/wt/ watch thread

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>>59139395
>First for Sangdo and WUS

Omega Aqua Terra Homage:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/40mm-Sangdo-Business-watch-Automatic-mechanical-movement-Waterproof-watch-0268a-2015-new-fashion/2012460585.html

>>59139499
>Agua derra?

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anyone have experience with avi-8 watches? want to get a hawker hunter but i have questions about the quality

>>59139343
>>59139499
Looks great in the ad, but the higher res pictures in some of the threads make them look like straight caca. I think every day I'd expect the thing to just shit the bed.

>>59139548
I had one AVI-8 arrive on me with a broken minute hand.

It was swiftly sorted out by the customer
service though and apparently it is endemic to
that particular model.

If you do get an AVI-8, do your research on the
specific model because their QC is shit and
don't fucking overpay for a Quartz fashion
statement.

Thoughts on this watch?

http://www.longislandwatch.com/Orient_ET0T001W_watch_p/et0t001w.htm

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>>59139578
It seems accurate enough though from what I am hearing and it is significantly cheaper than the Seagull Seamaster
(Which that Anon from the previous threads
copped the last one in black, that lucky bastard)

Not sure tho, how these two compare.
The Seagull seamaster is a commissioned
piece by Seagull Singapore.
It is not sold
anywhere else. Its very limited run meant that
at most a hundred were sold on the
open market.
The rumored quality niggles are keeping me away though.

From what I heard from Seagull Singapore, there is only 1 blue Seamaster left (And they stopped production entirely) and my payslip is coming in later this month...

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>>59139734
Is good

>>59139618
what model had the defect in particular?

>>59139752
Have you spent any time in /csg/?

Chinese shit is really shit

>>59139734
It uses a day/night indicator and makes it look like a moonphase. Which is kind of low class.

Otherwise it's a cheaper mechanical with sapphire crystal.

Link to WUS Sangdo shilling thread?

>>59139818
>It uses a day/night indicator and makes it look like a moonphase

I don't understand why people say this.

A day and night indicator is completely different thing to a moon phase. I posted one of my watches once and someone immediately said "LOL THATS NOT A MOON PHASE FAKE SHIT"

They're not TRYING to be moon phases.

>>59139764
AVI-8 Hawker Harrier II

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>>59139860
It specifically is using a moon phase shaped aperture to appear to be a moonphase. The aperture is created this way to read the phases of the moon of a disk with 2 moons on it.

>>59139777
Yes I am one of the few Anons who have actually taken the plunge and actually bought from Taobao (2 year Vet).

You won't believe the quality and the price of Chink shit and their quality is often close or even surpassing other brands in the market (Except for their clothing)

As long as you do your research and carefully scrutinise the reviews, it's all good.

>>59139897
It's calling itself the "sun & moon" and advertising the fact it has a day and night indicator.

If it was trying to fake a moonphase it would say "moon phase".

>>59139821
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f72/quality-alternative-seagull-seamaster-homage-sangdo-om311-1070507.html

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f71/sea-gull-seamaster-back-stock-limited-availability-3370594-18.html

>>59139915
I've bought plenty of chink shit as well, from jewelry to tech, and it's never as good as the real thing. As long as you're aware, and if you think it's good enough, then it's all good

>>59139734
The screws ruin it for me

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>tfw no chink watch with real moon phase

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>>59139919
So the thing is labeled sun and moon, yes which does make it more confusing why they would bother faking a moonphase window when it could use something more true to a day/night.

And it's not "calling" itself sun and moon, when the watch enters the country Puri-time (the main american distribution company and owner of orientwatchusa, which is a retailer not part of orient) gives it a name for the american market. Orient calls it a ET0T001W.

>>59139997
The wavy cut it probably a style choice.

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>>59139938
I might order this as I'm a fan of chinkshit watches that are obviously chinese. And I like the fact this has a chinese sounding company name and a chinese date wheel.

But can Aliexpress get it to Europe? They're American based right?

>>59139984
So far so good
I haven't been chinked (Except on 1 piece of Clothing).

My Chinkshit from Taobao haven't broke yet after 2 years (A good sign).
Then again, I bought into Chinkshit way back when Astrotecs/Wallytechs are the dominant audiomeme
and Erke/Li-Ning were just starting to sell on the intl stage so take it with a pinch of salt.

