/WT/ Watch thread

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Reposting my marry-kill-fuck penis trio.

2nd for quartz is superior

>>60443835
Too bad it's so hard to find good quartzes nowadays. Late 70s & early 80s were the golden era of high-end quartz.
Well, at least Dolce and GSQ are still around.

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Rolex pls bring back the oysterquartz case/bracelet style.

>>60443767
Not technology. >>>/fa/

>>60443968
Look, he posted it again!

>>60443784
why do most watches not have numbers like the one in op has?

>>60444200
Aesthetics, and you're expected to be able to read the dial of an analog watch without needing numbers.

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Thinking about getting myself an Alpinist for my birthday.

Best place to buy for good price and to avoid potential fakes? Do people fake Seikos?

Also thinking of replacing the strap, and would appreciate recs.

>>60443784
Middle one is by far the best.

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>>60443767
>TFW +0.0s after 25 days

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>>60443784
We're penis twins!

>>60445090

\\|//
ROLEX
OYSTER PERPETUAL
DATEJUST
SUPERLATIVE CHRONOMETER
OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED
SWISS MADE
IN THE BEGINNING
GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH

Good morning Vintage Seiko Ontario man.

So I was looking at your list of top seikos from the last thread. What is the difference between the lord marvel and the king seiko high beat? I want a nice vintage seiko but I recall you saying one of them has a plastic date gear or something and I want to avoid that. Which is the model of yours that runs at basically +/- 0?

>>60446124
when has this become a fat canadian q&a
i want to ask questions too!
can i make poutine at home or do i have to travel to canada to taste it?

>>60446507
The best is in Montreal which is unfortunate because I hate the French

Can someone explain to me what epilame is and if I need it to service my watches at home

>>60446124
There are several differences between the Lord Marvel 5740C and the King Seiko 45xx. First is that the Lord Marvel is a Suwa Seikosha design, while the 45xx is a Daini Seikosha design.

It is essentially inarguable that the 45xx is a more inherently accurate movement, as this was the movement that Seiko used to end the Swiss chronometer trials and which powered the Grand Seiko Astronomical Observatory Chronometer (which is the BTFO'ing of the Swiss perfectly distilled into a single watch).

However, the 45xx is prone to excessive wear and is a bit high maintenance in general. I would stay away unless you are prepared to spend a fair bit of money over the years keeping it running in tip top shape and possibly buying donor movements down the road.

The Lord Marvel 5740C is a more simple design that lacks a date and even omits hacking, but its very simplicity is its greatest strength. The movement is extremely reliable and actually has very good inherent accuracy as well (the lack of hacking makes that a bit of a moot point). Suwa also made absolute boatloads of them over the course of several years so if you ever need a donor movement for parts, it shouldn't be that hard or expensive to get.

The one with the plastic gear in the quick-set mechanism for the day/date is the Suwa Seikosha designed 56xx King Seiko. The plastic shrinks with age and tends to eventually crack, breaking the quickset when it does. I also think the 56xx movement is strictly inferior in terms of inherent accuracy to the 52xx.

On the other hand, the Daini Seikosha produced 5245/5246/5256 King Seiko doesn't have any inherent vices and the King Seiko Specials powered by these movements are known to have received considerable extra adjustment and regulation at the factory when they were made as Daini knew it would be their last high-end mechanical before they switched to quartz for high end. My King Seiko Special is a 1975 5256-8010 and its the one that runs ~+0.0s/d

>>60446507
As >>60446636 mentioned, its a bit of problem in that you have to go to Quebec to get good poutine, but I have the same opinion of Quebec that Cato did of Carthage.

So is image uploading broken for everyone?

>>60447660
Yes, the gook fucked up again.

>>60447871
>>60447660
Someone must have opened a spam mail. Now every rare Pepe posted is encrypted. My collection will surely go up in value now.

>>60446730
How do you feel about the weekdater?

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How much should I pay for this watch?

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How much should I pay for this Grand Seiko SBGX061?

>>60449378
1.2 lbs

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>>60443784
Thanks hiroshima for the hours late post

>>60449470
What's on the right?

>>60449540
H449-5110

>>60444853

There are no fake Seikos

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Holy fuck this is beautiful http://www.ebay.com/itm/Seiko-Type-II-Quartz-1980s-Made-in-Japan-Stainless-Steel-Mens-35m-Watch-Y23-/252940074154

>>60450736
Sure if you like your watches hilariously over priced and polished

>>60445949
lel

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>>60443767
>>60444853

Green is best colour

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>>60450736
That polish job. The dial is nice though.

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>>60451186
>maxi case

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Hey /wt/, is this worth at least £30/$40?
I quite like the design, it's a Pobeda handwind

>>60451303
these Russian watches are getting so expensive and they are totally worthless. at 40 bucks it doesn't even matter but anything over that no

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got this recently, r8/h8

its my everyday

>>60450736
NEVER buy watches on eBay that use that kind of background for the pictures on the listing. 100% of the time those are overly polished frankenwatches and they are usually redials to. NEVER buy those.

