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 Casio finishing
Post your lumes
That would require taking some lume shots, which I've never bothered to do. You'll have to settle for LED back lighting.
LED done right for once.
You call that lume?
tfw found a pontential new dress shitter
14k gold
Ebel (never heard of this brand)
32mm
less than 200 USD
Cop or not?
Casio is cancer. What a god awful brand.
Find a better watch for 30 bucks, I dare you.
The most wrong post all day, Casio literally dominates their particular corner of the market with no competition in sight.
The brand is fine for the price, the shitposters here are cancer.
Show me your ideal 3 watch collection.
Should I try to get my Vostok Amphibia fixed? It's about $80 for the job.
I bought my fiancé a Vostok and it has stopped dead at least once now. Wtf is it with these slavshit watches or am I just unlucky?
send it to me ill do it for free
I got this poor boye for coffee and sandwich, cause this button is unresponsive. its kinda pushed in and doesnt react, does anyone know how are the chances of me opening it and popping it back? i cant set time and illuminate without it...
>That would require taking some lume shots, which I've never bothered to do. You'll have to settle for LED back lighting.
mfw back lighting
Is it broken?
It's quite easy to get back in.
Just check the pushers movement when you take it out and bend the pin that makes contact.
When you put it back in remember to press all the pushers to their outer most positions.
Broken and vintage shit doesn't count.
tfw
>When you put it back in remember to press all the pushers to their outer most positions.
We’ll find out.
>vintage doesn’t count
Why not?
That's a tough one but these three are a possibility. Other close contenders include a 45GS VFA, SLA017, or GMT-Master 1675. I wouldn't mind swapping the dress watch for a JLC or Patek either, but I think a Constellation is nice enough.
AP RO extra thin
ALS grand complication
Grand Seiko diver (SBGH255G)
any sydney man in? I'm being quoted $65 for a fucking pressure test. I need a decent place to take my watch
Holy shit, is this what you kids have been learning at your schools? Laughing my ass off! Yes, because it's in a PowerPoint presentation slide it must be true!
Sup poorfags, ahahaha, bet none of you Seiko shithers even come close to my style or function. Post a better triple-pair of watch/strap/shoes.
Enjoy salivating on your keyboards at my custom Rolex Submariner with handmade Louis V strap, and Donald Pliner shoes. Fuckin faggots, ahahaha!
good lord those shoes are awful
Omega Speedmaster moonwatch Cal. 1045 aka Maddox's 'Holy Grail'
Grand Seiko VFA SBGH265
Rolex Datejust 16200, blue dial, smooth bezel, batons, oyster bracelet.
I'm not sure why you're trying to prove there except you have awful taste.
Nice Volkswagen, faggot ahahahaha!
That watch looks like absolute garbage
Nothing you poor FAGGots say has any substance except opinion, ahahahaha, try again bitch boiz
if people bought cars like they do watches then VW 2000 hatchbacks would sell for $300,000 because of muh heritage and """""""german""""""" engineering
thx it’s a Jetta
Very ritzy ^_^
Wrong! Absolute shit, not even worthy of a department store case, ahahahaha!
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Wow, that's actually such a beautiful, yet functional watch! Looks AP quality thqh! Could wear at the beach, or even with a suit!
Very classy, nice fine! Why is it so cheap? Unless it's a fake listing LOL!!
>Rolex
poorfag thinks a mid tier luxury watch is premium lmao
Eh, I'm getting a more Richard mille Vibe. This has gotta be a fake listing though, my man! No way you can get a luxury watch that cheap, much less a chronograph movement that looks THAT complex! W2C?
Ahahahaha fag, what to does ritzy mean nigga? Ahahahahaha
Is your watch attached to a cut up purse you bought on Etsy? Did anything in that picture cost more than $45?
>square toe shoes in the current year
ohnonononon
>shoes on the current year
Dress boots master race
Shoe polish, have you heard of it?
Picked this up in a pre-owned store, not a bad buy at all.
interesting, movement/price/more pictures?
It's a Grande Feu enamel Villet 15B calibre.
Nice
*Villeret
you bought a modern unique piece in a pre-owned store? Wild. What does it look like on your wrist?
It may have all been pre-owned but all the stock was pretty high-end (Patek, Rolex, AP etc). From what I learned it's unique only in it's hand done decoration. I don't know how many they actually made.
Should I get this
bought an skx for my brother but I actually quite like it and am tempted to keep it now
Yeah, it's functionally as good as an electroluminescent backlight without the negative effect on contrast you see on the f105.
Thoughts on sinn?
Thinking of picking this one up. What bracelet should I get it on?
I really will never understand the marinememe
Marinemaster is a meme?
You realize he posted a photo of a watch with a seiko movement right?
It is now. People keep posting it. Its gotta be one of the more device watches out there. It is a huge circle shaped thing that looks almost identical to a can of tuna fish. Its a real niche item.
why would I look at the image they posted?
What case is that? 120?
Terrorist - limited black edition
Hey mate. Im from wollongong and go to a bloke who is absolutely dirt cheap. Like i dont know how he makes money, he seems legit as well, knows his stuff and is an Anglo. Time brothers jewellers in dapto on bong bong road
Generally good quality tool watches, though becoming overpriced and a bit gimmicky. The 556 line doesn't have any of their proprietary tech though, so it's pretty expensive for an ETA 2824-2 top grade in a well made case/dial.
It's cool as fuck. I like Seiko divers and the tunas are as 100% Seiko diver as it gets. They're unlike anything else.
appreciate it mate but its a ways out for me
>bong bong road
>It's cool as fuck. I like Seiko divers and the tunas are as 100% Seiko diver as it gets. They're unlike anything else.
mfw
Anyone know anything about a Waltham 17 Jewel wristwatch?
Yes
670
Yeah. Its a funny one. He services for dirt cheap too. Worth mailing them in maybe
I legitimately thought these were a joke making fun of strayans until I looked up Wollongong and Bong Bong Road.
Ahaha. Ive got a few mates that live in koonawarra and kanahooka.. i live in towradgi, a suburb away from woonona and bellambi
Those are legit Australian names? Jesus.
>towradgi
if you're ever in Sydney mates make sure to swing by Woolloomooloo
Got this Timex for $10 and some change since it's "blemished". Really the band on the back is scuffed a little, so little I would have had no idea if I wasn't told. Not really one for watches but it was hard to pass up. How did I do?
At least it'll look nice sitting at the bottom of a bin.
Post the sleaziest looking watch.
Well I've decided I'm going to buy a black bay in a month or two. Should I buy retail so I can have all the paperwork and warranty for just about $800 more after sales tax or should I just buy it grey market and be done with it? I feel like I should just bite the bullet and get the whole package. Thoughts?
Just don't post it here
buy retail if you're spending $1000s on something
Don't listen to this user. Why pay more for the same thing? Just so you can have a little card with your name on it to prove you bought it from the retail jew?
Whats best watch I can get for around $30USD?
Want to get my brother a solid watch for graduation, leaning toward casio royale.
That's cool.
I didn't know that existed. Can you show us different results from reading stuff like ice and hot/boiling water?~
Just buy a rep homie.
>dropped my diver on my phone and put a big scratch in it
>non-sapphire cuck