>>59140043
I doubt it. Seems to me like there's been changes in orient and Seiko about integrity. Things like fake moonphases are pretty much out of seiko, as are blatent design copies like fake datejusts which have been pushed to their other brands like pulsar. Orient has done some but not all of this yet.

I would really like to hear a meeting and see an overview of how they're going to position these different brands moving forward, and how the conversations change given that Orient is part of Epson.

>>59140065
Yea they do

I've got a chinkshit vacuum tube preamp sitting on my desk.

The instructions were literally written in pen, but it still works after a year. And I paid $30 including shipping.

>>59139818
What's the difference ?

>>59140071
>fake datejusts

You mean like a rolex datejust homage?

>>59140153
Yeah.

>>59140147
A moonphase is a disk that rotates every 29.5 days and shows you which phase the moon is in.

A day/night indicator is a 24 hour wheel with a sun and moon on them.

>>59140166
keep in mind it will actually only do 1/2 a rotation for each new-moon to new-moon. Because there's two moon on the disk.

>>59140065
Then You might be into shit like Beijing Watches and Maison D' Celadon

Here is a preview of some of the really upmarket stuff:
http://zhangdaoboutique.com/en/
http://www.longiowatch.com/
http://www.memorigin.com/

>>59140192
I'm also a poor fucker.

Celadon Imperial is like my dream watch. But I'm not rich enough to blow $800 on a watch. Especially a watch from China with all the associated risk that entails.

Opinions on Junkers?

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What is this supposed to be a homage too?

Also I hate when they put random shit on the dial that isn't true. Like "datejust" and "officially certified".

>>59140287
My grandpappy didn't fight in WW2 for me to buy a nazi watch

>>59140288
literally the first reply itt

>>59140288
Omega Aqua Terra

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>>59140065
What do you think of my slavshit chinkaboo watch? It's a 1950s Vostok Sino-Soviet friendship wind-up that I bought from some Ukrainian dude on eBay for $68 shipped.

>>59140299
>>59140310
If it's a homage to omega why are they pretending it's a rolex on the dial?

>>59140335
trying to hit it all at once. It's china.

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>>59140334
Looks nice but looks beat up

Almost pulled the trigger on this. Which is a reproduction of an old watch, but WUS told me it's a piece of shit.

>>59140221
With quality Chink watches (Seagull & Beijing), maintenance is going to be a bitch (Shipping it to China and all that).

Other than it, it should be okay once you take that into account, assuming you bought from the official dealer.

>>59140334
Dial needs a cleanup
Needs a change in strap
Needs to be regulated
Some Brushing and TLC

>>59140400
Why would it need to go back to China to be maintained?

Most chinese watches are using clones of ETA, or Seiko.

Does China even make a non cloned movement?

Even if they did it's not going to be complicated enough to stump your local watch repairman right?

>Fake Casio F-91Ws exist

Literally why

>>59140481
cause chingchongnipnong

>>59140362
>Looks nice but looks beat up
I actually kind of liked that about it. Most anything I wear gets beat to shit, anyway.

> reproduction of an old watch, but WUS told me it's a piece of shit
I'd try to find an original, that looks pretty slick. Does the original have the English shitting it up?

>>59140400
>Dial needs a cleanup
>Needs a change in strap
>Needs to be regulated
>Some Brushing and TLC
Is there a good guide on doing all this? This is my first mechanical watch, first antique watch, and first watch I can't wear in the shower. I figured the dial was more flaked and deteriorated than it was dirty.

Does Amazon sell anything good ?

>>59140498
Yes

>>59140425
>Non-cloned
See: Tong-ji and Pre-Tong-ji movements

The thing is Seagull, Beijing and the upper-tier Chinkwatches watches do have international warranties (Some are even lifetime, for etc, Seagull/Beijing Tourbillons), you don't want to void that.

>>59140493
>I'd try to find an original, that looks pretty slick.

There's a guy on WUS that runs a Chinese horology museum in America and not even he can find one for sale. I think they're from a time when every single "company" in China was owned by the government.

>Does the original have the English shitting it up?

Don't think so

>>59139499
I'm gonna pull the trigger on this watch when I get paid on Tuesday

>>59140520
>Chinese horology museum in America
Sweet, where's that at? I want to take my Chinese girlfriend there and meme about chinkshit being inferior.

Looking for some thoughts on hand winders. A couple suggestions i see thrown around are luch, seagull 1963, and some vintage seikos. What else does the hand wind market have in the 300-500~ $ range and why isn't it more popular ?

