/wt/ watch thread

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le fuck you face

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>>58985891
38mm case, 17mm band with, 12mm thicc. its alot smaller than i expected

>>58985953
>17mm band width
I meant 20

>>58985940

That guide is complete shit.

>>58985940
So if you dont spent over 3k on a watch you dont know what you're doing?
>serious watch guys will all look at you like a faggot

Did you actually create this guide? Seems like you're trying to justify your recent 5000$ watch purchase

>>58986098
You sound really defensive.

>>58985953
Oh not bad quite compact
What's the lug2lug width and a side profile would help too I'm just wondering whether to but or not


Sorry if it's of any inconvenience to you, just caught my eye

>>58986111
Yeah cause i'm poor and really into watches

>>>58983945

The SNK is well designed... It's a nice flieger. You wouldn't find a flieger in a mall.

I have the black version and quite like it.

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>>58986121
20mm
Its np i have nothing better to do

>>58986154
Thanks again but I meant the distance from one end of the lug to the opposite end of the lug haha.

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>>58986171
Oh right 44mm

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Wdywt ?

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>>58986171
Its the snkl07 if you're interested

>>58986210
I really dig that watch desu
What sorta strap you planning to put on it

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>>58986269
This :)

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This watch is almost done. What strap, brown or black? Plain, croc, or something exotic?

>>58986278
I'd say dark brown croc! Looks very nice

>>58986277
>>58986261
Thanks it's only £70 on amazon neat

Not a fan of blue dialed watches sadly I can see why they may be appealing. Gonna look if they have any in silver white or black

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>>58986294
It's an early Swiss quartz with Ronda's first quartz movement.

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>>58986260

52 KS Special on the Milanese today.

>>58986400
Aren't you the guy who was talking about shane before? Do you always wear that shirt? Maybe I'm just hallucinating about another anon. Seriously just curious.


Anyways love the band where did you get it?

>>58986400
Where did you get the strap?

>>58986308
Thats cool man how long have you been working on it/what have you done to it?

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>>58986260
Only the best Casio has to offer

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>>58986538
>best Casio has to offer
>anything but MR-G

>>58986565
Is that the watches name? Mr. G? When's his next mix tape drop?

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>>58986260
Rolex Submariner.

>>58985940

Good job

Faggots btfo

>>58986590
Are you the guy who posted the lume shot in the last thread?

>>58986647
I am indeed.

>>58986577
there's the baby g too

>>58986590
nice orient ray homage

>>58986674
made the same joke I was going to.
Also is Baby G his little brother who DJs?

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What do you think about the SCED057?

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>>58985890
Good thread!

>>58986443
>>58986478

Yes I am, and no, I have a bunch of different flannel plaid shirts I wear.

The band is a Staib Milanese mesh with a brushed finish. Expensive, but probably the best Milanese mesh you can get.

Holben's Fine Watch Bands sells them in the US, otherwise Watch Band Center has the biggest selection of German made Milanese mesh brackets at all thicknesses and price ranges (that aren't Chinkshit).

>>58986747
i want one but i don't have that kind of money to spend on a quartz chrono.

>>58986839
What's wrong with quartz

>>58986920
Read again.

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>>58986674
>>>58986590 (You)
>nice orient ray homage
Kek, thanks m9.

>>58986920
Nothing I guess, but I don't really want a quartz chrono. The meca quartz would be a step up.

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>tfw too intelligent to spend over $350 on a watch

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>>58985890
Finally got around to replacing the battery in my grandfathers Accutron.

ANy rumors about upcoming Rolex models at Baselworld?

I'm looking for a watch with an integrated compass, do you know any?

>>58987165
Top left, is that to commentate Russians on the moon?

>>58987216
Seiko Alpinist

>>58987216
G-Shock Mudman.

>>58987233
Stunning but it's 650€ where I live, so too much, anything else?

>>58987298
I prefer analog watches

>>58987216
You mean like a working magnetic compass? Look around Casio ProTreks. They're electronic, but they work fine.

>>58987223
I'm pretty sure it's just a reissue of a Russian aviation chronograph

>>58987348
Yes, a magnetic compass would be perfect! Casio would be an alternative but I don't like the mix of digital and analog

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>>58987498
Put one of these on your watch strap, it's specifically designed to go onto a strap.

>>58987534
Saw them but I think they wouldn't look cool with a watch, I wonder why noone miniaturize something like that and put it where the stopwatch is

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Why this doesn't exist? I'd buy it

>>58987629
because it looks stupid

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>>58987629
It kinda does.

>>58987586
Because magnets and watch movements don't tend to go together.

>>58987629
Magnets and mechanical watches don't mix well. It would probably even affect quartz watches having a magnetic permanently in such close proximity to the quartz crystal etc.

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>>58987680
>>58987685
Hivemind.

>>58987640
This is actually good! But it's 1750€...

>>58987680
>>58987685
>>58987698
You're saying it's not true?

>>58987698
>Putin-wink.jpg
Be king, fool, be legal king.

>>58987586
It depends on the watch, it would probably look good on a military style watch. Something like a Citizen BM8180 perhaps?

>>58987930
This watch is so nice, thank you for the advice!

