/wt/ watch thread

File: maxresdefault-4.jpg (48KB, 1280x720px) Image search: [Google]

48KB, 1280x720px

First for PHISTING

>>59857001
Required viewing for newbies:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiFRcUAtODc

File: loser archie.jpg (451KB, 992x1856px) Image search: [Google]

451KB, 992x1856px

>>59857039
>>59857042

FUCK ARCHIE LUXURY

HE'S A LOSER POORFAG WATCHED BY OTHER LOSER POORFAGS

>>59857057
>>>/g/csg/

>>59857057
Post your watch collection.

>>59857001
torille

File: DSC04810.jpg (349KB, 1600x1200px) Image search: [Google]

349KB, 1600x1200px

Is $400 too much for a minty seiko 5740?

>>59857149
If it's the one pictured, then yes. That one is not minty ENOUGH to be worth $400. If it's a linen dialed 5740C and even the hands are in great shape, then yes, $400 is reasonable, but it has to be in A++ condition.

File: DSC_6981.jpg (114KB, 1200x803px) Image search: [Google]

114KB, 1200x803px

>>59857088

Here's my $298 Explorer rep. Even the most experienced Rolex fans can't find a flaw.

>>59857277
epic trolling

File: 5740.jpg (181KB, 1350x600px) Image search: [Google]

181KB, 1350x600px

>>59857243
Nah, it's not the one in that pic. But it is a linen dial 5740C. Pics are small because >yahoo auctions but it seems in pretty good shape.

>>59857277
I've seen these before, I bet it has almost no lume.

File: DSC_6991.jpg (42KB, 1200x803px) Image search: [Google]

42KB, 1200x803px

>>59857306

Lume is bright

File: sakura_smug.jpg (29KB, 337x404px) Image search: [Google]

29KB, 337x404px

>>59857335
>Lume is bright

>>59857277
>Even the most experienced Rolex fans can't find a flaw.

>Open case
>Not a Rolex movement

File: DSC_6987.jpg (112KB, 1200x803px) Image search: [Google]

112KB, 1200x803px

>>59857365

>open case

Do you let everyone you meet in the street do that? How about opening your laptop or phone while you're at it?

>>59857277
>>59857365
alternatively
>look at seconds hand
>look at seconds hand 24h later

>>59857387
>Look at second hand
>6 beats per second not 8

>>59857277
Good luck getting that shit serviced if it ever breaks.
Should have bought a Seiko.

>>59856974
Yeah. Right after you get into watches, Patek seems to be the gold standard. But just a few months in, you start looking down on them.

>>59857379
>buying reps
>ever
why?

>>59857387
This, also:
>wind crown
>that nasty, raspy Miyota/ETA feel when not having a proper click and/or having a shitty ratchet wheel with tiny teeth

File: 4859989110_75ce09518a_b.jpg (201KB, 1024x685px) Image search: [Google]

201KB, 1024x685px

Continuing from >>59856314

What's the opinion on the poljot 3133 movement? I want a Strela and the movement seems to have a lot of history (movement used by cosmonaut watches).

But I look at it inside cases and there just seems to be a lot of wasted space because it's not so flat. Strela cases are 1.5 cm and that's still not automatic...

File: BN0100-34L-2[1].jpg (346KB, 713x1016px) Image search: [Google]

346KB, 713x1016px

What kind of nato strap would go with this watch? What colours or patterns should I get? Should I get black PVD or gold plated or polished or brushed buckles?

>>59857527
Dumb batterynigger opinion: I'd trust a movement more that has a lot of space for endshake and other play than a cramped, ultra tin one where the gears are less than a hair from each other.

You can't imagine the frustration when you realize the reason you're getting shit rates in one position is because the balance wheel is scraping against something.

>>59857575
Is a reliable ultra-thin just not possible for mechanical? There are a lot of NOMOS shills.

File: 1963 Movement.jpg (872KB, 1920x1344px) Image search: [Google]

872KB, 1920x1344px

>>59857527

Same as the Seagull ST19. Both originate from the same Swiss movement.

>>59857456
>Good luck getting that shit serviced if it ever breaks.

My local watchmaker services all my reps. He's a pretty cool guy.

>>59857541

Grey nato

>>59857640
Good that you have a guy; for the price it might not even be worth servicing ever anyway, though.

File: astrid-kersseboom-tijdvoormax.jpg (127KB, 480x723px) Image search: [Google]

127KB, 480x723px

>>59857277
>paying more than $10 for a fake
Lmao'ing at your life brah just end it man your dad is already disappointed in you

I want a steel, pre-ceramic, no holes case, no date Submariner

tfw

>>59857527
Reliable workhorse movement that's been used in countless watches over the years.
No hacking kind of sucks.

>>59857541
One matching the dial, bezel, black or if you're pretending to be effay, white. Brushed steel buckles to match the case is the only option that makes any sense out of that. Unless you want it in a few days, just buy one of each from china for a few dollars.

>>59857687
And I want a 5517

>>59857638
Wait I think I am thinking of a different movement.

Apparently the 3133 is based on a Valjoux movement, not a Venus movement like the ST19

>>59857527
>What's the opinion on the poljot 3133 movement?

Slavshit isn't worth the 600 euros they're charging I know that.

>>59857687
i want a milsub

>>59857301
I wouldn't pay that much for a 5740C on Y! JP. You should be able to get one in similar condition for closer to $200 USD than $400 if you have some patience.

File: Screenshot_20170410_032503.png (65KB, 216x281px) Image search: [Google]

65KB, 216x281px

>>59857660
>those crazy eyes

>>59857801
Hot, right?

How come JLC clocks are $500 but their watches are $5,000

File: grammar-mistakes-people-laughing.png (315KB, 620x250px) Image search: [Google]

315KB, 620x250px

>>59857277
Enjoy your 112 degrees amplitude +65 SPD (look those terms up, pleb) timebomb movement.

Also enjoy knowing deep inside that you are such a status seeking whore that you buy fakes to try and pretend to entirely imagined social status, and actually have no genuine interest in watches or horology whatsoever.

