/wt/ watch thread

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First for real watches

>>59186984
Does it double as a flask?

>>59186984
What'd you pay for that

>>59187120
Since its the special edition around $3k

>>59187241
Jesus chrimeny. Whatever floats ur boat

>>59187430
More like U-BOAT!

But in all seriousness i paid nothing. It's fake as hell and given to me for free

>>59187435
Praise the lord

Are Swiss/Japanese made quartz watches around the 500 dollar mark really better than Chinese ones of a similar price made for big western designer brands or is that just a meme?

>shitters wearing fake watches and seiko shitters not being able to recognize fake watches

and then there's >>59187461 asking about $500 quartz shit

>>59187461
It depends there are a lot of shitters putting $1 quartz movement into shiny cases and charging high prices like Daniel wellington

Companies like bulova and seiko make high quality quartz watches.

>>59187483
Where's your watch

>>59187507

if i were going to spend $500 on quartz it would be an oceanus

>>59187553
Or a seiko dolce

>>59187553
>ANUS
No

>>59187509
Sinn 556, Seiko 5, Vostok Komandirskie, Seiko GS. Are you happy with that list?

:^)

>>59187553
>>59187565
Is a quartz Tissot I quite like the look of, would be willing to go up to $1500 on something more fancy if I really loved everything about it, but I haven't found anything like that so I'll wait till I see something or I have more money for something higher end.

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what's a better diver watch in this price range? (~600 usd)

>>59187724
Tissot is one of those "shitter" companies I mentioned. They really bring nothing new to the table. They buy swiss quartz movements and cram them into generic cases. The swiss quartz are high quality, but they're not innovative in any way.

Bulova and Seiko actually offer innovative quartz watches

>>59187696
So, you're also a Seiko (and Vostok, kek) shitter. Just confirming my suspicion

>>59187779
Ah good to know cheers, will bear that in mind

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>Doing a date check on my watch
>The only watch that got the correct date today cost $10

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>>59187779

Damn shame that Bulova high accuracy quartz watches look like absolute tacky shit.

Not a single one is appealing.

>>59187811
I bought one and returned it immediately it was so terrible

>>59187752
island watch has it for 500 btw.

Otherwise you could look into the new 6R powered 62MAS inspired watch yet to come out.

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>>59187811
What about this one?

>>59179344
>MIH
Underappreciated. Tidy. And surprisingly expensive.

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>>59187883
it's out of stock though

apparently the sbdx019 is going to price around 3.6k... way outside my price range ;w;

>>59188021
sbdx019 is the 8L (grand seiko base movement) watch. They're coming out with one that's similar style and 6R movement.

>>59188043
ohh. will it be around 500-600?

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Guys, what´s the x220 of watches, by this I mean
Durable
Cheap
Used

>>59188077
I heard it's 80k JPY, so that's 700 USD, but it's not a limited edition. So maybe street price will be closer to 500-550?

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First for plaidposting and having the correct date.

>>59188112

That sounds pretty neat. Actually God help me if the 8L 62MAS homage isn't a monobloc case...Shit I'd better check that.

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>Buy 20 submariner homages
>Could have just bought a real one

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What does /wt/ think of the poor mans speedy?

It does also have space heritage.

>>59188274
does the tackymeter do anything?

@59188274

Hot steaming oversized garbage/10

>>59188284
It does as much as it does on any other chronograph

>>59188112
Yeah but 43mm. I'd get one if it were sized like the 40mm sbdx019.

>>59188366
Tiny hands

Why are the Chinks using Tag as their official watch on their manned mission to Mars? Don't they know Tag are shitter watches?

They should have used a cheap Seagull Chronograph so whenever someone posts a mememaster man on the meme you could post your $200 MAN ON THE FUCKING MARS

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>>59188534
Also it looks like a piece of shit.

It's about to become the ultimate "dad" watch.

>>59188101
amphibia but new

Tell me, why should I buy an automatic watch instead of a solar watch?

>>59188849
Get whichever, plenty of dogshit available for both kinds so one isn't superior to the other.

