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.
>Required viewing for new people:
youtube.com
>Thread theme:
youtube.com
>Used watch guide:
pastebin.com
>Strap guide:
pastebin.com
>Watch essentials 102:
pastebin.com
previous thread:
What's the quartz on the right there?
8223-8090
KASHIO
A
S
H
I
O
LOL! Pure class my friend as always.
Best regards,
TGV
Fuck off, gubernar.
>using dive bezel to time my cooking
genuinely brings me happiness
I don't have a diver right now but that's what I'm gonna do when I get one.
A girl came in with a battery change. She was cute, but full of tats. One on her arm was Mickey Mouse with his face torn off. Seriously who wants to look at that while fucking her? Or generally being around her for that matter?
There is 7 billion people on this earth. There is always someone who'd like that, mainly people who'd wear a donald duck with ripped off face on their arm.
What watch is it?
Post your girlfriends collections, lads!
user, don't try to understand normies...
Not him, but I bet it was a M. Kors.
I just use my right-hand kashios stopwatch
$1 chinkshit with SL68 movement. Her tats probably cost more than my entire shitter collection, but a $1 shitter rotting her arm is fine.
cnbc.com
>He discussed plans to further open up the Chinese economy, including "significantly" lowering import tariffs for autos, decreasing duties on other products, enforcing the legal intellectual property of foreign firms and improving the investment environment for international companies.
Looks like the days of replica watches might be numbered.
Japan did it, then Korea did it, now China is doing it. The question is which SEA countries are going to take up the cheap industry mantle. Atm its looking like Vietnam largely
Is this what's used in denzel washington, m.kors etc? I've been curious exactly how much those shitters are really worth.
No, these are used in the fakes of those watches. Even the shittiest fashion brand will use a $1 Japanese movement.
Pic related, a Seiko PC21.
Posting Casio
So a dw might be worth what, 15-20$?
Maybe a DW will use a Ronda or something, fuck I don't know, who cares really?
What watch is this? youtu.be
What's this?
I was curious. Quick google resulted in some wus posts claiming they use Miyota 1L22. So the watch as a whole might be worth 20-30$ at beast.
10 pounds of shitters.
Blacked Bay?
Looks like not only is it original but it's also authentic.
My NOMOS catalog arrived today!
"Thank you for your order.
Your personal copy of our catalog will be shipped to you shortly. Please note that it may take several days to arrive."
Its been two weeks guys, will I receive it?
Hold me..
Also post something interesting.
I'll care about Homos when they decide to add a center-seconds model to their lineup.
I really like the BB36. Mainly it’s size.
I wonder if I could blag an AD down to £1500...
Today is commie slavshit vintage diver day (old pic).
Size seems to be the only nice thing about it.
Yea the crown, markers and hands are too big. They really need to release a 39 mm version.
i like the design but vostoks look like they've been cut from corrugated iron with a can opener
We don't care about unboxings. Post the watch or don't post.
Does it run ?
>Discount from AD
It's not going to be easy tb-h
Also, yesterday I bought pic related
Mod it. It looks awesome without the texts.
Incredible Chinese finishing.
Very funny, I actually serviced it myself. The Vostok 22mm is a not bad movement family, though it's trickier to work on and regulate than the later 24mm that replaced it.
#BolnToDale
>Wants to show off finishing
>Thinks it's actually nice
>Yet, makes a picture with the whole dial faded by the light distorted on the glass, so we can't see shit
>Actually serviced it myself
We didn't expect less from you hugaroanon. How accurate could vintage slavs get ?
Of course
Who else is wearing vintage digital today?
Reasonably accurate, like well within a minute a day.
But this is only reasonable if you wear many watches in rotation, each for only a day at a time. 60s/d is going to be a lot by the end of the week if you wear it regularly though. It was originally an ukrainian franken though, so trying to get more than that out of it would be a waste of effort. At least it's clean with no beat error, and I got it to be watertight to at least 50 meters.
How do I open up the fucking Poljot de luxe? I taped a box cutter but shit's not moving.
The AE1200 is easily my favorite cheap Casio model.
QUICK WRISTWATCH CHECK
I'm so sorry.
