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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Rate my new Rolex
:^)
Should this be my new "only watch"?
Also bought this.
Could work but get a g-shock too because there are times when you must not wear a jlc.
No.
Unless you live in a big city and you wear a suit every day.
Please post the name of the watches so non enlighted people like me can buy them.
m929
a914
Not him, but that is a quite versatile watch that can be worn casually as well as with a suit.
I missed out on the watch I wanted to buy now I will probably have to wait months for another one to show up
What watch, user?
Why not? It's a superb watch and it would work well as your only watch, I'd say you can definitely wear this watch as an everyday watch.
Here is a video that talks a bitto this point youtube.com
saek13
Obligatory
"No one cared until I put on the Casio."
>If I take that off will you die?
"It would be extremely hard to tell the time"
>You are a big guy
"For you"
Can someone tell me what kind of straps are those?
Perlon
Thanks
pretty handsome watch still huge at 44mm
Believe it's a eulit palma specifically, if I remember correctly
I'm a big guy.
Good morning wt
It wont be my only watch but it might be my only luxury watch
Thanks, that was a nice review
>JDM watch
>44mm
Aren't japs really small?
Oh, I got you. I am planning on something like that too. My collection is going to be like:
>A lot of rare japanese shitters
>Sinn 556 later upgraded to a rolex later upgraded to a h. Moser or something
H moser? I dont know about them desu
Why is /wt/ the only watch related "forum" that is not giving me aids, even with all the trolls and non-watch newfriends?
Reddit is full of tgv and seiko fanboys. Facebook groups are 100% shitter-fests.
So what you prefer is a forum that doesn't like seiko? But there are plenty of seiko lovers in here.
youtu.be
This video really got to me. It's one of the cheapest ways to get into modern haute.
>have owned Rolex, Omega, JLC, Tudor
>favorite watch is still Seiko SKX
It's really just the perfect watch.
Which one should be my new daily?
I think some has to do with the chan format, which I think is much better than forums and way better than Reddit. There's also a lot of deep specialized knowledge here (Seiko, Russian watches, electric watches, vintage Omega, etc) that tends to help prevent it from devolving into watchuseek-style 50 threads per day of "help me decide between these two watches"
are there any good replicas or chink watches
No. You missed the point. There is not a single problem with seikos, in fact I bought my penis quartz yesterday.
However shilling any brand because muh horde mentality makes me sick and the fuckers on reddit love doing that.
The thing I like about /wt/ is how horology masterminds here state the things that are wrong with a certain watch or brand very unbaised.
>There's also a lot of deep specialized knowledge here (Seiko, Russian watches, electric watches, vintage Omega, etc)
This is exactly why I love this place.
why do you shave your arms user?
This must be some self wank joke. I can go to any other watch forum and discover a dozen new watches each day.
This place just circle jerks the same 5 meme watches each month and that one underaged faggot who keeps emulating that cringey youtuber.
Panerai anyone?
yes, i know they are a brand without substance, overpriced as fuck etc but i really like the look and i'm not a wristlet
i think they look especially sexy on a bracelet
post pics if you actually own one pls?
tfw
There's also some big gaps too, unfortunately. Would be awesome if someone in wt became an expert in vintage chrongraphs, for example. There's some expertise in vintage Rolex references but not fantastic. Also not really a lot of depth in early American watchmaking (Illinois, Hamilton, Waltham, Bulova, etc).
>way better than Reddit
>he doesn't take his mistress out for walks
is this a good watch?
i think it looks neat
>discover a dozen new watches each day
>Same 5 meme watches
Please go to those forums and stay there.
It's good but the hype tax makes it really overpriced for what it is.
Naturally there is, I think there is around 10 or so guys who are regulars with a lot of knowledge on certain areas.
I have yet to meet a SKX owner that actually fucking dives.
Noice.
The zippo is lighter fedora. It's also bad for cigars because it imbues their gas taste into it.
Use butane lighters/matches/electric lighters instead
Right.
> The only reason to want a watch with a timing bezel and good water resistance is for diving
I have yet to meet a motfm speedmaster owner who went to the moon.
Speedmasters were not made for the moon. Dive watches are made for diving. Your comparison is retarded, and so is anyone wearing a diver that isn't diving.
Has anybody actually used watchfinder.co.uk? Where do you faggots go for hard to find watches?
I better throw away my pulsometer then. If only I'd gone to med school.
Kek
If you never use it for it's intended purpose, it's literally wasted on you.
>hard to find watches
Like what? Usually eBay watch list and wait. I have watches I've waited well over a year to show up.
>I have yet to meet a motfm speedmaster owner who went to the moon.
lel fucking rekt. how will ever user come back from this?
So if i dont use my Bulova spaceview to explain how the 214 movement works then its a waste of a watch then?
