/wt/ Watch Thread

>>59752334
1st for nineball is a fag

>>59752354
2nd

>>59752164

Trust your friend

>rich edition
If it's only for rich people this would be a pretty silent thread.

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Trusted Rep Dealers:
PureTime (Angus) - www.puretime03.com
InTime (Ryan) - www.intime01.co
Watch Outlet (Francis/Edward) - http://watchoutlet01.com
Chazing Time (Ken/Jay) - www.chazingtime.co
True Time (Lucy) - www.truetime-168.com
Precious Time - www.ptswiss.eu
Trevor Watches (Trevor) - http://trevorwatch1.com
TS Watches (Christina/Miffy) - http://www.ts-watches.co
Toro Bravos (Toro) - http://www.tb-688.com
Supermirrors (Sead) - www.supermirror1.com
Hont Watches (Hont) - http://www.hontwatch.ru
Yuki Watch (Yuki) - www.yukiwatch.com
Asian7750 (Tony) - www.2016asian.com
Davidsen (David) - http://www.dsnwatches.com
Silix (Michelle) - http://www.silix-prime.co

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>>59752334

>>59752391 fuck off pls

We'll end talking about porn for sure

>>>/fa/

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What's up wristlets?
Cannot handle real men's watches?

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>>59752415

It's useful information. Not everyone is rich.

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>>59752455

>>59752334
>>59752394
I don't understand how people can wear watches that close to their hand to begin with, it's uncomfortable as all fuck if you have to move your hand at all.

>>59752391
>trusted
>fake watch dealer
????

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>>59752394

Swag Swag Swag Swag

>>59752455
Pretending to be rich is far worse than just being poor/middle class

e.g. Archie

>>59752635

The replica watch forum maintains a list of reputable dealers who've been selling for years and won't scam you.

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>>59752676

He's not pretending. He used to be rich but then he fucked his life up.

Reps are for people who are too smart to waste money on overpriced """""Swiss""""" watched made with majority of their parts from China.

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Should I bid? First bid is ~$3400.

>>59752730
So, he is pretending that he's still rich....

>>59752678
Getting sold a fake watch is generally what I would consider being scammed

>>59752730
>He used to be rich
He was never rich. He just used to have a job to pay his creditors.

>>59752730
>Reps are for people who are too smart to waste money on overpriced """""Swiss""""" watched made with majority of their parts from China.
Reps are for poor people pretending to be rich.
If you like a design, buy a homage.
Hell, you could even buy the exact same watch, but you should remove the brand name.

>>59752784
Are you that obsessed with brands?

>>59752878
I'm that obsessed with respecting brands and the designers of those brands.

>>59752334
>dat pic
comment disowned, thread put on ignore list.

see you in next thread gents. I refuse to participate in this one.

ps: eat shit OP.

>>59752784
>buy a homage.

Rep is the highest homage

>>59752957

t. Snowflake

So.
Where do you guys buy your fake Daniel Wellingtons?

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Love this watch.

>>59753000

Aliexpress has them and fake NOMOS for $5

>>59753030

Pure Class

>>59752391
Any of them sell parnis or sterile watches?

>>59753283

Aliexpress sells Parnis and sterile and I'm sure the dealers can get you a sterile version form the factories.

What's with the Rolex astroturfing lately.

Half a year ago nobody was posting Rolex, now it's Rolex this Rolex that? I don't buy it.

>>59753716
Are you implying that Rolex of all companies, are hiring shills to shitpost on /g/?

They make good watches, and the criteria in which people are looking for watches, and price range, tend to lend themselves to quite a bit of Rolex's range.

>>59752748
That is a really sexy Rolex Cellini. What reference?

$3400 isn't too bad for a Rolex in general, I'd go for it if it's a reputable seller.

>>59752334
why is her face so masculine?

>>59752354
>>59752363
third

>>59753767
Inbreeding

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Why the fuck are we being swarmed with fakes and rep shills?

Please fuck off

>>59752748
is that actually a real model they made? that looks properly awful

>>59754028
Marketing

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>>59752748
Not a fan of Rolex dress watches. They're okay but to me it seems you'd be too much of pleb to have investigated other brands.

Much prefer a Jaeger for dress pieces

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>>59753716
Well, at least part of it is that I've been very impressed with this Datejust since I had it serviced and put it on leather. I'm usually a vintage Seiko, Omega and Lemania fag but this watch has really impressed me. The 3135 is quite an impressive movement.

