Anonymous No.17494229]

>>17494022
>>17494216
Fucking hell, 80s/90s Omegas were so godamn awful.
When you really think about it, the only good era for Omega were the 50s and 60s. The quartz crisis absolutely destroyed their ass, so they had to make all these cheap ugly shitters throughout the the 80s and 90s to keep the brand alive. Then Swatch bought the brand for dirt cheap in the late 90s and rebuilt the brand to what it is now (entry luxury Rolex cope).

[Anonymous No.17494230]

Rolex is the GOAT

[Anonymous No.17494264]

Which is nicer of the two?

[Anonymous No.17494278]

>>17494264
Neither, i don't like these 'negative' lugs. What are they called anyway?

[Anonymous No.17494279]

>>17494278
What about the faces

[Anonymous No.17494281]

>>17494279
Bottom one. Thr subdial is too small on the top one, makes it look off.

[Anonymous No.17494285]

>>17494281
I agree about the sub dial but I would say the top one is vastly superior otherwise

[Anonymous No.17494294]

>>17494278
chaccaron de macaron

[Anonymous No.17494304]

>>17494264
Top because every watchmaker has a version of the bottom.

[Anonymous No.17494316]

>>17494264
Top, I like the pocket watch style

[Anonymous No.17494318]

>>17494264
If the top had the engraved inner dial, the hands and the small seconds of the bottom watch, it would be a perfect dress watch.

[Anonymous No.17494366]

The new Oris Big Crown is based.
>38mm
>manual wind in house caliber
>120h power reserve
I've always liked this design and the date hand idea, but the shitty ETA movement they used was a big no for me.
Might buy one some day. Also Oris is independent, which is nice.

[Anonymous No.17494371]

>>17494304
Every watchmaker has a dress chronograph but not every watchmaker has a simple three-hand dress watch?

[Anonymous No.17494377]

>>17494371
Not as elegant as the top one

[Anonymous No.17494380]

>>17494377
Sure, plenty of them. I mean, I could give you examples, but you'll simply say nuh-uh.

Meanwhile, I defy you to find a brand that has a dress chronograph but doesn't have a dress three-hander.

[Anonymous No.17494382]

>>17494264
They're both shit. You're only considering them because they have "Vacheron Constantin" stamped on their dials.
There's a reason why 90s watches are cheap. They have none of the cool vibes of vintage and none of the innovations of the most recent watches. Soulless shitters.
If you want a Vacheron, you basically have 2 choices :
>vintage (40s to late 60s)
>modern

Same can be said about every other brands, except maybe Patek and Rolex.

[Anonymous No.17494383]

>>17494382
>Same can be said about every other brands, except maybe Patek and Rolex.
80s Rolexes were also dogshit, even into the 90s.
Plastic crystals, terrible lume, rattly bracelets with folded endlinks and stamped sheet-metal clasps.

Before people went bananas for anything with "Rolex" on the dial (only about 6 years ago at this point) you could get 80s-era DJs and OPs for less than 2k USD. Subs for around 5-6k. GMTs for around 8k.

[Anonymous No.17494386]

>>17494382
The top one is from the 40s isn't it?

[Anonymous No.17494390]

>>17494382
Pateks were shit in the 70s and 80s as well

[Anonymous No.17494392]

>>17494382
The Malte is from the mid 2000s

[Anonymous No.17494394]

>>17494386
Hard to say, actually. Vacheron spent a lot of years in the wilderness and basically kept producing some models without changes for decades. It may be an old company, but it's had more than it's share of problems.

In the case of >>17494264 vs >>17494386, you can tell the top one is newer because it says "Vacheron Constantin". Before the 1970s, they would say "Vacheron & Constantin".

[Anonymous No.17494400]

>>17493571
Hello frens, I don't lurk often, I've started daily wearing my Seiko Pogue lately, I have been really enjoying it, I'm not sure how many of the parts are original, service or aftermarket. It appears to me that they are service parts

[Anonymous No.17494401]

>>17494366
Another tragic case of putting meaningless text on the dial.
>Big Crown
Yeah, we can see that it's got a big crown
>5 Days
OK, cool. Is that so important it needs to be on the dial and couldn't simply be engraved on the caseback?

[Anonymous No.17494404]

>>17494394
Did some research
>>17494386 is most definitely 40s to 50s
>>17494264 is called the Renaissance and is 90s
That being said they do look quite similar and I do like both of them, but the 40s is definitely a lot nicer because of a few smaller details. I would buy the 40s one as a dress watch. They're like predecessors to the traditionelle.

[Anonymous No.17494405]

Hamilton khaki field white dial or black? Thinking white...

[Anonymous No.17494415]

>>17494404
>I would buy the 40s one as a dress watch.
Why just a dress watch? You can daily these things, you know?

>They're fragile
They're not, really. The movements are extremely simple. We're not talking about a Grande Complication here. The gold they use for the case is no harder or softer than the gold in a Rolex Day-Date.
>They're not waterproof
Then take it off before you go to the beach.

[Anonymous No.17494419]

>>17494415
I daily my dress watches

[Anonymous No.17494423]

>>17494382
>They have none of the cool vibes of vintage
Bit harsh on the first one considering it's just a copy of older ones. As someone said the subdial is too small however

[Anonymous No.17494425]

>>17494400
There's a number of ways to spot aftermarket parts on a Pogue.

1. The subdial indices should stretch well underneath the main dial. On aftermarket subdials, there will be a small gap between the indices and the main dial face. (Your pic looks correct)

2. The Lume paint should be VERY thick, as if a bubble of liquid just solidified in place. (Hard to tell from the angle of your pic)

3. The 12 o'clock position of the rotating chapter ring should be a little bit fuzzy, aftermarket ones are very crisp and detailed.

4. The Angles of the case should be almost sharp to the touch with aggressive grinds. (Yours looks slightly rounded)

5. The Crown should be completely flush with the case from the angle your pic was taken.

There's other ways to spot from the dial and date window that I can't remember. I really wanted a Pogue a few years ago but, I was dead set on a full original until I realized I was going to have to spend a minimum $1000 if I wanted one in good condition.

