Watch thread general

>YEAR TWOTHOUSAND TWENTY.
>WEARING WATCHES.

IF ONE IS NOT IN A RURAL SETTING, AWAY FROM CIVILIZATION, OR PRACTICING A SPORT ACTIVITY, A WATCH IS SUPERFLUOUS.

>>12236187
I bought that watch from a tourist trap street seller at Tiannamen square in Beijing on a China trip. It was like 3€ and I thought it was funny at first but broke after exactly one month. The strap it came with was disgusting as fuck too.
Hope you didn't get ripped off with that absolute piece of shit, anon.

>>12236197
It's a nice accessory and keeps you from pulling out your phone every instance you want to see the time, don't see why you think it's superfluous

>>12236207
I got it for a few bucks and definitely agree with you on the strap, it refuses to cling to your wrist. Changing the strap isn't that bad a price to pay for having an adorable dictator wave at any anti-/fa/scists that gazes on it

>>12236197
there's plenty of situations for working people where checking your watch is much more polite than checking your phone

on a date too, I think

>>12236210
You just can't break unreasonable habit, that's all

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>>12236258
Wow that's some flawless logic, sure have me beat

>>12236272
It's like it's a habit for you to wear watches, and you're incapable to challenge yourself into thinking about how watches actually are important, and how wearing watches isn't worth the price anymore.

>pulling out phones is impolite
>girls also don't like it

Only jobless virgins think about this. Break your habit, question everything, stop being consevative that can't adopt new things

>>12236690
>isn't worth the price anymore.

Good meme most people just get dad's hand me down Omega Speedmaster from the 1970s

>>12236716
Okay, so what is it for ? Telling time ? In an era where you can get time from your phone ? time telling from watches is getting less and less valueable.

At least you got that omega for free.

>>12236721

It's faster to the check the time on the watch rather than to bring up some huge ass memetic brick of a modern day cellphone from the pocket.

>>12236187
>Mao's hands aren't the watch hands

Disappointing.

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Aesthetic? The watch is 25 y o

>>12236757
Are you a mugger?

>>12236197
Some of us have jobs where it is rude to check your phone at certain times, you wouldn't know.

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Just ordered this for myself.

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You have 10 seconds to prove that the 2254 isn't Omega's best Seasmaster.

[spoiler]You can't[/spoiler]

I need a cheap, basic af wristwatch, is the f91w suited only for terrorwave? What about the A158WA?

>>12236690
It is impolite or at least feels impolite. There's no good way to surreptitiously look at your phone whereas you can easily do that with a watch.

>>12238215
fuck that's ugly.

>>12236187
w2c

cop?
https://www.amazon.com/Casio-A158WA-1DF-Stainless-Steel-Digital/dp/B000GAYQJ0/ref=pd_sim_241_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B000GAYQJ0&pd_rd_r=P625RQ2H8TRT3Y09J6WH&pd_rd_w=G9rVf&pd_rd_wg=mMy97&psc=1&refRID=P625RQ2H8TRT3Y09J6WH

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Hey, anyone know what brand/model this is?

>>12236197
>XD MOM I POSTED IT AGAIN

>>12236690
lol ok what's your job

if you are some desk jockey, of course your phone is fine. I'm with clients all day. I can't pull out my phone to check the time.

>>12237730
looks nice bud

>>12238215

looks kinda boring

>>12238974
it's a $12 watch, why are you asking us?

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>>12237730
Nice looking watch I really like the face, what model is it?
>>12238215
Generic looking watch, quite boring imo.
What are peoples thoughts on this watch?
Stainless steel or Melano leather strap?
I like the minimal look it has and the rounded glass on the face.
Anyone know any other watches with a rounded face around the same price point (US$229.)?

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that swatch looks great.
wanna cop it next.

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Dumping my digital watch "collection"

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>>12239637
Nothing crazy, but maybe some people find it interesting.

Friendly reminder that dive watches are an abomination

>>12238974
lol I had one of those

if you have arm hair don't get it

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my new to me 50s UN diver!

>>12239585
>Called a Seamaster boring and generic
>Posts Brathwait
You fucking what?

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Picked this up from a thrift the other day. Pretty kitsch but I like it.

needs more digital watch harvest

>>12238215

meme watch

>>12239632

Fuckkkkk I need me one of these digital soviet watches

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>>12239585
>Nice looking watch I really like the face, what model is it?

It's a Seagull 1963. Which is a reissue of a 1963 Chronograph produced for the Chinese airforce.

You can pick one up for around 200 euros.

>>12239978
Coped this particular one from some old thrift market dude for 5€.
The battery was dead.

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>>12236187
Right is my daily, Left is my formal.

>>12240439
What models are these?

>>12240510
FET0T002S0 (sun and moon) & FEM65006D (mako pepsi bezel)

>>12239638
I do, really like those early digital watches anon, nice collection - anything you're looking to add to it?

Why are chinese watches always so fucking huge?

Like 44mm with 22mm straps.

Wouldn't they look silly on tiny asian girl wrists?

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Where can I purchase a watch with Mickey Mouse in an SS uniform? I believe it's called "Mouseschwitz".

>>12240673
DUDE REFERENCE

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Is there any /fa/ guide into watches?

I'm looking for a rather flat watch with relatively clean face, semi-formal, none of this diver clunky shit.

I know nothing about brands or mechanisms and there are pseudo designer brand watches popping all around, they look relatively nice but I bet they are shit quality.

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I'd like to hear opinions

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>>12240922
Orient Bambino.

"Designer" watches are just cheap Chinese quartz crap with fashion names stamped on. (much like designer clothing)

>>12240948
I was looking into similar Orient actually. Are there some alternatives as well?

>>12239804
awesome

>>12240964
How about no Japanese copycat-watch.

That being said, I have Seiko SKX.

>>12241056
thanks:)

>>12241056
gonna get an olive NATO strap for it

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>>12239585

>Bauhaus
>minimalistic
>quartz

You know how I can tell you don't like watches?

>>12239958
best in thread

>>12239628
Where to buy this, also cool collection

>>12239958
beautiful.

>>12241617
>>12242142
But it's just plain and with a picture of a bird

>>12239958
I like how it's a 4 o'clock crown. it's a bit too simple for my taste however, nice motive or not.

>>12239628
What is this?