>>59752748
If I was going to spend $3400+ on a watch I'd at least get one that looked good

When is seiko going to release a sub 200$ diver with hacking and handwinding like ray ii.

The SKX needs an update.

>>59752748
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>>59754028
Nu-males.

>>59754225
>The SKX needs an update.
But it's
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>>59753763
Ref 4233.
White gold.

>>59754062
>>59754124
>>59754208
But, I actually like to, though.
Only problem might be the size.. 33mm.
At least I have bitch wrists?

>>59754248
pic related

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>>59754261
The SKX isn't even like the first, dum dum.

a rep can't be worse than those soviet watches so loved on these boards, you literally look insane wearing them. When I see a guy wear one I wonder if he wears it to connect with his long lost soviet sailor daddy who allegedly knocked up his mom. it's fucked up.

>>59751805
It's a Geckota, I got it from the Watch Gecko eBay store.

>>59752748
Ghastly.

>>59754534

t. normie brandwhore complete pleb

>>59754534
>>/csg/

>>59754261
But all they need to do is swap the movement for a 6r15.

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Ree.

>>59753716
>astroturfing
learn what it means

And more to the point: Rolex is popular because of brand recognition. There's nothing special about them except their brilliant marketing strategy.

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>>59755145
kek

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>>59752391
I bought a fake Speedy from Torobravo a while ago and beflroe long one of the pusher fell out and the watch stopped. The circlip had fallen onto the flywheel and jammed it still so I fixed that. About a year later I was winding the watch and the crown sheared off in my fingers....
I fucking loved that watch though. MAde me want the real thing so much more but it was a damn good substitute.
I still can't face forking out £1500 for a real speedy.
The fake costs like £190. You can see the dials are too spaced out.

>>59752784
No homage comes close to a Speedmaster. They all just miss the aesthetic.

>>59755407
>£1500 for a real speedy
Where can I get a MOTFM for £1.5k?

And remember: Fakes wear fakes

>>59755475

Speedmasters are ugly as fuck. It's all meme hype.

>>59755500
You can't but £1500 will get you a Speedmaster.
I loved the aesthetic of this watch and literally nobody ever even noticed it was a replica of a £6k watch. Never even got any compliments so I really wasn't posing with this. It is just a design icon.

>>59755227
>Nothing special
Incorrect. Rolex is one of the absolute best quality production watchmakers in existence, and hasn't stopped giving a fuck about movement engineering in the post-quartz era, unlike most of the other Swiss production watch manufacturers.

Rolex has even recently introduced a +/- 2 SPD accuracy rating on their 3235 movements.

>>59755575
Not to me, man. I love this watch and it's so understated.

Now a fake Rolex is fucking dumb.

>>59754534

THIS

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Domed Acrylic is the best

>tfw too intelligent for sapphire.

why has noone posted an iwatch?

>>59754167
I like this watch and would like to own it but I don't think I could pay Rolex prices for it.

Opinions on Oysterdate 6694?

Monthly reminder that this shit literally just belongs on /fa/ and I'm not even trying to be a pain in the ass memer about it.

>>59755475
Bulova moonwatch

Why are fakes such bad quality?

The answer might be obvious "because they're fake duh!".

But if you take a second to think about it, the price you're paying should give you a decent quality watch.

For example that anon was talking about his £190 speedy fake breaking. But you can pay £100 for an Alpha Paul Newman homage and have non of those issues.

So yeah, why are homages better quality than fakes?

>>59756370
They have no reputation to maintain. You don't know who made the fake unless you know you're buying directly from the manufacturer

>>59756204
Well arguably true, but it depends whether we are discussing the aesthetics vs. inner workings and functionality. Like you, not being a pain in the ass, just throwing it out there. DESU this is probably the least retard heavy thread I've been in all day

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>>59756370
>Why are fakes such bad quality?

They're not. They're often higher quality than originals.

>>59756370
>But you can pay £100 for an Alpha Paul Newman homage and have non of those issues.
really? do you actually thin that's true? a watch assembled by kids from shit materials with 0 QC won't have any problems?

>>59756560
There are threads full of happy people on WUS.

The underlying movement is the Seagull ST19 which has been refined since the 1940s.

