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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And that's how you know your a watch guy
It's not my first expensive watch, only the first expensive watch I'm buying for myself. I have a couple of watches that I don't particularly like (anymore) so I never wear them, and a few afordables, for example the sarb that I wear nowadays. I feel like I'm in a watch crisis because I don't have a watch that I really want to be wearing.
However to the point, I'm after a luxury watch that I can think of as my "main watch" thus an everyday watch. It shouldn't be too dressy, but a "nice everyday watch" is kinda to my style. A nice sporty watch is great too. Divers? Not so much. I have a diver and I don't like using it because that's not what I prefer anymore. I've been thinking that the watch I buy now should be a watch that I will hopefully grow old with, so I have thought that I should still like the aesthetics of it even when I mature. That was the reason for my not buying the Aqua Terra with blue dial, because eventho I think it looks pretty cool, maybe it's a bit "too cool"? Maybe that's just me, but I get a young man's vibe off it. Like it's so shiny and "flamboyant", thanks to the "teak" pattern of the dial. It looks cool now, but maybe not in a few years when I turn 30 and even 40. I looked at the globemaster with blue dial and bracelet, and something about it made me feel that perhaps it's too much of a dress watch.
My main problem is not to find a watch that I think looks great, it's finding one I think looks great but are not too big for my wrist. I have been posting about this before, I have a really slim wrist, so 40mm watches are sometimes too big because of the lugs, and sometimes they aren't. My wrist is 46 or 47mm wide. It's difficult. So, I'm limited by my taste and of my wrist size. I see that you are posting a speedmaster, well I've tried that on, pic related is my wrist and the speedmaster pro.
bought this at a flea market, about $2 :^)
Could you explain some more? I'm not sure I understand.
Cool seiko bro.
What model is that?
>tudorfag gets mad when people don't post in his shitty fake thread and starts posting porn.
every damn time.
you boys like my new Seamaster?
A128-5010, released 1977
In a traditional mechanical watch, a balance and lever escapement control how fast the mainspring is allowed to unwind. In spring drive, a quartz timing package controls and electromagnetic braking system that controls how fast the mainspring is allowed to unwind.
Can someone recommend me a gold watch that is tasteful and and not goofy looking like other ones?
OK.
Bruh, this was at the top of my list for the longest time.
How is it?
So... it's quarts? What is it about the watch that is mechanical then?
Lots of vintage options, including gold fill and gold plate that was thicker than what you get today.
Looks surprisingly fresh for 1977
A SBGR305 (pic) and a Spring Drive GMT, can't remember ref to hand.
Yeah. I have Patek, Rolex and others too so I should know what I'm talking about.
Unlike most modern quartz watches, speing drive is powered by a mainspring, not a battery or capacitor. That's the most meaningful sense in which it is "mechanical".
What kind you after: dress watch, sporty, flashy and show off, subtle?
>Tfw gonna get a sick watch collection rivalling all of /wt/ for a single purchase
ebay.com
This is a blue board buddy. (blue board = no nsfw just sayin')
Nice timestamp.
>Yeah. I have Patek, Rolex
Sure you do.
And even if you do, good on you.
I'd never pay that much money for an inferiorly finished product when you can buy a GS, though.
A box full of uninteresting shitters?
Just hide his posts until he's banned. He's does this every time we don't use his lame thread just like a spoiled angry child.
I see some rolexes and pateks there.
What I find funny is selling watches based on weight.
rose gold tends to be a warmer hue and the best purity, don't get anything less than 18k.
note this hue vs the yellow gold here
My thread was posted first, this thread is an illegal thread, the police will be here any minute now to bust this joint and throw you in the slammer. I hope you like the taste of prison food and nigger cum, whiteboi.
subtle / business looking, whatever Im trying to look at new watches they look way to flashy, no tact at all.
> No returns
Guess I won't buy it.
Thanks but I should have also asked for budget?
> 3 penises in one image
Beat that spammer
Im bit on thigh budget now when comes to getting accessories so anything between £20~£50, you I know that getting a nice looking gold watch at that price is going to be bit difficult
> difficult
Try impossible. You can't even get gold plated for that, it'll have to be a fake gold simply for the color.
