/wt/ watch thread

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First for Orient, the /wt/ darling brand

>>59706815
Kinda want but that autism strap has to go back.

>>59706935
What a fucking meme watch

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>>59706963
Who here has meme watches?

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>>59707064
My meme

What's considered the best bang for your buck at around the £500 mark?
I'm looking for a daily wearer with leather strap and it must be quirky and distinctive. Quartz is also fine.

>>59707136
Denzel Washington from Aliexpress

Spend the rest on fags and booze

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>>59707136
> Quirky and distinctive
> Quartz

>>59707136
>quirky and distinctive
Buy a black SARB and put it on a yellow leather strap

When you want a normal look again you can just switch the strap

>>59707136

casio oceAnus

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>>59707162
Is that seriously a real watch?

>>59707460
http://blog.xuite.net/swatch70216/twblog/449636347-1050909-Swatch+OurSwatch+Quattro+Charity+Auction

This is a random question but here goes: when i was a boy my dad had a watch and it had an alarm which actually sounded like a chime/bell instead of the normal beep. The watch was analogue and I'm not entirely sure i didn't imagine this. Does this watch exist which has a nice sounding chime alarm?

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>>59707616
There are plenty of mechanical alarm watches. Check out Vulain Cricket, JLC Memovox

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>>59707666
Vulcain*

>>59707508
Would buy that in heartbeat if I had the money.

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Very consistently -2 to -4, not bad for a half-century

So what's the deal with Junkers

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Is this worth it, or am I just jewing myself?

https://www.massdrop.com/?origin=%2Fbuy%2Farmourlite-pocket-watch

>>59707813
Probably capable of even better numbers if the regulation is fine tuned. That's a 56x movement if I recall correctly. It was one of the greatest production automatic movement designs of the pre-quartz era.

>>59707841
Cheap ebauches slapped in Chinese made cases assembled in Germany.

>>59707862
It's a 613, the manual-wind version of the 56x.

quartz master race reporting in
if you have a sub-$50,000 automatic, you are stupid and wasting money on a mediocre product designed to appeal to idiots with more money than sense
enjoy your inferior, ugly movement and massive markup, and also probably your dead watch in 15-20 years because nobody wants to service that crap

LOL

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>>59707891

>>59707884
Nice. That whole family of movements was fantastic.

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Post piles

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For that person that was looking for a Lange 1 homage

Is a Lord Matic worth £50?

>>59708088
Take some more pics of that Huldra, fucker.

>>59708408
No. You can get 52xx LM Specials for that much, and they are better in every way.

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>>59708424

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>>59708424
>>59708497

Any good watch instagrams to follow? Anyone here have one ?

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>Be selling a watch on ebay
>Go to all the trouble of taking a picture
>Don't take that extra millisecond to flip the date from Arabic to English

Showing that you have an Arabic date dial just tells me your watch is fake as fuck.

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I love pepsi!

>>59708497
>>59708533
Thanks. Nice design. How do you like it? How's the accuracy been on the Miyota 9015?

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>>59708634

>>59707064
your watch is gay and you should kill yourself

>>59708088
Get rid of everything except Omega, SNK and huldra. Sure are some nasty fucking shitters there.

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>>59708693
It's a favorite. The cushion case and engineer bracelet are very comfy. Mine runs between +5 and +14 in six positions on a full wind. WR is great. Lume is okay. Bezel has half a click of play in it but not bad. Really enjoy it as a diver that's not a sub homage.

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>>59707014
SARB033/35 and a leather strap from Watch Gecko, should cost under £300. Or spend a bit more for a SARX013/015 and a Watch Gecko strap. You can get the SARX017 but the fake croc on that looks cheap as fuck.

Pic related is my SARB033 on said strap.

>>59707136
See
>>59708912

>>59707123
Its actually a great watch. I have one. Only downside is that it sometimes pulls my hairy Italian arm hairs :(

>>59707566
I like that! I don't think I'd wear it but its a nice layout / feature set.

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>>59708088
I need to expand my strap colors

>>59709080
nice one hander

>>59709099
Thanks it was all of $50 and when it's only got one hand who cares how much time it gains or loses

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>>59707891

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>>59708088

>3.5MB of shitters

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Anyone like vintage Seikos like this Flightmaster? cira 1989, fuckers.

