/wt/ - Watch Thread

first for archibald chesterfield the third

first for shitters belong on r/watches

first for chinese shitters and chinks belong on r/asianmasculinity

>>59801056
Reminder that /r/watches has less shitters than /wt/

>If I buy a "SWISS MADE" Omega Speedmaster I don't expect the parts to come from China

Try looking up what "swiss made" means on wikipedia

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What watch would suit my gf?

>>59801096

gold-plated generic quartz chinkshit with fake chrono pushers & dials

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Looking for a reliable SWISS MEME that won't break the bank?

I gotchu senpai. For less than $300 dollhairs you get a ETA-2824 (they call it Calibre 224)

http://www.jomashop.com/glycine-watch-3898-19at-sb-mb.html
Deal ends 11.04, supposedly

Anyone have any experience with the brand?

>>59801133
It's an invicta brand

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>>59801093
I know how the fucking mountains jew abuse "swiss made" to the death and while I expect that from steinhart of a CoWARD watch I don't expect it from a 6000 dollar watch.

What part can't you understand? Do you think Omega's are fairly priced if they are 50% made in China?

>>59801171
>Do you think Omega's are fairly priced if they are 50% made in China?

No but that isn't your argument.

You're arguing that china has an inability to produce any commodities to a high standard.

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What watch would suit my gf?

>>59801165
no wonder it's so ugly. is it possible to get a eta 2824 powered watch lower than that price?

>>59801096
She has some ugly feet.

What is a good and (cheap) Seiko Mecaquartz chrono.

I want one out of interest so cheap. But want to actually wear it sometimes.

>>59801133
>42mm case
>18mm band

>>59801171

More like 90% made in China. They're just assembled in Switzerland.

My wife's £1000 Omega watch bracelet was also made in China.

http://watchpart.co.uk/omega-ville-axial-chronoscope-bracelet-020st1674994-p-4189.html

>>59801209

Federal HST

>>59801211
Stienhart Ocean One is 330 Euros and I always thought that was the cheapest ETA 2824 so I guess not.

What's the different between a part made in china to a high standard and a part made in Switzerland to a high standard?

Does a Chinese man touching your watch offend you?

>>59801209

Small Field watches

Marathon http://www.longislandwatch.com/Marathon_General_Purpose_Watch_p/ww194003.htm

Bertucci http://www.longislandwatch.com/Bertucci_11043_watch_p/11043.htm
http://www.longislandwatch.com/Bertucci_12027_Watch_p/12027.htm

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>tfw """"""swiss""""" made Invicta with a Seiko movement

>>59801207
I did not argue that.

You pulled the racist card so I made a racist comment supporting the other posters disgust at getting chinese made goods at """luxury""" high end prices.

Chinese made goods do not compare to European made goods.They CAN make comparable goods but 999/1000 times they DON'T

>>59801209
N O M O S
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>>59801295
>I did not argue that.

>59801005

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I'm looking for a quartz that has sweeping second hand. Cheap and small as possible.

>>59801310
see >>59801238

>>59801295
>Chinese made goods do not compare to European made goods

Then why has Europe's manufacturing industry almost completely died?

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>>59801322

All this crying about "Luxury" watches made in China should make you realise that ALL "luxury" watches are overpriced as fuck and no watch deserves to be over $1,000

You think a "luxury" watch suddenly becomes worth it's astronomical price just because it was touched by some mountain Jew?

Watch makers are outsourcing their manufacturing to china because there's literally no difference in quality.

You're paying for the mystique of a swiss man touching your watch thanks to successful advertising.

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Why isn't the Casio MDV-106-1A more popular?

>>59801383
>Quartz

>>59800632

>Well made item designed for a job becomes a luxury item

Why does this keep happening?

Land Rover had changed their entire design and marketing from building vehicles that farmers used for work, to luxury items for rich cunts.

You're even starting to see "luxury" pick up trucks with leather seats.

Hey /wt/, it's my wife and I's first anniversary next month and we are looking into getting a luxury watch to share (budget of $2000 max). I have 6.1inch wrists and she has 6.3 inch wrists. We are currently looking at pic related as it is 36mm which shouldn't look too large on either of our wrists. I think the red outlines on the numerals looks great but her son thinks it looks "pink and gay". Any other recommendations for a dressy, small unisex watch in our budget?

>>59801428
youre budget is too small

may as well just get a his&hers timex and a submariner for your wife's son

>>59801428
>my wife

fuck off normie

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>>59801428
Forgot the image...

>>59801428
anon please tell me this is bait

>>59801440

nevermind, tell me THIS is bait

>>59801109
my thought exactly

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Need a watch that's as uninspired as my normiecunt life. Was thinking about this, what do you think /wt/?

https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/W10002-37-watches-men-luxury-brand-DW-fashion-casual-military-analog-quartz-relogio-masculino-genuine-leather/737887_32380609188.html

Should I buy this $11 denzel washington?

