/wt/ watch thread

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>>59169243
will you marry me?

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>there was a point in time where I thought Tokyoflash was the pinnacle of watches

Is spring drive a meme?

It seems like it's overcomplicating things for no reason.

And ruining the "soul" of mechanical watches.

If you wanted a quartz timed watch why not buy a quartz watch?

>>59169243
There are watch movements so beautiful and intricate that they count as some of the highest achievements in human engineering. But I guess your chart is good too, OP.

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>Everyone loves Vostok
>They look worse than chink watches

The cases look like chrome plated bronze and the bracelets have tool marks.

>>59169382
I think it's really nice. The fact that the "escapement" procures its electrical power from the very mechanism it regulates is incredibly cool to me.
It's an elegant and integrated way to increase the accuracy of a mechanical watch.

It reminds me a bit of the reason I love railguns: the projectile is part of the electrical circuit that gives propulsion to it. If you don't think that's the neatest shit you can get out of my face.

Also, spring drive is the only movement with a truly smooth seconds hand.

>>59169477
>It's an elegant and integrated way to increase the accuracy of a mechanical watch.

But when do we get to the point where you might as well have a quartz watch?

It's like compound bow archers should just get it over with and shoot guns.

>>59169348
Literally who

>>59169429
Nobody likes the bracelets, and the cases of the Komandirskies (and bezels on all of them) are indeed plated brass (not bronze, that would be too expensive).

They're obviously not liked for their amazing quality and finishing, but for their cheapness and quirkiness of design.

>>59169429
>tfw i have an old vostok without a model name/number on it and it's just a plain jane watch

Tho the ones they still make/the ones people like are shit

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>>59169497
They're not even that cheap though, they're at the exact same price point as chink watches. Around $100.

>>59169429
They're in house movements for under 50 bucks bruh, what's not to love

>>59169494
I see it as just a different escapement. It is indeed quartz, which in itself is pretty much figured out, but the integration in a mechanical movement presents its own set of challenges that conventional escapements don't have.

And for me, the main difference between quartz and mechanical is the way the hands are driven, not the way timekeeping is achieved.

Of course, I totally get why some people don't like spring drive, and I'm not about to tell them they're wrong.

Bows are cool and guns are too, and they feel nothing alike to shoot. That's a skewed comparison.

>>59169529
komandirskies are $35 and amphibias $70

>>59169549
>they feel nothing alike to shoot.

Yeah but a compound bow has pulleys to take the weight of the draw, trigger mechanisms to ensure a quick release, and magnified sights.

Like when do you just admit you might as well shoot a gun?

I do archery, but I shoot real bows aka recurve.

>>59169534
I don't know if you can pull the in house moment meme when dimitri has made movement out of tin cans and string.

>>59169382
>Is spring drive a meme?
No

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>It will never be yours

>>59169382
It's a fancy quartz no matter how hard Seiko shills in /wt/ are trying to insist otherwise.

>>59169777
What's wrong with fancy quartz?

>>59169861
inb4 he says all quartz is the same

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>Go over to WUS to see how people feel about the Corgeut Black Bay homage
>They're all going autistic over the engraved crown because that's Tudor's logo

LOL better go tell Henry the 8th that Rolex have a copyright on his families crest.

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Junghans, Tissot, or Hamilton, which is best to buy vintage?

>>59169918
I'd go Hamilton, entirely subjectively
I have no interest in the other two

>>59169861
Spring Drive takes the worst of both worlds.

>>59169525
>no pic

>>59169960
Are you going to back that up or what

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>>59169962
Here you go.

>>59170082
wew that was bigger than i thought

>>59169914
>Steal a family name to use in your watch brand
>Implying you have any right to complain when people copy you.

https://www.amazon.com/Tissot-T0994073603700-Tourelles-Powermatic-Automatic/dp/B0170W27XS/ref=cts_wa_2_vtp?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=2897711222&pf_rd_r=CS0YWHYNGH0RVFREQH63&pd_rd_wg=GIk6T&pf_rd_s=desktop-detail-softlines&pf_rd_t=40701&pd_rd_i=B0170W27XS&pd_rd_w=PGgWD&pf_rd_i=desktop-detail-softlines&pd_rd_r=CS0YWHYNGH0RVFREQH63&_encoding=UTF8

thoughts?

