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What model is this? It's gorgeous. What could I expect to pay for it?
Sorry for using old pastebins, I had the OP on a notepad, will be more vigilant next time.
m929, they go from 60 to 100 usd or more on ebay.
In for mediocre budget collections.
Reminder that the soviets made digital pocket watches with a straight face.
This has a steel case and EL backlight.
WAY/WT/?
Anyone know where I can buy a bracelet for this watch?
That has an EL backlight? Really?
Yeah, true.
But it has plastic buttons and it's a nixon.
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I have bitch wrists that don't suit bracelets. What's a good nato colour scheme for this one? Black and olive? Grey?
Yea.
A914
You like the shirt senpai?
I had no idea. I wonder how the contrast is on the display on those.
These shitter Casio’s are a minefield for fakes ironically.
Any links would be good.
It’s for a good cause!
If you really have bitch wrists you definitely shouldn't be using natos sine they make the watch bulge from the wrist and the nato itself has a strong presense.
You should just go with the stock bracelet since these old bracelets are very slim and comfy.
Nice plaidposting.
The Seiko is from 1979 and the Casio is from 1977.
stop posting quartz
No.
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This is probably closest to the original you can find.
If you just want a 18 mm bracelet to fit that, you should just buy the cheapest casio you find with such bracelet.
Anyone here got this beauty?
That’s nice. What’s the battery life like? That’s odd that it has a battery indicator.
Yea that’s what seems to be the cheapest way. Surprisingly few uses examples on eBay.
It's solar charging, but the battery is almost impossible to get totally full, so they usually always display 2/3 full.
Ah yea of course. What year is this from?
Would you say this is a good buy?
Early 2000's. Seiko made an homage to their old LCD quartz watches, but this one has a pretty unique combination of features (or it was unique until Casio did the steel G-Shock's recently). It has:
- stainless steel case
- solid link, solid end-link stainless bracelet
- solar charging
- electroluminescent backlight
- radio atomic sync
all on the same watch.
Imho your Seiko beats the Gshock every day of the week.
I would have bought one of those steel g-shocks instantly if they hadn't of covered the damn thing in polished surfaces. It would have looked so much better mostly brushed.
Yea I'd say so. Do you mean as an invstment or to wear?
Nice Speedmaster homage.
Both really. But I already know I'll like the watch and I'll wear it. The thing is, It's $7200. I just wonder whether it's worth the money, as an investment and as an alternative to the other speedmasters. Had they been equal in price I'd buy this trilogy one 7 days of the week. But they're not equal in price.
Who here /lemans/
Still waiting for the day when Casio makes a stainless steel digital that resembles their earlier models instead of the gshock.
There isn't market for them, sadly. People associate "small silver digital" with "cheap (but reliable)Casio" or even "cheap chink digital" or "that watch with an air-pulling bracelet"
Unless they make a reissue of something that stands out from the classic a158/"normal"marlin/databank design, or maybe something in titanium and with cool functions (like an e-ink display:Seiko made one with the same case design as , why can't them?)
I guess that ultra high shock protection is one of the "cool functions"
Two tone ceramic/white gold 20kt 204mm gravitymaster with digital tourbillon when
It’s not worth $7200.
Buy a Moonwatch, mate.
Who to hell would buy an expensive steel watch that looks identical to the $10 one?
Moonwatch is quite a large inprint on my wrist tho. This one will fit my wrist quite alright, while the moonwatch is kind of borderline too big.
Everyone who values watches with a stainless steel case.
You are right, I guess part of the charm why some people buy vintage digitals is the fact that they are not made anymore and they most likely never will be anymore.
One chance is that they might make some crazy retro design like this citizen or similar one day.
Getbthe FOIS
>shitposters talking about speedies that aren't the MOTFM
Time to fuck this thread up.
FOIS is just as big as moonwatch tho.
What's your problem? If you're gonna be a speedmaster autist too, then at least buy yourself a fake speedmaster.
The most cancerous and genuinely autistic retard I have encountered in any general across any board. Congratulations fake Tudor fatass.
The '57 has the same case as the FOIS.
Post non-MOTFM Speedmasters.
Thread related.
This trilogy speedmaster has 38.6mm case with no crown guards. FOIS has 39.7mm, and Moonwatch has 40mm (42mm with its crown guards).
Moonwatch and FOIS is the same size, albeit FOIS will seem a tiny bit smaller because it lacks the crown guards. However the Trilogy speedmaster will be quite a bit smaller than both of them. Only surprising thing is that it still has the same lug to lug of 48mm as the moonwatch, which I think is bullshit, but it will still leave a smaller inprint on my wrist regardless, thus look better.