>>59188534
>$200 MOTFM
Would fix all the speedy shills

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>end of the month
>Ebay is full of beautiful Elnix, Cosmotron, Leopard, LM and Type II vintage watches
>Mar. 1
>get payed
>now Ebay only has beat to shit "as is" trash or six million shekel NOS watches
Pic related, I had it saved in my watch list, and it was just bought yesterday, I'm still pissed about it.

>>59188995
is dis quartz?

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>>59189066
Electric.

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>>59189075
>Battery
>Balance wheel and hairspring

>>59188995
>>59189075
Track down the seller, then threaten his life to get the info of the buyer, then find him and kill him and take the Elnix home. Easy

>>59189075
What kind of meme movement is this?

So it has all the worst parts of a quartz movement, battery leaking.

And all the bad parts of mechanical movement, low accuracy.

>>59189269
>battery leaking
>I have only used chinkshit batteries all my life
Can you be less of a poorfag pleb, Raj?

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Why don't ebay sellers selling vintage watches just do some extremely light restoration before selling their watch?

Just shit like cleaning it, polishing the crystal and the metal.

It's like people that try to sell their car but don't clean it before taking photos.

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Is this a good deal?

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what's your opinion of this watch?

>>59189389
Hell no, I don't want to buy a refinished watch.

>>59189634
dressy as fuck

>>59189634
Ugly as sinn

>>59189694
Why not? Less work for you when you get it.

Plus if you polish and clean the watch you can sell it for more.

>>59189744
Because a botched polishing job completely ruins a case. I'd rather have some scratches with crisp edges than some shitty polished turd.

>>59189762
Can't fuck up some light hand polishing.

>>59189744
don't forget to redial and change the hands, retard

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>>59189823
That's all that's gonna happen when you send it in for it's first service anyway

>>59189892
>he doesn't service his watches himself

>>59189779
Polishing removes material, dulling edges and doesn't look even good unless very carefully and professionally done.

>>59190003
It does if you get all crazy and break out the polishing drill.

No harm comes by rubbing with a jewlers cloth and some polywatch.

>>59190059
Except for ruining the factory finish completely. It's fine if you want to do it to your own watches but don't try and sell me that shit like you did me a favor.

>>59190115
Then don't buy it then. But I guarantee if you put two watches on ebay, one is shiny and polished and the other battered and scratched. The polished one will sell for more.

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Has the nato meme gone too far?

I see people putting dress watches on them now.

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So did YOUR watch know it was the 1st today?

MINE did, bet you feel pretty silly now huh?

>>59190222
Not as silly as I'd feel wearing one of those

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>>59190222
Just put it on a memeto

>>59190200
They're shit. Always have been

>>59189269
>Hurr durr I'm totally ignorant about that movement, how it works, or its history
>Guess I'll mindlessly shitposting out it instead of doing any research

Kill yourself.

>>59189389
>Polishing a vintage watch
>Ever

I hope you get hit by a bus. Twice.

>>59190369
Got 'em

>>59190264
noice

>>59190159

Yes, to complete fucking retards like you who fall for South Korean redialed polished to shit frankenwatches, and then get laughed at when they brag about them on vintage watch forums.

>>59190379
>>59190398
Whoa no need to get angry I just don't like wearing pieces of scratched up shit on my wrist.

>>59190415
Then don't buy used watches, scratches are natural part of wearing a watch.

>>59190415

The pieces of shit are the watches ruined by polishing, redials, replacement hands, and other abuse, and the clueless vintage watch buyers who encourage their creation by falling for them.

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>>59190450
>>59190459
>Why does your watch look so old anon?

>>59190488
can't tell if it's bait or you're genuinely retarded

>>59190488
>caring what normalfags think
?

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What does /wt/ think of this mod? Was thinking of doing something similar to my shitvicta

>>59190717
you want to mod a sub ripoff to a fifty fathoms copy?

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>>59188221
you need to be a one watch man. sell them all and never look back

>>59189389
Same reason as with guns and knives, it destroys the value.