File: qy1epzupa1ry.jpg (570KB, 3024x3780px) Image search: [Google]

570KB, 3024x3780px

Waiting for the birth of my wife's son

>>59857588
It's totally possible just like 18000bph chronometers are possible.

Also they're perfectly reliable out of the factory, I just don't trust them to last as long (forty, fifty, seventy years or more) as a normal thickness mechanical. Where there's wear and tear, past shocks or even sloppy service a normal thickness mechanical will run not so good, where a thin one might not run at all.

>>59857840
>wearing a HOMOS

sounds about right

>Mom says younger brother has got into watches since getting his first job
>Am interested to see what he got
>Visit home
>Armani Exchange

NASTY!

>>59857877
His retarded sandals make it 10/10

>>59857880
Anon you have to talk some sense into the punter.

File: omegachina.jpg (79KB, 576x1024px) Image search: [Google]

79KB, 576x1024px

>>59857818
>>59857660
>>59857387
>>59857306

Mad """""SWISS""""" industry shills

Enjoy your overpriced shitters made from Chinese parts assembled in Switzerland.

90% OF WATCH PARTS USED IN SWISS WATCHES ARE MADE IN CHINA

pic related

File: sarb015-450myp.jpg (83KB, 352x450px) Image search: [Google]

83KB, 352x450px

Someone is selling a SARB015 in mint condition for 330USD.

Should I? Its kinda rare right?

File: IMG_20170412_075150.jpg (2MB, 3480x4640px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 3480x4640px

How are you celebrating the first space flight?

File: IMG_20170303_195056138.jpg (2MB, 2340x4160px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 2340x4160px

>>59858174
Nice Poljot MAN IN FUCKING SPACE.

File: wt autists.jpg (431KB, 992x1856px) Image search: [Google]

431KB, 992x1856px

>>59857818
>>59857660
>>59857387
>>59857306
Reminder

>triggered the chinks again
top lel

>>59858023
You mean 90% of watch parts used in "affordable luxury" 50.01% Swiss shitters marketed to plebs like you are made in China.

Rolex doesn't make any parts in China. Neither do the Swiss haute horlogerie brands. Neither does Nomos. Not Grand Seiko. It's the modern marketing driven brand whoring "PRESTIGE" driven brands that outsource as much as legally allowed because they don't give a fuck about watchmaking, they see the physical goods merely as a totem to carry the marketing messages.

File: mqdefault.jpg (12KB, 320x180px) Image search: [Google]

12KB, 320x180px

Why do poor people waste their money on jewelry?

>>59858074

Just buy newly released watches and ignore old shit.

File: Filippo-Loreti-Luxury-Watch.jpg (39KB, 700x500px) Image search: [Google]

39KB, 700x500px

damn, i knwo you guys will hate me but ill ask this.
Are those Filipo Loreti watches a scam or are they really worth the money?
I am not that much into watches, just want a nice simple one.

>>59858248
https://www.behavioraleconomics.com/mini-encyclopedia-of-be/sunk-cost-fallacy/

:)

>>59858318
Horse shit

>>59858318
They're a scam, classic example of this shit

imgur.com/a/6CNO8

>>59858318
AVOID at all costs.

>>59858270
>Rolex doesn't make any parts in China. Neither do the Swiss haute horlogerie brands. Neither does Nomos. Not Grand Seiko.

HOW THE FUCK DO YOU KNOW FAGGOT? YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT THEIR MANUFACTURING OTHER THAN WHAT THEIR MARKETING TELLS YOU.

File: backslide.png (132KB, 320x246px) Image search: [Google]

132KB, 320x246px

>tfw Daniel Klein fashion dogshit are selling way more in our store than proper Casio or even steel-case Lorus
The commoners have legit shit taste.

>>59857809
Miniaturisation is expensive.
Also, they're not $500

>>59858074
Pretty cool since it doesn't have the retarded hands of the green meme

>>59858346
The only thing that doesn't come from Rolex's own factories is the hands, and those are made in Switzerland too

>>59858346
Find 1 one (uno) piece of evidence to suggest that Rolex, Grand Seiko, or even Nomos outsource ANY of their production outside of their respective home countries.

I'll wait.

File: 4L_dZcCxfrg.gif (3KB, 452x523px) Image search: [Google]

3KB, 452x523px

>>59858338
>bergman and stein

>>59858074
Meh, it's alright, but I wouldn't go for it over other SARB models unless you are particularly taken with its looks.

File: unnamed (40).jpg (35KB, 534x950px) Image search: [Google]

35KB, 534x950px

Just got a beater shitter through the post.

Paid £26 on ebay.

It's solar powered, but apparently still has a battery that needs replacing.

>>59858577
The solar energy has to be stored somewhere, it doesn't just zap into useable energy

>>59858601
you'd think it would have a capacitor to store power that wouldn't need replacing.

>>59858288
The same reason rich people waste their money on jewelry.

>>59858609
>using a capacitor for long term energy storage
>in a wearable device no less
Please educate yourself before posting. Especially on the technology board.

>>59858467
>Find 1 one (uno) piece of evidence to suggest that Rolex

As we have seen, to be Swiss, a watch must use a Swiss movement. According to Section 2 OSM, a movement is considered to be Swiss if:

it has been assembled in Switzerland;
it has been inspected by the manufacturer in Switzerland; and
the components of Swiss manufacture account for at least 50 percent of the total value, without taking into account the cost of assembly.
If the movement fulfills these conditions, but the watch is not assembled in Switzerland, the "Swiss" indication may be affixed to one of the components of the movement. On the outside of the watch, may then only appear the "mouvement suisse" or "Swiss movement" indication. Section 3 § 3 OSM requires that the word "movement" appear in full, and be written in the same type-face, of identical size and colour, as the word "Swiss".

https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=19245

http://www.fhs.swiss/eng/swissmade.html

>>59858664
Changes to Swiss laws which were lobbied for by the hucksters at the Swatch Group are not evidence of what Rolex does or does not do in their manufacturing process.

