/wt/ watch thread

[Anonymous No.17690242]

> 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 thread >>17688874

[Anonymous No.17690246]

First for quartzchads, mechanicucks on suicide watch

[Anonymous No.17690247]

First post better post

[Anonymous No.17690258]

reminder

[Anonymous No.17690260]

Hi I'm Tim, welcome to Watchbox and thanks for logging on! If you love this watch email me: [e-mail]. It's in the description below, your purchase and pricing email question line for buying this or any watch you see on any Watchbox platform. Please reach out to me directly, email [e-mail] for pricing details.

[Anonymous No.17690264]

Im brown and skinny, which color should i pick?

[Anonymous No.17690265]

>>17690264
Why do you think you can choose?

[Anonymous No.17690267]

>>17690246
But there's something based about a watch powered only by mechanics. I'm going to assume watch servicing requirements would make a mechanical watch inevitably dependent on intervention a la a new battery for a quartz.

[Anonymous No.17690268]

>>17690265
Because im in usa

[Anonymous No.17690272]

>>17690258
I do wish i had a kanji day wheel.

[Anonymous No.17690275]

>new Baltic prototype
>perpetual calendar
>37mm in diameter
>10mm thick
SHIIIEEEEEEEEEET
I hope they can mass produce it some day.

[Anonymous No.17690276]

>>17690275
Are there any nice purple dial watches? love the color

[Anonymous No.17690278]

>>17690275
Displaying day and month in a subdial always seemed ugly and impractical to me.

[Anonymous No.17690281]

>>17690278
I agree, especially nowadays with smart phones

[Anonymous No.17690282]

>>17690278
I prefer this over windows.

[Anonymous No.17690285]

>>17690275
Neat.

[Anonymous No.17690286]

>>17690282
Heart windows? Yeah all time dogshit, fuck the japanese

[Anonymous No.17690288]

>>17690242
new info for OP
the lists suck

[Anonymous No.17690290]

>>17690242
what 200m dive would you recommend for stylish swimming? Do people get robbed of their watches while they are coming out of the water?
Or is the only thing they do is steal your unattended stuff?

[Anonymous No.17690291]

>>17690242
>HMoser_6200-1207_doub-L-953x1024.jpg
did they uh want the watch to look like it's see-through to the model's tan line?

[Anonymous No.17690298]

>>17690264
whatever your victim was wearing

[Anonymous No.17690303]

>>17690275
>day pointing at some non existant day between saturday and sunday
>big pointer date, yet for some horrible reason it's still every other date like on a smallcuck subdial
the specs seem nice, but I hate most everything about this
is this some chinkshit hangzhou or some other trash shit that has no chance of ever reaching a leap year without trashing the movement?

[Anonymous No.17690305]

>>17690286
??

[Anonymous No.17690308]

>>17690267
>I'm going to assume watch servicing requirements would make a mechanical watch inevitably dependent on intervention
Cheap mechs like those in the maymay are not worth the time of most watchmakers, hence why during say a factory service, if you were foolish enough to pay for a "factory service" for a low end seiko or any "swiss" watch below say 4-5 grand, they just rip that cheapo mech movement out, and slot a new one in. Just like with the "souless" basic quartz modules.
This probably happens more often than not with more expensive watches too, particularly the ones from the large conglomerates. TAG is known to do this. Too few watchmakers, a repair list a mile long.

From a watchrepairman's perspective:
>two clients come in
>one has a rolex or an older omega - something of actual value
>one has a seiko5 or some no-name shitter with an eta clone movement
>proper servicing time is basically the same for any of these, give or take an hour+
>guy only has so many hours a day to do this time consuming shit
>does he prioritize the shitters, or the watches whose repair he can charge more for?
>can't charge much for servicing the shitters because it's basically the cost of a new watch - client won't bother
So the choice is easy, they tell the cheap mech. customer to take a hike. The latter bitches about it on leddit, and proceeds to buy another shitter mech for the pile of CONSUUUUUMPTION.

Hence why the meme has both ends of the bellcurve recommending a quartz in order to rid noobs of the false romanticism of a mechanical watch movement in the lower tiers because chances are if you ever get it serviced they're just going to rip that shit out and give you a new one. Ship of Theseus deal. This fact bothers some who have delusions of passing down their ETAcloned shitter or seiko 3rdWorld edition to some non-existent and impossible progeny.

Maybe you're lucky and you know a watchmaker that will bother. As time goes by chances of this increasingly approach zero.

[Anonymous No.17690311]

>>17690303
It's a modified version of this movement.
https://calibercorner.com/vaucher-fleurier-caliber-seed-vmf-5401/

[Anonymous No.17690313]

>>17690275
Looks nice, it'll sell out immediately.

[Anonymous No.17690315]

>>17690313
There's literally only one, and it's going up for auction. So yes, of course it's going to sell.

[Anonymous No.17690333]

>>17690315
If Baltic manages to make a perpetual calendar for a reasonable price (under 3k) it'll be a huge success.

[Anonymous No.17690339]

>>17690258
Replace Chad's Rolex by a chink homage watch with a Miyota 8215 inside and we have a deal.

[Anonymous No.17690340]

>>17690333
I dunno about under $3k, but yea I expect at some point they'll make a mass produced version that's way cheaper than other perpetual calendars.

[Anonymous No.17690353]

anyone know how many no-date semen models there are?

[Anonymous No.17690363]

>>17690311
>SEED VMF 5401/50
aight, that's pretty cool I guess
still the design should be improved, and it will probably cost "not Baltic" money

[Anonymous No.17690364]

>>17690258

Bros, I kneel to the Rolex Chad.

[Anonymous No.17690392]

>>17690353
at least semen million

[Anonymous No.17690396]

post exquisite watches with blued steel

[Anonymous No.17690398]

>>17690396
>blued steel
you mean shitty blue pvd that will probably flake after 1wear

[Anonymous No.17690399]

>>17690398
No, proper heat treated steel carefully blued under the watchful eye of the watchbluemaker.

[Anonymous No.17690400]

>Boyzhe
Bože mili!

[Anonymous No.17690402]

Something like this.