>>59801480
>that one watch from the ads on watchuseek

>>59801480

universally considered to be junk

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>It never ceases to amaze me how the "lowly fashion watches" often have more exciting, better-looking styles than the "respected brands." I believe that's the case here with these two Boss watches.

>>59801494

Anon, that's obviously fake. Stupid chinks even put the "D" backwards in the logo.

>>59801428
steel sub for you and two tone datejust with diamond markers.
> shouldn't be married if you can't afford this now or in the near future.

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Denzel Washington Classic Black: for the man too stupid to match the metal on his wrist to the metal on his belt.

>>59801527
But anon, that is fucking ugly.

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Ed made a new style of 1963

>>59801207
Two minor problems with your argument:

1) To the extent that non-Chinese companies are able to produce anything better than horrible quality non QC'd garbage in China it is because those companies are sending outside observers and management to watch the Chinese manufacturers like a fucking hawk so they don't cheat them, and doing their own QC to make sure the stuff coming out of the factory isn't complete garbage.

2) To the extent that the Swatch Group does outsource manufacturing to mainland China, this is precisely reflected in their watches being of a laughably bad manufacturing quality and finishing standard for the price. A $4,000 Omega Aqua Terra is noticeably worse dial/case/hands/bracelet quality than a $500 Seiko Brightz (no, I'm not kidding.)

>>59801257
No, moron, the issue is that the mainland Chinese literally don't believe in business ethics. They will lie, cheat, steal and poison you to make an extra $0.02, and will do so without any shame or remorse whatsoever.

The only way to get anything made there that isn't toxic garbage is to impose external monitoring and QC on them.

>>59801639
Where to fucking buy cunter?

>>59801679
No idea, but the watch was posted here

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f72/1963-chinese-air-force-style-watches-thomas-others-821627-136.html

>>59801368
Except that a Rolex utterly shits all over all those fake "Swiss" marketing driven "brands" that exist to shove ETA movements into chinesium cases and pawn them off on normie suckers at hilarious markups.

There are still a few watchmakers out there who actually care about the quality of the products they make and charge a reasonable price for them. They aren't all or even mainly Swiss, however, as the Swiss industry is basically garbage until you get to Rolex and up pricing.

>>59801723
Rolex are good but that doesn't mean they're not overpriced.

Their prices have risen over inflation despite manufacturing becoming cheaper.

@59801428
Gr8 b8 m8, I r8 it 8/8

>>59801749
> @

>>59801723
Could you give me some good examples please? I'm quite new to watches and have fallen for the Swiss meme

>>59801761
Seiko

>>59801748
Of course Rolex is overpriced, but at least they still make high quality watches and haven't turned into utterly rapacious hucksters like virtually the entire rest of the Swiss production watch industry.

>>59801761

a regular COSC certified ETA movement is only a "chronometer", but a rolex is a "superlative chronometre". note the spelling, that's crucial

I'm a newfag around here and haven't watched a single archie video yet.
So, /wt/, recommend me some essential AC3 kino

>>59801806
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t086Ah8Nkm0

>>59801806
100% srs -

you should watch as many ac3/paul pluta vids (WATCH vids - the thai/singa shit/mental illness/depression vids are SHITTERS) or else youll be a homos/seiko/chink shit poster here, which are the cancer of this hobby

and dont forget to like, subscribe and tell your FUCKHEAD friends about his channel.
man cannot live on google ads alone

>>59801780
yep this is why I've fallen for the Swiss meme.
I'm looking at like £2k minimum it seems.
(probably not rolex)

>>59801761
Entry level:
Vostok
Orient
Seiko
MIyota 9015 powered micro-brands

$500 - $1,000:
Seiko
Orient Star (I hate them all aesthetically but the quality is decent)

$1000 - $3000:
Sinn (good tech and fair prices for ebauche powered watches)
Damasko (As above)
Nomos (First new true in-house production watchmaker since the 1970s)
Grand Seiko quartz

$3000 - $7,500:
Nomos DUW 3001 and 4401 powered models
Grand Seiko mechanical
Rolex
Jaeger LeCoultre entry level models
Omega Speedmaster Professional (and ONLY this model)
Zenith (buy used to avoid the vicious depreciation and don't buy an ugly one)

$7,500+
Girard Perregaux
Jaeger LeCoultre
Piaget
A. Lange & Sohne
Vacheron Constantin
Patek Phillipe

That's just off the top of my head and I'm sure there are some omissions. A few here who hate Nomos' aesthetics will bitch about their inclusion but that's an argument of aesthetic preference rather than quality and horological merit.

Imagine finding out your dad died and only left you a seiko.

