Hey guys.
I'm looking for a reliable watch. I'm not fond of any fashion watch or whatever you call them.
I saw someone post about a Vostok amphibia that was used in two moon landings and one soyuz mission.
I want that type of watch. Military, maybe diving watches, that have a good mechanism, are sturdy, well built, and look reasonably good.
Would you happen to know any watch that fits the description?
I'm oogling the Citizen diving watch right now.
casio g-shocks
>>30329636
Hamilton are an american company that used to make military watches. they moved their production to switzerland for better quality. sapphire crystals, automatic movements, water resistance, all that great stuff
Laco Aachen is a replica of the watch you've posted. It's probably one of the cheapest automatic watches with saphire crystal you can get.
https://shop.laco.de/en/Pilot-Watches/Aachen.html
Omega speedmaster professional. Was issued to Apollo astronauts. Used in EVA/on the moon.
Sinn watches are ugly (in my opinion) but are known to be quite sturdy. The sinn U1 is known to be extremely tough. Made of submarine steel. Makes it very anti magnetic and corrosion resistant. Rated to 100 bar (1000 meters water resistance)
>>30329885
Who spends $3k on a faggoty bracelet that lets you know what time it is?
That money is better spent on guns and a $10 Casio F91W.
>But muh status piece
>You're just a poorfag
I didn't get rich buying ludicrously overpriced watches though.
>>30329926
a Casio F91W won't be reliable in SHTF or innawoods.
I'm in the same boat as OP. I need something that I can take into the artic wilderness and not have to worry about it breaking for the rest of my life.
>>30329636
>Vostok amphibia
They are actually posted ironicly on /g/ watch threads.
Just get a g-shock, any type of g-shock will be rugged as shit, particularly a mudman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2-KF4uxe3s
>>30329926
The thread asked for a good reliable watch. Those are both proven to be reliable. Those are both automatic so they don't need batteries and will basically run until you die. There was no price range specified. I don't find that watches are stairs pieces and i don't care if you're on welfare. I gave the best answer to the thread topic that i could think of. That sinn is ugly as fuck and overpriced but that thing is also a straight up tank of a watch, which is what i thought the op was asking for. Besides the price, i invite you to give me a reason why the two watches that i suggested are unacceptable according to the op's (broad) criteria.
>>30329994
What about me >>30329969?
I'd want something mechanical, waterproof, with high temperature tolerances, and a lifelong gaurantee.
>>30330004
Status pieces*
>>30329969
The money you would spend on something you described would be far greater than what you'd spend on a g-shock + getting a new battery ever 5 years or so for 40 years.
There is a reason G-shocks are used by nearly everyone in the military and sold in most PX stores,
>>30330004
It seems like much of the value is historical. I also wonder about its durability in wilderness scenarios.
>>30330037
>+ getting a new battery ever 5
Both my scenarios implied this would not be a possibility.
>>30330049
>would not be a possibility.
Neither is you being removed from civilisation for longer than 5 years in the 'arctic wilderness' you LARPing toolbag.
>>30330066
>NO!!! BUY WHAT I WANT TO TO BUY!!!!
If you're not going to answer my question, why bother?
>>30329969
>a Casio F91W won't be reliable in SHTF or innawoods.
why the fuck not?
it's what bin laden wore, and numerous jihadis also wear it. Battery life of 7 years, with a tolerance of +/- 30 seconds a month
of the several watched I own, that one has taken the most beatings(I wear it as a work watch)
still going strong tho
>>30330085
**watches
>>30330085
>repeatedly requests quality mechanical watch
>No! Buy this cheap electronic watch goy!
>>30330043
For the speedmaster i can see that being arguable. But it also does mean that the watch will function in the hostile environment of space. For example, if someone vouched for the reliability of a particular weapon based on past combat stats, does that mean that the vote of confidence is only based on the "historical significance"? No. It's a tried and tested piece of equipment.
As for the sinn, i think it's a pretty lesser known watch and hasn't really been used in anything significant (that i know of). It's just the toughest watch i can think of. Tested to 100 bar? That's ~1000 meters of water. That's 100 earth atmospheres of pressure. plus it resists magnetism which is a large danger to watches and salt water corrosion which is another large danger.
>>30330074
>>30330113
Let's look at the OP post
>reliable
>military
>sturdy
>well built
This obviously sounds like a pretty high priority then eh?
Wanting a snowflake wind-up is just masturbatory gear hipsterism.
From previous /pol/ thread
Timex Expedition canvas band.
Operator tier senpai
>>30329636
Sweet I finally have a reason to post this.
