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First for Casio AQ230GA-9D
>some diver brings in his 200m watch that it fogged up
>clean it out
>check all gaskets
>pressure test it
>reapply lume to the bezel pip, seal it with epoxy
>done in less than a week
>$8 please
>crystal that was previously fogged is now crystal clean, the owner even says the interior is nice and clean
>"hey how come the crystal is all scratched up?"
>look at it, tiny thin scratches here and there
>check it, it's not acrylic
>tell him it couldn't have been here, it's too hard to have it just causally scratched (also you're a fucking diver)
>grumbles a bit more about his watch being scratched before leaving
Fuck, two hours in and I want to go home. I'm just sick of it all.
>$8
>complains about scratches
Jesus. Hungaroanon, would you service my slavahitters if I sent them your way. I'm tired of looking for someone who will do it here without asking more than the watch is worth.
Just hang in there. One day you will be able to tell those fuckers to sod off while you service some swiss millionaires vintage vacheron.
>6 month power reserve
>+/- 1 second per year
Will the next generation Eco-drive become the next quartz crisis?
I sure fucking hope so, but I know it wont, quartz crisis was there and now it's gone, mechanical is too much shilled again.
Also the price point of that movement is going to be too high for it to have a serious impact on the industry.
Would this be an upgrade over the SKX007? I want to keep my budget under £500 if possible.
Yes it would actually.
woah, i like
>Sqwale
I don't think so
>buying fake shit ever
No, just no.
Honestly I don't know. The other thing I'm completely apeshit about is Hungarian Post losing all my packages. One customer is waiting for a part for more than a month now, and now I'm almost certain post has lost it. I don't want to deal with losing an user's watch. Christ, if it's really the whole country against you if you're a Hungarian.
Also it doesn't help that yesterday I figured out the reason I compulsively buy watches is they're substitutes for real love and compassion in my life. That and doggers.
The watchmaker colleague I started out with now works at home. He's still doing shitters, but also I saw him work on an IWC, a TAG Monaco, I've heard he worked on a Patek pocketwatch, Rollies, and he can safely service a cuck-axial. Today I saw him work on an ex-fighter pilots military-issue Heuer Montreal.
Well, that fucking sucks. I guess I'll just find someone when I visit Poland in June then, shouldn't be though to get someone to service commie shit.
Fuck no.
Who knows, the Poles are way better off than us now, I wouldn't be surprised if watchmakers there already work for western prices.
Ironically it was the other way around during the Warsaw Pact times. Hungarians probably had the highest standard of living of all Soviet satellite states, while the Poles were practically starving. Now I'm making $800 a month and that's considered doing good.
I’m interested in purchasing some watch makers tools so I can do some modding and maybe some repairs/servicing.
Anyone got any recommended brands or stores to buy these? I have a budget of around £150 for everything I need to change the hands, dial and crystal.
Ah nice, there is this and Steinhart but I'm not sure what the differences are other than the cosmetic aspects.
>$8
Damn that's good value. Remind me to bring my watches with me next time I go east
Nah because outside of watchnerds citizen nobody would even hear of it, plus it's not something they'll probably sell cheap.
The normie consumer doesn't want to change battery every 6 month
Honestly get a turtle or even a CoWard watch, at least it's different
That squale is disgusting
Hey magyarbro. Posta never lost any of my packages. I haver ordered more than 700 things last year alone.
However
>whole country against you if you're a Hungarian.
This is true.
You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like
Get this used.
You can get all the stuff you'll need, on ali for like 30.
Do you have any őúűóüö etc. in your address? Maybe that's where it gets fucked up, that a computer prints an address on the package in some warehouse in Asia and it comes out as empty squares.
Good call. I’ll try not to go too cheap though.
Any recommendations of easy to repair watches?
>change battery
you don't have to change the battery on an eco-drive you clueless fag
Hmm, no I don't. That really could slow down the shipping.
So how did the fake black bay go down on Reddit? Did it get removed? Or did they say to wear it in good health?
I heard people should start with pocket watches
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nothing interesting, fucker didn’t even name it blacked bay
>no one could tell
lmao state of swiss quality
Repairing is hard. Start by modding or building watches from working components.
Bumping with a lume shot
Didn't want to be too obvious, there's already one guy suspecting it's a troll despite how low-key it is. I'm increasing the poster's snobbishness in the comment replies.
But yeah, it could have been better.
Here's my Seiko m929 vs Casio a158
Reminder.
Nobody has even told you to wear it in good health.
Source?
Anyone here have their watches insured? Is it even worth doing if your collection is worth less than $20k?
it was a choice between going all out for the memes and getting banned or doing the slow-con. Hopefully there will be some more replies
My reasoning for not acting like a total fucking retard in the OP is it doesn't make any sense for someone to get a watch they don't like then to post it on r/watches.
Next step will be gore and blacked porn am I right?
Not specifically, but my renter's insurance covers them. It supposedly also covers them if they're stolen outside the apartment, but I would rather not have to make a claim and find out if they pay me.
