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. Discussion of replica watches is also welcome.
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First for mall-dad watch
Reminder that blue dials are the perfect balance between casual and dress.
Yeah, black is where it's at
Reminder that if you don't like green watches you have shitty taste and need to kill yourself.
I honestly have nothing against the Casio brand by itself, I just wish they made better looking cases.
I'm legit going to buy that once it's released.
Green is for plebs and söykomales who masturbate thinking about the alpenis watch
Blue is the patricians choice.
Hammy
Check this shitty mall-dad watch lol
Damn nice watch.
lol look at this shitter
Nah blue dials are for dad's to buy at malls not good watches hahaha
I've changed the batteries of a horrible fake of this watch just last week. The build quality was atrocious, but seeing the general looks and proportions of this watch irl, I can now understand the appeal. These are really neat watches.
Then I want to be a mall dad when I grow up.
Have a real thing for the Reverso and the Tank. They are just different enough to be eye catching while being reserved enough to blend in.
I really want a Reverso duo face.
that looks hideous and passes because of the name
what's the most mall-dad watch ever?
I put the Luch on nado just fucking around but it actually fits it.
>that looks hideous
Objectively one of the best looking watches in recent history and iconic. But I guess it's your incorrect opinion and your free to feel it.
>and passes because of the name
history, looks, designer, and the fact it saved the Swiss mechanical watch industry. I'm sure you just missed the end of your post and that's fine, it happens sometimes.
Posting Casio.
The more I see of the Royal Oak the less I like it. The more I see of the Nautilus the more I like it.
I think the simple date only RO is pretty nice but other versions are hideous. Nautilius looks nice but for a beater.
This busy mall dad watch. I mean what's even going on and it's so big. Terrible mall-dad only watch
The opposite for me. I think the wings on the Nautilus hideous but think they are very interesting from a mechanics point of view.
I love the dial, bolts, date window, and bracelet of the RO. I'm not a fan of the hands and markers 2bh.
Yeah as soon as you stray from the thin steel base watches it becomes way too much.
B8
Are you only now realising this?
B8
>That finishing
Baby Tuna in sunlight, on my sickly-looking arm. I mean it looks like I put my watch on the wrist of a cancer patient's drowned corpse, Jesus.
It's not that bad, pham. That's still the ugliest tuna though, I'm sorry.
Nope, that would be the SRPA81 and it's even uglier PADI version, the SRPA83.
>arguing which seiko looks worst
Bit like trying to decide which dog turd you picked out of your garden tastes worst.
(You)
>that finishing
I prefer the silver one, am I a pleb?
No, it's just a simple matter of taste.
I want a chrono but cannot afford the Man on the phuckin moon.
Is a 7750 based watch accepted or will i be looked down upon as a wannabe faggot? I like what Sinn has
Get a casio f-91w, cheapest chronograph on the market.
That depends, can you sell a sinn in a pawn shop for 4k?
Get a chrono with the original first run of the 7750 movement, before they shut down production because of the quartz crisis.
I have a DW5600 but I wanna mechanical chrono. I have that, an SKX007 and another G-Shock.
The 7750 is well respected, but also generic as fuck at this point.
Sinn has some horological merit, it's definitely a good step above mallwatch tier.
If a chrono is what you want, and your budget is what it is, it's not a bad choice.
Opinions? The strap is not mine, it's from the small stock of natos I keep in the store. Maybe I should get one with gold-plated hardware to match the accents of the watch.
>covering up the X with the minute hand
lel
Still way better than a PADI logo though.
I hate those watches, but it looks alright on you buddy
>tfw no German military 7750
Perfect.
Hey magyarbro, pic related orient came in the mail yesterday and it seems like it needs a service. May I trust you with it ?
Honestly I don't know. It's not the watch that's the problem, it's that for you to find me I have to doxx the store on Jow Forums.
>Blue is the patricians choice
it truly is
>not gold
gold is yuppie/mall-dad core
Mall dads don't wear slavshit though.
true
>Me finally finding a watchmaker that I can trust with my watches
>Me doxxing the watchmaker so he gets angry and won't fix my watches in the future
Nah, I am not a dickhead, but I can send it to you via post or whatever. If that would make you feel safer about it.
Just contact each other with disposable emails.
Speaking off
I'm going to get a new strap for this, what would look best?
I'm thinking something "raw leather" looking
Colareb Siena, or maybe a Venezia if you want leather. I'd also consider woven nylon and rubber for a sporty look.
looks good senpai, i would suggest a nato with gold hardware
wear whatever the fuck you enjoy
A strap from twostitchstraps
Thoughts on two-tone watches?
I can't think of a single watch besides the full yuppie Rolex Datejust that remotely pulls off the look.
Yes, go go go
Agreed.
In my country every 50+ men wear a two-tone.
Fucking hideous.
How about this one?
What?
So here's something interesting (or not). I keep some Z22 "third party replacements" (i.e. cheap chink knockoffs) in stock as an option for customers that want a cheapo plastic strap.
So here's a pic, the ones in the center are the knockoff strap, while the ones on the sides are the genuine Z-22 that came on my Baby Tuna. The knockoff looks like it's made out of polyurethane, while Seiko Z-22's are rubber I believe.
As far as I know, Seiko uses a proprietary silicone based formulation for their straps.
You'd better take a lot of pics when that thing shows up. The SBGVs are so nice they are seriously tempting me away from the hi-beats.
I get it that they're supposed to be "clones", but was it really necessary to print "Seiko Z-22" on it in shitty text? And apparently these are completely "street-legal" straps, they were legitimately imported by the wholesaler (from PRC, of course) and put up for sale.
Or maybe because the E is a bit different, it's SCIKO instead of Seiko. Also wearing a glove to spare /wt/ from my mangled nails, and chemical dried skin.
you look Dutch.
Shitty shallow Tsunami logo on the left, genuine on the right.
More like a sailor of the Flying Dutchman, I need some sunlight.
And buckles, the black genuine one has text on the bottom. That's about it. Yawn. This was a terrible idea.
The better question is what is your budget?
I think waffle rubber looks nice. It's also a classic Seiko style but without the accordion folds that I don't like. Or if you want to spend way too much then I think Seiya sells the B22 strap which is the one that comes with some of the higher end Tunas and it's the nicest feeling rubber strap I've handled.
Oh fug. Post pics when it comes.
How the fuck are you wearing that nato?
Thoughts on Casio watches?
i like it
But how? Did you just place the watch under the second flap?
sorry i misunderstood the question. I am wearing it wrong in that picture and just slipped it on the brainlet way
correct
Does anybody else cut the pointless extra bit of strap from their NATO straps?
I'm seriously considering it.
Yes. Make sure you melt it a little where you cut it off so it doesn't fray.
>tfw can't decide
The rolexrolexrolex around the dial seems a lot more subtle on the explorer than the Datejusts and subs. Is it larger in other models?
Forgot pic
Option D. None of the above.
>LEXRO LEXRO LEXRO LEXRO
Sorry, I don't have any slavshit or a fake Tudor