>>59140583
http://www.amchpr.com/

Alberta

>>59140569
>2 available
Not if I buy one for each wrist tonight :^)

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>>59140612
FUCK

>>59140612
Jesus they sell out fast. I'm gonna have to buy it tonight if I want it I guess.

I dunno I don't like being rushed.

I don't really need it, I'm thinking about buying a Seiko Alpinist but I'm trying to justify spending $400 on a watch.

But I'll probably end up spending that much on 4 different watches anyway. So it would probably be better to buy one Seiko Alpinist than 4 pieces of shit.

>suddenly thread full of shilling for a dogshit

>>59140612
>>59140657
>>59140650
There are still White dials for sale though

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/40mm-Sangdo-Business-watch-Waterproof-watch-0269C-2015-new-fashion-Automatic-mechanical-movement-Waterproof-watch/2012461950.html

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/40mm-Sangdo-Business-watch-Automatic-mechanical-movement-0269B-Waterproof-watch/2012466477.html

>>59140657
>Seiko Alpinist
Why don't they make a blue one ffs

>>59140724
>There's still shit colours left

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>>59140657
Aaaand

I don't even know if I like the Seiko Alpinist.

But if I buy any other watches and then I decide I DO like the Seiko Alpinist I'll hate myself for wasting money on other watches.

I don't really like how busy the chapter ring is. I would prefer it didn't have it.

Sturhling any good?

>>59140815
>Buy your shit straight from Seagull senpai
Trust me it is worth the shekels

Does China not have any laws on intellectual property?

It seems that anyone can release a watch under any name they want. This results in several watch factories releasing watches under names that don't actually exist because the name has brand recognition.

Like "Panis" or "Kronen and Sohne".

>>59140815
no

>>59140847
kinda sorta

>>59140847
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S_z7CdIaOU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCVQF_QL-6Y

>>59140847
They do.
But IP violations are under their civil law and their IP system is like the EU.

Whoever files the patent first, gets the patent.
Doesn't help that their laws are weakly enforced in that area.

>>59140847
china is china
don't buy dogshit

>>59140767
I have the SARB017. You don't really notice the compass ring when viewing the time.

>>59140895
Can you tell me how pretty it is?

The thing that sucks with watches is that no one can capture how good they look in pictures.

>>59140860
WUS takes this a step further and they actually get watches commissioned to their designs.

It's amazing what you can get in China.

>>59140602
Neat, thanks.

>>59140860
Is there a place online you can order one of these custom watches?

>>59140932
China is DIY Hardware haven, so it is not at all surprising.

Coincidentally, it is how Celadon/Perpetual got started.

Too bad /wt/ is not cohesive enough to engage in such community projects.

>>59140955
Try Baidu or Taobao
I don't think they have a site in the English medium or outside of the Mainland Chink forums.

>>59140976
The problem with Chinese everything is it's so impenetrable by westerners. I don't know if that's by design but it's incredibly hard to research Chinese products.

Chinese watches especially you'll google a company and get maybe 1 post on a forum about it.

>>59140907
Well since green is my favorite color I am a bit biased.

If you are really into the design I say go for it.

>>59141019
I like the fact it's green and you don't get many watches that are green.

But I don't like the fact it costs 2 months food budget.

>>59141000
Because they have real tangible capitalism, brands rise and fall in China all the time 24/7.

Like America in the 50s, one can just
set up one's business with little Barriers to
entry and less IP restrictions actually help
SMEs to flourish in the market and keep people
employed and fostering the true entrepreneurial spirit.

Your business flops? No problem, you can start another one ez pz.

There are generally no good public sources for Chinese watches, other than their own specialist net forums or review sites in their own medium. So to get a feel for a Chinese company, you normally have to go to Ground Zero.

what other kind of straps can I use with my snk 5 to make it look a little high class?

hard mode - no chain linked straps or metal straps and leather ones

>>59141073
Rayskin

>>59141073
The Seiko 5 is already the highest class of watch there is, why would you want to make it look more classy? You might get mistaken for a billionaire and kidnapped.

>>59141073
Plaid & Herringbone

>>59141084
>>59141098
>>59141126

thinking about getting a Milanese strap, would this even fit my snk 5?

>>59139994
w2c?
also hows the quality

>>59141153
It was a watch commissioned by WUS in 2011. There's like below 200 in existence.

