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Question why people just post seiko,rolex, and like omegas on here.How come i dont see any skeleton watchs or any tourbillions or anything that looks cool. The most i have seen are some chronos, nothing bad about chrono but this reminds me of normies.
Skeleton watches are 99% some chinkshit pleb-bait dogshit.
>99% of the time*
that alittle racist
Where do you think you are nigga?
just get a vosktov lol
>skeleton watchs or any tourbillions or anything that looks cool
you must be a fucking tool.
You will get sick of skeleton watches soon and prefer a nice dial, trust me
Get the fuck out.
OK guys I have been getting some good fuccboi suggestions
are smart watches good for getting your anus filled with nigger cum?
i love nigger cum inside me because they have the biggest hard cocks
>tourbillions
because people here don't have $75,000 watches dummy
What the fuck.
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Can anyone give their honest opinion on the Truwood watches?
I think pic related is beautiful, but the watch does cost only 100 bucks, so I'm not sure if I should dish that amount out for it.
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>wood watches
way to waste trees even more
So I guess I'll just get it, fuck it. Thanks.
Don't say we didn't warn you when the buyer's remorse hits.
isn't everything just chinkshit anyway?
No, asshole.
hey, cool your pistons baby, I'm just trying to figure things out. What's this about then?
It's pretty self explanatory. See also
Don't be a retard, if you're on that sort of a budget go for Seiko 5, Casio, Citizen Orient, maybe Bulova or Tissot or even Swatch. Buy something from a proper watchmaker and not a shitty fashion retailer selling rebranded generic Chinese nonsense.
Not usually one to ask for spoonfeeding, but do any of those brands offer minimalist watches? I hate the bulky, overly complex watches that are usually recommended.
All of which you stated are rebranded generic Chinese nonsense.
I guess comprehension isn't your strong suit.
Thoughts on the Certina? Just found out about the brand and I'm glad I did.
Also, would a SARB033 fit well if I currently wear a SNK809 and it fits just about right on my small wrists? Or are there any other dress watches I should look into with a similar size to the SNK809?
here's your (you)
Some vintage pieces are neat. Nowadays it just seems like another forgettable swatch owned company.
>this watch is so expensive it costs more than a Ferrari!!
>and this one is even more expensive, it costs almost as much as a BUGATTI!!!
the sarb is really nice but it wears pretty big.
FAKE AND GAY
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It's not very big at all. Maybe a little big for a dress watch, but it's not a dress watch.
because watch owners, among many other enthusiasts are literally autistic and refuse to accept much else (though many times it is justified) and so you get the same generic Vostok, Casio Terrorist, Rolex, Seiko, etc.
Skeleton watches look like shit on 99.99..% of watches ever made.
Also, tourbillons tend to be really expensive.
no its not big its 38mm but it wears larger than the 38mm would suggest. If you have a small wrist it may be a problem. I personally have no problem wearing it.
anybody have destroyed watches/watch gore?
I used to have a collection on images of ruined watches but lost it when my old laptop's hard rive got smashed
This is Sup Forums, offending each other is part of the culture, therefore we appropriate all sorts of offensive things and toss them around casually.
Also we get people who honestly belive some of the things most of us say mostly to be ironic or get a reaction out of people.
If you can't handle that then you I suggest leaving as other parts of the internet won't offend you as much, possibly.
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because I don't feel like taking and sharing photos of my watches.
like 15 bucks on ali lmao
Another.
how do I equip my watch with a heinously loud siren or alarm?
I want to use it to annoy people
Meh it's fine, just replace the glass.
Sweet. Thanks.
Was the second one a victim of heat from a fire?
What the fuck happened to the dial, did the owner meet a alien and got lasered or something.
The dealer can't ship the omega to me today because he's busy, i hate this feelinggggg.
the plastic got hot enough that it got soft enough to contract and relive the tension it had been under since it became frozen solid and then kept frozen by existing at temperatures around the range that humans live.
Hell yeah, FUCK crystals!
Add a cap to the speaker circuit in a Casio.
I can't remember exactly what situation caused that.
When I get home, I think have a picture of a speedster that the chrono seconds hand fell off of if you are interested.
>that bottom lume dot
MY AUTISM
TRUUUUUu
Which do you choose? and inbefore neither go fuck yourself. I am just referring to the lume colors.
Blue.
blue will be less bright IRL and not last as long after turning out the lights
looks better though
Blue. Also if you're getting a Rolex don't get a maxi-case monstrosity.
Honestly, I think that should depend on the size of their arms.
No i am just attempting to select a lume color for a relume job. I would never buy that hunk of shit
>lume colors
I would want a deep red face with amber hour markers and yellow hands. That is much easier on the eyes.
For diving blue green is better since it is less absorbed by sea water. However since the far majority here only do showers this is not much of an issue.
The blue looks much better but the green is way brighter 36k mcd vs 10k mcd... I need the lume because i go camping a lot and use the watch at night.
Who /Steinhart/ here
Blue light is said to upset the day/night rhythm so red - yellow would be preferable.
Also when you get older accumulation of proteins in the eyes, especially the lens, cause blue light to scatter far more than red, another reason to avoid the blue end of the spectrum.