[Anonymous No.17690405]

[Anonymous No.17690406]

>>17690405
Last I checked DeBethune uses blued titanium, not steel.

[Anonymous No.17690408]

OH IM GONNA BLOOO......... IM BLOOOOOOOING ...

[Anonymous No.17690410]

>>17690396
>>17690400
>>17690402
>>17690405
All of these are fucking ugly. Leave this thread and kys.

[Anonymous No.17690411]

>>17690410
I agree. Post a good looking one.

[Anonymous No.17690414]

>>17690408
why is everything blue and not the other colors available through heating? that pale blue at the highest temp looks better than the regular blue, the brown/bronze/gold temper could be used instead of the shitty IP plating for that gold look, but all we see is that particular blue and only on the hands, usually the smallest ones too

[Anonymous No.17690415]

[Anonymous No.17690418]

>>17690414
idk, the icy blue is nice and the yellow-to-purple one too. watch brands are so stiff and boring eh

[Anonymous No.17690420]

Why don't they heat the steel with a laser?

[Anonymous No.17690430]

>>17690418
I give another 5 years until chinks can heat color any metal on the planet and sell that chinkshit on aliexpress for 200$ with a fucking NH35 inside
>t. considering buying a "on-the-fly" adjustment clasp for 40€ when you need to pay 5k to mountainjews to even be able to consider such """luxury""" engineering

[Anonymous No.17690431]

Is there any classic looking 35-38mm quartz with sweeping second hand for 1k?

[Anonymous No.17690432]

>>17690399
No such thing as a full blued watch. Only hands and movement parts are blued.

[Anonymous No.17690433]

>>17690432
>>17690405
...

[Anonymous No.17690434]

[Anonymous No.17690435]

>>17690433
Surely that's just some pvd coating?
I wonder how they get it to last.

[Anonymous No.17690436]

[Anonymous No.17690438]

>>17690405
>>17690408
>>17690430
>>17690432
>>17690433
How come in the entire past century nobody's bothered to make blued, flameblued, watch cases and bracelets?

[Anonymous No.17690439]

>>17690438
you are literally a fucking retarded nigger monkey, just look at the fucking posts holy shit

[Anonymous No.17690440]

Is this heat blued or cold (read fake) blued?

[Anonymous No.17690441]

>>17690438
BECAUSE IT WEARS OFF
IT HAS BEEN SAID A MILLION TIMES ALREADY
YOU COULD ALSO JUST GOOGLE IT
HOLY SHIT YOU NIGGERS ARE INSUFFERABLE

[Anonymous No.17690442]

>>17690439
UNTIL NOW was implied you dumbcunt holy shit you are gay.
WHY until DeBethune nobody bothered to do it?
nigger

[Anonymous No.17690444]

>>17690440
>PVD
never mind

[Anonymous No.17690445]

>>17690441
Why don't they blue it all the way through? Are they weak?

[Anonymous No.17690446]

>>17690441
so the fags that bought >>17690405
>>17690402
>>17690400
>>17690396
all spent money on shit that wears faster than pvd?
lmao

[Anonymous No.17690447]

>>17690441
>BECAUSE IT WEARS OFF
So it's a gay waste of money meme like you? ok that's all you had to say you allcaps reddit retard.

[Anonymous No.17690448]

>DURRRRRR wHy WoN't WaTcHmAkErS dO tHiS tHiNg I LiKe????
BECAUSE IT'S EITHER TOO EXPENSIVE OR TECHNICALLY TOO CHALLENGING
Everything has already be done. The fact (You) believe you're having an original idea is LAUGHABLE.
For fuck's sake there's even a brand that makes WATERMELON inspired watches now. And you think people have never thought of making blue watches??? Are you a fucking idiot?
NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER

[Anonymous No.17690449]

>>17690442
imply a foot up your ass dipshit

[Anonymous No.17690450]

/w/t is mighty aggressive today lads

[Anonymous No.17690451]

>>17690448
explain
>>17690405
dumbass

[Anonymous No.17690452]

>>17690449
>hurrr gets mad that they can't follow a post chain
reading comp classes for your kind nog
no more affirmative action so you'll have to pay lol

[Anonymous No.17690454]

>>17690451
IT'S DE BETHUNE
THEY MAKE 200 WATCHES PER YEAR YOU FUCKING IDIOT TRIPLE NIGGER

[Anonymous No.17690455]

>>17690451
how many times do you need to (try) read the same fucking answer, retard
it has been answered before your autistic ass started asking dumb questions, and has been answered directly to you like 5 times now
>>17690452
no, u
literally

[Anonymous No.17690456]

>>17690448
>And you think people have never thought of making blue watches?
Present them then.
You can't, you watermelon retard.

[Anonymous No.17690457]

steel is jewish and is afraid of the ovens

[Anonymous No.17690458]

>>17690455
>it has been answered before
no

[Anonymous No.17690460]

>>17690448
Where are all the blued vintage watches?
Checkmate, nigger.

[Anonymous No.17690461]

[Anonymous No.17690462]

>>17690454
>THEY MAKE 200 WATCHES PER YEAR
so 200 people a year buy a blue watch that turns back to steel in due time?
why

[Anonymous No.17690463]

holy shit that bracelet

[Anonymous No.17690464]

Why don't they just mine mythril? it's normally blue

[Anonymous No.17690465]

[Anonymous No.17690466]

>>17690308
thanks to seiko we have cheap reliable movts we can even swap ourselves

[Anonymous No.17690467]

hand engraved sunburst

[Anonymous No.17690468]

>>17690460
What is it that you don't understand in
>IT'S EITHER TOO EXPENSIVE OR TECHNICALLY TOO CHALLENGING
You CAN'T make blue steel cases because the color wears off. This is why it's only used for hands or movement parts.
You CAN make blue titanium cases but it's a fucking pain to make and it's expensive as fuck. That's why you only see it on $100k De Bethune.
The only other ways to make blue watches are plastic, ceramic or by using PVD coating. That's why you don't see it on vintage watches.

Now how about you fucking dumb niggers stop being retarded for a second?