How is the stitched canvas band material-wise? Does sweat ruin it like it ruins leather?

I need to get a watch with timer so I can log my break time but my company recently ban wearable tech so I can no longer use my fitbit. should I just get a stop watch like those in the science lab and use that or get an actual watch that has stop watch features? seems like it would cost more for the stop watch feature

>>58988198
You could just get a diver and use it's bezel. Cheapest one I'd recommend would be the Casio MDV.

Just got a 20K pay rise today, so I'm treating myself to a new Seamaster from Jomashop, crossing my fingers i don't get stung another 1k at customs though.

>>58985890
>Doesn't want to use the OP
>Doesn't want to wait until previous thread hits bump limit
>Not autism

any opinions on hamilton?

>>58988521
Congrats anon.

What kind of Seamaster?

And what's your budget so everyone here can tell you how wrong you are and why you should buy what they like

>>58988601
planet ocean liquidmetal titanium, going for 5k atm. I know there's plenty of other options at 5k, but i've always wanted a seamaster, its pretty much my dream watch.

I have £50 to spend on a watch which will hopefully last a while. What should I get?

>>58988771
Casio timex seiko .etc

>>58988131
I have this watch. The sweat won't ruin the band no. I reccomend swapping it for a NATO though

>>58988824
I'll look into it, very helpful, thanks!

whats a quick rundown on the SW220-1 movement?

Hei anons, is an automatic watch worthy over traditional ones? Are there any cons that I don't see in having infinite battery life?

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>>58988806
I do like pic related, not sure what colour to get it in though

>>58989100
>worthy over traditional ones
My autism is peaking, you've triggered me

>>58989191
Ignorant af, please explain

>>58988666
That is gorgeous, Satan.

But definitely take the cost of customs into account. And also a service because if something happens I've heard Jomashops warranties are considered worthless. So weigh up those total costs and compare how much you could get one locally from an AD

>>58989281
Mechanical is traditional

>>58989314
yeah, i'm fully expecting customs to get in the way, only way around it is buying 2nd hand through ebay, and i'm not willing to risk that at this price.

Now i'm just trying to decide if i should get the 45.5mm or the 42mm version, i've got 7.5 inch wrists, so i think the big size would be right on the borderline

Thread is beautiful. It's a happy Friday (maybe Saturday for some of you). Cheers everyone

>>58989525
Yes, so automatic vs traditional?

>>58986027
What's wrong with it? Seems pretty accurate to me.

>>58989663
Fuck me, I meant automatic vs mechanical

>>58989663
Automatic IS mechanical

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This is the first Breitling I've seen up close that I've actually liked. Seriously thinking of buying it.

>>58989742
Quartz vs automatic then?

>>58989789
What's it go for?

>>58989789
Another orient homage?

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>>58989789
Not a fan.
Doesn't look like a Breitling.
I really like the Navitimer 01.

>>58990010
Every time I see this pic I want to scream FAKE before realizing it's one of those rare genuine ones.

Seriously I see fakes of this watch constantly. Some almost acceptable, some so shit they look like they were made in the niggest part of Africa.

>>58990010
> Doesn't look like a Breitling.
Maybe that's why I like it. As for the Navtimer, too busy for me.

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Chronoswiss Chronometer Chronograph.

Or the Ch^3 for short.

>>58989115
There's this really neat website that I have been unpaid reccomending to people it's called seiko 5 finder on watch sleuth Itll be perfect: http://www.watchsleuth.com/seiko5finder/

That's a good model I'd recommend it

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>>58989601
Thanks for reminding me :)
Been nicer than the last few so far that's for sure


On a side note I really miss Lawyeranon he was so nice and I bet his boipucci was too ; _;

>>58989601
It is because 9ball isn't posting

>>58989690

Excellent brands omitted at various price points: A. Lange and Sonne, Girard Perregaux, Piaget, Nomos, Sinn, Damasko.

Terrible watch brands omitted which should be soecifically warned against: IWC, Panerai, TAG HueHue.

Brands which need to be judged case by case since they have nice watches and terrible watches: Most of them.

Basically, that whole guide reads like it was written by someone who spent a couple weeks on /r/watches and tried to regurgitate everything they read uncritically into one picture.

>>58990552
Iwc has some very nice watches.

>>58990620
>Trying to justify $10,000 ETA shitters

No.

>>58990251
You're OP?

>>58990659
>hurr durr some of their watches are bad so the whole brand is bad!
just don't post if you're going to be retarded

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>>58989281
>Ignorant af, please explain

>>58990509

>>58990907

Please feel free to list any IWC watches that aren't Panerai tier pleb-catching.

>>58990978
Kek

>>58990954
This is actually very good, thanks.

Then my question is: automatic wind mechanical vs quartz kinetic?
I'd choose the former to avoid the battery, are there other pros/cons?

>>58989595
I'm got 7 inchers so maybe I'm biased but 45mm is really pushing it in watch sizes, I would definitely say the 42mm will hold its style longer (and value probably)

>>58991490
They're going to be pretty similar. They'll both need servicing if you want to keep them long term (like, for the rest of your life.) Although if you took a "just wear it till it dies, no servicing" approach the battery in the kinetic battery will probably be shot after 10 years, and the mech is likely to last twice as long or better.