Wow. Didn’t realise how much of a homage this is.
/lume/
Thinking about trading this in for a 42 mm black sandwich dial SS Radiomir 1940. Please god someone talk me out of it. This watch is a PAM00296. Sausage dial Luminor marina with date, tobacco dial, case in titanium. Please convince me that Panerai is a shitter brand...I just can’t shake an unhealthy obsession with them.
Thanks bro. I’m weighing this up with just buying a new a158 and using the strap.
Everyone I've ever seen on the net is either a complete fanboy about them or hates them.
And looks like a considerable portion of the people who like to shit over this brand has never seen one irl.
hmm
worth a cop for 25$? No scratches.
Why not, it's only 25.
For 28 dollars I would feel free to buy anything that I like the aesthetics of.
No.
hows the quality? I see you guys shitting on skagen for the round glass issues.
You a junkie?
(same of)
Do you know how their in-house movements compare to the competition?
excuse me?
What watch should I buy for my slampig?
I've had mine for a couple of years now, the leather is giving out from daily use but the glass is still perfect.
Did you mean @66378387?
I don't know much about skagen, but I wouldn't assume it is quality anymore than other fashion watches.
This is a type of watch that you buy only because you think it looks good. That is the only reason why you would and should buy such a watch. And why not, it's only 28 dollars. If it was 280 then we would all tell you to turn 180 degrees, but for 28 dollars then all that matters is that you think it looks nice.
sauce.
For that price, why not. Watches with second hands and no second/minute indices annoy the fuck out of me though.
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what about this one for 75? I just have a thing for Titanium. Whats a Jow Forums approved Ti watch?
You'd have to be super autistic to notice a difference of 1.1mm.
Fitbit, maybe it will encourage it to move around more and stop being a disgusting fucking whale.
>Whats a Jow Forums approved Ti watch?
Tudor Pelagos or pic related.
>Tudor Pelagos
>$3,800
cmon man
If you like this watch then I'd go for it even at 75 dollars.
Asking people in this thread will give you a lot of "no" answers based on what they would do themselves, but you're the person who think this looks nice. We can tell you that this watch is not a quality piece, and we can also tell you that you could get a lot more for 75 dollars if you're interested in looking at some recomendations. But since you're into that watch then it's up to you what you're willing to pay for it. Maybe you should just go for it.
Here are a couple of videos in which you will get some tips for watches that are under 100 dollars, and under 200 dollars.
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Actually 1.1mm makes a lot of difference, especially since the 2mm crown guards on the speedy moonwatch is also helping making a bigger inprint on your wrist.
thanks. ill check it out. Also interested in "why" the skagens are bad from a technical pov.
is there a diy way to seal the glass on a watch? Mine gets foggy in high humidity. its a Pulsar and the face is square with rounded edges.
I'm not the right guy to ask about details on the tech inside those watches, BUT I can tell you that inside those watches you have a low-end quartz that is worth less than what you're paying for. But so what? You're paying for the design.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but you are probably more interested in a nice watch to wear than the tech inside it. The truth is, in this thread we prefer mechanical watches because that is more charming to us, we are watch enthusiasts. A quartz watch, like those Skagen watches, are actually more accurate than the 3000 dollar omega watch I'm wearing now. The skagen watch you're looking at will need a new battery in a couple of years - maybe it will hold for many years for all I know. Anyway, you will merely change battery and then it'll be good to go again. The thing is, if all you care about is a good looking watch, that is precise, that you only will need to change batteries for sometimes - then you should buy one of those skagen watches.
Check button seals, put some non coloured glue on the glass gasket and rub it in and clean the rest.
I’m the owner of the Panerai. My watch is a model from 2009 before they really started pushing their in house movements. Mine houses some sort of modified Valjoux movement. There was a lot of debate and controversy when Panerai released the P9000 which IIRC was their first really widespread in house movement. Word around the Internet was that it was wildly inaccurate, but I think they’ve worked out the kinks by now. It seems like most if not all the watches they produce these days are in house movements. On most of their models the movement decoration is subpar for the price point. I’d opt for a steel caseback.
i just wanted a round watch to wear while i fix up my daily.. my daily is this in gunmetal. its got a seiko serial at least.
can i check the seals without taking the back off? im new to this.
You have to take out the whole movement, best to take it to a watchmaker if you are uncertain of your skill.
friggen went to zales, jared, helzberg, and a watch repair place and they either did not know what the fuck it was or the watchmaker laughed and said it was trash.