>>60449378
Try looking through yahoo.jp auctions. You could probably grab one for $1.5k give or take. That doesn't take into account proxy fees and possible customs fees, but still.

>>60452541
It's too big on you

>>60453735
shut up no its not

>>60452541
why the fuck do they make these nice dress watches and then only sell them in 42mm cases?

>>60453901
how the fuck is that a dress watch

>>60453412
What am I looking at

>>60453901
Indeed, why the fuck do orient only do +40mm watches nowadays?
Can't they do something nice on a 35-38 case?

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>>60453919
The index wheel of a megasonic. La souris is a tiny gear encapsulated in oil which is magnetically coupled with the rest of the gear train. The whole thing is 2.5mm wide, just to give some perspective.

>>60453735
>>60453901
i have a 7 inch wrist so the internet tells me a 42mm is the right size

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>>60453412
Here's a 1/8 speed for you, friend

>>60454061
Gud shit m8.

Just out of curiosity, why are nearly all the watches in these threads seiko watches?

I am a 'beginner' watch owner and I've never owned anything other than my fossil daily driver.

My budget is <$250, anybody recommend any clean looking dress watches? Can you even get watches that are worth a shit in this price range? I like blue inlays/features.

>>60454170
Seiko is popular because they're good bang per buck in general. That and 'muh in house'.

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>>60444853
I got mine on EBay for $325, but Amazon carries them too. Just watch them for the best price.

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>>60454170
For the <$400 mark, there aren't many other options as good as Seiko, though you can get some good Swiss pieces (Hamilton, Tissot,) on the upper end of that scale. Quality is good, designs are original, and again, they have brand heritage fwiw to you.

Besides new, there are also a shit ton of vintage models to be had in almost any style you can think of.

>>60454594
What's that?

I ordered a Seiko SKX007 through Amazon recently and then two replacements, I returned all three. Two had misaligned chapter rings, everything was aligned fine on the 3rd but that one was completely dead. Is the quality control for these really that bad or do I just have bad luck? I'm only buying through Amazon certified sellers so I don't mind rolling the dice with the free returns.

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>>60454617
Reference is 6139-7070. The most well known 6139s are the "Pogues", which have to be some of the ugliest watches ever made, but Seiko did make some more tasteful models. These were most significant for being one the 3 first automatic chronograph calibers to be created.

I don't own the watch anymore- probably would have kept it if the case was in better condition, but unfortunately it was polished to hell. It did satiate my appetite for a chronograph for a few years though, now I own a Speedy Mark II.

>>60454061
Incredible

>>60454385
How did they make it that small

How important is a sapphire watch face for scratch resistance?

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>>60443767
God I want an Aplinist, but I have no way to integrate it into my wardrobe.

>>60454761
Fucking magic.

But really, it's still kept secret as to exactly how the index wheels were made.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~fotoplot/accquest.htm

>>60454814
Sapphire is the best for scratch resistance, but has mad reflection if it's not AR coated.

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>>60454838
The owl penis looks good with any wardrobe.

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>>60453412
>>60453919
>>60453975
>>60454097
>>60454751
For anyone interested, there's a Geneve Megasonic on WUS right now; looks to be in decent conditions from the pictures, not the polished atrocity mine turned out to be.

>>60454989
Do all of Omega's tuning fork watches contain the same movement (besides the Speedsonic)?

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>>60455011
No, the f300Hz ones have the cal 1250/1255 (aka esa 9162) which is similar to the accutron tuning forks. You'll even see licensed from bulova on the casebacks of those omegas. Like the accutrons, these were the handiwork of max hetzel (same with the megasonic).

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>>60455011
No. Omega has two tuning fork movements (up to variants like date vs day/date). They have the f300 (which is what the speedsonic has), which is the ESA 9162, also found in the Longines Ultronic and the Tissot Tissonic (yes, really). The 9162 is very similar to the bulova 214/218, with some improvements - the tuning fork shape was changed to improve positional variance and the index finger was moved to improve shock resistance. The megasonic is unique to Omega and features la souris with its magnetic gears.

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>>60455063
>>60455074
Thanks for the detailed responses guys.

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I got this as a gift it costed $200AUD
Godamn S8 camera had to resize the picture to meet the filesize limits

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>>60455657
You can go into camera and change the picture size before taking it.

t. S8+ OWNER.

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>>60455800
but can I turn off exif rotation?

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>>60455838
Via the phone I don't know. I've always just done it in editor then use PhotoResizer to make it 4chan friendly.

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>>60455838
do you even computer?