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Just ordered this

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>>12242574
Elektronika 5, it's a soviet watch form the 70's/80's.
You should be able to find some models on Ebay.

>>12242863

>display in English
>case in Russian

Why does your Soviet electronika clearly have western internals?
I think it's a franken watch, probably Casio inside.

>>12242883
Because it has Casio insides.
Like i said, bought it for 5€ so i didn't really care.

>>12240936
This and the 1963 Seagull are the cheapest mechanical chronographs on the market.

Also Alpha has a fucking horrible logo and their watches would instantly get better if they fucked off.

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>When someone posts a picture of their $800 watch and says "it's good for the price"

Fuck off millionaire reeeee

>>12239804
Congrats m9

>>12241558
Fake af

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This is being sold for a pretty low price, wondering how fake this is?

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>>12240922
Seriously, get a Rodina. It's a Chinese Nomos (medium-high segment brand) knockoff. Rodina copies the outstanding design pretty well (which reputable watchmakers also did). The watch is not too pricy, but you get an automatic watch wich is reliable. Rodina has 'China made' on it. They take pride in that. It's not really a knockoff, it's a slightly worse but much cheaper hommage.

>>12236757
pretty cool

some light but grippy shooting gloves would complete that robber aesthetic

>2017
>dropping money on big name watches instead of wearing the realest looking fake rolex from canal st
>not paying $40 max

>>12244127
ask a watch forum not 4chan lol

>>12244122
That strap screams cheap fake (around 20-30)

>>12244332
If you're going to buy a replica watch for $40, you may as well buy an authentic Timex for $40. The former is infinitely tackier, do you have a fake Goyard wallet too?

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Timex ez reader with nato strap

R8.

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Recent purchase with my bonus, nothing amazing, I'm not very senior yet. Omega Speedmaster 3881.50.37 Broad Arrow.

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>>12244431
Whoever is in charge of fonts at Timex needs to be slapped. Yeah its easy to read, but I just hate their fonts.

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>>12239628

Not bad, check this one out though. Anyone know w2c one of these?

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>>12244630
I assume w2c means where to procure one of them. Amazon obviously.

I just got the F105W-1A Illuminator. Pretty much the same thing with an illuminated back instead of the little lightbulb sorta thing. Such a tiny and comfy watch I forgot I was wearing it at work until it beeped on the hour.

>>12238215
Moonwatch with a leather band is the best Omega has

>>12244630
I got one of those, pretty good for 8$.

>>12238943
Ebay mao zhe dong watch, some are as cheap as 3 bucks!

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>>12244431
>Strap is designed to look like a Nato strap but isn't one

>>12245364
>not knowing nylon straps existed before NATO straps existed

>>12237730
I've had mine since november, absolutely lovely watch.

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/fa/ thoughts?

>>12245806
I will never understand people trying to reinvent the wheel. Just wear a classic watch when it's supposed to be worn, or don't wear it at all. This shit looks like something a 12 year old would wear.

>>12245905
That is a watch for blind people; you feel the ball bearings in the middle and side to tell the time.

>>12236690
Stop policing what other people wear by analyzing their mannerisms and habits and attempting to attribute their fashion sense to political affiliation maybe?

>>12239804
I like it. Mind saying how much you picked this up for?

>>12245806
once a watch becomes like a mystical artifact that needs your superior warlock intellect and arcane knowledge to decipher what time it is and how close we are to the metaphysical realm then it loses its purpose and starts trying too hard.

I get it's apparently a watch for blind people but who really knows these days, hipsterfaggots might unironically wear this and try to pass it off as better than normal watches for some retarded reason.

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Why does it seem that all the good cheap homage watches aren't made anymore?

There are watches out there that are almost perfect copies of the Rolex Daytona and Omega Speedmaster, the only thing it doesn't have is the logo.

But they came out years ago and aren't sold anymore.

>>12246251
I agree with you, most Tokyo Flash watches are gimmicky shit for 14 year old boys. But thats alright, because we were also 14 year old boys who liked ridiculous shit at that age. Every once in a while a manufacturer will come up with a retarded idea that everyone likes.

I actually kinda like the look of it, and to be fair, its not very hard to use that watch; its got similar indeces for reading hours and minutes, but the minute "hand" is intentionally on the side to help avoid confusion for the blind. 2 ball bearings around a raceway for time wouldn't be bad, and the subtle gunmetal styling and chrome/stainless accents look decent.

Just look at some of the chronometer or speedway style watches, a watch with 188 different hands and 14 dial faces all in an inch on your wrist is then ventured into your tryhard realm.

>>12246292
>its not very hard to use that watch

I know. it's pretty obvious to figure out despite being slightly eccentric. it just reminds me of all these experimental concepts in watch manufacturing and prototyping like Tokyo Flash stuff straight away.

good thing you totally got my point above all that either way. I can't really add anything to that.

>>12246270

Armida makes one.

>>12240922
if you're starting out with watches, a timex is a good choice. they hold up pretty well and can take a beating, the timex weekender watches can look either formal or casual depending on which watch band you use with it and how it's attached. you won't spend more than 100 dollars for a timex weekender + some different 20mm watch bands you can fit for different occasions.

>>12246716
also be careful which bands you buy, avoid amazon for the most part unless you're getting a NATO band. shithole marketplace full of chink alibaba gutter products

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What do you think about this type of dial?

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I'm a basic bitch

>>12246752
best watch in thread

>>12246760
Thanks. It was a gift from my father. I'm his wife's son

>>12246752

take good care of it. I'm sure they will be worth money in ten years or so, especially if it will be unpolished and all original.

>>12246954
It's about 3 years old and has scratches on the strap clasp. I try and keep it clean though

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>China make a $1,000 tourbillon watch

Seriously why does roundeye even bother?

Here's your next "quartz crisis" right here.

Previously tourbillon watches cost $50k minimum

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srs tho why does Alpha have to plaster their shit logo and "1993" over all their watches? They seriously make them look crap.

I am not sure if I want this watch or not. It's a decent mechanical chronograph with a Seagull S19 movement. I've already got one other watch with the same movement.

It looks great apart from that shit logo.

>>12246733
These are awful; why would you need a calendar on your watch that is slow and difficult to read, not to mention when the calendar runs out is useless.

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>>12246733
OK, I feel really dumb for not figuring out what the bottom calendar is for.