>>59190829
It looks nothing like a fifty fathoms tho

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Anyone have the cream Bambino with blue hands?

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>>59190876
but it says fiftyfive fathoms?

>>59190973
https://youtu.be/-XccUMOQ978

>>59190988
I cannot believe my 16 year old self was entertained by this shit

>>59191044
I still laugh at it

Give me a list of "DO NOT BUY" brands. I am in the market for a watch, and I want to make sure I don't get shafted by shit quality.

>>59191320
For the love of God, do not buy Seiko or Orient.

>>59191341
and why not?
I have been looking at seikos, but I don't like their look all to much.

>>59191341
This man is a troll

>>59191353
They produce excellent entry level automatics. Stay away

>>59191353
How about you list some watch designs you do like and we can help you find good ones with those designs

>>59191320
It would probably be more sensible for you to tell us your budget and what styles of watches you like and for us to suggest some brands and models you might consider.

It would take quite a while to try and list all the brands you should avoid at every price point between $10 and $1,000,000.

Is Seagull 1963 recent purchase from watchunique anon around? I would like a picture of the crown of your watch & back of case if possible

>>59191618
https://www.reddit.com/r/Watches/comments/5veh0d/seagull_1963_vintage_style_photos_of_a_vintage/

Best divers for up to $500?
As lame as it sounds I really like the look of the blue bezel and gold indice Crogeut

Open to suggestions

>>59191723
alright just as I thought that is a Thomas watch not an original recreation

>>59191804
Original seagull versions have only 19 jewels so say "19 ZUAN"

>>59191888
on a manual isnt anything past 19 useless? Thanks for the tidbit btw.

>>59191915
A 17 manual wind watch is fully jewelled and any extra jewels are just marketing.

But on a chronograph that might be different I don't know.

Can someone attest to the actual difference between Thomas' watches and the original 19 zuan? Longislandwatch sells the original 19 still and I cannot decide between the two.

>>59191729
Tons of microbrand shit, you can do a lot better than a shitty black bay fake

>>59192022
Seagull 19 jewel: Thomas paid a 10 year old to assemble the watch while working at seagull

Seagull 21 jewel: Thomas paid a 10 year old to assemble the watch at his own company

Are vintage Orient reliable? I´m talking about those cheap 3 star ones. Anyone owned one?

>>59187752
Better dive watch is skx, because it's not that ugly and leaves you with 400 bucks for a dive computer if you actually dive.

>>59187788
You're so smart anon.

:^)

>>59192047
Zelos looked neat, but a lot of them seemed to be sold out. any recommendations?
who the fuck is thomas?

>>59192415
used to work for seagull making watches,
now doesnt work for seagull making watches but bought rights for 1963

>>59192452
Oh, so ex seagull employee making the same thing?
Whats so bad about his 1963s?

>>59192463
nothing, I am just autistic about getting the real recreation with the logo and shit. to be honest, ive heard hes a great guy and has good QC. Skeptical about the inclusion of more jewels though.

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>>59189437
>rare
>Seiko

>>59192415
Borealis, Armida, NTH (I think? I don't remember how much they are), Helson, Obris Morgan is releasing a new model sometime this century maybe perhaps, Helm Vanuatu, Hamtun H1 to name just a few

How do you guys find decent watchmakers?

I have 2 vintage Hamiltons I got for dirt cheap and I have no fucking idea where to take them.

>>59192526
Thanks, anon.
Will look into them.
Keep hopping around what I want to get, from dress watches, normal watches, and divers.

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Titanium, yay or nay?

>>59192642
It's fine. I'd rather get 316L. Maybe if I was buying a watch for an aging person and I wanted to save the weight on their wrist.

>>59192642
100% it's comfy as fuk.
Much lighter than your used to though, be aware of that.

>>59189389
>polishing
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>59188136
man please keep posting this love how boring it is

>>59190222

my LED watch (depicted in previous /wt/) does appear to have a functioning perpetual calendar, though we will not know with certainty until 2020

>>59192526
most of these looked homagy, though they were pretty neat, thanks anon.