[Anonymous No.17690472]

>>17690258
kek

[Anonymous No.17690474]

>>17690264
far right

[Anonymous No.17690475]

>>17690468
no

[Anonymous No.17690477]

>>17690468
But why male models?

[Anonymous No.17690479]

>>17690438
>>17690442
Blueing is fragile and will immediately come off with constant contact with anything acidic (like sweat). It's difficult to blue stainless steel since blueing is a form of controlled oxidation that protects carbon steel from rusting. You can somewhat replicate the effect with PVD finishes, but that is not the same as traditional heat blueing with carbon steel. Traditional blueing is semi-transparent, and if you look closely, you can see the metal grain.

>>17690445
Blueing is only a surface finish. Steel is also not porous.

>>17690439
>>17690433
>>17690430
>>17690441
>>17690448
Do you actually know anything about watches outside of the marketing consoomer shit?

[Anonymous No.17690480]

>>17690402
isn't this impractical for the mechanism

[Anonymous No.17690481]

Y'all ever just sniff and kiss your watch before bed

[Anonymous No.17690483]

>>17690481
lick it between the lugs
the little gearslut loves it

[Anonymous No.17690488]

>individual endlink autist discovers heat coloring
god damn it

[Anonymous No.17690491]

>>17690242
I want to add a green dialed watch to my collection, talk me out of making it a Tissot PRX.

[Anonymous No.17690492]

>>17690491
The new small one? do it m8

[Anonymous No.17690496]

Remember when pic related was everyone's favorite watch in /wt/?
lmao what were you guys thinking?

[Anonymous No.17690497]

>>17690468
>IT'S EITHER TOO EXPENSIVE
not an excuse
>OR TECHNICALLY TOO CHALLENGING
weak

[Anonymous No.17690498]

Does this watch look authentic? Why or why not

[Anonymous No.17690499]

>>17690491
i bought one and already returned it, cheap junk.

[Anonymous No.17690500]

>>17690488
i just started the fire and it now burns by itself

[Anonymous No.17690504]

>>17690496
Why did they make the date window so wide and then not fill it with numbers?

[Anonymous No.17690507]

>>17690498
The subdial on the right looks a bit off center.

[Anonymous No.17690509]

>>17690507
the entire right side looks a bit off, might be the angle or the table

[Anonymous No.17690513]

>>17690496
The Overseas has been redesigned 3 times in 20 years. Joke of a watch.
>>17690504
It's really not the worst thing.
The bezel and the bracelet look cartoonish to me. I honestly don't get how can anyone look at that bezel and think "yep this looks great".

[Anonymous No.17690515]

>>17690498
its authentic because nobody would bother faking a no name watch

[Anonymous No.17690516]

>>17690481
I have kissed some of my watches out of excitement. Now you reminded me about the caseback sniffer that would post on /wt/. I hope he's doing well and found a caseback that smells like dreams.

[Anonymous No.17690517]

what rolex for investment ?

[Anonymous No.17690521]

>>17690517
speculation isnt investing
scalping isnt investing

[Anonymous No.17690523]

>>17690496
Nope, I do remember VC shills trying to make this ugly watch and their brand as a whole relevant. Not much different from the Lange, Tudor, Omega, JLC, or Cartier shills. You can always tell because they flood the thread then leave. There is no organic sustained conversation. It's like an on/off switch.

[Anonymous No.17690526]

>>17690513
>The bezel and the bracelet look cartoonish to me. I honestly don't get how can anyone look at that bezel and think "yep this looks great".

It was kind of an impossible ask, to be fair: Make a steel, integrated bracelet sports watch with a textured blue dial that brings to mind the Royal Oak...but doesn't look like it's copying the Royal Oak.

Even the wealthy know it's just a cope Royal Oak, so VC has to instead make it a good-looking watch that stands distinctively on its own merits, but it's forced to do so within a paradigm that is fundamentally ugly.
When you look past the hype, the APRO, the Nautilus, the others, are actually pretty fugly watches (which is, of course, why they fell out of fashion for decades before the speculator-driven hype resumed a few years ago.)

[Anonymous No.17690527]

>>17690521
spending money to get more money in the future IS investing.

you don't have to like it, unless it's not illegal, an investment doesn't have to be moral to be worthwhile.

[Anonymous No.17690528]

>>17690498
authentically dogshit seems like

[Anonymous No.17690529]

>>17690526
VC is a Patek brand in general
nobody who can afford a Patek will buy a VC and why would they? Patek has a better history, more prestige, better craftsmanship and all of their models look better than the equivalent VC

[Anonymous No.17690530]

>>17690529
>VC is a Patek brand in general
I assume you meant to type
VC is a Patek cope brand in general?

[Anonymous No.17690531]

Looks like Omega has a new ambassador lmao

[Anonymous No.17690532]

>>17690527
when did I mention morality?
buying a watch, painting or stamp in the hopes that somebody will buy it for a higher price at some later date is speculation
a watch doesnt generate value, unlike stocks, bonds or real estate. in contrast to this, its completely random if the value of a specific watch will go up or down in the future

[Anonymous No.17690533]

>>17690531
>lmao le epic racism
Looks like the burgers have woken up...

[Anonymous No.17690535]

>>17690530
correct

[Anonymous No.17690538]

>>17690533
Don't ever call me American, you fucking nigger.
There are no white people left in America.

[Anonymous No.17690539]

>>17690532
>a watch doesnt generate value, unlike stocks, bonds or real estate.

I bought a piece of property about 15 years ago, a couple thousand square feet, completely undeveloped, for about 25k.
I literally did nothing for it for a decade. It produced no value. There was nothing except weeds.
5 years later I sold it to a housing developer for 140k, when the town became more desirable to live in.

Where did that value get generated?

Or was that speculating too?