It's a military hamilton, I think I got it for $200.
I gain only 7 seconds a day so about a minute over a week. Not too bad for a hand wound mechanical watch, especially for the price.
Very sturdy, I also like the slip through band with the still pins so I know it won't just break out of nowhere.
>>30330121
>go to amazon
>It stopped working after about 3 weeks. it's not the battery either. So much for a cheap watch.
Oh yeah. I'll definitely trust my life to this watch. Thanks for the help man. You successfully convinced me that you know what I want better than myself.
>>30330154
You got me, citing a bad review or two totally shits on the fact they are the most widely used type of watch among first world military's.
>trust my life to this watch.
Holy shit get a grip.
> you know what I want
I know exactly what you want anon, you have some adolescent fantasy of some rustic operator watch.
>>30329636
Citizen turn out good stuff. I had an Eco-Drive for about ten years before a dickhead friend dropped it off a boat.
They have automatics as well, but I found the solar worked much better for me.
>>30329636
Casio F-91W.
I've owned pricier watches, but I can't get over how awesome this thing is.
This watch is super cheap, weighs next to nothing, nearly indestructible and super reliable. It's digital and has a light, if you're into that kind of thing. It isn't the prettiest, but you won't even notice it on your wrist. If it breaks (it won't ) you can replace it for less than $15 bucks.
>>30329969
Yes it fucking will. I was stationed in Alaska for 3 years and I wore mine the entire time. It survived weeks in the field in negative degree temperatures and has had zero issues the whole time I've owned it. I replaced the battery one time (which cost more than a replacement watch, but eh, sentimentalism).
>>30330195
Main point of failure is the strap, get a nylon NATO strap (G 10 I think?) off Amazon for about two bucks.
>>30330206
I will say that the buckle is pretty shit. But I haven't had a problem with it. The watch portion is perfect in every way. I haven't had the strap break yet. If it does, I can just buy a new one for 12 bucks and move on with my life.
>>30330236
100% agreement, just a tip for anyone else reading and about to buy. Get the replacement strap with the watch and cut the old strap off minute one.
>>30330185
>Citizen
This, they make great military clones and they come in all varieties. Won't have to worry about it shitting out on you. Here is mine....
I just have a $100 citizen eco-drive with a NATO strap.
>>30330037
>>30330149
>>30330919
Wearing you watch with the face out. Do you even operate?
Casio master race reporting in
Face in watch wearer reporting in
Whens the last time you synchronized your watch for dem tactical countdown group maneuvers?
Getdafuq outta here with your fancy watches
>>30329636
This is the gshock I have. Pretty much unstoppable unless you plan on hiding in the dark for 8 months, which isn't going to happen.
Forgot pic
>>30331114
I'm retarded, it's a gshock gw-7900b. It's $150, I got it on sale for $120.
Casio protrek prw-3000
The only correct answer
>>30329926
you get what you pay for
>>30330121
INDEED COMRADE, HE IS OF NOT NEEDING CAPITALIST PIG WATCH, COMMISAR IS PROVIDE FOR HIM ALL THAT HE IS NEED
>>30331216
how is this thing? its this or the suunto
Seiko SKX007
>automatic
>seiko engineered so that you don't have to do any winding, the watch is powered solely by the movement of your arm moving around during the day
>ISO dive rated for 200M under water
>durable as fuck
>I smash it around all the time while kayaking, working on my car, rock climbing
>bright fucking lume at night to the point where you must wear the watch face in for sneeki
>looks fantastic
>rotating bezel so that you can time your activities
>$250 on Amazon with the metal linkages
>classy
>007
>>30331730
With leather strap
I get compliments on it and I would trust it for operating because it's tough as hell and rated for diving
>>30331747
This fucking lume
I highly recommend this watch.
If for some reason it ever breaks or I lose it
>in the water while kayaking
I'm definitely going to buy another one.
It never leaves my wrist, not when I sleep, not when I shower, not when I kayak, or rock climb, or when I go out wearing a t shirt and jeans or when I wear fancier clothes. It's incredibly versatile to wear, and suitable for any task you can think of or accomplish.
I went swimming with it the other day and rotated the bezel to the minute hand and timed how long I was swimming.
G-Shock 5600
Everything you need and nothing you don't, it's like a Casio F91W but much tougher. It's the least fussy G-Shock, so if you want something cheap, easy to read, extremely durable with great battery life then it's probably the best option.
>>30330004
Speed masters aren't automatic you have to wind them.
>>30332583
there are automatic versions but the real moon watch is hand wind only yeah
>>30330195
This.