>>59170332
>Tissot

>Toss it

>>59170345
por que

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>When you spend all day looking at chinkshit homages when you should just be saving up for a real watch.

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Oh hey I wonder what day it is

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Really feel like pulling the trigger on this. Afraid its gonna be too big on me though :/

I saw on minitwatch that its 48.9mm lug2lug, and i have a watch thats 5cm wich seems to be my max, dude in pic related doesnt seem to have much smaller wrists than mine though.

What do you think /g/? Is it way too big on him?

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>>59170668

Thanks for letting me know

>>59170692
2big

>>59170692

Just fucking get a Sarx035 instead of that abomination.

>>59170692
Fits your wrist well bro!

>>59170711
I love the open heart though

>>59170722
The pic is not me, but his wrist is pretty similar to mine so thanks

>>59170692
Check orients collection. They got some open heart watches in different sizes

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>>59170692

>>59170783
Thanks i'll do that

>>59170791
Wew hope thats not actually his lmao. Its way bigger than the pic i posted though

>>59170791
this looks like ti should be on a jacket or something.

>>59170839
it looks like it should be in a garbage bin

>>59169640

NORMAL VOSTOK MOVEMENT IS HAVE 31 JEWELS. THIS IS DOUBLE NORMAL NUMBER OF JEWELS FOR WATCH WITH THESE SPECIFICATION. WHY YOU ARE UPSET?

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>>59170783
Have decided on the orient cdb05001b instead :) thanks for your help

>>59169429
>implying ppl actually like Vostok rather than trying to exaggerate the worth of the only non-fashion watch they can afford.
People also like to take false comfort in the ability to buy multiple cheap watches, as if that'll compensate for not owning an actual good watch.

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>>59171058
you're welcome

>>59169477
>It reminds me a bit of the reason I love railguns...
You just went from 0 to full autism, bro.

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two watches and bunch of straps in the mail, /wt/!!

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>>59170692

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Fits my wrist perfectly

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>>59171203

>>59171260
you can form the shit around the wrist :^)

btw where is the ghee emtee hand

>>59171233
Who the heck is that character on the 4chan frontpage anyhow?

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>>59171490
It's Sachiko Koshimizu, the CUTEST idol.

Why do Seiko call the spring drive movement the latest technology in watches?

Surely it's outdated technology?

It's quartz bits attached on to a mechanical watch, there is no reason for the mechanics, they are just hindering the quartz.

Surely the 9F movement is more advanced.

>>59171490
A very cute one, don't you think?

>>59171343
If you look closely you can see the GMT hand is at 3 o'clock under the cyclops.

http://us.tissotshop.com/tissot-chemin-des-tourelles-squelette-2.html

>2,100

I wish I were one of those people who could buy this without worrying

>>59171784
>Spending that much money on a watch that looks that bad from a brand that shit.

>>59171691
Shit, I see it now, why is it set to a timezone just few latitudes apart?

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has anyone here seen tudor's black bay 36 live

i am a little interested in it but would have to travel pretty far to see one (tho i obviously would if i wanted to buy one)

>>59171784
a friend's friend actually got one of those and i died a bit inside when i heard about it

it could have been prevented if i knew he was getting a new watch

>>59171784
Why would you buy a watch that you can't even read

>>59170791
>60mm diameter

>>59170819
>Wew hope thats not actually his lmao

It is :^)

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>>59172044
>Those hands

>>59172044
If it had a rotating bezel it'd be perfect. As is I'm sure you could find comparable/better 3 handers for cheaper or with better movements.

>>59171668
>Outdated

No, spring drive was developed well after the stepper motor quartz movement.

>It's quart bits attached on to a mechanical watch

That statement doesn't make any sense.

>They are just hindering the quartz

That statement doesn't make any sense either.

>>59172340
It's outdated because mechanical watch technology is outdated.

You're just attempting to remove the downsides of mechanical watches, when that was already done by Quartz movements.

It's marketed as +1/-1 per day. A fully quartz movement could do better.