[Anonymous No.17690543]

New shitizen promaster is kinda nice, 37mm

[Anonymous No.17690544]

>>17690539
>Or was that speculating too?
obviously, are you pretending to be retarded?

speculate verb
to buy and sell in the hope that the value of what you buy will increase and that it can then be sold at a higher price in order to make a profit

[Anonymous No.17690546]

>>17690532
eh this anon is not wrong
buying a rolex isn't investing, it's just scalping to a extreme degree

unless we're acting like buying artifically scarce shit is investing, then ima invest in some hypebeast shoes kekkkkkkk

[Anonymous No.17690547]

>>17690544
>obviously, are you pretending to be retarded?
No, I'm just trying to talk at your level. You're being far too simplistic because you're blinded with rage that someone else is making a profit selling things (a Rolex) and making it harder for you to get one.

For example:
invest (verb)
To commit (money) in order to earn a financial return

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/invest

[Anonymous No.17690548]

>>17690544
speculate verb

the term that haters who missed the boat use to describe the investment strategy that made everyone around them right.

Example:
My boring ass savings bonds are an investment. My 0.15% annual return will make me a millionaire in 127 years. Those assholes who are millionaires because they got into crypto were just...just...SPECULATING!!

[Anonymous No.17690549]

>>17690517
Flipping is for brokies and knuckledraggers

Just get a job that pays lots of money and stop doing greasy shit

[Anonymous No.17690551]

>>17690531
Mbape mglugeku?

[Anonymous No.17690556]

You now notice the >ALINGHI RED BULL RACING

[Anonymous No.17690561]

>>17690528
What is wrong with with it? Online they go for quite a bit. I found this one very cheap, so that's why I'm asking

[Anonymous No.17690564]

>>17690491
The quartz has a nicer green

[Anonymous No.17690565]

>>17690547
>>17690548
by your logic buying lottery tickets is also an investment
are you really unable to see the difference between putting your money into something generating a somewhat predictable return in the form of dividends, rent etc and buying some item in the hopes that somebody will buy it from you later for a higher price?
also I have never said speculation is bad, if you make money, good for you. but you dont need to pretend you are some sophisticated investor when in fact you are just a gambler

[Anonymous No.17690566]

>>17690531
Nevermind I like Rolex now

[Anonymous No.17690569]

>>17690556
We already noticed it last thread. Try to keep up.

[Anonymous No.17690570]

>>17690566
yeah black people would never wear Rolex

[Anonymous No.17690573]

>>17690564
The quartz have nicer dials in general. The sunburst is better executed than the fake tapisserie dial that the automatics have.
A Royal Oak's tapisserie dial is actually engraved with a guilloché machine so it looks sharp. The Tissot's is simply pressed brass so it looks sloppy.

Add to that the original Tissot had a sunburst dial while the tapisserie just makes the PRX an APRO cope.

[Anonymous No.17690574]

The OG blue watch.

[Anonymous No.17690580]

>>17690246
Yeah. Basically every microshitter with an NH35 would be better with a quartz.

[Anonymous No.17690584]

going to japan on vacation with a friend soon, what's a good watch brand to get while there for under $1000 that isn't a Seiko
i'm not into watches, I want to get one for someone I know as a gift
thank u

[Anonymous No.17690585]

>>17690308
There are basically two paths to go down:

The quartzpill, where you learn to appreciate electrical engineering and crystal farming. Or you take the Vostok pill and learn to replace and service the movement of your NHXX microshitter.

[Anonymous No.17690587]

>>17690584
Seiko and Citizens are all you got m8, unless you go vintage hunting

[Anonymous No.17690590]

>>17690570
Rolex had one black ambassador and he was alright.
Omega now has this literally who rapper as well as (((Zoe Kravitz))).

[Anonymous No.17690591]

>>17690584
Casio, Citizen

The Casio Lineage and Oceanus are pretty cool imo.

[Anonymous No.17690592]

>>17690584
Hit up vintage stores.

[Anonymous No.17690594]

I wish that watchmakers put more love into quartz movements. The Oysterquartz is beautiful to look at imo.

[Anonymous No.17690595]

>>17690587
>>17690591
>>17690592
thanks everyone

[Anonymous No.17690615]

>>17690521
I just don't want to have my monies at the bank so the banker can make monies out of me for free. Would an AD seal a box for proof it's new or would they kick me out?

[Anonymous No.17690621]

>>17690531
the joke here is nigs don't swim

[Anonymous No.17690624]

I'm the anon who tried a Reverso Duoface yesterday.
When I was in the boutique, the sale assistant (a very young dude) told me the Duoface and Monoface are going to be discontinued soon. Obviously I knew he was bullshitting because both of these watches are best sellers for JLC, so I didn't pay much attention.
Now he just left me a message telling me JLC (???) wants to know if I'm buying it or not, because the watch is going to be discontinued any time now.

Why do sale assistants do this? I was actually planning on buying the watch from this boutique but now I'll just go somewhere else. I was even okay with paying the full price (with the usual 10% discount) even though it's available on C24 for cheaper. That idiot just missed a sale.

[Anonymous No.17690625]

>>17690353
Why would you not want a date

[Anonymous No.17690627]

>>17690624
That looks really good, wow the pictures online don't do it justice wtf

[Anonymous No.17690628]

>>17690615
the AD wont sell you any "investment" worthy Rolex in the first place, an air king or ladies datejust wont go up in value

[Anonymous No.17690630]

>>17690624
>Why do sale assistants do this?
because they make money on commissions maybe?

[Anonymous No.17690632]

>>17690538
Shitskin cope lmao

>>17690533
Burgers are usually LESS racist than the average European wtf are you talking about

[Anonymous No.17690633]

>>17690624
I would email them and let them know you don't like being lied to and they lost a sale. The salesgoy will cope and seethe

[Anonymous No.17690635]

>>17690549
is it flipping if i sell it back to ad or wherever 15 years later? im not looking to make money more like park it.

[Anonymous No.17690638]

>>17690627
Yes, it's a really cool watch. Looks and feels very compact. I love the complication on it.
>>17690630
>because they make money on commissions maybe?
Sure, but it's stupid to say something like that, that can be proven wrong very easily.

[Anonymous No.17690639]

>>17690638
the average JLC customer is too old to use the internet, so this scam probably works 9/10 times

[Anonymous No.17690640]

>>17690632
Yeah. Americans are all "we love rap music and tacos", while Europeans are all "Total Gypsy Death".