[Anonymous No.17494432]

>>17494425
I didn't realise my pic was so shit.

The dial and hands look legit, the hour markers have definetly been replaced at some point since the lume still glows, the case has been polished a bit, so the angles are hard to tell. The crown is somewhat flush with the case. All original ones are cheap, no automatic chronograph is cheap though

[Anonymous No.17494451]

What are some relatively cheap watches that don't enter into the dickwaggling contest? Like, they specifically exempt you from it.

[Anonymous No.17494454]

>>17494264
Top one, but make it vintage as others have said. Nets you a nice discount too

[Anonymous No.17494463]

>>17494451
>What are some relatively cheap watches that don't enter into the dickwaggling contest?
Apple Watch.

Seriously. If you're wearing an analog timepiece, you're making a conscious choice and you're entering yourself in the dickwagging contest.
Pieces like the one you mentioned punch well above their weight in terms of coolness-to-cost ratio. That Timex is way cooler than some cost-equivalent Casio, for example.

[Anonymous No.17494465]

>>17493715
I want to like the weekender but the build quality just sucks so hard. Returned mine. Don't buy it without a generous return policy or seeing the exact module first, q/c is shit

[Anonymous No.17494473]

>>17494463
Smartwatches have their own contest

[Anonymous No.17494476]

>>17494473
>Smartwatches have their own contest
True, but it's undeveloped. It's Apple Watch and then the field. Among Apple Watch users, there's some minor comparison between new models, but those are difficult to tell at a glance.
Maybe if you paid for the Hermes leather strap, that would be a bit of a flex.

[Anonymous No.17494498]

Can someone ID this watch?

[Anonymous No.17494502]

>>17494463
I think some deliberate choices defy the usual classifications. Maybe not exempt you entirely, but they say very little. At least outside of sales and certain professional fields where it's pure Bateman shit.

[Anonymous No.17494509]

>>17494498
Rolex Datejust

[Anonymous No.17494510]

Are you a wristchad enough to wear a 60mm watch?

[Anonymous No.17494530]

do we like it? those hands really stand out compared to almost anything I've seen among haute horology. plus it has a traditional vibe

[Anonymous No.17494532]

no watch is the best watch in the end

[Anonymous No.17494536]

>>17494530
Is it Indian, Turkish, or Russian?

[Anonymous No.17494537]

>>17494530
I don't really but it's great to see something new once in a while

[Anonymous No.17494544]

is it too much to say Grand Seiko has the most innovative designs today? specifically the way they play with colors & textures on the faces is so refreshing. also their hand-polished finishes are unmatched

[Anonymous No.17494545]

>>17494530
No, it's fake.

Third worlders will take old pocket watches, strip out the movement, sell the case for the gold, put the movement in steel pilot watch style cases, slap in random hands and dial, then sell it to gullible idiots.

[Anonymous No.17494547]

>>17494544
>is it too much to say Grand Seiko has the most innovative designs today? specifically the way they play with colors & textures on the faces is so refreshing. also their hand-polished finishes are unmatched

[Anonymous No.17494548]

>>17494544
You really have to like the Japanese design language, I do so I agree. Perhaps a little too indecisive on whether it wants to be formal or sport, but only with some faces.

[Anonymous No.17494549]

>>17494544
Dials yet but I feel like their cases, hands and indices are bland.

[Anonymous No.17494551]

>>Poison cloud looming over state.
>>Have to hide GMT master under cuff to avoid "the blacks"
>>Mexicans living in yard, sleeping in empty pool
>>$15.00 a gallon orange juice starts festering in fridge due to FBI shooting power-stations.
>>Taxes all goes to pay jewish Ukranians pensions.
>Front page of newspaper is a back man cupping the pregnant stomach of a blonde woman

I, personally, only buy AUTHENTIC Swiss watches.

[Anonymous No.17494555]

>>17494548
>the Japanese design language
can you speak more to this, anon? I'm interested in your thoughts
>>17494549
agreed, I'd love to see a bit more panache with both. they seem to keep it formal with the core but experiment with the peripheral

[Anonymous No.17494566]

>>17494544
I strongly dislike the direction grand seiko has taken in the last few years. blingy, tacky, "look at me" white people shite. they're getting huge, they're getting colorful, they're turning into invicta.

[Anonymous No.17494573]

>>17494566
interesting take. nothing jumps out at me as so gaudy, but I'd be interested to see examples you're thinking of.
my preference is understated elegance with a bit of pop for dress watches, but I don't mind having more fun with a sports watch. I really like the Milgauss for example. the orange lightning bolt second hand and green sheen to the crystal are brilliant choices imo

[Anonymous No.17494582]

>>17494573
Have you seen a GS in person? They're quite blingy, even the "plain" ones, because of the faceting and contrasting finishes. The so-called "japanese design language" that the other anon referred to is actually the grand seiko design language. They created this concept in the 60s/70s to make their watches competitive when displayed in the store next to more "prestigious" imported brands. They really do glitter, when handled under powerful multi-source lighting. It doesn't stand out in stand-alone photographs, the notion of GS as a subtle "under the radar" brand is a reddit meme.

Adding flashy colorful dials with ridiculous novelty textures is gilding the lily and I for one find it distasteful. Obviously, many buyers especially white people find it superior, because despite all the nonsense about "I buy grand seiko to impress myself", the reality is they will be secretly enraged if someone faint praises their watch and compares it unfavorably to a swiss brand.

[Anonymous No.17494584]

what is the best way to polish/maintain my dress watch? can light scratches be cleaned off? and does polishing it decrease the value?

[Anonymous No.17494595]

>>17494584
Just be careful. Polishing metal is as much art as science and it's very, very easy to fuck things up even with something like a gentle Cape Cod cloth.

