This thread is about fucking the gay ass mods and 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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In for Jap clocks.
Inb4 mods trash this thread because they are homos.
Godspeed
what's that diver with the black and orange theme ?
Maratac SR-35.
It's this with a different strap.
I have one myself. It's awesome. Built like a tank, basically waterproof, and like 40 bucks. I wear it on boats, to the beach, shit like that.
Just get a new one you know.
Highly recommend.
If we ignore finishing, what is the finest mechanical movement out there just from "tech specs"?
In terms of modern production movements that use a hairspring and balance to keep time, the most tightly-rated one is a patek tourbillon, all of which are rated -1/+2spd and start at around 500k.
>If we ignore finishing, what is the finest mechanical movement out
there just from "tech specs"?
If you define "mechanical" as to include any mechanically powered,
mechanical escapement movement, then the Zenith ZO342 is probably the
best three hander movement ever made based purely on technical
specifications.
If by "mechanical" you strictly mean movements using a conventional
hairspring and balance wheel arrangement, then or a JLC
possibly a JLC gyrotorubillon 2 or 3 would be the best answers.
That good stuff
Is that giant blue thing supposed to be the oscillator?
Yes.
Yes, it oscillates.
Well, fuck saving up for a spring drive, I'mma get one of these and a SARW. As soon as Zenith makes something that looks nice out of it.
>As soon as Zenith makes something that looks nice out of it.
That could potentially be a long wait.
Sadly
You know, now that I've read up a bit on tuning fork movements, this oscillator pretty much uses an index wheel, doesn't it?
If you niggers hate the mods so much why don't you fuck off to /fa/?
Because we'd rather they do their jobs and ban persistent trolls using bots to spam flood threads on Jow Forums rather than banning the generals they spam.
You can see the escape wheel and the teeth used on it on the oscillator around 11:00 in this pic
I wouldnt say so. From what I've been able to see it uses a fairly traditional anchor escapement, with power provided through the gear train.
An index wheel worka by holding the gear train in place with one flexible finger and then using a moving finger to push it forward, one step at a time. Power is supplied at the escapement. If the escapement were removed, the gear train would just sit there. I'm the zo342, it is under power from the mainspring, and would advance quickly and uncontrollably.
In short, no.
Let's try this again, shall we.
I'm struggling to find the correct diver size for my wrist. Plain watches are pretty easy and I always go for the 40/42mm diameter for my 6.75 inch wrist. How does it work for divers?
Will I be seeing any of you at the HSNY event this weekend ?
SKX013, Chr Ward, Marathon
Also consider some of armida's smaller watches
I asked about this event on /wt/ last week and people told me it was stupid to spend $500 for 4 hours of lessons.
Gotta love the duro. It has become my daily driver this summer. Great inexpensive watch.
Senpai, desu, how is this thread even still up?
How is OP not banned yet?
How long before I can afford this sexy thing?
It's not stupid if you're going to enjoy it