To use an analogy it's like a very advanced steam powered car.

It could be the most advanced steam powered car in history, but it's still a steam powered car.

>>59172385
Most spring drives get better accuracy than 15s/month. The only pure quartz movements that could do better are the HAQ ones like seiko's 9F which is thermo-compensated.

So you would just rather it be powered by a battery than a mainspring?

>>59172385
creation lists a dolce at +-10/year
>tfw no hyperaccurate quartz watch

>>59172385
>Mechanical watch technology is outdated

It isn't, but that's not relevant here since spring drive isn't a mechanical movement in the sense it's traditionally meant.

>You're just attempting to remove the downsides of mechanical watches

Says who? Seiko doesn't seem to have stopped producing mechanical watches, even very high end mechanical watches.

Seiko have also not stopped making high end stepper motor quartz movements.

This idea that spring drive was meant to supplant another type of movement seems to be entirely in your own head.

Actually spring drive was developed mostly to eliminate batteries and to achieve a perfect smooth second hand sweep to make a more elegant solution than stepper motor quartz, not to improve accuracy.

>>59172610
Seiko still make mechanical watches because of watch autists.

Everyone attempted to move to quartz in the 70s and 80s and every watch company would prefer it if they could only make quartz watches due to better cost vs profitability margins.

F-91W

>>59172385
>It's marketed as +1/-1 per day
what? No, that's F91W tier bad. Spring drive is guaranteed to be at least twice that accurate.

>>59172663
>every watch company would prefer it if they could only make quartz watches

Please lend us this crystal ball you're using in order to read the minds of the top execs at every single watch company, anon.

>>59172468
Dude what? My cheap ETA quartz is about +3spm

>>59172784
Guess what m8, springs drives can do that too. The ratings are just CYA specs. You may luck out and get something much more accurate, but you wouldn't be able to complain to seiko or whoever until it went outside of the cited spec.

>>59172385
I assume that you're saying "mainsprings are outdated"? Because that's basically the only thing that's in a spring drive and not in an ordinary stepper motor quartz analog watch.

I could see an argument for an ecodrive spring drive being more modern than a real spring drive, but that's about it. Automatic winding plus mainspring is a pretty good energy system, anyways.

There are innovations spring drive could benefit from that are not in standard everyday quartz watches (thermocompensation, GPS sync, etc), but that's a different argument from the one you're making.

>These watches are stupid!
>They're using technology I don't understand
>At a pricepoint I can't afford
>and I hate it and it's outdated!

>>59172784
You got very lucky; most will be 3 to 5 times that.

>>59172663
If you're not a watch autist, why are you still here?

>>59172704
>He thinks company executives wouldn't prefer to be able to sell a piece of shit for thousands of dollars.

Lol you actually believe watch makers care about "soul" and "passion"? Lrn2capitalism.

>>59172888
Proletariat, workers of the world unite, etc etc. Are you done here?

>>59172888
Try watching the talking watches ep with jean claude biver m8. Especially the part about blancpain, where it was deliberately decided that there would never be a quartz blancpain. I'll give you a hint, it's easy to detect when a company goes purely cynical and cash grabby. The people who spend kilobucks on watches at least want the appearance of the company giving a shit about their products.

>>59169734

>you will never be able to justify the servicing fees for the rest of your life

>>59173006
Will you ever be able to afford service on a watch, anon?

Are tudors worth their price point

>>59172888
You assume they don't because you are totally ignorant of horology. Seiko in particular have a long history of obsessive commitment to horology over and above the profit motive going back to the chronometer trials in the 1960s.

They literally spent 25 years developing spring drive, even though they already had developed stepper motor quartz and extremely well made mechanical movements. They were under no market pressure to develop spring drive because no one outside of Seiko had conceived that such a movement was even a hypothetical possibility until Seiko revealed it.

>own a Fifty Fathoms
>too afraid to scratch it and wear a Longines almost every single day

Considering the numerous scratches on my HydroConquest, I-I guess it was worth it.

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Looks like Nomos are finally selling their watches at a sensible price point

>>59173161
:^)

>>59173076
Not quite true - the Piaget 700P was developed, at least in part, independent and concurrent with the Seiko spring drive.