[Anonymous No.17690644]

>>17690556
>chronometer
>no chronometer

[Anonymous No.17690646]

>>17690624
do this
>>17690633
fuck that wagie pos

[Anonymous No.17690647]

>>17690457
Kek

[Anonymous No.17690649]

Help me out /wt/, I'd like a watch with a similar design language to those in the attached picture. My additional requirements are:

>37mm-40mm
>steel bracelet
>date complication
>at least 10bar water resistance
>preferably a screw-down crown, but not mandatory
>budget of $3k

I love the dial of the Guinand Flight Officer (top right), but it sits too large at 42mm, and lacks a screw-down crown.

I really like the case and proportions of the Sinn 556, but find the dial plain, and prefer the more detailed dial of the Guinand.

The IWC XVII is nice (albeit a little big), but I hate the bracelet that it comes with. I'm seriously considering custom machining a set of endlinks to adapt a Sinn H-link bracelet to it.

Right now I'm leaning toward the Damasko DS30 or DK32 (same as DS30, but with their movement).

I guess my ideal watch would be a 1016 Explorer with a luminova service dial and hands, but I don't have $12k in my pocket.

Let me know if you guys know of any other options in this general category.

[Anonymous No.17690650]

>>17690624
>ARE YOU BUY IT OR NOT IT'S ABOUT TO BE DISCONTINUED REEEEE
way to pushy dunno what I'd do in your shoes

[Anonymous No.17690651]

>>17690632
Europeans don't have racism because race isn't real. At least that's what I was told by a local french last time I was there and they were saying a bunch of batshit crazy marine lepen shit

[Anonymous No.17690652]

My Amphibia kicked the bucket, and I'd like a nicer diver at <$350. My leading choice is the Phoibos Wavemaster, because I really dig the Seamaster-meets-Black Bay look.

What are some other models I should consider? I'm not allergic to quartz.

[Anonymous No.17690653]

>>17690624
Sales assistants do that because they want their commission check and probably have a monthly sales quota. If you go to a car dealer or watch dealer at the end of the month you can expect them to try all sorts of crazy shit to get you to buy something.

[Anonymous No.17690654]

THE GOAT

[Anonymous No.17690655]

>>17690633
I'll just send him a message and rub it in his face. He's a young cunt but I don't want to do something that might cost him his job, that would be a dick move.

[Anonymous No.17690658]

>>17690625
maybe he's a real diver

[Anonymous No.17690660]

>>17690405
I don't know anything about this brand, but these are obviously inspired by Star Trek right? I'm a big fan of Starfleet as well, but idk that it looks good as a logo for a watch.

[Anonymous No.17690661]

>>17690652
can't you slap a 30 dollar seiko movement in it

[Anonymous No.17690671]

>>17690661
I don't think you can put a Seiko movement in an Amphibia case. And meranom is OOS on the movement.

Even then, I kinda want something different (although I'll inevitably get another Scuba Dude).

[Anonymous No.17690676]

>>17690415
fuck that looks nice but that dumb shoryuken absolutely demolishes it

[Anonymous No.17690678]

>>17690580
This. I'm so pissed off that the general public is retarded and prefers mechanical in the sub $1k range. There are so many nice cheap watches but they almost all have a stupid mechanical movements

[Anonymous No.17690680]

>>17690498
looks nice, don't care about authenticity but get that shit cleaned up

[Anonymous No.17690686]

>>17690584
Bro, pick me up a Kurono, any one will do, I'm begging.

[Anonymous No.17690688]

>>17690651
Well French people are worse than many Americans at being leftist retards and not white so it makes sense

[Anonymous No.17690696]

>>17690678
I don't hate the NH-35, but why? People are buying these for the look of the case and dial, not the internals. And they're not Vostok with 60 years of making their own automatic. Just do a quartz.

[Anonymous No.17690697]

>>17690624
Offer him 30% off and settle on 25%. That's what I do with pushy salespeople.

[Anonymous No.17690699]

>>17690644
chronometer and chronometer are not the same thing

[Anonymous No.17690701]

>>17690686
Not the same anon but my sister went to Japan for something related to her career like 6 months ago, and I gave her $3,500 to buy me a Kurono.
Long story short... they had nothing to sale when she went. Everything was either for japanese residents only with valid ID, already alocated or in hold for other customers to pick up.
I guess that's what happens with a small independent.
I was sad, but then I put the money in my sneedy fund and I'm close to buying it. :)

[Anonymous No.17690711]

Convince me why buying this is a mistake

[Anonymous No.17690714]

>>17690711
Do you actually need to time something with 1/10th of a second accuracy?

[Anonymous No.17690715]

>>17690714
Does anyone actually need anything other than a F91W? Does anyone actually need a watch when we all have phones that automatically check correct time? No faggot I like it.

[Anonymous No.17690716]

>>17690714
I'm driving too fast to stop, so all these signs... I just ignore them.

[Anonymous No.17690720]

>>17690711
It's too big and too black. Other than that i got nothing.

[Anonymous No.17690721]

>>17690696
I like the noise of '35

[Anonymous No.17690722]

>>17690711
I'll give you two. One subjective, one objective.
>subjective
IMO date windows on a chronograph immediately puts the watch in the "shitter" category using a third party ETA/Valjoux movement.
>objective
When Rolex got their movements from Zenith for the Daytona, they decided to modify them and slow them down at 28,800vph. Supposedly Zenith are rather unreliable and a pain in the ass to service.

[Anonymous No.17690723]

>>17690711
gray, bad contrast
2 stars

[Anonymous No.17690724]

>>17690722
>supposedly
>objective
maybe Rolex are just run by a bunch of hacks

[Anonymous No.17690727]

>>17690711
1/10th of a second is awesome, tho

[Anonymous No.17690728]

I want a good watch with a telemeter. What are my options??

[Anonymous No.17690729]

>>17690724
>maybe Rolex are just run by a bunch of hacks
yeah no

[Anonymous No.17690730]

>>17690728
There are no more watches with a telemeter being made. Those days are gone, anon, it's time to move on.