Which is the most waterproof digital casio I'm in the market for a shower clock
Any of them that are "WR" will do just fine, I had a F91W stuck on the wall in my shower for years and the battery died before the water got it.
What I typically do is buy replica watches then insure them as though they were the real thing, that way I can wear them in good health and if anything does happen I get a nice payday.
If you're paranoid about this pick a f-91w and do the hydro mod
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Use a better oil like silicone oil or another type of mineral oil
Proof that it actually works:forum.tz-uk.com
Mine are covered by my home insurance, but not when they're outside of the house. Adding insurance for them outside was going to cost half a Rolex a year, and I don't live somewhere where I would be mugged anyway, and when I travel overseas I just wear shitters if it's a risky country.
I wanted a nice colorful summer watch, for beach and shit. The multiple time zones and the tiny world map are practical, but the analog mini dial is kinda a gimmick. The "hands" are too thin to be easily legible most of the time, their thickness is multiple times less than the thickness of a single segment for the digital time. But in broad sunlight it's okay.
All in all this is a very nice watch. Thinner and lighter than a G-Shock, width is around 44-45mm but it wears way smaller. And it's red. Under shitty incandescent lighting it's almost orange though.
>buying a watch as a utility
What’s a good quartz analogue watch to perform an oil fill on? Preferably below £100
I have the gunmetal version, it is a very good beater watch.
Thought about that but I have enough normal color watches now.
Any cheap Casio diver like this.
Digital will always be better for that m8.
Looking for replica /homage of this one I love it's sapphire green ads and it's time pointers. Coukd I afford it around mąż 150$?
Nvm I'm retarded
I've forgot to add photo
Nice bagelsport homage.
>here take a downvote
Any links? I'm on phone pretty hard to use it efficiently to look for things up
goodnight sweet prince
Don't buy a bagel, they're way overpriced now for what is essentially a meme. For £20 fine, for £40+ lol.
Does it have shiny glass like anti reflect things on lenses and telescopes or just green ring around? 59$ is really affordable
No idea bro desu
>bagel
hehehe
It just has a green gasket on the crystal to make it look like the Milgauss.
Meant for
Will it even be okay for me? I have pretty big golem hands that's standard 28mm paperclip and 37mm Casio something
>gf buys $60+ on makeup products a week
>spends $180+/week on food and uber deliveries
>"oh do you really need to buy another strap ($80), you just got one ($20 nato)"
Get a better gf my g
>the most utilitarian tech accessory of all
>not util
>Reddit likes something
>He thinks that's a good thing
i wanna talk about watches not gay meta memes. Its starts with something simple like adding a red line to crowns and then underagefags take it too far
Digital is pointless because you can hardly see the difference. Have you ever even seen an oil filled analogue? It looks amazing.
Why do you buy straps this expensive?
How's the daydate homage they make?
>the most utilitarian tech accessory of all
If you dont include tech assecories produced after 1910
You came to the wrond subreddit
I've started working on a customer's Citizen 8200 automatic. At first I guessed the hairspring has been bent and corrected and that's why it's running so shitty, but look at this fucking oil! After I wound it to full power I tried to wind down the mainspring and it fucking seized at about half wind, holy shit!
This is the mainpspring barrel arbor. What fucking lubricant did they use, animal fat?
>reddit wanking over dogshit
>not funny
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Is it very old, way too much oil, or both?
I'll send this to biver on twitter, when I get home.
If he won't make it, than we replace to logo with a squale one and send it to them.
"Fookin' hell" as Chef Ramsay would say.
Okay guys what is the general concensus regarding mumbai specials? Been looking at picking up a vintage Orient or Seiko, and there’s loads of em on ebay for cheap, usually from India.
So far i’ve heard that they just take chinkshit auto movements and redial them, so they arent authentic. This makes reddit hate them, but i’m personally allures to owning a frankenwatch no one else will have, especially because even reddit admits they keep okay time.
Pic related.
The way i see it i’m spending very little money on an automatic that i wouldnt feel bad taking camping etc.
Or should i just get the cheapest chinkshit handwinder i can find?
They look like complete trash, be it hands, cases or especially dials, and the movements are in a sad state (don't trust their "serviced" claims) and will kind of work for a while.
They're definitely not worth spending money on. I wouldn't want one of those for free honestly.
Just buy a Casio.
Why the hell would you need a mechanical watch for camping.
Also, for under $60, you can get an SNK809. It's about a thousand times better than that awful-looking thing in your image.
It's gotta be less than twenty years old. I think it may have been serviced ten years ago, but I doubt proper oil ages like that.
Could it be Seiko grease though?
Ah, fair enough.
I’m just a brokefag, who would love to have a bit of the ol’ tamagotchi effect to calm my fidgety nature during the day. I had an old timex (great britain) hand winder but it kept terrible time and the second hand fell off after a drunk friend knocked it off my shelf and onto the floor.
Post you're wrist.
I already have a couple of quartz beater watches - i’d like a mechanical watch that i won’t feel bad about fucking up, essentially (not that i need it purposely for camping, it was just a general sentiment that i wouldnt feel bad taking it camping)