BLACKED porn is more aesthetic than the solar X desu.
Not really enough, to be honest. You could look for some gold-toned Seiko quartz tank lookalike I guess but even that will be over your budget.
Omeeeega
Kek, are you bored?
sup
Work-remotely days can be like that.
Speedmaster FOIS or Seamaster 300?
Yes I'm a sucker for modern vintage.
Why did the last /wt/ thread get deleted?
find a flaw
FOIS.
Way too much going on, looks like it’s about 47mm
too big (48mm)
too complicated-looking
digital/ana-digi solar atomic is better looking and with more features
ikr this costs many times the SSG001 and it's not actually solar/atomic (it's battery powered/HAQ)
But it looks way nicer
I bought my SSG001 for $300 brand new, isn't that omega like $5000? not sure you can really compare watches in such vastly different price categories
> Chrono seconds not pointed directly at 60
It's angled.
It’s 48 actually
You can see the chrono have pointing to the left of both the 60 on the dial and the 60 on the bezel. Since the dial is below the chrono seconds hand the bezel is above the chrono seconds have, it's impossible for all three of these to actually be lined up.
One good job picking an even less original and gayer pic than tudorfag
Second why did the last thread get 404d?
> The bezel rotates
Ah. Apparently I'm just an idiot.
I think you’re right. The FOIS is up to £1000 cheaper as well!
God I wish the spectre one was like £3k.
It's like the BMW i8. Just because there's hybrid in the description doesn't make it a Prius.
Which spectre one?
>Second why did the last thread get 404d?
no reason was given
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It actually looks better on the wrist. How big are your wrists? I think it would look ridiculous on 90% of people.
Guessing janitors are getting sick of the mass reporting of beadposters and tudorfag
>even less original and gayer pic than tudorfag
You realize tudorfag has been spamming his fake and porn for months while always trying to make a fake tudor op and you are complaining about this?
Fucking kill yourself cuck.
The seamaster 300 spectre. It’s probably one of my favourite watches.
See
>tfw it's so goddamn hot outside that this little shit is the only option
The hell are we looking at, some sort of swatch?
Cheap watches with gmt function?
You know what immediately comes to mind then for you? The new Railmaster. It's 38mm, 200feet water resistance, master chronometer rating.
It has everything you want. Good styling that is slightly vintage (which will make it look 'timeless', so you can grow old with it and it'll be okay), it's sporty but not too sporty, it's water resistant for normal daily life, and it tells the time very well. It's a perfect everyday watch, and it's not too dressy but 'nice everyday'.
I understand not wanting to go with the Aqua Terra....it's definitely dated already. But the Railmaster....why not?
Anyone know why the last thread was deleted?
That's what comes to mind first.
Zeppelin LZ127 GMT
Meranom has a couple of pseudo GMT models right now (slaved 24h hand, but rotating bezel allows use as GMT). They are both 960 models.
>It actually looks better on the wrist. How big are your wrists? I think it would look ridiculous on 90% of people.
literally 9 inches : (
This railmaster is actually 40mm
The boring railmaster that is a full-on retro remake is 38. I don't like it much.
I do like this new version that you posted, and I also like the one with a blue dial which is coming at some point. But... it's not exactly a watch that makes me feel "this is a watch I must have"
Any recommendations for a
Seiko SARB
They've gone up to about $400
That's fair enough...I was thinking of the full-on retro (hence the 38mm moniker).
If you want something that is going to look great when you get old, then you might be forced into an aesthetic corner of sorts. Watches only age well if they are either classically proportioned or if they're part of an aesthetic style that is considered 'timeless'. So really, you may have to go with a watch which is more on the side of 'dressy' than 'sporty'. To make matters worse, by removing Rolex from the table, we've actually removed one of the very few companies that takes a long time to change their aesthetic. The Explorer, as an example, would have been ideal for you as well (small size, classic but sporty, easy to age, etc.).
Have you thought about going vintage? Or perhaps saving up for something more?
That's not a sarb
What's the general consensus on Aristo/Vollmer these days?