This thread is about the appreciation of beads, Rolex and Tudor watches, as well as the micro-engineering and materials engineering that are required to make a fine bead bracelet, Tudor or Rolex watch, clock, or other timepiece.
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I like this new touch windy
complete trash
>ren&stimpy mr horse.webm
Thoughts on this watch?
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The material and price are surprising.
To the guy that wrote about being stressed out about vulnerability of domed watches:
Got this for about 38 €, dome is plastic, i wore it for a month now, no scratches yet. You will stop worrying about it at some point. No matter how careful you are, it will get scratched. Even rubbing against a jacket, when you wear it above the watch. The scratches are a part of the watch.
no its not. $67 for $3 of titanium and a quartz movement
titanium doesn't cost 3 bucks you dumbfag
Just saiyan it's an unusual material choice for a budget watch
Plus with an acrylic crystal you can easily buff out any scratches with Polywatch.
I work in the industry selling it to the chinks who pump those out but sure, tell me more.
Do all titanium watches scratch up?
because the watch industry is one of the jewiest out there and they like their 10000% margins off retards paying for fuck all but a few hours of labour on top of cents in material costs
I dont like the style of the dial. Found one that i like more and for about 60€ its not bad. Also 37mm dial. it will look good.
True, also tought about it, but kinda scared to fuck it up. Oh well, guess ill have no choice, once the time comes to buff the scratches out.
Probably depends on the price of the watch. My dad has a titanium citizen as a DD and it has very little scratches.
Boccia seems to have nice quality, the reviews seem to be overall positive.
Go for it, you cant go very wrong for 60€/punds
yes its the nature of the metal
My ocd probably couldn't tolerate it. I like features that are grounded in practicality. In that sense domed crystals are a design flaw.
you can give me $1000000/kg for titanium and it will still be titanium with a lower hardness than steel you fuckwit
Acrylic crystals are practical. They have the least glare of any crystal type and thus aid legibility. In Vostok's they also contribute to the water resistance.
Yes. Titanium has lower scratch resistance than the types of stainless steel typically used for watches. Conversely the titanium is about twice as strong as the types of steel typically used to make watches.
This is correct. Titanium is lighter and stronger but will scratch easier.
>The 8Rxx is a modular design
That makes a lot of sense and diminishes the 8R significantly for me. I kind of want to pick up the SBDS001 as well now. Unfortunately the only one for sale that I'm aware of is the 300 pieces limited edition type that has different colours.
There's something desirable about a watch that was the first and last of its kind with a purpose made movement, none of that module stuff.
Sinn makes some watches in tegimented titanium and citizen makes "super titanium". Both are treated to be more scratch resistant (Citizen claims that its titanium is 5 times tougher)
Grade 2 Ti is just pure titanium, it will scratch easily and it is cheap.
Grade 5 Titanium is actually the most common industrial and it is more scratch resistant; with oxydation, it "self-heals"
What about Seiko Diashield?
It should be equivalent to Citizen's solution
>I like this new touch windy
it's not me, i was never this bad
Memega Semenmaster Six-Million on gray cockring.
What touch?
Bead guy is copying a bit of my posting style but it’s not me
I am wondering, are there any good vostok movements for the komandirskie or amphibia model? If they are cheap, even better, as well as possibly vintage. Thank you.
What's wrong with the movement they come with?
From what i heard, most vostok movement were pretty bad. Thus i was wondering what model and movement would be best, if there are any good ones.
post your reliable beater
Stop talking shit you fat cunt.
tell me tha's not a sega tattoo
>That makes a lot of sense and diminishes the 8R significantly for me.
Well, I'm not sure that it's modularity per se should be seen as such a knock against it, especially with the 8R49, which has the escapement from a 9S and will thus outperform a 6S in every way.
It all depends on what you value. For me, if I was serious about needing to use the chronograph regularly I would go with the 8R every time because the vertical clutch means I wouldn't have to worry about wear from using the chronograph like you can get on the horizontal coupling of the 6S.
im not fat im big boned
i can tell you anything u want bud
Watched are for fags
So what the fuck should I buy? Classy, understated, not too expensive. I need to upgrade from f-91w.
who else got /hor/ GF?