>>59801440

Perfect

>>59801905
>Sinn
>Fair price

>>59801908
Kek

>>59801921

good luck telling the time without a kupfersulfat capsule shitwit

>>59801921
Are Damasko's much cheaper? Is anyone else doing what Sinn does in terms of hardened cases, dehummidifying technology, and extremely well built highly legible designs with high grade ebauches at a significantly cheaper price?

If so, please point me to them.

>>59801822
do you have that video when someone baited archie make him belive someone wanted to chgange a patek for a nomos??
he went fucking crazy as always

>>59801852
THIS
Archie's non-filler videos are the ultimate redpill to newbies. A bit harsh at first but very educational that even a total idiot will learn.

>>59801908
"A Seiko" could be anything from an Astronomical Observatory Chronometer worth $20,000 to a Seiko 5 worth $0.02

It would depend on which Seiko it was. Seiko made a lot of GREAT watches in the late 1960s and into the 1970s

>>59801908
Sad!

>>59801940
I dunno but $1,000+ is far too much for watches as boring and ugly as Sinn watches.

Most of them have fucking painted dials.

>>59801966
The quality of the printing on those dials doesn't really show from pictures but is quite noticeable in person. I was really impressed by an 856 I handled up close.

>>59802008
The point I was making is that a $1,000 watch shouldn't have a printed dial.

Come on even $20 chinese shitters have applied markers.

>>59802022
Do you understand why Damasko and Sinn have printed dials? It's not because its cheaper to make, you know. It's because Sinn watches are based on the bold and easy to read dials used on airplane cockpit instrument clocks. Damasko started off as a parts maker for Sinn that branched out into making watches in the same genre. That whole genre of watches necessarily uses printed dials.

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>ordeted an american made leather nato from crown and buckle
>just got delivery confirmation
>won't be off work for another two hours
Can't wait to slap that shit onto my seamaster

>"hey anon we know how you love watches so your mom and I decided you should have a real luxury watch to remember us by"
>Open box
>Quartz tag heuer

How shook are you?

>>59802170
Reminder you will be expected to wear it every time you visit for the next 20 years

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Just got a Seiko SARB017.

>>59802170
I would be like:
>"fuck me dead, what can I say"
>"this is a fucking shitter! A nasty, vile fucking shitter, dad"

>>59802170
>>59802207

in a few months, tell them it failed and they didn't have any replacement units in inventory, so they let you pick something else.

they won't check whether it's actually an affiliated brand as long as you get something swiss.

>>59802263
Well meme'd my friend.

How does it run? Mine runs 10 show a day and i think i should get it regulated as that's kinds shit.

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anyone have experience with zelos? i saw someone post a shot of their lumed crown, wondering how the finishing quality is - i pledged for the new visionary, wondering if i wasted $450 on it.

>>59801230
I actually prefer a narrower bracelet, myself

>>59802372

sure, but you wouldn't hang a 42mm case off it... would you? i hope not.

>>59802170
Not mad at all at least tag makes some decent looking utility watches and it's not a fossil. Though I'd never go out of my way to buy one

>>59801908
I'd be fine with that. Seiko makes some solid as fuck watches.

>>59801908

my dad had one in the 80s and 90s. i hope he didn't get rid of it.

>>59802273
top kek

>>59802285
Mine is brand new and runs just as yours, around 5 to 10 seconds off a day.

>>59802389
why not, 45mm sumo has a 20mm bracelet and it fits good

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Now that spring and summer are upon us I'll probably not be able to wear my Metro/leather watch. It's my most frequently worn watch.

Are there true sweat or water resistant leather straps that don't look terrible?

What is the most utilitarian and unoffensive fashion wise watch out there?

I have a waveceptor and I love the satellite time. I don't care about mechanical/heritage/etc. I just want accurate as fuck time, and for it to look acceptable paired with a suit.

>>59803265
How expensive a suit we talking about here?

>>59803265
sub

>>59803294
>accurate time
>sub
Obviously, this opinion is to be ignored

>>59803282
Not expensive at all, think suitsupply

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>>59803265
>I just want accurate as fuck time, and for it to look acceptable paired with a suit

Never fear, I am here.

>>59803336
Get one of those Tissot Quartz COSC watches

Seiko will make you look like an autist. A Tissot is just barely "real watch" enough to avoid unnecessary scrutiny while being common enough to fend off neckbeards who jack off over muh in house movements

>>59801905
nobody will ever be happy with a list like this but overall well done anon 8/10.

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Finally here

>>59803959
are you happy?

>>59804213
Yes anon
How about you, how's your day been?

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Seiko put the tapisserie dial on something that isn't a giant chunky diver, pls.

>>59804327
I agree, why are the GS divers so thicc

Why are watch boxes so expensive wtf

>>59804469
You can get chink boxes for like $20 m8.

>>59804469
Buddy, if you think the watch boxes are expensive wait till you see the prices for some of the watches.