Is there a resource to learn traditional watch making? I already have a workshop, do carpentry, car maintenance, and some smithing; how much more equipment do I need?

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Reposting my Alpinist due to all the Alpinist fans.

>>60457233

www.watchmaking.com/goatse.se

>>60457261
wow that is gay as shit

>>60457261
Not sure if I love or hate that bracelet. Would probably have to see it irl to decide.

>>60457393
How is it you find time to shitpost between sucking cock?

>>60457456

Sorry that watch is faggy

must mean i suck cock because someone posted a green faced two toned gold band gold numeral malldad shitter

right?

>>60457530
he should at least have one diamond in there somewhere, or more gold to finish the look

>>60457530
>must mean i suck cock because someone posted a green faced two toned gold band gold numeral malldad shitter
BTFO

Should I go for the NATO Seiko SNK809 or cop the metal bracelet K1 model? I want to wear it everyday and am not sure whether NATO's comfort outweighs the metal band's versatility.

>>60457736
You can switch off a NATO and a leather strap for versatility.

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>>60457261
>that bracelet

>>60457736
The seiko 5 bracelets are absolute fucking garbage, they pull hair and are unbelievably noisy. Avoid them.

>>60457812
>>60457769
thanks goys
is skywatches.com.sh legit?
it's the cheapest reputable site I can find at the moment for the SNK809 K2 (nato).
there are sellers on ebay for 55ish USD but they don't offer proper boxes and ship from PHP.

>>60457823
$55 on amazon

>>60457839
Sadly doesn't ship to Australia homie

>>60457865
Well how did I know it was going to upside down land? You said the price in USD.

>>60457875
my bad, wasn't thinking properly.

>>60449470
Wow, I love the dial texture on your King penis. And is that a bakelite link bracelet on the middle?

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>>60444853
Replace the strap, it's shit.
Right now I have it on a Darlena mottled, same as pic related (not mine, but the same).
I also have this one :
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Shell-Cordovan-Pferdelederuhrband-FLUCO-Handmade-Dunkelbraun-Mokka-20-16-mm-/351991183962?var=&hash=item51f44f3a5a:m:m7p3nyiz_nu-QoXqS_uZuvg
which works well in a more formal look.

Other then that there are other great fits that everyone knows about like the Hirsch liberty or the green canvas one.

>>60449470
>penis medaillon
wow

>>60457823
What are you going to do with the box anyway?

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>>60443929

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>>60459965
Damn it's a shame it comes with that obnoxious 12 and 6.

>>60459965
>>60459995
Phuuuck me dead those dial colours are horrible too. Would be 100x better if it had a simple late 70s/early 80s styled dial.

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I serviced an automatic watch for a customer, like the big boys. This is already good to go but I'll try to do something about that wave (likely cause: escape wheel pivot) in the signal. Movement is a Seiko 7009.

Also an old man came in with another 7009, totally busted. After we agreed that fixing it would cost way more than buying a new Seiko 5 he generously donated it as parts. Arigato ojii-san!

>>60459965
Close, but the transition from case to bracelet is rounded instead of a sharp corner. That and there's no bevelling along the edges.

>>60459995
>>60459965
Why do they always manage to fuck something up.
Give it an explorer style dial, and it's be perfect.

>>60459541
I was worried that those without the box are Philippine made.

>>60460561
They're all made in Malaysia.

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>>60452570
>Try looking through yahoo.jp auctions. You could probably grab one for $1.5k give or take. That doesn't take into account proxy fees and possible customs fees, but still.

It was for sale at €150 on my local craigslist equivalent but it's sold now.

>>60460731
>GS quartz
>€150

[skeptical].png

Does /g/ have webm with sound? I might show you guys something later.

>>60460800
No, but you could just upload it to /wsg/ and link it.

>>60460731
That had to be a mistake. 1500€ is more like it.

>>60449378

1700usd on seiyajapan.

Can anyone recommend an affordable good looking Orient watch for a guy who mostly dresses casually ? Only rarely in a business suit like once a year

Black or blue dial the strap should be metallic too , black

I haven't owned a watch in 20 yeardls

>>60460809
Or YT or whatever.

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>>60460884
mako usa II
>screw down crown
>drilled lugs
>solid end links
>sapphire crystal
>under 300 bucks
if it didn't have the damn day/date windows it would be even better

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>>60460960

https://www.reddit.com/r/Watches/comments/6bskad/panerai_impulse_buy_from_tokyo/

>Panerai
>Impulse buy
>In Asia

So this is 95% likely to be fake right?

>>60444853
If you're in the EU there's a seller based in Ireland (well he's in China but his warehouse is in China) I got mine for 270 euros.

Seems like it would be dodgy but the guy has hundreds of good reviews and seems to import Alpinists into Ireland on the reg.

>>60461225
I can't find that seller on ebay. Are you 100% sure?