>>59141142
you already said no chainlink.

Ok I'll order a Seiko Alpinist but I'm putting it on my credit card so it feels like I'm not losing all the money at once.

>>59141183
You still lose money tho

Better to just sleep on it and then buy it when you can easily afford it

>>59141202
I can easily afford it.

I never have any problem affording anything, it's justifying the purchase.

>>59141183
Do you not pay off your credit card?

>>59141173

my dumbass thought milanese is not metal for some reason.

I guess I'll have to get back to nato straps.

>>59141237
Yeah but you can pay half on a credit card off right away and then pay off half next paycheque and not pay any interest.

Feels like less of a big purchase that way.

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We should do a custom /wt/ watch.

didn't work out last time

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>>59141290
We could even get a Chinese-made ETA movement from Seagull or Hangzhou

I'd like to hear more about that anon's chinese gf

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>>59141183
Good luck

>>59141320
looking to live vicariously?

>>59141320

I have a Chinese wife if it means anything.

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Guys, who is she

>>59141349
I never really liked them on bracelets but they seem popular with other people

>>59141393
W2c?

>>59141393
How is the succ?

>>59141430

She's okay with her mouth, but her best skill is being able to take epic poundings without complaint.


>>59141421
>W2c

Any large liberal metropolitan region such as NYC, DC, San Francisco, Seattle, etc etc.

Anyone order one of those Thai wives?

>>59141508
post a review when you get her

>>59141503
>tfw not exactly liberal but want to move to one of those places
>tfw no asian wife
brb jumping off the nearest hill

>westernised Asians

Gross

>>59141320
>>59141393
>>59141430
>>59141503
>>59141508
>>59141571

So much derail

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>>59141625
sorry

>>59141636
Might as well say Invicta on the watch

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>>59141778
>hating on this
c'mon

>>59141799
2thick4me.

>>59141290
Yes!

And something worthy of the 50 year anniversary of the first Moon landing in just 2 years time. Omega, no doubt, will relaunch yet another recoloured """edition""".

A Moon watch would need Moon phase and Earth phase, libration indicator and a dragon hand, at a minimum.

>>59141290
>implying people here could agree on a design

It would either look like shit, or a boring compromise that some other company does better. Unless you happen to have a good idea for a design handy.

>>59142776
The good thing is that we can also get a custom lume that is negotiable by price, custom engravings on the movement and casing.

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Real white men wear real white man watches

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>>59142776
Here is some inspiration for the watch dial
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2014/03/star-trail-2-15-2013-Ken-Christison-NC.jpeg

For the Lunar Sub Dial
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2015/12/moon-phases-Fred-Espenak-lg-e1464203296249.jpg

Here is the base template

>>59142776
>>59142927
Ideally it should evoke the feeling that you are on the surface of the moon
http://marketingland.com/wp-content/ml-loads/2014/08/moon-stars-space-ss-1920.jpg

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>>59142954
Well to start with you wouldn't be able to see the stars on the surface of the bright side of the moon.

It should evoke a feeling of loneliness on an endlessly small celestial body, yet a tiny tinge of wonder (Stanley Kubrick)

It should ideally embody the statement:
'That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind'

So a Black Granite watch dial?

>>59139578
Techne and Gavox is better

>>59143047
>>59142776
So a black Granite dial with a Full lunar phase subdial and vaguely apollo-shaped hands?

>>59143187
>>59142776
https://www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/SP-350/i3-2b.jpg

Can anyone recommend a vintage Omega dress watch, black face, domed crystal, no date, 36mm+ (nothing smaller pls)

quartz/hand wound/self-winding

>>59143324
Any 60s Constellation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI2BnQ45Joo

Neat.

>>59143557
dammit kari

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>Tissot has made a China-centric Le Locle with the happiness symbol embossed

really cool

Rolex released a short video of all the movie appearances of their watches

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDcAhtd8IXg

cheap marketing attempt or relevant?

>>59143557
what's the purpose of the spinning chapter ring other than confuse you further?

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>>59139395

Which one?

>>59143779
>Not red and gold with a touch of jade
Looks pretty bad and soulless

>>59144044

Enjoy your proprietary screws so they can screw you for $1,200 services that take six months!

>>59143968
>Looks pretty bad and soulless
so basically like any other new tissot

>>59143968
>red and gold with a touch of jade
that's a bit too much

it's not like everyday is CNY

>>59144492
Would you honestly shop around for service on your $40k watch?