When you take your watch in for service, they will refinish the case without fucking it up too badly.
An amateurish re-finish, where they just press the case up against a buffing wheel until it's shiny, will kill the value since all of the case edges will be rounded off.

Personally, I just live with the scratches. That's part of wearing a watch.

[Anonymous No.17494597]

>>17494582
Sure, I've been to my AD in Manhattan a few times and own the SBGA413G. I wouldn't consider it glittery or blingy, but I can see how the matte brushed texture isn't for everyone. There is certainly room for traditional faces. I love the sheen of the hand-polished finishes; it's not blinding, but spotted well when reflecting light.

Overall, I'd say my watch is quite subtle. No one has ever made it the centerpiece of conversation, though I have talked about it with a few watch enthusiasts (one being my boss, who owns several models from the Holy Trinity) and they have become more positive towards Grand Seiko as a prestige brand.

Also, I'm okay with no one else caring about my watch or thinking it inferior. The fact is it's a beautiful piece of horological engineering and it is MY constant companion; to each his own.

[Anonymous No.17494604]

>>17494595
my AD told me if I want to have my GS officially serviced, they would need to mail it back to the workshop in Japan. you think that would minimize or eliminate any fuckups from servicing since the same people who created it would be handling its maintenance?

[Anonymous No.17494608]

>>17493980
Hamilton Murph maybe? Or a minimally branded flieger like Laco?

[Anonymous No.17494609]

vat watch is this

[Anonymous No.17494611]

>>17494609
hard to tell but looks like a classic-style chronometer. unsure of the make

[Anonymous No.17494617]

>>17494604
>you think that would minimize or eliminate any fuckups from servicing since the same people who created it would be handling its maintenance?
No, actually, since Seiko does not have a special service department for Grand Seiko (only the Micro Artist Studio watches like the Credor Eichi II get that treatment)
Your watch will be serviced by the same team that services Seiko 5's.

That's why there are so many horror stories about Grand Seiko service brutalizing watches.

[Anonymous No.17494620]

>>17494609
Patek Philippe ref 3970E

>>17494611
chronograph

>>17494617
you sure you're not thinking of seiko service center in NJ USA?

[Anonymous No.17494622]

>>17494617
>Your watch will be serviced by the same team that services Seiko 5's.
I doubt that, why would they need to send it back to Japan if anyone can service it?

[Anonymous No.17494623]

>>17494620
my bad, i meant chronograph. well spotted though anon

[Anonymous No.17494626]

>>17494620
>you sure you're not thinking of seiko service center in NJ USA?
Grand Seikos are not sent to the NJ center (unless that policy has changed.)
The spare parts for GS are all kept in Japan so that's where they get sent, but the expensive Grand Seiko is still chucked in the same bin as any other Orange Monster.

*If it's a Sproong Drive, there are guys in that center who are qualified to service them, so one would hope they're better at their jobs all around.

[Anonymous No.17494630]

>>17494620
damn
thank you

[Anonymous No.17494631]

>>17494620
>>17494622
>>17494626
all in all, it sounds like the proper path is to avoid having a high-end watch serviced unless it's so high-end that there is a specialized team who knows exactly how to maintain it without fucking anything up

[Anonymous No.17494632]

>>17494631
Yup. That's why even ADs nowadays will tell you "It needs service when it stops keeping good time, not before."

[Anonymous No.17494635]

>>17494626
seiko in NJ can and does service GS watches, they just won't service the latest bleeding edge principle toenail of satan dragon dildo triple axis fusée gyrotourbillons. the horror stories you read about where they fucked up a polish are from NJ

[Anonymous No.17494637]

>>17494632
my GS Sproong has been 1.5 seconds behind all day even though I reset it just yesterday. that is flaring my autism. what say you?

[Anonymous No.17494658]

>>17494637
Nta, i'd suggest you just chill. My 60's Seiko gains almost a minute every day and i couldn't care less.

[Anonymous No.17494662]

Who makes the best steel bracelets?

[Anonymous No.17494666]

>>17494609
>>17494611
has a moonphase too. maybe a blancpain villeret? lugs don't really match tho but hard to tell

[Anonymous No.17494699]

What are some (preferably affordable) meme watches that you would actually wear.

[Anonymous No.17494711]

>>17494366
damn that's pretty hot, how much do they want?

[Anonymous No.17494715]

>>17494366
ETA hate is peak mid

[Anonymous No.17494716]

>>17494555
What anon said, a lot of it is 60s Seiko design language, I disagree and wouldn't call it gaudy. They have their own midcentury design language that's superifcially similar to danish modern but tends towards details pulled from paper, ceramic, fabrics and lacquer work. There's also bits of wholly native industrial design like you see on contemporary cameras. Sometimes it gets overly ornate in an understated way, these things are designed to pair with formal dress kimono as much as business suits. It's ostentatious but not blingy.

I prefer the regular lines for daily wear where cost cutting cleaned up the design, but wouldn't turn down one of those cocktail watches.

[Anonymous No.17494719]

>>17494699
i can't see any setting in which wearing a meme watch would be received positively other than maybe working at like a tech startup

[Anonymous No.17494730]

Which wristlet Speedy should I get?
>3539.50 Reduced with Sapphire, 100m water resistance, improved bracelet and clasp, and more Pro-like dial but still has a wonky modular movement
>The bastard lovechild of an Omega and a Longines, with a Valjoux based movement and a thiccer case

[Anonymous No.17494738]

>>17494555
It's called the Grammar of Design and was developed by a then young designer Taro Tanaka. Before that Seiko didn't even have a dedicated designer.
You can read more here:
https://www.namokimods.com/en-eu/blogs/namokitimes/the-people-behind-seiko-taro-tanaka
https://wornandwound.com/art-time-taro-tanaka-seikos-grammar-design/

[Anonymous No.17494746]

>>17494555
Here are some early examples of watches that were designed by Tanaka if you can be bothered to look them up.

[Anonymous No.17494747]

Feeling quite chuffed right now

[Anonymous No.17494750]

>>17494747
What is the reason for all the chuffening?