>>59803431
I probably should have included Audemars Piguet but I have an intense dislike for them. I feel like they've done far too much coasting on selling blingy ROOs to rappers and not enough serious horology in the last several years.

>>59802325
I'm that anon, my hammerhead looks good. Edges are very sharp, I can see myself clearly in the polished sections. The prototypes looked a lot worse than the finished watch. Bezel markings are matched perfectly with the outside edge. I get tons of complements on the unique design but I'd give my left nut for it to be like 2mm thinner.

>>59803959

POO

>>59804469
I bought mine on amazon for $16

>>59804589
Ain't indian shitty lighting

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Are there any sites with lists of old Seikos?

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>>59804670

Shitty, indeed.

>>59804566
cool, thanks - surprised that no one's posted BEWARE OF DOGSHIT yet, microbrands seem to get all the hate around here. now to wait...

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Shit is finally done for now.

>>59801368
For me it's about having something hand made, something precise and delicate.
I would sooner buy something made buy an artist than a machine,I tend to take care with expensive things were as I just throw cheap crap away.

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>>59805192

>>59805192

Are those original hands?

Where did you buy the bezel?

>>59805210
>>59805192

What did you change? Looks good.

>>59804682
The closest thing that exists to a complete list of old Seiko models is the Seiko Brand Master List at the Seikoholics forum:

http://seikoholics.yuku.com/topic/443

It's clunky and hard to navigate but it is, as far as I know, the most complete reference out there.

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>>59805275
>>59805285
Hour, minute hand, and insert from Yobokies, second hand from Ebay, bezel from Dave Murphy, dial from Favinov, crown and back from Meranom, strap from Bandukh.

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>>59801332

Please tell me you are a troll and not clinically retarded.

Western manufacturing has died becuase of environmental regulations and labor unions driving the prices up to manufacture in the west

China has zero fucks given for the environment and zero fucks given for laborers. QC is non existent too. Therefore they can manufacture goods for pennies on the dollar compared to the west when you literally don't give a shit. Until someone calls out China and India on this shit this is the shoddy quality of goods we will have to deal with. If and when they have to join the rest of the world and manufacture responsibly this is what we get.

Is it right or wrong to say hurr muh mountain jews? Depends on what you are talking about. Most Tissots are not worth of being called Swiss made these days. I don't think the quality is lacking in higher end stuff.

Your other options are buy literally fifteen variations of the same fucking seiko diver or save up some and get a decent Swiss watch and enjoy it. Don't get me wrongly I like me some Seiko.

>>59801575

more like for the hipster numale cuck

>>59803339

>day date complication in a $4000 watch

It's like you want everyone to think you bought a Seiko 5

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I need to get a battery for this old one I found cleaning out my grandpa's house.

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Saw this walking through Sears looking for a cheap watch band. Never had one as a kid. Now I do.

>>59801908
>Seiko
My mom wears my granma's Seiko. Dunno the model. She saw one at a department store and asked if I liked them. I honestly never looked into them.

>>59805887
Do you regret getting a calculator watch as an adult?

>>59801908

My father has an SNGZ013 I got him for christmas as a daily and a 70s manual wind Tissot.

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>>59801905
Please educate me. Why are the other Omegas not worth while?

>>59806345
Older ones are generally base ETA shitters for terrible prices. Newer ones use the co-axial escapement which sounds good in theory but Omega won't sell parts to anyone and the movements will eat themselves up and be obliterated if they don't get regular, precise services.

The Speedmaster Professional is the only really good watch they have as NASA won't allow them to fuck it up.

>>59802170
I would keep it and wear it when I visited them. Then after they die I would wear it on their birthdays to remember how they were thoughtful enough to show interest in my hobby, however misguided.

This is because I'm not an ungrateful shit and I will probably get my dad's 90s Tag F1 chrono when he dies and will do exactly that.

>>59805192
did you use a hand press?

>>59805792

I come from Finland where we still produce many things of high quality for export despite high salaries, higher taxes, environmental laws, powerful unions and every party in our government is socialist.

You're a fucking retard.

>>59806745
List of things Finland produces:

???

>>59806796
Racing drivers.

>>59806796
snow
melodic death metal
...
???

>>59806745

Are you fucking retarded? I am not putting down western manufacturing. I am saying they cant compete becuase the west gives a shit about doing the right thing by the environment and employees.

The Chinese don't do any of that which is why their shit is cheaper.

This kills the western competitiveness.

Of fucking course European and N.A. produced goods will be high quality, I am not fucking debating that. But they won't be cheap which is what the board of director of every company wants.

>>59806796
Socializing with old naked men in saunas.

I wonder why Boeing and Airbus haven't outsourced building planes to China...

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>>59806950

http://www.airbus.com/company/worldwide-presence/airbus-in-china/

sadly bottom line is always the priority over quality

>>59806985
Seems strange they'd build planes in China and Europe at the same time.