[Anonymous No.17690736]

>>17690729
>Rolex aren't hacks
>posts sales like it's a valid argument
Shiggy diggy doo

[Anonymous No.17690741]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgOyag3Ukow
>2018

[Anonymous No.17690743]

What's the best TAG-Heuer model?

[Anonymous No.17690745]

>>17690434
The fuck happened to your nail, nigger?
And the fuck is happening to your middle finger?

[Anonymous No.17690748]

>>17690736
Explain how Rolex is run by "hacks" then.

[Anonymous No.17690750]

A gray tempered hand, we're slowly getting there.

[Anonymous No.17690753]

>>17690743
The one that hasn't been made.
Absolutely all TAG Huehue are massive dogshits.

[Anonymous No.17690756]

>>17690748
>can't build a good chronograph for shit
>buys the premier el primero movement from the goat zenith
>still needs to downgrade it
>20 years later spends 50mil on marketing to get their watch in every rap video known to man just to bump sales

[Anonymous No.17690757]

>>17690750
>case already destroyed presale for your convenience
What an absolut travesti

[Anonymous No.17690758]

>>17690756
Great shitpost. Here's your (You).

[Anonymous No.17690759]

>>17690750
>I want a watch impossible to clean. I want to stink!!!
>GS: say no more

[Anonymous No.17690761]

>>17690728
junghans, oh wait you said good watch, lol never mind

[Anonymous No.17690762]

>>17690574

[Anonymous No.17690763]

>>17690686
>>17690701
what's so special about them

[Anonymous No.17690765]

>>17690624
>When I was in the boutique, the sale assistant (a very young dude) told me the Duoface and Monoface are going to be discontinued soon. Obviously I knew he was bullshitting because both of these watches are best sellers for JLC, so I didn't pay much attention.
It's possible that those specific references were being discontinued in favor of one with, say, an upgraded movement or a slightly different dial. That happens all the time. Perhaps the sales associate was confused.

But no, there's zero chance that JLC outright stops selling their single most iconic watch.

[Anonymous No.17690772]

>>17690765
Yeah I've gotten the "last one we have" line before, I don't get butthurt over it because it's just standard sales techniques and I'm not an autistic sperg who gets angry over marketing and sales "mind control" schizo bullshit

[Anonymous No.17690776]

>>17690763
It's a good japanese watch made with high horology principles without the retarded sprooooooooong drive or the autodox "grand" on the dial.

[Anonymous No.17690781]

>>17690776
I just googled it, it's literally just another microbrand but with "cool japan" branding

Why do people buy microbrands? And why do you think you have the right to drop consooooooomer memes when microbrands are the epitome of what you're trying to make fun of?

[Anonymous No.17690787]

>>17690781
Then you didn't google enough. The guy behind Kurono, HAJIME ASAOKA, is an actual watchmaker that also makes high-end horology.

[Anonymous No.17690791]

>>17690781
There's nothing wrong with a microbrand if you like it, and it fits your budget. Collecting dozens of redundant microshitter divers for example is pretty dumb, however.

[Anonymous No.17690793]

>>17690787
Movement finishing

[Anonymous No.17690794]

>>17690787
Retard. it's an NH35 with kanji on the dial, you actually have salt bae on your bucket list don't you

[Anonymous No.17690795]

>>17690793
>>17690787

[Anonymous No.17690796]

>>17690795
Get back to me when I can buy a hajime asaoka tourby for $3000

[Anonymous No.17690797]

>>17690711

[Anonymous No.17690799]

>>17690796
Not even your father is looking for you and you want me to "get back to you". LMAO, nigger.

[Anonymous No.17690805]

>>17690799
Weak

[Anonymous No.17690806]

>>17690654
yeah, the black goat
>Wouldst thou like to live copepicously?

[Anonymous No.17690808]

>>17690787
>>17690795
>>17690701
>absolutely covers his european technology with english
>NOOOOOOOOO ONRY GRORIOUS NIPPONESE DNA 1000X FOLDED CHROMOSOMES ALLOWED TO BUY REEEEEEEEEEEEE
what a joke
don't even @ me you cocksucking weebs

[Anonymous No.17690811]

>>17690795
>>17690787

>The last price we have for the Hajime Asaoka Project T Tourbillon is about $80,000.

whew

[Anonymous No.17690812]

[Anonymous No.17690814]

>>17690811
So not for poortards like you. And?

[Anonymous No.17690815]

Hey Mexicobro, what's up with that cheap vintage Grand Seiko?

[Anonymous No.17690820]

>>17690811
don't worry you can buy a shitter for $3000 that contains the same movement you'd find in a $500 presage but if anyone laughs you can sperg out and start spamming pics of unrelated high end movements hoping they'll go away

[Anonymous No.17690828]

>>17690820
Or you can spam posts to get to the bump limit and next thread just pretend you're someone else.

[Anonymous No.17690833]

>>17690649
Just get a used IWC Pilot and call it a day
IWC as a brand mogs every other watch you posted

[Anonymous No.17690847]

>>17690531
who is this knockoff marcus rashford? definitely looks like he could bottle an important penalty shot

[Anonymous No.17690848]

This is a counter chrono. You can advance the counter by 1 or by 10 with the two buttons on the left side. The counter automatically advances at midnight so you can also use it as a big date if you so choose.

[Anonymous No.17690850]

>it's high horology because... it just is ok???
>that will be $4800 plus tip
Whoever came up with this grift is a genius

[Anonymous No.17690862]

>>17690787
How come it looks exactly the same as his shit watches except with a tourbillon or whatever that is lmfao.

[Anonymous No.17690863]

>>17690811
would if i had it

[Anonymous No.17690864]

>>17690815
It's mexico he's probably dead already
not even joking.

[Anonymous No.17690872]

>>17690862
The point of buying a HA watch is that it's an absurdly labor intensive autistic status symbol, not that it looks amazing, although I don't think it looks terrible either

The point of buying a microbrand where HA has a 50% ownership stake in the LLC is .... ???? not really getting that part but I'm sure it makes financial sense to the business shitting these things out

[Anonymous No.17690875]

[Anonymous No.17690882]

[Anonymous No.17690883]

>>17690875
Are you kidding me I had this idea this week. I actually thought I had something that nobody thought of before :(

How are those things? Are they actually useful?