[Anonymous No.17494755]

>>17494747
Oh I forgot these guys opened up today. I've been eyeing a Smiths again to try and stratch my Explorer itch without getting a San Martin or something.

[Anonymous No.17494761]

>>17494746

[Anonymous No.17494768]

if you HAD to pick one of only these 2 watches to be your sportfu, which one are you going with?

[Anonymous No.17494769]

>>17494768
Neither because I'm not a dadbod former frat bro in murray hill

[Anonymous No.17494771]

>>17494769
oh come on anon, stop being a contrarian poopie pants and pick one
GUN TO YOUR HEAD: which one (for free)?

[Anonymous No.17494772]

I want a cheap gold watch like sub $150 literally whatever analog digital quartz mechanical I don't care just a cool one
I like pic related but also recs pls

[Anonymous No.17494774]

>>17494771
The omega because my knee jerk response is to assume it has a slightly better resale value so I can head over to the diamond district, sell it for whatever they'll give me in cash, and immediately buy a set of bora wto 33s and a super record eps gruppo (I already have a sport watch that I like)

[Anonymous No.17494775]

>>17494768
Omega. This is one of the rare instances where the orange isn't meh.

[Anonymous No.17494776]

>>17494772
here you go sir
https://www.amazon.com/Techno-Pave-Totally-Bling-Watch/dp/B01CB1U7JY

[Anonymous No.17494779]

>>17494774
>he's a cyclist
use your knees anon. RUN
>>17494775
interestingly I really like how the yellow second hand pops on the Tag

[Anonymous No.17494791]

>>17494779
Why though? Cycling gear is so much more fun. What the fuck do runners even have? Cool shoes? Lol.

[Anonymous No.17494797]

>>17494791
superior cardio. cyclets could never last in a cage with a roadchad :^)

[Anonymous No.17494798]

>>17494768
>Picrel Average Tag Huehue enjoyer
Do with that info what you wish.

[Anonymous No.17494799]

>>17494798
N/A: no idea who that is and I look nothing like him

[Anonymous No.17494815]

>>17494797
I've tried. I don't know how anyone can get cardio done from running. I'm already dying of boredom before my heart rate even hits 120.

[Anonymous No.17494823]

>he has to pick and choose his watch for the day
Heh, pathetic.

[Anonymous No.17494831]

>>17494823
The megashitter....

[Anonymous No.17494835]

>>17494699

[Anonymous No.17494838]

>>17494831
lmao

>>17494835
anyone who buys this is a poser.

[Anonymous No.17494846]

>>17494835
>>17494838
I'm gonna need it for when my GME stonks hit the moon

[Anonymous No.17494870]

>>17494835
thats like a normal sized invicta

[Anonymous No.17494890]

[Anonymous No.17494897]

>>17494890
god I fucking wish.

[Anonymous No.17494908]

>>17494890
Are they still waiting for the steel sports watch hype to die down before making a steel version?

[Anonymous No.17494911]

>>17494823
I know someone who does that. He's on the border where the time changes and a gmt doesn't cut it.

[Anonymous No.17494914]

>>17494823
Based multiwatch enjoyer.
I remember seeing a pic of 5 or 6 watch heads stacked on top of one another on one nato strap, was hilarious.

[Anonymous No.17494923]

>>17494699

[Anonymous No.17494927]

>>17494908
There probably won't be a steel version.

[Anonymous No.17494929]

>>17494927
For now.

[Anonymous No.17494931]

[Anonymous No.17494985]

>>17494835
the average mens watch in 2033

[Anonymous No.17494994]

should I get it? serious answers only

I have a GS and Rolex OP for dress and a chonker Tag for the rough stuff

[Anonymous No.17494998]

>>17494994
Get it on the bracelet and buy the rubber separately. But other than that, it's a great watch.

[Anonymous No.17495073]

>>17494699
Yes, I like it.

[Anonymous No.17495081]

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE MY GRAND SEIKO SPRUNG DIVE IS 1.5 SECONDS BEHIND

[Anonymous No.17495091]

>>17495081
Bitch my 9f QUARTZ is losing half a second per month, at least your spring drive is mechanical and therefore its accuracy doesn't matter, what am I supposed to do with this piece of shit now? I should have just bought a radio controlled casio

[Anonymous No.17495095]

>>17495091
>your spring drive is mechanical and therefore its accuracy doesn't matter
how fucking dare you
i bought this quartz-mechanical beaut so i could flex on mechbabbies who giga cope every day about nippon forcing the swiss to kneel. i am genuinely, truly, and unironically mad that i've lost 1.5 seconds since resetting it yesterday

[Anonymous No.17495108]

>>17495091
>what am I supposed to do with this piece of shit now
There is a screw on the movement so you can regulate it.

[Anonymous No.17495154]

>>17493903

I'd go for the Grand Seiko Snowflake. Very nice looking watch.

[Anonymous No.17495165]

what are the top 5 most iconic Grand Seikos?
>Cherry Blossom
>Snowflake
>Whirlpool
these must be included right?

[Anonymous No.17495173]

>>17495165
Any of their grammar of design pieces like the 44GS, 62GS, 56GS, etc.

[Anonymous No.17495176]

>>17495165
>>17495173
I don't like when the watch says SEIKO on top and GS on bottom
is this irrational or justified

[Anonymous No.17495182]

>>17494366
I'll buy one as soon as they put out a nice red or green dial.

[Anonymous No.17495197]

>>17495176
Doesn't bother me much, but I get it. That's probably why new GS's only have "Grand Seiko" at the top now.

[Anonymous No.17495203]

>>17494699
I'm not even sure if it's a meme given the absolute state of dive watches.

[Anonymous No.17495215]

>>17495197
SEIKO is associated with old school Japanese cheapness for better or worse. GS is psychologically tied to luxury

[Anonymous No.17495247]

>>17495203
>no option for the scuba dude on the dial with a barrel case

[Anonymous No.17495257]

>>17495247
There are like a billion options, I'm surprised.