Again, find me a SINGLE piece of direct evidence that Rolex outsources the production of any parts used in their watches outside of Switzerland.

File: mr_robot_joanna_p_2016.jpg (151KB, 1047x1572px) Image search: [Google]

151KB, 1047x1572px

Guys I think this butthurt fakerolex poster is actually the chinese guy who's feelings we hurt the other day about chinese quality

Please don't fee him (You)s

>>59858729
>lobbied for by the hucksters at the Swatch Group

These laws were in place before Swatch group ever existed. Swatch actually pushed for it to be 50% instead of the already existing 40% pushed for by Rolex.

>>59858857
Prove both of those assertions.

>>59858857
By the way, seeing as Rolex has their own steel and gold foundries in Switzerland, you would be required to argue and provide evidence for the metals being smelted in Switzerland and then shipped elsewhere for any other process, which would of course be self evidently ABSURD, so you might as well just stop now before you embarrass yourself any further.

File: hayek.jpg (297KB, 640x426px) Image search: [Google]

297KB, 640x426px

Buy my watches faggots

File: hans.jpg (260KB, 1500x1492px) Image search: [Google]

260KB, 1500x1492px

Hans Wilsdorf, the gay founder of Rolex died in 1960; since then, the trust has owned and run the company.

Rolex SA is owned by the private Hans Wilsdorf Foundation, which is registered as a charity and does not pay corporate income taxes.

There is no person or persons who 'profit' from higher sales, since no person owns shares of the corporation.

Hans Wilsdorf began creating Rolex watches in the early 1900s along with his lover and business partner, Alfred James Davis. Rolex became a registered brand name in Europe in 1912. In 1920, Wilsdorf bought out Davis' share in the company and continued making improvements to the quality watches. After the death of his wife in 1944 and with no heirs, Wilsdorf wanted to ensure the company continued to run as he dictated, which prompted him to create the trust.

Its important to note that the Foundation's trustees are not owners or shareholders, they are only custodians, like the board of a nonproft. They decide how to reinvest the profit, hire or fire the Rolex director, and so on. As trustees, they may get a free watch from time to time, but they are not owners and don't benefit financially.

So in a way, Rolex, a globally successful company which generates 4 billion in sales annually, belongs to nobody! Nobody uses this money. How many billions has it hoarded over the years is a mystery as neither the Rolex comapny's or the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation's accounts are public.

>take my new used solar watch into the jewlers to get a fresh battery
>get told it takes a special battery that costs £50

Wtf?

Is this true?

Ebay seller said it needs a new battery but it starts sticking in direct sunlight but stops in shade so does it even NEED a new battery? I'll just leave it outside in the garden a bit.

>>59859333
>The trials and tribulations of a mentally decrepit poorfag too retarded to spend 5 minutes googling before buying something

Tip top kek, poorfriend.

>>59859239
>How many billions has it hoarded over the years
They have incredible r&d, always renew everything... Pretty sure almost none of the money is sleeping.

>>59859333
You're stupid

>>59859359
They're probably just trying to have me on. No one would design a watch with a £50 battery change.

They change batteries on the Sunday market for £3

File: Rolex-Cellini-Moonphase-50535.jpg (177KB, 860x625px) Image search: [Google]

177KB, 860x625px

>>59859239
I assume the cash in the bank is minimal. They probably give a big chunk to charity (after all they can't keep it as profit as no one "owns" Rolex) and the rest they pour into research and development.

That Hipster Jew at Hodinkee got the amazing privilege to tour the Rolex factories and (beyond their being a surprising amount of handmade aspects of all Rolex watches) the amount of effort they put into literally every aspect of their watches is astonishing. They're like the anti-Swatch.

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/inside-rolex

>>59859239
Swiss """""""non-profits"""""" are well known for being anything but and generally shady. Why do you think FIFA chose it as their headquarters.

>>59860210
alpine views and clean air

Anyone been to the Patek Philippe museum in Switzerland or know if there's anything else worth seeing watch related? Will be working in Bern between May and September so have the chance if it's worthwhile.

>buy automatic watch
>Go to set time
>Pull out crown all the way
>Second hand keeps moving
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA WHAT THE FUCK

Seriously, the only way to set the time accurately is to autistically movie the dial back and forth to move the second hand one step forward two steps back so that the second hand can remain on zero at the change of the minute, but then when you move the minute hand the second hand stops so it's inaccurate again

Top fucking kek somebody please tell me there's an easy way to do this and I'm not retarded

>>59860680
Visit the local chapter of the Archie fan club

File: Blancpain-Leman-Ultra-Slim-Watch-2100-1130M-63B-Strap-in-Steel-Asia-ETA-Automatic-Calibre-9015-C3-Super-Luminova-Noob-Watch-001.jpg (220KB, 1280x1280px) Image search: [Google]

220KB, 1280x1280px

Thoughts?

>>59860840
kek, that was guaranteed of course

>>59860813
You have a non hacking movement where the second hand doesn't stop. The movement is likely so inaccurate there'd little point setting it to exact time

>>59860863
It's an Orient. Good thing I only bought it as jewelry for when I dress up

>>59860857
While I wish it wouldn't have the seconds / minutes marked in numerals overall it's fairly good. Remember it as being decently sized and not very thick either. Make sure you don't overpay - "ETA" in reps is usually not a good idea.

>>59860210
>Resorting to totally baseless innuendo and smearing by association to FIFA in the complete absence of any evidence whatsoever to support your implication.
Shiggy

>>59860977
Wasn't me who made the original post, don't really care either way, but Swiss finance is an intentional black hole so being a non-profit doesn't mean the same as it would in some other countries. Not to say Rolex do exploit the system, but others have been known to.

File: 850085_2-max-900.jpg (87KB, 900x766px) Image search: [Google]

87KB, 900x766px

>>59860857

>>59860921

It's got a Miyota 9015. I'm hoping they make a sterile version. I like the numbers.