Fucking TGV reviews btw, now every euphoric redditor is looking for an alpinist and the supply is low.

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>>60460746
>>60460820

It sold for €150. I still messaged the guy to see if he would take €100 but it was sold already. I didn't know how much it was really worth that's why I asked here.

>>60461314
Well it was either fake, stolen, or the seller was tremendously retarded.

>>60461333
Trips of truth, boy

>>60461203

Japanese don't sell fakes but that watch is too big for him.

>>60460884
Ray ii, mako ii, mako usa ii

>>60461225
i'm in USA

>>60461314
>I still messaged the guy to see if he would take €100
I would have messaged him to offer 200€.

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>>60461333

It's real because no fakes of this watch exist and it's from a dead person's estate. Stolen stuff won't be posted for sale with serial numbers and stuff. They're selling a bunch of his clothes and stuff too.

>>60460960
Yeah, day/date windows are shit.

I have no idea why they're used in so many of the cheapest watches; added complications are supposed to make things MORE expensive.

>>60461385
PHUCK ME DEAD you missed the deal of your lifetime. Why didn't you offer him like 500€ for it?

>>60461385
What country?

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How much is this worth?

>>60460800
Eh fuck it, I uploaded it to YT.

https://youtu.be/C3-K4bvduug

>/wt/ is now /wig thread/

>>60461464
Nice radium hands there.

>>60461442
$50.

>>60461442
Fucking tori.fi frankenwatch. 30-50€ + pk.

>>60461464
Blowout soon, fellow Stalker!

>>60461464
What the fuck? What are those

>>60461562
Old watch hands. I got a bunch of parts from a watchmakers estate sale. I keep most of these in a lead capsule. These look like the strongest sample I found yet, and just four hands.

>>60461313
It's this guy, but he's jacked up the price!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SEIKO-SARB017-Mechanical-Alpinist-Automatic-Men-s-Leather-Watch-UK-TAX-FREE-/272353793994?hash=item3f698d17ca:g:UaIAAOSwgZ1XwAfN

>>60461409
Because they use one movement for all the cheap watches, for obvious cost reasons. So if the movement has it, may as well se it.
And normies want day and date anyway.

>>60461442
$50 maybe. Up to $70 in great condition and if the original parts are included.

>>60461489
I wouldn't pay anything for it.
Looks like the date is broken, by the way.

>>60461314
>>60461385
You're a fucking liar or an actual blind retard. It's 1500€ on tori.fi, not 150€.

>>60455800
>>60456870
what strap is this?

Should I buy a Seiko Alpinis?

>>60461672
Looks like they're jacking up the price so maybe they will come down in future.

Is there a list of all the meme watches shilled for on /g/?

>>60461672
No, unless you can get it for under $300. TGV fanboys ruined it

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>>60461690

>>60461751
Remove these
>timex weekender
a loud POS which also breaks very easily.
>Bagelsport
Literally a $10 fake chinese Rolex with slightly different logo. Why would /wt/ ever recommend these?
>HMT
These are the shittiest mechanicals I know. Maybe even shittier than those $5 ones on Aliexpress.

>>60461818
That whole chart is so out of date it might as well be remade entirely.

>>60461833
You're right. Almost every price is wrong there.

>>60461634
it happens bro

>>60454912
>Jeans
>Sweater
kek kek kee

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>>60462196
T-shirt =/= sweater

>>60462196
Literally what

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Lazy slav bastards, they only shipped my gaskets today, four days after ordering.

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r8

>>60462597
>on a toilet roll

Exactly where it belongs.

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Just picked up pic related in a street market in Italy. Can anyone tell me anything about it? Perhaps where specifically I can learn more about it in detail. I tried googling around, but there appears to be many different variations.

>>60462597
It's a fucking shitter paul

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>>60462691
Pic 2/2

>>60462691
It's basically an export version of the penis quartz, probably from the early to mid 80s. 4004 was a lower product line than 3003 and 2002 if I remember correctly. Still a nice find, how much you paid?

>>60462691
>>60462717
Oh and the small logo in the lower part of the dial means that it's from the Suwa factory.

>>60462717
Thanks for the info. If I'm not mistaken, doesn't the serial number indicate it was made in 73? And she was asking for 60€, I paid 35€

>>60462597
>r8

38bpm, apparently.

>>60462716
As it has the separate battery hatch I would say from the serial number it was made in March 1977.

>>60462743
See
>>60462753

>>60462753
Thanks for the info. It gives me somewhere to start looking. If anyone else has any info, feel free to share.

>>60462730
>>60462753
>>60462770
Did I get ripped off? I had to catch a train so I didn't get much time to bargin.

>>60462829
No, it's a fine price for that. On ebay they sell for around 40-70€. One idiot even paid fucking 140€ for a 4004 though it was a more rare blue dial version in mint condition.