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>>59144555
Then it is not embodying the spirit of the Chinese culture.

In fact, it becomes a cynical attempt to milk money by imprinting the Traditional Chinese characters for Joy on cold empty white surface.

That is as soulless as it gets right there

>>59144675
>white
>soulless

hmm..

>>59143779
It's nice Tissot is giving something back to China after Chain built all their watches

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>>59144992

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New watch

>>59144801
It sounds like a commentary on Tissot as a international conglomerate, rather than any social commentary

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Ok I've finished the design concept for the watch. What you think?

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Use this for the moon phase

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>>59145071
Too busy as is. Something like the stardust/aventurine dial on this speedy would look good. That and the hands should at most be an outline of the saturn V. Perhaps only the hour/minute hands should have said outline.

>>59145023

Yet more proof that Citizen's entire design department should be ritually crucified. Ghastly.

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New steinhart watch.

And shock horror. It's not a shameless "Homage", not that I instantly recognise anyway.

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>>59145514
Deployment clasp and leather band.

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>>59145529
>>59145514
Also comes in white.

Though;
>€750
>Not automatic

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>>59145514
>>59145529
>>59145552
nice perpetual homage

I have some old swatch watches (19.5mm strap width) and want to order a nice cheap NATO strap. Any idea if they are compatible ?
Also are the 6-8 pounds ones from amazon UK any better/worse than the chink ones ?

>>59145141
Black granite might work better

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>>59145573
Nice Glashutte homage

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The /wt/ watch should feature a large moonphase like the CW watch.

>>59145615
Please tell me why that watch is $1755

>>59145615
I actually really like this design

is there an affordable version?

>>59145576
Look at how the strap is attached on your watch and you'll figure it out.

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Do Saturn rocket hands work?

>>59145928
Looks good to me. Although hands like that probably have to be made perfectly to not fuck up the look. I'd also move the non five minute markers such that the outer edge is at the same diameter as the five minute markers. For extra autism make sure non five minutes are 2/3rds the height as well.

>>59144044
Nice, also checked

>>59146141
Having custom hands made up would increase the price by a lot. I don't think it's even possible to do.

All forum watch projects I've seen use generic hands.

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>tfw no Switzerland nuke

>>59145928
Place the moon dial from >>59145083
under the hands (Think Nomos)

Lume is essential so it will be good to leave some spaces for that

This will look magnificent with a spankin' black granite dial

>>59141073
human leather.

Why does /wt/ seem to hate Swiss makers so much?

>want to buy 4 shitter watches just so I can completely fill up the watch box and satisfy OCD of having empty slots

somebody stop me

>>59147116
Can't afford it

>>59147128
If you like something and you can afford them, go for it.

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>>59141073
cork

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>buying Chinese watches

>>59147116
We don't hate Swiss makers, we hate swatch ETA shitters that aren't Swiss and are just trying to ride a wave of fake heritage.

Chinese watches are literally better than these watches.

At least the Chinese watch only costs $100, when the "Swiss" chinese watch costs several thousand.

>>59147116

We don't. We hate "makers" who invest more in marketing than in making watches, and for whom watches exist only as physical totems to be imbued with messages of "prestige" and "success" and then mercilessly flogged to the gullible.

Rolex and the majority of Swiss haute horlogerie brands don't get hated in these threads at all, because they actually still make high quality watches.

>>59147116
There is more hate for Japanese makes than anywhere else

>Don't mention Grand Seiko

>Why does an anime imageboard like Japanese watches so much

I dunno lol

>>59147128
Go vintage

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>>59147128
>>59147293
>tfw I have 4 Citizen 7s all with different dial designs and I paid £40 for all of them.

>>59147393

You overpaid.

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>>59147405
Where can you get a mechanical watch for tenner? Let alone one from the 70s.

>>59147293
>vintage
is there a guide for this? I feel like I'll get scammed and don't know the best places to buy from

>>59147460
>Go on Ebay
>Search "vintage watch"
>Sort by ending soonest

>>59147453
>>59147393
Those are some challenging looks.
Did you buy them all at once? Working? If so that's a great find.

>>59147460
Not a general guide no. If something catches your eye, do your own research on it before bidding.

>>59147453
>tfw i cant find this

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>>59147599
>Did you buy them all at once? Working?

Yeah all within a few days of each other last month. They all came working but they're off by about 30 seconds to a minute over 24 hours.

