Watch Thread /wt/

This thread is about the appreciation of watches, as well as the micro-engineering and materials engineering that are required to produce a fine mechanical watch.

>Required Viewing For Newbies:
youtu.be/_2J5phyd9J4

>Strap Guide:
pastebin.com/SwRysprE

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etsy.com/listing/519684949/leather-watch-strap-horween-chromexcel
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How much do automatic Tisells with Miyota 90S5 movements generally cost?

2nd for archibald chesterfield the third

2nd for shitters belong on r/watches

2nd for chinese shitters and chinks belong on r/asianmasculinity

3rd for SNE437P1 is the new best watch ever

Just bought one, stay mad mechanical fags

>SNE437P1

how jelly are you guys?

4th for HOMOS, messiah of the jewish people

Nice hockey puck

it looks like shit and you wasted your money, but you dont want to hear that and so youre not going to believe me

the bezel in particular is unusually repulsive

Anyone got any homage recommendations for this watch? Prefereably 40mm or smaller.

literally knockoff tier

What watches do you guys currently have on your eBay watch list?
Pic related.

Is this worth $35?

etsy.com/listing/519684949/leather-watch-strap-horween-chromexcel

I just want a decent cheap band that looks nice and is better than the garbage that came with my inexpensive watch.

I dunno how about you check their website?

shoudl have just bought an MDV106 for like $40 and called it a day man

the Seiko is overpriced for what it is

Nice parnis homage

>it looks like shit and you wasted your money, but you dont want to hear that and so youre not going to believe me
>the bezel in particular is unusually repulsive

it's 45mm, I am 64 and 240lbs of /fit/ so I need a big watch

it looks better in person on the wrist, not out of proportion

a 007 on my wrist looks like a ladies watch

stay mad wristlets

> I am 64

Who let you out the home?

neither of us said anything about the size. i was assuming it was 42mm when i placed it gently into the proverbial toilet where it belongs.

>Horween leather
absolute garbage, this is literally made of cardboard, do not buy it. anyone who disagrees is trolling you. u were warned.

>neither of us said anything about the size. i was assuming it was 42mm when i placed it gently into the proverbial toilet where it belongs.

no it's huge brah, look perfectly proportional on me

>Who let you out the home?

sorry i meant six foot four

>240lbs of /fit/
Oh boy

For real? I just figured for under $40 shipped it would look nice until I could afford Cordovan or whatever. I'm only putting it on a Timex anyway...

i had a feeling you wouldnt believe me

w/e, enjoy your shitter senpai

Thanks! They look great. Annoying the homage to this watch retains it's 44mm size. Why so big, IWC?!!

Can I get a second opinion here?

>diver with leather strap

no

> (You)
lbs of /fit/
>Oh boy

u mirin brah?

what 45mm diver style watch under $1000 should I buy o noble watch lord?

their website is so fucked up. Almost every watch is "SOLD OUT $9999".

No one admires fat people

>under $1000
youre wasting your money on shitters

>Can I get a second opinion here?

it's trash

I've never gone wrong with hirsch straps

>No one admires fat people

10% bf here bro, stay jelly

>youre wasting your money on shitters

name a 45mm diver at any price then

The subs are $220

you already bought one. stop shitting up the thread.

>you already bought one. stop shitting up the thread.


I have tons of money brah, I can buy two watches

have you ever seen anyone with 2 watches before?

Why?

They are trolling you. It's fine.

brietling superocean?

Do you watchfags even lift?

>brietling superocean?

I don't like brietling, they are pretentious and have busy dials

i actually agree; i dont like the brand either, but the superocean has a clean dial and goes to retard sizes like 44-46

but youre a fucking retard so whatareyagunnado

Reminder any watch under $2000 is s shitter

Why am I a retard user? Because I need a certain watch face size?

no, because you didnt even bother to google superocean before you presumed it to be a busy watch

but i understand why you wouldnt. dont want to own up to the fact that you purchased a shitter and go through the process of second or triple guessing, ultimately, regretting, your shit buy lmao

>no, because you didnt even bother to google superocean before you presumed it to be a busy watch

with that bretling logo on it and the weird font it's a bit busy to me

Nice to finally see a thread about watches not full of pretend millionaires or dad money showoffers. Here is my boy.

>superocean
not busy

Is that a II

Reminder that you're full of shit.

seriously, stop shitting up the thread.

/wt/ is a shitter safespace wear it in meme health friend

SHITTER

you realise there are a number of superocean models...............................

>WATER RESIST

That's an Orient FUNEsmth. Sadly in Europe we don't get the proper naming. I think it is called Mako XL or something In USA.

I just bought it for the looks and reliability desu.
I swam in the swimming pools with my 40 euro casio for 7 years and it survived, so I can imagine this one will last me a lifetime :D

>seriously, stop shitting up the thread.

WINGS
BREITLING
1884
SUPEROCEAN
CHRONOMETRE
AUTOMATIC
1000/3300FT

24 hour marks inside the dieal

>not busy

>dieal

dial

more like youre a fat dyel lool

>5 minute markings
>Pilot style dial
>Moved in and cut-off "15"
And I swear to god, it's not just my autism, but is the lume pip at 12 not aligned?
The same at 6?