Is that 14060M sub guy here from a few days ago?

What is the differences between the 14060M and the 14060 and which is the best to get? What should one look for in a 14060M specifically? Which year or whatever has the newer parts?

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>>60462862
Okay that's nice to hear. Any specific resources that the vintage Seiko aficionados frequently rely on that I should know about?

>>60462974
http://www.watchsleuth.com/seikodatefinder/

>>60462576
Russian Post is autistic as fuck

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>>60462576
I know how you feel. An Amazon seller made a label for my bracelet, and that's all he's do e since tuesday.. Amazon says the package should be delivered today... What I get for not using a Prime seller.

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>Hopped on the Alpenis meme before TGV started shilling it
>It's now $100 more than what I paid everywhere.

>>60463727
Just got an email back from them. They're in China but advertise 3-5 day delivery.

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Thoughts on Vacheron Constantin?

>>60463872
They are based, and of course provide 1/3 of the Holy Trinity.
Fun fact: Trump wears one too.

>>60463872
Indisputably high quality watches. Struggles to find a brand identity or a really iconic watch. Owned by richemont, so there may be some service concerns. Undervalued on the used market so bargains can be had there.

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>>60463872
Big fan of their logo.

Thoughts on cheap Citizen automatics?
Seems better than Seiko 5s?
In house?

>>60463912
Whats the holy trinity?

>>60463963
Vacheron, Patek Philippe and...?

>>60463963
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

All are god, none is the other.

Ave Maria.

Deus vult.

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can we please stop posting alpinists
I'm getting really jealous and I'm in no position to buy one

>>60463963
>>60463969
Traditionally pp, VC, and AP. A little weird these days to see AP in their with the way their brand identity has moved. A lot of people throw ALS in there, either as a fourth member or replacing AP in some cases.

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>>60464006
>AP
Looks like Hublot, no thanks

>>60463634

The sanctions really fucked up their post into EU. I waited over a month for a Vostok to be delivered to Finland which is right next door to St. Petersburg.

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>>60463872
Honestly they're my favorite company both from their history, their actual watches, and the fact that they haven't done stupid shit like Patek with getting rid of the Geneva Seal or throwing small movements in larger watches which is appallingly lazy for how much they charge.

Plus I love the whole crusader theme.

If they were independent and actually collectible on the secondary market, I would buy one in a heartbeat.

As it stands they are just too fucking soft and too Richemont-y to ever buy.

>>60464036
AP used to do cool shit in the 70s, but nowadays they just try to appeal to the nouveau riche with their gaudy oversized garbage.

>>60463922
This

>>60463940
They almost all look like trash

>>60464036
You're retarded

>>60464191
You're retarded too

>>60462576

That's fucking nothing.

My watch is literally going to sit at a DHL distro center for another 20 days before they finally fucking bother to send it a mere 200 miles to my home.

>>60464422
I hope to live long enough to see the advent of teleportation and laugh at 99% layoffs and the inevitable mass suicides inside the worlds postal systems.

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>>60464389
Shhhh take it easy bro.

>>60465549
Tudor
Geneve
Pelagos
Chronometer
Officially certified
Rotor Self-winding
500m 1640ft
SWISS MADE

>>60464006
>A lot of people throw ALS in there
Which, in the context of "the holy trinity" is not really correct. The term is really:
>The Holy Trinity of Swiss Watchmaking
And thus dealt with, in the earlier days of internet discussion, the top swiss makers.

To be honest, I don't know how VC was there instead of someone like JLC; I mean, sure in the past while they've been reclaiming lost ground (lost since like the 1950's), but in the 80's and 90's they weren't all that much to talk about when their competitors rejiggered their watchmaking identity into pure luxury items - coasting on an old reputation (funny how PP is doing this now instead once VC has gotten its shit together).

Perhaps it's talking about overall finishing? Hence disqualifying JLC despite everything it's contributed and how it basically supplied the members of the supposed trinity with ebauches and movements for aeons.

PP and VC are "high genevan watchmaking", for what it's worth these days.

Friendly reminder of the day: Those wonderful complications are lovely to look at and own, but god help you if you need shit fixed. They're finicky and fragile as fuck.

A friend of mind dropped his JLC perpetual calendar (not the new ultra thin, some older model) and it was gone for like 11 months.

My sister dropped her rolex-J U S T and it was gone for like a month.

Yeah, kinda put a damper on my afternoon (we went windowshopping for watches and I was trying on the new JLC MUT Perpetuals).

I want to like JLC, but they just seem so fragile compared to the likes of Rolex. I don't know how much wrist mileage I'd get out of something I'd be inclined to baby.

Oh, yeah, and the whole
>muh richierichmont
thing.

>>60465579
I see you can read m8.
It's a watch made for you! :)

>>60465549
You don't actually think AP is limited to Offshores, do you?

