This thread is about the appreciation of watches, as well as the micro-engineering and materials engineering that is required to make a fine watch.
Required viewing for newbies:
https://youtu.be/508-rmdY4jQ
Strap guide:
http://pastebin.com/SwRysprE
Previous thread:
>>55502476
>>55535842
Any good guide on digital watches?
>>55535985
Yes, me.
But I have a huge test that I'm studying for so I don't have time to type up a guide.
Gimme a budget and style.
>>55536043
I would love some watch this style, of course silver.
>>55536071
>https://www.amazon.com/Casio-A500WA-1ACF-Classic-Silver-Tone-Watch/dp/B00S4EKCOS/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1468315150&sr=8-4&keywords=casio+world+time
>https://www.amazon.com/Casio-AE1200WHD-1A-Stainless-Steel-Digital/dp/B0094B79CI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1468315150&sr=8-3&keywords=casio+world+time
The former has a more comfy bracelet
You could also try to hunt down a Seiko x WIRED MGS5 watch, but have fun finding one.
![51ldYSDibFL._AC_UL320_SR246,320_[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/mvcm5el.jpg "51ldYSDibFL._AC_UL320_SR246,320_[1].jpg")
thoughts
>>55531158
>that the thing can adjust itself automatically, 6 fucking times a day, or on demand.
>How could you possibly think this is a gimmick?
Actually syncing more than once a day is a fucking gimmick.
Once every day is plenty, more than that is just an excuse to swindle more shekels out of autists.
recommend me non-meme watch for 100$
>>55534279
I just don't, I'd rather wear something a bit more subtle, it's not as ugly as I made it out to be but for a while it was the meme of the week and it just wasn't up to the hype.
>>55536261
most of the memes in that price range are memes for a reason. Also the thing about meme watches is that you don't really see them in the wild very much, just on watch threads and watch forums
>>55536538
what is base non-meme watch price then? 500?
>>55536189
as stupid as this might sound I feel like a watch should a self contained portable clock and not be assisted by external signals.
I'd still buy and wear one as a tool but there's something lost with a radio controlled watch.
>>55536550
I mean that rule is generally true at most price ranges, depending on what you consider to be memes.
at 500$ you can pick an obscure microbrand with a miyota 9015 or ETA 2824 and it will probably be good and not overly common on /wt/
but you still have to deal with meme movements.
basically I am saying you can't really write something off for being a "meme", because just about everything is a meme these days.
Start with a little more specific criteria for what you want out of a watch, maybe specific types, features or brands that you want excluded.
>>55536566
Every personal timepiece is adjusted to a more accurate clock, it has been like this since the middle ages. A radio watch just does the syncing for you.
>>55536664
this is true but I think for the same reason I like mechanical and automatic watches, I dislike radio watches for being less "organic" for lack of a better word.
I realize it's irrational, I don't have any real beef against them.
>>55536261
Vostok Amphibia 420059/Casio f91-w/Casio 5600
>>55536550
Tissot visodate/Seiko sarb033/Seiko cocktail time/Hamilton thin-o-matic/Seiko skx007
I am the baddest cunt to frequent these threads
>>55537392
*biggest
>>55537500
That as well, my shoulders are very broad
A few of the tubbier posters may edge me out for biggest cunt
I'm looking for a watch that either links to my Android phone for Google maps or can do it standalone. I'm terrible with directions and can't look at my phone when on my motorcycle. I don't care about any other features as i would only use it when riding.
>>55537713
Wouldn't it be cheaper to just buy a cellphone mount?
What do you think? I was going to purchase it later this week.
>>55535842
lmao i have exactly the same watch except it's by seiko
>>55537856
>>55537866
so a completely different watch?
>>55537886
What's wrong with fossil watches?
>>55537903
A much shorter list would be what's right with them. Observe:
>>55537773
My bike is a ducati monster 796 and has pretty much no wind shield. Also my phone's battery life sucks with GPS. I can stream videos from hulu longer then I can use Google maps.
>>55537713
All of the main android watches can do that.
>>55537894
Maybe I overestimated a bit. They're similar though
>>55536184
Wish I didn't have eyes right about now.