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>>59710321
I like vintage Seikos, but not ones like the flightmaster.

I've got:
1967 Seikomatic-P 5106
1971 LM Special 5206-6020
1972 LM Social 5206-6060
1975 King Seiko Special 5256-8010

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>>59710321
I have a c.1989 Seiko but it's a pretty different style

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>>59710808
The 5S21 movement is pretty neat.

>>59710849
It's started running at (exactly) double speed sometimes when it warms up to skin temperature. Took it to a Seiko boutique for a repair estimate and the answer was essentially "Lol, no".

>>59710893
That's too bad. I guess try and find a watchmaker who's worked on those movements before?

>>59710922
It has to just be easier to get a cheap donor movement in an uglier case and get it swapped in - unless you have a recommendation?

>>59710965
Well a 5S21 movement is on ebay right now.

www.ebay.ca/itm/401235255169

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>>59710989
Thanks, looks like almost an exact match. Might grab one.

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My quite old Casio AL-190W (a watch rechargeable with a little solar panel) battery life is dying, and now it can't last few days without seeing the sun.
"EECE0EL205N" point me to a discontinued Panasonic capaitor, and I can't found anything.
Do you know where I can get the part? (bonus for europe)

Yes, it's dirty, I opened it for the very first time, i'm going to clean that.

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>>59711570
pic related from the internet shows the said battery

>>59711570
https://casiowatchparts.com/standart-digital/al-190w/
?

>>59708549
What do you mean?

>>59711570
>after battery replacement shed light onto glass for a while

I love the japs

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Hello /wt/.
I came from /csg/ searching for advice from you.
I am going to Switzerland soon and everyone tells me about the watches. I decided to come here for some advice.

I come from the motherland of cheap shit yet I am willing to put a little more money for a nice watch. Around $250.
What can that net me? Please take into account that I'm not really into it. Just want some good looks. Something simple would be great

>>59712119
>I'm not really into it. Just want some good looks
I don't think you need our help deciding what you think has "good looks."

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>>59712119
You can get a Swatch straight from the horse's ass!

>>59712119
Doubtful you're going to get a watch that is actually "swiss made" (the term has gotten so diluted) for $250. The cost of something that really is all hand made, in house, in switzerland is generally measured in kilobucks.

>>59712119
Find a Seiko or Orient that you like and have it shipped to your hotel in Switzerland

>>59712119
Just buy an Orient

>>59712119
Not to be an asshole, but for that kind of budget you'll find exactly ZERO things actually remarkable or well made.

I think you should save a little more and focus in quality build Seikos that are around 300 usd. Forget about Switzerland for now.

>>59708856

The angle of this photo pleases my autism.

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>>59712520

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>>59712021

Once I got this for a phone glass

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>>59712736

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R8 my watch /g/
It's 48 mm and it's a great conversation starter

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>>59713119
HEINOUS.

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Are there any watches closer to this than the casio futurist/poptone lines?

>>59713119
It looks like they hired one of the WinAmp theme creators to design it. Could work with a teal colored shirt and some color adjustments..

Change the gold bits to be salmon pink, the springs to be milano red and give the light silver metal a brushing of periwinkle gray...it'll sell big time, trust me.

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>/g/ will never have its own watch

>>59707859
It's never worth it unless you really want it

Watches that look good on wristlets?

>>59714060
Get vintage.

>>59713149
>>59713429
>being this jelly of an alpha male watch
shame

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>>59702478

Aside from the OEM bracelet off the SARG013 where can you get a good bracelet that will fit the SARG's/Alpinist

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Repostan because I love it

>>59713639
>'/g/ will never have its own watch'
>custom Vostok dial
How about no

Some of you I'd bully mercilessly.

>>59714923
is that who i think it is

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>tfw want this

Should I?

tfw no Seiko LM special

>>59715466
yes

>>59715772
did he become anorexic

>>59715778
hospitalized a couple of times for a collapsed lung

>>59715691
It's pretty cool. Way too expensive for what it is unfortunately. The only people I see buying that are ZRC collectors or people who have too much money.
I'd like a vintage one of those, but they're way out of my price range at the moment.

>>59715691
Oh and the 2824 and non standard lugs are annoying.

>>59715791
poor guy

>>59714923
I think the bracelet from one of the Invicta divers fits.

Should I buy a watch winder?