Fucking thing survived a whole enlistment with zero problems. Two years later the pins that held the plastic strap broke so I got a NTAO strap and replaced them with bent staples.
I've almost never taken it off even going swimming and it still works like new.
>>30332583
Yeah you're right. My bad.
gshock fag reporting in
>>30329636
If you really don't care what it looks like-minded Casio G Shock. It is a digital quartz watch. That type of watch is already a tank, and the G-Shock just puts like a giant bumper cover over it. Depending on the model you get stopwatch, alarms, date, and some come with a compass and all that shit. The only issue I have ever had with them is their bands are a rubber material and they tend to just get breaky after a while. I think they look like absolute dogshit though.
If you want a quartz movement (great timekeeping) in an analog face (it makes you look like you aren't a twelve year old try hard) a Timex Expedition is your poorfag choice, and Citizen is your slightly expensive choice.
If you want an automatic movement (actual clockwork gears, the hand moves across the face more smoothly, it is just a very aesthetic watch movement, doesn't need batteries, but the timekeeping isn't great) then the Seiko 5 Sport is the canonical cheap quality military style watch. Another company owned by Seiko but which makes their own movements is called Orient. Both these companies make very classy looking military style watches. They aren't fashion watches because they are very functional. One step up is Hamilton, very good watches but you are looking at 300 dollars plus, easy, for a Hamilton. If you aren't "into" watches, probably don't go with Hamilton.
OP you don't need a goddamn Omega or a Rolex. The fucking autists on this board I swear.
My final recommendation, if all you care about is durability, Casio G-Shock. For their bad looks when the nukes fall and all that's left is cockroaches they will know what time it is off of a G-Shock. If you want something that makes you look like you give a fuck what you look like then Citizen is your best bet. If you want to look good AND antiquated clockwork gears get you going, Orient Aviator or Seiko 5 sport.
>>30332728
I had a fabric strap on my wristwatch, but washing my hands got it wet and made is smell like mildew.
>>30332728
Is the bottom one the same just with a different band?
>>30332728
>>30330195
F91W on NATO strap master race.
It's also really slim on your wrist, so it doesn't get caught in thigt places and waterproof = you don't ever have to take it off.
>>30329636
As mentioned in the pol thread.
A Vostok Amphibia is pretty great, you can customise them massively and they're pretty robust for the price.
Just don't expect Swiss Chronograph accuracy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SHfGw5kvxk
>>30329687
This post is disingenuous
>wanton frivolity
Paid 10$ at the PX and its lasted 8 years, one deployment, and keeps time. Watches are just jewelry for "men"
>>30331216
the only people that wear watches on their inner wrist like that are faggots or persians
>>30334747
Forgot pic
>>30331038
see >>30334753
fmr operator here, no one operates like that unless theyre a tryhard
>>30329636
Seiko 5, quality citizen automatic movement, wide variety of cases, including some military style ones.
Get a luminox
>>30330195
The band disintegrates after a few years.
>>30334768
>tfw no digital aviator watches with rotating slide rule bezel are made anymore
I get the sentiment of classic Breitling analog watches but I feel like a digital watch with a rotating bezel would be much cheaper
>>30330004
automatic watches do not "run until you die" they run for a few years until they need service, which is absurdly expensive.
>>30335005
Nice dildo fag.
![IMG00454-20110417-1740[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/eN2Hrz7.jpg "IMG00454-20110417-1740[1].jpg")
Combat arms here, I use the Timex Expedition. Has tonnes of features and alarms settings. Best part is the vibrating alarm, great for waking or reminding yourself without a blaring alarm.
>>30335090
>not owning a dragon dildo on /k/
I bet you like girls without penises too, you degenerate
>>30335132
>implying I am in a situation where I can have one in the house
>implying I don't like my chicks with dicks.
>>30335125
>Combat arms
>No tan
>>30335223
Not my pic, I'm not going to take the time to take a picture and upload it.
>>30335125
Loved my Timex Expedition but its wristband was that weird molded rubber shit and for some reason it started tearing right behind the buckle and evetually it fell apart and glue wouldnt keep it together
>>30329636
>reliable watch
It has to be digital. Digital watches are many times more accurate than even the best analog watches.
>>30330049
>not a possibility
Bring like 2 or three extra batteries in a plastic bag, they're tiny
OP is such a faggot. Just get ANY watch you fuck
>>30330919
Citizen fag here, I've had mine for about 4 years. I'd like a Hamilton, but for the price the Citizen is a good watch and the eco-drive doesn't loose that much time. Like seconds per month .
>>30335060
Seiko makes an automatic version, check Amazon.
