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/wt/ Watch Thread: Real Edition
Andrew Reyes
Connor Watson
Can we stop with the meme videos?
Cooper King
First for the Hirsch Pure actually being really nice, though I wish the natural rubber had slightly less of a sheen to it. I prefer the more matte look of the Borealis isofrane knockoffs, but the natural rubber of the Hirsch is noticeably the most pliable non-silicone rubber strap I've ever tried, and I've tried quite a few.
Logan King
Good rubber straps have such a nice feel to them.
Thomas Rogers
Too many people arguing about fakes in the other thread. Here's a picture ofy shitter taken while on the shitter
Jayden Bailey
Don't worry soon as they stop throwing shit beadfag will arrive with his two dozen analbeads.
David Morris
What's the difference between SARB and SARX? Are there other budget Seiko designations I have overlooked?
Parker Price
i got my mom a baby-g after she broke her fashion watch. It looks really cool on her. I Would suggest it as a gift idea. will post a pic of it in a sec
Oliver Lopez
Hunter Watson
liek?
It’s accurate, hacks and hand winds, stainless steel case and bracelet and I got it for $58 shipped brand new on eBay with a sapphire crystal
David Jones
Evan Rivera
If it really does all that for $58 that's cool
But since it's Chinese it probably has no water resist while looking like a diver
Nolan King
kek
Too true unfortunately.
Caleb Stewart
actually that's a pilot watch, the original one is "only" 100m wr
Justin Morales
who's the ebay seller?
Blake Morris
Seems more like it's supposed to be a submariner desu
Sebastian Anderson
actually it's a gmt master homage
rolex.com
Jaxson Stewart
$200 budget
42mm or less
Sapphire
Dive style or Artsy
What watch can I get?
Samuel Jackson
>mods deleted the thread full of seiko spam
Ayden Sullivan
Joseph Garcia
It’s a GMT not a diver
But yeah you’re right, I would not go swimming with It
Julian Walker
Tudor Black Bay is a solid bet.
Charles Peterson
I think it looks nice
Nathaniel Green
Asher Long
Post interesting casebacks.
Owen Robinson
SARX is Presage series, titanium case. Movement is the same I believe.
Chase Nguyen
Jayden Baker
Anthony Ross
Well, it does.
Seiko/Orient diver with aftermarket sapphire
Jason Taylor
Vostok
That thread was full of porn and gore posted most likely by you, the user who hates Seiko. Interesting to note that before you started spamming it there was only one picture of a Seiko posted.
Ian Sullivan
Case is different. May have a different coating for antireflectiveness.
Joshua Rodriguez
Thanks for saving my picture user.
Jonathan Cruz
Thanks for originally posting it. Watches with days in kanji are extremely difficult to find nowadays, and this is coming from someone living in Japan.
Jonathan Lewis
Bye bye watch, hope to see you soon!
Liam Bailey
Why haven't I copped this yet?
Adam Reed
Someone say Seiko?
Camden Campbell
Austin Garcia
you wanna suck me DEEP huh boi?
Landon Young
Benjamin Flores
Doesn't matter, Seiko discontinued the SARB line and at the prices they're asking for you should try to get the other ones.
They're moving ever closer to the mountain jew, mark my words. In a decade we'll still be sitting here but Seiko will no longer be the king of midrange watches. Whatever they replace it with will either be lower quality or be more expensive for little gain.
Just like how they reintroduced the 4L75 as the 6L35 and bumped the price up nearly double. Did you know that credor movements used to belong to much cheaper watches?
Colton Barnes
Henry Baker
>Seiko/Orient diver with aftermarket sapphire
I already have this. Looking for something else.
>Vostok
No sapphire
Thomas Walker
What is the best ETA watch under $700? Thinking about getting this possibly.
Brayden Gonzalez
Not a bad choice, but I would go for
Isaiah Garcia
Look for Parnis , Invicta and Alpha homages.
(Most of Parnis and Alpha stuff is just 5atm tho)
Hunter Cox
That's the best you're going to get in terms of movement.
Luis Sanchez
parnis.org
This should be 100m with a miyota 9015
Jace Howard
Yea funny enough one of the only other watches with a 2892 under 1k I have been able to find it the Squale Tiger. Which at 11mm thin is pretty good for an automatic diver.
Brayden Davis
At $500 what do you recommend besides a SARB033?
Xavier Young
steinhartwatches.de
at the specs it says the movement is a 2892
Lincoln Campbell
Why do Vostoks break so fast?
Sebastian Martinez
Maybe a Hamilton intramatic?
Kevin Ward
why are G-shocks so hideous?
I'd like to get a watch that's waterproof so I can wear it while surfing. If it had tide and temperature that would be a pretty cool feature. But g-shocks all look like they were designed by a 10 year old boy who collects katanas.
Colton Murphy
Blake Rivera
Get one that has a 5600 case
Joshua Edwards
Wasn't OP the BB spammer? He got upset and probably just deleted his own thread in the end after getting banned.