A shitter version of the movement used to be good enough for Breitling.

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>>59756370
>Why are fakes such bad quality?

$5 fakes maybe but $250+ are excellent quality

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Why would you risk wearing a fake?

Why would you run the risk of a watch enthusiast spotting it and knowing how much of a cunt you are.

What if your boss, or a client spots it's fake?

>>59756644
If your boss asks you why you own a fake, tell him its because he doesnt pay you enough.
If a client spots a fake yer fucked.

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>speedy fake with a display back

What were they thinking?

1. Do any speedies actually have display backs?

2. Showing the movement means you can tell it's fake because that's not an Omega movement

You wouldn't wear a luxury watch to a meeting with a client anyway. That's incredibly bad form.

>>59756610
>some people who just got theirs haven't had any problems
amazing

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Cease this talking about fakes at once!

Back to watches, we all know Lemania movements. What about Lemania watches? Seems they don't get much love

>>59756723
Depends on the location. It's common where I live

>>59756731
If they were bad they wouldn't be popular.

>>59756773
It's common to display "Hello I am ripping you off and making myself rich on your money" on your wrist?

>>59756620
What Rolex is this? I want one to try and get better at CS:GO.

>>59756808
Wouldn't the additional weight of the watch effect your gaming?

That's why I don't wear a watch to do archery.

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>>59756616
Yeah, like a $300 brand new Sub knockoff with 112 degrees of amplitude and +65 SPD.

Then you can have the pleasure of having a watchmaker laugh in your face when you ask if it can be fixed.

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>>59756644

Nobody cares if you wear a fake. I'm around a lot of millionaires and they never flash their watches. It's always tucked under a shirt barely peaking out, just like mine.

>>59756768

I have a vintage Lemania issued to the South African Air Force.

>>59756847

Fuckoff Archie.

>There are Chinese 7750 clones

Why have I not seen these in any watches?

The ST19 seems universally favoured in all Chinese Chronographs.

>>59756847
>Then you can have the pleasure of having a watchmaker laugh in your face when you ask if it can be fixed.

Worse than that. I've heard that watchmakers have the right to take your fake off you because it's an illegal item.

That's why some people are scared of having a watch authenticated.

>>59756235
Not even close, famalam.

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>>59756953
>watchmakers have the right to take your fake

That's called stealing. Owning a rep isn't a crime you faggot.

>>59756847
>Sub knockoff

Shit taste

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>>59756889
Enjoy your stay :^)

>>59756868
Cool, pics? What kind of movement?

>>59756768
Thatsanicewatch

>>59757065
3big5yuu. Of course a fake buying tryhard faggot would get the 39mm version even though he's a complete wristlet.

>>59757065
>Owning a rep isn't a crime

Actually it is. You're infringing on the intellectual property of whoever the real company is.

Many watch forums ban fakes because they are against the law.

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>>59756768
I'm a big fan of their movements, and their watches are generally well regarded. I just happened to end up with a Speedmaster when I was looking for a Lemania 5100

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>>59756953
Maybe contract watchmakers or service centers, I've honestly never heard of this. I just refuse to answer when they ask me to estimate the value of a fake. Even if it has a chink 7750 or a genuine Miyota quartz I tell them it's worthless because it can't be sold. Fuck fakes.

Also spamming my Seiko for like three more threads. Once I fill up the cleaning machine with that Elma shit I'll go around to servicing it. No more hand-washing parts in benzine for me.

>>59757134
Please make sure to give a technical analysis of the movement to whatever extent you can. I'm always interested to hear about the inner workings of vintage movements I'm not familiar with.

The Bulova Moon Watch is bigger than a Speedy :( This is the only thing that stops me owning one. 44mm is too big. Speedys are perfection.

>>59756828
>Archery
autism.

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>all these faggots mad because they're too beta to buy reps

>>59757085

http://www.mwrforum.net/forums/showthread.php?39144-South-African-Air-Force-Lemania-5012

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>>59757270
What's autistic about archery fgt

>>59757109

You're actually retarded. They ban it from their forums because they make their money from ads.

Sup /wt/ I'm an American with an Italian name that speaks with a British accent for some reason. Also I'm royalty or something.

What watch should I get?