>>59716177
watch winders are for quitters.

>>59716177
Just wear all your watches all the time.

>>59716177
Yes and tell us if its worth it 2 months later

>>59716187
>>59716194
It's just that one of my watches seems to keep good time only when it's constantly worn and hence wound.

It loses 10 seconds a day stored in it's box.

>>59716243
wear it

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>>59708088
i like your pile of shitters anon, here's mine

>>59716276
holy slavshit

>>59716243
Try different resting positions

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Why does /g/ hate my Kirova 3133 chronograph? I personally don't see any flaw.

>>59716703
Because most of them are horological plebs who don't realize the historical origin of the design.

>>59716276
Pics of your grand quartz?

>>59716703
I do like it but like another anon said the other day the bezel isn't the coolest

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>>59716715
>>59716751

Thanks, I personally love the bezel especially. It's like the original Glashütte/Tutima/Hanhart design.

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>>59716736

>>59707813
Very nice anon. Can we see the movement?

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>tfw your impulse mall buy looks better than most of the watches posted in this general

>>59717608
That is sweet looking watch.

>>59716276
What's that raketa diver?

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>>59717608
What the fuck is that dial?

>>59717608
Looks gaudy as fuck, but yes, so do most of the watches in this thread.

>>59717608
Wigger tier

>>59716822
Cool m8

>>59717608
Give it back tyrone

Do any of you guys buy from eBay? I bought a $100 Casio when i was over in NZ and now i think i want to buy more watches. However, eBay just screams out that'd it be a great place for scammers to sell fakes.

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>>59717464
I am sadly not nearly qualified to open this case (the back doesn't come off; everything comes out the crystal side). Here's a shot of a 613 though.

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>>59717755
I've bought several (Seiko 5s21, Omega cosmic and megasonic, borel cocktail, Accutron). Don't buy anything that is constantly faked (like a Rolex or modern Omega). Make sure your buyer has good feedback. Most sellers offer two weeks return as long as you pay return shipping - check the listing. Buy the seller - if something seems off about the listing, don't buy. If you have a friendly neighborhood watchmaker they should be willing to pop it open for you and quickly confirm its real. Assume anything off eBay requires a service unless it is literally new in box.

Don't buy from sellers like the kind in pic related.

>>59717755
>Do any of you guys buy from eBay? I bought a $100 Casio when i was over in NZ and now i think i want to buy more watches. However, eBay just screams out that'd it be a great place for scammers to sell fakes.

Depends on what you're thinking about buying.

>>59717891
Thank you for the information anon, I'll definitely keep it in mind. Though I'd feel bad taking an eBay bought watch to him, I suppose he still gets paid.
>>59717897
Just another cheap every day watch, leather band. My budget currently is ~200AUD. Down the line I'd like to get a SARB033 (which i know, is a cheaper every day watch), but I think I'd do Amazon for that or some other more reliable seller.

>>59718136
No watchmaker will be upset that you're bringing him business.

>need durable watch
>only want to buy vintage ebay shitters

Life is hard

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What does /wt/ think of Tisell?

>Miyota 9015
>Ceramic Bezel
>$190
>Basically a fake rolex

>>59718676
Fine if you want a fake Rolex with a movement that isn't a $2 chink quartz

>>59718676
>Basically a fake rolex
That's what turns me off. They're supposed to be pretty good though.

>>59718676
Gay as fuck

>>59718861
Get a diver that's not a blatant ripoff (like >>59708634 or >>59708533)

>>59718676
>Miyota 9015
Is this still the cheapest movement with 28800 bph? I want a dress watch with one

>>59718958
I have a diver already.

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>>59719017
Tisell makes one

>>59713639
There was an interesting though brief discussion here how the next moon watch should be to properly honor the moon landing in 1969. That anniversary is only 2 years from now and I hope the gnomes at Omega have started cracking. A new round of fancy colour schemes will not cut the mustard.

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>>59719286
>enamel dial
>domed sapphire
>blue hands

>>59719286
> Cutoff VI
You had one job

>>59719376
>You had one job
Yea, address your autism earlier. I constantly berate your mother about it

>>59716703
Does it have any inscription on the side or the back?

>>59719395
You hurt my feelings anon

>>59719286
that's a big crown

4u

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Is this a homage to anything?