>>59173161
>horloge

>>59173161
Speaking of which, would you blatantly call out someone for being a faggot if they were wearing one of those?

>>59173158
What do people do that get their watches all scratched up? I've never had a problem with that. I just do sensible things like not wear a domed crystal vintage watch to go to the gym.

>>59173194
The thing is that no one will be able to sell unless they go "Hey let me inspect your watch for 5 minutes".

But yes, I'd call out a fake watch shitter. But like I said, I wouldn't be able to tell it was fake unless I studied it.

>>59173196
wrist-height door handles

>>59173228
I wear my watch on my off hand, so I can't bash it into anything I'm reaching for.

>>59173228
desks.

>>59173235
You're not going to hit a door handle while reaching for it, because you reach with palms/fingers. It's when you pass something wrist height.

>>59173260
Well I just avoid anything I could potentially bash my watch into.

>>59173219
But it'd be a ticking Nomos so you'd hear it.

>>59173196
Office desks that aren't made of particle board, car door, doors in general (fucking elevators), being careless in general. i.e. Walking too close to a concrete/brick wall.

>>59173286
I'm just very aware that I'm wearing a watch all the time so I just avoid all these things when wearing one.

The only thing that I can't avoid scratching up is the clasps on the bracelets since they rub on the desk when I'm working.

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>>59173281
Alright then have fun with that.

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I want to buy my first "life time" watch that isn't a $100 shitter that you throw out in a few years.

Would this be a good introduction into watches that aren't just throwaway garbage?

>>59173371
Yep.

>>59173371
You certainly could keep it for a lifetime, but after 20 years if it's running like shit or breaks it probably makes more sense to buy a new one if they'll still make it.

>>59173420
Surely that's the same with all watches though.

After a few Rolex or Omega services you've basically bought the watch again.

You might as well just buy a new one every 20 years.

>>59173182
When did Piaget start working on it? Seiko began developing spring drive in 1977 and had a working prototype in 1982, shelved the idea for 10 years because it took way too much power, started working on it again in 1993. It took until 1998 for Seiko to debut the technology, once they'd gotten to a 48h power reserve.

As far as I can tell, Piaget launched the 700P in 2016?

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>>59169243
Reminds me of an image I started putting together after one too many "It's not automatic it's mechanical" and "It's not quartz it's eco-drive".

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>When people put their watches on the ground or on hard surfaces to take pictures

REEEEE ITS GONNA GET SCRATCHES

>>59173470
Yeah but with a sarb the cost of service and the cost of the watch are.. very close. So you pretty much never service it.

You buy a 5k watch, average service is like 500 lets say. You could service it 10 times before you hit the cost of the watch. That's 50 years at a 5 year service interval. Or 48 years if you do your first service 2 years early.

Inflation not accounted for.

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>tfw NATO

>>59173474
Not a super straightforward question, but Jean-Claude Berney was at least thinking about it back in 1973. This link goes into it a little and has some follow-up links with some more detail. Supposedly some ETA 2824s were actually fitted with such a movement in the 70s or 80s, per the below paper.
https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/pre-sihh-2016-the-piaget-emperador-coussin-xl-700p
https://wiki.epfl.ch/polymac/documents/hpm-en.pdf

>>59173541
>average service is like 500 lets say

Didn't that anon say it cost round $800 to service his speedmaster?

>>59173542
I honestly don't see the appeal of nato straps. You add a mm or two to the height of the watch, then there's all this bulk on one side of the strap.

"But you can easily change the colors/style of your strap!" But then no matter what you get an ugly mass of nylon. Single buckle straps like on the group b or the two piece perlons on some nomos' are fine though.

>>59173572

That's for a vintage chronograph, including some parts.

A regular three handers plus day/date movement should be considerably cheaper to have serviced. Hell, my local watchmaker does three handers for $150 and he's quite highly regarded.

>>59173604
I only like the bond nato on my submariner homage because I want to be James Bond.

If you live in Britain the official Seiko service centre only charges £55 for a "Standard Movement/Mechanism Service", which I'm sure the Alpinist would fall under.

I don't imagine the American service price to be any higher than that.