One of the main pros for mechanical watches is the love of mechanical watches. So if you don't have that I don't think you'll notice much of a difference.

>>58990954
Dude this is perfect this should be in the OP as a link along with the poorfag buying guide in pic related

Did you make this?

>>58991704
Yeah. But if we put it in the OP I should actually format it better, and check spelling/grammar.

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>>58991726
2 much effort imho familia

Anyone got anything else like that and pic related

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>>58991806
>Anyone got anything else like that
I have my other pictures I've made.

and someone here probably has an image about slav watches

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>>58991900

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>>58991912

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this is less effective the closer you are to the tropics. So being in florida in summer this isn't great. Alaska in winter works well.
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>>58991949

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>>58991957

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>>58991972
And this is my last image if I remember correctly. It is to help with the confusion, as many newbies think of digital and quartz as meaning the same thing.

>>58991639
I love looking at their automatic mechanical mechanism, so I think I'll choose a back-transparent one. I never serviced a watch until now and 20 years of durability are more than enough but I could learn it if it would improve its life.

Care to share any model? I like them minimal with only time an date.

>>58991912
>Went into the Seiko store in NYC
>Tried on the Turtle reissue to get an idea of the size
>Asked the price even though I knew how much I could get it for online.
>Guy said $800

Fuck that. Got mine for way less then half.

>>58992086
what size and price range are you thinking? Seiko SAR* are pretty good. SARB, SARX, SARY, etc. Seiko SDGM are also very good.
http://www.watchsleuth.com/seikosarfinder/

>>58992087
Yeah, boutique prices. Might it have been a sort of limited or special edition though?

>>58992180
They cost too much here, I was thinking 100-200€ tops for a very high quality one.
I saw Seiko 5 Gent SNK803K2 that's like 80€ here, what do you think of this series?

>>58991900
>>58991912
>>58991920
>>58991949
>>58991949
>>58991957
>>58991972
>>58992002


Fucking shit jeez I didn't expect that much thanks a ton for the share nine ball

>>58992281
There are many styles of Seiko 5. They are all a fine option.

>>58992344
Thanks, I'll look at them

>>58992002

Shit man I'm reading through and downloadin this all as we speak amazing read

Can't believe you wrote all this yourself lad gg wp

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Does /g/ approve Nomos?

>>58992920
They bore me to tears and seem like a really poor value but if that's what you like go for it

>>58992920
I have a lot of respect for them and understand why some people may like them, but they've never really clicked with me

>>58992920

Aesthetically they don't really do much for me, but I have immense respect for the capital investments and research and development spending they committed to designing and manufacturing their own original movements, in particular the ultra-thin DUW 3001 movement.

I tend to have a charitable view of their pricing in light of how much investment spending they've been doing and how committed they appear to be making high quality watches.

>ninefag desperately trying to be helpful again

>>58994321
>Anon in his childish ego-war with a tripfag

>>58985940
Except for the fact that it doesn't include A. Lange &Söhne it's accurate as fuck

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>>58994321
Last thread
>talk to a guy about watch dimensions and what might fit him
>make a post about how wrist expansion is relevant to strap fit
>suggest a modern watch similar to a vintage seiko
>argue with self-proclaimed "cool finn" who is too good for a rolex and thinks he can brag about expensive belts (what the fuck?)

this thread
>make an image about movements
>post old images I've made when someone requested
>offer suggestions for someone looking to buy a watch
>now arguing with you, also being an idiot

Wow, so out of character. What a complete 180. I can't believe how different I am in this thread compared to last. It's like two different people are posting.

>>58994761
Oh so you prefer another shit thread then? Okay. Another shit thread it is then.

>>58990168
That strap looks ultragay.

Where do I look for vintage seikos? Looking to have a conversation about some vintage seiko owners

>>58994979
ebay, yahoo.jp, /f29/

NEED strap recommendations for the barrel scraping snk 809

its rare you scrape that deep and find something decent

Anyone have any of the ~$15 chinese tool kits on Amazon? Do they suffice for occasional use?

>>58995277
Soft metal, not good. But you can make it work.

>>58995300
Yea, I hate buying Chinese tools, but they would be used so infrequently

>>58995277
I thought they were fine until I got a real jewelers tool with my Sinn bracelet. The quality difference is insane and I won't buy Chinese again. That being said I still use the Chinese stuff for other tools

>>58994979

The best deals are going to be found by using a proxy bidding service to be able to bid on Yahoo! Japan Auctions, but it is caveat emptor over there, so you better know what you are doing and have some risk tolerance.

The key factor in buying nay kind for vintage watch is that you have to do enough of your own research to be able to vet auction listings yourself for authenticity, condition, and price. Otherwise you are almost certain to get ripped off by a redialed frankenwatch.

>>58990552
The guide clearly shows a few brands that are generally hard to go wrong with for plebs as well as what to generally expect at different price ranges, going into autistic fits because it doesn't turn into an encyclopedia is legit retardation.

Also Nomos is overpriced hipster garbage.

>>58995570
>the guide
it's a troll image

>>58995570
Can you please explain why nomos is garbage?