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>Tisell doesn't make a Chronograph anymore

Fuck sake

>>59719490
Not really. The minimalist indices invoke a certain design but it's not a copy of any particular iconic watch.

>>59719445
Freals though, the cutoff numeral doesn't bother me, the round date window does. Just looks odd

>>59719490
Every watch ever made.

>>59716276
>>59708088
You're like a walking bunch of memes.

>>59717608
>impulse mall buy
impulse mall *steal
Tyrone, pls go

>>59720758
>>59717718
>/pol autists can't even contain their retardism despite the hand being clearly white

>>59719303
>properly
How do you suppose they do that?

>>59720810
The palms of a lot of their hands are far lighter than the rest of their body

>>59720983
It kind of makes sense. He could almost pull off wearing such bling if he was a Tyrone.

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>>59717608
I like the original better.

Picked up a genuine alligator strap for it today. Lucky for me the watch parts supply store had them on clearance so I got it for 50% off. Hard to beat Italian made genuine alligator for 65 maple syrup bux.

>>59721178
What reference and year?

>>59721178
The main thing keeping me from picking up a Rolex is the lens over the date.

>>59721554
You can remove it

>>59721554
>Rolex: Literally made for your Grandpa

>>59721687
How difficult is it? I really shouldn't have to modify something I'm paying such prices for, though.

>>59721549
It's a 2006 116233.

>>59721554
>>59721708
>How difficult is it?
Have to take out the crystal and use a heat gun to melt the glue holding the cyclops to the crystal. I'd get a watchmaker to take the crystal out and put it back in, personally.

Personally I don't mind the cyclops on the DJ, but I can't stand the two tone jubilee or oyster in any way shape or form whatsoever. I'd not won this DJ in a number of years for that reason, until I saw a picture of a two tone DJ on leather and realized how much more I liked it.

>>59721870
That's no so bad. Are you aware of any places that sell them pre-modified?

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>>59720951
IMO, for a man on the ground looking up, a moon phase is de rigeur.

For a Man on the Moon, an Earth phase and libration indicator is a must.

Some people believe the Earth is in a fixed position as seen from the Moon. That is wrong. Pic related. Libration means we see 59 percent of the Lunar surface which means Earth makes a sideways motion as seen from the Moon. Correspondingly there is a slight up/down motion due to the 3 degrees axial tilt. In a way that would be an analemma.

>>59722013
If you think the Swatch Group is going to spend even (one) dollar engineering a new movement for a special edition Speedmaster, you're crazy.

>>59721898
In theory, a same case diameter Oyster Perpetual crystal should fit and comes without a cyclops. I can't guarantee that will work though. You can just buy a replacement DJ crystal from an independent with a parts account and heat gun the cyclops off before having it installed.

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>>59722045
They did a new face for the Olympics, the 50 year anniversary of the first Moon landing is far more impressive. I will be disappointed if they just do yet another paint job.

I found an analemma of the Earth seen from the Moon.

Why is the automatic speedy movement disliked?

>>59722328
Automatic movements sound like a Harley Davidson

>>59722328
Which one of them?
The reduced (7750 base), racing (33xx), or the fat 93xx/99xx?

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just put an amphibia bezel on my shitty komandirskie, nicked the case and old bezel while trying to get it off. i don't really care since this is my designated shitting watch, but does anyone have tips for changing the bezel in the future?

>>59706935
>+/- 10 minutes per hour

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>>59722837
details of damage on the old bezel, got bent where the retaining wire was touching

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>>59722837
Dots & dashes bezel is best bezel.

Why do brand new Vostoks look like they're 30 years old straight from the factory?

>>59722978
Because they're remakes?

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Should I get one of these /wt/?

They're quartz so it doesn't even matter that it's slavshit, it still keeps good time.

>>59722328
People tend to go for the 'slower ' autos because the movements generally don't need servicing nearly as often.

Seems like a lot of watch enthusiasts are also into pens.

Is this an extension of the autism?

>>59723110
I just use a Zebra.

>>59722960
unforunately, the spacing of your 11 and 1 are retarded, unlike >>59722837

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>>59722871
No real safe way to do it. Wrap your knife in tape or plastic and gently lift to free the bezel. There's a chamfer somewhere on the bottom of most of them to make knife insertion easier, but move the knife around to try different points. I've warped a few trying before.