Some humans can see a little bit into the infrared. If you are a member of this elite you can use lume or tritium sources in infrared that only you can read.
Would you?
Sorry I'm not an antifa faggot
this board hates steinhart for some reason
>you can use lume or tritium sources in infrared that only you can read.
wat
Anyone here used pic related? 2nd gen.
not all of us user
how much is it
the answer is no not really, my seikos are accurate enough that they only need to be set for time when have to do it anyway for daylight savings 2x per year
so why bother
enough people do that you can't even talk about them without catching never ending shit on here
what brand/model is that?
Yes. WWI fighter aces were known to have this ability. The ability to see in near infrared allowed them to see the enemy before the enemy saw them and this gave them a Darwinian grade survival advantage.
Later fighter pilots were given a special diet with a modified vitamin to extend normal vision into near infrared. There is a bit about this on the net, a bit obscure but otherwise well known. I learned about this in University.
Anyway, pic related is a lume I would see.
thats just the people that are so delusional about their love for seiko that they can't admit any other watch is ever ok to buy.
It's a Moto 360 2nd gen
>posts bright ass lume
well i would see that too user
how can you tune tritium to be just infrared enough for you to see but not someone else?
>using a black face to try to hide the flat tire
ohoho almost got me
Better than something like this
>posts bright ass lume
Yahhh, I had only the Win10 Paint program handy. A complete multimedia experience would take me more than the 2 minutes I spent. Just imagine the red a bit subdued, possibly hatched to reduce the intensity. In fact you could probably make nice patterns that would emerge at night to complement the daylight visible pattern, pic. related as an example of due view images.
>how can you tune tritium to be just infrared enough for you to see but not someone else?
That is determined by the fluorescent coating of the tritium tube. I know there are IR tubes but I am not sure about the wavelength.
Most people can see 400 - 700 nm and some can extend that to close to 800 nm. So you would want a 750 nm source.
Do you know you really can see IR? The fraction of the population who can is very small.
My only issues with the company are that their non-homage watches are almost all ugly and too big, and that most of their models are also significantly overpriced.
But hey man, it's your money, spend it how you want. Post a nice wrist shot showing it off why don't you, I'd love to see one.
>Most people can see 400 - 700 nm and some can extend that to close to 800 nm. So you would want a 750 nm source.
>Do you know you really can see IR?
where would you buy such tubes, you would have to mount them in the watch yourself, no watch maker would make something with hardly any market
no i doubt I can see IR as I have never noticed it and am a bit skeptical of your claims in general
IR is literally heat and tritium puts out almost no heat, I don't think you would be able to see it in any kind of tube that would fit on a watch hand
>paying $100 for a rebranded bobobird
>IR is literally heat and tritium puts out almost no heat
>>IR is literally heat and tritium puts out almost no heat
but that's right
Like my new seiko? I'm not sure about this strap so gonna get a black leather one.
hows the lume and chapter ring alignment close up?
Holy shit...if not for the black at the bottom that might actually look OK...
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Lume is great. Chapter ring is ever so slightly clockwise. All in all would recommend if you can get for £130 or lower.
You know i bought a few cheap divers to compare them all and returned the ones that didn't make the cut. I know it gets a ton of shit on this board but honestly the Invicta pro diver i got had the best finish and kept the best time. The branding on it was too much however.
Love those. Bonafide classic.
Material properties and EM radiation are not the same, stop going to /sci/.
>Material properties and EM radiation are not the same, stop going to /sci/.
explain to me how to emit sufficient IR to see but not have the object be very warm/hot
Did you try a Christopher Ward?
Not them, but IR LEDs.
>where would you buy such tubes,
You know, this is why we have Google.
betalight.nl
>you would have to mount them in the watch yourself, no watch maker would make something with hardly any market
Probably yes.
>no i doubt I can see IR as I have never noticed it
What?
>and am a bit skeptical of your claims in general
Feel free but then again all I have written can be backed up with some searches.
>IR is literally heat and tritium puts out almost no heat,
IR comes in many bands like light comes in many colours. 800 nm is not hot. Just try a remote control for a TV, many use a IR diode that you can see as blue light with an old mobile phone camera. Note: old. Peak heat emission for sunlight is about 1000 nm or 1 um. Heat emission from room temperature black body radiation is about 10 um.
Tritium tubes work by fluorescence, like old fluorescent lighting. The beta emissions stimulate photon emissions in a band equal or lower than the energy of the beta particle. With a low enough emission you get into IR region.
>I don't think you would be able to see it in any kind of tube that would fit on a watch hand
I am not sure. I do have the ability to see IR sources, it lets me see IR illumination used by security systems that monitor people at night. Most people see just darkness, the camera sees all as if in monochrome floodlight. And I can see the light too.
>Just try a remote control for a TV, many use a IR diode that you can see as blue light with an old mobile phone camera.
are you telling me you personally can see the light from a TV remote?
>>I don't think you would be able to see it in any kind of tube that would fit on a watch hand
>I am not sure. I do have the ability to see IR sources, it lets me see IR illumination used by security systems that monitor people at night. Most people see just darkness, the camera sees all as if in monochrome floodlight. And I can see the light too.
I can see the lights for night vision security cameras, the ring of LEDs you see around most of them at night
does that mean i have this ability?