This thread is about the appreciation of watches, as well as the micro-engineering and materials engineering that are required to make a fine timepiece.
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xth for wind your damn automatic watch
>not tudor edition
Umm?
what if it doesn't have hand winding?
First for the total humiliation of TudorFag.
xth for Tudors are ugly
but it's AUTOMATIC
I only can afford one
Which one should I get
This watch looks tacky.
Where the fuck can l find a fortis b42 in titanium?
> saved
ty for doing gods work.
This is tacky. That nautilus is classy as fuck.
Any recommendations on a strap for a kahki colored watch?
why is the crown out?
Tudor copying the original ... again.
Waiting for Nautilusfag to post his dick.
Some watch photographers pull the crown to hack the second hand, so they can take pictures with the hands in the position they want.
>prez
I will always be upset that Rolex refuses to put day/date in a steel case. it's an everyday complication, give it to us in an everyday case. fuck.
Where is beads senpai?
I miss him t b h
Post your own wrist game then.
I partly agree but recently Rolex always put their best / newest calibres in the DD's and reserve certain dial colors just for them (such as the ice blue platinum models). All in the cause of maintaining their price ofc.
That sounds kind of gay.
Why my snk809 doesn't have the made in malaysia writen behind, does it mean it was made in Japan or elsewhere?
Even in the DJ 36 line, they only upgraded the gold versions to the 3235 at Basel 2018, and have left the steel pieces with the 3135.
>t. microdick
It means it's a fake.
So let me get this straight. Watches that say they're water resistant to 30 meters aren't actually good for up to 30 meters water depth?
mine doesn't say it either, I think it's to do with which revision of the movement it is (e.g. 7S26B vs 7S26C)
Post your collection please.
with a watch like that, he's probably hung like a horse
Mine's a C but it says the movement is Malay.
You know I'm not the user with the Nautilus, Langes, right?
Old collection collage.
Correct. You need at least 20bar / 200m before I'd even going swimming in one. Only a true diver to go scuba.
possibly just different batches of rotors then, mine is definitely genuine
I thought you were because of the grossmann
A couple more recent pickups. Also not pictured another citizen 5800 and a Seiko 4883.
This is the most recent picture of that collection I have.
w2c that Seiko pulsometer and orient rainbow disc
The rainbow disk you can buy anywhere (I got my at long island watch).
The pulsometer - good luck. I've never seen another one since I got it three years ago after Nineball (RIP) mentioned the 5S21 movement. There's a different pulsometer dial on ebay right now, though the price is truly ridiculous.
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Good afternoon, faggots.
I'm not sure why I like pulsometer watches so much
I can't help but think this collection is just a bunch of fakes in a dressed up box, prove me wrong though
Very nice user! You're the guy I talked to about the jlc master calendar.
Why didn't you buy the master chrono sector dial? I've been considering one of the sector dials alternatively, but I the chrono doesn't have the movement on display and the master geo is kinda expensive, like the master calendar.
its the same company bud
awesome collection, post some caseback shots
That user has posted enough to know they aren't fakes.
It's not his collection, he's just reposting the pic.
I'm just posting that user's collection, I'm not them. But we've seen a few shots of some of those watches; I have no reason to think they're fake.
Oh fuck, I didn't even look at the filename.
Thanks, kiddo
which watch do you most regret buying?
Bambino. It's too big for the style and 21mm lug width is re-tar-ded. Have probably worn it maybe a dozen times in the year I've had it
Every one because it just reminds me that time is just ticking away moment by moment.
casio f-105
it's not that I hate it, but it was a stupid impluse buy and now I never wear it since I have a gw-m5610
I wanted to hydro mod it with silicone oil, but it turned out the oil I purchased wasn't the right one. And I learnt it by the hard way, breaking a perfectly fine AE1200
So I filled it with EVO oil like I did with my f-91w. No, it doesn't smell bad and it still works.
>Diver Medic Technician
Maximum LARP
This project was a bust.
>paying more than 10$ for a watch
what is the seiko model?
>orient star classic
seems to me that it's a superior Bambino design, with a better movement, nicer glass dome, no shitty ORIENT crown logo and a power reserve
Is there any reason why I shouldn't pick this up for $250? Nobody seems to pay it any attention and I can't figure out why
What do you think about owning watches that are disproportionate with one's net worth/salary/economical class in the society? For example, when seeing someone in the working class that isn't worth much more than his car and the furniture inside his rental apartment wearing a 40k patek watch, do you find that weird?
Building on my question: how would you (roughly) classify what kind of price range on watches is fitting to each of these following social classes?