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>>59722978
Because the equipment and designs are literally 30 years old?

Give me one reason I should not apply to Harvard pretending to be a black tranny

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>>59706769
state one reason why i shouldn't sell my balls to science and buy this

pro-tip : you can't

>>59723442
Because you only have 2 balls, and they're not a commodity in short enough demand to warrant a high enough price to where you can buy a GS.

>>59723442
They are wonderful. If you just want a look alike, Seiko makes a few much cheaper models that look a lot like their Grands.

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>>59723181

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>lume on a dress watch

ummmmm?

>>59723042
I had one of these for a while before I gave it to a friend. The case is base metal and very light. The caseback is snap on. Also very small ~35mm case width. The moonphase will run the battery down a lot faster, but imo quartz moonphases are more practical anyway.

If you can get it for $50 or less I say go for it, if it's what you want.

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>>59723322
>tfw your Amphibia was likely assembled by a slav qt

>>59723492
the SARB is a shitter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSSC9e_RO6Y

>>59723690
Still looks like a grand.

>>59723690
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
A PIECE OF $5 MILLED STEEL IS MADE IN CHINA
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

Now, if it was 80% of the movement. an argument could be made towards a point.
It's been known for a while that the cases originate in china.

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>>59723488
how about a kidney ?

>>59723730
>>59723705
>>59723690
>>59723598
>>59723565
>>59706769
>>59723727

>>59723740
Fuck nigga, if there's a kidney on the go I'll take it.
Maybe your right knee too?

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>>59723705
are you new here ? if you can buy it and say : "hey that was easy", it's probably dog shit.

affordable = shitter

the only watch worth buying is a watch that you can't buy

welcome to /wt/

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>>59723042
I have one and I like it senpai. Case is pretty shit but it has that comfy early quartz feel

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>>59723547
>Sporty angular stainless steel case
>Date complication
>Steel bracelet
>Sub-second markers on the chapter ring
>Lume
>"Dress watch"
What did this creature intend to convey with this display?

>>59723547
SARBs aren't dress watches though, they are dressier looking sport watches.

>>59723690

This dude seriously needs a nose job.

>>59719490
Looks a lot like the Hamilton intramatic

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Wow, I can't believe how small this watch is. Pretty sure it's the smallest watch I own.

>>59725660
>smallest watch
>almost too big for his wrists
I'd like to see your biggest watch, anon.

Hi friends, I haven't been here in a long time.
Is Seiya still the place to go for GS?

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>>59725676
I think my G-shock GA-100 is my largest although I never wear it. Usually I wear my Bulova 96A108.

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what do you guys think of this on MD? I think it's their largest drop ever for watches.

>>59725497
in 50 years this will be worth $99,999

>>59723776
>>59723740
Kidneys are pretty fucking important -- you have a spare for a reason.

>>59725878
>literallywho brand on massdrop

Not worth consideration. The best watches that ever come up on massdrop are the occasional SARB or max bill chronoscope.

>>59725878
Honestly I'd buy it if it weren't 50 mm lug to lug.

Tfw manlet wrists

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guyz. hay guyz. I want this watch bad. Local store has it for $3,500. Think I could talk them down to 3? Would be my first Rolex.

>>59726905
>two tone

No. Explorer I or bust.

>>59726905
Save up for a milgauss

>>59726905
They look good but god replace the strap like
>>59721178

>>59727576
Yeah, unless you really want the maximum 80's yuppie look, it really helps to switch the two tone jubilee for brown crocodile or alligator with matching stitching.

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Post piles again.

Do you store your watches in a box? I was thinking of making my own but don't want to fuck it up like I did to my life

>>59727259

Don't like it as much as this one, familia.

>>59727576

I like both, that's an idea.

>>59727725

>Yeah, unless you really want the maximum 80's yuppie look

Bingo.

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>>59728072
How about a watch box instead of a pile?

>>59712570
underrated kek

>>59728219
how about you shove all those shitters up your dickhole

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>>59728293
>Shitters
What could he have meant to convey with this representation?

>>59728360
He means that your datejust is a shitter. And with that tacky magnifying glass, I would have to agree.
You all would shit on that feature if orient came up with it.

>>59728529
>Rolex Datejust
>Shitter
Congratulations, shitter can now join such illustrious terms as "cuck" and "meme" in having misappropriated by clueless newfag dumbfucks to such an extent as to have been rendered totally meaningless.