>>30329636
Tag Heuer Caliber 1887 Carrera
>>30329636
>Casio F-91W
~$10
cheap, durable, accurate timekeeping
>Vostok Amphibia
~$50
200m dive watch, automatic winding mechanical movement, all made in-house by Vostok in Chistopol, Russia. Best dive watch that you can buy in this price range.
I recommend the 420 case for this, the others are kinda big. Tens of dial options, most popular of which are the "diver-dude" dials.
>Vostok Komandirskie
~$30
Tough handwind mechanical watch, also made in-house in Russia
The 431 case is the one I have. It's big enough to be a man's watch, but small enough that it doesn't look like invicta shit. Tens of dial options are available for them, I have the VDV dial. The black tank dial or clean numbers-only dials are also a good choice.
>Seiko 5
~$60
Japanese-Malaysian made automatic mechanical watch, more accurate than the Vostoks. Classiest watch you can buy for the money (unless you look at the Orient Bambino, but I don't know much about them).
The entry level Seiko 5's have a field-watch design as well as exhibition caseback so you can show the chicks your fuckin sweet balance wheel action.
I personally have owned my 'dirskie for a year now and it's been great. I swapped straps on it (OEM strap is god-awful, buy a NATO strap for it) and installed a new bezel (pic related).
I don't like quartz watches, even though they are generally more accurate. More care and work goes into making a mechanical watch, making them infinitely cooler.
>>30330006
Seiko.
Time to shit on everyone else in the thread.
>>30329687
Hamiltons are only assembled in Swissland, parts come from China. Way overpriced as well.
>>30330149
>>30334768
Timex is an okay brand for quartz watches. Expedition is okay. It's the kind of thing that someone's non-rich grandpa would wear.
>>30330151
>Hamilton
>>30330185
Citizen is Seiko's fashion watch brand. Generally lower quality and flashier style intended to catch mall-watch shoppers. Check out the chronograph pushers in >>30336566 I bet those get pressed accidentally all the time. Not to mention the dial layout is all over the place, it would take time to decipher the chronograph even with practice.
>>30330195
>>30332728
>>30335005
F-91W is most bang per buck for sure. Lots of good features, minimal styling, durable. Nothing to complain about.
>>30331216
>>30331255
No
>>30331730
>>30331747
>>30331784
>>30332139
SKX is waifu-tier
>>30332115
5600 is great if you need to operate. Not crawling in my skin edgy designed, while also being insanely durable.
>>30334318
A-158 is an F-91w with a cheap metal band and cheap metal-like coating on the watch case. Not worth it over the F-91W.
>>30335051
T H I S
Lol @ all these E-3 and E-4 tryhard fags who try to pimp shitty casio crap as a "real man's" watch.
Either you have a good watch or you don't. I have a Citizen eco-drive on a simple canvas strap for my daily grind and a Omega speedmaster professional for every other occasion.
Don't be a jealous poorfag. Get a real job and a real watch.
>>30338719
Speedmaster is an everyday watch, what are you talking about?
There's no excuse for owning a Citizen, see video related https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHHJMrP2YG0
>>30338719
My every day watch for reference
>>30338719
>2016
>Owning a speedy
>Not owning a planet ocean or a rolly
bumping for interest
>>30338784
im a fan of the speedmaster also, even though i dont need its functions.
>rolex
they arent for everyone. astronauts especially
>>30329687
>swatch
>"""swiss""" made
>>30329869
>laco
>"""made in germany"""
>>30329885
>swatch products
>>30330149
>TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK
>>30330185
>keko drive
>>30330919
>KEKO DRIVE
>>30331119
>WEARING ON BOTTOM OF WRIST
>>30331216
>wristlet wearing phat pro-trek on BOTTOM OF WRIST
>>30331255
DOGSHIT
>>30334768
>TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK TICK
>>30336566
>got this citizen WATCH at ROSS, DRESS FOR LESS
>>30338223
>TAG HUEHUE
>>30338719
>post swatch
>right wrist
>>30338755
>KEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKO drive
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGSHIT
>>30338751
giant shrine maiden and witch tits
I can get behind those
>>30338890
>Implying Speedy's have been relevant since 1970
>>30338890
I really like the speedmaster, and kinda really want a seamaster 300m
>>30338944
My omega seamaster fullsize 300m quartz watch has spent the last nine years riding around on my wrist.
Status: Like New (really)
Battery life: about 6-7 years
Accuracy: Between 1-5 minutes slow per year
>>30339003
oh and list price was $1800, i paid $1300 from a dealer that did
>>30339003
>>30339008
>$1,300
>quartz
>>30332115
THIS!