>>55537987
Also the Pebble watches do it as well. Lower resolution but longer battery life.
>>55536780
I would have your same qualms with regard to mechanical and HAQ watches, but for digitals, and feature-packed watches, it doesn't bother me.
>>55537987
I'm looking at all the sites and other then looking at messaging and fitness trackers I can't find a single one to mention turn by turn with Google maps or anything like that. Could you link?
>>55537856
There are many, many ways of making a chronograph look like shit, Fossil seem to have ticked every fucking box in this regard.
Also:
>sub-second increment dial on a quartz watch
>>55538048
I agree pretty much entirely. I guess radio band is just a feature I can take or leave, it wouldn't be the deciding feature that would make or break a purchase on a digital watch.
>>55537392
worst edition you could possibly get
good job
>>55538352
$8 for a shit edition of a shit book by a shit author
>>55538812
>look at me guys i'm such a special snowflake i think pynchon is a shit author
end you're kys yourself :^)
>>55536184
Ah yes.
The black-on-black-with-black approach. Indubitably the lume is also black exuding darkness at might.
No day.
No date.
Small dials but huge bezel.
i consider this a failure.
>>55537392
>pinecone
Pff, this is what a real masterpiece looks like.
>>55537713
>I'm terrible with directions
How do people like you even exist?
>>55537886
How many variants of that pic do you have to be able to post it all the required times in the same thread?
>>55536184
Damn bruv that shit hot af mane
>>55537992
>exactly the same watch
Skagen owner reporting in
>>55537992
Seiko "Sea Urchin" SNZF Pepsi vs black. Which looks nicer?
>>55540293
black
Picking this up Friday when I get back into town.
Unfortunately, I have to be in Las Vegas most of the week. Making the most of it and checking out some Patek's at Wynn & Co.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/172269863004?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
I like this dial but damn, $150. Nope. It doesn't even have the original bracelet. It's 37mm, though.
>>55540358
please do not pick that up
Making room for 2 more:
- Seiko SARB 035
- Orient Star Retrograde WZ0081
>>55540533
Fellow Monster brethren.
>>55540720
I would have never imagined I would be envious of other people's wrists before getting into watches.
fresh pic lads
>>55541227
shit not that one
Cant decide if this is ugly or not
Some grand seikos look fantastic but for the price I would rather have some brand prestige and flash
>>55541294
2big4u
>>55541294
>brand prestige
What does people know about rolex anyway? Nothing.
>>55541368
>What does people know
>>55541387
retard spotted
>>55541294
>brand prestige
You mean marketing? If you mean the actual history of the brand Seiko is older and has more technological advances under their belt.
>>55541387
That's a mistake I'll keep making from time to time even though I know it's a plural noun.
>>55541368
That it's the most expensive.
A yellow gold day date is obviously worth at least ten times as much as a Patek 5374P or 530A. Tags are nice because bourne and that guy in breaking bad wears one.
>>55541467
The Monaco looks nicer the older I get
>>55541467
>patek
>no hacking
It's shit and you know it.
>>55541294
Looks ugly as shit. How can Seiko expect itself to be taken seriously as a prestigious brand if they keep churning out turds like this?
>>55541505
This is such a low tier meme
Do any of you autists sleep with your watches on?
It arrived today, it seems so small compared to my SKX. I'm not really digging it on the leather so I might get a bracelet for it.
>>55542017
yes I sleep with my f91-w
>>55542067
How about some blue sailcloth?
>>55542084
That could work, where's a good place to get one? Or is there decent ones for a reasonable price on eBay?
>>55542017
Sure.
I feel naked otherwise.
>>55542017
Not under normal circumstances
>>55542017
Yes. I only have beaters so I generally sleep with whatever watch I have on, and if I'm wearing my Anchor II I'll shower with it too.
when I get something worth money but still sporty and durable I genuinely don't know if I'll sleep with it or not.
>>55542067
Yeah I wouldn't put a leather strap on a dive watch.
>>55542182
I often sleep naked. Only sometimes do I wear a watch though
>>55542214
I think that's why it was in the sale to be honest. I'm not a fan of leather on a diver either.