>>60465591
VC makes some really neat stuff, but their watches look like shit.

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>>60465818
I don't even know what you mean. I'm not the guy you replied.

>>60465591
>and it was gone for like 11 months.
I'll add that it was gone initially for 8 months but when he collected it they fucked something else up and back it went. 11 total.

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>>60465837
>but their watches look like shit.
I dunno about that.
I've been looking at basic handwound dress watches and can't help but think they nailed it with the patrimony traditionelle line. It has more character than the lange saxonia (which is a little bland in comparison) and is not only a tad more visually interesting than the patek 5196 but they also didn't cheap out with an itty bitty movement.

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>>60466027
Yeah, they really nailed it with this model. I love how the way they've polished the hands with one blackpolished and so always appearing dark and the other always appearing light.

The saxonia's hands are boring propellers and the patek's are just 2 mirrored edges.

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>>60466067
And the patek equivalent.

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>>60466112
...with it's itty bitty (titty) recycled-from-an-old-model-coz-we're-lazy-mountaindews movement.
>Gee Mr.Stern, why don't that model have a display back like everything else you sell? Are you perhaps ashamed of something? Realise that people probably wouldn't buy it if they saw this shit in the back?
Assfuck.

At least they didn't use a plastic spacer lmao.

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>>60466162
And last but not least, "ze Germans"

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>>60466262
With perhaps the best looking movement of them all.

Lower beat rate though, which, though kinda sucky when I think about it, doesn't really affect the way it looks so much at any rate due to the small seconds; a more jerky seconds hand isn't so noticeable when it's that small.

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>>60466300
Not that the VC's movement is bad looking, but
>buh blued screwed

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>>60459995
>>60459965

>>60464082
>Plus I love the whole crusader theme.
I've read this sentiment a couple of times now in these threads, guess it's just been >(You).

but what crusader theme? I mean, apart from the maltese cross that they've used as a logo for a while, unless they've got depictions of mudslimes being decapitated or the salvation of jerusalem or whatever, is there really much of a "crusader theme"?

>>60466397
:DDDDD

I'm a poorfag, are Orients decent?

>>60466512
Yes.

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>>60466512

>>60466527
>>60466534
Nice

>>60465849

If it was an old movement they might have had to remake certain parts hence increasing time for repair?

>>60466162

Literally nothing wrong with this.

>>60466424
>what Crusader theme other than the part where they cover it in the crosses of Christian military orders?

That is it my man.

>>60466632
You're retarded;

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R8 my chinkwatch

>>60466760
mediocre bait

>>60460062
What do you use to listen to the movement and how good is your cpu? I simply can't get any readings right.

>>60466760
It's transparent so you can see the crystals vibrating

>>60463872
>>60464006
I've always loved the look of Vacheron and said if I had the money I'd buy one. Classy fucking watches.

However then I compared it to A Lange-Soehne in person and the ALS just beats the VC for the quality of the movement and finish.

PP, VC and ALS are probably the best dress watches you can get. AP is more a sports watch and not in the same class.

>>60466611
Not that old. Past 10 years I think?
Some reverso with perpetual calendar, moonphase, retrograde etc., the whole shebang.
Not as if he had some kind of 80 year old heirloom that required custom one-off parts.

>>60466660
Sorry, I guess whenever I see that simple what immediately comes to mind is this old, bald and verging on fat knight of malta I knew from university. Pompous and irrelevant, but good at telling stories.

which watch will get me laid?

>>60466881
Giant fake rolexes

Or if you are really fancy, adidas

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>>60466814
>AP is more a sports watch and not in the same class.
AP got saved by the royal joke back in 72 and has been milking that one look ever since. Especially now with the royal joke offwhore, pimped by nigger rappers and all other sorts of celeb trash, further tarnishing the brand. They don't mind though, they just want the attention.

I remember reading a story where Genta himself approached the AP booth at Baselworld when the ROO was introduced and flew into an autistic rage
>WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY ROYAL OAK!?!?!
lol

To be fair, I tried on the smaller oak and it was as it should be: a sporty looking dress watch, without being an actual sport tool watch. It's not a robust thing. I mean, externally it looks like it could take a beating but inside beats a relatively delicate haute horologie kind movement.

No one gives a shit about their other offerings. I think at last count the Oak and it's shittier variants accounted for like 2/3 of all AP sales.

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>>60466809
Not him, but I use
> PYLE-PRO PP444 Ultra Compact Phono Turntable Preamp
> Moozikpro Acoustic Guitar Pickup
> Greenten acoustic classical guitar/violin/black clip on pickup (appears to no longer be available)
> SYBA external USB Stereo Sound Adapter for Windows, Mac, Linux Extra Audio Source with Microphone SD-CM-UAUD

Two mics; one sometimes works better than the other but both work fine.