File: cornavin_shock_unit.jpg (23KB, 275x221px) Image search: [Google]

23KB, 275x221px

>>59860680
international watchmaking museum la chaux de fonds, musee d'horlogerie du locle and espace d'horloger in valle du joux

File: 20161105_223501.jpg (2MB, 2120x2002px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 2120x2002px

>>59857335
That's not bright lume, this is the lume on my Citizen BM8180 which is around 15 years old.

>>59861100

Cheers, will write them down in my notes.

File: 1363196223107s.jpg (6KB, 219x186px) Image search: [Google]

6KB, 219x186px

Anyone here in the watchmaking business?

How hard would it be to assemble my own watches, market to impressionable hipsters on social media and sell them for an inordinate markup because >muh luxury

>>59860857
Nice fake. Blue colored protective plastic is a dead giveaway that it's chinkshit. Not to mention the disgusting non-quality of the hands, dial print, date-window and -wheel, etc.

>>59861125
Someone post the imgur

>>59861125
Much harder than having chinks do it for you.
http://imgur.com/a/6CNO8

>>59860068
Wtf I love Rolex now.
No seriously I want to buy one

>>59860857
Classic example of a watch it's easy to make an ok fake of because the original looks so damn cheap to begin with. My immediate thought aside from the hands looking shit was that the font on the date wheel looks bad but apparently the original's looks just as shit so there you go. Position is slightly off though.

File: 17902103_10209073097960599_1533921529_o[1].jpg (111KB, 720x1184px) Image search: [Google]

111KB, 720x1184px

Looking for a new watch that looks a little similar to my old one. advice?

>>59861385
Don't.

File: sarx013_leather.jpg (144KB, 810x1080px) Image search: [Google]

144KB, 810x1080px

>>59861287
Faking Swiss garbage is easy, I'd like to see the chinks attempt a GS or even a convincing SAR.

>>59861265

Hah, yes. This is exactly what I had in mind.

But it looks like 'daniel wellington' have already cornered the market.

File: Screen Shot 2017-04-12 at 20.19.24.jpg (73KB, 488x587px) Image search: [Google]

73KB, 488x587px

>>59861475
>it looks like 'daniel wellington' have already cornered the market

I seem to get a different sponsored link on fb to some new bullshit brand literally every single day. Literally just after seeing this post I went to see if I could find another and did within 30 seconds, never seen this one before either.

https://www.helgray.com/

Why does /r/watches hate Archie so much?

>>59861530
Helgray has been around for years and make generally decent watches tho

>>59861876
Fair enough, all blends together to me now

File: 20170412_204710.jpg (2MB, 3264x1836px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 3264x1836px

Who vintage seiko and plaid here?

>>59861831
He's very inclusive. He doesn't have a bad range of watches or bad taste per se, but his constant shitting on anything that isnt Omeega or Puh-Tek and his psychological problems just make him a meme

File: Rolex-Submariner-No-Date-Price-Increase-Chart-1.jpg (43KB, 860x394px) Image search: [Google]

43KB, 860x394px

>>59859239
If there is no profit then why this? What is their incentive?

File: golden lel.png (1MB, 912x905px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 912x905px

>>59861432

>cased in China written on the back

>>59861831
Reddit (and Reddit refugees on /wt/ like this guy >>59857057) only buy shitters and therefore get assmad when someone tells them they wasted their money on shitters and are inferior for being stupid consumers

People don't like to feel inferior

>>59862035
Signed someone assmad they were told they wasted thousands on "luxury" and are inferior for being stupid consumers.

Surely buying any watch is a waste of money and a smart consumer wouldn't have a watch

>>59862299
*any watch costing more than $20

>>59862345
Just use your phone.

>>59862035
>Reddit refugees on /wt/ like this guy

I'm that guy and I've never been on reddit watch threads. I'm from replica watch forum. You would have learned that if you read what I wrote.

>>59862458
that's like saying, wtf bro I have a Venezuelan passport, not a North Korean passport

>>59857361
>>59861121
>not knowing how exposure works.

>>59862458
*fake watch forum

File: 11917972_767543233357884_1289091559_n.jpg (77KB, 640x640px) Image search: [Google]

77KB, 640x640px

Who are the best watch modders?

>>59862422
If your time isn't valuable enough that a $20 watch that saves you a minute or two a day for 10 years isn't a worthwhile investment, I pity you. In fact, please seek therapy if you live in a developed country or revolution if you don't.

File: LRM_EXPORT_20170411_174333.jpg (3MB, 2643x2643px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 2643x2643px

>>59861912
You know it.

I think mechanical watches are cool. Do I have permission to spend some of my extra money on them now?

Let's be completely honest here. These threads belong on /fa/

File: IMG_0363.jpg (3MB, 4032x3024px) Image search: [Google]

3MB, 4032x3024px

he wanted $50 for it

>>59861831
Because /r/Watches is a shitter hugbox and Archie doesn't pull any punches on the fact that the vast majority of the sub-$5,000 watch industry is full of hilariously overpriced marketing driven SHITTERS.

>>59862937

I've picked those up for 15-20 before. They're the old style tinny quartz fakes.

>>59861994
Fiduciary duty. While Rolex is held by a non-profit trust and donates at least some significant portion of its profits, the directors of that trust are still obligated to act to maximize the trust's returns.

That being said, the graph you posted is partially misleading as there have been significant technological and manufacturing quality improvements to the Submariner over the time period charted that would mitigate SOME (but obviously nowhere near ALL) of the increase in price over inflation. A 1957 Sub did not have a case made of 904L steel, did not have a solid-link solid end-link bracelet with a milled clasp, did not have a ceramic bezel, etc.

>>59862422
Pulling out your phone is considered improper etiquette in a lot of places, anon.

File: irish.jpg (179KB, 768x1024px) Image search: [Google]

179KB, 768x1024px

Why does this board hate real military watches used in active military duty but shill shitty ripoff homages of old military watches?

File: b93.png (267KB, 800x820px) Image search: [Google]

267KB, 800x820px

>>59862458
>I'm from replica watch forum.
You have to go back.

>>59863017
What watches are used in active duty anyways?
Timex Ironman?