I might put it on the super engineer bracelet I got for the Pulsar, or perhaps get a blue nato.
>>55542067
It's beautiful, if I'd have the money I'd buy it.
>>55542273
Either of those would look good. I have an engineer bracelet on my Orient Mako. Cost almost as much as the watch, but it looks great.
>>55542078
Probably the perfect watch to sleep with.
>>55542067
>>55542289
Yeah, Tridents are nice.
>>55540533
>all dive watches
>Why.jpg
That aside, how do you like the Fortis Marinemaster? Also which mesh straps are those?
>>55542701
Divers are fucking awesome, I could easily enjoy a collection of nothing but.
Someone had a Pelagos for 2k on eBay, should I?
>>55542951
I could understand a collection of iconic/cool divers, but all of those seem to occupy the same tool-watch/sportsman role.
Instead of buying multiple new mid-ranges, get some variety in there, get something like a Seiko 6309-7040, or save for a submariner.
>>55536184
Kinda looks like one of the newer speed masters
No wonder /fa/ has such shit taste >>>/fa/11492947
>>55537856
>silver/titanium band
>gold/bronze face
Plebian/10
>>55540358
I don't care for the digital sky walker
Go for the Mark II, HB-SIA, or Racing. I love my Speedmaster Racing. Sky walker is my least favorite
>>55541492
I concur
>>55538057
https://youtu.be/RIL1BZvBk-4
That feature is native to anything that supports android wear.
I've used it on my Pebble before while trying to find various places in the city while walking.
I'm not sure how effective it is when driving at 80mph down the highway though
>>55540358
Stop whoring for attention on each thread trying to justify your extremely poor purchase.
You were dumb, deal with it. Cancel the order.
That watch is shit for 3k, it isnt even solar powered or automatic
>>55537856
Any dial that is not black is the wrong colour dial
THE HOLY TRINITY
>>55544942
THOSE FUCKING WARTS
REMOVE THEM
I WANT TO VOMIT
>>55537856
Looks trashy
Like a watch you would by at a chinaman store for 5$
Sicko sumo her
>>55544942
So...
TGV = Patek
Fatarico = Audemars
Archie = Vacheron
>>55544942
why are 90% of watch enthusiasts horribly overweight?
>>55545170
G L U T T O N Y
Postin' some Seikos. First up, King Seiko from 1971.
Cocktail Time on a Staib mesh. Love these JDM pieces.
Another one of the Cocktail Time. y no rotate on the other? Hrm. :/
Grand Seiko Snowflake. Pretty much the only watch I wear nowadays unless I'm biking/swimming/etc.
I transferred the super engineer over to the Trident 300. It looks much better than the leather.
>>55545464
Color me jelly. I'll have a snow frake of my own eventually™.
>>55544942
I actually like Federico which means a lot since I generally consider fat people to be subhuman. I hope he is able to lose all that fucking weight some day.
>>55545464
Fugg
Thoughts on Zeppelin watches?
I'm looking to buy one for my dad
>>55546125
They're decent/10.
>>55545869
How much of a cuck does someone have to be to pay 600+ for a 2824?
>>55546042
Watching him now for the first time. He seems decent.
>>55541294
Grand Seikos are for people who are autistic about function.
If you want style more than function, go SARB.
SARB is basically grand Seiko with a shittier movement anyhow.
>>55545977
It's the watch that broke me of the habit. No point anymore. :)
>>55544942
Damn it, every time I see that TGV photo I can't help but laugh.
I buy this one here, what you guys think about? i pay $ 90
>>55546513
Sure, if you like it
>>55546450
Don't Grand Seikos have better finish? case, bracelet, etc. If that's worth the price bump depends on each one. They always say pics don't do em justice.
Snowflake anon could confirm.
My amphibia. Going to get the 710 blue scuba dude next.
>>55546624
Snowflake anon here. Can confirm. Super fucking nice. Blows away by SARB by a country mile.
But let's be real, it's a watch. If it tells time, it's fine. You could take a trip to Japan and buy any SARB for the cost of a GS. I'd really only get it if cost is no object.