Also
>Numerals
>On a diver
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

lol, the lume pip on my orient is drilled straighter than that one

>more like youre a fat dyel lool

wat

I am looking for a good 45mm watch, I am not fat bro

why do you think I am fat, I didn't spend the last 5 years transitioning for SS to a full body split while eating lean to get fat

>is the lume pip at 12 not aligned?

no it's not

fuck brietling, fuck them right in the a

Jesus fuck.
I think I'd take a TAG with glued-on screws on the dial over that fucking thing

First for a legitimately useful watch

>WINGS
>BREITLING
>1884
>SUPEROCEAN
>CHRONOMETRE
>AUTOMATIC
>1000/3300FT
>24 hour marks inside the dieal

you forgot

>SWISS MADE

at the bottom

Hi there.

You asked for opinions on your recent purchase. The gentlemen of /wt/ replied in one unanimous voice that it is shit. We are not required to show you a watch you like in order for this to be true. You bought a real piece of dogshit and we all hate it. Further, it is unlikely that someone who would purchase that watch would like any watch that is actually nice, so we will probably be unable to show you something you find agreeable.

Now, please be silent if you are not going to contribute to the discussion.

Thank you.

And that's the one the quality control people picked off the line to send to the professional advertising photographer.......

They seem to use inferior leather for the price, no?

Honesly, I don't live in Switzerland or one of those 5k a month average income countries so I don't really get the point. Why would you spend a few grand on a watch in 2017? (Orient owner from above)

superocean brah

superocean

Pftt you can't expect perfection on a $4000 watch

>Honesly, I don't live in Switzerland or one of those 5k a month average income countries so I don't really get the point. Why would you spend a few grand on a watch in 2017? (Orient owner from above)
Because everything else you post on this board will be called a shitter, no matter what. They are pretentious autists and anything that's not a mechanical $5000 watch is shat upon

It's such a shame too. It has potential to be good.

>Well machined, smooth sweeping case, no clear cuts
>Deep brushing
>Heavy knurling on the bezel

I mean all they need to do is;
>Drop the polished crown, it looks fucking stupid
>Remove internal chapter ring
>Use typical diver dial
>Use 10 minute grading on dial, not 15 minute
>Drop the hands in favour of broader, more visible style. Seconds hand can stay.

And then, MAYBE, it wouldn't be complete dogshite

>>Drop the polished crown, it looks fucking stupid
>>Remove internal chapter ring
>>Use typical diver dial
>>Use 10 minute grading on dial, not 15 minute
>>Drop the hands in favour of broader, more visible style. Seconds hand can stay.

so basically make it:

i have this

what if you need to go to 166 feet?

Not quite, but not far off.
Make it functional.
Not so ungodly busy that noone knows if it's useful, or just something you get when work "ask" you to retire.

it breaks into small pieces

I make $5k a month and have a couple of $2k Swiss watches but they are both pilot-type designs.

When I was looking for a diver recently I went with a Mako II though because I could not find anything I liked better. Whatever Orient uses for mineral crystals is kind of crap, though, in comparison to Seiko's stuff (or is it the same?).

The mako uses a Mineral crystal, whereas Seiko use their own "Hardlex" composition. Which is slightly superior to Mineral crystals, but nowhere near comprable to Sapphire.

My personal experience tells me it is superior to Orient's formula, but Hardlex is a brand name for a type of mineral crystal.

>Buy a used SOLAR watch off ebay
>Description says it needs a new battery

correct. the battery wears out after a while.

>Wristlets
No, you just have terrible rapper tier taste. Pic related is a 36mm on a large wrist and it looks GREAT.

That guy is trolling you. Horween Chromexcel is one of the best quality leathers in the world. That Etsy dude's price is so low I'd be seriously concerned that is lying about the leather type.

Enjoy your "genuine leather" garbage, senpai.

>"genuine leather"

No idea why you typed it like that seeing as how they are leather.

>45mm
Kill yourself, Tyrone.

hirsch makes stuff with a variety of different grades of leather, some of which is the low-grade material traded under the industry term "genuine leather". this phrase is a term of art that specifically means it is not full-grain or top-grain leather.

Big watches are for big men

...

Seems fine for the price, I'm not a leather autist. And wanted a $20 strap.

What said. The majority of Hirsch straps use quite low grades of leather. Watch Gecko's handmade leather straps are MUCH better made and still cheaper than most Hirsch straps.

What's the cheapest Miyota movement watch under 40mm?

£40 seems expensive for a strap

>Get pic related for Christmas during high school
>Favorite watch ever, the perpetual calendar thing was awesome it always had the right date never had to mess with it
>Liked the retro-esque square look
>Be dumb-ass kid, wear it 24/7, did lots of manual labor and sports
>Nicks and scratches everywhere after four years but still truckin'
>Falls off the bathroom counter, for probably the 100th time
>It'sDeadJim.avi
>Can't even find used ones for purchase

Do you Sup Forumsuys think a watch repair place could fix it? I know it's probably not worth anything beyond sentimental value.

that .9 cm would be hideous god

that's why you buy an £80 strap and put a £30 deployant clasp on it, instead of buying six cheapies that wear out quickly.