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:
youtu.be
Strap guide:
pastebin.com
Previous thread:
/wt/ watch thread
Charles Hill
Other urls found in this thread:
aliexpress.com
aliexpress.com
twitter.com
Nathaniel Gray
I think it works.
Mason Rogers
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Jeremiah Gomez
Hey, look. The angry guy is back
Asher Ramirez
first for globtrekking bagels
Kayden Peterson
Mail came today, no unboxing cause I'm not a faggot and I don't feel like lubing up my dragon dildo just to fit my watches over it.
Pics coming.
>true beauty
Charles Martinez
Post your watchmaker tools
>implying any of you /fa/g/s do any watchmaking more complicated than a bezel swap or a new band.
Colton Campbell
You literally just bought that for the novelty.
Benjamin Nguyen
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Benjamin Brooks
I have gotten curious about bootleg watches and have decided to buy a nomos from aliexpress for up to $20. Is there any particular fake which is most worth buying?
at the moment I am thinking about getting:
aliexpress.com
or
aliexpress.com
Jonathan Hernandez
>I can take or leave your average brown leather strap
>Two-tone is disgusting in general
you ever find a watch that breaks your prejudices Sup Forums?
Isaiah Hall
it would be quite a shame for one of these to sit on some collector's shelf and never be used.
this one isn't even an interesting one.
Leo Campbell
I'm pretty smitten but I don't have 2 grand to drop at the moment. feels bad man
Ryder Powell
You can't make a watch with an onahole.
Easton Richardson
For that guy in the last thread asking how the Lord Marvel looks on a NATO
I'd say pretty good
Angel Watson
Does a sexier digital watch exist that can be bought new?
Thomas Lewis
Got two, I suck dick at taking pictures. If anyone wants more/has tips to not take shit pictures let me know.
Bentley Myers
Don't use direct lighting
John Russell
Sadly neither of these do any justice to them.
Jace Bell
changed the bezel springs yesterday. Nice and tight like new, feels good man.
Julian Rodriguez
As opposed to what?
Sebastian Cooper
Ambient. Use reflected light whenever possible.
Blake Ward
Diffused.
Carter Collins
No, I get that, I mean how? Wait for daytime? All the lights in my apartment are over head.
Kayden Sanchez
Not much you can do then. I use lamps and such pointed at walls and ceilings to get a similar effect, or shine smaller ones at sheets of paper. You don't want a lamp with a reflection path off the watch and into the camera.
Nolan Rivera
I love seeing the old Jap and Ruski contributions, but where are the vintage Swiss at?
Colton Allen
Well, I do need a new desk lamp. Maybe that pointed at a wall. I'll give that a try in the future thanks.
Parker Howard
Those both look like the 5 dollar one you can get off aliexpress. The guy that bought it didn't measure it though
Nathan Howard
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Asher Hughes
While not new, take a look at the lineup of Citizen Ana Digis. As for new, sexy and digital don't really go together, but you could look into the Casio A500.
Aaron Jackson
Looks really beat up.
Does it not have a sapphire glass?
Caleb Wilson
First for IWC
Pilot watches confirmed most legible
Joseph Jackson
Why do RGM watches cost tens of thousands of dollars?
Does it really cost so much to produce a mechanical watch? Or do they just want to compete with Rolex etc?
Alexander Turner
It really does cost a considerable amount to produce a well made mechanical movement. Especially in small quantities.
These aren't your $2 aliexpress movements.
Of course that's not to say there isn't a large profit margin.
Cameron Anderson
You mean like two of their models out of like 20? The tourbillon and caliber 20?
Xavier Stewart
Quick shot of my new Astron I got today. Initial impressions are very positive. It might not seem like it from pictures but it's actually very legible and easy to read the time from a glace despite all the stuff going on with the dial. Speaking of the dial I'll try to get a better another but there is some really nice depth and dimension to it. Also I was a little worried about it but the strap is super comfortable.
