This thread is about the appreciation of horology, as well as the micro-engineering and materials engineering that are required to make a fine watch, clock, or other timepiece.
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First for cushion cases are nice.
That blue geneve is a sharp watch, user. Is that manual wind only?
Are you talking about the watch that says "automatic" on the dial?
Ok brand new sub 1k what are good watches/brands
>Casio digitals/G Shock
>Vostok Amphibia Russian spy watches
>the holy nippon trinity Seiko, Orient, Citizen
>entry level Swatch group stuff. Hamilton, Tissot, Mido
>Micro brand stuff using mostly NH, Miyota, or sometimes ETA movements. A lot of brands in this range but mostly either divers or meca quartz chronos.
Ha. Alrighty.
Any tips for photographing watches? I have a Fuji XPro2 with 35mm lens so I shoudl be able to get some nice macro shots, right?
Honestly either go 300~with a seiko or 1200-400 and get a nicer Seiko or Stowa
Also Casio Oceanus and entry level German watches (Sinn, Archimede, Damasko, Laco,Stowa, Steinhart(?) etc.)
Post watch is set to current date and time
>doesn't post watch set to current time
Loving my new Seiko strap on my zissou. Comfy af.
Reminder that today is again the day of the Red SUN, so wear JDM to honor the Tenno Heika.
£200 and no service so far. Had this since 2012. Runs 6 seconds fast per day.
Amazing, how do the Chinese do it?
Turns out I suck at watch photography.
Think I need to set aperture to F8 ans maybe get a lightbox.
Nabbed this penis for AUD$60. Does have a big scratch in the crystal though.
And this Actus for AUD$60. I grabbed a cheap jubilee for it though because the original strap that came with it was sized for soy wrists and didn't have the spare links.
And finally a bit of a family heirloom. My father was a cab driver for a while as a second job, and a dude tried to bolt without paying. My father demanded his watch as payment and this bad boy is still ticking today without a service.
zoom in on the watch and get rid of the straps
That is a pic of the real one..
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I only have a fixed lens and this was set to the closest focus.
It's also very hard to get it well lit but not have reflections in the crystal.
Suunto Core Classic, very handy barometer that comes with it. It's a great watch for /out/ related stuff.
Rate my collection wt
Get one of these from Ebay, saved a few Jap-sized bracelets for me.
Do you also have nice watches or is that all?
Where to start....
I literally wouldn't take any of these if they were offered for free. Maybe that Seiko at the front because I like the bracelet.
>Do you also have nice watches
All of them are nice watches.
I wish. The stock bracelet is sized for something like 5 inches or so, and I've got 8.5 inch wrists. I'm hoping I can find another seiko 5 in terrible condition to salvage the bracelet from instead as the jubilee I've got on it is just a tad off in size on the lugs.
How much wrist time do you give these? Do you cycle through one by one or do some get neglected?
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Cop or not /wt/?
Ayy904
Do Casio still produce this?
kek that steinhart looks huge on you!
Your wrists look very lithe and nubile tho!
Welcome to /wt/!
^_^
forgot pic
do it, a well worn gold watch looks better than a newer, brighter one.
Source on that bund strap? Nice collection.
also Seiko LCD panels are thicc
They tend to fade with time though
Yeah I have no cycle, I just wear what I happen to like that at the moment, I have some general rules though.
a158 is for gym and outdoors
The piece of shit analog chrono is my club watch
Slavshit for dress or when i'm feeling fancy.
Digital Seikos + calculator watch + citizens are my daily drivers.
Bought it from Etsy or ebay, can't remember.
It is comfy to wear but it wont last you a long time.
Also, thanks bro. Interesting Casio you have on the right.
Can confirm, mine is a bit faded. It's not too bad for 34 years old though.
It was my grandfathers. Remembered he had it from long ago and gave it to me when I showed him my calculator watch. Model says AE-80G on the caseback.
Yeah that's way in way better condition than mine
Your grandpa sure took a good care of that watch, or didn't use it, it looks to be almost mint.
Does your piezo or light work on that seiko?
Jesus christ that second hand is awful
My Casio from the early 80s is still pretty strong, and somehow the light still works despite how battered the case is.
Yeah I'm surprised it's so bad considering the condition of the rest of it.
>Does your piezo or light work on that seiko?
Yes, I don't have a pic of it though.
Somebody photoshop various seiko models to this webm over the video the guy is reacting to.
Holy shit!
Goddamn capeshit faggotry
Cool, can you remove the caseback and take a pic of it and the internals at some point?
>when you're so low on test you watch and even enjoy capeshit
Has there been any good superhero movies since Batman Returns?
If I remember I will yeah. It took me ages to get the caseback on when I changed the battery though.
It was pretty hard for me too, If you have not tools you can use a spice holder to push it, works for me.
Just won my first nip auction. 4600 sushicoin
How do you like my NOMOS collection?
The Winter Soldier film was pretty good
> Amazing, how do the Chinese do it?
By showing a picture of the real thing.
>no lume where there should be lume
this thing just looks like it took all the meme traits of a vintage watch and threw something together
the older one is cool though
Well I'm about to win an SRP641 I guess, brand new.
I should flip some vintage watches now to make up for some of the loss. Anyone have experience selling on Ebay?
please stop
Yeah I've found auctions will make more when the starting price is lower. It seems counter-intuitive, but it's worked out better for me all the time.
Don't offer free postage. Doing so has lost me money every time.
pretty cool watch
Alpinist strap recommendations anyone?
The stock strap sucks and it's so hard to pair for the look. What are some good straps to put it on?
if they made the date window black this would be even nicer
Oh wow, it's taking a while. Hope payment won't fail because it's more than what I normally pay on Buyee. I got it for $250 +shipping.
That actually looks pretty okay for a shrouded seiko not like the tuna cans they usually make. I'd avoid ebay because the fees are just unbearable at this point. Stick to forum listings.
What vintage watches you plan to sell?
You lads made me look up lange replicas, and I found this:
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Lmao. Normies are really hopeless when it comes to horology.
Get a genuine croc strap.
Zen>actually flying to japan to bid on and pick up the item>buyee
I'm planning two Cosmotrons, maybe some other shit I never wear.
2 tone Strapcode super oyster.
Alright, the payment went through. I now have about $10 on my account. What the fuck are we doing with our lives?
Hopefully I'll get payed tomorrow or Tuesday though.
>2 tone
I only say that so the gold accents on the dial don't look as random.
I mostly wear mind on the bracelet, one piece "bond" nylon, and brown perlon.
Is this watch worth it at 77 $?
Rekt
No get a Casio
Haute Horology discussion right here.
Why does every discussion have to be about haute horology?
Why is every discussion about shitters and mall watches?
>tfw blown $2k on watches in the past week
Send help
So either strike up a conversation/talking point about some "haute horology", or fuck off you a place what does happen to discuss it more often. Or just complain like a bitch.
Are you windyknob guy?
the fuck is this
Hacked account.
Why would someone will need another watch
Ever
>+60s