>>59173572
Well, chronos are a little more complicated and costly. Omega charges 700 afaik. An independent might be able to reduce that some.

Rolex charges like 600 to service a new datejust I believe. But other watchmakers might be able to do it for 400 or maybe less.

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>>59173651
I was looking at their prices and it literally says that if they "service" a Lorus watch they will just send you a new one.

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>>59173617
Spoilers: This isn't a nato strap.

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>>59173701
This is tho

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>>59173542
What about perlon straps?
Also here's a nato combination that looks good in my honest opinion.

With $200, what to buy? No dress watches or quartz.

>>59173701
Why didn't they find a strap that is the right width?

>>59173758

6 Vostok Komanderskies or 3 Vostok Amphibias

>>59173738
Fuck, meant to reply >>59173604

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cop?

>>59173825
>cop
>>>/fa/

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>mesh straps

>>59173510

nah it's fine, it's got TEGIMENT®

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>>59173932

What about them?

Why does "orient Bambino" keep coming up on "lists of great watches under $200"?

TGV even said singing like "all this quality for $150"

I've only seen it sold by Amazon in the UK and it's£300

>>59174062

they recently replaced the movement with a good one so they cost more now

>>59169429
like it ro hate it
they are cheap russian watches that some how survived and still are made in russia, not like other russian watch brands.

Also check out meranom, vostok has put out a new collection with better cases and brazlets but are now at 120 200 range.

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>Richard LeGrand
>LeGrand

>>59174118
What's with this new autism of putting an entire person's name on a watch

>>59174138
"If we put a vaguely posh sounding name on the dial, people will think the brand has history or reputation behind it!" or something.

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Most Reddit watch

>>59174169

the safest of safe choices.

>>59173196
>>59173158
If the scratched surface is polished, and the scratch isn't too deep, just polish it with Cape Cod cloth once in a while.

If your watch is bead-blasted or brushed, light scratches won't even be noticeable.

>>59174169
>>59174186

I have literally never seen a speed master out in real life.

And I'm pretty well traveled. I've seen endless amounts of Rolexes, Tags, Breitling, and the usual.

When I do see Omegas it's usually on women. Older ladies.

But speedys are rare..

>>59174281

it's for internet watch fans who just want the safest thing to post pictures of on the internet

>>59174298
what if youre genuinely interested in the space aspect of the man on the moon?

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>>59174138
>>59174151
It's a surefire way to know exactly when to do a 360 and walk out

>>59174321

nah you're not

>>59174298
And apparently you can post it every single Tuesday for free upvotes

>>59174169
That date is fucking hideous

>>59174321
Get a 321 movement speedy then.

>>59174349

So easy!

>>59174326
Looks like one of those chink no brand homages lol

>>59174362
:^)

>>59174281

i know an australian sales guy that wears a big seamaster

not so sure speedmaster owners go outside

>>59174349
It was a far better movement too, thanks omega

>>59174338
I actually am interested in space travel, especially apollo 11.

>>59174379
Get a 214 accutron then. That was used as the instrument clock for the lunar module.

>>59174363
That's exactly what it is!

>>59169243

Thanks /wt/ for giving me that little emotional kick that comes with ordering cheap-ass tacticool eBay watches from China and the satisfaction that comes with one branded shark or infantry or skmei and thinking that 29.99 is way too expensive so I find an even more off-Brand and I get the same watch for eleven dollars and fifty five cents and all it costed me was about 45 minutes of research. Also thanks for helping me find a badass fully automatic, my very first and only one ever, that's got a fucking tourbillion and a perfectly smooth second hand, and I got that shit from China for $35 fucking dollars. And yeah I feel sorry for you faggots that buy Rolex, because nobody gives a damn and my $8.77 skmei looks better and has more features and is more accurate than your shit, so guess who the sucker is eh?

>>59174428
;^)

>>59174326
Dat pause symbol on the dial

Gay faggot autism thread

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I love the way this thing catches the light

>>59174523
nice.

>>59174523
Nice, I have the chronograph version. Too bad the lume is absolute shit.