Genuinely curious and I've always heard good things

>>58995807
It wouldn't be "garbage" if they were a lot cheaper. It's sort of the same with companies like IWC. It's not that they're outright bad in an absolute sense, but rather that what you're getting for the significant price isn't much to write home about.

>>58988666
nice anon!
planning on getting a seamaster soon, but the ti is a little more than i want to spend
there's a preowned ti one listed on chrono24.com
http://www.chrono24.com/omega/--seamaster-planet-ocean-big-size--23290462103001--id5353648.htm

>>58996027
Aren't they all in house movements? Do they not have the performance? Where are you missing out on value?

Again I don't know much Nomos. I would assume it would be in the case.

>>58996184
Utterly unremarkable case and dial work. I see better finishing on $500 Seikos.

>>58996153
yeah i saw that, but if you look on their website they won't accept anything other than cash for orders outside the US, and won't even pretend they will honor a warranty for a watch sold outside the US. They also charge a 3.5% fee through Chrono24 ito use their service, effectively making it the same price as a new GM one

>>58985890
What is the best under 100$ usd brand?

>>58996499
Its you every time isnt it

Did they really stop the production of SKXs?

I've been hearing about this since the SRPs were announced.

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>>58985890
Why Tag "huehue" is shit?

>>58998301
https://youtu.be/0pOtkAa1iqQ

>>58997737
This desu it's been said like 60 times now
Vostok
Seiko 5
Casio
Timex
See >>58991957

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Take with a grain of salt, etc.

>>58995570
>>58996027
>Unironically comparing Nomos to IWC

No.

Nomos pricing reflects the large R&D and capital investments required to become a production movement designer and producer at Nomos' production volumes. The DUW 3001 caliber is a ground up ultra-thin automatic caliber.

IWC sells $10,000 ETA powered shitters and spends ITS money on cringe inducing advertising targeting precisely the same segment of the nouveau riche as Panerai.

>>58998740
>£2500
Yeh nah. It'll be cool for die hard collectors, but holy shit, even as a limited run item that's just stupid. Another £500 and that's a pelagos right there.

>>58998843
Just have to wait and see what the non limited edition is like I guess. 80k yen is definitely more reasonable than 350k. It being 43mm and no 8L35 is a bit of a turn off though.

>tfw watched so much TGV that I hear his groaning everytime I see a nice watch.

>>58998862
Yeah, that's like the neighborhood of a SARX or SARW.

This should be fun.

>>58992920
Yes. Easily my favourite watch company.

>>58995166
Nato is the obvious one, and cheap.
I like "pilot" style leather straps with rivets for it.

>>58995351
I got a chink spring bar tool and it broke after a dozen uses. Now I have a bergeon.
Buy quality, buy once. You're not saving money if you end up having to buy the good stuff later on.>>58995353

>>58996027
>One of the best value offers is overpriced
Yeah, you're absolutely not trolling

>>58998843
And how is a Pelagos better?

>>58998820
>ground up
Isn't the design based on the Peseux 7001?

>>58999155
Chronometer for a start.
Fuck, even a BB is chronometer, and that would run in at £2500.

Better WR too.

I won't argue better styling, because I kinda like the look of the Seiko.

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>>58990251
I'm sorry I haven't been around lately my friend. I've been very busy lawyering some shit of an important case, maybe one of the most relevants of my entire career.

Plus, my photograph exhibition is now close, and I have to make sure everything goes as it should be; from editing the series, to post processing to the final printing.

However, even if it's not as often as I would like, I'll always try to drop by every now and then, since I really like this nepalese steam strip-dancing colloquium, and I genuinely appreciate all of you m8's.

Oh, and btw, unless you're a 16yo cutie, step away from my bikini regions.

>Everyone, please post some new collection pics if you can; I'll save them later.

Cheers.

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>tfw no signet ring with family crest

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>>58999456
Nothing new yet, although I am bidding on a speedsonic. Hopefully I can nab it for a reasonable price.

>>58999490
Glad to say hi m8.
Best of lucks in the auction. As always, if you do get it, please post pics.

Cheers.

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>>58999489
>tfw no family crest

>>58999565
>>58999489

Why not just make a crest and get a ring?
I'm currently designing a crest for my family based on another leg of the familytree which are nobility.

>>58999188
Seiko doesn't get their watches certified by a Swiss observatory though. A watch can be very accurate without having "chronometer" on the dial. But fair point, the movement on that Seiko isn't fancy at all for the price point.
The WR I'd say is irrelevant, because I'm not sure anyone dives at more than 200m with a multi-thousand dollar luxury wristwatch.

>>58999456
Don't worry lawyeranon
I understand that you don't get a collection as substantial as the one you have without hard work and I appreciate that you still find time to post here despite your pedophllic nature.
I too am hoping to be a lawyer someday as I have finished my A levels of economics history and maths.

See you around

>>58999456
You're a great dude avocado. Don't abandon us for very long. ;_;

>>58999163

Their earlier movements were, but as far as I am aware the DUW 3001 is a clean sheet design, especially due to the layout changes required to get the caliber so thin.

>>58999147
I will give them full credit for making their own movement designs. Now what do you have to stand on?

Oh right, you're paying $3000 for a fucking cheap, flimsy Daniel Wellington lookalike with a mediocre auto movement that gets away with charging that much because you're hipster watch blogs shilled hard for it's (((Bauhaus))) design.