Jokes on you I love telling people how that autistic movement works.
Hm I don't time artillery strikes either, better throw this away too.
Thanks user, this is really helping consolidate my collection.
Fuck waiting a year and I'm not going to get into a bidding war with some asshole over a watch that's worth 3k tops.
I've passed the point in my life where I check ebay every day for 6 months to buy something
Did Bulova make Accutrons for the specific purpose of appeasing autists? Stop being retarded.
Yeah, I'm sure you use that all the time in your daily life. Literally. Wasted.
The literal reason for the existence of the spaceview was to make it easier to explain to people how it worked.
So, for sales, not for fucking autists, then. Thanks for confirming my point.
So it shall be.
I was hoping to buy a reverso someday but I guess I can't since I don't play polo. Too bad.
eBay has alerts you can set up. I don't know why you would be checking it everyday. How does watchfinder.co.uk.org.tv.xxx.gov work?
you're my hero user
Is it just me or is the reverso only nice to formal wear or suit (or..polo?)
>watch retailers
>not watch autists
See me after class.
>dress watches are now only for polo
Stop being intentionally retarded.
There is this sick Casiotron on ebay right now if someone of you is interested.
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I'm here to make a statement and everyone hates it.
Most salespeople are not autists. Have you ever had a fucking autist try and sell you anything? I should know, being an actual autist.
Not all retailers know anything about watches, that much is apparent after only coming here occasionally
Um um um but user reversos were made for playing polo. If you're just wearing it as a dress watch you are literally wasting it. I don't know how to make this clearer.
Working at my uncles restaurant in Japan yes 99% of salesmen are autists. In the us our suppliers at our utility are about 75% autistic about what they sell. I just come under that assumption just from personal experience. I would think the same for a specialized higher market.
Going to my local watch store in Queens, New York. Any G-Shock Recommendations?
Definitely not true in the us at least. The majority of salespeople are employed strictly as luxury good salespeople, with only minimal training in watches. Plenty of sales people come from jobs at places like Nordstrom's, Hermes, LV, etc. Boutiques tend to be a little better than third party sellers like wempe, tourneau, etc.
>be me
>buy SKX and actually dive with it
>Shitty bracelet breaks (no idea how) lose it on dive
>go on second dive to find it and get lucky
>get repaired at Seiko AD on GU
>AD puts wrong size endlinks and scratches watch to shit
>Complain and don’t get charged
>wear it on strap for a month
>watch randomly starts gaining 3-5 min a day when it’s < a year old.
>toss it in drawer and buy dive computer from friend
The worst watch I’ve owned. Been looking at a Rolex 116610LV now but I haven’t been diving in years so maybe a GMT.
Pic related I use my MOTM as a mission timer and back up to my G-Shock.
t u n i n g f o r k
Stepper motors were a mistake
Jeeze, the people from Mitsubishi electric their salesmen memorize the whole spec sheet. Our engineers can't even do that. Guess that's a damn shame I guess.
Do you like the cushion case about the SAEK or the 200m air diver spec on the 013/015?
Because while the 8R is great, the 6S in some of the Credor chronos and (more important) the SAEH Anantas is finished better and with its fine adjustment screw you could further improve its accuracy.
I see SAEKs and SAEHs for similar prices on ebay, just be sure to double check on rakuten or yahoo.jp if stores list on both sites. Often ebay prices get inflated, or worse some stores on ebay just act as middlemen posting the same ads with identical pictures and description from the JP auction listing on their own ebay account with a chunky markup. green-disk and japanese-shop are two bads I remember. The big shops like Deal, closer, and hiroki-japan have dual listings usually with fair prices on both, ebay sometimes 3-10% higher, but nothing like the +$300-$800 like the copy-listers.
but that guy said his was butane
Maybe it got magnetized.
That's not how they market them, nor how they look.
nice. I love the look of spaceviews. Having the date is very useful though.
At the park
I hear good things about the 6S but the saek13 really nails the look I want, namely a submariner-style chrono.
If you know of a saek013 for sale please link it I'm not too concerned about markup.
Agreed. It's a shame so many of the date mechanisms from that era are so fragile and break so routinely.
Ayy I'm at the publix
I'll admit this movement is so much fun to talk about. The 214 is a marvel of engineering. Also it fits wristlets like me quite well.
Great day to live in Florida I suppose.
What brand is this? I can't exactly read it and I'm now familiar with it...
guys, is chinanoobwatch a good place to get fakes? Where did our tudorfag buy his?
Is there a good reason not to impulse buy a Tintin?
Get the FUCK out.
Should I cop it?
>$2300
If I was a hipster who bought weird looking shit for the sake of buying weird looking shit I would definitely get that.