>>59174523
your skin and hair looks like ass

>>59174563
I always wear my watches on my ass

>>59174562
Yeah the lume is almost non-existent. It's a damn shame

>>59174595
How is the mesh by the way? It looks like a pretty decent one but the weird links on the bottom turned me off kind of.

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>>59174484
>guess who the sucker is eh?
>EH?
You, for buying a watch in the first place.
It's is you who sucks at this game.

We just meme this so idiots like you carry their symbols of autism around

>>59174644
I haven't had the watch for long, but the mesh seems alright. Nothing special, but it's solid and comfortable enough.

The links at the bottom are a bit weird. I have a small wrist so I had to remove most of them, so I don't know how they are for bigger wristed people.

I've got no complaints about the clasp though.

>>59174580
No ass has skin like that - at least the ones I got to witness. And I have seen a lot of ass, and yours looks worse than ass
Watch your nutrition intake, dont just eat ramen.
>You probably let cum dry up on that regulary

>>59174718
Thanks for caring m80

>>59174655

But my watch is useful to me, it tells me the time and date and day of the week and I don't have to whip out some cellie or hit any buttons wowee so guess I'm not an artist after all

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>>59174747
A grown autist..
How did you make it this far

>>59174796

Pssst Yeah whatever, thanks for the really cool augmented reality pic, wow you uploaded that shit just for me, so if I had never posted my shit then all these people would've never gotten to see that, oh holy hell the implications are enormous, all of them touched, changed forever, the entire universe is going to fucking implode, you love me so much oh wow thanks bro

>>59174949
reminder that if you can't hold your watch under this it's a piece of shit.

Is the SARY055 nice? I can't afford the SARX033.

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>tfw to smart for shitters

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>>59174907
You're amusing me

>>59174907
http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=1503

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over 3 months. my blacked bay isn't here.

is a plain stainless watch more versatile than a black one?

>>59175397
Yes and it will look less like shit when beaten up.

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>mfw my dad just bought a snowfrake and will probably give it to me someday

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>>59175974
He's going to be asked to be buried with it.

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How much light does a solar powered watch need to keep going?

>>59176272
don't know, sorry

>>59175974
>>59176175
He's going to lose it up some ladyboy's ass on a "business trip" more likely than not.

>>59169382
Yes, finally. I said this a long time ago and was totally shot down, but its the truth. Spring Drives are cool, but not in the way a mechanical watch is.

>>59176288
oh, okay.

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Clearly the superior watch.
- No moving parts
- Metal case
- Metal strap
- Battery lasts years
- $12.00
Got one 30 years ago that lasted 15 years.
Got another one a couple of years ago. Expect it to last even longer.

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>>59172224
>If it had a rotating bezel it'd be perfect.

I heard Tudor actually makes one like that.

>>59177561
Not 36mm though.

>>59174523
How is the date wheel printing? Heard Bulova date wheels look like pixalated ass sometimes.

Thinking about getting the blue and orange lobster.

>>59171203
I don't care, they're awesome. I built one for a research project.

>>59170064
It's neither as accurate as a true quartz nor as pure as a true mechanical.

>>59178651
that sounds like the sort of thing that no self respecting anon would ever post without both a source AND an explanation

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>>59173510
> tfw the ebay seller m does this

Are skeleton watches fedora tier?
asking for a friend

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Why do metal watch bands have this bit connecting the two ends instead of letting the ends be separate?

>>59178710
Are you retarded?

>>59178716
No? I just don't see why the ends always have to be connected. It just makes it harder to take the watch off.

>>59178708
I'd say be careful

>>59173030
Sure.

>>59171168
Out of the watches I own I pretty much constantly fall back to my Amphibia as a daily. Then again I mostly have vintage, if I'd buy say a Turtle that would probably change.

Still I legit believe they're good watches once you've tinkered with it some.

>>59174118
>we're lowkey trying to pretend to be Ralph Lauren

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>>59178708
>>59178746

>>59173161
w2c

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threadly reminder that the speedmaster is reddit's watch

>>59178708
Extremely. And they're mostly chink dogshit anyway. Just settle for a display caseback.

>>59178792
>display caseback.
thanks babe

>>59178786

t. spergmaster

>>59178786
What's the third from the top?