>>55546696
Tudor snowflake vs Grand Seiko snowflake
>>55542701
Obviously only 3 of them are divers. The other 2 that I mentioned i want are not and neither is the Chronoswiss...
Does anyone have that picture of the Penis Seiko with the white amorphous blobs pattern dial?
>>55546513
Are you Korean or something?
Thoughts on H3 Tactical?
I happened upon this Eickhorn edition and I like everything about it.
Also H3 Tactical looks like a shady offspring of Traser, in fact they may be the same company
>>55547134
no
im brazilian
why?
>>55535842
I got a new strap for my commie watch.
>>55545464
I love textured dials. Mine is a couple orders of magnitude less expensive though.
thoughts
>>55547288
Not a fan of their designs but Mondaine is fairly good quality and reliability wise.
>>55547288
Too plain, looks like something you would see on the wall of an office or a train station.
Nylon straps suck
>>55547339
>or a train station
That's literally what they're based on.
>>55547288
Overpriced, specially when including the price for a new strap. Though pretty solid aesthetics and big date is neat. If you don't - and don't want to - know better and have the cash you should get it.
>>55547259
>tfw your commie watch isn't unique anymore
at least my crown is different.
How much was yours polybro?
thank you
>>55547336
that's good to hear
>>55547339
>Too plain
plain watch for a plain person :^)
>Nylon straps suck
why?
>>55547369
makes sense to me. is there anything similar you'd recommend instead?
i'm really not going to get "into" watches i'd probably just get one not too flashy and then just an extra strap or two.
>>55547431
Because with your sweat they will smell really bad in a week.
In a month the stench will be unbearable and wont come off. It will also irritate your skin,
Nylon straps are the cheapest shit a watch can have
>>55547401
I got mine around a year ago for $35.
The crown on mine is one thing I don't like, yours looks easier to wind. My crown is smooth and hard to grip well. I like the dial a lot though.
>>55547453
>smell really bad
It's nylon, you can just fucking wash them.
>It will also irritate your skin
I've literally never had this happen. Have you ever considered that you might have just gotten super cheap garbage straps or have extra sensitive skin or something?
>>55547161
What's with all these companies with Lumixol dials?
>>55545425
>Strap costs almost half as much as the watch.
>>55547453
Stuhrling must have made bank today.
So many of their watches on Prime Day
>>55547453
Did someone say nylon strap?
>>55547964
Thanks doc
>>55547453
>won't come off
nigger they can go in the wash
they're fucking nylon
Loaded up my wrist with my current watches. What you boys think?
Cany someone explain to me why the fuck anyone would buy a turtle when a Sumo is less than a hundred dollars more?
>>55548617
Retarded bezel font, huge, that weird skinny bracelet? I really want to like it but those are some pretty big negatives.
>>55548617
Aesthetics
Thoughts on this?
I've never owned a busy dialed watch before, nor have I ever owned a Citizen
>>55548734
Do you even know how to use a slide rule?
>>55548781
I actually do
Always wanted to be a pilot but my mom didn't let me
>>55548677
Why Seiko doesn't make MAXIMUM AESTHETIC cheaper watches. They really charge you the design.
>>55548791
Then go for it, it's a good quality watch.
>>55548617
I got my turtle new for around 230
>>55548872
Where?
>>55548817
seikos are super moddable, if you want to make them aesthetic go to dagaz/yobokies and pick out parts
>>55548911
Got it from skywatches. I read some sketch things about them but it came in perfect condition with a warranty card. They might have been clearing out stock though.
Any good Prime-Day watches?
This guy is asking $180 I can probably get it for $150 he says it's a solar chronograph
Or can someone post some good prime day deals for me?
Willing to spend about $200
I'm >>55549147
>>55549147
You can get what looks to be the same watch for $163 brand new on Amazon. Seiko SSC307
>>55548329
I like em
>>55541130
Go figure.
I usually wear 38mm~ish watches despite having a 7.5" wrist.
>>55548734
Only if you're a pilot, and can't afford a Navitimer or Sinn 903
>>55547288
>quartz
Eh.
I need advice on a good 'beginner' watch to get. Budget is under $100. I don't really have a preference between digital or quartz as long as it's easy to comprehend.