If you're the poster I think you are, You've apparently changed your opinion re 8r39 vs 6s37. IIrc when I first had to choose between the two you suggested that the 6s kept better time but the 8r was a better chrono.
>Classy, understated, not too expensive.
Got you pham. I have the 7B, great watch.
im still mad i got fooled into buying one of these. it broke when i was first setting it and it had a big black smudge on the dial
Tudor Heritage Black Bay.
Parnis movements are surprisingly aesthetic.
not plastic crap please
way above my price range, I'm looking at about 120 usd
snzf17
id suggest bumping it up to a 200 price range and go with an snk or orient ray
>shaved his other arm
>bought fem watch
>let the other arm get slimmer with muscle atrophy
DUDE, JUST STOP.
>it broke when i was first setting it
You clumsy fuck. Or maybe it was damaged from the delivery tho. Mine is still fine after months of usage.
Get a Parnis sub and a leather strap. Total value=£70.
>snk
what's snk?
I meant seiko skx sorry, although that seiko 5 diver you were recommended before me is also pretty sweet looking
Good morning wt
wow, the one on the left looks cool
I wish that watch was manufactured and available for purchase.
>Dial is crooked
Into the trash it goes
watches - ok
bracelets with a watch - kys you gay abomination
How is the accuracy of the skx007? Does it hack and handwind? I read it doesn't. Also, I've heard the chapter ring oftentimes isn't properly aligned with the hour indices, how big is the risk this is the case?
>120 usd
Tudor Heritage Black Bay.
What do you mean? Also, this is the coolest watch design I've seen in a long time, I really like it. Too bad it's just a one person's personal modded watch.
It is sweet looking and I just became aware there's an identical version for wristlets the snzf29
Automatic mechanical that doesn't hack and hand wind, isn't that annoying?
I may not have realized then that the 8R39 has a 9S escapement and that makes it a much better timekeeper than any other 8R variant, because the rest of the variants have 6R escapements.
Artifice Horoworks would be able to replicate that custom, for a price.
Fake Tudorfag has had a stick up his ass in these threads for a long time now. He hounds them constantly so he can be the first to make a new thread with his bead crap in the OP.
What makes you think it's fake?
Lmfao.
What makes you think that the beads are posted by him?
How many people have the drive, the determination and the lack of anything better to do than shit up /wt/ all day every day
1:1
Maybe there are more than him doing stuff like that, you don't know that. Besides, I don't have the impression that beads guy wants to fuck up our thread. I think beads guy just think it's a fun meme and that he's pushing it.
somebody please off OP. fake watches + beads are you kidding that is the most indian thing I've ever seen
the fuck happend??
take it to an ad
I don't think there are any authorised Rolex dealers in Bradford.
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>get used, scratched skx, or just the dial
>buy snk model
>swap skx dial in, swap aftermarket hands
I'd swap the glass with a domed one.
You dont even need special tools, becides a glass press. I swappe watchhands before, with only some razorblades and a piece of plastic, to protect the dial, and tweezers of course.
> I swappe watchhands before, with only some razorblades and a piece of plastic
You brag but I would never get someone with a razorblade and a piece of plastic to swap watchhands
If I buy a speedy will I be able to run fast as lightning then?
>pastebin.com
uhh, what's the frankenstein'd watch user is referring to here? something doesn't really add up
Good job Pajeet.
Is the bracelet decent?
The SeaGull Unitas 6497-2 clones (pic related)are the best for finishing/price ratio.
That probably looks like fucking shit irl.
Explain why.
Am I the only one wearing a watch on my penis?
I only do that with natos.
It looks surprisingly nice Irl, and plays with the light better than you would expect. But the gold color is just some kinda coating, and it's only on the front, and beginning to brush off. It feels great in the summer hear compared to all my other watches too.
Lmao cuck
yes my penis is occupied :3
I put a red penis ring when I fuck my gf so I know when I have it screwed all the way in her pussy.
My hungariam boy, how much did you pay for that octagonal case Amphibia?
3500 HUF on the fleamarket.