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>>59178904
fag shit that has been on no more than one celestial body

>>59178708
Yes

>>59178710
How do you propose to attach those separate parts then?

>>59178917
Not if he bought it 2nd hand from another fatass.

>>59178993
jej

>>59178917
I want to ask the Chinese to put an Amphibia on their next Moon lander so all these fags with their repro MOTFM watches be BTFO.

Hell Chang'e 5 will be a sample return mission, so they could send MY Amphibia and then return it. Planned sample payload is around two kilos, I'm sure they could squeeze it, it's less than 100g without strap I believe.

>>59178917
That's true of literally every speedmaster except the ones in NASA's possession though.

>>59178710
The types of bracelets you are talking about exist, they are just not very popular. e.g. the metal Casios have them.

>>59176659
>Metal case
It's painted plastic bruh, did you really have it for 30 years without figuring this out?
>Metal strap
The cheapest folded links I have ever felt.
>$12.00
It's priced for what it is, a cheap piece of shit.

>>59176272
Very little, I think it fully charges in several hours of sunlight and a full charge lasts for years.

>>59179014
http://www.ablogtowatch.com/tag-heuer-watch-official-timekeeper-china-mars-exploration-program/

>>59179151
MAN ON THE FUCKING MARS

>>59179151
Oh yeah I remember this now. I'm genuinely disgusted.

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>>59179014
I rather they focus on their own brands, Seagull and BWAF and put them to the task.

It is like a heritage/legacy-building exercise.
The Pinnacle of China's watchmaking to tackle the challenges of the final frontier.

Not sure If I were to see the day tho
Given they let this kind of shit pass >>59179151

>>59178925
One end of the strap could be inserted into the other, then it could be released by pressing a button on each side of the clasp.

What watch would be good to wear white fisting my bf

>>59179221
Seiko Monster

are there any minimalist watches that aren't shitty fashion watches?

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>>59179303
MIH watch. Annual calendar with a 30min chronograph & AM/PM indicator.

Babby's first chronograph??

>>59179303
Ochs and junior

>>59179354
1963

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>>59169348
Time passes, people change, tastes evolve.

I know I was proud as fuck of my Flik Flak too, and it was the best watch in the world. Shit had an alarm too. Now I'm more into vintage Seikos.

It's okay anon, we've all been young.

>>59179446
what do you think you'll move on to from vintage seikos

>>59179477
Dunno, but I'm sure I'll stick to vintage Seikos for at least 10 more years so I'm not too worried.

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>>59173758
40 fake F-91Ws in the brightest colours you can.

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>>59173825
>Hey anon nice Omeg... oops sorry.

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>>59173825

>>59179097
>full charge lasts for years
It's more like 6 months to a year

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>>59176659
Clearly the ACTUALLY superior watch
- Solar charging
- Radio atomic sync
- Electroluminescent backlight
- Stainless steel case
- Stainless steel bracelet
- Bracelet has solid links
- Bracelet has solid end-links
- Running time shown in alarm/chrono/timer modes s
- Dial time mode (pic related)

Not $12 tho...

>>59180056
Why is it setto TYO

>>59180078

That's the second time zone being displayed. You can change the second time-zone on the bottom part of the display using the +/- buttons.

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>>59180056
Where the plaid at

>>59179446
>looking at these
>suddenly want one of the ones for girls
help

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>>59180087

>mfw that's an actual temperature gage

>>59180238
Real talk I'd pay a ridiculous anount of money for that watch. In the hundreds of dollars and wouldn't even feel bad

Looking for some guidance on the Shitter 1963.

I am probably going to buy one this week or next depending on how I feel. However, I am running into complications between where to buy it from.

On the one hand, if you buy it from WatchUnique it is cheaper than some other spots however, it also does not appear to be the official seagull version. If recent seagull anon could post his crown that would be great.

On the other hand, if you buy from lets say Long Island Watch it is more expensive but appears to be the proper watch straight from when Seagull was making them.

It's not that I don't trust Thomas's version and some swear that his are better, it feels weird buying a recreation of a recreation. Does it even matter?

>inb4 blogpost

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>>59180121

We plaidposting now?