>>59806996

hopefully the ones built in China stay with Chinese airlines

>>59806950

Because those jobs require skill. Almost all Chinese manufacturing is low-skill work. It's changing lately, but the labor market for skilled manufacturing isn't nearly as large as it is in the US and Europe.

>>59805792
>Western manufacturing has died becuase of environmental regulations and labor unions driving the prices up to manufacture in the west

This is what Trumptards actually believe.

Dad told me a story once.

He's a CNC machine operator, and the owner of his factory owned a factory in Britain and in China. He was losing money and had to decide which factory to close.

Even though it was much cheaper he closed the Chinese factory because the Chinese machinists were unable to operate the machines at the same speed as the British workers.

>"The crown sets the time and date smoothly, and oddly the second hand start working whilst the time is being set: Sold as spares or repair"

Is the seller of this watch so stupid they're selling a non hacking watch as broken?

>>59807052
So long as he's not employing previous Leyland workers, your father should be good to go..

>>59807093
He doesn't own the company he's a machinist grunt

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>>59806796
>List of things Finland produces:

Stora Enso, the largest paper manufacturer in the world
Aker Finnyards, the manufacturer of 90% of the world's largest cruise ships
KONE, world's biggest manufacturer of elevators and escalators
Wärtsilä, top 3 producer of power plants and ship engines worldwide


Do you want me to go on?

>>59801428
>smaller wrist than wife
>wife's son
>sharing a watch

nice meme, friendo :^)

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Who wears a watch like this?

>>59807118
ur mum

>>59807118

/g/

>>59807099
The way you wrote it implied he was a machinist, who owned factories in China and Britain.

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Just got this for 35$ from a local antique store. It's in very good condition, 52 years old and still keeps better time than my eta 2824... How much do you think it's worth? I don't have much experience with women's watches

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>>59807200
and the movement

>>59807200
Why would an antique store sell an Omega for $35?

>>59801440
Why does /wt/ like this meme brand so much? The level of finish is not proportional to the asking price.

And don't get me started on those disgustingly long lugs.

>>59807224
A lot of people here don't. Or at most just find them overpriced.

>>59807200

You should have it serviced. It's worth about $100 after a service.

>>59807210
>>59807200
Get it serviced.
Put it in an online Auction
??????
PROFIT!

>>59807217

It's in very bad shape. The gold plating has come off. That's all it's worth.

>>59807240
>service cost: $200

>>59807224
There is only one Kraut fanboy who shills them constantly.

>>59807118
your dad

>>59801040
Schabraune komplette.

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>>59806695
No, too cheap for that.

>>59807252

That's the joke

>>59807381
Neat. I'm going to go down that route eventually, but I also don't want to buy the tools.
Did you have a hard time with any of it?

Is US$500 a good price for vintage hi-beat GS in normal working condition?

>>59807562
What ref? 6145/6146?

>>59807562
Post pics.

>>59807571
4520-7010. No date window.

>>59807606
That's one of the ones that BTFO the swiss in their trials in the 60s. As long as it's in good condition and you don't mind potentially getting it serviced, then go for it.

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>>59807528
Jaxa case wrench, case knife, spring hand puller, jeweler screwdriver, tweezers, and movement holder is what I'd recommend. Bic pen cartridge end makes for a hand setter. All very cheap.

I had to paint the seconds hand which is obscenely difficult to get right with the paint I have. The hour hand is also not the correct size so I had to gently crimp it into a literally .1mm smaller diameter. The rest is straightforward knowing what to take apart and where.

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>>59807572

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>>59807690

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>>59807699

>>59807690
That dial is real rough m8. Personally I'd look for one with a minty dial.

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>>59803307
Rolex Subs only lose +/- 3s/day max

>>59807690
Not exactly the best looking model ever.

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>>59807714
Okay. How about this one? I think this is caliber 5646 7010.

>>59807772
>cat face the 24th

If I recall correctly the 56** calibers have some plastic part for the day/date function that's bound to fail at some point.

>>59806431
>NASA won't allow them to fuck it up

NASA has no authority over any Omega model

>>59807847
Omega wants to keep that 'nasa approved' text on the caseback, is the thing.

>>59807778
So which GS you think is the better bet?

>>59807883
Just stick with the daini models, as a general rule. The 5740C & 6245/6246 are fine too.

>>59807690
why does your watch have a tan?

>>59807965

pfft, it's called "crust" and raises the value significantly. that watch is worth three times as much with the crust.

I want to buy myself a first watch (reality is second but it was that seiko with calculator and I was a child) and I'm looking towards casio watches. Especially Retro A163WA -1QES and MTP-1183A-7B, are there any pros and cons towards them?
>inb4 too poor to buy mechanical one

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>>59807965
That's not mine.

How about the Lord Marvel? This one is cheaper at around $400 but it's below GS in finishing right?

