This thread is about the appreciation of watches, 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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FOR YOU
You have been wearing this one a lot lately.
Weather finally cooperated for some real /out/ time.
Well, my Vostok SE020 finally made it to Canuckistan, thankfully. Now to see how long it takes to get through the den of vipers that is Canada customs...
Looks awesome bro.
You were camping wit this guy? Where do you live?
> Wore it three times this month (though never previous)
I guess so, yeah. I kind of wonder what the right strategy is for a good rotation.
Personally I refuse to have a strategy. I wear whichever watch of mine I want, for as long as I feel like, and switch only because I feel like, never because I "should".
>strap guide down
what should i look for if im looking at ligator?
>You were camping wit this guy?
I brought my wife instead.
I'm with fatbrah on this one.
Why do people mostly call analog ones chronographs and shill them when digital is far superior?
I want a 100m water resistant automatic that I can wear all the time... any suggestions?
>inb4 seiko skx007
also open to quartz i guess. this is my daily wear.
Ref number?
It's a 1975 King Seiko Special 5256-8010.
aka the kys special
If they send it back to Russia, they're doing you a favour.
Nah, it's a very functional, highly legible design and actually has a unidirectional rotating bezel. As long as there isn't some major defect with it, I don't see why I wouldn't be happy with it.
>low beat
>non hacking
>less accurate than guessing the time based on the sun's position
I'm aware of the drawbacks of the design, and I'm actually quite curious to see what results my timegrapher will show for it, and how much improvement in worn performance I'll be able to get from carefully regulating it.
Look, I have lots of more expensive and more accurate mechanical movements, but I really like the design of the SE020 and it's cheap, so I bought it for fun.
you need to upgrade your photo bucket account user
Hope I don't get raped and killed on the way home.
ooOOhh
I hope you do.
Kys cuck.
any ideas for something dressier?
What do you guys think about my small collection?
From left to right:
Seiko 5
Tisell Flieger
LG Urbane
Fuck off.
Is the tisell flieger really that small? I might actually cop
I've been thinking of getting a Tisell flieger for a few months now, to 'scratch' the flieger bug. Do you like yours? How's it holding up? Is it the 40mm with Miyota, or the 43mm with Seagull movt? Do you hate the lume? (I know they use the inferior one, so I'm wondering if it bothers you)
Every few weeks I go back and forth on it...thank goodness they don't have any in stock or I probably would have bought the damn thing already...
>1000$ watch BARELY looks better than 50$ seiko
>be normal person
>strap on my Tudor Heritage Black Bay in Red
>sudden sense of inflated self-worth
>desire to key every poor persons car I see
Why does this happen?
Because your scum and buy a fake
It's $200 actually.
Yeah I like mine, I only just got it though. It's 40mm with the Miyota 90S5 movement. The lume is pretty nice actually, shines pretty bright in the dark.
sup Jow Forums
Can you guys tell me what watch he is wearing?
a paracord bracelet and a Casio F91W, probably.
>scum
I'm wearing more than you make in 3 months while walking through a ghetto at 1am, I'm untouchable. I could kill you in the street and no one would do anything about it.
Thanks, not sure if the strap is right for that one though
Casio MDV-106. Would recommend the MTP-4500 but WR is only 50m.
Also Seiko 5 Sports are generally 100m WR.
It could also be some cheap clone or one of the other Casios that are similar to the F91W. Either way, basically impossible to tell what model it is, but that is definitely a Casio-style band.
cringe.
>t. piss poor faggot
...
Thanks.
Three poor people just walked past while talking about weed, I was expecting to get glassed, but they asked if I was okay even though I was obviously richer than them. I'm pretty humbled desu, kind of regret not asking if they were going to smoke up.
Rate these watches, please
Dogshit/10
That's unironically what I wanted to hear.
Mdv is not auto but I would recommend. Has pretty much become my weekend and fuck about watch since I don't have to care one bit about it.
The only one really worth having us the iwc. I guess I could do the breitling as well but that is it. No interest in tag.
Thanks; it's always good to have real-world feedback.
I love the simplicity of the aesthetic...but I'm not willing to go $900+ for it, hence the Tisell option. But I prefer the 43mm in terms of size although the 40 is easier to get.