>>59728738
*Having BEEN misappropriated

>>59728219
Does the shark mesh wiggle from side to side at the lugs as much as I think it does?

>>59728751
Not really, or at least I haven't noticed any issues.

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>>59725660
bro

>>59729065
Thank god you told me this thing loses 30 seconds a week. Saved me $50!

>>59729381
np m8.

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>>59729065
Mah nigga
>>59729381
I never got how this was such a bother. Sure if a $300+ watch did this I'd be pived, but it's a $50 automatic field watch, not a chronometer.

>>59729706
I recommend not buying a $300 (or most $3000) watch then. Remember that chronometer specs are -4 to +6 spd.

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My humble collection. Probably will get a used Rolex next once I find myself flush with cash and see a deal I can't pass up.

>>59729706
The technology has been around for decades, Seiko has been doing it forever, apparently making a semi-accurate automatic is just too fuckin hard.

>>59714923
is that TGV?

what the eff

>>59716276
how'd you get a hold of the vostok neptune?

Kinda wanna get one, but they're sold out and way overpriced on ebay.

>>59730268
A dutch watch forum, I sold the white one last week for about 20 euro's more than I paid for the two of them.

>>59730164
Still. 30 seconds over a week... I'm surprised you even notice. Of all the things to go after on the quality of a $50 watch, that seems to me to be the oddest.

>>59730401
interesting.

How'd you like the watch? Whats the lug to lug?

>>59725660
Looks so fucking bad on a nato

>>59730803
Hm, how so? Never really gave it much though as it's on a nato because it's my field watch, but looks fine to me.

>>59722837
I did this except I scratch the case. My new trick is to not use a knife altogether, but instead use the back of a tv remote, which has more than enough force to pry off the bezel.

>>59728219
Nice assortment

>>59728293
>he says while wearing his invicta

>>59730131
>Dad: The Collection
Buy a jaeger or something elegant

>>59725497
>Air-King
It didn't fly so good.

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>>59725497
>He's reviewing vostoks now

>>59725497
He deserved it for having such shit taste.

The new air king design is ugly.

>>59725660
I love this watch but I've been thinking of moving to the next model up which has the 4R36 movement. It's like $200 though so I'm sort of on the fence.

>>59716276
Jelly af anon, I unironically love every single one of them.

>>59726635
More than conscious of the matter.

>>59712119
you could get a tissot or a certina

>>59731236
While I love the looks, and size I do really want a Hamilton Kahki. My Seiko 5 is admittedly just a holdover. Although the Seiko SARB017 is super tempting too.

>>59731502
Damn those are nice. I'm gunning for an SRP275. My SNK809 is getting long in the tooth and it's fogging up on the inside now.

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Anyone knows about bracelets with hollowed links n shit? I'm struggling to find those, I know they exist, but I don't even know what to call them.

Pic related is called a "bangle bracelet", strapcode has some "razor bracelets", and I too have been eyeing >>59715691 because its bracelet is so dank. So my choice is quite limited.

Any suggestion/name for it?

Why do you pay more money for less complications and a cleaner face?

>>59731935
Go back to Facebook, dad.

>>59731935
Because it's quite trendy these days to market "simplicity" at a higher place than "complicated" things.

There's a reason to that deep down though: when you go for something simple, you end up with plain colors, simple shapes and raw materials, and as such, those colors, shapes and materials have to be fucking perfect, otherwise it looks like shit. Complex aesthetics aren't much harder to achieve than simple ones, nor more expensive, but their complexity tends to dissimulate the shitty colors, shapes and materials, as you focus on something else. That explains the Fossil and Diesel styles, overcomplicated to hide the shitty plastic, and if they went for something simpler and cleaner, their true value would be exposed under the sunlight.

As such, a clean face with zero complications needs much higher production values than a more complex one.

But clearly there's still marketing at play pricing a simple watch higher, just because.

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look out, poverty-tier watch collection with shit photos coming through!

I really want a datejust II or datejust 41, but obv. too poor. Anybody recommend the best bang for buck datejust in 36mm?

I could cough up 3 or 4 grand, something like that. It's just when they get old those bracelets are all shit.

>>59731795
Sad to hear. Could you not just remove the case back somewhere dry to temporarily relieve the fogging?