Bentley Price
That bezel is absurd. It makes it look like a kids toy.
Josiah Roberts
>What's the difference between SARB and SARX?
SARB are Seiko's lowest mid-range line and their cases and bracelets are typically not made in Japan, and definitely not made by the same sub-divisions of Seiko as their higher end lines.
The SARX line is one of Seiko's middle mid-range line. They are made in Japan, and the cases and bracelets are made by the same sub-divisions of Seiko that make cases and bracelets for Grand Seiko and the upper mid-range 8Lxx and 6Lxx powered models. That same case and bracelet manufacturing sub-division also makes outsourced cases and bracelets for Casio's Oceanus line and MrG line.
>Are there other budget Seiko designations I have overlooked?
If you are interested in divers, then Seiko SBDC line is on the same level of external finishing as SARX.
Jayden Brooks
The Intra-Matic by miles if you don't mind the lack of a second hand. It's the only sensibly priced Swatch Group model with an ETA 2892-A2.
Even the old Khaki automatic with the 2824-2 can't touch the Intra-Matic for value. The 2892-A2 is typically only using in multi kilobuck watches.
The new Khaki auto with the Powermatic-80 movement is overpriced trash. If you want a new Khaki, buy the handwind only version which still has the 2804-2.
Jackson Green
Hamilton
Orient
Ian Lopez
Jesus fuck, I'd actually consider a SKWAAAAALEEEEEE if they put the 2892-A2 in one of their less hideous models.
Dominic Myers
Thoughts?
Jonathan Walker
Besides being ugly, my main issue with that model is that Steinshit is known to have crappy QC.
Ayden Williams
That is too tacky. Looks like what a pornstar would design.
Alexander Roberts
Meant to reply to
There also might be some microbrand out there with a Miyota or an ETA, but I honestly don't know shit about those.
Christopher Price
That's not porn, this is porn
Logan Turner
Jack Hughes
I didn't say it was porn, I said that it looks like what a pornstar would create (they are not tasteful)
And I agree with you that your pic is beautiful.
Liam Perry
It's based on traditional woodblock prints. Look up ukiyo-e
Like an Orient Symphony? is that really comparable to a SARB in quality and longevity? I like Bambinos and have one but was under the impression that SARB033 was a step up in design and quality.
Isaac Peterson
>That is too tacky
It's an art-piece, there's a large tradition of them in haute horlogerie and it was a new genre for Credor's Micro-Art Studio to work in.
It's the model code that makes my dick diamonds though. That tourbillon is based on Daini Seikosha's ultra-thin manual wind caliber 68xx from the 1960s and still uses a 68xx model code all these years later.
Dylan Morales
Honestly don't listen to the contrarians just get the SARB. Scoop it up while you can. But knowing Seiko they will release some similar models next year with a 4R. Anyways yea Bambino really does not compare. Only thing about the SARB is the bracelet, while comfy sorta lacks the same attention to finish imo.
Jayden Powell
Wow that is even more tacky. Looks ugly and as if hugh hefner made it. Sorry we will not agree on this.
Asher Hernandez
The looks aren't at all to my aesthetic taste either, but the workmanship is amazing.
Asher Hernandez
Not 100% sure, I was thinking more like orient star. There's just something about knowing that the SARB line used to be 350-450 instead of 550-650 that makes me annoyed.
Cooper Hill
It's an art piece. Surely you can appreciate the craftmanship even if you wouldn't wear it?
Benjamin Campbell
watch _factory
Asher Bell
oops. meant to quote
Kayden White
Yeah sure they might have made impressive amount of hours on the piece, but it's all down the toilet in my opinion because it looks bad.
This one I actually think looks nice tho. I would not buy it because it doesn't look like a watch, but still, I can appreciate this one a lot more.
James Martin
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Luke Evans
What's your problem?
Maybe if I do this Did you disappear now?
Cooper Rivera
Do you guys like to match your watch with your bead bracelets or do you have a signature bead bracelet you wear every day?
Samuel Hernandez
Eli Gonzalez
Personally I like the contrast my beads bring.
Tyler Campbell
Alexander Anderson
Haha you didn't do s
Thomas Gray
Tyler Johnson
Justin Wilson
Looking good my man.
Jace Wright
Blake Flores
Wearing my shitty meme beater.
Ryan Gray
Nice DW commercial style shot.
Country?
Elijah Watson
Andrew Jackson
I got this russian watch as a gift.
Is it a good one?
Aaron Robinson
ahahah holy shit these all look terrible and like you're compensating for some sort of personality issue.
Watchfags are retarded
Jose Phillips
It will go well with black or metallic beads.
Jace Bell
Jordan Reyes
Jacob Perez
WRIST GAME
Evan Richardson
Aiden Ward
Man, this is retarded.
Sweden, out in the woods middle of nowhere, hence the beater.