>>59000695
1/10 you will get someone

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which one, /wt/?

>>59000826
First Choice:
1. Bottom Right
2. Top right
3. Top Left
4. Bottom left

>>58996027
>>59000695

Just be quiet. You clearly have no understanding of the scale of investment required for a company the size of Nomos to conduct R&D, design and development and series production of mechanical movements.

Nomos pricing climbed in tandem with their increasing investment in movement design and manufacturing, because the investment spending required is quite large relative to their output volumes.

Furthermore, you are simply lying about the quality for manufacturing and finishing on their watches.

You are exactly the worst kind of person into watches who thinks they know what they are talking about but has zero actual understanding of horology.

>>59000856
The price is probably high because they have paid shills go onto internet forums to attack anyone who calls them Daniel Wellingtons for people that are even dumber with their money.

>>59000826
SKX if you want a pro diver, or top left of you want something good-looking.

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>>59000826
none of the above

>>59000892

Here is a little exercise that might educate you a little bit, you inveterate pleb:

Go look up how many current watchmakers are fully independent (I.e. not owned by a large group), who exclusively design and manufacture their own movements (I.e. don't use ANY ebauches), what their production volumes are, and what they charge for their watches.

Hint: Nomos are probably the least expensive non-China made watches on the market that fit that criteria.

>>59001059

Seiko now eat shit faggot. And no, not all of Seiko watches are made in China, only the cheapo mall ones.

>>59001059
Vostok is 100% in-house.

>>59001126
Seiko 5s are made in Malaysia but I agree nonetheless Nomos look tacky af
Go on Google images type nomos and they all look near enough the same, no diversity at all to an extent. Bauhas a shit imo

>>59001126

Are you stupid perhaps?

Seiko has roughly a thousand times the production volume of Nomos and thus their cost per movement is a tiny fraction of what it is for nomos.

>>59001217

Yes. With a movement R&D budget of zero and using 50 year old movement manufacturing equipment whose capital costs have already been fully absorbed.

Again, you people are simply not understanding how manufacturing businesses work.

Nomos only makes about 20,000 watches per year, meaning that the spending they do on R&D, movement design, and the capital investments and operating overhead required to manufacture movements has to be absorbed by those 20,000 watches per year, meaning the cost per watch is much higher than it would be if they were 10x the size.

>>59001331
Which means watches made by giants like Seiko are better quality for the same price than garage manufacturers like Homos. I've not been following the entire discussion but I hope that's what you're getting at.

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>>59001245
To be fair, I really like the Zürich Weltzeit.

>>59001428
Oh snap that caught my eye have not seen that before
Looks gr8 tbqhwufam

>>59001415

Yes, Grand Seikos are much cheaper than Nomos. Oh wait.

Also, all independent watchmakers are shit compared to The Swatch Group, Richemont, etc. Oh wait.

That's okay. Frederique Constant/Alpina are cheaper and don't pad their sales volumes with ebauche powered watches. Oh wait.

>>59001594
There are made in japan seikos that aren't grand seikos, just saiyan m8.

>>59001606

I'm well aware of that, but the 6rXX is a much simpler movement than those produced by Nomos and is made in astronomically larger volumes.

Even so, Seiko's high-end Presage models and Brightz models are in the $750-$1000 range, even with the relatively pedestrian 6rXX, and the few 8L35 powered Seiko's are into Nomos price range.

>>59001594
Wow, you're really buttblasted for some reason. Later, ***hole!

>>59001716
>censoring the word ass
Are you 12, autistic, old or being ironic?

>>59001736
Take a f*cking guess, R-word.

>>59001059
>>59001245
>>59001331
Nomos is literally a brand wanked into mid luxury by bloggers and watch forums who just heard the word bauhaus

>>59001716

Someone clearly is booty blasted here, but it isn't me.

>>59001778

Feel free to keep your totally uninformed horological ignorance to yourself.

>>59001815
lmao

I was there when Nomos first started and their Club, Tangente and Tangomat cost like 500EUR

the extra 1500EUR you are paying for now is purely the wankery watch bloggers and forums did for the brand

The skx013 has the same thickness as the 007 right? So does it have a weird proportion on the wrist because of that?

My wrist is kinda small and I've always wanted to buy a moderate sized diver but I'm kinda worried it will look weird because it's rather small but quite thick. Sorry for confusing English, not my native language.

>>59001853
>Sorry for confusing English, not my native language.

Quit showing off Muhammed.

>>59001842

See:
>>59000856

When your production volumes are in the 10,000 - 20,000 pieces per year range, you cannot sizeable increase your investment into R&D, design, and movement manufacturing without it significantly increasing the cost per watch.

This would be obvious to anyone who understood the slightest thing about the watchmaking industry.

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>>59001853
it's a "tall" watch

>>59001889
they still priced it at 500EUR and thought it was fair.

they just have dumber buyers now who want to pay more because BAAAUUUUHHAAAAAUUUSSSSS

>>59001815
You're being very rude. Also a faggot.

>>59001918
thanks for the pic anon. I guess I'll just get the 007. more options for mods and after-market bracelet too.