[Anonymous No.17690885]

>>17690883
nta but if you're going through the trouble just put it on your handlebars or your helmet

[Anonymous No.17690887]

>>17690745
Have you never seen finger gloves before?

[Anonymous No.17690893]

Post watches that have the movement finishing on the dial.
Alternatively post any watches.

[Anonymous No.17690897]

[Anonymous No.17690903]

[Anonymous No.17690904]

>>17690850
Still better finished than a Gay Sexko, which goes to show how awful those are.

[Anonymous No.17690905]

[Anonymous No.17690906]

>>17690864
KEK'D

[Anonymous No.17690909]

>>17690883
Your "idea" is dogshit.

[Anonymous No.17690911]

>>17690904
Maybe if you're blind

[Anonymous No.17690914]

>>17690275
Very based, how much would it cost "mass" produced? Something like 5k?
I like how it's a unique piece because they know they would break the market otherwise.

[Anonymous No.17690915]

>>17690649
>same as DS30, but with their movement
bad move imo
buying a special snowflaek mvt from a tiny family run company, that don't always seem to have their shit together, that only they can produce parts for and probably only they can service considering damasko's special sealing mechanisms etc., is not a hassle I personally would want to deal with. I have a dk36 and already I'm unsure of where to send to to get it fixed because of the snowflake seals. Also the way germany's going I do not have long term confidence in such smaller firms as damasko to weather the storm considering how real, heavy industry is doing there and its current trajectory.
If you don't care about this perhaps autistic long-term view then go ahead it's your money, but I don't think it's that far off desu.
I would of those you've shown select the Sinn. Personally I like it more than the others because the dial is an inky black rather than the matte charcoal like black of the others; makes the stark white stand out more. The movement is a basic ETA, ubiquitous, easy to fix and that model doesn't have sinn's proprietary and retarded argon gas pellet thing to prevent fogging, so basically all you have to worry about is the movement and that can be done anywhere there's watchmakers left to fix things. The IWC is a waste of money.
I know nothing about that Oris but thought it was closer to 42mm in size. If it has their new special mvt then avoid that too.
The sinn may be boring, but of the lot in pic it's the most sensible choice.
We don't have to dictate our purchases by what's sensible, however.
There's the variant of that sinn with a red second hand although that's like Mr. Grey Bland deciding to wear a loud, red tie with his nondescript business suit to work one day.

Also have a look at the other german brands Mühle-Glashütte and Archimede. The latter's Outdoor model fits your specs although there's some fuckery with the bracelet iirc.

[Anonymous No.17690916]

[Anonymous No.17690921]

>>17690916
looks like a turd on a plate.

[Anonymous No.17690922]

>>17690921
But enough about you

[Anonymous No.17690923]

Finally got a hold of this and really really love it. It's a total shitter but it's my first blue dial watch and very very small for my 6 inch wrists. Loud as fuck though.

[Anonymous No.17690924]

>>17690916
>discontinued in favor of more ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOaks
just blue my shit up senpai

[Anonymous No.17690926]

>>17690914
It's a smart move, sell a 'prototype' at an auction to market it, gauge the interest and raise money for the production at the same time.

[Anonymous No.17690928]

>>17690916
Would be cool if the two dials would double as a rotor and spin around.

[Anonymous No.17690933]

>>17690848
Neat, I was wondering if something like this existed a few days ago, because I need to count how many glasses of water I drink per day.

[Anonymous No.17690936]

>>17690916
Better than any RO.
Fuck genta

[Anonymous No.17690937]

Has Girard-Perregogo crawled their way back out of their self-induced shitterdom of 20 years ago? Have they regained the esteem of the highhorolrolrog crowd?
I hear they recently went independent again from whatever heinous finance group was currently controlling them, and yet there's no fanfare, nothing of any note coming out.
Just that royaloak cope model.

[Anonymous No.17690939]

>>17690937
Good, let's keep it that way

[Anonymous No.17690941]

>>17690937
Those are some PHAT hands.

[Anonymous No.17690945]

>>17690941
have some girag-perelag hands post-liposuction

[Anonymous No.17690951]

>>17690914
Unfortunately Baltic will never be able to mass produce this.
>they use cheap third party movements (Selita and Soprod mostly), and only high end manufacturers know how to produce perpetual calendar movements
>they're a very small brand and releasing a 5k+ watch would be insanely risky for them (their most expensive watch is their chronograph and it's less than 2k).

Frederique Constant makes an in house perpetual calendar (it's fucking ugly but still). They're asking 9k+ for it and I doubt it's profitable. See it more as a "prestige" thing.
Baume & Mercier also makes one, but the same movement is used in IWC and probably other Richemont brands so they can maximize profits on R&D.

[Anonymous No.17690952]

[Anonymous No.17690955]

>>17690916
Awful.
The Royal Oak was truly the last good design AP ever created. Everything since then is just the wild flailing of a drowning man.

[Anonymous No.17690958]

[Anonymous No.17690962]

[Anonymous No.17690969]

>>17690242
I used to be homeless, but now I own a Penthouse at the fucking ritz. I still rock my dead grandpa's wartime Seiko 5.

[Anonymous No.17690970]

>>17690951
The problem I see is this
>>17690308
The only people who are going to buy some shitter microbranded PC are people who can only afford a PC from such a brand. Who're they going to get to service this thing? It's like all those chinese tourbillons lying discarded because those that bought an $800-$1k chinky shitter can't find anyone who can to be bothered to oil one let alone repair it at a price the owners are willing to pay.

[Anonymous No.17690971]

>>17690962
What would happen if I tried to wear this through Airport Security, as a brown man with a Barkha on?

[Anonymous No.17690972]

>>17690937
>>17690945
>>17690952
>>17690958
What's the appeal?

[Anonymous No.17690974]

>>17690970
I'm sure there are a bunch of redditor types that would love the idea of a Baltic perpetual calendar at $5k. They would break the bank for one but would obviously never be able to afford the real deal. Just look at the fanfare for the Christpher Ward Bel Canto.