Best non pretentious watch case for 3 or 4 watches?

>>59193079
Your two wrists and two ankles

Why is there no decent divers for wristlets under 3000 bucks?

My vintage '67 Bulova automatic stops for a second or two whenever I do the Seiko shuffle, but if I slowly move the router in a circle, it's fine. Is this normal or damaging the watch?

>>59191474
>>59191582
makes sense.

I am looking for a chronograph, with AM/PM indicator, and roman numerals. I hate curved rotating bezels with giant arabic numerals like this (>>59190717). Thin pointers.
Budget is around 500 dollars.

>>59193516
oh, I particularly like the look of the seagull 1963

>>59193530
just god-forbid don't buy that shitpile

apparently Meranom now sells GMT's for 140 bucks, sadly they're completely hideous

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>>59193815

Any similar watches Casio F91W? Cheap, timer, stopwatch, alarm, and date?

>>59194266
casio LW201

>>59194283
It's for girls

>>59194301
Should be perfect for you then anon :^ )

Or just get the W201.

>>59194266
Casio a158 or a168.

>>59193815
>now
It's been years

>>59194380
>using the smiley with a carat nose

>>59188221
there's a sub at the bottom fourth from the left

>>59190847
But once you get even a scratch/or a dent on the casing...
>You'll enter the deep dark place of OCD Hell

>>59186984
>a real piece of shit

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>>59190222
>THE MOST REDDIT-TIER WATCH EVER
no thanks.jpg

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>>59194904
not so fast

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I sort of want to get a Vostok Amphibia, those low prices makes them tempting. Probably not this particular dial though.

Are they actually okay or just a pure meme watch?

>>59194999
Yes

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>>59191729
Just get an Orient ray or mako, or an SKX.

They can both be used to dive, and casual wear as they don't look as ugly as a monster or something else

>>59194999
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqrtCG1BIkE
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f71/unreliable-vostok-movements-3194914.html

>You get what you pay for

>>59194750
>sub

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I simply cannot decide, they both look nice....
Help!

>>59195158
>shitters

>>59195158
Black if you are young
Blue if you are older/hipster faggot

>>59193303
Christopher Ward do a 38mm version of the Trident.

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>>59195206
I'm pretty sure both faces are actually black, I'm not sure why the right one looks blue in that picture.

>>59195227
>decent

>>59195158
the left one is far more wearable, speaking as someone who has the right one.

>>59195158
Left

https://youtu.be/Yom7LtHySuo?t=3m30s

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Do you wear bracelets with your watch?

what's a good chronograph for radioulnars only?

>>59195997
If you mean the faggy beadshit to the left of the AP, no.

I do prefer bracelets to straps on the watches themselves though.

>>59195206
>not being able to pull of a blue watch

Your fashion sense must be pretty drab lad

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>>59187804
>tfw all of your timepieces got the date right, including the venerable 10 buck casiosama AND your desk clock

>>59196357
what desk clock do you have? Been wanting one

>>59196357
>atomic desk clock in a shielded building
>showed Feb. 29 yesterday
>likely would have showed Feb. 30 if I wouldn't have set it already
Radio sync are the absolute worst if they can't get a signal for any reason.

>>59195997
No I'm straight

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>Reading about how a guy had to pay import tax on his watch when it was sent off for repair and returned.

Wtf why would you be charged income tax for that? You're not buying a product.

>>59195381
It's one of the few options for a dive watch in that size for bitch wrists.

>>59193303
SKX013

>>59196628
>If the goods have been replaced free of charge under guarantee or warranty, no duty is payable. However, VAT is payable on the full value of the goods because all replacement items are treated as new goods for VAT purposes.

Jesus Christ this is fucking disgusting.

>Get a watch sent from Japan
>Get taxed
>It arrives broken
>Get a new one under warranty
>Get taxed AGAIN for your trouble

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>>59196764
Are you retarded? It says right there in your own post that if goods have been replaced free of charge under warranty then no duty is payable.