You have to admit archie actually has some entertaining videos:
https://youtu.be/IqmXN_0aD1k
My sides fucking orbitted while watching this shit

>Buy watch winder off ebay
>Get an email with a refund saying they're out of stock

Is the universe telling me not to buy a watch winder? Some people here seemed to suggest they're pointless.

>>59757425
My favourite one was where he introduced himself as "Hello I'm Paul Pluta the method actor who plays Archibald Chesterfield the Third".

I want an automatic with an audible alarm, what are the best options?

>>59757513
Does such a thing even exist?

There would be no battery to power the speaker.

>>59756703
>1. Do any speedies actually have display backs?
Plenty of them, there's even a sapphire sandwich variation of MOTFM
>2. Showing the movement means you can tell it's fake because that's not an Omega movement
Only few people would be able to tell.

>>59756723
>You wouldn't wear a luxury watch to a meeting with a client anyway. That's incredibly bad form.
Where do you get this idea? Do you think all luxury watches look like pic related?

>>59757531
They do, usually use bells.

>>59757409
Saykoh al penist

>>59757431
If you own that many watches, and change between them that often that keeping them wound is a priority, then sure, grab one, but be warned, cheap ones tend to make noise, which is inbearable to sleep in the same room with, then there's the concern about magnetising the watches.
The only ones I can say off the top of my head that are quality, are WOLF winders. But they are by no means cheap.

>>59757431
They are, a turn and regular movement wearing an automatic should be enough to get it restarted and rewound. Given anything below $600 is probably gaining or losing 10-20 seconds a day you have to reset them anyway I just don't see the point of winders.

How did people cope in the days before accurate time was displayed on computers and phones? Before the invention of caesium fountains and before quartz?

Not everyone could afford rolexes, and cheaper watches can gain or lose 30 seconds a day.

So by the end of the week your watch could be minutes out with you non the wiser.

>>59757253
No they are tacky shitters for redditors.
Not like my vostok amphibia

>>59757550
>cheap ones tend to make noise, which is inbearable to sleep in the same room with

Wouldn't you just turn it off at night?

>Given anything below $600 is probably gaining or losing 10-20 seconds a day

My SARB017 seems to only lose 2 seconds a day if worn. But will lose 10 seconds a day if not. I've tested storing it in multiple positions and it loses 10 seconds in every position.

Therefore it must be the fact that wearing it keeps it fully wound constantly. That was the idea of me getting a winder.

>>59757425
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iViv7gLEueQ
This is the GOAT AC3 video.

>>59757534
>Where do you get this idea?

See >>59756795

>>59757513
Seiko Bellmatic
The alarm itself is hand-wind.

>>59757624
>Wouldn't you just turn it off at night?
Wouldn't you just do as (>>59757552) suggested?

>>59754124
That's what I tend to think too, I got into watches and was like omg rolex then I actually saw them and they're just normal watches with a premium price tag. They don't look Arab rich and they don't look understated British rich, they're just kind of there.

>>59757656
I own 8 different watches so a watch might only get worn 1 day in a week not enough to keep it wound.

>>59757650
Those look pretty neat, thanks Anon.

>>59754534
>soviet watches
Which ones? My favourite current watch is soviet but it's not one of the clunky-ass ones I think you probably mean (Vostok amphibia right?) it's a Raketa polar 24 hour, which just looks like a cute everyday watch but in 24 hour

>>59757630
KEK

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>>59757320
>What's autistic about archery fgt
You do it, faggot.

>>59757742
>Posting anime while calling others autistic.

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>>59757761
I'm not certain, but I'm pretty sure this is from a game.

>>59757561
There were church bells.

I stayed at a hotel next to a church that rang out every single quarter throughout day and night. Extra bongs were rang on half hours. And on every hour they really went to town.

Around here you also had a time signal on the radio and even a phone number you could call to get the time ("miss watch", in translation).

>>59757773
>time signal on the radio and even a phone number you could call to get the time

How did they know they had the correct time before caesium fountains?

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>>59757561
Clocks were accurate back in the day.

This is only 2 seconds out a week.

>>59757646
>>59756795
>It's common to display "Hello I am ripping you off and making myself rich on your money" on your wrist?
Never experienced this. Would you mind sharing your experiences when customers got miffed because you wore a luxury watch?

>>59757800
It didn't 100% matter, even these days you can be 2 or 3 minutes out and it doesn't really matter. As long as everyone around you agreed that that was roughly what the time was you were OK.