This is the best finishing I've ever seen, not even Patek competes with this.
Should be able to finally change the Sternkreuz crystal on this to a NOS in a few days.
Nigga, this is worse than a timex
(same user)
Are there any good quality bracelets which can work properly with this watch?
Idc if they're more expensive than the watch itself I'm just looking for good options. The stock one isn't half bad for the price and I like how the ae1200 looks on it but obviously it feels cheap.
he's wearing a fedora
Help.
Seiko should have gone all the way. Kill the art of watchmaking, burn Switzerland to the ground, gas the fedoras.
Secure the watch in a case holder if you're not doing that already. Box cutters come to a point which doesn't give you any leverage, most caseback knives have a rounded blade to give more contact area.
It looks great in natural light, obviously a $300 chink shitter isn't going to be flawless if you look at it through 40x magnification and when the only source of light is a spotlight.
When do I post it on r/watches? What should my story be?
Maybe I'll just get one of those knives then, it seems impossible with box cutter. Any cheapo ones you can recommend that won't break after one use?
DELET
Your wifes son said he hated you got angry and broke all your seikos. Your wifes boyfriend felt bad for you and took you to get a new watch.
That does look pretty dam sharp.
This might be the most exciting thing that's ever happened in Coventry
It's what your dad bought you so you'd stop jerking off on your sister while she was sleeping
Nice, what site did you use to get it?
glad that i decided to use my shittiest watch for today, it is not nice-watch-weather.
That dude is phenomenally clueless. As if the Swiss weren't working towards quartz themselves, or the same inevitable race to the bottom wouldn't have occurred if the Swiss had popularized quartz rather than Seiko.
The strap is finally here. Now 2 more months till Ukrainian post ships my new slavshit.
Nice penis. Is it just lighting or is the dial that beige color?
Why are your wrists so small
Nah pieces of shit that like look the best in clear sunlight.
lol'd
>muh art of watchmaking muh swiss
I really want to buy a Nixon Regulus, but the black one is out of stock, and the khaki and gun metal look gay
Do you guys like my office printers?
He even looks like a Beta 21 himself.
>replying that your wont reply
It's the lighting. The dial is actually gold.
You should remove that cyclops.
My grandma has one of these tractor-feed, DM printers. It's an Epson similar to pic, if not the exact model.
They're some serious aesthetic.
It also ignores the fact that CEH was set up to make a watch with a good battery life to compete with electric calibers, which was what most people at the time were focused on.
We use it for contracts and legal documents that come partially preprinted on that old style paper with holes on the sides. It makes a lot of noise but it sure can turn out documents
I don't have a sister but this watch would certainly stop me doing that.
Not a site just a random TD on RWG, the fake manufacturing house is called "ZF", don't know if any others are making these at the moment.
>I really want to ~~buy a Nixon Regulus, but the black one is out of stock, and the khaki and gun metal~~ look gay
i think the sand colored one looks good
>Seiko should have gone all the way. Kill the art of watchmaking, burn Switzerland to the ground, gas the fedoras.
It still might happen, in light of the likelihood of am eventual MEMS revolution in watch movements. If engineered silicon oscillators become a trend, Seiko Epson would likely have a leg up as they have a full blown semiconductor division and more experience with MEMS manufacturing than anyone else in the watchmaking industry. Hell, Grand Seiko already has their own LIGA laboratory.
If Seiko decides to get into that game, they have a real shot at being the best and most cost effective at it.
Seiko refuses to use silicon in mechanical movements though.
Asian genes.
I don't mind too much though, vintage pieces look modern-sized on my wrist instead.
I've been wanting to either remove it or replace the crystal entirely but I'm too preoccupied with other project pieces. Currently restoring a 6694 that was both redialed and needs a new mainspring.
Seiko refuses to use silicon in mechanical movements though. They've been very clear about this, and wouldn't be good PR if they suddenly made a 360° turn and moonwalk into silicon escapements.
Nice strap choice.
DUMB ASF DESU
SILLICON CRISIS WHEN
why they use quartz in their highest end models
why so bigoted about silicon?
No one's shitted on my fossil yet
*shat on your fossil.
Thanks, user. It's pretty nice albeit little stiff since I just got it.