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>>60466760

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Is there anything wrong with a collection made of a SARB033, a penisquartz and a G-shock?

>>60467516
no

>>60462597
honestly 0/10 because its wortless piece of fuckng shit

>>60466982
So you plug in either the mic or clip into the preamp, preamp into the soundcard and the soundcard over usb into PC?

Well I guess it makes sense, I only have a cheap pickup clip and a /diy/ preamp. I haven't even soldered wires to the audio jacks.

>>60467516
Nope, sounds good. Especially if the penis quartz has a nice textured dial.

>>60467733
Yes, that's my setup.

>>60466809
>>60467733
>chink contact mic
>diy preamp circuit board in a project box, running off a 9V battery
>basic 2005 single core AMD CPU, enough for office use
The whole audio setup is like $30-$40 in total. >>60466982 is absolute overkill, don't do this.

What you have should be enough, mic plug goes into preamp, preamp plug goes into blue line-in socket in your PC. You shouldn't have to do much inside your operating system, I'm not sure, I did it on Linux.

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A few weeks/months ago someone posted a brand guide which kinda looked like pic related but I couldn't find it

Could you post it again, please?

>>60466424
>unless they've got depictions of mudslimes being decapitated or the salvation of jerusalem
would unironically get one

>>60468145
My setup >>60466982 cost about $40

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I kinda want this(or similar bronze watches in this price range in general), what do /wt/?

>>60468320
Then it's overkill from a technical standpoint.

>>60468286
>patek on top
hahaha no.

>>60468373
get a $35 komandirskie and strip the plating off. it's brass, not bronze, but it will have that patina over time.

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>>60468395
I already have one in brass...

>>60468286
>2 glorified swatches
>above Rolex
This guy...

>>60468502
well fuck

>>60468379
>>60468521
I don't remember the actual ranking so that's why I asked

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Waited 4 hours and it sold on me. Now stuck paying $130 for the bracelet instead of $99.

>>60468286
>using a line graph for non-continuous data
haha, kill yourself

>>60468374
What does that even mean? The equipment is too advanced to pick up a good signal?

>>60468286
>Fossil
>Omega above Rolex
>GS in the wrong price range
What a shitty phucking graph mate.

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Love my "smooth" scuba dude on this 4,50€ silicon bracelet with deployment clasp.

Post your Amphibias, comrades.

>>60468998
Wow, this is a really, really, really nice watch.

>>60469045
no it isn't

>>60468998

Deployant

>>60468998
Absolutely beautiful, what a nice watch! Thanks for your post ;^)
Wear it in good health!

>>60469045
>>60469095
Thanks for the upvotes guys ;))) mind posting he watches you are wearing right now?

>>60469079
Oh I am sory, English not my native language

>>60469067
Yes it is.

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>>60468286
this one?

>>60469349
Yes, thank you

>>60469349
Much better, this is a comfy infograph.

Ebay bidding advice? What is the best way to play it last second?

Going to raise my max bid over 100 more then the current bid.

>>60468145
Any specific reason why the blue line in and not, say, the microphone pink on the front of my tower?

>>60469349
that thing is so bad

>>60469430
just put in the max amount you're willing to pay.

I just watched some archie vids from 2013, and fuck he was much better back then. He wasn't broke, he didn't e-beg or make philler videos, he owned several PPs, an AP etc.
And actually I like his distorted shitty mic job over his current style.

>>60469430
Gixen.com and snipe the fuck out of everything

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I don't undesrtand much but this doesn't look good. Does this mean that the lever is broken somehow?

>>60469652
Looks like you suddenly farted and sharted your pants

>>60469437
Technically this is the kind of thing line-in is for. But if you get good signal from mic that works too. I do listen to the sound of the watch through headphones when regulating, that should tell immediately if you're getting good sound or not.

>>60468828
Sounds a bit complicated just for watch regulation, especially fucking around with RCA and USB adapters. With my setup it's 1/4 phone plug on the mic, 3.5mm phone plug on the preamp, badabing badaboom you're done.

>>60469672
It's ok that you shit post, but how is shart in the mart relevant here?

>>60469687
Idk maybe your watch is some mallcore shit and you couldn't help but sharting while timegraphin it?

I almost fucking shat myself laughing
https://youtu.be/qETT1SB5fco

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>>60469652
Looks like it's dirty as hell.

Also everyone trying to use timegraphers should study the signals described in the B200 manual:

http://www.awci.com/wp-content/uploads/watch-tech-guides/Cleaning-Machine/b200.pdf

>>60469739
Its an ancient 3133, so it's commie shit, thank you very much.

>>60469756
Does this guy have two identical and perfectly symmetrical turd-shaped growths coming out of his temples?

I won't be able to eat for days now.

>>60469795
Also, all I can think about when he comes close to the camera to shout is the smell.