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I got a Planet Ocean chronograph replica (a copy of the limited 007 QoS version) brought in for repair. I tried it on, and at 45mm it looks like I'd be able to pull it off, but just barely. But it's totally not comfortable with the oversized crown and buttons digging into my hand.

Feels good not being a total wristlet.

>>59001918

When Nomos' watches were priced at 500EUR they were still literal Peseux 7001s or heavily based on that movement with a large number of purchased parts.

Between 2005 and today Nomos went from partly making and mostly assembling Peseux 7001s to scratch designing and manufacturing movements. Like I've been saying, the investment spending required to achieve this from a company the size of Nomos inevitably meant the watches were going have to go up in price.

>>59001936
>Complaining that someone was rude to you
>On a Singaporean shadow-puppet symposium

Is this your first day here?

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Also today the worst Casio I have ever seen in my fucking like got brought in for a battery change. It has two quartz movements, like a fucking Diesel.

I hope whoever designed this was forced to commit Songoku afterwards by the company.

>>59002106
>taking semi-ironic posting seriously
Is it yours? Literally go back, f*ggot.

>>59002119
(You)

>>59002182
Thanks.

>>59002077
>current year
>buying replicas
>buying 45 mm watches
Compensating for something fatty?

>>59002335
Can you read whole sentences, stupid, or just certain words and just fill in the blanks?

>>59002094
>moving around a base movement and calling it "manufacture"

lmao literally Tag tier

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Post your Vostok and Opinel.

>>59002356
>Making things up out of whole cloth because you've been so totally BTFO.

The more recent Nomos movement designs are no longer based at all on the Peseux 7001.

>>59002403
Do they offer any advantage over the 7001? Or were they just riding the in-house meme wave.

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>>59002368
Don't fucking derail this thread again it explicitly states
>Watch thread. Not autism thread

>>58999133
Just use a small screw driver

>>59002403
>totally BTFO
>implying they don't use modified movements
>implying Seiko and even fucking Orient don't have in-house movements at $100-200

hahahaha but yeah go ahead pay that extra 2000EUR because magical bauhaus unicorns and wizened bearded watchmakers made your Homos with magical german fairy dust

>>59002440
>Knows nothing about the subject
>Does zero research
>Talks a bunch of shit anyway.

As the saying goes, I'm not here to spoon feed horology to shit heads.

>>59002614

Go away, you ignorant pleb.

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Just bought this bad boy.

Never going to look beta again.

>>59002643
(You)

Been thinking of buying a fake rolex off Alphabay for like $100. I might keep it and just use it as a prop item or maybe I'll give it to someone as a gift. What do you guys think?

>>59002635
>mad he fell for a pleb catcher brand

I'm sure a watch blogger or two will reassure your purchase lmao

>>59002682
an SKX007 is tons more respectable and reliable than any fake rolex

>>59002595
>not autism thread
That's a contradiction, m8

>>59002635
Stop being so analblasted you oversensitive sissy, I'm not even the guy you're arguing with. I asked a question because I don't know. So, again: Are the in-house movements better than the P7001?

>>59002728
Well it'd be more for looks than anything.

>>59002682
>fake rolex off Alphabay for like $100

why

>>59002709

I don't own a Nomos and would not buy one as the aesthetics are not to my taste. I'm defending them because the number of non haute horlogerie watchmakers actually investing in movement design and manufacturing today is miniscule and anyone who does it should be respected.

>>59002799

Seriously, is it that hard to Google "nomos" "DUW 3001" and "Nomos" "swing system"?

Basically, yes, the in-house movements are substantially better than a P7001.

>>59002825
>buy fake rolex
>wear it at club
>girl mirrors it
>fuck her, one night stand
>she will never know it's fake

>>59002823
Just get an invicta then

>>59002643
>Time 1: Jamal (aka "The Nubian Bull") time
>Time 2: UTC+2 (Israel time)
>Time 3: My wife's son time
>Time 4: me time (local time zone)

>>59002841
You really need to calm down.

>"swing system"
Is this some kind of marketing buzzword for something that was already invented in the XIX century but no one really wanted (eg. cuck-axial)?

>>59002842

>ons
>being this much of a degenerate

>>59002917
>>>59002841 (You)
>You really need to calm down.

Yes, very clearly I'm raging here as I spoon-feed horology to you.

>>"swing system"
>Is this some kind of marketing buzzword for something that was already invented in the XIX century but no one really wanted (eg. cuck-axial)?

Nomos designed and now manufactures their own escapement. The number of non haute horlogerie makers capable of this is tiny (Citizen, Seiko, Rolex, ETA, Soporod, Sellita, am I missing anyone?). Nomos apparently invested €11 million in developing the capability to design and manufacture it. For an annual turnover of 10,000-20,000 watches.

>>59003125

I forgot Vostok, though I'm not sure if continuing to produce a 50 year old design unchanged counts.

I'm also not sure about Frederique Constant/Alpina. I know they have some in-house movements but I am not sure if they have designed and manufactured their own escapement or still rely on buying them.

>>59003151
>I forgot Vostok, though I'm not sure if continuing to produce a 50 year old design unchanged counts.

Why wouldn't it?

