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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Oh thank fuck. I can't bear /fa/ggots or discord niggers
>yep, I always wear a watch whenever I wear shorts
>>yep, I always wear a watch whenever I wear shorts
why is the 6s so inaccurate
anyone have a discord link?
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I'm fairly new to the whole watch thing so I don't really know. It's generally considered a high quality movement so if there's an accuracy issue perhaps it could be solved with an adjustment.
I'd like to get one because it's an integrated chronograph unlike the modular 8r.
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Is 8 watches enough, or should I order a box with more space than that?
>Is 8 watches enough
There are probably a few that hardly every get worn, right...
8 watches is more than enough imo. Are you an enthusiast or a collector?
Do you ask people if you should breathe air and drink water as well? Act like a grown man and not some limp dick pussy.
Yes I do actually. Should I drink water?
I'm not a collector I think. Like, I won't buy a shitton of watches because "I just GOT to have that watch omg"
I just want some variation to rotate on my wrist.
Same, bro.
Thoughts on vintage LED watches?
Do you own any?
Post full collection pls
That motherfucking GS dial though. Fucking WANT.
>Thoughts on vintage LED watches?
Frankly I'm a little disappointed /wt/ aren't all over them. I had higher expectations. There are several LCD collectors but I haven't seen anyone with an LED yet.
I'm one of the lcd guys and that is mainly a quality and practicality issue since they don't make them anymore like they used to.
I'm thinking of adding a led watch though, just would like to hear peoples experiences with the reliability etc. The prices of old led watches are ridiculous when thinking from a technological aspect.
Lawyeranon has a led Omega btw
Who THICC here?
I don't approve of twitter nigger nomenclature. is 16mm thick? Yes thick with a k.
Yes, 16mm is THIGG.
The blue version is the nicest looking of them, it's too bad they didn't offer a steel VFA version, would have been an instant grail for me. The VFA version had the most heavily adjusted regulated balance movement produced in 40 years by anyone, at any price.
Is your watch a compulsive liar, wt?
Jesus Christ, even my Mark 4.5 Speedy is less than that at 15.5mm T H I C C
Damn that speedy is 15.5? I feel thin with my 14.4 Maratac now.
Obviously still nice as fuck, but yeah that blue version has the master race aesthetics.
>How old are you?
>Where are you From?
>How many watches do you have in your collection?
>How much did you pay for your most expensive piece?
>Which is your favourite?
>What is your attainable grail?
>What is your unattainable grail?
>What will be your next purchase?
It's like some tgv facebook group introduction sheet..
>60 seconds a month
>Electric watch
>Yearly battery changes
Times really changed. For all the hate it gets, Quartz is actually kinda neat.
None of your business.
None of your business.
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None of your business.
I don't have one.
I don't know.
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>Damn that speedy is 15.5?
Yeah, necessary side effect of the Lemania 5100, which has to be thick due to cam actuation and other shock resistance measures, and due to having a central register chronograph minute hand.
Considering that other highly shock resistant mechanical chronographs are not much thinner without being as technically excellent ad the L5100, I consider it a fair engineering trade off.
Is this a dress watch?
pretty much yes.
No I would not deem this a dress watch.
Technically it's business homosexual.
Early quartz really burned through battery as well. The beta 21, for example, had a smooth second hand running at 256 ticks per second not for any aesthetic or mechanical reason; it was because the frequency dividers used so much power they couldn't afford another 8 without losing too much battery life, and battery life was king in those days. It wasn't until cmos chips became the norm (I believe in seiko's 38xx caliber and then in Girard Perregaux's first quartz watch) that 1 tick per second became feasible with decent battery life.
I'm comparing between the Ahoi neomatik and any of the grand seikos that aren't divers or have tons of jewels shoved in. Smaller than 39mm.
Yeah, I know battery technology progressed a lot (though clearly you know a bit more than I do, especially about the watch development aspect) but the 60 seconds a month was what really caught me. My Citizen chrono loses +-5 seconds a month, and it annoys me to no end that my brother's (same movement) does better.
>battery technology
Electronics in general I should say.
Quartz crystals, even basic 32khz xy-cut crystals used in most basic quartz watches today, have a much higher Q factor (in terms of their resonator properties) than tuning forks that were used in watches, largely due to their much higher frequencies, so they're going to be much more accurate. Quartz watches' main accuracy limitations are related to temperature; a change in temperature meaningfully affects the rate. Your brother's watch is only going to be capable of doing much better than 5spm if worn in a consistent wear pattern and thus exposed to a consistent temperature profile. High-accuracy quartz watches (generally considered around 2spm or better) have to have some mechanism for dealing with temperature changes. The first quartz watches, like that Omega above, were rated to 60spy, although there's some doubt that was really achievable with an 8khz, bar-cut crystal with no thermocompensation. It wasn't for several years you started seeing thermocompensated pieces like this one down to 5spy.
These days no one cares about quartz precision generally so the drive for high accuracy quartz has become pretty niche with not many models really available.
I need one of these
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Whatcha bidding on?
it's a trap
Nice sarb.
if you dress as a clown yes
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daily reminder that if you are over 23 and your watch costs less than $10k you should just go and collect comics or something for poorfags
>comics for poorfags
What comics are those, precisely?
Thoughts about Laco? Do they have any interesting watches worth considering? Is it a good brand?
Dang, maybe I should get a memomatic
Hi guys :3
Laco are...okayish.
I think they make one of the better entry level pilot watches with their aachen series. They also offer them in great sizes of 42mm and 39mm. They have a legitimate heritage for fliegers going back to WW2.
That looks really neat, I had no idea Omega had made an alarm caliber.
I believe the memomatic's claim to fame is being the first alarm watch where you could set the alarm to the minute.
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Mods can we move this general to /fa/ permanently
oh i wish
How about the mods to their jobs and ban this faggot instead? They managed to get rid of the Ecoshill a few years ago, but now they don't have the energy to deal with one faggot obviously using a bot to spam flood.
You need to highly step up your wrist game son
Lmao why y mad pussy ass bitch
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Is there any good alternative to the defunct Seiko SARB033 in the same price range(under 500$)?
Must be something like a dressy sport watch, with good lume and min. 100m water resistance
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