Ryder Wood
Heyo
Gavin Ross
This citizen is well and truly fucked. As a token to how hard I got fucked in the ass buying this thing here it is next to some Vaseline
Blake Anderson
how come?
Juan Cruz
no1curr
Matthew Lewis
I have the exact same headphones. Could you put the watch on one od the headphones and take a pic so I can get a feel of the size of it?
Chase Roberts
It is as wound as it will let me and its power reserve is still so low I can ghetto hack it
That has probably been the problem the whole time, it runs out of power, looses a few hours and starts ticking gain when I pick it up
Kayden Carter
Protreks are pretty sexy imo
Justin Cruz
You cucked yourself hard buying that
Jayden Clark
Looks like my Citizen
Carson Smith
It was literally half the price of that Oceanus. I'm OK with the fact that my Astron maybe isn't quite as good for that big of a price difference.
Jose Reed
How much did you pay for it?
Levi James
>Astron maybe isn't quite as good
Do you seriously believe that?
Cameron Stewart
I got it from the Lex Tempus sale for $745 shipped.
The Oceanus definitely has nicer materials. It's all titanium vs my Astron's steel and rubber.
Jason Robinson
Why the fuck didn't you get the regular 3 hand oceanus then?
It's around 500. Nobody on Sup Forums needs a gps watch
The oceanus is objectively better built, better looking and has a better movement.
Ethan Ortiz
If you say so.
Anthony Ross
did u send the cunt his anthrax yet
Jackson Smith
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Jaxon Peterson
Maybe people would like you if you weren't so condescending.
Ayden Edwards
>Hsent the watch in a box from his business
>Address easily found on Google
>Currently working on a car bomb to remotely detonate
If the government is reading this, which I'm almost certain they are, go harass some Muslims instead of reading my online posts. Anything posted on here is satire
Jackson Robinson
Big trend about to kick off. Wearing watches around your ankles. Screen cap this post, I want to be given credit for the fashion icon I am
Aaron Edwards
is the current brosef an imposter?
i thought he had a trip
Sebastian Fisher
why dont you go put those shoes on your bed you dirty fucking savage
Austin Cooper
>he disagrees with me, how condescending
I don't really care if you like me.
Asher Cox
>implying JosefStalin is even a person, he is a idea, a concept, several posters with a similar persona and taste for watches have banded together to provide you with watch related entertainment, I'm a discount Archie luxury fuckers
Your mum doesn't let me wear shoes in the house
Ian Sanders
Does that mean you go for discount thai ladyboys?
Matthew Collins
What does /wt/ think of this watch. I currently have an eco-drive that I love but want something a bit more elegant with leather band for other occasions.
$4.50 off ebay so probably can't go wrong, or will I just hate the quality of it.
I think what I like about it is the elegant looking face and I do like the rounded glass bezel.
Anyone have any suggestions of similar maybe better quality without breaking the bank?
Xavier Richardson
Give Rodina watches a look. They probably use the same exact case, but have an actual mechanical movement in them and sit around $115 give or take 5.
Gavin Rodriguez
How does fuck you sound?
Also I'm not the only one. user here recently passed horological exam for manufacture
Matthew Robinson
Just looking at it, definitely not sapphire
Nathan Lee
Still interested in offloading it? I'm still buying shit to pull apart
Lucas Torres
Maybe an odd question, but how big on average are the faces of Rodinas? I have thinner wrists and try to only stick with the smaller faced watches as anything larger and it looks silly.
Grayson Martin
That picture above looks like 38-42mm
Robert Hughes
They say about 38, but people say it's more like 40.
Josiah King
Just measured my Citizen and the glass face is only 31mm diameter and about 40mm in total including metal edge.
When you guys say 38-42 and 40 is that a measurement of the glass?
David Morgan
Rodina says ~38mm, but people say it looks more like 40 in person.