>>17495215
What are historic watch prices like? I know how to convert and adjusr for other things but I've never looked up watches.

[Anonymous No.17495270]

>>17494699

[Anonymous No.17495271]

Poorfag here. What is the closest watch to a datejust with a jubilee strap?

[Anonymous No.17495277]

>>17495215
>GS is psychologically tied to luxury
GS is psychologically tied to overcompensating for being unwilling to pay for a Rolex.

[Anonymous No.17495336]

>>17494139
You’re in a watch thread, asking for watch suggestions, then complaining about being broke and having no money. That’s some real smooth brain shit lol

[Anonymous No.17495412]

At what point, not necessarily monetary, do poorfags check out of the watch game?

[Anonymous No.17495462]

>>17495412
they never really do. microbrands exist to grift them out of their money.

[Anonymous No.17495477]

hnnggg
https://youtu.be/Y0MSgNWRAyo

[Anonymous No.17495486]

Opinions about picrel watch? The titanium case is 43mm

[Anonymous No.17495487]

>>17495165
Red snowflake

[Anonymous No.17495495]

>>17495486
that's a ginormous bezel. that + the white tips of the hands blending in with the indices makes the hands look kinda squat imo
it's okay if you're a meatloaf of a human being going for a heavy duty look on your thick ass forearms i guess

[Anonymous No.17495511]

>>17495495
I saw it and you are right, it's fucking huge. I like it because it's titanium (quartz) and the crown is threaded also looks very resistant.

[Anonymous No.17495514]

>>17495495
Look
>inb4 look all the shitters

[Anonymous No.17495522]

>>17495487
that would look so much better with just a plain white enamel dial

[Anonymous No.17495539]

>>17495511
>>17495514
looks better in that pic. i do think the white-tip-on-white-hour markers is a bit of a design flaw, but whatever.

if you ever get angry at someone, you could bludgeon them to death with it so that's a bonus

[Anonymous No.17495544]

>>17495539
Fucking it's lightweight anyways (or it's like a golf ball?)

Thanks anon I will buying it then

[Anonymous No.17495631]

>>17495544
Wear it in good health anon

[Anonymous No.17495638]

>>17495165
The red wooden floor one
Omiwatari
Honorable mention:
Blue Mount Iwate
Kira Zuri
Peacock

[Anonymous No.17495640]

>>17495271
The Seiko alternative. It's semi-iconic as well so there is nothing to be ashamed of if you're wearing one.

[Anonymous No.17495643]

>>17495522
You have Credor Eichii II for that. Seiko makes some enamel and porcelain dials as well.

[Anonymous No.17495655]

>>17495640
Bateman approved btw

[Anonymous No.17495656]

>>17495412
When they realize they're being fleeced and it's a pointless "hobby" for people that they will never be?

[Anonymous No.17495663]

>>17495412
I realized that i don't need any more watches when i got the one i wanted. I like it so much that i wear it 95% of the time so really there is no point to buying any more.

[Anonymous No.17495687]

>>17494747
based.

[Anonymous No.17495708]

>>17495095
>lost 1.5 seconds since resetting it yesterday
>1.5 seconds in a day
Gay Sexko is absolut garbage.

[Anonymous No.17495715]

Can any watch gurus Id this watch? It's from one of my favorite adult scenes where Janet Peron has anal in the ass atop an active volcano in the bed of a truck. I think it's from the 90s early 2000s. I can't get a good shot of the watch but here are some stills. I'm being completely serious, I like the size and look. It's one of the few watches I've ever considered getting.

[Anonymous No.17495719]

>>17494768
lmao that Omega is a fucking mess
>GMT function
>rotating bezel is graduated from 0 to 60
Either make a diver or a GMT watch, but trying to make both is beyond retarded.
Also it's fucking ugly as hell and looks like a Nerf toy.

[Anonymous No.17495726]

>>17495715
>I like the size and look
what look, holy shit you tards keep wanting to ID 5 fucking pixels of nothing for no logical reason
Want an ID? Go look at the fucking casio catalog, there's probably 50 models they make that look exactly like this trash

[Anonymous No.17495736]

https://youtu.be/v8KIzZmp7E4?t=141

Who else wants to lick her arm hair and cum on it?

[Anonymous No.17495739]

>>17495736
her voice alone makes my tinkle sprinkle.

[Anonymous No.17495759]

>>17493990
Seiko 5... $100 and it looks nice.

[Anonymous No.17495762]

>>17495759
agreed. but not the one in the pic imo. i'd go for the SNXS79K in grey. i think it's delicious...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP76Id8_wgg

[Anonymous No.17495772]

>>17495762
ugly lugs, SNK365 is better imo because it has curved lugs and a textured dial

[Anonymous No.17495776]

>>17495772
I meant the SNK361. Here's a pic comparing the two cases

[Anonymous No.17495779]

https://youtu.be/nnOPBcZpwW4?t=165

What do you think about a vintage Longines like this? What other watches are similar and is there a GMT that looks like that?

[Anonymous No.17495796]

>>17495736
>>17495739
I agree, both are pretty good. Cheers fellow female hair enjouers

[Anonymous No.17495814]

>>17495095
>1.5s
so this is the power of the glorious 1000000 times folded, zarathustra polished spring drive. why bother then?

[Anonymous No.17495845]

Opinions on Apophismaxxing?

What piece would a goold wear, apart from the obvious gold Datejust?

[Anonymous No.17495851]

>>17494216
>in my country

[Anonymous No.17495852]

>>17495095
post watch

[Anonymous No.17495858]

What is the best quartz diver? I like these but I don't want automatic because it's pointless and anachronistic.

[Anonymous No.17495867]

>>17495858
I also love this but have no use for a GMT hand and ideally want a rotating bezel.

[Anonymous No.17495871]

>>17494890
looks kinda stiff and uncomfy, golden nautilus or golden daydate look like they wear more comfy

[Anonymous No.17495874]

>>17494890
Why this shit "AUTOMATIC" font?