I want to buy a used rolex explorer and my max budget is 2000USD.
Ive been reading about them online in the past week but Im so overwhelmed with information i don't know exactly what to look for.
Any tips or suggestion for the most suitable reference for me?

>>59808292

they are fine. the analog one is smaller than most men's watches are these days, firmly into the "unisex" size range. that might or might not be what you want. the digital one is about the same size but you can get away with a smaller size in that style without it looking as small.

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What's the cheapest Miyota 9015 watch?

>>59808502

all of them

>>59801934
This.

>What time is it?
>Light blue

Only non-pleb way to tell time.

>>59808555

seriously, though, if it weren't for the kupfersulfat, how would i know when it's time to send my 856 back to frankfurt to have the argon refilled?

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I really like the Omega speedmaster pro, but I don't think I'm autistic enough to wind the thing every morning.

And FFFFFUUUUUCK buying an automatic coaxial abomination.

>>59808626
Given that you type like a 14 year old I'm amazed you can afford one Tbh lad.

>>59808626
It just becomes part of your routine. Am not going to be like on of those WUS autists and claim that I love winding my watch every morning becuase it means I have a closer relationship with it or some bullshit but it doesn't put me out either. I just wake up, wind the watch for 30 seconds, shower, and then get on with my day.

>>59806929
You didn't know you also socialize with mixed company in saunas?

It is strange how Victorian era mores survives in the US.

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My gf is going to china this week and is going to buy me this. Should I make her rethink her decision or is it not that bad?
It's the 819.916

>>59807126
but only when she goes on a mission over the Middle East to deliver righteous ordnance from 30000 feet.

>>59805210
Is that red lume of the edge of the minutes hand, or just a reflection from ambient light?

>>59809077
The latter.

in 20mins we are doing the secret life of machines, quartz watch. A very good video.

Right now it's the word processor, come in to chat

http://www.sync-video.com/r/rssCBnNr

>>59801207
>You're arguing that china has an inability to produce any commodities to a high standard.
Nobody said that.

External QC changes a lot.

The big issue is when Chinese production is based on stolen technology and know-how. The bigger issue is when financial success is based on brazen counterfeiting, safe in the knowledge that it is close to impossible for foreigners to effectively enforce intellectual property rights in China. And even if you get one success the same group reappears elsewhere within days, merrily continuing.

Why did you think there is an exodus of foreign companies heading instead to Vietnam?

>>59809118
Too bad. I'd like my watch to be fully lumed in red with amber hour markers.

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Are there any recommendations on a comfy quarz watch?
I have an Amphibia and a Slava already, but the Amphibia's rotor broke (again, it's already my second one). And now I'm wearing my Slava all the time, but I want to wear something different from time to time.
But I want to start with something cheap (maybe less than 30€) and uncomplicated

>>59809031
looks nice, don't know too much about quality though

>>59809245
Get a penis quartz.

>>59809257
I already thought about that, but what key words do I have to search for? I don't know much about them, and I haven't been here for some time now
"Penis Quartz" yields no results, naturally
I'm in Germany if that matters

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Quartz watch coming up

http://www.sync-video.com/r/rssCBnNr

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The grand seiko I was going to buy got snapped up by someone else :(

Unfortunately its an older model, so they won't be getting any new stock.

Are there any other grand seikos which are 37mm-38mm, and which have a white dial? I'm am looking for something in their "regular" automatic line, not the spring drive or hi-beat models.

>>59809278
I can't be assed to find it right now, just search 'penis quartz' in the archives and I'm sure you'll find some models. As for places to look generally yahoo.jp auctions is good for vintage seikos.

>>59808320
You can't get an Explorer for $2000. The ref. 14270 is the cheapest and usually runs between $3000-$4000. You do have enough for an Air-King though which is 90% of the watch and only a little bit smaller.

>>59809314
Why do you want the most boring watch in existence? Those upmarket Seiko 5's have no soul.

>>59809328
okay thanks

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I have skinny 6.5 inch wrists. Would a 40mm watch be too big? This watch caught my eye, it looks like it would make a good dress watch.

On the other hand, I am looking at a 33mm dive watch. Would that be too small?

>>59809423
>Would a 40mm watch be too big?

Probably not. A 33mm dive watch might look too small though.

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Just lost her virginity at the beach

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>>59809448
Hand size for comparison

>>59809448
MAN ON THE FUCKING SPACE STATION

>>59807224
Gee, I wonder why anyone interested in horology would be interested in literally the first production watchmaker since the 1970s to newly develop the ability to design and manufacture mechanical movements--including escapements--from the ground up, as opposed to slapping off the shelf ETA movements I to chinesium cases and spending the rest of their budget on marketing?

It's truly a mystery.