My latest acquisition. Think I saw it here close to a year ago and added it to my amazon wish list and Mom got it for me for Christmas.

>>12239625
>5 displays, 2 analogue sections AND an speaker
this is some future tech.

>>12247680
That is a temperature reader. Not a speaker.

>>12247695
>>12239625
Holy shit why is this watch or a similar one not currently made?

>>12236197
I feel like everything this guy posts is bait, but can everyone else just think about the fact that he's calling things superfluous on a fashion board for a second. Almost all fashion serves no practical use.

>>12247376
lol I wish I had rich parents

>>12247126

Pretty cool. But it's too bad the dial looks boring af. They should've made it textured.

>>12248493
It's pretty awesome I must say. She made the $113 to cover it with 2-3 days work easy.

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BOLDR, Effay?

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Are mvmt watches a meme or are they okay?

>>12248971
meme
>>12248893
meme

>>12248971
memery

if i were to buy an omega speedmaster moon watch, what would it say about me as an individual?

>>12249180

If you are rich: A man with good taste

If you are poor or average: Poser

>>12249180
why are you such a gold digger

>>12249231
how rich? i make 50K a year and i'm single no kids, live in midwest

>>12245070
Fact, but anon was talking about Seamasters. The sword hand SMP is second best behind the first gen Planet Ocean.

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>>12245806

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Are rolexes a meme watch?

Rolex Submariner: $5,000+

Invicta 8926: $80

Is the Rolex more accurate? Nope the Seiko NH35 achieves similar stats as the ETA in a Rolex. The only issue is that NH35s aren't regulated out the factory so you can get one that is +/- 2 seconds or 30 seconds. But after regulating all NH35 movements are just as accurate as a rolex.

Are Rolexes built better? Nope. One thing I noticed that bugged me about cheap watches is there are tooling marks and some scratches on the hands. But these appear on fucking Rolexes too!

You can even mod the dial if you're embarrassed by the invicta logo

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>>12244431
>>12244446

>>12249577

The indices make me nervous. Still a very nice thing, that watch.

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>Seagull are now attempting to sell their watches for 800 euros.

Umm... are people actually buying these?

They're Chinese....

>>12249577
Its got markings around the case that I still don't understand and nobody uses, a 12 hour index along with a 24 hour index, 3 additional chrono dials make it overly busy, minimal lume, no back light, a nylon strap, font and alignment aren't easy to read. Even if some of these things are useful, your every day businessman will never use them. These dive watches will never see the ocean, and many Rolex owners clench their anus when they need to be serviced.

I really don't subscribe to the status symbol watch thing and thats what this watch looks like.
>I spent $6500 on a watch, I'm an important person
Nah, it just looks busy and ugly.
>haha you're poor and can't afford it
No I really can, but its just not for me for reasons stated above. I'm not picking on you bro, if you like it then my opinion means nothing. But some people out there think they need to spend X dollars or have a certain brand to appear important to other people in their company.

>>12249913
>tfw got downvoted on /r/watches for saying no one scubadives in a rolex.

I mean you might do it just to prove you can, but no one buys a rolex to take it diving.

>>12249913
Supplemental post:
A watch with too many hands is striving to be in the tryhard territory of making a wristwatch more complicated and intricate. I get it, they want to show off a higher level of craftsmanship. But making a rube goldberg machine of pressing buttons and watching hands swing around the face does not exhibit -to me- higher levels of craftsmanship. It just means they're finding dumb gimmicks to sell to consumers wanting to spend on a toy.

Some of the wealthiest people in the world wear sub $100 watches admittedly because the value is infinitely greater, durability is higher, usability is higher, and its actual purpose (keeping time) is better than even $10,000 watches.

I'm not an /fa/ native and I understand fashion isn't always purpose-driven, but man sometimes function should have a higher ranking on the order of necessities in things.

>>12249913
>>12249930
Don't worry the Japanese and Chinese are rightfully killing off the Swiss meme watch industry.

China has been producing cheap tourbillon watches for a few years and Seagull are about to drop their first minute repeater.

Asians prove that whatever Europeans can build, they can build cheaper.

>>12249940
The problem with cheap Chinese shit is they can make it absolute crap and not work and people will still buy it for many years before the name of the company is tarnished enough that people stop buying it.

Look at Harbor Freight tool company. They exclusively sell the cheapest, chinesiest, shittiest tools and they are booming as a company. The disposable mentality of the cheap shit coming out of china is awful; if it works once then you throw it out, then its worth the cheap price. I don't like that.

But I have no problem with competition; if the chinese can build a similar product to the swiss and it lasts, then more power to them.

>>12249927
yeah fuck reddit, I don't understand how to use it and its a mob mentality of "agree with us or be banned"

I am not really a richfag although I am upper middle class and I don't really consider like the Rolex submariner or omega speedmaster to be THAT exorbitant of watches

Any watch that you can save and cut down on expenses for like six months to buy as a moderately successful wagecuck isn't an elite status symbol

Patek, jaeger, even IWC big pilot and I guess also Rolex Daytona are the real 1% watches

>>12250027
It's not about having $5,000, any wagecuck can save $5,000.

It's having $5,000 that couldn't be better spent elsewhere.

I'll lament for weeks over the decision to buy a watch that costs $400 but would drop that to service my car with no hesitation.

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Reminder that there are actually people that are too poor for a rolex so will buy a $500 fake when you could get a $100 watch from Seiko that looks similar and wont be chinese sweatshop crap.

>>12249910
they're better than most other watches at that price. really some of the nicer things designed and made in china

>>12250080
Better than an 800 euro Seiko, Citizen or Orient?

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>>12250079
SOMIIIIIII

i hope she joins twice but the chances are so low ;_;

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>>12249534
>ETA in a Rolex
>ETA
>Rolex
Also, I have never seen an NH35 movement that stays within COSC spec for longer than a week. The 3255 is a fuarking tank and is the most reliable mass-produced auto movement on the planet. And a Rolex with tooling marks would never make it through their multiple layers of factory inspections.

You have no fucking clue what you're talking about and are blowing smoke out your ass.

>>12250121
>a Rolex with tooling marks would never make it through their multiple layers of factory inspections.

Literally look at the image I posted.

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>lol rolexes are perfect dude they're totally worth 5 grand. Not a single mistake would ever make it past their QC!