>iwc
>"No, it's not a royal oak. It's something better for less"
>It's not better
>It has a meme'd up eta
This watch is so close to being "the one". The one watch I wear 4 or 5 weekdays of the week for the rest of my life. If only it
>was 40 mm
>has a ceramic bezel
>didn't have the clasp extension for wetsuits
Why is the EL version of the A158W so much thicker?
I wish they had stainless steel cases, not shiny plastic
That looks fucking awful.
>those hands
Just.
Huh, that is weird, I never realized the A158 was thinner. I guess the A168's module is thicker because of the EL function, while the 158's side-mounted LED takes up less space.
does this imply that he has a fake Seiko or was it simply changed to Seyko to make the joke without invoking a trademark?
Pretty sure it's a joke that he has a fake and doesn't realise it. He's seen at some point wearing what looks like a SNAF03. He also wore a Timex.
That isn't a watch user.
It's a Shitbit.
should I get pic related
or
this
this one
I like the polar too
Depends. Are you paying the same price for either? If so, get the polar; it has more functions (date + GMT).
I've never been a fan of the no-date sub though...I'm sure it's a fine watch, but I don't see the point in NOT having a date if it's not a problem to have one. And if you don't like the cyclops, go for the older Sea Dweller (I think the new one has a cyclops though...)
>shaving your wrist hair
lol
nice watch desu
whatever happened to the user who was ordering a hat with this on it?
that Sea Dweller looks absolutely incredible, but I'm pretty sure that it's waaaay out of my ballpark
the subc no date's about $6500, and the Exp II is about $4700
Some people just don't like having the date on a watch. I really don't get how people can't see this.
memes
it's pretty much a meme
Well, I didn't mean to get one of the double-reds...they're absurdly expensive, and they're not necessarily going to be in this good condition.
According to chrono24, you could get an old normal sea-dweller for 6200 or so. It would be a better watch than the sub no-date, and more iconic than the explorer 2. If you're looking used, then these things are possible.
I know, and I understand. There's no problem having a clean dial. But considering that user was asking between two watches, one of them with date and one without, I think it's a reasonable thing to talk about.
Regarding my not seeing the point of having a no-date when having a date on the same design isn't a problem, it's about engineering. The date sub is the norm, it's the one that sells the most; the no date is, functionally, a step down because you're losing something. You gain a clean face...and you lose the date. That seems strange to me, because the clean face of the sub is not that much of a huge improvement.
kek nice, I thought you were referring to a double red -- i'll look at some Sea Dwellers, thanks for the heads up!
What do you guys think of my latest pickup
Record and playback frame rates? I can do 960/24 so 40x slower than real time, will have to try that out tomorrow. A 4Hz movement means the second hand does four ticks per second, right?
how big is it? when did you buy it?
I don't know to be honest. My phone does it all. I believe it plays at 1/8 speed. A 4hz traditional mechanical movement ticks 8 times per second. See the pastebin for more information on hz and vph.
This is a 6hz=43200vph movement at 1/8 speed, with a basic quartz watch in the background for reference.
thoughts?
What equipment are you using to record at 960fps?
if the choice is between a pre-maxi explorer ii and a maxicase nodate sub i'd go explorer ii.
If you're at 1/40 realtime there may not be much to see in a traditional mechanical watch. Maybe a show motion video of the escapement if you can get it.
nice, i like the blue/brown contrast. classy.
cool man
I work with someone who unironically wears this watch
>get mugged
>lost the only watch that I had
JUST FUCK MY SHIT UP
put a new perlon strap on my memetime.
the advantage of the f91-w is that nobody wants to steal it, and if they do, it's cheap to replace
nice combo, looks clean
thanks :)
Probably 240 to 30 fps for 8x.
>A 4hz traditional mechanical movement ticks 8 times per second
Yeah that makes sense, I forgot it'd tick twice per beat.
What watch is that and how does the mechanism work?
Sony RX100 IV. The res is low but usable with decent light and still fun to play with. What frame rates are you using?
Yeah I'll try that too.
What are you guys using to make webms? I've tried online-convert.com but it's a pain trying multiple times to get it under 4MB so I'd prefer something local.
Just bought another f91-w today, since my ex-gf stole the one I had since I was a kid.
Fucking sucked having to replace that old hardware. At least I didn't break the bank replacing the thing. Time to break it in.
reposting this:
>someone attempts to mug you
>comply
JUST