[Anonymous No.17495888]

>>17495715
Tag Heuer F1 or a Zodiac Swiss Formula from the 90's.

[Anonymous No.17495897]

>>17495858
Seiko Tuna?

[Anonymous No.17495912]

>>17495858
Seiko kinetic? Maybe an oil filled pulsar. Divers and field watches tend to trade a few seconds of accuracy for not having to deal with batteries that always seem to die at the worst time. Kinetic splits the difference. I don't even hate quartz, I just prefer sport watches (and field cameras) to not have batteries.

[Anonymous No.17495918]

>>17495897
Good call. Are there any that aren't huge?

>>17495912
Surely a quartz is way more accurate and reliable than an automatic at a given moment?

[Anonymous No.17495922]

>>17495918
Kinetic IS quartz. The rotor generates power that goes to the battery. The battery powers the movement.

[Anonymous No.17495924]

>>17495918
>Surely a quartz is way more accurate and reliable than an automatic at a given moment?
a shitty 2$ quartz is worse than the million or so GS Kodo, but that's about it

[Anonymous No.17495926]

>>17495922
Ah gotcha. I'll have a look.

[Anonymous No.17495946]

>>17495918
More accurate? Definitely. More reliable? Finding a jeweler to replace a battery on a Sunday afternoon in some bumfuck shithole with good hiking trails is a special kind of hell. I'd also guaranfuckingtee that he won't have the replacement gasket you need. /out/ists like Citizen for that reason. You end up wearing it into the ground before the movement shits the bed.

[Anonymous No.17495961]

>>17495912
Kinetic doesn't work in real life.

[Anonymous No.17495962]

>>17495922
It's a capacitor, not a battery, and it dies pretty quickly if you don't wear it every day.

[Anonymous No.17495963]

>>17495962
...and then you put it back on and it starts right up again.

[Anonymous No.17495966]

>>17495963
Apparently draining them cuts the life of the capacitor in half. It's likely spring drive will trickle down once they make up 50 years of development costs off the whales. Kinetic has slowly been phased out.

[Anonymous No.17495969]

>>17494415
nta but been there done that, and I'm through with dress watches as daily drivers. too much trouble. a reasonably sized (36-37mm) sports watch works fine with any/all outfits and you don't have to take it off before the beach, or in the shower, or whatever

[Anonymous No.17495976]

>>17495962
why do people say this? it's an ordinary lithium ion battery. panasonic mt920. what is the reason for making up alternative facts?

[Anonymous No.17495984]

>>17495858
Grand Seiko SBGX337

[Anonymous No.17495985]

>>17495976
I admit i haven't delved deep into it but i honestly thought it was a capacitor and i think i have read many stories about them dying and nobody wanting to replace them so the watch was thrown in the trash. They probably did many different variants so some could be with a battery, but Kinetic is generally known as unreliable.

[Anonymous No.17495991]

>>17495985
I don't know much about that specific model but the japanese solar watch concept seems heavily reliant on these weird specially modded lithium coin cells with proprietary leads soldered onto them, which might account for the mythology about "capacitor". if I were to guess, the seikos are cheap, the weird proprietary batteries are not something stocked at the average watch shop, and with the amount of specialized shop time that it would take to open it up, order that weird part, wait for it, and drop it in, the average buyer probably would just give up and buy a new one.

jack up the price to $2000 like with citizen's fancy pants version, and the customer might change their tune.

[Anonymous No.17496005]

>>17495966
I'm sure it affects the charging capacity in the long term but I've had a kinetic for the past 17 years and it's been bulletproof.

[Anonymous No.17496075]

>>17496005
It's probably not a big deal if you actually wear it, but people who complain on the internet don't do that. I considered one maybe 15 years ago but local prices were borked, availability was terrible, and online shopping was still...not great. Now I look for cult-like followings where people complain because they like it so much.

[Anonymous No.17496095]

>>17496005
How 'can't afford an explorer'/10 is this?

[Anonymous No.17496096]

>>17495918
I own a tuna, the lack of lugs make them wear really small.

If you don't like heavy tho, make sure you buy from some place that will take returns. Its not super heavy, but the quartz movement is all metal, so its heavier than most quartz.

Anyways, I love mine. One of Basedkos few decent modern offerings IMO

[Anonymous No.17496107]

>>17496096
Ref. number, my nigga?

[Anonymous No.17496111]

>>17496095
It's not great.

[Anonymous No.17496113]

>>17495708
>>17495814
good news is I reset it again yesterday and now it's perfect. also +/- 1.5 is still better than roolegs

[Anonymous No.17496115]

>>17496107
SBBN043 - this is the version with the sapphire crystal, which I 100% recommend. The hardlex version is fine and hard to scratch but it attracts fingerprints and dust like crazy.

Black is SBBN045

Sakura Watches is the best price I found and they appear to still have them in stock

[Anonymous No.17496118]

>>17496095
that Tudor isn't great. why is the hour hand so goddamn chunky? and surely that's not the crown in closed position, right?

too much of a knockoff imo. do you really want an explorer imitation? you can get much more original and capable watches at that price point

[Anonymous No.17496122]

>>17496118
Far easier to read in murky conditions (like when you are immersed in cloudy muddy water)

Good observation on the crown, are you a trained watchmaker?

[Anonymous No.17496133]

>>17495663
This is the sad truth.

I wasted years and thousands of dollars on "just as good" soikos and "great value" microbrands. Constantly buying and selling, losing money most of the time, until I bought a Rolex and a breitling and now basically wear nothing else. I barely even look at new watches now because I scratched that itch.

Ironically lots of ledditors talk about having a "signature watch" and it being a heirloom for their kids and it being a "trusted companion/tool", but then have a collection with like 50 watches. You're kids will only want your watch if they saw you wearing the same piece for 30 years and associate it with you. Otherwise its going straight to the bin or the pawn shop when you die.

Buy one you like, and wear the hell out of it.