File: cwc1.jpg (80KB, 580x580px) Image search: [Google]

80KB, 580x580px

>>59863039

CWC and MWC

File: 20161008_233958.jpg (2MB, 2059x1956px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 2059x1956px

>>59862557
I told the picture of my Citizen myself with my Galaxy S6 after simply charging the lume with a desk lamp. No extended exposure trickery.

Here's my SKX which is even better. Just accept that the lume is shit on your shitty fake.

>>59862999
>nowhere near ALL
That's all I needed. Rolex is bullshit.

>>59863149
Not him, and my phone can't capture lume worth a damn, likely his can't either.

>>59862773
Hands naturally rest next to the pocket in most positions. It should take you the same amount of time to grab your phone and view it as it does to raise your wristwatch to view it.

>>59863001
So is wearing an ugly $20 watch in any place where etiquette matters.

>>59863149
>is bright immediately after charging
Wow, just like even the cheapest lume is.

>>59862957
See >>59862233

>>59862619
I really am not even familiar with anyone outside like bamford who can do lots of things, or more limited shops like artifice horoworks. I am really not a big fan of the places that mod a cheap seiko diver and just end up giving a rougher look and worse lume on hands and dial though.

>>59861831
Why would you even know what they like?

File: 1475762470099.gif (1001KB, 640x480px) Image search: [Google]

1001KB, 640x480px

>>59864452
>I'm from replica watch forum
Y O U
O
U

H A V E
A
V
E

T O
O

G O
O

B A C K
A
C
K

File: 1467072723974.jpg (48KB, 372x630px) Image search: [Google]

48KB, 372x630px

>>59864585
Not him.

>>59864476
Fuck off ninefag

>>59859352

oh, no. he came here before bidding and joked about the listing. i informed him that the listing was correct and that a solar watch requires a battery.

he did not make this error out of a lack of research. he made this error despite conducting research and receiving an answer.

>>59857840

Congratulations you fucking faggot

>>59859333

Wew, welcome to the sunken cost trip

>>59860813

wait until the second hand approaches zero, turn the crown backwards, and then maintain a slight backward pressure on the crown. this will most likely hold the second hand in place. just after the top of the minute on your reference clock, let go of the crown and the second hand should begin to move again. set the time by advancing just beyond the correct time, and then turn it backwards to the correct time as the second hand passes zero again.

with a little bit of practice you can set a non-hacking movement to within a second or two of the reference clock and the process should take only two or three minutes. i can easily set my 7s26 and vostok movements much more precisely than they can actually keep time using this approach. this is called "back-hacking" and it is not harmful for the movement.

next time, however, you will surely buy a watch with a hacking movement.

How hard is it to build your own watch? Everything is just so overpriced. Movements cost a few dozen dollars and people just slap on a case and suddenly it's $200.

>>59864644
I accepted it needed "a watch battery" which is a standard item you get for £3.

No one warned me the watch takes some stupid special snowflake battery that is impossible to find for sale because casio are retarded.

Just gonna relist on ebay.

>>59865078

a standard watch battery IS NOT RECHARGEABLE. are you stupid? do you somehow not know about rechargeable batteries costing more than disposable primary batteries?

>>59864994

If you research enough you can build one for $50 from Vostok parts.

File: MG_102_2_RS_LS_A4.jpg (246KB, 1500x1124px) Image search: [Google]

246KB, 1500x1124px

white brass makes my dick hard.

>>59865091
There are standard rechargeable watch batteries and this watch doesn't take them.

It uses a special snowflake battery designed especially for the movement

>>59865097
Is true, I wanted to carve a wooden watch once, the most cost efficient solution would have been a vostok movement.

>Seiko released movements under the Epson brand

Kinda seems weird.

>>59865602
link

>>59865682
http://movement.epson.com.hk/

>>59857818

he mad

File: P3240237.jpg (161KB, 950x713px) Image search: [Google]

161KB, 950x713px

Seiko Presages at Basel are gorgeous.

This are the watches I want to see. No precious metals or gemstones or gimmicky bullshit. Just clean, everyday wear designs.

File: grid-m79910-0001.png (66KB, 450x600px) Image search: [Google]

66KB, 450x600px

Opinions on this watch?

>>59865695
The technical sheets are sweet. Too bad they're all quartz

>>59865792
Makes me wonder tho.. are all seiko quartz branded as Epson on the movement. Or just some?

>>59865810
From what I gathered on the google in 5 minutes, it looks like no, just these cheapos

>>59865872
Imagine being such a shit movement you're not worthy of the brand name seiko

>There are people on WUS that like collecting sub $100 watches and even sub $50 watches.

What is this shitter mentality?

>>59865875
These are what's going into all of those kickstarter shitters

>>59865885
Watches are fun

>>59865885
reddit (TGV fans) transplants

File: 1488420686916.jpg (26KB, 500x281px) Image search: [Google]

26KB, 500x281px

>>59865776

>>59865885
That's what watches ought to cost anyway

File: SBPG001-2.jpg (90KB, 598x762px) Image search: [Google]

90KB, 598x762px

Why is this mother fucker impossible to find?

Did Seiko produce 5 of them for the entire planet?

>>59865908
They're buying watches even cheaper than TGV features though. I'm talking $20 ali express specials.

There's entire threads devoted to ali express.

I have an Epson movement and it's zero (0) jewels

>>59865885
Some cheap watches are cool, also it's no problem if ya ruin them.

>>59865940
/csg/ has set up shop on WUS and the resident chink ambassador on /wt/ tries to convince us china and the chinese people are not shitters

File: 1485714016910.jpg (413KB, 1962x2048px) Image search: [Google]

413KB, 1962x2048px

>TGV just released a video where he talks about alternatives to fashion watches like Denzel Washington
>"This is the Tissot Everytime and it's not a chinese case watch built in China"

File: SAM_0310.jpg (944KB, 4607x3455px) Image search: [Google]

944KB, 4607x3455px

r8 my diver

File: LRM_EXPORT_20170224_104909.jpg (840KB, 1392x1392px) Image search: [Google]

840KB, 1392x1392px

>>59865939
Patience is a virtue. There will be some Y! JP auctions eventually.