>>12250127
I don't see any tool marks. I see scuffs from daily wear and blurs from that potato you took the photo with. That doesn't change the fact that you know dick about watches.

>>12250153
Ah yes scuffs.. on the hands... which are complete sealed inside the case.

>>12250121
>I have never seen an NH35 movement that stays within COSC spec for longer than a week

Why would you care about the timing of a watch over a week? You're going to be resetting it every time you put it on anyway.

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So I know nothing about watches, and have around 300 american dollars, and I've been wanting one with a simple design but able to switch the straps from black/brown/sand-ish colors for my casual outfits / palewave outfits. What should I look for ? Thank you very much/fa/mily

>>12249913
>>12249930
Nylon nato is classic, but that's fine. Have leather and swap tool anyway.

The functions are generally used for speed and distance, so indeed, not terribly useful, but it's part of the classic image of the Speedmaster, which I wanted, without paying 50-150k for a classic Speedmaster 2915-1/2/3. I also wasn't interested in paying £6k for the new Broad arrow remake, when this was half that price and less because I bargained them down. It's a good entry level item.

The other option which I looked at, at the same time was the Zenith El Primero, a very handsome watch with a good amount of pedigree (as I recall, same movement as the original Rolex Daytona). http://www.watchcentre.com/product/zenith-s-s%C2%A0chronomaster%C2%A0el-primero-triple-calendar-moonphase-0240.410/11332


Alas, it wasn't as rugged as I wanted. The lume is plenty I find, and most often at night you're not looking at your watch much anyway. If I end up out in the wilderness, I'd probably go with something different, like the Rolex Explorer II (which is quite overpriced imo). The classic explorers with the faded lume are great, but again, enormously overpriced (start at around £10k).

>>12250158
Tool marks are on the machined case, the hands are stamped/cut from a piece of metal. Lrn2machine.

Also, that was very common in watches from before the quartz craze. As for the newer one, I'm honestly surprised it made it through.

>>12250169
My Sub runs +1 second a week; my SKX runs +12 a day. And you don't have to reset it "every time you put it on" if you wind every day.

>>12250328
If you sync your watch to atomic time every morning before putting it on there's no need to worry how accurate it is over more than 24 hours.

>>12236197

still at it huh

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>real watch here
Everything else that isn't at this level is fucking dogshit

>>12240604
>w/ love and squalor

>>12251195
I thought skeleton watches looked cool when I was 13, too.

>>12250056
>It's having $5,000 that couldn't be better spent elsewhere.

That's the thing, man. I've got a couple 800-900 dollar watches, but the other day I sprang for a 1600 watch and I just can't vibe with the thing. I can't stop thinking about how much else I could do with the money. As a middle class type dude, I've got some sort of mental block for the 1000+ pieces.

>>12250252

You can switch the straps on any watch. Check out the Orient Bambino.

If you decide to buy a quartz watch, don't spend more than 50 bucks on it.

>>12251195

AP make the most dogshit, emperor's-new-clothes-ass watches. They're gaudy and ugly as fuck and no one would like them if they didn't cost a fortune.

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>>12250027
>the real 1% watches
>mfw this made me think about lawyeranon impressive collection, wich I'll never even touch, let alone own.
Why live /fa/?

>>12251500
>pleb rant
Enjoying your DW (or any other minimalist shit) much?

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>THE MOST REDDIT-TIER BRAND EVER

>>12251503

fuuuuuuuuck outta here

Patek and Vacheron have some dignity and gravitas to them, Royal Oaks literally look like a kid's costume watch

>>12251530
>I'm so assblasted I don't realize how impossibly stupid I sound right now
Go home kiddo

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>>12251539

Give me one reason why the Royal Oak isn't an ugly clunky piece of shit

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>>12251547
It's is the watch that made possible luxury sport watches, as opposed to tool watches
.
Without it, and without Gerald Genta, there also would not be a Nautilus and several others.

Also, it looks fucking gorgeous, you inbred.

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>>12251559

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>>12251561

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>>12251565

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>>12251567

>>12251500
>>12251530
>>12251547
>hating something because it's mainstream
kys

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Can someone explain why some blatant rip offs are ok and others not?


Not ok:

Alpha Submariner rip off
Invicta Submariner rip off
Steinhart Submariner rip off

Ok:

Tag Heur Submariner rip off
Tudor Submariner rip off
Omega Submariner rip off

>>12251750
shit brands vs. decent brands

Other than the Sea-Gull 1963, which is too $$ for me, do the chinks have any other purchase-worthy watches? Something patriotic like 95% of the Soviet watches?

>>12251938
So in other words rolex fanboys aren't upset by the expensive rip offs but they are angry because now anyone can get a watch like their submariner.

>>12251953
>$200
>Too much $$$

Seagull is the only Chinese manufacturer that's any good and the 1963 is the cheapest watch they make.

You could try Alpha, they use Seagull movements but their finish isn't as good as Seagull themselves.

>>12244431
whoa it looks like a tiny wall clock that's kind of trippy

anyway what do you all think are some classy modern digital watches?

>>12251972
There exist watches for $5-15 that are as durable and accurate as the $>15k ones, so anything above that price is unreasonable in my opinion.
Also, given that China has over a billion residents, you'd think they'd have more than one decent brand of watchmakers.

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c/n?

>>12251508
Whats wrong with Casios?

>>12252248
nothing. he's probably being ironic.

>>12252163
I really really want to cop this watch but it's like $400 because it's niche and a bit rare and I don't know if I can justify it.

It's no mechanically better than much cheaper seikos and I'd be spending money on looks alone which is something I don't normally do.

>>12252001
>There exist watches for $5-15 that are as durable and accurate as the $>15k ones,

If you're referring to quartz watches, why don't you just get yourself down to the nearest walmart and they will have all the Chinese quartz crap you can buy for less than $20.

If you want a mechanical watch you're going to have to loosen those purse strings.

Buying Chinese watches is a minefield and you have to research it a bit. For example because of Chinese loose interpretation of copyright law, several watch makers can be releasing the same watch under the same name.

For example there's a watch brand called "Parnis" in China. But it's actually a name that several different countries produce watches under.

Get something with a Seagull movement and you can't go far wrong.

>>12252342
Are you talking about the sarb line?

I rarely find numbers i like. The ones on the alpinist are an exeption for me.