Frankly even these days precise time is mostly for computers, people don't care that much. People seem to work to roughly 5 minute estimates.

>>59757838
They obviously wouldn't express it too you.

It's obvious that any flamboyant displays of wealth will not go down well with your customers.

Atomic watch syncing is really something only watch autists do.

If a normie wears a watch they will set the minute hand to "somewhere about" the correct time. Usually by getting the time off their microwave.

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Fuck I hate these fucking Vostok shitters. They are absolute dogshit.

Not only that, they also represent the evil, the communism. Communism doesn't fucking work and never will. These are cheap, vile, nasty, mean, evil, disgusting shitter pieces.

>>59757859
Are you talking about a normal rollie or something gaudy, golden shit?

>>59757859
The funny thing is that the truly ball-retractingly expensive watches aren't immediately recognisable to anyone who doesn't know their premium brands.

>>59757859
>flamboyant displays of wealth
Ostentatious like a calatrava or patrimony, you mean?

>>59757719
...besides the raketa polar 24 hours, that one is worthy, i want one too.
the cyrillics are so small no one will know and the polar theme gives a different explanation to why you'd wear a russian watch if someone ever caught you.

>>59757169
It's a 7S26, but not really.

The End.

>>59757968
The ostentatious part of those watches are the brand name.

>See a 5ACTUS for sale online for $30

What's the catch?

>>59758007
It's a cheap vintage shitter that hasn't been serviced for 30 years.

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Rate

How do watches get corroded hands? Aren't hands made from stainless steel which shouldn't corrode?

Also most watches are air tight so shouldn't let any moist air in.

>>59757972
Yeah it's a shame, I just wanted one on a fabric strap as a jolly summer watch but had to go down the soviet collectibles 'rare' beaten up route, I'd much rather just have bought a factory one because it being soviet does nothing for me, it's just a cute watch. Sadly I think Raketa is dead and gone so there are no new ones being made.

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Should I buy this for 85 bong?

>>59758047
Stainless steel will corrode, just slowly. Sweat is high salinity so presumably some just works its way in and sticks around long enough to tarnish the steel.

>>59758031
>Explorer dial
>sub bezel
What's going on here?

>>59758091

Franken build

>>59757983
(You)

>>59758091

1950's Rolex Small Crown Submariner

>>59758047
Not just that, but the hands seem to be MOST prone to it out of any parts inside the watch.

>>59757109
nah that's not how IP works, I can draw and own my own coca cola logos all day, I'm not infringing unless I try to sell a product with the logo. possessing a fake isn't a crime.

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>De Luxe

Why do watch companies do this?

>>59758224
They want to remind you of your favorite porn.

Is it still possible to buy HMT quartz watches new?

>>59758071
Yeah

>>59756542
>They're not. They're often higher quality than originals.

Drank too much of the kool-aid, did we?

>>59757630
This guy man lmao, does he ever give any useful advice. Why would you pay him to call you, your sun and your watch a shitter? Jeezes christ this guy is a snob.

>>59757293
Hideous

>>59758650
He has good taste in watches actually. But his life is shit. Makes videos more interesting though

Daily reminder: all seikos except GS are fucking garbage. They belong into garbage fucking bin.

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Mountain jews on suicide watch

>>59759176
>Suicide watch
Which one is that?

>>59758963
>He has good taste in watches actually
You just have shit taste in watches.

>>59758990
(You)

>>59759176
>suicide watch
In Japan those are called sudoku watches my friend

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>>59759722
The Swiss stole yet another watch idea from Japan

>>59757320

Is this what modern archery looks like?

>>59747075
I actually thought it was brass. Still looks like trash senpai.

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WOW

>>59756780
Diesel, Tag and DW are the new holy trinity of watchmakers.

>>59757678
You know the cycle of wrestling? First you like it as a kid, then you realize it's fake and hate it, then you realize it's actually cool and like it again - for different reasons.
Rolex is kind of like that. Normies like it because it's popular. When you start to learn about watches, you dismiss it (because it's popular). And when you really know your stuff and realize how they work, you respect them again. They make great watches, like it or not.

>>59758031
I'm sure it's incredibly expensive. I don't like it.

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Post old stuff

>>59762552
>Grand prix election
What is that?