>>59195997
>AP

BLECH

>little gay bracelets

BLECH

>>59196764
Well if there's a service center in country you pay VAT. Though if it's sent to Switzerland or whatever IMO the most fair solution is either Swiss VAT is applied at the service center or local VAT at the shop that sent it out, NOT at the border by customs.

Still VAT over 15% is government robbery.

>>59186847
Any reason why Y'all watchfolks haven't cop one of these?

http://www.perpetual-watch.com/tourbillon.html

>>59196739
the movement is antiquated and the watch too small for a diver imo, 40 with short lugs is perfect size

>>59196869
>However VAT is payable

>>59196974
Probably to stop people sending goods out marked as a warranty replacement to avoid VAT.

>>59196949
Tourbillons are a bad meme and that brand is trash

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Is this Seiko solar worth a cop?

See one going on ebay through my normal watch trawls.

$100 brand new, currently going for $20.

>>59196981
It's still abhorrent, imagine being the person in the situation I described above.

You have already paid VAT on your watch from overseas, just to find out it's broken, you wait several weeks for a replacement and you get to pay VAT again.

Isn't being sent a broken watch and having to wait several weeks for a replacement already punishment enough?

meeting a girl in 20 minutes, which watch has a better chance of getting me laid, f91 or snk809?

>>59196985
Well, shoot

For the price they're at, I figure them to be a steal and the
brand to be reputed.

Now what exactly have they done to deserve such scorn?

>>59197018
snk809

>>59196949
>$1450.00 for a chinese watch

I'll buy chinese watches for $200 off ebay. Where I can file a paypal chargeback the second something goes wrong.

But spending $1450 on a watch where you have 0 protection?

Why all the 1963 hate? It's like people don't understand its purpose.

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>>59197115
>1963 hate

Literally where?

>>59192626

Google "<my area>" "vintage" "watchmaker" and see if anything comes up, particularly forum discussions, mentioning watchmakers that have good reputations for working on vintage pieces

>>59197018
ROLEX

>>59188136
ResidentSleeper/10

>>59197130
will
R O L A X
O
L
A
X

work?

>>59188101
f91-w

>>59195058
Most divers nowadays are casual wear.

>>59189634
Way2busy

>>59188293
>@

kill yourself

also the bulova wears smaller than its listed diameter would make you think

>>59192500
This is very poor bait. Make a better effort in the future please.

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>>59190514
>Not caring what other people think

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>>59192965
I definitely will.

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>>59194957
Omega is god tier though

>>59197019
>>59197224
>Only hating on Chinese Tourbillons

ALL Tourbillons are a meme. They don't improve accuracy. The earths gravity effecting the balance wheel in a standard movement is made up bullshit.

>>59195158
don't buy gold plated or "gold tone" watches

>>59197238
>Paul Newman homage
>Omega logo

Is that real?

>>59197265
Wouldn't a solid gold case be soft as fuck, and weight a ton?

>>59197123
>>59193624

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>>59197238
Omega WAS god tier, before the Swatch group gutted one of the greatest production watch manufactures of all time.

>>59197273
>Paul newman homage
Topkek stay retarded anon

>>59197238
you what?

>>59197019
It's chinkshit

>>59197261
Yup
What do you think about 3 axis tourbillons?

>>59197287
>one person

>>59197283
it wont rub off and thats kind f the point of a precious metal, it's precious.

Its your wrist and your money I am just some mook on 4chins, but my opinion is that you should buy a gold watch if you want a gold watch, not a watch that pretends to be gold

they aren't so heavy if they are on a strap

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>>59197292
Looks similar.

>>59197224
Guess I am struck with Invicta then

>>59197283
>Wouldn't a solid gold case be soft as fuck, and weight a ton?

Not really, no. They use 18k gold (at least on Rolex) which hardens it up a bit + the 316l or 904l steel they use is already fairly heavy.

>>59197328
>reverse panda means a Paul Newman homage

ah yes, my seiko has a unidirectional bezel, fucking rolex ripoff am I right?

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Post your lumes

>>59197339
How's the third mortgage archie?