>>60469795
They're antennae so Archie can receive shilling instructions broadcast from Switzerland directly into his brain.

>>60469770
U FAKE CAT!!!!!!

>>60469795
Yes. The vile horn antennas are an essential part of his show.

Are Lange & Soehne movements better finished than Patek movements?

>>60463872
Ugly as fuck, intended for people with more money than taste.

>>60465846
I love Tudor, but I wish they'd cut it out with the fucking paragraphs on the dials.

>>60469982

Go pre-paragraph, only like a year's difference.

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Is this worth €150?

https://orientwatchusa.com/shop/mens-watches/fac0000dd0/
>updates the bambino V3
>adds handwinding and hacking
>doesn't fix the 21 mm lugs

>>60461634

The guy relisted it for more

>>60459484
>I own several Chinese buffet restaurants across the city core

>>60470149
> Domed Crystal glass
What the fuck, for $300 they could easily put sapphire in it. Even $50 Chinese shitters come with sapphire now.

>>60470500

Obviously will be less than MSRP. Still ugly though.

>>60470248
Wat

>>60470561
I wouldn't call it ugly. Just really boring.

Why are 90% of the watches in this thread Seiko?

>>60471471
Because Seiko is unbeatable in the $0-800 price range, both vintage and new.

>>60471471
90% of the posters can't afford real watches.

>>60471471
Because they're the king of poorfag watches.

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>>60471497
Gr8 b8 m8, I r8 it 8/8.

>>60471579
Oh god I can't stop laughing at that strap. Thanks for the chuckle anon.

>>60471535
At least Seikos are mostly in house. Something the majority of Swiss watches can't claim.

>>60469935
ALS takes care to put the same tier of finishing on their less expensive movements as they do on their most expensive. This is something patek doesn't do. Just read this:

https://warosu.org/g/thread/S58662494#p58684718

>>60471579
JUST

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I love my watch.

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>>60471649
>>60472070

>>60471649
>>60472070
Nothing wrong with perlons.

>>60470108
turtles are ugly as sin

>>60472736
fuck you

Any good Chinese watches with < 38mm dials? Happy with quartz as I'll be wearing this as a daily beater.

>>60473096

Seagull 1963 is right at 38mm. Decent little beater.

>>60472708
> Nothing wrong with perlons.
In general no, but on a vintage gold datejust - hell yeah there is.

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Calling all Accutronfags.

I have a 214 that needs a service and I've exhausted any local options. No one can fix these things.
Any places online to ship to?
I know one of you hates Bob, so what else is there?

>>60473096
>Any good Chinese watches
No.

>>60473866
You could try emailing watchmakeranon in case he's free. There's also Larry at palmer's jewelers who was the service manager at bulova back when they were still servicing 214s.

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>>60473866
I can hook you up friendo.

http://www.jmechanix.com

Tell them a guy on 4chan sent you.

>>60473899
Has watchmakeranon been around lately?
Last I heard he was too busy/not taking anything.
>Palmer's
I heard they charge out the ass, it was my last resort.

>>60474363
Nice, thanks anon. Have you dealt with them before.

>>60474434
>Has watchmakeranon been around lately?

Not in these threads lately, no.

A service at palmer's would be around $300, not including replacement parts (if necessary).

There's also electric-watches, but that's in the UK.

http://electric-watches.co.uk/service-and-repair/

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>>60474434
I work for them.

Wanna ask you something first. take your accutron and tap the case with your finger. does the second hand jump by small increments? if yes, then probably just an overhaul. if no, then we gotta dig deeper.

>>60474478
>not in the threads
That's what I thought.
I'd rather not annoy him if he's not posting. Probably busy.
>300+parts
Little pricey. But better than nothing.

>>60474510
>I work for them.
>Tell them the guy from 4chan sent you.
Kekeroonie thought you were joking.

As far as my watch goes, it jumps, even runs slow at times. It's not a dead stop. And even back when it was running smooth it needed a little smack whenever I changed the battery to get going. Almost never had to adjust the time. Shit ran really really well.

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>>60474692
>Kekeroonie thought you were joking.

my boss will pat me on the head if I bring in work. pls respond

still *sorta* working? good. probably wont need replacement parts. those fuckers have quite a few pivots and that oil solidified into glue at this point.

you're probably looking at around 200 smackeroos. also it will take awhile. we're swamped down with work at the moment. also we don't work very fast.

>>60474833
Can you service a ESA 9162? My longines ultronic date gets stuck at 16 (timekeeping itself is fine).

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>>60474906
We can and will literally service / restore anything. From grand complication pateks for Sotherby's to putting hands back on fake rolexes.

Yeah, contact us. tell my boss that a guy on 4chan referred you. i want a raise. Tell your friends.

>>60475026
>>60475026

>>60475016
give me your initials for the referal