>Higher managerial, administrative
>Intermediate managerial, administrative or professional
>Supervisory or clerical and junior managerial, administrative or professional
>Skilled manual workers
>Semi and unskilled manual workers
>Casual or lowest grade workers, pensioners and others who depend on the state for their income
That's a 9983-7000.
With the 4883.
The SARBs were better. Maybe they'll get their 15 minutes now
Thank you. That style of bracelet has started to make my penis do the big penis so I head inexorably toward another purchase
Imagine being this status-obsessed.
It's just for my curiousity desu. But don't you think it would look weird that a blue collar would wear a patek?
I regret a lot of my vintage watches. They are just too small.
I guess.
There's two gold-plated ones on yahoo JP right now and one gold-plated one on ebay right now. The steel ones are slightly rarer to come by.
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> when seeing someone in the working class that isn't worth much more than his car and the furniture inside his rental apartment wearing a 40k patek
No one in the real world does that, well, except for Archie.
I bet some do, but.. would you care to elaborate as I asked in my post, where you do think the various price ranges belong in the social classes?
Imagine being this status-obsessed.
If you saw a pizza boy wearing a patek, would you not immediately assume it is fake?
Who the fuck cares?
There is a difference between being obsessed about something and to entertain a thought.
Yes I would, but imagine that you got to know a person and that you had confirmaton that he wore a real piece.
I'm thinking that a middle class person with normal jobs, either skilled workers with decent salaries, or lower office management and similar would pull off anything up to entry level of luxury watches, like omega seamaster and others in that price range, without giving off some weird impression that it's very unproportionate. However I think that a skilled worker would have to explain it by having a particularly keen interests in watches, because he is definitely at the very limit of what he can pull off without looking silly. I mean, people will definitely think that he should've spent the money on something wiser.
>tfw you find a knock off of the Casio you own
I’m obsessed with watches but I’m not rich by any means. I totally understand guys like Archie who are swinging way above their weight class when it comes to expensive watches at the cost of other things. It doesn’t really make me think of anything other than that they share my love for watches. If someone would rather own a Patek than a car, good for them. I’d bet the Patek is much more satisfying than some econobox anyway. I’d never do that of course because I have a decent grasp on my watch addiction and only purchase things with money I have to spare.
skill play of executing the fashion and function side of sub 500 watches is far more exciting than literally slicing parts of your soul out of your heart in exchange for a 30k watch.
Your money IS your soul. Don't spend it on fucking watches. Nobody else does and nobody else notices that you do.
I can understand them too, I would love to own a Patek, Lange, or VC, but like you I would not do it. However, while I understand their desire for purchasing something that is way above their class I think it does look very out of place, or even silly. It's like when you see someone buying a way too expensive car for themselves instead of taking care of things that matters in their life. It just doesn't look right.
user can I run my future watch purchases by you for approval? I want to make sure I'm not trying to rise above my rightful station.
Yes you can, and I am happy to opine on it. But don't get me wrong, I'm perfectly fine with people spending their money on what they want, even tho I think what I think about it.
So I don't normally browse on Jow Forums, but I couldn't help but notice this thread and I had to ask. Why would you wear a watch in 2018? Everyone and their mother has a smartphone nowadays, what need have you for a separate device for telling time?
Wearing watches looks so outdated, and unfashionable, almost like wearing a powdered wig, a monocle or something. It's a sign that you're clearly not of this age.
> why would you want to know the time without digging something out of your pocket?
It's jewellery for men.
>Wearing watches looks so outdated, and unfashionable
What country are you from, I wonder? Here in Scandinavia the vast majority wear wristwatches precisely because it *is* fashionable.
watches are cool technology
>Wearing watches looks so outdated, and unfashionable
What utter bullshit. Are you trolling or just stupid?
tudor is rolex fucko
one just doesn't have to look like an ego-inflated jackass with the rolex crown
I wouldn't mind making offers on a few of these
Toss the bottom row, the blancpain and the patek
You're crazy.
are you a doctor? if not, you have no earthly right to wear them.
you're cheap. and now you're blocked.
don't bother ever responding again.
>GS 9f money on a 40+ year old quartz
Come on, it seems like a waste of space. Smartphones are compact and have almost everything you could ever need.
Maybe if they were made of gold, silver, titanium and gems, with lots of design varieties, you could argue that it's jewelry, but the watches the average person wears are extremely bland and all look the same. There are some exceptions of course, I can appreciate a golden, intricate watch with lots of mechanical parts, but for example these just look awful.