>>59003270

Because Vostok today may no longer have the capacity to design and manufacture a new escapement, and because they do not spend anything on movement R&D or equipment since they are continuing to produce a very old and simple design.

>>59002112
wtf i hate casio now

Do any of you have experience with the seiko snd253/255? I've been eying one up recently and just wanted to get told how shit my taste is before I buy it

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Just met Shane for the first time. Removed the speck on my Sinn dial and had a pretty impressive work shop.

>>59003691
whats all the hype about sinn about they look unremarkable to me

>>59003691

Shane is a good dude. There's like three or four at least semi-regular /wt/ posters that have dealt with him now.

>>59003832

The quality of finishing on them doesn't come through well in pictures. They are very well made and Sinn has done a lot of R&D into improving case and movement durability with tegimenting and de-humidifying technologies.

They are legitimate tool watches made to a very good standard.

>>59003832
The finishing and case/bracelet quality is what does it for me. Plus styling is to each their own, I really like it.


Be warned, there is an anti sinn poster here who spews bullshit

>>59003964
Yeah his workshop was pretty impressive. In no way organized but he knew where everything was alright. Someone was just going in after me so I'm glad he's keeping busy but I did want to stop and talk. Unfortunately he said the watch industry prevents people from making a living doing what he does anymore

>>59002917
No, it's literally just a normal swiss lever escapement

>>59003964
Whats a tool watch?

>>59004069

He's right. Most of the industry is desperately trying to clamp down on independent watchmakers, refusing to sell them parts or certify them to service their watches.

As far as I know, the vast majority of Shane's work is on vintage watches (which should normally NEVER be taken to that brand's authorized service center).

>>59003691
Shane? Shane Ede?

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>>59003125
Lol it's just a basic Swiss lever escapement like on any Seiko 5 you fucking homo.

>>59002112
>like a fucking Diesel
I thought it was one at first. Clearly they're hoping to capture some of that same market share.

>>59004135
Yes

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>>59004178
>Seiko
>Swiss lever escapement

You really are a complete horological pleb.

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>no Breguet overcoil
>not free sprung
>no swan neck
>balance cock instead of full balance bridge
>not even a rate adjusting screw
>not even an own shock spring design, just common Incabloc
>21600bph
WOW SO MUSH QUALLITY AN INOVASHUN!!!!

>>59004248
I hope you're trolling, kiddo.

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>>59003351
Vostok has said they have the next two or so movements already designed, potentially with a higher BPH and quick-set date. After their bankruptcy and restructuring in 2010 they've now settled enough to start work on improving once again. To prevent more financial issues they're not taking out any loans or anything, so with their low profit margins they can only do a little bit at a time. The next few months you will see this.

best watch under $30

give me what you got /wt/

>>59004178

isn't that a photo of the hairspring

>>59004346
Casio AE1200 or Pulsar PW3001

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>>59004346
This

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>>59004324
Hope so, but then again Vostok had a rare day-date 24 caliber movement, and they never bothered reintroducing that.

>>58999456
Hey lawyer, glad you're still here, hope you read this.
I've been saving cause I want to buy a Rolex, but I'm still short. I now have the chance to buy my boss's old Type XX and because it's for me, he's giving me a really competitive price for the full set and mint condition. I could buy it and still have something left to start saving for my Rolex.
However, I'm unsure due to the whole "Breguet is a Swatch and therefore is shit" thing. What's your experience with Breguet? Are they worth it?

What kind of photograph do you take lawyer? Where are you going to exibit?

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>>59004291
>Pretending there has been no further development in movement design at Nomos since the introduction of their own escapement design.
>Pretending free sprung balances are inherently better than smooth balances
>Pretending significant development wasn't required to develop a scratch designed ultra-thin automatic caliber
>Pretending their newest calibers doesn't have a rate adjustment mechanism
>Or a full balance bridge
>Pretending any of his shitposting is an argument against Nomos being one of the tiny number of non haute horlogerie watchmakers able to design and produce its own movements ground-up.

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>>59004404
I've heard it was unreliable. Vostok has a ton of variants of movements, but yeah most go nowhere. It's not that they can't, they just choose not to probably for simplicity.

>>59002643
kill me please

>>59004487
Breguet is higher than Rolex imo

ffs it was Napoleons watchmaker

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>>59004367
>Being pleb-caught five separate times

HAHAHAHAH, OH WOW

>>59004575
The modern company has absolutely nothing to do with the man.

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>>59004367
Please tell me you took this off Reddit.

>>59004491
Calm down fanboy.

>>59004525
I know there's room to machine out a post on the mainplate for a hack lever. Wonder if they'll ever do that.

I wonder why a lot of manufacturers just won't do that. If the escapement is that close to the keyless work it's literally just one brass part.

>>59004367
How do you like the mondaine?

>>59004367
that mondaine better be a stop2go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJwPOBoy3V8

Why are swatch sister 51s dogshit?

>>58986747
Horrific colouring.
Other than that it looks good, clean design, date and GMT hand.
I'd prefer a month and day indicator and it is not clear if there is any lume there.

>>59004712
the Stop2Go is a brilliant piece of engineering.

>>59004799
it is.

>>59004835
nice. S2G or not, I just love their designs so much.