>>55549198
Looks exactly the same as the one thebguybis selling except the minute facia isn't black, thanks senpai I'm about to buy it
>>55550156
seiko 5, any model
I have a Samsung gear s2 sport, and I was wondering if it's possible to get a leather band for it
Just bought pic related. Opinions?
>>55550010
>Hey anon nice Breitling!
>O-oh...
Yes I'm aware Sinn co-owns the design. Have fun explaining that to everyone who recognizes the watch
>>55541227
This piece of autistic shit again???
>>55550852
People come into your basement to comment on the watch?
>>55550720
>roman numerals
>white face
>brown strap
le classy gentlebro right here
>>55546388
Dunno m9, I paid less than £200 for a watch with a Ronda 515.
>>55551119
Your mom doesn't critique your watch collection?
>>55547453
This literally never happens to anyone but you, fatboy.
>>55550720
looks cool, mang
>>55550380
except from india
Haven't posted in a long while, do you guys dig my Citizen diver?
>>55551751
Still with that crooked chapter ring?
>>55551905
Yes, but it doesnt really not her me since you really have to look really clase to notice it. In fact nobody in these threads would know if I didn't ever mention that desu.
>>55551948
Bother*
>>55551948
Maybe.
Though because of yours i noticed that mine was also crooked.
Tudor Pelagos or GS Spring Drive diver?
>>55552759
If I were in your shoes I'd go blue Pelagos. I prefer my dive watches to be bold and/or colorful and I find the GS Spring Drive divers a little reserved for my taste. Now if you were to throw the Spring Drive Tuna into the mix that would make the decision more difficult.
ITT look at our cheap watches a 10 year old could buy with his allowance
like a kid working at mcdonalds flipping burgers could 95% of the watches ITT for fucks sake.
>>55553018
How about you show us what you wear then?
>>55553018
What's wrong with that? This is a watch thread. People post watches and comments on them. Maybe you should move your pretentious ass to /fa/
>>55548734
Useless.
Pilots comfortably use basic G-Shocks and Timex digitals that only tell the hour.
Stuffed watches are a meme for rich cunts to blow their money.
You'll also never use all its functions, or there are better ways of having them, namely in a phone.
>>55552972
Tunas look amazing in pictures but are way too high in person.
It's pretty unwearable and always looks like shit because of that.
>>55550156
>digital or quartz
Um
Thoughts on perlon strap /wt/? Better than heavy-duty NATO?
>>55553599
They're shit on divers.
>>55550156
G-Shock
5610 , 6600, 7900, GD-350
In any of their iterations
I got this tissot for my dad, he likes this kind of goofy 70s stuff. Ive been thinking of getting him a square gs with comparable design, any tips where to look?
>>55550720
Those inner dials trigger me.
It destroys the aesthetics and readability of the face.
It would have been a great watch if it didnt have that shit on the left
>>55553692
I know it looks like shit but I saw it for just 25$ and said hell, why not? if I get robbed or fall and breaks it won't cause me any pain.
so, thoughts?
>>55553599
Very comfortable. Get a Eulit if possible, theirs are the best quality but somewhat expensive.
>>55553717
If you wanted to waste $25 you could have just sent it to me
>>55553717
>>55553786
I haven't buy it yet, anon :(
and now I won't. ever.
>>55553717
I'm still looking for a good-looking poorfag square/tank watch and apart from two Casio models I didn't find anything. It seems you didn't either.
Got foam under the glass? Just pop your watch in the oven and let it bake a few hours at 140F.
Every puzzle has a solution.
>>55553624
Bad taste.
>>55553777
Doesn't come in 22mm variant other than black. I'm looking at Strap Code for my Pelagos ZF.
>>55554549
That's vile.
>>55551356
No, but yours did. Fucked her that night.
>>55554675
Said someone who put leather on their diver. :^)
>>55551751
Second favorite watch. Right after my issue free SRP777K1
I've gotta sell this chinckshit my father found some time ago, do you think it's a good idea to try to remove some scratches on the crystal with toothpaste? It should be acrylic, right?
I also need to buy some cheap strap to sell it with, I have it on a blue nato right now, don't think a normalfag would like that.