>>12252342
don't do it then.
also if you wear something as a status symbol only, you're not doing yourself a favor if you only cared about that one first impression which makes people think you're an accomplished human being. and then they find out you could barely afford this watch.

also, I don't understand people who act like others care if they see a rolex on their wrist and immediately ask if it's real or not. it's like this shit never happens because nobody cares what's on your wrist.

>>12252342
Its water resistant to 200 meters, sapphire crystal, has a shock resistance, and an automatic. Its also got a handwind and hackable movement which again adds to cost and price.

You're right that its mechanically no better, but a sapphire crystal on any watch adds $150+ to the price, and water resistance adds cost as well. I'm sure that moving compass ring adds to the cost despite being borderline useless.

>>12252354
I love the fact that it's got a green dial and gold cathedral hands, it's so unusual that's why I want it. I don't really care about anything else.

Water resistance means nothing to me because I think anyone that goes in the water with a watch is an idiot. The sapphire crystal is nice but there's nothing wrong with acrylic if you look after it. Hacking and handwinding can be had on $80 seiko watches so I don't think that adds anything to the price.

I am contemplating buying a Seiko 5. A green dial: http://www.dagazwatch.com/apps/webstore/products/show/5886140

And some gold cathedral hands: http://www.dagazwatch.com/apps/webstore/products/show/6688320

And getting a watch maker to assemble it all for me. But I dunno if after I've spend all that whether I should just spend the extra $200 for the real thing.

>>12252369

You're not gonna be happy until you get the Alpinist, so just save an extra month and get the real deal.

>>12252369
While water resistance means nothing to you, its primarily a cool factor for a lot of buyers. If its resistant to 200 meters, it'll definitely be fine if you splash a little water on it, or decide to jump in the pool with your supermodel girlfriend. Its just a mark of a better built watch overall as well; making a tiny case with dissimilar materials (crystal to metal) waterproof is rather difficult.

Sapphire crystals are another feature which a lot of people don't care for because of the price. I have a sapphire crystal watch, and I have mineral crystal watches. My mineral crystal scratched on the first week of ownership, my sapphire crystal is flawless 8 years later. Yeah take care of even a plastic crystal and it'll last, but life happens and your top priority shouldn't be worrying about the well-being of your watch.

Say you buy all the parts and ask a watchmaker assemble it. How much is the watch maker going to charge? Is it $300, or $20? Does he offer a warranty like seiko does? Will the watch be as well built as Seiko in terms of water proofing, durability, and longevity?

I think as >>12252350 said, if you're fretting so much about $200, this isn't the watch for you. Status symbol watches are for those who don't mind the cost. If all you want is a green face and broad hands, surely there is a cheaper alternative out there.

>>12252350
>>12252397
I would hardly call $400 a status symbol watch. And I don't want it as a status symbol.

Also $400 isn't a lot of money. I could buy the watch now. But the only thing that stops me is I think $400 on something you wear on your wrist is approaching obscenity.

I just spent $400 on some archery equipment and when I think of all the equipment I got for $400 then compare it to one watch it starts to feel a bit funny.

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2bh I was planning 3 or 4 additional cheap watch purchases over the next few months.

Instead I'm just going to buy one alpinist for the same money. I like it took much.

>>12252434
Al-penis'd. Not a very effay name.

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Why is it that most men's watches are bulky abominations that look like you're trying to rig a hummer up to your wrist? I want a simple understated watch like this that isn't thousands of dollars or faggy hipster memeshit, where do I look?

>>12252514
The same reason that Landrovers are status symbol cars now.

In the past Rolex and Omega made the best tool watches you could buy. If you were a diver you bought a submariner, if you worked on a race track you bought a daytona or speedmaster.

They weren't even that expensive if you needed them for your job.

Now they've become blinged up meme watches with gold and diamonds just like people who own landrovers will never offroad them.

>>12252514
Right there with you, wish they made simple watches like this again. But even the simple watches that aren't 55mm diameter are $1000 because nobody else makes them.

>>12252514
They're called dress watches and there's thousands on sale.

>>12251972
where are there 1963's available for $200? genuine question as i'm really interested in one,

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>when you piss off the fuckers

>>12252569
http://www.watchunique.com/featured/seagull-1963.html

Mine arrives tomorrow.

>>12252570
>Rolex
>Increase in value

Looks like we got a Rolex salesman here.

>>12252248
Apparently nothing, if you like reddit.

>also, shitty plasticky dogshit

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>>12252737
I don't use reddit and my watch isn't plastic.

f-91 w reportan in

>>12252754
I think he's talking about the plastic digital Casio meme, sperglord.

Your Casio is so generic and bland that it literally hurts to look at it, btw.

>>12252780
That's awful. Now go back to r3ddit, son. >>12251508

>>12252789
Clearly he's upset about the resin cases, however he was also making a broad generalization that all Casio's were shitty plasticky dogshit which is not true by any stretch of the imagination.

To say its generic is simply false, not many manufactuers make plain watches anymore. Generic would be a speedway watch with an aircraft style face and 24 indeces, perhaps a few chrono dials that nobody uses and some markings around the case.

Bland maybe, but I prefer a watch face that isn't busy.

>there are people that pay over $50 for quartz

>>12244122
fake as fuck. the steel mesh strap doesnt look too bad, but its hard to tell without seeing it in person. the case back is the real issue. Its terribly finished and there is no way breitling would use a movement so unpolished and simple

>Watch has been 2 seconds fast for 3 days now.

That's not getting 2 seconds faster every day, it got 2 seconds faster over the course of 24 hours, then it stayed there.

If it can do that why can't it stay on perfect time?

>>12244122
No one pointed out yet that the chronograph hand appears to be moving as the second hand?

wow I bought one of these watches on ebay in early high school when I first got into communism. It sux.

Should I buy a Rolex Submariner or an Omega Speedmaster as something to pass down to my children?

I like the Speedmaster better, and the fact that it's an Automatic Chronograph makes it a bit special. You will never find a cheap rip off of a speed master like the Submariner because there are no cheap Automatic Chronograph movements on the market.

But when you buy a Speedmaster you're not just buying a watch, you're buying a commitment to spend $800 on servicing it every 2 years.