>>59732067
Get a 114270 or some other similar oyster perpetual.

>>59732092
You have a good point. If I saved up extra shekels I could get a nice 214270.

I've worn one in-store. I thought the photos didn't do it justice. It was really nice looking.

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>>59732146
The 214270 is 39mm instead of 36mm, but rolex didn't bother making the hands bigger to compensate. I guess if you really wanted you could slap a 77200 bracelet on a 114270.

>>59723810
Are you fucking blind? I mean what I said. Autism awareness day is not today.

>>59723442
I can sell my balls? God knows I don't want kids might as well get something out of them.

>>59732410
Just jerk it to watches, man. You can get something out of them as often as you wish.

>>59731935

There's a population of inexperienced/outsider watch-wearers who don't have a solid grasp of the design range of watches, and who've been erroneously conditioned by smartwatches and mobile phones to think that personal accessories need to be essentially blank or they are too "busy". Lacking an awareness of the centuries-long tradition of heroic compromises that watch designers must make between rapid legibility and "clean" design, these misguided newcomers choose excessively plain designs that, to the experienced eye, are shockingly empty and jarringly out of place with nearly any style of clothing. Fly-by-night "minimalist" watch manufacturers are leaping to take money from this easily-duped market by rushing out a tidal wave of zero-effort blank discs and embarrassing Bauhaus-derived horological abortions. Their goal is to suck the newcomers dry before they realize that classic clean designs aren't an innovation, and that they already existed a hundred years ago and look nothing like the stark, geometric feces presently emerging from the anuses of the "minimal" watch manufacturers.

You can help by aggressively ridiculing anyone who comes here for your approval on a "minimal" watch.

>>59733231
http://imgur.com/a/6CNO8

:^)

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/wt/, what is the absolute FUCKOFF timepiece if you have the money?

>>59730164
Getting to a decent level of accuracy with conventionally regulated balance mechanical movements is expensive because it requires a person to adjust and regulate the movement by hand, one at a time.

The only way someone has come up with to try and automate away the labour costs of adjusting and regulating movements is Swatch's approach of laser cutting the balance wheel to mimic a free sprung balance without the labor to manually adjust it. It sort of works but it isn't a great solution for beat error and severely limits the future adjustability of the balance.

>>59733636

Patek minute repeater in precious metal.

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Hey, you dipshit queers, get a load of this fucking beauty! Just bought it from some dead guys granddaughter-in-law.
>Seiko 5 Actus
>1975, JDM (how did it get here, no idea)
>Daini
>7019 movement
>everything original, even bracelet
>lightly worn
>completely untouched (unserviced, only runs dial down), pristine internals
>known origins, from first owner (old white Yuropoor) didn't belong to a nigger, curry, towel-head or SE-Asia gook, not a franken
>€58
Did I do fucking good? I think I did fucking good.

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>>59733636

>>59733683
*squirts audibly*

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>>59733681
Also have a pupper, a nine week old kuvasz girl

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>>59732067
Why do you want the 41mm size? For the style of watch, 41mm will be really oversized.

I'm fat and I have 7.5" wrist and a 36mm DJ still looks fine on me as far as size goes.

>>59733740

maybe if you spent less on food you could afford the full size one

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>>59733753
Maybe if you were less of an horological pleb you could appreciate watches in sizes appropriate to their designs.

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>>59733740
>>59733753

Don't listen to the fuckhead anon he's just jealous of your Rolex.

>>59733787
>>59733770

he's just too easy to troll lol

it's great bc instead of having to go to reddit, he brings /r/watches to me in small bites

>>59733787
I only replied because I feel like I should do what I can to combat the awful oversized watch trend. Only chronographs, divers and fliegers have any reason to be 41-42mm. Dressy sports watches look much better and are way more comfortable to wear in 36-38mm.

>>59733797
>I was only pretending to be retarded

>>59733636
What does FUCKOFF timepiece mean?

>>59733636
Rolex President in yellow gold.

>>59733636
Richard Mille

>>59733879

pretty sure this is what he tells himself to feel better about only being able to afford the oldest and most beat up rolex

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>>59730545
i like it, dial and hands really are a step up from standard vostok dial, but the case finishing isnt that good. its basically a vostok with a nicer dial/hands and an actually good bracelet.