[Anonymous No.17496135]

>>17496122
nah, nowhere close to that. it just stuck out to me
would you consider the seamaster? same price bracket and a look that's all its own

[Anonymous No.17496142]

>>17496133
My dad has several watches from haute horlogerie to boring everyman watches and I'm going to fight for them when he dies. They're worth at most 5% of the value of his estate but I legit don't care about the rest, if anyone else gets those watches I'm going postal. They're the only physical relics that I can hang onto that would really mean anything to me.

[Anonymous No.17496145]

>>17496135
>same price bracket and a look that's all its own
All non-Submariner dive watches have the same look. It's called "I couldn't afford a Submariner".

[Anonymous No.17496147]

>>17496135
Why do people like this design? Its so fuking ugly; like straight out of the 90s, and not in a good way.

The "waves" make the dial way too busy, the scalloped bezel is tacky IMO, and the hands look unbalanced. The whole thing is just way overdone. Its like a nigger buying a classic car, then ruining it by making it a lowrider and putting spinning rims on it. Sometimes less is more.

Ironically the actual version from the 90s is better than this current one.

It took some aussie bootleggers to make the only decent seamaster

[Anonymous No.17496148]

>>17496135
I was being facetious about the watchmaker thing.

I don't hate the semen master but I don't love it either. Not sure what diver I'd get, maybe a LLD

[Anonymous No.17496150]

>>17496147
WatchCo Seamaster.

[Anonymous No.17496155]

>>17496115
hate fat hands on a watch.

[Anonymous No.17496156]

>>17496145
give it a rest kumar
>>17496148
get a vostok
>>17496147
good call on the bezel, that is a bit of a drawback. the hands have a clear design philosophy, at least. the waves don't clash at all with the readability imo

[Anonymous No.17496157]

This guy's idea of an interesting dial texture is "sunburst".

[Anonymous No.17496159]

>>17496135
loves me some seamaster. anyone who buys the blue dial though as opposed to the white, is a big gay bumboy.

[Anonymous No.17496162]

>>17496157
Point in case: their latest release, the Overseas chrono panda.

[Anonymous No.17496164]

>>17496157
>>17496162
Even the vaunted blue-dial Overseas has a sunburst dial.

Fuck's wrong with this hack?

[Anonymous No.17496165]

>>17496157
>>17496162
>>17496164
The retardedly exclusive and discontinued Overseas ultra-thin.
Sunburst.

[Anonymous No.17496168]

too poor to buy a seamaster? you can't go wrong with an octopus. swiss movement (SW200) and impeccable build quality. you won't find a negative review.

[Anonymous No.17496170]

brehs...

[Anonymous No.17496171]

>>17496155
The old version has thinner hands, but fair enough

[Anonymous No.17496172]

why does the rolex shill go so hard for a make he doesn't own? is it some kind of meta humor?

[Anonymous No.17496173]

>>17496168
oh, and they're like £300 btw. you can get a cheaper (but still very nice) PT5000 movement for like £75 less than the SW200. helium escape valve is real, not some cunty ornamental meme.

[Anonymous No.17496177]

>>17496172
Probably just nostalgic for the days when every other post in /wt/ was
>can't afford a Rolex?
It's irritating as fuck.

That being said, Rolex lives in everyone's head rent-free that no one can seemingly have an objective discussion about their watches. Mention it and the shills come out to praise it as perfection and the irrational Rolex haters will immediately throw a shit-fit.

A couple threads ago someone recommended a Datejust as a daily wearer for someone with an office job and that was the last non-shitpost in the thread.

[Anonymous No.17496178]

>>17496157
>>17496162
>>17496164
>>17496165
And it's not just the Overseas, the Patrimony is like that too.

[Anonymous No.17496184]

>>17496177
Rolex clearly makes nice watches and is the most iconic watch brand in existence. I've said it before, I think the Milgauss would be my preferred sports watch.

[Anonymous No.17496186]

>>17496113
>also +/- 1.5 is still better than roolegs
yeah but at that point it's irrelevant. i'm happy your watch runs well now

[Anonymous No.17496213]

>>17496170
holy shit this is my fetish.

[Anonymous No.17496219]

>>17496168
Looks cheap.

[Anonymous No.17496228]

>>17496213
https://www.ebay.com/itm/275699892234?hash=item4030fe800a:g:fc4AAOSwjLhj8wwT&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoNzgpVGXVAwGAKtdO9%2FWghXX%2FwNbaDk%2FQZBe1FP1k1iMur3Zj06t2cii6GkBu53zDCP2U5e8E5akGgQWDDOUVHOLvyd3qBZtIQuMAR0Veat6Rx62O4xY4UzoMR7sQ7gqw6zSpKOE6SeJWE7blacJiqyGfA2qy8hBo6xsrVmR7pcWdOpU8q%2FEBjekjSK6WZezPUwaZhzezN9EoYtUKobdMt8%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR6bFzP3NYQ

here you go bro. this is your chance to get it v cheap

[Anonymous No.17496229]

>>17496228
>that url
all you need is this, anon.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/275699892234

[Anonymous No.17496234]

>>17496229
kek i was too lazy. thanks, anon. have a nice ALS for your charitable work

[Anonymous No.17496241]

I just love it. Can't keep away from it. thoughts?

[Anonymous No.17496258]

>>17496095
so did TGV design the rolex explorer? because 3/6/9 is his signature as we all know? kek

[Anonymous No.17496262]

ALS ARE ILLUMINAT

[Anonymous No.17496265]

>>17496156
>get a vostok
Probably the best bet for an authentic 60s diver, because it is one. It also has huge cred among those who actually go outside. Watch autists weren't really the ones who latched on to it, it trickled down to /out/fags from milsurpfags. Pretty in line with the cheap 60s dive watch pipeline.

>>17496241
Casual but tasteful. Hopefully not a fuckhueg case, watches like that wear better when they're smaller.

[Anonymous No.17496269]

>>17496262
Not bad, how much? Link?