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>>12236187
I have an irrational desire for the Nomos Club

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>>12252514
>like you're trying to rig a hummer up to your wrist

Couldn't put it better myself, newrich twenty years olds with twig wrists or 40 years olds in convertibles with their divers look laughable all the way. It's a show off from people who don't know about watches for people who don't know about watches, just because it draws attention.

It's not that hard to find, many mid range brands make watches with clear face that are really nice. Up from the higher brands, anyone who knows about watches when seeing a simple Blancpain or Patek will know it costs a fucking house without the tackiness.

Seiko 5 here but it's so inaccurate. Love it all the same.

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Put a 'distressed leather' strap on this Timex T2N338. I find the loud tick useful for measuring during lab, and quartz is always accurate.

But is it /fa/?

In the 60s a rolex cost $120 which is about $500

Why are they $5,000 now?

Why have they turned from a good watch for normal people into a "luxury" watch?

>>12253431
I like it, but after shelling out $32 for a Waterbury Timex and the second hand stops halfway between the indeces, I just can't bring myself to pay fucking $50+ for another Timex.

>>12239958
does anyone have an id on this watch?

>>12253547
>the second hand stops halfway between the indeces

I've heard this is a "common" problem so much it's "normal" with quartz watches. (Apparently you're not allowed to complain).

Isn't it just that someone put the hand on wrong?

You could take the second hand off and put it back on again properly.

>>12253556
I don't think it has much to do with the actual movement; it reliably (100%) stops halfway between for each tick, has since I owned it. I think it has more to do with the alignment of the hands or the actual dial face.

Of course these things are built as cheaply as possible, and QC (for mine anyway) is lacking because that costs money. If Timex can save a dime of manufacturing cost for each one made my letting some of them get from the factory with poor alignment, and their overall reputation is still pretty good, then they'll do it.

They then rely on "slippage" whereby they know me as an unsatisfied consumer am not going to spend $10 shipping a $30 watch back to amazon to get a decently aligned one.

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>>12253585
damn man, i wouldn't be able to unsee an offbeat second hand.

i paid the equivalent of $37 for this, glad it turned out OK.

>>12253585
It's not just on cheap watches.

I have a 1980s Seiko SQ with this problem.

>>12253616
>looks like a child wearing dad's giant watch
>glad it turned out OK

>>12253671
I literally never get these leather nato straps

>Pushes the watch half an inch from your wrist
>half an inch of bunched up material at the top

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>>12253685
comfy as fuck

>>12253685
>>12253705
He's referring to the case being about the same width as your wrist. It a sign of small, effeminate wrists.

>>12253748
Well, my point was he chose a watch way too big for his wrist size. The guy can't do anything about his wrist size, but he sure can chose a more appropriately sized watch.

>>12253764
>Timex T2N338
Its a 42mm case diameter. A more appropriate size would be 35mm, and thats bordering below unisex to women's watches. But you're right, it was rude of me and I'm sorry.

>Omega speedmaster
>Non hacking
>19 jewels
>Not automatic
>$6,0000

Um....

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>>12253778
>>12253764

in retrospect that angle is pretty bad, but yes I am a wristlet. The dial is easier for me when I'm not wearing my glasses, and I thought oversized dials were cool right now.

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>>12253824
The oversized dials are in style right now, I, and many others, are not liking them because watches have become oversized now. To the point where its nearly comical of 60mm by 20mm isn't considered laughable. Pic related.

>>12253838
is steampunk finally hitting the mainstream?

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>>12253855
No

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>>12253862
I'm trying to sell it locally on a gun forum for half of retail price, but truthfully I don't think I could give this away.

>>12253135
>Buying a Speedmaster with the coaxial escapement
>Not buying the proper Man on the Fucking Moon

>>12253792
Why do you think that not being an automatic is a bad thing for a watch?
Most high-end collectors appreciate manual watches greatly.

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I've been thinking about picking up a second hand jules audemars, what does fa think?

>>12254848
Beautiful
>go for it

>>12253868
>Display back for quartz

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Hi /fa

>>12239658
nah, you're an abomination

>>12243987
Anyone with a fucking job can afford a 5-8k watch if they so choose.

>>12244122
Its fake. Always ask for a reference number and compare it to a lot of pictures on the web, or ask a dedicated forum to be sure. If they bought the watch in a legit manner, they should have the ref. In this case, the dead give away from the first glance is the "chronograph" subdials that are showing 24 hours, 7 days of the week and 31 days of the month, which is typical for cheap Chinese fake watches.

>>12244332
Fake watches are for fake people. Get a job, loser.

>>12247136
I'm thinking of getting one of those in white just for the fuck of it. You're right about the logo and the text, I guess it's because that's the only thing they designed themselves. Seriously, Chinamen can't design anything good looking to save their fucking life.

>>12249534
There's no fucking toolmarks on GOLD hands of a new rolex, pleb. If there is, go complain and get it fixed. And there certainly is no ETA in a rolex, unless it's branded tudor. You know nothing, child. When you buy a slightly used Sub, it'll be worth more in 2 years than what you paid for it. A fucking invicta isn't worth the steel it's made of.

>>12249577
This is really nice. I would've personally gone for a version w/o the gmt function, but that's just me.

>>12250146
If there's a problem with you rolex, you can get it fixed for free under warranty. Send your invicta to service and you'll probably never see it again, or you might get it back more broken than it was.
>>12250158
Have you ever seen a vintage watch?

>>12251750
Complete identical clone vs. heavily influenced? Poor customer service and flaky quality vs good customer service and good quality?
Also: Tags old rolex clone is shit, but Aquaracer is not a rolex clone. Tudor is a Rolex's own brand, thus forgiven. Omega doesn't make a rolex clone.

>>12255169
>Aquaracer is not a rolex clone

But it is a $1800 quartz watch

>>12255169
You know there's this thing called warranty right?

If something goes wrong with my watch in the first year I just complain to Amazon and I get a new watch.

In fact my warranty is better than Rolex's warranty because Rolex will fix your old watch while I get a brand new one.

>>12253135
Unless you wear it every day for all kinds of hardcore activities, you really don't need to get it serviced more often than say, 7-10 years. Master coaxial movement is designed to sustain longer service intervals in any case. Rolex just announced that they raise their service interval to 10 years. And as one watchmaker said to me, you don't actually have to service your rolex until it starts to significantly lose time.