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>>59762615
It's my great-grandmother's watch from the 1940s. Election was a Swiss watchmaker that has gone extinct. It's a fairly utilitarian movement (Election cal 645); it manages a bit better than a minute a day.

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>>59762552
'Kay

>>59762651
Neat.

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>>59762675
L A S O U R I S

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>>59758060
>Raketa is dead

>>59757719
>>59757972
>doesn't just wear a counterfeit watch or a Soviet watch, wears a counterfeit Soviet watch
whew lad

>>59757742
Sauce

What could be the best simple everyday beater watch. I was looking at sinn 556, is there anything better?

>>59762979
No one buys that shit.
>900€-1000€
>18000bph
Fucking no.

t. Soviet Raketa owner

>>59757318
Sweet man, was that your post or you just own that same model? Something different is always good to see

>>59763471
damasko da36? at least it's hardened steel unlike the sinn

>>59762480
This

Which watches were Obama wearing during his 8 years?

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>>59757900
>butthurt baltic detected
U mad bra?
These are both post soviet too

mechanical watches = wrist fedoras

>>59763695
A shitty TAG. Putin has a far superior taste in watches.
US presidents haven't worn flashy watches since Nixon

>>59763735
Well Trump wears his Vacheron Constantin now. God tier

>>59757900
>Communism doesn't fucking work and never will

China won. Cuba won. Belarus won.

>>59761041
>brass
Komandirskies are made from brass, I think you mean bronze.

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Two-tone PARNIS datejust shitter. It even comes with miyota movement so that you arnt tempted to unscrew the crown to handwind the watch cause you will get cross-threading when you try to screw down the crown again.

>>59763770
Yes, by integrsting capitslism you mongo.

>>59763770
>China
Hypercapitalism with some central planning

>Cuba
Poor, isolated shithole

>Belarus
Poor, isolated shithole

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>>59763471

>>59763735

Link?

>>59755407
Yeah I wouldn't buy a rep chronograph unless it was a simple one. I have a replica Aqua Terra that even supposed enthusiasts have looked all over and told me how great it looks. No real need to pay £5k when I can get basically the same thing for £200

>>59759762

>hey what time is it

>i-it's 35:286

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>>59763777
>>59763792

Butthurt poorfags. Capitalism is Cancer.

>tfw my grandfather, literally a poor SEA fisherman, and my dad, a poor third world police constable could afford rolexes back in the day but I can't

They were just an air king and an oysterdate but still. Where did it all go wrong?

>>59763863
rolex were good tools then. now they're luxury products.

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>>59755407

I fucking hate that overhyped watch so damn much. I would never buy an original or rep version.

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>>59763849
>facebook.com
>#workingclass
Oh the irony.

>>59763863

You can buy used Rolexes for around $1000

Have you ever sold a shitter and regret it /wt/?
Thinking of selling my steinshit 44mm flieger but I kinda like the watch.
It's a bit big for me, but man I love winding up the watch every morning. 6497 is such a robust movement.
But fuck steinhart seriously. I bought the watch a few years ago when I didn't know anything about watches.

>>59763929
>Have you ever sold a shitter and regret it
Not really. Shitters don't bring me any joy anymore. And you can always buy another for cheap easily if you miss them

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>>59763929

I wish I could sell my shitters but nobody's ineterested

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>>59752334
>>59752391
>>59753030
>>59756542
>>59757065
>>59757129
>>59757293

>wearing non-mesh metal band watch
>normal fag

>>59763929
never sold a watch

>>59754381

The fact that they don't have the 4r36 in them yet is pretty astounding to me.

>muh turtle

The Turtle reproduction was a disappointment for me at least. I had 3 that needed to be returned becuase the chapter ring was not aligned properly.

And its huge.

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>>59763837
kek

Newfag here.
What's some essential AC3 kino?

>>59752441
>literally wearing a instrument gauge on your wrist

>>59764374
>>/tv/

>>59763752
Pics? I couldn't see it from that jewtube link someone posted

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>>59760885
What's wrong?

>>59752334

why is there a cockroach wearing a rolex

>>59763882
It's the best looking watch in the world.
Have you ever held one?

>>59764800

it's unremarkable in every way

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>>59765093

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>>59765102

>>59764523
>>literally wearing a instrument gauge on your wrist
Core business idea of Sinn and Bellend Ross

>>59764945
>it's unremarkable in every way
You didn't answer his question:
>Have you ever held one?