>>55551119
>>55551356
kek.
>>55551519
Best part of the movie.
>>55553018
There's a guy who posted a GS snowflake ITT, retard.
>>55549434
Thanks senpai
>>55554774
Am I the only one who thinks divers on leather suede/hide look great?
Stuff how tryhard faggots ruin everything for everyone else:
>fake tropical dial
>fake browned lume
>fake faded bezel insert
>replicas (glorified fakes)
>chink fakes
>frankens and ordinary pieces modified to look like rare versions (Milsub, "Zakaz MO SSSR" military Vostoks, military-issue watches in general)
>remakes of the great old Heuer watches by TAG-Heuer that have the old Heuer logo on the dial, tricking you into thinking the watch is not modern TAG dogshit
Anything I missed?
>>55553018
I work at McDonald's. And could afford a audemars piguet if I wanted one
I have never recieved a cent from anyone and bought and insured my own car
I love to waste my money on expensive clothes and drinking as well
I don't understand the poor person meme
>>55554799
>Best part of the movie.
Relive the experience:
https://jurassicsystems.com/
Protipp: music on
>tfw blue-collar shift working wage slave who will never be able to realistically afford a submariner
>>55554799
Anyone with experience on using toothpaste on acrylic?
>>55555273
It works, but use plain toothpaste, none of this extra gritty snakeoil shit.
>>55555321
I just hope this chinkshit is still water resistant.
did I fuck up?
bought it for 59$
Am I allowed to like this
>tfw it has rained the entire day
How has your day been anons?
>>55556668
sunny as fuck. can't complain.
>>55556081
No, for that price is a nice buy
>>55556586
I let you do that, anon
>>55556668
Rain is my favorite weather. Sadly it is dry and sunny here today.
>>55556743
>>55556792
I usually dont mind rain but i had hoped for different weather today. Its been raining so bad the pool is overflowing
>>55554774
No I didn't.
>>55556854
yeah, I love rain but excessive, all day long rain piss me off.
>>55548991
Did they undervalue the watch on the customs declaration? I might order from them in the future but I tend to get fucked by customs here in Canada.
>>55540084
What is this?
>>55556987
The watch? It's a Seiko SARB033.
>>55554902
I work in social housing for the summer, and I understand it easily.
People with no income drive expensive cars, buy expensive food, have the newest iphones and 60 inch tvs.
>>55557193
Once you are deep in debt you are truly free
>>55556668
Hot as fucking balls, I'm hoping the storm would reach here before midnight so it would cool the fuck down. Bunny also hates the heat.
>>55546388
My boss paid $2000 for a TAG HUEHUE with the "calibre 5", aka ETA 2824.
>>55556792
I hate rain, can't wear any of my old watches when it rains. I'm forced to don the Orient Ray.
Yes, real people have autism and care whats inside a watch, instead of just saying that watch looks nice and I like it.
>>55557794
I dont even have a waterproof watch :(
>>55556081
Plus: very, very tidy.
Minus: no lime/tritium, day or date.
Fine of you only need to know time of day during daytime.
>>55553598
I left out automatic because I don't want one as my first 'real' watch
>>55550380
okay, so I like the Seiko 5 quite a bit. But I kinda would like a different band. Where is the best place to look for one that'll fit that watch specifically? Or does it not matter as long as it's the correct width?
>>55548617
Apocalypse Now, that's the only reason why I want one.
>>55553599
GOAT, but I have to agree with this anon (>>55553624). I think they look like shit on divers.
>>55555206
That's what you get for being dumb.
>>55555206
Depends how you budget.
>>55555206
>submariner
The watch for those sinking at sea.
Why not a Seamaster instead?
>>55558299
How do you think your average digital watch keeps time?
>>55557794
I usually wear long sleeves, so rain isn't much of an issue for me.
>>55558419
>the Seiko 5
there are hundreds of them
anyway, yes you can change the strap/bracelet easily for one of the same width.
>>55559080
for those cucked by swatch
>>55559080
it's not made for sailing faglord
>>55553658
>dad likes vintage swiss mechanical
>I'll try to push the g shock meme on him!