[Anonymous No.17496275]

does anyone else hate numerical hour markers? IT SHOULD BE GEOMETRIC SYMBOLS. USE YOUR GODDAMN CREATIVITY

[Anonymous No.17496281]

>>17496275
pic related: the SUPERIOR method

[Anonymous No.17496282]

>>17496269
surprisingly cheap for an ALS
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115608090190

[Anonymous No.17496295]

>>17496282
Sounds like bullshit. Why didn't they keep it as a pocket watch? Where exactly are the pocket watches with that specific dial? And how big is it, it's probably like 50mm?

[Anonymous No.17496314]

>>17496228
bet it's fake.

[Anonymous No.17496318]

>>17496219
how so? and looks aside, it feels like quality. 'feels' very solidly made.

[Anonymous No.17496326]

>>17496314
buy it and find out. ebay has pretty much a bullet-proof return policy for customers

[Anonymous No.17496335]

>>17496326
except if the listing states "no returns"?

[Anonymous No.17496337]

>>17496335
even then, eBay generally sides with the customer. it happened to me once. I collect fine literature (collection is worth about $40k so far) and ordered a Folio Society book that was not in mint condition as described on the listing. I tried to process a return and the seller declined, opening up an eBay case. eBay refunded me my money and I got to keep the book, which I then gifted to a friend

[Anonymous No.17496339]

>>17495946
>More reliable?
>Finding a jeweler to replace a battery on a Sunday afternoon in some bumfuck shithole with good hiking trails is a special kind of hell

What does the word "reliable" mean?

Because "will go for years to a decade+ without any form of intervention" is pretty reliable. Good luck getting a Rolex serviced on Sunday afternoon in some bumfuck shithole.

Here's a crazy idea, if you REALLY knew you needed a watch to work you'd take a solar, something that tells you if the battery is low or one with the battery changed in the last year or so.

[Anonymous No.17496340]

>check out a 99% light absorbing Musou black watch
>it reflects light
Every time

[Anonymous No.17496343]

>>17496337
You can get away as long as it's "item not as described" or similar territory. Professional sellers won't fight it because it hurts their rating, randoms don't give a fuck.

[Anonymous No.17496346]

>>17496340
is this that 'vantablack' stuff? seems pretty gay to me

[Anonymous No.17496351]

>>17495946
>I'd also guaranfuckingtee that he won't have the replacement gasket you need

NOOO IF HE DOESN'T HAVE THE HECKIN GASKETERINO THEN I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GO DEEP SEA DIVING WHILE WEARING THE WATCH ON MY HECKIN HIKIN TRIP OH NOOOOOO

[Anonymous No.17496352]

>>17496346
It's supposed to be Musoublack but I doubt it desu. Looks like plain ole black to me. Pic related is another ""99%"" light absorbing musou watch.

[Anonymous No.17496353]

>>17496343
a fake vintage yellow-dial Seamaster would fall into that category. eBay will side with the seller on that for sure
if anyone really likes that watch and has the means to purchase it, I recommend giving it a shot. could be quite the steal if it's legit and in working order (both as described in listing)

[Anonymous No.17496355]

>>17495946
*sips*
*hic* yeah go buy a mechanical shitter because when your quartz dies after ten years then you might not be able to change the battery right away but when the mechanical dies and no one can help you in bumfuck that'll be ok.

Oh but you'll service the mechanical at regular intervals but won't replace the battery in your watch for years and years until after it dies, even before going to a bumfuck shithole.

[Anonymous No.17496358]

>>17496355
>quartz
BBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

[Anonymous No.17496371]

>>17496358
>"it's too boring!!!"
fair
>>17495946
>"I'm going to make up a non-sensical hypothetical to demonstrate some supposed flaw in quartz as a timetelling piece"
cringe

[Anonymous No.17496383]

>>17496339
When a mechanical stops working entirely, you have a serious problem. Quartz batteries like to die randomly, often without warning. It's just one consideration, not a total condemnation.

[Anonymous No.17496391]

the nautilus is so ridiculously over-valued and over-rated. what a boring piece of crap, and a total rip off too. who the hell pays this much for something so dull?
https://ebay.co.uk/itm/225266971559

[Anonymous No.17496398]

>>17496383
>Quartz batteries like to die randomly

They really don't though. Like there's some variation based on the exact battery and how often you use the backlight or whatever, but that's a "gee wonder if it'll last for four years or eight or 12?" question, not like a "IT COULD DIE IN 5 weeks AFTER CHANGING WHO KNOWS"

>When a mechanical stops working entirely, you have a serious problem

Yeah. But without service, how many mechanicals would you be SURE would last 10 years?

And if you are servicing a mechanical every 2, 4, 5 years, why is it so burdensome to do get a new battery put in before an imaginary trip?

[Anonymous No.17496399]

>>17496168
From their website’s about us page
> With the love of wrist art, with the wrist watchmaker's persistence; In the time of history and future, in the space of dream and reality, We think carefully, in the small cuffs between the wrist show And invite you to taste...
What the hell is this chinkshit you’re peddling?

[Anonymous No.17496404]

>>17495946
You are Reddit

[Anonymous No.17496406]

>>17496340
>>17496352
>what time is it?
>uhh, black :)

[Anonymous No.17496413]

>>17495946
What cheap shitter do you own that in current year doesn't have an EOL indicator, you fucking bum?

[Anonymous No.17496434]

>>17496413
What, one tick every two seconds for me it's that weird vintage watch that has a red light for low battery

[Anonymous No.17496441]

new
>>17496440
>>17496440
>>17496440
>>17496440
>>17496440

[Anonymous No.17496479]

>>17496318
The dial looks flat and empty, the indices are so-so, unrefined bezel...

[Anonymous No.17496514]

>>17496337
>"fine literature"
>"folio society"

good one

[Anonymous No.17496998]

>>17495858
I don't know if it's the best but the Casio Oceanus P2000 is quite cool

[Anonymous No.17497026]

>>17496998
This design is a mess.