>>59764800
I have, it just looks flat and boring.

That and it's a chronograph, I stopped being impressed by watches having lots of dials when I turned 18, it's just cluttered and ugly.

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I'm in the market for a £50 and really struggling to find something that fits my requirements. They are as follows:
* Distinctive and quirky - Styling that either looks different from almost all other watches or a vintage style.
* Small size - I'm looking for 40mm or smaller.
* Strap - Leather.
* Functions - No requirements for anything above telling the time.
Any suggestions for a pedantic prick like me? I want understated but distinctive.
Pic unrelated.

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>>59765253
Sorry I meant £500!

>>59765246
Well, the fact that it's a chronograph isn't impressive.
Also, it's not flat at all as the crystal protrudes like 5mm which is really rare.

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>>59765084
>>59765093
>>59765102
>>59765112
Boss.
I'm guessing it's similar to pic related

>>59765277
I said it looks flat, not that it is. As in the dial is just a boring black fisher price plastic that looks very cheap and unremarkable. Genuinely amazes me how popular it is every time I see it in a shop.

I guess if you like chronographs it's the one to get, but if you regularly wear a chronograps it suggests to me that you haven't been into watches for very long and are trying too hard to wear something showy. It's certainly overrated and these days very overpriced because of all the price hikes.

>>59765253
>Distinctive and quirky
>Understated

I don't get it, how are these 2 things compatible.

>>59765253
>>59765263
https://www.seagullwatchstore.com/SeaGull-Automatic-Mechanical-Watch-s/1827.htm

See if you like any of these, there are a fair few pages. They're a big over-bought in online circles as babby's first mechanical watch but they fit your criteria and nobody you meet will have the same.

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>>59765338
>>59765253
>>59765263

>Recommending shitters to newbies

NASTY

>>59765408
fuck off TGV

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>>59765471
I fucking hate how he keeps bleating on about this watch to inflate the price because he has one! CUNNTTT
Pic unrelated. Just an abomination I found.

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>>59765253
SARB033 and get a leather strap from Watch Gecko. That's what I did and I love this watch.

>>59765510
dunno if I like this or the 035 better.

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>>59765524
Either one is a good choice. I picked the 033 because it will go with more outfits, plus it has that subtle sunburst effect that only shows in certain lighting conditions.

>>59765510
Not him but I wouldn't describe that as at all "distinctive and quirky"

Today I changed a battery in a Squale. Some 10-15 years old, ETA quartz chronograph movement with 27(!) jewels and FIVE motors, central chrono second and minute hand (think Lemania 5100). Pretty gud actually. The watch was kinda ugly though.

Hey /wt/ any thoughts on these two? the sentry is around $50 aud cheaper on massdrop.

>>59763471
Price range? The Sinn 856 is significantly better than the 556 as it has a much better movement, tegimented case, and de humidifying tech.

>>59763823
Well an original TAG HUEHUE is also hot steaming garbage, they are much easier to fake. Same reason why no one will buy a used Panerai without boxes and papers, since they are so shit and easy to make you can't tell fakes from real.

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>>59764129
What did he mean by this?

Where do you guys buy used watches? I'm looking for a preferably '80s Rolex in the $1000-2000 price range.

>>59765216

yes, i have. it's unremarkable in every way. it's a generic tool chrono that completely blends in with all other tool chronos. there is absolutely nothing special about it.

>>59765872

The more of these pics you post, the less interested I become in Seiko. There is something about you personally that is strongly unlikable.

Daily reminder that Seikos are soulless, nasty, mean shitters manufactured in bangladesh.

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>>59765311
>if you regularly wear a chronograph it suggests to me you haven't been into watches long

What did he mean by this?

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>>59765830
ffs forgot pic

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>>59765966
(You)

>>59765966
Seiko's are either boring or ugly, people only buy them so they can fit in on the internet.

>>59765985

Yeah, this one is a great example. It used to sound interesting and appealing, but its association with you has put me off of it forever.

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>>59766041

>>59766166
not a bad strap match

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>>59765716
He did also say "or a vintage style", I'd say the SARBs have a certain vintage look. Similar to some 60s watches, this Seamaster De Ville for example.

>>59765976
Out of those two I would get the Sentry. Because I don't really like Roman numerals and that has less of them, I also prefer the date window position.