>>59004826
>GMT hand.
what

>>59004680

I'm not even a fan of their watches, but I am a fan of any watchmaker that actually invests into mechanical movement R&D and production instead of just slapping an existing off the shelf design into their watches.

The number of newly designed production automatic movements since the quartz revolution in the 1970's is really small, since virtually no one in the industry gives a single fuck about movement design and engineering anymore.

Here, let's try making a list of non haute horologie watchmakers that have designed new fully in-house (including hairsprings) automatic movements capable of being series produced since the 1970s:

Seiko (7s26, 6rXX, 8rXX, 8LXX, 9sXX)
Rolex (3135)
Omega (2500, 8500)
Soprod (A10)
Citizen/Miyota (9015)
Nomos (DUW 3001)

Feel free to add any I'm missing. I think how short that list is should speak for itself in explaining why anyone interested in horology should have some respect for the very few remaining manufatures actually developing production automatic movements.

>>59004680
They had a hacking 2434 movement too, but again, simplicity. That's one more hole to mill out, one more spring to cut, one more part to assemble, one more part that could break.

The date is likely a popular worthwhile feature for the public, hacking to the second on a watch that is already not accurate, not so much unless military.

Today there's basically 4 movements: date and no-date automatic and manual. No-date of course simply leaving those parts out. There are a few 24 hourish models, side seconds, but that's merely swapping out a pinion or other part.

>>59004900
What is haute?

>>59004884
probably just a 24hr converter

>>59004938
high

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>>59004938

>>59004938

Haute horlogerie refers to watchmakers that produce watches with significant complications, and which produce watches in very small numbers with high prices.

Examples include A Lange & Sohne, Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, Audemars Piguet, Jaeger LeCoultre, Girard Perregaux, Piaget, Etc.

>>59004938
Means high as in better
Patek, VC, fp journe, AL&S, JLC,

Would credor count?

>>59004900
Niggas got a point

>>59005053
The minute repeater would. Maybe Eichi.

>>59005164

Didn't Credor unveil a tourbillion this year? At this point I think Credor qualifies as haute horlogerie.

>>59004900
Well put my man

>>59004818
http://watchguy.co.uk/review-a-trip-inside-the-swatch-sistem51-eta-c10111/

>>59005194
Oh yeah, I forgot about that.

And I would think you'd label the individual models, not entire brands. They'll still sell you a simple 8J quartz two hander(basically a worse 9f.) That may be nice, but not haute horolgy.

>>59004931
they have a gmt too

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>>59005230
>>59005194
By the way, when talking about Credor, something that sometimes gets overlooked is the 6800 series mechanical. Really excellent and thin mechanical movements, finished very well.

Complete watches have been as thin as 4.4mm. And this comes from a movement that was originally released in 1960s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STZ3MYIlCPo
http://www.credor.com/crafts/movement/

If you remember the "special thanks" collector's seiko with the fish on the back, that is based on 6898.

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Can anyone explain the three pointy things in their logo?

>>59005194
Yeah the fugaku it's a work of art, truly

>>59005395
Hey nineball could you elaborate on
>the "special thanks" collector's seiko with the fish on the back

>>59005484
Three dicks they ram into you for not buying a swiss master race.

>>59005484
It comes from the Chinese character for mountain 山

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Any ideas for casio calculator watch replacement straps that don't look like ass?

>Unlike pic related

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>>59005596
http://www.ablogtowatch.com/seiko-shinju-hattori-special-model-limited-edition-watch-japan/

The dial and hands are very elegant, and represents the sea and sky.

On the back is where it gets colorful and playful for movement decoration, with a fish wearing glasses (representing Shinji Hattori, president of Seiko) thanking the person.

They made 39 of them (39, 三九 さんきゅ、sankyu, sounds like how japanese pronounce "thank you.")

Basically, a select few got their hands on this.

>>59005608
Source?

>>59005395

Wow, another Daini caliber resurrected in the 1990s. It still amazes me how totally Daini BTFO'd Suwa as a movement designer.

>>59005688
Made me smile reading that seiko really are something huh

>>59005688
lol this is so quirky I love it

>>59005599
>trusting the mountain jew with your watch money

>>59005701
That's what it said here at least https://azfinetime.wordpress.com/2014/05/16/seiko-credor-masterpiece-spring-drive-minute-repeater-gbls998/

>>59005688
>27k for a Seiko
That's fucking retarded.

>>59004818
They arent, theyre just designed and marketed for normies.
Also way too thiccc

>>59005958
>unironically being this much of a pleb

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>>59005958

>>59006031
Quality contribution. Have another.

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>>59005224
>The winding stem can’t be removed as there is no need to do that. You just buy the watch, and put it straight into the bin. No need to wear it.

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>>59006019
>unironically being this much of a fanboy

Will a 38mm that's 12mm tall be too thicc

>>59005688
hahaha i forgot about that watch

>>59005701
mountains play a big role in seiko's design for their high end pieces. and there's a link to the micro artist studio being on a mountain.

>>59006461
no

>>59006461
nah
it's not thin that's all

>>59006204
I think I've read somewhere that the more recent sistem51 movements are more serviceable.
i don't know how true it is, and it doesn't mean much anyway, since the first ones aren't serviceable at all.