>>59731341
wew, i dont even like them all unironically thanks anon :3

>>59733636
https://youtu.be/HxcY1dbOHE4

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>>59733636
This even though the '311' slightly triggers me.

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>>59733636


>>59733652
>>59733683
>>59733926
>>59733939
>>59733953
>>59734021
>>59734026
Wrong

The absolute FUCKOFF watch with ballers is

The Rolex 18kt Solid Gold Submariner

its not elegant and it's not classy

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>>59733681
Noice

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>>59734048
Well as it was never explained what a FUCKOFF watch is I think people just posted their money no object watch.

If it was meant to be what money no object watch would you get to make people think you are a nouveau riche pleb, I choose this.

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>>59734080
Fuckoff watch means you know you look like a wanker, you know you're looking like a showoff but you don't give a fuck

Hence gold sub, because normies know what rolex is and it's gold so everyone within 50ft can see it

>>59734048
That's not nearly gaudy enough

>>59734080
royal oak offshores were a mistake. 15202ST or bust.

>>59734161
Indeed, that's far too understated to be a FUCKOFF watch apparently.

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>>59734078
Yeah, what a find. I'm cleaning the bracelet right now and it looks like even the springbars are original. And the bracelet has a spring loaded extender, which I first though was an add-on, and that works too.

Not bad for my first Seiko imo.

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>>59733636
This. It's too historically important and horologically interesting to be put off by the looks.

>>59733681
That's a neat find. Nice dial.

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>>59733975
(You)

>>59734537
Yeah. I'm still kinda bummed that they would just pawn the recently dead grandfathers watch like that to the first bidder. The woman did say some dumb shit about how they'll buy their little kid a new bike from the money, but does a new bike the kid will grow out a few years from anyway really compare to a heirloom watch?

Either way it's at a better place with me than with them, it just hits close to home, since when my pep pep died we kept EVERYTHING. He had shit like every monthly issue of a ham radio magazine from 1959 to 1990.

>>59734601
Not everyone likes to keep old shit around; memories are enough. And who knows, maybe the guy was a dick

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Wow, /wt/ sure died a quick death.

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>>59735752
Just post more watches.

>>59733636
Datograph perpetual tourbillon. With that weird dial they do on pièces uniques.

>>59735846
>not aligning the big dot to 12
The backwards Pepsi effect is my favorite thing about vostok bezels

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Whelp, this is the silliest thing I've ever seen on a timegrapher.

>>59706769
>appreciating a dead tech

>>59736085
If you're gonna bait, at least bait in a thread which is not close to the bumplimit :^)

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I recently got one of these recently.

I kinda want something like a G-Shock now since they stupidly sexy, are there any good ones for under 100€/$?

And yes my arms are fucking small

>>59736028
whats so silly about this?

>>59736125
not baiting, its the truth, watches are for aesthetics only, there's nothing to appreciate

>>59736148
There are a ton, just go on casio's website and sort g shocks by lowest price. There are several ~$100 models that are basically beefy terrorist memes

>>59736150
The positional variance is absurdly low, even for a Rolex 3135.

>>59736234
really?

it seems about what you would expect from a modern free sprung movement. when was it last serviced?

>>59736234

My Rolex runs at like 0 to +1 consistently and I flail my arms around all day like a retard.

Seems reasonable for a Rolex.

>>59736279
>>59736421
Huh, I didn't realize 3135s were commonly running under +/- 2 SPD.

>>59736453
Big question will be the isochronism

Are Swiss watches cheaper in Switzerland?

>>59736900
No, they are in fact more expensive. I live in a Spanish region with lower taxes( Canary Islands) and here are Swiss watches cheaper than in Switzerland, where I have been several times.

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>>59737222
>(Canary Islands)

Are you white? Just curious as I've never met a native from there.

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it's hard not to like these vintage tudors, especially since the prices are pretty competitive compared to datejusts for (relative) poorfags like me

>>59736028
Looks like an acceptable-running Rolex (not sure if the .3-.4 beat error is okay).

>>59737513
I see an ETA shitter desu

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>>59737384
Yes, I'm 100% celiberian. Not a native. Pic related my wrist

>>59737513
That has a lovely dial.

>>59737513
Very nice but I'd prefer it with a rolex movement

>>59737513
Water damage at 9 to 11 or what?