>>59809474
Somehow still looks bigger on pic than in person :/ ...it's 42mm

>>59809484

they need to hire a designer or become an ebauche maker or something. the current formula is a massive failure.

>>59807606
>>59807649
Just keep in mind that 45xx movements are a bit high maintenance as they can wear more than normal due to being Daini's first hi-beat caliber. It will need to be serviced every ~4 years and you will need to be willing to buy parts donors eventually, just in case.

It's still worth it though as the 45xx is one of the highest inherent accuracy movements produced in the pre-quartz era.

>>59809477
Kek'd

>>59807690
>>59809510
Oy, nevermind, $500 for a dial in that condition is WAY too much.

>>59807772
>56xx
Not worth it. The quick-set will eventually fail and the 56xx caliber is inferior to both the 52xx and 45xx.

>>59803307
Dumbass
You should have ripped him for recommending a sub with a suit. Not its accuracy

>>59809477
Underrated

>>59803959
Cool. Not a leather on diver kinda guy but hey. Have you ever had to service that thing?

>>59807883
>>59807896
Solid advice.

>>59808307
Lord Marvel is probably the best Suwa designed movement. Only bad thing you can say about it is that it doesn't hack.

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should I cop?

What's the consensus on these?

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>>59809474
Forgot to post the back of this Fort B42 Man on the Fucking Space Station

>>59809493
The best way to show how it actually looks irl is a mirror shot from a few feet away

>>59807973
u wot?

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>>59809555

I hope it's just the picture, but the dial looks awfully crooked.

>>59809645
This was in reference to >>59809031

>>59809592
Roger that, Anon

>>59809645
>>59809031

that's crooked enough that it must be intentional.

(right? even china wouldn't ship that, right?)

>Militants ETA surrender arms in end to decades of conflict

What are ebauche watch makers gonna do now?

>tfw local jew dealer sells SKX cheaper than Amazon
>mfw no faces saved

>>59809749

enjoy your guangzhou sieko SXK

>>59809756
He's not that much of a jew to sell the shit china copies.
But his prices are abit much sometimes, even by highstreet standards.

If a quartz chrono had an instant reset is it definitely mecaquartz?

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Are we still doing piles? Here's my pile of blurry garbage. These are all the watches that are either in rotation, in wearable condition, or I want to wear them but need to be worked on first (the Seiko and the gold case, white dial, black strap Vostok on the right).

A few of these are from my grandfather that I've serviced and restored. The shitty Eaglemoss field watch next to the Amphibia is the last watch he had, it was originally mine but I gave it to him so he'd have a legible, full-arabics watch that he could see.

Not shown is all the broken, donor and unfinished watches I've amassed.

>>59809904
it definitely doesn't use a stepper motor, at least.

Threadly reminder that there is NOTHING wrong with replicas

>>59810159
What's with the knife? I've got the same. Any idea what does it say on the side?

>>59805312
Bruh, that strap looks like the ones that pebble give out.

>>59810206
That's to trigger the anti-knife fags. No idea what it says.

>>59810263

wait, there are people that are anti-knife? WHY?

>>59810276
Knives kill people.

>>59810276
A while ago one or two anons kept sperging out because a lot of people (me) were posting pics of their watches with knives next to them, much like the Urban Gentile.

>>59810319

good, some people need to be killed.

>>59810320

got it. i will make sure to always include knives and/or guns in future pictures.

>>59810276
leftists and brits

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>mint condition seiko 6245
>270k yen

Convince me not to do it, /g/.

>>59810320
ive watched only a few of his vids but doesnt he shoot his watches next to a fucking OPINEL? shit's like 7 bucks on amazon lmao

can he at least afford a spyderco? or a bitchmade? ffs...

>>59810335
it's a fucking shitter m8

>>59810335
That's too much for one of those in that condition, isn't it? Even if it isn't, I couldn't justify paying that when you can get a 45KS for ~$500 or a 52KS for ~$300.

>>59810399
It's basically unused. Some jii-san left it in a safe for 50 years more or less.

>>59810347
Those are not muh yuropoor heritage.

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>>59810263
We knife posting now?

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New navy leather for my old Union

> knife posting

Whoa don't cut me on those edges mate

>>59810276

Europeans (except Finns and easterners) cannot comprehend why a human being would carry a small sharp tool around.

They believe that the only purpose of any sharp object is to violently murder anything within sight.

Why will normies pay kilobux for a tag formula 1 which is not only quartz but it's a Fucking stepper motor piece of shit quartz .

Seiko make a mecaquartz for $99

>>59810648
Maybe we're just not edgy teens like you.

>>59810819
All quartz watches that aren't spring drives use stepper mortors

>>59810819
b-but swiss made! other white people can't be wrong and must be superior! my delusions and propaganda tells me so!

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>>59810830
>>59810525
Go to bed, Ed

>>59810836
I mean in the chrono hand and dial. Mecaquartz chronos have one motor and drive everything off it.