[Anonymous No.17690976]

>>17690972
It allows you to show off the hot horology from the front of the watch.

[Anonymous No.17690977]

>>17690951
>Frederique Constant makes an in house perpetual calendar (it's fucking ugly but still). They're asking 9k+ for it and I doubt it's profitable. See it more as a "prestige" thing.
They're sticking it in a highlife case so if anything is expensive to manufacture it's the movement itself. They're absolutely profitable individually, the question is, has the R&D cost paid itself off with the sales so far or not, it doesn't look like a very successful model.
They work with smaller margins than other swiss brands in the first place so I doubt they had so much money to waste on unprofitable R&D, I'd be surprised if they were not fine.

[Anonymous No.17690979]

>>17690972
looking rich to your clients. Flashy and shiny = more likely to get noticed.

[Anonymous No.17690981]

>>17690977
shut the fuck up man. You sound like such a stupid fucking faggot right now.

[Anonymous No.17690982]

>>17688081
this is the GS, anon, if you're still around. I went back by the store that day but it was already closed.
it's $900mxn so about $50usd.
by the way, one of the seamasters (the dirty one) is gone.

[Anonymous No.17690983]

>>17690982
why the fuck haven't you bought it yet then? It's an amazing deal.

[Anonymous No.17690984]

>>17690972
It's not rolex, ap or patek. That's all GP has going for it.
>it's not [other popular brand people have actually heard or care about]

[Anonymous No.17690985]

>>17690970
Who's going to service them? Well Baltic themselves, other than that nobody. It's not like your local watchmaker would service your PP perpetual calendar himself either.

[Anonymous No.17690986]

>>17690982
That looks fake.

[Anonymous No.17690987]

>>17690922
Bro please

[Anonymous No.17690988]

>>17690242
G-shock gang check in

[Anonymous No.17690989]

>>17690981
What's wrong my man?

[Anonymous No.17690990]

>>17690985
I will service you.

[Anonymous No.17690992]

>>17690989
I am severely mentally ill.

[Anonymous No.17690993]

>>17690982
that doesn't look like any gs I've ever seen
it looks shitty desu senpai
looks faek

[Anonymous No.17690995]

>>17690982
That's a fake. I knew it was too good to be true. Eh, i'll get one, one day.

[Anonymous No.17690998]

>>17690982
>by the way, one of the seamasters (the dirty one) is gone.
tale as old as time, patina and the grease

[Anonymous No.17691006]

>>17690246
I've been waiting like 3 weeks for an aliexpress shitter, everyday I regret not getting a solar powered gshock

[Anonymous No.17691013]

>>17690923
Glycine is a good brand, size looks perfect on you imho. Enjoy

[Anonymous No.17691015]

Are bambinos still cool? Were they ever cool?

[Anonymous No.17691020]

>>17691015
what the fuck?

[Anonymous No.17691024]

>>17691015
why is it curved though? jerked off too much?

[Anonymous No.17691031]

[Anonymous No.17691033]

Woof woof mfs.

[Anonymous No.17691038]

>>17690982
Like the other anons said, that shit looks fake. The case looks like it was put under a buffing wheel.

[Anonymous No.17691052]

>>17691015
Hey I have the same monitor. My dick is smaller though :-(

[Anonymous No.17691059]

>>17691033
Yo

[Anonymous No.17691069]

>>17691033
>>17691059
The virgin watchbox
The chad stuffie

[Anonymous No.17691136]

>>17691033
>>17691059
Sup fellow gentlemen

[Anonymous No.17691147]

Check it

[Anonymous No.17691161]

Is there a name for these types of dive straps with the "ribs" near the case? also general thoughts on seiko auto dives in this price range (under 500)? at 45mm I am worried it may be a bit big on my wrist but not sure if that is more due to the turtle shape

[Anonymous No.17691171]

>>17691161
Yes, they are called "dobulu" straps. Just google it.

[Anonymous No.17691172]

>>17691171
Why do they have such a retarded name?

[Anonymous No.17691177]

>>17690962
They look eye catching but I have no idea how good TheElectricianz are as a watch.

[Anonymous No.17691178]

>>17691172
Because they look like the letter 'W'?

[Anonymous No.17691194]

>his watch isn't two watches in one

[Anonymous No.17691197]

My Sugess arrived today, it's better than i expected.

[Anonymous No.17691198]

>>17691178
It's double u not dobulu in English, you Czech?

[Anonymous No.17691199]

>>17691194
What is a T and who is going to it?

[Anonymous No.17691201]

>>17691194
Isn't that just a glorified world time?

[Anonymous No.17691206]

>>17691177
I wanted one when i first first started getting into watches. Now looking back it's such a joke. I wonder what the pusher is for.

[Anonymous No.17691209]

>>17691206
Their website says it's for the light feature.

[Anonymous No.17691212]

I am a wristlet and I have that watch. The strap is important. The factory strap is good. Avoid any other aftermarket rubber except the crafterblue because the more "traditional" ones will make it look too big on you.

[Anonymous No.17691213]

>>17691212
Oops >>17691161

[Anonymous No.17691217]

>>17691197
>suuurgesssssh.....*gurgle

[Anonymous No.17691236]

>>17691197
thanks for posting a picture, it's quite nice looking too
lug to lug is massive though right?

[Anonymous No.17691247]

>>17690848
neat, glad I opened this thread today

[Anonymous No.17691261]

>>17691236
I didn't think about it until you brought it up, The lug to lug is larger than something like my seiko 5 but it wasn't large enough for me to notice it.

[Anonymous No.17691263]

>>17690848
Are there any digital watches with a counter like this? I love keeping track of autistic things

[Anonymous No.17691284]

new thread
>>17691282
>>17691282
>>17691282
>>17691282
>>17691282

[Anonymous No.17691292]

>>17690982
It's a terrible fake. Look at that date wheel.

[Anonymous No.17691559]

>>17691161
I like em

[Anonymous No.17691803]

>>17690680
Is it worth 200€?