>>59197346
If it's 18k gold then how is it different to gold plating? It's still pretending to be solid gold.

>>59197362
archie is living for free for like the next two years

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>>59197353
>instant replies

>>59197386
That's not lume !

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>>59197261
>>59197296

Single axis tourbillons are a meme in wristwatches, but what about two axis tourbillons like Jaeger LeCoultre's two axis gyrotourbillon?

In theory, a bi-axial tourbillon should have zero positional variance, and with the second and third iterations JLC used cylindrical and now spherical hairsprings that should be capable of much better concentricity than flat hairsprings.

Tri-axial tourbillons are a meme though, as the third axis of rotation is unnecessary to allow the balance wheel to assume every position in three dimensions.

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Who /archieluxery/ here?

>>59197384
I think you are confusing "solid" with "pure"

18k is surely cheaper than 24k but its also more functional to wear.

gold plating or cheap coatings can't properly emulate the look and feel of real gold and will inevitably wear off in places and look like shit

>>59197409
I don't know if any studies have been done on multiple axis tourbillons. Here's the study on "standard" tourbillons

http://www.ieeecss.org/CSM/library/2010/june10/09-ApplicationsOfControl.pdf

>>59197440
I take that back, obviously gold plating looks like solid gold when done well and until it wears off. It's morning and I am tired

>>59197417
I stopped watching over a year ago, there's only so much of steel stunners, phuckers and cunters one person can take. Watch one vid and you've seen all of it.

>>59197417
I have been watching again.
I always like him raving about his shit whenever he gets a new watch, even though he says it a million times.

I don't even like world time as a complication, but he entertains on some strange level

>>59197468
no you gotta check in for the PATEK WORLD TIME PHUKKERS

you can just watch any one video he's come out with in the past two weeks or so and you'll be caught up

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>>59197353

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>>59197353

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>>59197497
>but he entertains on some strange level

I view him as like a lovable autist who is essentially australian shitposting personified into a luxury watch reviewer. He's a quintessential 4chan character IMO.

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>When you have several projects on the go and order parts and tools all at the same time. And each day you're hoping you can complete a project when the mail is delivered but you keep getting odd parts from different projects instead of all the parts needed to complete one

REEEEEEEEEEE

>>59197552
WRUWO?

>>59197440
>he doesn't know about replating

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>>59197353

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>>59197328
The speedmaster was introduced in 1957,
While the daytona was introduced in 1963.

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>>59197602
>Coward

>>59197589
it baffles me that there are people that would put that much effort into a shitter

>inb4 it's like no effort
that's kind of my point. It's STILL not worth the effort

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Is it just me or is the patek memetime pretty bad looking?

>>59197671
They all are. That "complication" is almost as bad a meme as the tourbillon.

>>59197671
most pateks look really bad desu

lmao @ already having a gash beside paris on the case

If a watch company is just buying generic ETA movements and cramming them into Chinese cases. Can a fake really be considered a fake if it's sticking the same ETA movement into the same chink case?

Archie made a video similar to this, where he talks about Panerais being so shit they're essentially easy to fake, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ7YiopfGg8

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>Thomas makes a panda 1963 with gold hands

Dressy as fuck

>>59197721
who the fuck is thomas? does he have a site?

>>59197721
The logo ruins it

>>59197727
Thomas is an ex Seagull manager that left Seagull and now produces his own watches in small numbers.

>does he have a site

No I don't think watch making is his day job. And I don't think he actually owns a factory, he can just facilitate watches being made in Hong Kong, which is an impenetrable market for foreigners, because he knows the right people.

>>59197409
>Not being aware of the hyperspatial tourbilllon
https://youtu.be/wrg1rf91d2c

>>59195997
No that's gay. Ruins the watch

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>>59197625

>>59197545

>>59197727
You have to email him directly

>>59197721
W2C

>>59197409
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8cf3-I9cEc

>>59197671
World time but missing sunrise and sunset? Disaster.