The master coaxial speedy is awesome in its own right, but I'd go for the classic moon watch instead. I had one from the early 70's, and it was pretty much perfect, even though it was not serviced for at least a decade, it was about 10s fast per day. I sold it a couple of years later to get a tudor, and I got 250€ more than I paid for.

>>12253824
Looks okay, but yeah, a bit too large. I hear too much shit from timex customers that turns me off that brand completely.

>>12253868
>Swiss parts
>Assembled in thailand
oh no

>>12254848
Very nice

>>12255179
And? If you don't like it, don't buy it. I know I wouldn't. But there's also an automatic Aquaracer doe.

>>12255196
Amazon warranty, yes. Invicta warranty on the other hand is worth nothing. But again, you'd just get more cheap and disgusting disposable shit. You do you. I'd rather get something reputable such as an orient or a seiko.

>>12255231

what complaints do you hear about Timex? /g/ said they were good.

>>12255256
>/g/ said they were good

oh that means they absolutely MUST be good, right! flawless logic in following the ramblings of permavirgin cucks

kek

>>12255256
They break easily. Hands fall off, lose time or the movt just dies and then comes back again randomly. They're cheap for a reason. But like with everything, people are more likely to complain than to give positive feedback.

>>12255029
I think this watch looks really good, but something about it seems wrong

>>12255316
>I think this watch looks really good, but something about it seems wrong
It's the applied numerals/hour markers

>>12255316
I cant afford it ;_;

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NATO finally came through :)

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>>12255259
I feel like the watch threads on /g/ are much better than these. Alot more people post in them too, theres a new thread everyday, and legit watchmakers are there if you want to ask questions. Its alot slower here on /fa/ and people are not nearly as deep into it.
Feast your eyes on this beauty, Its the blue moon speedy.

>>12255689
Not a fan of the nylon natos myself, but thats not bad lookin. I've been looking for a good blue face dial.

>>12255711
Its the snkl07 if you're interested, comes with a bracelet :)

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>>12255718
Forgot pic

>>12255728
Does the bracelet become a junk drawer resident? Wish i could just buy the watch itself knowing i'm going to put a different band on it.

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>>12255751
>Does the bracelet be come a junk drawer resident?
I mean for me yeah, you can try and see if you can find it without the bracelet i guess, its not an expensive watch at all though, you could just throw out the bracelet if you wanted to

>>12255760
I'm not a hoarder, but I hate throwing out perfectly good things. Seems silly to throw out the bracelet with no use on it.

>>12255689
noic
does it hack ?
not a big fan of the nato tho

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Is this how you wear a zulu something feels wrong

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>>12255794
No, dont know why you would need that on an automatic though, since its gonna gain a few seconds everyday. I just set mine at time minus one minute and then reset it when it reaches plus one minute.

Was also considering this, i wanted a more sporty look though

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>>12255793
Its for you to decide if you wanna keep it or not M80 :) all i was saying is that its not some AP royal oak bracelet. Its a cheap shitter bracelet

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Just copped pic related for 90€. Should I kill myself?

>>12256056
why is the dial face offset?

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>>12256056
Now why in the world would you pay 90€ for a quartz shitter with no character? I didnt know about this brand at all, after taking a google search i feel like necking myself. Just look at pic related, >Exposed Mechanical Skeleton Leather Watch.
>another quartz shitter
I get that this is your first watch, but you might as well have gotten something from the McDonalds drive through.

The answer is yes, kill yourself

>>12256056
(You)

>>12256197
Could somebody please tell me what the problem with quartz is already?

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Thoughts?

>>12256797
love it lefty

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What the fuck is with all these fucking tachyometer watches? What are you people timing? Is the modern businessman supposed to be taking breaks from meetings to officiate footraces? I don't fucking get it.

All I want is a watch with three hands, tiny numbers for the minutes, and a date window, but instead they all have these special little dials on the inside just in case you happen to be in a car with a malfunctioning speedometer or something. Why is this more useful than knowing what the date is?

God I'm so fucking sick of looking at watches. Where do you people shop for watches online?

>>12256931
I usually do amazon, decent prices, good photos, reviews, shipping, etc.

But yeah, I'm in full agreement with you. Who are using these chronometers to measure time to the tenth of a second on an analog readout? Who is using the watch for anything other than telling the time, or as jewelry? Instead of more complications, get the fucker to be super accurate and last forever.

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>>12256931
Dude are you trying to tell me this isn't badass?!

Nah, I'm with you, I'm pretty much exclusively wearing Skagen right now because of how simple they are.

>>12257010
Are those things durable? I read a review or two (they begin to blur together after a while) that called it a "disposable" watch, and I'm trying to save money here because my last watch also broke and I don't want my next one to.

>>12257010
Someone said skagen were garbage. Can you comment?

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>>12257019
>>12257025
I Like mine so far. I bought a couple in about a month time frame, so I'll give it a bit before I can make a sound opinion if they last. I got pic related and posted the rounded square one a few posts up.

I should also throw in I got both for 25% off with one already on sale, so they were relatively inexpensive and I won't be too upset if they shit the bed.

>>12257025
They're just daniel wellington-tier watches, so yeah, they're garbage.

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>>12256772
Quartz is great at keeping time, but it is also very cheap to produce. The watch this guy >>12256056 bought for 90€ cost 5-10€ to make. Its not so much that its quartz, just that he paid "so much" money for a cheap McDonalds shitter. He got ripped off hard. You can get nice quartz watches for that amount of money.

>>12257868
This.

I'm glad quartz never got a foot in the door of the watch enthusiast market.

If quartz caught on, we'd have $5,000 Rolexs with $1 chinese quartz movements. You know for sure that the mountain Jews wouldn't have lowered their prices to factor in reduced production prices.

>>12258023
Depends on what you mean by "got a foot", it more like stomped the entire swiss buisness and nearly murdered their whole economy. Watch industry was always about being as accurate as possible, so no wonder that MOST of the people switched to quartz as soon as it came to life.

>>12258099
Quartz had a boom in the 80's, people quickly got over it though.

http://swisstime.co/hr/zeno-watch-basel-bauhaus-stripes-ref--3767q-i1/?action=15&id=1828

Any experience with this brand?