They could use being serviced and regulated but I was quoted £150 EACH for this. So fuck it. I'm running them till they grind to a halt.

>>59141320
>>59141393
>>59141430
>>59141421
Also have Chinese gf if interested. No complaints

>>59147782
Why are Chinese gfs so popular among watch aficionados?

>>59142815
>white
>man
Pick one

I will buy the space watch if it happens. A /wt/ watch is exciting if that would ever happen for real.

>>59145030
Damn wasn't expecting this depth

>>59147393
>>59147453
These looks like curry poo2loo Citizens.

Also I have like three 24 caliber Vostoks, one Soviet, two Russian.

>>59147794
>white loser nerds finding a self hating social parasite

basically

>>59147794
I'm assuming because they like some mix of aesthetic and functionality and I suppose Chinese gfs offer that imho, not speaking for everyone of course. But in general if you can get an attractive one that's not stuck up and doesn't wear shoes with lifts, she will be very loyal and do a lot for you.

>>59147909
Why is it being a "loser" to not want to have to deal with western women bullshit?

>>59147909
>all this envy lawl

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>>59147982
>envying objectively the worst interracial paring

yeah nah. it's always some autistic white loser and a desperate spineless asian woman who thinks she can spread her legs into white society. it's literally dysfunctional and mentally ill all around no wonder their kids end up fucked up.

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>>59148036
This one has a white dad.

>>59147971
>doesn't wear shoes with lifts

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Owner of Celadon watches posted this today.
I have no clue if he's planning on starting another brand of what he's doing, but he said they didn't fall under 'Celadon'.

>>59147453
>>59147686
>They all came working but they're off by about 30 seconds to a minute over 24 hours.
>They could use being serviced and regulated but I was quoted £150 EACH for this. So fuck it. I'm running them till they grind to a halt.

Like I said, you overpaid for worthless, hideous garbage.

>>59148155
>It's not swiss so it's baaaaaad

>>59148139
So generic

>>59148139
Why does Celadon think that just because they're the only company in China with any kind of artistic integrity they can charge $800 for a basic watch?

Yeah they make nice watches but they're just cramming Seagull clones into Chinese cases.

You're paying a premium because "This is a Chinese watch but it's actually not shit!"

>>59148188
>Seagull clones
It's movements from Beijing Watch Factory, you know. But yeah, they're a bit too expensive.

>>59148183
Yeah, I'm not a fan either.

>>59148162
>Swiss

Who said anything about country of origin, dumbfuck?

You yourself admit they are worthless garbage you threw away money on with your unwillingness to have them serviced. You spent £40 on poo in the loo specials losing 30s to 60s a day, which will shortly stop working and be thrown out. Congratulations.

>>59148188
Doesn't have a lot to do with Seagull, but they might be so expensive because of the small amount of watches produced.
I'm pretty sure Beijing Watch Factory manufactures the entire thing, and it's not cheap to start a production of say 50 watches, as was the case with the Peacock.

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>>59148212
They're not from India and £40 is fucking chumchange you literal poorfag

>>59148220
>I'm pretty sure Beijing Watch Factory manufactures the entire thing, and it's not cheap to start a production of say 50 watches

The WUS forum does a similar thing every year. Yeah they do get more than 50 watches made but Celadon could do this too. Their watches tend to be from $200-300

Even their torbillon was less than a Celedon watch.

>>59148139
That looks like shit

>>59148139
>pseudo nonsense french name
>boring rose gold
>plastic second hand

wo bu yao

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>>59148235

>>59148139
I'm retracting what I said last thread about Celadon being one of the few chinese watch companeis that are proud to be Chinese.

This is a literal European copy.

>>59148296
Good thing it isn't Celadon

>>59148310
You don't get to produce dogshit under a different name and get away with it.

>>59148332
You know the watches are designed by a non chinese man?

>>59148296
We also established that you don't know shit about European style, because there's no such set thing.

>>59148339
He is Chinese.
He's from Xiamen, Fujian, China.

>>59147844
This tbqh u fuckers better make this because this >>59139994 is better than most of the shit I see around here it's a beauty

>>59148386
That has nothing to do with those threads. No wt watch will ever come out, because you won't be able to get 5 people to agree on a design and actually pay money for it, let alone 200.

