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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Reeeeee early or something along those lines.
I just hate that the thread moves so fast and it takes more time to catch up. Before one thread lasted a day and a half
before what?
Yeah, I know, but I'll be damned if I'm going to let some shitposting morons push me out of the only decent cross-brand watch discussion forum on the internet.
before the widespread spam
kek
If the guy from a couple of threads ago who was being lazy about having to research vintage Omegas is around, let me know if you saw my infodump on the subject or if I need to cross-post the info.
Does the second hand on that thing actually hit all the markers exactly?
Fucking Ukrainians RRREEE
what have they been doing whole day
yes, I'm here, haven't seen it, please post it, thank you
Tfw waiting for my aq 230 in the mail and see it's almost here.
"For the guy interested in vintage Omegas from earlier, you mentioned you were interested in an old Constellation, by which I assume you mean you want one from Omega's golden age in the 1960s.
I suggest you read this page ( ranfft.de
You can search for these models on eBay or Yahoo! Japan Auctions fairly easily by searching for "Omega ###" with the movement variant you want to look for, but please make sure you familiarize yourself with how most of Omega's Constellation range from the period looked and check the vintage Omega database ( omegawatches.com
Expect to pay ~$350-$500 for a non-chronometer variant if you are patient, $500 - $750 for a chronometer variant if you are patient. "
I just skim through the shit when I have to catch up. It's easy to see when a post is interesting and stop to read it.
It actually does
Could you make a webm of that?
Also some amateur pron with your gf would be nice.
Thanks, as far as redials go are there many out there? Will be a while before I'll feel confident about identification
Maybe later on both
>tfw no daytona
Which company has the best warranty? Chris ward has a 5 year movement warranty and that’s the most I’ve seen.
>tfw no dual wielding Buzz Aldrin style horological teen gf
There are lots of redials and frankens around of most vintage watches because its so easy to make money pleb-catching those who don't do their research.
Some basic ground rules are to avoid any sellers in Southeast Asia except Japan, NEVER EVER EVER buy anything listed from India, avoid listings with images like pic related with stock backgrounds and obvious re-polishing, and if you have decent risk tolerance, seriously consider looking on Yahoo! Japan Auctions.
Otherwise, you can use the model numbers to google other images of it to check for correct looks, and you can try the vintage Omega database also.
Post some good modern quartz watches please.
I guess this watch is rare here: Eterna Matic Centenaire Gold
Post movement manuals/technical drawings
Looks good, but too much of a womens watch by todays standards.
What do you mean by "good"?
Because of the size or why?
Looks nice user.
Define modern, good, and whether you mean analogue or digital quartz?
What's the best value €50 quartz watch that looks classy and doesn't make a lot of ticking noise?
Should I just get a Swatch at this price point?
Like not those chinese 1 dollar movements.
Maybe ones with jewels.
Movements where they actually made some effort to make it good.
No, mainly the dial markings and the bracelet.
Unirocinally this.
Huh, I think this means we now have representatives of most of the great pre-quartz production mechanical watchmakers here: Hamilton, Eterna, Omega, Girard Perregaux, Rolex and Seiko.
Are four timekeepers enough to call it a collection?
What's the point of a 2 tone bezel on a non GMT watch?
Also, does anyone know if this 666 on the back of my waving mao watch is unique, or was it stamped on a bunch?
I think 2 is enough.
Where did you get that molnija? How is it keeping time?
I got it off Etsy, it's actually a really decent place to get old soviet watches, I don't think the hipster girls on there know what they're selling. It runs really well, it's a pretty loud ticker and I'm sure it loses a few seconds every day, but I enjoy it. The hand on the subdial also must have been scraping against the dial, since there's this section scraped into the bottom, but it doesn't seem to do that anymore now that I have it.
>tfw roadmapping my collection and probably will end up with up to 12 pieces not including my separate Casio collection/addiction.
It’s for diving times
it’s satans watch, user, and I’m sorry, but your collection is horrible. Mine is too, that’s why I won’t post it until I’ll refine it
The Swatch movement is loud as fuck, it's easily as loud as a Timex. I have pic related and if I don't put it in the watch box it keeps me awake.
The seconds hand lines up and the lume application is perfect
I bet a collector would pay $500 for that one
I can understand a Pepsi bezel, but the blue & black would look the same underwater probably.
Are you me?
I guess my parents are getting mad that I'm blowing all my money on watch collecting instead of... something else I guess?
It's not like I make enough to move out or anything. The apartment market is kinda fucked up nowadays with way higher demand than supply.
It’s nothing more than an aesthetic decision to emulate the GMT Rolexes.
Seiko do this sort of shit all the time.
You're not supposed to spend all the money you earn. You can save money.
Spending money on watches when you live with your parents.
You are the Archie of the future.
What?
bro
I mean, I do the same thing, but I hardly spend a fraction on watches compared to savings.
It's fine to spend money on a watch when you live with your parents, just not BIG money. You shouldn't be wearing a high-end luxury model if you don't live on your own, but there's no reason he can't wear a nice diver or something that costs a couple hundred.
You act like a few hundred bucks here and there is really going to change anyone's living situation. If you don't have the income for that, it's just not possible. Paying rent out of savings is pants-on-head retarded
Can you post a detailed shot of the dial and hands.
Thank you.
How old are you guys?
Nice collection senpai, why do you got so many similar casios though?
maybe invest in an education my man
>Not learning to be a watchmaker
For fucks sake, Jow Forums
Uh, ok? You do know that college != instant income to be able to afford to live on your own, right?
No.
I’m so tired of waiting. Expecting both a Rolex Explorer and a Lord Quartz.
>That finishing
The case is dog shit. Cheap painted plastic. You can take the back off with a finger nail.
Kek
As you would expect from Casio
>why do you got so many similar casios though?
OCD, I had a compulsion to get as many similar Casios as I could find for cheap.
Old enough that I've moved out and moved back in with my parents. I could leave right now, but I worry about them, so I plan to stick around till they get sick of me, or the GF insists on getting our own place.
>apartment market is kinda fucked up nowadays
christ buddy
Is your gf nubile?
>rent $800 dollars
I fucking wish, holy fucking christ. You are delusional as fuck, man.
How the fuck do you spent 150$ on data?
I am not windyknob, but yes.
Without going into details that you assholes can nitpick apart, I make a bit more than the median wage, and I'd have to cash out about 40-60% of that for a one person shithole. I live in the third world, I make $800 a month, and the rent for such a place would be about $350 to $450, depending on how run down it is.
Blue Globemaster versus blue Oyster Perpetual
post wrist shots
The globemaster is an oversized, overpriced, hilariously bad non color matched date wheel abomination and you should gas yourself for considering one.
wtf does nubile mean in this context? is it some kind of pervert code word?
I already have in this thread.
Semi related but before I actually got into watches had pic related for about a year. The plastic crystal got scratched to shit but was fine. Problem occurred when I caught the strap on something while at work and the spring bar ripped through the hole in the plastic lug, which fucked up the place you put the springbars so it was unwearable.
of your gf
Some Seiko soy code for dominating women I suppose.
PUW made a nice comfy, handholding manual for their transistorized movement.
Then again you kinda need that as it is a completely different animal.
No thanks.
Fuck I laugh a lot at this shit