>>59197671
there is no analog world time that looks good

>>59197497
>>59197548
For me he's in the realm of Terry from TempleOS, ulililia or Chris-chan, it's weirdly entertaining watching autists or other mental train-wrecks, though some of them you actually enjoy and some you just love to hate

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>>59197906
Incorrect.

>>59197671
Any watch where you can't find the time in a half a second glance is bad at being a watch

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>>59197353

>>59197906
>there is no analog world time that looks good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzLq9Peuxo0

Breitling Galactic Unitime is beautiful.

>>59198089
For 7 kilobucks it looks awful.

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>>59198089
I'd rather buy this.

>>59198173
>>59197939
>>59197671
how do you even read this shit? what's the point of the city names other than take up dial space?

>want a 1963 again
>Remember that a dude broke his simply by clapping

>>59198173
>Slapped on Rolex lume dots
>Swiss................................Made

No thanks. But it's not terrible.

>>59186984
You could use that as a dinner plate

>>59198089
disgusting

>>59198173
better but it would still look better without the world time complication

>>59197939
fowl.

The only thing worse than printing the names of cities on a watch is to print a map on the dial

>>59198224
Do stupid things win stupid prizes

Good watch I can get for around £120?

Havent bought a watch in so long, last watch I bought was a casio f-91, still works fine, I like to wear my watches on the bottom of my wrist.

>>59198319
>I like to wear my watches on the bottom of my wrist.
People like you make me sick

>>59198319
whats the bottom?

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>>59198319
>I like to wear my watches on the bottom of my wrist.

>>59198319
Rodina automatic

>>59198365
I think he means the underside like he's some Navy SEAL operator

>>59198215

This is a decent explanation of it:

"A world timer features an internal bezel displaying 24 world cities, each representing a different time zone. Next to this is a 24-hour ring that does one full revolution a day. The user sets the time-zone bezel to align their home time zone with the correct hour of the day on the 24-hour ring. As time passes, the 24-hour ring rotates. The point where the 24-hour ring lines up with the time zone you’re looking for shows you the hour of the day."

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>>59198378
>>59198365
he means something like this

>>59198292

You have terrible taste.

>>59198430
oh.
For certain applications it makes sense.

>>59198469
Yes, if you need to tell the time while you're firing a rifle

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Do you think watches are called watch because you look at it all the time?

>>59198363
Good


>>59198438
Yup, thats what I mean

>>59198385
Looks pretty nice, thanks

>>59198430
>>59198469
>>59198488
I find it comfier

>>59198505
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=watch+etymology

>>59198505
No, in some languages it's called a hand hour.

>>59198505
It really sets the noggin joggin!

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Just copped how did i do

>>59198657
This is the worst looking one

>>59198657
>Looks gud

Kind of want this as a daily use watch.
>tfw can't afford the marine master

>>59198319
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Original-Elephone-W2-Bluetooth-Smart-Watch-Pedometer-Sleep-Monitor-Call-Sedentary-Reminder-Remote-Camera-WristWatch-for/32649050677.html

New-age utility hybrid watch

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>>59198802
forgot pic

>>59198224
>americans

>>59198802
Just spend a bit more for the Invicta or get an Orient Mako

>>59198849
>wear military watch
>it breaks while clapping
fucking chinks

>>>59198860
see >>59198828

>>59198828
looks good

go for it

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>>59197328
nice dank feenix homage

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ID on Justin's watch?

>>59199650
He wears the Pussy Magnet 4000

>>59199650
Who cares, it's now ruined.

>>59199650
IWC Regulateur

10 seconds on the Google. Fuck, you kids are retarded

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>>59199650
IWC watches somehow look more presidential than Rolexes

>>59199769
>>59199879
>Faggot traitor cuck politician
>Reddit tv show
>IWC

Checks out.

>>59198870
tbf he said he was clapping hard and he's the only one in a giant thread of hundreds of people that complained about it breaking while clapping.

Clapping also imparts high gforce and it's a delicate chronograph movement.

>>59200379
>designed for pilots
>breaks with high gforce

>>59200388
Clapping would impart more gforce on a watch than if it was in a plane. Your hands are accelerating and stopping with more force than a plane.