Normal quartz chronos use motors for every hand.

> $1000 quartz
> isn't a grand seiko

Lol

> lorus, pulsar, credor, orient

Why does seiko do this?

>>59811178
Orient isn't like the others you've listed, they're an independent brand still using mostly their own movements.

>>59810335
Go ahead and waste your money, anon.
Why should we care?

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Got some otto frei screwdrivers for my birthday hurrah

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>>59801040
Lets play 'guess the shitter movement'!

>>59811694
fa schild?

>>59811779
Close but no cigar!
Lets go on
> I lose 20 sec per day but I'm 50 years old

>>59811178
>3 mall tier shitters
>1 bretty gud budget mech

I just found the perfect daily beater watch, the Casio MTP-1200. Cheap as fuck with a Sapphire crystal

>>59809555
Yeah if you want a cheal digital why not its just a coloured terrorist after all.

>>59811288
>>59811178
Not to mention they aren't even owned by the Seiko watch corporation

>>59811178

Pulsar are certified by the British Ministry of Defence

>>59811982
So was the Leyland L60, doesn't make it any fucking good.

>>59811954
>its just a coloured terrorist
what?

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Just bought this shitter for £25

>solar
>1/5th second chrono

What's a good watch for my wife's son?

>>59812093
a big, all black, watch

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Thoughts on this? It's in my budget,
SEIKO SBPX063

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>>59811982

>>59812287
Look at this guy's awful fucking rings

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f78/seiko-spirit-smart-solar-sbpx063-2908322.html

What's a pureclass watch that looks good on a NATO

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>>59810648
New Zealander here. On my side of the world it is also deemed completely unnecessary to carry a knife unless you are prospecting for a gang.

Unless you work in trades it really screams loser.

But I do support guns. Show me your guns and watches /g/

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>>59812001
The terrorist watch (pic related)
The a158/168s are more or less just coloured plastic versions of them.

>>59812460
See
>>59812782

>>59812332
Watch for huge faggots then?

>>59812795
He said "pure class", not "pure ass"

>>59813003
See
>>59812782

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>>59809555
Super cheap, they're pretty much disposable. The steel bracelet makes the plastic case really obvious. The small size makes them very convenient.

>>59813264
so do you recommend them? how much are they worth in your opinion?

>>59811929

>credor
>mall tier shitters

>>59813288
Not him, but I would recommend one. They're usually about $10, they're durable and the battery will last close to a decade. Even if it gets beat up, water damaged, lost or stolen, they're only $10 so you never really worry too much about it as you're wearing it.

Not to mention they keep time more accurately than most watches available.

>>59813510
>$10
wtf? this is >>59809555
30 euros here

>>59813510
you just mentioned it

>>59813531

the extra €20 is to pay for the refujihadeen

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>>59813543

>>59813288
They're worth ~$10. Not worth it for the ones that get to $15 or more, Casio makes ones with better functions at that price.

What's the best all purpose watch?

I hate the idea of having two or more watches for different ocassions. Too much commitment.

Is sarb ok? I'm a salaryman so I usually wear shirt and tie so a diver would look out of place.

>>59812287
Very tidy.

I wish more watches were like this. Hard to be sure but I am not sure the hands are lumed.

A slight minus for lack of crown guard.

>>59813534
Mentioned what?

>>59813588
>Casio makes ones with better functions at that price.
which ones are those? please tell me, also what extra features?

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I'm thinking of picking up an 80' oysterdate.
Looks like pic related.
The only problem is, it's handwinding and has a screw down crown.
Winding it everyday must be a bitch.
Should I?
The dial is absolutely fantastic. Sort of like pearly sunburst.

>Past 300
New thread, when?

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>>59813455
It depends on which Credor...

>>59813747
Do you own a watch as nice as that one?

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>>59813589
Rolex Explorer 1

>>59813589
A sarb035 is perfect for that

>>59813602
Crown guards and lume are for sports watches.

>>59813688
Absolutely do it. You can take literally one second out of your day to have a good watch on the wrist.

>>59813706
The bump limit is 310. And there's no post limit. No need to make a new thread before this one reaches page 10.

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>>59813862
>Crown guards and lume are for sports watches.
No.

>>59813926

more accurately, they are for non-dress watches.

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>>59813783
Do you not have a sense of humor? Or are you just unable to infer that something is a joke based on contextual cues?

>>59813942
I'll take that as a no.

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>>59813988
Should I post my Lemania 5100 Speedmaster and King Seiko Special also, or will this suffice?

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>>59813988
>>59814018

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>>59813783

>>59814018
The speedmaster is probably the only relevant comparison. Both being column wheel chronographs.

>>59814314
>relevant comparison
>to be able to make a joke
>a J O K E
You are literally autistic.

>>59805860
It doesn't even fucking line up!