File: da8u7a5u[1].jpg (73KB, 1024x768px) Image search: [Google]

73KB, 1024x768px

Just cleared at the customs. Expecting it tomorrow.

>>59866212
meme it in good health!

>>59866212
What strap is on that cock

File: 6381e5561db40d88be6d5b5225b820c0[1].jpg (275KB, 768x1024px) Image search: [Google]

275KB, 768x1024px

>>59866233
Already ordered burgundy strap. Memes are real.

File: 663a0512c86dc6a44c08382e6c7f8c06[1].jpg (417KB, 976x1024px) Image search: [Google]

417KB, 976x1024px

>>59866277
http://www.hirschstraps.com/products/hirsch-modena-alligator-embossed-leather-watch-strap-gold-brown
The forum posters identify as above, but the lighting makes it look burgundy. The original poster don't want to share info so I got this:

http://www.hirschstraps.com/products/hirsch-duke-alligator-embossed-leather-watch-strap-burgundy

>>59866212
I said navy or midnight blue. Burgundy is neither of those colors. Why have you done this?

>>59866321
Figured it was Hirsch. Gracias

File: 239029d1303753379-seiko-cocktail-time-sarb065-l1010705[1].jpg (197KB, 1077x893px) Image search: [Google]

197KB, 1077x893px

>>59866330
I already have some navy blue straps around, so I wanna try my favorite colour burgundy ;)

>>59866380
Wrist size?

File: 20150323132102_qxmjci0ck0g[1].jpg (2MB, 1836x3264px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 1836x3264px

>>59866391
Idk, haven't measured myself. Photos above are random from google for hype. The watch is 40mm.

>>59866439
Hope you're at least 7"

;^)

>>59865776
it would be better at 36-38mm

File: emuzyde2[1].jpg (514KB, 1131x1131px) Image search: [Google]

514KB, 1131x1131px

>>59866473
8" - just measured myself :3

>>59866525
what is this?

>>59866579
Casio Happy Hour

>>59866598
fuck off mang

>>59866525

what's the weird trash-looking thing with the masking tape to the right of the watch?

>>59866814
Those are energy bracelets. You know those q ones made of metal? These ones charge you with energy from the earth. It keeps you grounded wherever you are.

>>59866994

no, not the watch. the really beat-up looking thing that looks like it was run over by a truck and left to rot in the rain for a few days.

File: 1479622328686.gif (2MB, 360x240px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 360x240px

>>59866994
My fucking sides. I sure hope you're trolling.

File: 1478634132492.jpg (22KB, 237x229px) Image search: [Google]

22KB, 237x229px

>>59866994
>energy bracelets

File: 20170403_165124-1512x1512.jpg (351KB, 1512x1512px) Image search: [Google]

351KB, 1512x1512px

>>59862557
>implying >>59863149 is wrong.

>>59857277
I don't get why you'd spend $300 on a fake and not just get a real watch like a Seiko or Omega

>>59861125
That has nothing to do with watchmaking, it's all marketing.

>>59868281

>$300
>Omega

>>59868490
Vintage, it's not unheard of to get a constellation or something for that price.

File: 51Zi3dj7m3L.jpg (36KB, 500x500px) Image search: [Google]

36KB, 500x500px

>>59865776
Nice Seiko SNE327 homage.

>>59866525
Fatty

>>59868499
Those watches are so cheap for a reason, they're absolutely shit.

>>59865810
No, there's also SII (Seiko Instruments).

File: kekeke.png (266KB, 640x400px) Image search: [Google]

266KB, 640x400px

>>59866994
I hope they're magnetic too and you're fucking up your watch every day with it.

>>59868005
Whats the watch on the lefts model number?

>>59868822
SNK809, probably.

File: dinaridm.jpg (17KB, 306x426px) Image search: [Google]

17KB, 306x426px

>>59868667
Nah, just a slav.

>>59868650

Nice Rolex Explorer homage.

>>59868005
A phone's auto focus is typically not going to pick up small lume dots amid pitch black, this is obvious by the blurriness, and without a subject in the frame it has no reference to increase its exposure beyond its default whereas your eyes automatically adjust making the lume appear brighter to you than the to the camera. So yes, learn how exposure works.

File: IMG_4027.jpg (123KB, 820x547px) Image search: [Google]

123KB, 820x547px

Fun fact: if I try to buy this in the EU I wont pay less than 230€, either from Italy of Germany or from my local watch shops (they go as high as 350€, not even kidding). But if I order it online from lets say, Longislandwatches, Skywatches or else, I pay $200 for the watch and about $60 in VAT and customs tax - which is in any way maybe even €150 cheaper than buying from local dealers. Whats up with the price inflation in the EU?

>>59868836
Thanks man, I don't know why but I just love the face of that watch.

>>59868978
Americans never include VAT in the price points for things since they differ from state to state so their prices always look cheaper than they are.

>>59869017
But that doesnt explain the hebraic behavior of local watch dealers in the EU. €350 is a normal price for skx007k if you want to buy from local watchmakers watchdealers in my country

>>59869090
Are you honestly asking why running a shop with authorised products, guarantees for refunds/quality etc is more expensive than a grey market online only business where you can get away with a lot more?

>>59869157
yeah I know, I can understand the safety factor that it has, but the hyperinflation is just bizzare. Okay, a local watch dealer can provide a better warranty, quick service or repair for little to no money, but then again someone selling on Ebay can get fucked by Ebay and Paypal if they sell fakes or defective wares

>>59857277
immerse in water.

>>59865131
Good to know, mom.

File: 20170403_164618.jpg (2MB, 3024x3024px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 3024x3024px

>>59868836
Spot on.
>>59869007

File: 20170407_083856.jpg (2MB, 3024x3024px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 3024x3024px

>>59868953
That was taken with a phone. Amd so was pic related in a room with no lights.

>>59869239
It isn't just that, it's floor space and employee costs too, both are expensive.

is there a list of all seiko 5's or the design philosophy that goes into their design? theres so many yet they have a decent variance. Is it just release a new one each month or whats the go?