>>59148360
>We also established that you don't know shit about European style, because there's no such set thing.

t. enlightened atheist

>>59148360
>there's no European style

Fuck off what style is that watch then

>>59148424
I wouldnt want one, anyway.
It'd be an abhorrent piece of shit, since it's probably be a merge between a ruskie and a SARB.

>>59148441
And you'd pay $200 for such an abomination?

>>59148441
>I wouldnt want one, anyway.
N-No. I literally said I didn't.

>>59148522
Was meant for >>59148508

>>59148522
>>59148526
Oh yeah i can't read lmao

>>59145928
do want

I want a watch that's cheap, quirky and Japanese

what am I describing?

>>59148913
Kill yourself

>>59148913
A Vostok Amphibia.

>>59148913
Swatch Genji

>>59148913
>quirky
Downthehallandtotheleft.jpg

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Work is as fucking boring as you shitbirds

>>59150118
That's not very nice!

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>>59150118
Not as boring as your watch, though.

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>>59150158

>>59150158
I knew I would get that one

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>>59150204

>>59150118
>water resist

I honestly don't get why JP brands always want to have that on the dial.

>>59150313
It's so I don't forget to baptize my watch every day

>>59150118

That date window is pure cancer.

>>59150597
That's because you have autism.

>>59150597
I really like that date window

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Really makes you think

>>59150597
Don't you want to know what comes after 27?

>>59150612

I don't see what my autism has to do with date windows showing multiple dates at once being pure cancer.

In fact, the cancerousness of such date windows is quite a widely held opinion among watch internet autists in general, I'll have you know.

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>>59148036
>Anecdotal evidence/small sample size

OK. Whatever you say Mr. Science man.

>>59150671
Your autism brain goes kaput when presented with an inordinate amount of numbers, such as 3

>>59150759

The revulsion is aesthetic rather than numerical in origin, I assure you.

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>>59150118
>>59150597
it's missing a center pointer so it looks like its just showing three consecutive numbers

>>59150903
No, the middle number is the center point

>>59150903
There's also no numbers in the indices, so I never actually know what time it is

>>59150941
that and 6 tick

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I wonder how large would a basic 32khz quartz analog clock circuit be if the 15bit counter wasn't an IC but all through hole parts.

Has anyone ever done this? Or would it be just gigantic?

anyone else enjoy looking at cheap, shitty, noname watches?

>>59140739
If everything is so cheap from China, why can't we just get the watches in any colour we want?

>>59150118
Love thid watch, the texture the day window but who in the fuck thought the date window was a good addition

Who /suunto/ here?

>still 2 leftDon't you want an official Tom Cruise watch?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/40mm-Sangdo-Business-watch-Automatic-mechanical-movement-Waterproof-watch-0268a-2015-new-fashion/2012460585.html

>>59140847
>Does China not have any laws on intellectual property?
Yes, they have laws. They have to conform close-ish to TRIPS for them to be in the WTO.

The real question is rather if these laws are enforced and that is a very different topic. Presently foreigners have a lot of problems which is the norm for countries with limited domestic IP to protect. Now that this is changing (especially in mobile communication tech but also in other fields) the desire to enforce will increase.

The same thing happened in the US which used to be a bit of Wild West in terms of IPR until they needed IP protection themselves. Charles Dickens had a LOT of readers in the US but got not a penny from that. Today the US considers IP to be close to sacred.

So when China starts making original own name brand products things will change. not before.

>>59139395
Not planning to buy a new watch anyways, but are MVMT Watches any good?
I see them being advertised all the time on YouTube.

>>59151502
No. Stay away

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>He doesn't have a pooninloo watch

We should buy some chinese watches and get /wt/ as the logo

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>>59151422
Hopefully no one.

>>59151658
>we

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>>59151557
>He does

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>>59151557
I might just repair mine. It had shit accuracy for some reason after servicing it. Now it seems like the problem is the balance wheel scrapes against the regulator boot. So I just grabbed some pliers and bent the balance cock up a bit, so far so good. That POS doesn't deserve any better anyway, it's not like I'll scratch the geneva stripes.

>>59148036
I'm not white you fuck. Although hapas are generally good looking children

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>>59151909
>I'm not white

How can this thread be so shit? It's a new low

>>59151983
it's not as bad as the anon thinking Nomos should cost the same as a cheap quartz watch.

>>59151983
Someone says this every thread.
It's stopped meaning anything.