Get a GWM5600 with tough solar and world time. Throw a bull bar and a NATO strap adapter on that sucker and forget about it for the next 10 years or so.
Those are seriously badass watches.
>>30339003
>"""high end""" quartz
>>30339068
Forgot my pic.
>>30329636
I wear my G-Shock a lot and bought it for $40-50. Thing is tough as fuck and has many options. I like my Seiko and Longines but my G-Shock is the go to.
>>30339093
Holy ham hands, batman
>>30339047
>>30339082
For a movement that needs minimal maintenance and is a hell of a lot more accurate than a mech.
>>30339149
Whatever helps you sleep.
>>30339003
Awesome, I was looking at the newish co-axial ones.
>>30339149
>silicone board shits the bed like all quartzes will do
>have to pay more than you bought the watch for if you want """omega""" (swatch) to replace it for you
>meanwhile 48 years and counting
>>30339149
this guy gets it, i thought this was /k/, homos
>>30339191
A 'back to flawless' clean/service through an Omega Service Center should cost you about $495 USD, with bracelet. You could get an indy to do it for a little over $200, with less polishing and part replacement. Service interval: Every 5 years
My battery change cost about $45 with new seals and waterproofing from an indy.
>>30339265
That being said I love my Hamilton.
kek
Probably not need for an Omega
Many real ops guys are issued Suunto watches. Many are military x-landers, my first was an Advizar. You are really tier one if you need a barometer and heart rate monitor.
>>30339225
Nice watch. It couldn't have survived the last nine years on my wrist though i mean c'mon, that's 'dont wash your hands' tier durability
Also there's quartz omegas from 1970s still going strong, the biggest problem is some of them used currently obsolete mercury batteries
>>30339295
>need
Nothing in combat would require those things.
>>30338901
>2016
>being a poorfag who couldn't dream of wearing anything better than a plastic Casio
Lol
>>30339385
post yer collection
>>30339295
>all these bullshit gadgets
makes you wonder how LRRP teams in Nam even operated without their Suunto and hr monitors.
>>30338890
Actually a lot astronauts wore Rolex GMTs under their spacesuits.
>>30338636
Pretty muchos this.
Except citizen isn't only a mall fashion brand and packs up a lots of tech.
Their ecodrive is superior to Seiko solar and their high end quartz are far better than even Grand Seiko.
Not that you'd want to spend several thousands on a quartz anyway.
I'm a huge WIS and own dozens of mechanical watches but for operation nothing beats a cheap solar quartz. Much lighter thinner and more functions. Way more reliable than any automatic
i do own a sinn 856 and a Damasko DA36 and they are great indestructible beaters but they can't beat quartz.
If you want to splurge and spend several hundreada get a Seiko astron.
>>30338901
MAN ON THE PHUCKING MOOOOOON!!!!!
>>30339641
RAWLEX WITH A RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRUBBAH STRAP
>>30329636
https://grey-shop.ru/original-ratnik-watch
anyone here own a ratnik watch says its a self winding watch that can stop 9mm and survive a nuclear explosion apparently
pic related
kind of want one
>>30329636
I can assure you that no Amfibia has ever been to the moon. Unless some shit-hammered Ivan went bobbing for mines off Murmansk and ended up blowing himself there.
That being said, I like Vostok. They're pretty accurate (my new Amfibia runs about 8 seconds slow per day, my vintage Komanderskie is about 5 fast) and pretty tough. Only my GWM5600 Casio and my Amfibia would I trust to their rated depth limit.
That being said, the lume is shit, the stock band is worse and setting the date on the fuckers requires the sacrifice of young virgins. Wear them for the novelty or the simple comfort of knowing that your $70 diving watch could take a beating that would make a truck stop hooker sweat.
>>30339688
That is a goddamned rebranded Vostok.
And of course it's safe from EMP. They all are! No watch is vulnerable to EMP because they're tiny little Faraday cages.
Also, it's a fucking auto.
Jesus.
>>30339746
swipe a magnet over your mechanical, see how that goes
Jesus Christ there's some serious autism in this thread. Now I remember why I'm not a watchfag
>>30334374
Where did you find a NATO strap for yours?
>>30339709
>They're pretty accurate (my new Amfibia runs about 8 seconds slow per day, my vintage Komanderskie is about 5 fast) and pretty tough
That's accuracy to you?
>>30338631
>https://shop.laco.de/en/Pilot-Watches/Aachen.html
This nigga got it figured out
>>30331730
Doing it right.
>>30338901
this
Stop being a bunch of shills