>>59869578
http://www.watchsleuth.com/seiko5finder/

File: miyota9015.jpg (349KB, 1200x952px) Image search: [Google]

349KB, 1200x952px

Any reason why Seiko won't make a 28800bph midrange movement like Citizen did with the Miyota 9015? The NH35's 21600bph is kinda slow for the 21st century.

/wt/, redpill me on ETA movements. For $400, is an ETA Tissot or a in-house Seiko/Orient generally a better choice?

>>59869745
Tissots are just a Swatch marketing scheme to get you to buy their more expensive products. Overpriced with little thought gone into them and nothing to do with the original brand. Seiko and Orient are far more sensibly priced.

>>59869605
Is there a resource like this for the SARB017?

>>59866007
What was wrong with it..?

>>59869853
it's dogshit

>>59869740
If it ain't broke, etc. Would be nice though.

>>59869758
Seriously just use your fucking eyes, it's on the same site

File: DSC07981_copy.jpg (67KB, 820x547px) Image search: [Google]

67KB, 820x547px

Dude am I a chronograph or a diver lol?

>>59866188
Is that a casio with a different face?

>people who wear shitty designer quarts watches
its fine tbqh. my mum has marc jacobs watches and they do look nice. Not everyone needs to be a Seiko man.

>people who wear pretentious gold plated watches that aren't luxury brands
i do begin to question that person's character. Who does he think he is?

>people who wear quartz designer watches that are gold plated and DO NOT WORK

V strange men. I treat these people like utter garbage

File: 1490612529968.jpg (8KB, 256x256px) Image search: [Google]

8KB, 256x256px

>ENERGY BRACELETS

File: maxresdefault (34).jpg (65KB, 1280x720px) Image search: [Google]

65KB, 1280x720px

>Have $2,000
>"Should I buy that Tudor watch?"
>"Should I get that vintage datejust or speedy"?
>"No thanks I'll have a fucking quartz Casio please"

>>59869017
Most online stores only charge you tax if you're in the same state as them. Even then it's only like 3-8%.

>>59870364
I keep seeing these at conventions that are mostly populated by middle aged men.

I go to a lot of car shows and fishing shows and there are tons of people trying to sell new age shit like crystals and energy bracelets.

Do middle aged men like this shit?

File: 20161214_213105.png (575KB, 982x995px) Image search: [Google]

575KB, 982x995px

>>59864452
The lume on that shitty fake isn't though is it? I expect he charged the lume before taking the picture otherwise what's the point?

Pic related is the tritium lume on my 20+ year old Tag shitter. Tritium has a half life of 12 years so it has been degrading for the best part of a decade and it's still brighter than the fake.

>>59870570
>comparing lume from separate pictures

>>59870582
If both are taken in a dark room on a camera phone with no exposure trickery it should be a fair comparison.

>>59870543
There's a lack of people who know about james randi or other folks who debunk quackery and woo like "energy" bracelets.

>>59869740
More like stopped making. They already had the 4s15 and we're using it, but then they decided the 4s15 was too high end and moved it to Credor.

File: strap il_fullxfull.1217922475_5gbs.jpg (108KB, 1200x800px) Image search: [Google]

108KB, 1200x800px

Would this strap pair well with a dress watch or is it too vintage/rustic/whatever?

>>59870732
Casual straps are usually fine on dress watches if you're not actually wearing them formally

File: 0_0_0_0_502_520_csupload_69360272_large.jpg (50KB, 530x550px) Image search: [Google]

50KB, 530x550px

>>59870732
It's more casual looking if that's what you want. Usually you'd have a stitched croc strap (or similar) for dress watches.

>>59870871
>>59870899
Damn, croc strikes me as so tacky and ostentatious, especially when it's mostly just simulated grain cow leather.

File: 5753343-8577768.jpg (66KB, 650x378px) Image search: [Google]

66KB, 650x378px

>>59871046
That's why you get real croc.

>>59871075
any recommendations for around $100 or less?

>>59871046
You can get leather dress straps that aren't croc.....

>>59871146
>You can get leather dress straps that aren't croc.....
I know that, I just don't know what to look for specifically or where to buy one at a reasonable price and avoid an excessive mark-up. Can you recommend anything or post a decent example?

>>59871131
Try looking through this:

http://pastebin.com/SwRysprE

File: citizen_bullhead3.jpg (293KB, 800x532px) Image search: [Google]

293KB, 800x532px

Worth buying?

>>59866212

The new cocktail presage is supposed to have a better designed crown right?
Will the price increase that much? I want a cocktail but not sure if I should wait or just get one now.

>>59871175
Thanks!
>ostrich leather
damn this is ugly

>>59871200

I've always wanted a bullhead.

>>59871164
Hadley Roma for $20-30
Hirsch for $40-50

Both the best at their price points

>>59871270
seems like what they offer is just junk "genuine leather" with some filler, am I missing something? I don't see a lot of high-quality leather specified there

I can spend a little more if it means getting something legit and not laminated styrofoam

>>59871200
Yes

>>59871281
You are correct. Hadley Roma, Hirsch, Rios1931 and the rest mostly make styrofoam garbage "genuine leather" straps.

For non-dressy leather at a reasonable price I would look at the handmade leather straps at Watch Gecko and from ColaReb. I don't have any dressy leather strap recommendations at that price point at the moment, unfortunately.

>>59871200
Lawyeranon has at least two.
If it's worthy of his collection, I'd say yes. Get it.

File: Screen Shot 2017-04-13 at 8.53.03 AM.png (294KB, 798x679px) Image search: [Google]

294KB, 798x679px

>>59871322
Thanks for the info, I'm happy to spend a little more on a dress watch strap—I guess I just need to shop around and determine how to avoid paying an exorbitant markup. It seems like there are decent straps in the $100 range, although there is no single popular model or search term, so it's tough to get a bead on it.