>>59152012
Nomos is Judiac dogshit anyway

>>59152030
N knits not

>>59152030
this judiac meme is bad

>>59152030
Judaic*
And no, it's not.

>>59152030
k,m8

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>No Tisell Subs in stock

reee

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Why shouldn't I get one of these?

>>59152083
>Condom hour hand

>>59145928
Very much they do.

Just watch the launch of Apollo 11, see the 111 m of metal take to the skies on a pillar of fire in defiance of gravity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cOhZy7dhTo
Oh yes, this works. A near religious feels.

You might base the seconds hand on the escape rocket at the top of the Apollo system, it has a nice slim aspect ratio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch_escape_system

>>59152083
Quartz

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>>59152128
>Le quartz is bad meme

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What does /wt/ think of these? Looks like a speedmaster homage but they're actually reissues of a Bulova that was worn in space.

It's quartz but the chrono hand is smooth and it has a 1/10th of a second subdial.

>>59152190
Huge and shit

>>59152190
I think it's nice.

>>59152226
>huge
It's a chronograph you skelly dipshit.

>>59143808
Get a Seiko instead

>>59143808
Invicta Pro Diver

>>59152190
>>59152241
Unnecessarily oversized bastardized re-issue.

>>59152083
if you don't wear it regularly the battery will run down and go bad, the worst of both worlds

>>59152453
How bad is it, I'd probably wear it once a month at the very least. Can't I get the battery swapped out if it goes flat?

>>59152569
Nope

Was curious as to why there's so many G-Shock GA100s/GA110s going for $60 or less on eBay from US sellers when even Singapore sellers can only sell them for $85 or so. Seems like the Chinese are selling them for $10-30 on Taobao.

>>59152682
You can change the capacitor

>>59152735
Yea, if you live in Tibet near one of the only two certified capacitor changers in the world

>>59152190
Plus:
- well lumed from what I can see
- wide push buttons at 2 and 4 o'clock
- relatively tidy face

Minus:
- no crown guard
- also buttons should be lumed, a very nice example was shown earlier
- date window is just bad
- no day and month
- too much verbiage on the 6 o'clock sub dial
- no GMT hand

Found a breitling superocean a13340
It's worth £2,450
If I were to sell it, whats the best watch in the price range I have I could buy?
I'd prefer it to be less than 39mm

Thanks

>>59152190
You're going to have to change the battery in that thing more frequently since it's a high-frequency quartz

>>59152852
>I'd prefer it to be less than 39mm

PLS BE IN LONDON

>>59152884
LONDON
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D
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>>59152852
"Found"?

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r8

>>59153165
nomos/10

>>59152852
TYRONE

>>59153165
>buying $10 quartz watches branded with Nomos

>>59152083
You'll never dive with it
Also >>59152105

>>59153165
You have tiny wrists

>>59153165
The sub-seconds dial is shrunk to make room for a date window that isn't there.

Is it fake? My Tangente has the same shrunken sub-dial, but that's because it's the Gangreserve version.

>>59153385
Shouldn't have wasted your money buying Nomos if you can't tell the difference between a shitty fake and your watch.

>>59153165
Aliexpress/10

>>59151321
I built a 4 bit counter 7 segment display in my digital electronics class which took up about 3/4 of a breadboard. You'll need 15 bits for one second, and an additional 16 bit counter for the 43,200 seconds in 12 hours, plus four seven segment display controllers. It's a lot of fucking logic to build from simple gates.

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>>59153495

>>59153495
>>59153495

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Hey guys, first time stopping by

This was my dads TAG Heuer, he just broke up with my stepmom now and needs some money so I bought it from him for $1200.

It's a lot but feels pretty cool having my first real luxury watch.

What do you think?

>>59153503
What the fuck is that gif

>>59153464
No, I mean analog. All it has to do every second is for the 15bit counter to overflow and send a pulse to the stepper motor.

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>>59153522
You're dads' huh?

>>59153562
Oh that's a lot easier then, the display logic is the hard part.

>>59153522
Nice Christopher Ward homage.

>>59153696
Any schematics? For like a single bit?

>>59153752
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Electronic/bincount.html
You just have string together flip flops in the appropriate number. You actually need 16 bits because the final one is the trigger for the stepper motor.

>>59153928
Are you sure? Every book I have on watch repair says 15bit.

>>59152069
just buy a Ray II

>>59153955
Wait you're right, I was thinking about it the wrong way until I did a simpler example in my head.