>>59200388
This.
>>59200379
It's literally a MILITARY watch and it broke doing a normal everyday, non-military activity.
Next you're going to tell me you can't wear it in the rain or while washing your hands.

>>59200467
>Acrylic crystal and polished case
>Military watch

It's military themed at best

>>59200504
it was literally designed as an air force watch.

>>59200467
They're rated at 30M. I wouldn't get it near the faucet

>>59200467
There's a webm of someone putting the watch under a tap and it being fine.

Why you would want to do that is another thing though.

Do stupid things get stupid results. I always take my watches off when washing my hands.

>>59200538
>i always take off my watch and get shit all over it before i wash my hands

>>59200554
I don't know how dirty your house is but mine is clean.

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>>59200538

>>59195997
I would understand this if you had really skinny arms and the bracelets could stop the watch from sliding around. Otherwise, I would think that /fa/ would to that a lot more than /g/.

>>59200598
This really makes me cringe

>>59200594
Nigga your hands aint clean when you shit
>>59200598
if your watch cant survive this its a literal piece of junk.

>>59200323
lay off the buzzwords /pol/reddit

>Reeee why can't I wear a delicate chronograph as my daily beater

>>59200651
Why would my watch ever be interacting with my shit?

>>59200651
>if your watch cant survive this its a literal piece of junk.

What about vintage watches that were never designed with water resistance in mind?

And brand new dress watches don't come with any kind of water resistance ratings either.

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>>59200660
SHITTY air force chronographs are delicate. Good air force chronographs laugh at high G-forces, and have no problem with being worn daily even when 40+ years old.

>>59200727
And it only cost $4800 more!

Am I the only one that hates the lume meme and le post loom shots?

I hate that watches with bright loom still shine even when it's not dark so everything that should be white is tinged green instead.

>>59200762
Lemania 5100 chronographs were not that expensive when they were in volume production, their values have been inflated by their rarity.

Also, for the record I did get this one for $400 USD on eBay about 10 years ago (though it was an absolute steal even then at that price).

>>59200779
I fucking hate not being able to read a watch in the dark.

>>59198870
>>59200379
>>59200727
he obviously got a lemon

you guys act like there wasn't an omega speedmaster that ever shit itself out of the box

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f20/speedmaster-professional-poor-quality-my-experience-buying-new-988086.html

>>59200907
You're still comparing an expensive luxury watch to a $200 watch

>>59200921
Get your phone out.

>>59200779
>green
time to get a good watch anon

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>>59200779
>I hate that watches with bright loom still shine even when it's not dark so everything that should be white is tinged green instead.

I hate this to. Luminova is fucking ugly and honestly it's not like it feels like a child's toy version of the old radium/tritium paint that they used to use. Beyond the lovely aesthetics of the soft, creamy-orange patina that radium/tritium paint develops over time, there's just something so cool about radioluminescence especially compared to glow-in-the-dark Luminova which, again, feels like a gimmicky kid's toy.

I admittedly don't have a lot of experience with vintage watches, but at least comparing the old GMTs, Submariners, and Explorer IIs with their newer counterparts and there's no comparison for which one looks better. Particularly on a white dial for an Explorer II, the constant green tinge is honestly deal breaking. I'm honestly amazed that the tritium dial ones are cheaper.

Mine still glows very, very faintly.

>>59200970
Lemania 5100 powered chronographs were literally issued by more than one air force in a direct parallel to the 1963.

If anything, the Lemania 5100 was developed primarily with value engineering in mind to make a low cost, reliable, automatic chronograph.

Here is some reading you can do on the subject if you are interested.

http://chronomaddox.com/nouvelle_lemania_5100.html

http://www.woundforlife.com/2014/10/10/hall-fame-lemania-5100/

http://wornandwound.com/chronography-4-lemania-5100/

>>59197939
Yea this is nice

fags

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/wt/ is so much comfier right now compared to rest of /g/. Major overspil from /v/

New thread.
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