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I asked about this in the previous thread, but if anyone has any considerations/tips on buying a Vostok watch, is there anything I should watch out for or expect before buying?
Ethan Gonzalez
Just buy it on meranom
Blake Moore
Want:
1) automatic or manual winding 2) either plain ticks or a full set of Roman numerals 3) super clean face, as little clutter as possible 4) budget < $500
Help?
Kevin Myers
Orient Bambino And you get to 400 euros.
Easton Bailey
Tudor Black Bay.
Colton Diaz
Chilling at the beach with my homie while you post your gay memes, kill yourself, faggot.
I live in Japan. They are quite strict on following the rules and not lying. YMMV of course, but I highly doubt they will fabricate information on an international purchase.
Logan Collins
They did it last time. Also they confirmed they would do it this time, the separating the watches from boxes part. Zenmarket has options like "remove price tags" "no zen logos" and they let you put in a decleared value. Seems like they are perfectly ok with cheating.
Evan Torres
I am looking for the same as Bambino seems like the best choice, however it is a half set, not full. Still leaning heavily towards it.
>People unironically wear something that's not a seiko 5 with a metal strap
Benjamin Wright
Seiko 5 is not good enough for me.
Sebastian Gutierrez
>automatic >reliable >displays day and date >simple and uncluttered >fucking beautiful >under $200
It's genuinely the top of the top
Justin Lewis
I respectfully disagree.
Austin Fisher
It's almost as if taste is subjective, huh?
Noah Richardson
Someone linked a replica site in the last thread, Toro.fun, are these decent replicas? Looking at a nomos tangente.
Liam Cook
you've got to be joking if you paid $200 for a seiko 5, they're on amazon for £60 >similar cost to amphibia >nowhere near as water resistant >no manual wind >no shock resist
Nolan Robinson
That's why I'm saying under $200. There are many seiko 5 models, most are around $100 or under.
And honestly, what self-respecting person would ever wear a Vostok.
Parker Butler
i like vostok watches a lot what do you have against them :(
Chase Thomas
They're good watches, no doubt, but they look more like something a video game character would wear. Really either flashy or somewhat edgy.
Dylan Hill
My mind is weird. My thought after seeing this is: "How the hell can people read/watch hentai with impregnation?"
Henry Adams
Evening Buy from Meranom, for a small fee they'll even make you a custom one of your choosing from the parts available on the site.
is that a 420 case? Is the bezel the 25$ meranom one? Been looking at Vostoks for ages, and this one is definitely one of the better ones I’ve seen
Adam Martinez
why does every second tick on my 7s26 has a mettalic clang? Could it be that a pallet jewel has fell off? Rate is complete shit too, will probably use this as practice for changing a movement, maybe will also change the dial or something
Samuel Wilson
It's a 420 and bezel does look like the meranom one.
Nathaniel Brown
i got my Seamaster back from service yesterday! they also returned all the parts they replaced
i can't find any bezels at all for the komandirskie there's lots of custom bezels for amphibia, but i want an aftermarket bezel for my komandirskie, any pointers?
Michael Reed
you're still here? that's some dedication
Luke Carter
Yes and yes, it was originally a blue Scubadude. The hands, dial and bezel were from Meranom and I changed them myself, though being able to pay a bit extra for someone else to do that would've been better, quite a stressful task if you're not used to it.
Daniel Peterson
Are you telling me the statement is wrong, or what's the purpose of the post?
probably just gonna copy exactly what you did and ask Meranom to assemble it, I think it's just 5 bucks
Did you get tired of the scuba dude? I thought about it, but I'm afraid it'll look tacky
Jackson Smith
Reposting from a thread or two ago. Is there a qualitative difference between G-shocks? The one on the right is $20 more, is it worth it for the mudmaster version? I need a good beater for swimming hiking, camping etc.
Pretty much any G-shock will be able to survive swimming and hiking and other things like that without breaking a sweat. Increased prices mainly add functionality. If I’m honest I don’t care about half the shit on G-shocks so I go for cheaper models. I just want something that can survive abuse
Easton Roberts
Thanks, that's exactly what I'm looking for as well.
Justin Moore
I honestly fucking hate you. Your gay fucking forced meme Your tasteless annoying shit posts. Your monotonous existence in every thread. And behind it all your an actual fucking cuck.
I hope whatever sõy corrupted your DNA at birth gives you painful cancer and kills you slowly. And I hope you go to hell and suffer forever.
It's for the best, the screws that hold the dial in place are very easy to lose and fitting hands is pure stress. I still really like the Scubadude dial but the modern blue version is ugly, more real than blue, if they made a new updated version that was similar to the older dial I'd buy it straightaway.
What are you talking about? Metal works is technology, engineering timepieces is technology.
Technology is an extremely broad term. You could have a thread about cars too, or bikes, or fucking medieval ships and you can still call it technology.
Zachary Gonzalez
get a vostok senpai
Leo Young
Protip, the way you know if a Rolex GMT Master II is fake i by looking at the hand stack. See how the GMT hand is all the way at the back? Closest to the watch face? This is called the incorrect hand stack, the hour hand followed by gmt hand then minute and second hand.
Brayden Cook
i thought the fact it does not say rolex anywhere on it was a good giveaway too
Joshua Murphy
why couldn't swatch make fun auto watches ;_;
Connor Wilson
super jelly :( how much did you pay for that? the ones i see on ebay are absurdly expensive