>>59180248
>In the hundreds of dollars

lmao they're like 20,000-50,000 usd

>>59178786
Reminder that you visit reddit and should stay there

>>59176348

You were a clueless pleb then, and apparently remain a clueless pleb now.

>>59169914
I have a Corgeut Diver, and can confirm that the crown on the current ones being shipped does NOT have a logo on it. It is just a generic crown.

>wear it in good health!

Why does this make me want to murder them

>>59181089
Hugbox

Ignore all the shit posts and just buy a watch.......

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Rate my new Commie chrono.

>>59181859
Nice, I like those.

>>59181859
Beauty where did you get that ?

>tfw i will never have an Asaoka Tsunami
How can I live with small balance wheels

>>59169914
the blue bezel + gold indices is beautiful.
might cop one

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>>59181985

>>59181999
BIG

JAPANESE

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>>59181973
Thank you, Anon.
>>59181981
German ebay classified ads. Cost me 220€ and came with a second Poljot watch band.
I think it's a fair price considering it was serviced by the poljot24 guy in 2011 and the exterior is pretty much immaculate.

>>59181999
Seriously this is so nice
Only 37mm too. And such a nice blend of modern and traditional. Very Japanese.

>>59182115
Where do you get them

>>59179080
>The cheapest folded links I have ever felt.

Ehh... My sister got one recently. Wouldn't say it's _that_ terrible. From my short experience with them, the lowest-end Seiko 5s have worse bracelets.

>>59182263
No clue, it's too expensive for me anyway
But I'm guessing directly from Asaoka since he's literally making them in a small apartment

>>59182409
his old site is down. I saw something saying 2mil JPY. R I P

>>59182425
Yes sounds about right for this one
His tourbillons are more expensive
No idea how many he makes or if any are available

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>>59180121

two can play at this game

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>>59183066
You merely adopted the plaid. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn't see a solid until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but boring!

We need a plaid thread image

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>owning plaid anything

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My HMT was almost in beat. Then I slipped on the collet and mangled the hairspring.

>>59183430

found the african

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>>59180324
My shirt's plaid I guess.

>>59183430
the only plaid i like is those pleated skirts on cute girls

>>59183747
You shouldn't admit to that in public

>>59183809
why? school uniforms aren't a thing here. the only girls i see wear plaid skirts are definitely of age.

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>>59183747
Ah! Onii-chan dame desu!

>>59184137
you know what, i like kilts too actually. not for the same reasons.

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Comrades, we too must start from zero.

>>59184307
うそつき~
体は正直だね

>>59184804
fucking weeb

How did these threads even start

>>59184964
God created the universe

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>>59184959
謝れ!

>>59184558
Absolutely disgusting

>>59184558
why are the hands so tiny
is it a trump watch

>>59185110
Trump is a dirty capitalist pig. He would never wear such a simple, elegant timepiece (which belongs to the workers' party, of course).

>>59185110

Russian puppet masters can only deal with with the small handed, apparently.

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>>59185110
Ironically, I do heavy lifting/warehouse work.

how long until archie sells his kidney for a watch?

>>59185841
>how long until archie sells his kidney for a watch?
The Pontiff already has his Patek paid off somehow. It looks like he can contain his autism for luxury goods for at least another 300 videos.

>>59185860
he already said he has outstanding debts. its good to know the watch takes priority

>>59185891
He prioritizes buying watches over buying pants my man.

>>59185724
the watche's hands not yours baka

>>59185935
holy shit lmao

>On WUS B/S/T
>guy says that going below 25% new price is giving it away

why don't people recognize that "used" massively devalues an object, even if only briefly used?

Can recent seagull 1963 anon please post a picture of the crown of their watch and the caseback? Ty

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finally, my very own digital LED watch

>>59180317
The official seagull version hasn't been made for years.

>>59186032
You must be delusional, most used watches won't even be 25% less than new, much less 75. Maybe if it's beat to shit and broken.

LOL at all these date wheels reading 29 today

>>59186221
Thanks for reminding me I need to set to set all my 6 quartz shitters

>>59186173
hey nice

>>59186221
lmao mine was all day and i didn't notice

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>>59186847
>>59186847

>>59186847
>>59186847