Do you think this is garbage, btw? I've come across a few posts on r*ddit about them and they claim that they're good, cheap straps, but it's tough to get a straight answer from people who are biased and looking to rationalize their purchases

http://vietnambeautiful.com/black-genuine-alligatorcrocodile-leather-skin-watch-strap-band-20mm-c20-p859.html

Don't necessarily want to buy from this site, but for some reason there seem to be a lot of cheap croc straps from Vietnam

>>59871371
>determine how to avoid paying an exorbitant markup
Wrong hobby

>>59871371
I actually have one on order. From what I've been led to believe they are great quality for the price. I believe there is a large alligator farming industry in Vietnam and that's why they have such a cottage industry in alligator straps.

>>59871396
>Wrong hobby
Everything has a market price range and choosing to aim for the lower end of it is simply sensible

>>59871400
>I actually have one on order. From what I've been led to believe they are great quality for the price. I believe there is a large alligator farming industry in Vietnam and that's why they have such a cottage industry in alligator straps.
You should have recommended one to me, some of them look pretty nice
>each listings pics of the actual individual strap
Vietnam > China confirmed

>>59871414
Indeed, I should have. Didn't occur to me until you mentioned it because I was trying to think of dressy plain leather straps rather than alligator/croc.

>>59871453
I appreciate your advice. Do you or anyone else ITT happen to know of a cheap dressy watch like the Bambino but in a more classic size, ~35mm? I've been thinking about picking up an old Seamaster DeVille, but I'd honestly prefer something newer/quartz as I don't have much opportunity for a dress watch and I don't want to worry about service etc. for something that will sit in my watch box 360 days out of the year, especially for a vintage from eBay or whatever

anyway thanks

File: seamaster d9b80d6f54b799430cd80bd786fc9323.jpg (61KB, 800x600px) Image search: [Google]

61KB, 800x600px

>>59871490
forgot pic, I love this aesthetic

File: stubbin kello.jpg (28KB, 650x432px) Image search: [Google]

28KB, 650x432px

>>59857001
T O R I L L E

File: arhiksen kello.jpg (70KB, 820x500px) Image search: [Google]

70KB, 820x500px

>>59871520
That guy is from a major right-wing party in FInland, btw. He wears a fucking Suunto everywhere, or at least used to, he isn't our prime minister or anything anymore so I don't see him that much. I guess it kinda makes sense, wearing a more expensive Finland-related watch might be a bit much.

This guy was the leader of our leftmost party until pretty recently, he wears a tag hueuer instead. Got some shit for it some years ago but no one really cares (as it should be, being a leftist doesn't mean that you should spend all your money on Marxist literature or something)

The guy in the OP is the leader of a right-wing populist party.

File: stephen-lang-cup-of-coffee-miles-quaritch.jpg (132KB, 630x420px) Image search: [Google]

132KB, 630x420px

>>59871562
>Got some shit for it some years ago but no one really cares (as it should be, being a leftist doesn't mean that you should spend all your money on Marxist literature or something)

>mfw apologists are near me

File: rolex_bubbleback.jpg (81KB, 800x800px) Image search: [Google]

81KB, 800x800px

>>59871562
A minister in my country was shat on for having a big collection of valuable watches and wearing a 40's Rolex Bubbleback. No clear pics, and reference number isn't know either but it's kinda like this one.

>>59871346
His collection is full of shitters

Why do you continue to stroke his dick so much?

Btw that watch looks like shit and is a certified shitter

>>59871785
(You)

>>59871785
This.

File: you.jpg (52KB, 354x380px) Image search: [Google]

52KB, 354x380px

>>59871841

File: pencil vs cathedral.png (1MB, 2048x960px) Image search: [Google]

1MB, 2048x960px

Hey guys, I am thinking of pre-ordering this watch. Should I get the pencil hands (left) or the cathedral hands (right)?

>>59871200
I like it but

>chrome plated fucking brass case

File: IMG_4826.jpg (2MB, 3264x2448px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 3264x2448px

>>59858226
Nice fedora strap, fellow slavshit chronograph owner

>>59871881
The pencil hour hand looks like a penis

>>59871881
The left fits the style better imo.

File: sipilän breitling.jpg (44KB, 382x552px) Image search: [Google]

44KB, 382x552px

>>59871680
I'd agree if it was something totally outrageous but a basic Carrera, I don't need to see him wearing that to know his high salary as a rep, minister, etc (whatever his job title is at whatever time). He even has the excuse that tags were a pretty big thing in our hiphop/rap subculture at some point, so its like, totally hip and cool and conscious of underground youth culture.

We even have a slang word derived from Tag Heuer - "taagi/taaki", meaning something big or good. (Ie: taagi börsta = a big beer)
It originated from some bouncers at subculture events often having Tag Heuers given to them by their employers.

Here's our current prime minister wearing a Breitling. He is from a "centrist" party, but really, they're pretty bourgeoisie.

>>59871988
I wouldn't trust a man wearing a Breitling

File: pencil vs cathedral 2.png (2MB, 1100x768px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 1100x768px

>>59871951
Yeah I am slightly leaning towards the pencil hands too. Another pic, this time of the actual watches.

I am probably going to order the version with the date window though. Not sure if that throws off the look of the thing.

>Screw links

FUUUUUUCCCKK OFFFFF

Just use pins that hammer out like normal people

File: 414214736[1].jpg (249KB, 1000x863px) Image search: [Google]

249KB, 1000x863px

>>59871881
>>59871951
>>59872115

Version with date display at 6 o'clock.

>>59872148
Doesn't seem too bad

>>59872131
Pins are shit though, doubly so if collars are involved.

>>59872131

Since when are screw links ever a bad idea?

File: 5030_B1 (2).jpg (29KB, 489x365px) Image search: [Google]

29KB, 489x365px

Where do I buy this

>>59872563
eBay

>>59872533
When you're trying to unscrew them

>>59870593
But you can't prove this so the point is moot.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/22mm-Emoji-Ribbon/32553209184.html
Someone buy this and nato hardware and make the OFFICIAL DOGSHIT WATCH NATO STRAP FUCKAROONI

>>59872922
Have you tried this remarkable device called a screwdriver?

nouveau
>>59872967
>>59872967
>>59872967

>>59872947
>poop emoji strap for your shitter