Keep in mind i want the quartz version because im not a /fa/g like you and am actually active. My orient automatic broke for no reason. fak automatic whats the point again? other than being able to have an excuse for jacking off and wasting 200 $ for a repair

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>>12258154
People haven't got over it m8, quartz watches make up most of the market sales. Daniel Wellington sells yearly more watches than Rolex at the moment. Every classic swiss watch model is pretty much AT LEAST 3 times as expensive now as it was 40 years back, considering inflation of course.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's a bad thing, I think it's the other way around actually. No matter what advertisign or design bullshit people try to push around about some quartz watch model, it's always the same shit - a fucking battery and crystal. I have a phone in my pocket that's perfectly accurate time-wise, and I'm supposed to buy some chinese 0.50$ mechanism valued at 300$ to wear on my wrist?

At least with a mechanical watch I know what I'm paying for, the movement requires an actual watchmaker to put it together, every complication is a result of hundred of years of thought put into it, then there are elements like tourbillon, that somehow designed over 200 years ago stay one of the most complex elements of a watch, even considering all the technological developement that happened.

I own CPs instead of 5$ worth chinese-made Yeezys for the same reason

This goes for >>12257025 >>12256772 >>12256056 as well.

>>12256931
Every professional race driver was actually given a Rolex with tachyometer and chronograph back in days, because then they used to serve their purpose to measure time on track. Middle-aged men caught up to feel younger and kewl so brands kept the design.

>>12258216
Daniel Wellington is a brand for high school kids.

You can't compare pateks to trash like that.

Ferrari doesn't sell a lot of cars, more high school kids buy old Toyota's...Must mean the 3 decade old Toyota is the better product... main reason is lack of resources

>>12236690
>implying girls don't pull out their phones to look at the time

>>12257868
If you can get "nice quartz watches" for that much, what makes those quartz watches different from the one he purchased, i.e., more expensive ro produce?

To me, quartz just seems a lot more convenient than anything else. Instead of winding it or fiddling with it or making sure it doesn't hide in my sleeve so it gets enough solar power, it just kind of runs. So because of that I'm interested in what you think qualifies as a "nice quartz watch," cheap or not.

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My new watch came, is it effay?

>>12258331
>What makes them different than what he pruchased?

The materials used

Pic related is a watch my gf bought in a supermarket, it was about 4$.
He can like whatever watch he likes, but he still paid way to much for that shit, but i guess he paid for the bracelet, wich is kinda nice.

You're not very deep into watches are you anon?

I want to buy a mvmt watch. I've seen it irl and it looks really good.

I know I am overpaying and I honestly couldn't give two shits if quartz or mechanical. I just want a nice looking watch.

Should I do it?

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>>12258545
Forgot pic

>>12258551
You just said you wanted to buy it. Go buy it M80.

Just be ready for an awkward conversation if a real watch guy asks what's on your wrist :)

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>>12258448
Ist sehr gut

>>12258331
There's a lot of thing that can make a quartz more high end. Features like temperature compensation, high beat or just plain build quality. Also, a meca-quartz is something more interesting than just plain ticker, and not too expensive to have.

Here's a shot of muh Tudor. Still not completely sold on the lugs, but otherwise I'm quite happy.

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>>12258545
>>12258554
>You're not very deep into watches are you anon?
No shit; if I were, I wouldn't be asking these question in the first place, would I? The only reason I'm in here in the first place is because my fucking Timex broke and I don't want to get ripped off again, and I don't understand anything about how watches are priced. ANYTHING.

I mean, I'm looking at these two watches specifically. The one on the left is what I used to have. Timex, $30. They're nice watches as far as I can tell, and the date window is convenient, but I've bought two of these and the crowns keep falling off. The one on the right is a Hamilton 38 Auto 38mm, that, hopefully, has a crown that DOESN'T fall off. It's $645, more than 20 times the cost of the Timex. Is making a crown that doesn't break that expensive?

>>12258697
No. You can get a similar looking Seiko for ~100 bucks, and that hammy should be around 250-350 used, a new one should come at $450 after haggling. The crown will not fall off from a reputable brand watch... usually. I have an ancient Leijona (lion in finnish) brand watch, that was cheap at the time in the 80's, but it has a swiss made hand wound movement in it and it still performs admirably without any service for 3 decades.

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>>12258697
Timex is known to have some poor construction and QC issues as of late. Check Casio's line of watches, they're a little less costly than Timexes but are nice and durable. Not just the Gshock, but the other ones are nice too.

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Ordered a snk803k2 yesterday.
Opinions about the watch?

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r8 my new cop

I'm worried it's not flashy enough

>>12258886
Nice cop anon!

>>12258697
As >>12255708 said theres alot of guys who really know their shit on /g/'s watch threads. Try and ask there :)

>>12258929
Nice and subtle anon

>>12258886
I like it, but the minute numbers around the outside triggers my autism because I'm used to it being the other way around

>>12258886
thinking about getting one of these to mod

>>12258886
Seiko 5's are really great if you wanna get in to watches

>>12258886
Oh hey, I have that watch!

Fucking great watch, AMAZING for a $50 automatic.

Mines loses about a minute a week after a year so it's accurate enough for me.

Had mine a year and yet to scratch the crystal either. Lume could be better, but stays bright enough to tell time for 12 hours or so if it gets a little full daylight.

>>12240439
the right one looks like a poor man's rolex :)

>>12252570

Hahaha and it's the exact Explorer II that Archie has

What's up Archie

>>12258697

The Hamilton is more expensive because it's an automatic. It's an excellent watch FWIW but it's not worth 645.

>>12258745
This anon has the price right

the worst thing about watches is new straps being so uncomfortable

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>>12259432
>It's an excellent watch FWIW but it's not worth 645.
Doesn't "FWIW" mean "for what it's worth"? Why would you say this and then say it's not worth what it costs? That doesn't make any sense.

>>12259358
I can only find it being sold with an ugly canvas strap, how do you replace those?

>>12259588
Take it to a watch store and they'll do it for free or buy a spring bar tool for a couple bucks.

The canvas (artificial not real canvas) strap is actually pretty comfy, the leather strap I had was unpleasant with sweat and I tore the loop for the end of the strap.

It was a Hadley Roma if anyone can recommend better.

I agree it looks great on a leather strap tho it's hard to find ones with a matte finish on the buckle.

Boys, I lost my citizen chronograph field watch, a good 180 bucks down the drain. Need a rec for the most vietnam veteranesque lookin field watch with a silver case.

>>12259888
old seiko diver

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wdyt