Colton Baker
The round portion of the case is 38mm, but due to the long lugs it wears as if it was more like ~41mm with traditional lugs.
Lug to lug is more important than case diameter.
Camden Mitchell
>not owning the F-91W
Wyatt Gomez
I chose not to got for Mujihadeen-core, and instead went for Sketchy Car Dealership Owner-core.
Oliver Peterson
That's a nice looking watch, however the color combo does not suit me.
Andrew Ward
I can feel that. I want a gold tone A500, DB380, or DBC611, but I'm not some pooloo so a gold Casio would probably look out of place on my pasty arms.
Jordan Russell
Normally a case without crown measurement.
There is another typical measurement which is lug to lug bit that is normally stated as lug to lug to stop confusion
Lincoln Rodriguez
Nope, I'm the angry guy. I responded because I didn't like the way you responded to him last time.
Ryan Richardson
Now that everyone has a cell phones which work perfectly fine as timepieces, wristwatches are basically just a symptom of millennial narcissism. They're for superficial pseudoyuppies who want to look "classy" and impress people with their taste/wealth, much like niggers who buy ridiculous cars to attract women or some kind of chimp showing off his impressive cock size in the jungle.
List literally one practical application of wristwatches besides the ape tier logic of "I'm attracted to shiny things and it will make other people think I'm cool." There are a few reasonable excuses like a profession where you're not allowed to carry a cell phone. I'm listening.
Xavier Powell
No one gives a shit, you idiot.
Juan Campbell
> not filtering tripfags
I literally had no idea OP was a tripcunt till I saw your drama.
Lrn2Filter.
Carter Martinez
If you filtered him, you wouldn't see this thread though.
Luke Myers
>world time
>casio
>5 alarms
>adjust
>light
>wr100m
>mode
>search
>10year battery
>illuminator!
>sexy
There's more writings than functions, top kek. I'm interested in buying a cheap decent digital but not like this.
Ryan Harris
Prefer the bang chongs in Bali
I'll get back to you, it has started working properly again, gave it wind 2 hours ago and it is still going strong and on time. I'll see if it just needs a service to get working non sketchy. It's a real nice watch on the outside. If it's fucked I'll give it to you on the cheap, Tasmania guy right?
Lucas King
Use natural light, move near the window to take pictures.
Christopher Campbell
Put something on a bedside lamp, like a white t-shirt or some kind of filter on the side that directly lights the object.
Grayson Robinson
I just don't get the thought process here. I mean it's literally retarded.
Pocket watches were he norm until wrist watches came about and were more convenient.
So, now people argue that wrist watches are irrelevant because you always have a clock in your pocket, essentially a pocket watch. A proven less convenient way of telling time.
I just don't even.
Noah Torres
Are you this autistic understanding emotions in real life too?
Jayden Johnson
You're 20 years late, it was a trend in the nineties here.
Buy some new shoes if you have money for broken watches for fuck's sake and stop wearing them inside the house.
Ryder Parker
>chose to ignore reality
Not my cup of tea.
You did.
Thomas Hall
>chose to ignore reality
Cooper Thomas
>Wahhh my butt hurts, respect my feelings
These threads have become really bad.
Jaxson Sanchez
I swear my next acquisition is going to be a Tissot Seastar of some kind. What a great looking watch. As for the vintage Swiss contributors... They're buried under a pile of Penisquartz and 52 calibers.
The nineties were truly the low point for watches. Aside from the Seiko SKX, can you think of one good thing to come out of that decade?
Gavin Moore
He has a point, there wouldn't be so much drama without him.
Wyatt Long
What are some sorta good locking cheap digital watches?
Looking at the Casio AE1200 right now.
Elijah Thompson
how do i do this
Jace Mitchell
Yeah that's me
I'm on labanda tonight getting some half decent tools.
Think I'm going to get serious about this shit
Jordan Collins
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Liam Scott
But I do.
Samuel Cox
>That reflective glass.
Fucking garbage fake.