The hands on the Analyst are nicer though, also that one has a name that contains the word 'anal'.

Friendly reminder that watches are /fa/, not /g/.

>>59766224
Fair point

>>59766312
If they were /fa/ all the seikoautists wouldn't insist on posting their ugly watches so often.

>>59765976
I'd get the white dial ANALyst and put it on a navy alligator

>>59752391

Are reps in the $300 range better than something like the SARB033/35?

>>59766425
No.

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For me, 99% of watches just look completely lacking in any soul and that includes most Seikos. Exceptions are the SARB017 and the Alien watch and many Grand Seikos that are way too overpriced for me to care about.
Oris look too 90s, Omega brand has been tarnished for me by middle managers wearing the Seamaster and thinking they're James Bond.
Rolex scream NOTICE ME.
Tag again is 90s trash except some of their Carreras.
Hamilton havea nice aesthetic for the most part and don't try too hard.
Those cheap Casios are done to death and people seem to liek them because they're $10 which is ridiculous. They look shit.

My favourite watch is the Stowa Flieger. Iconic and timeless.

>>59766425
Not in the movement, but watches at that price aren't the sorts of things you keep for more than 5 years anyway. They're holdovers until you can buy something proper so to be honest you may as well just buy a replica since the movements are almost as good and they look a lot better.

>>59766461
Can you link your blog?

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>>59766484

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>>59766425
May sound like a blasphemy but get a rep instead. I have this and it still runs fine 20 months down the road.

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>>59766493
You're in it, m8.

>>59766502
Every word of what I said is true. If he has a problem with owning a fake watch and lying to the world fair enough, but a good replica of an easy to copy watch will be basically indistinguishable from a real one to anyone except an AD and have a miyota or some other decent movement in it.

>>59766508
>The kind of person who buys fake watches
>Being attracted by the oversized, colourful, bold noveau Richemont normie magnet designs of IWC
Story checks out.

>>59766521
But the easy to copy watches are shitters and you should be embarrassed to own, much less being such a desperately aspirational pleb that you throw money away on garbage fakes of overpriced shitters.

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Still posting muh new japshit. I just now realized that as a "low-end" JDM watch from the mid 70's, this doesn't have a flat mineral crystal, but an inner-domed one.

Seiko really are another level. I can't believe I've been missing out on these for so long.

How do I buy a Tisell watch?

>>59766544
The only watches that replicas find notoriously hard to copy are chronographs because the spacing of all the various dials is almost impossible to get right and have the movement work. Anything else if you buy from a good seller will be well enough done that most watch fans won't be able to tell, let alone your average nobody on the street.

>>59766570
Direct from Tisell

I fucking chinkshit Parnis is better made than a fake.

>>59766578
I don't buy my watches for other people.

>>59766604
Good for you.

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>>59766578
Good for you explicitly admitting that your only interest in watches is a desperately aspirational desire to status signal with, based purely on the false marketing driven "prestige" accorded to various brands, and that you have no actual interest in watches otherwise.

You are the prototypical fake watch buyer.

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Convince me not to buy this.

Inb4 overpriced
Inb4 subjective visual appeal

>>59766725
Looks chinkshit if it wasn't for the Brietling logo

>>59766725
Do you wear socks with your sandals, you fuckin' dad boner?

>>59766725
D A D C O R E
A
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C
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E

>>59766725
If you buy it, you will have to wear it.

>>59766725
How much is this mall-watch looking thing cost?

>>59766725
Will you even use the slide rule?

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>>59766875
>he thinks women care about your watch

>>59766875
The Nautilus looks so bad compared to the RO, it's sad.

>>59766913
It's a me me

>>59766913
>he totally misses the fucking point

>>59766952
Please enlighten me

NEW THREAD:
>>59766985
>>59766985
>>59766985

>>59766984
She not with him for the watch and doesn't care about the watch.
This whole meme is based on making you feel insecure.

>>59767022
Insecure about your watch, clearly

>>59766725
>Convince me not to buy this.
That's moms job, not mine.

>>59752334
is she implying that she's gonna explode any minute. damn

>>59767241
I already did like 3 times

>>59754225
Just get one of the turtle reissues

>>59765246
>I stopped being impressed by watches having lots of dials when I turned 18
Which was this morning? Fuck off, kid.