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i just wanna post this other rolex ad
First in for best solar diver of all time
second in for best solar diver of all time in this universe and the next
what year is this from
$165
Omg
Is it the terminally asspained Seiko user?
Or terminally butthurt Chink user?
Btw Tainanmen Square man did nothing wrong.
first for fucboi watchs
>That OP image
Fuck I can't wait for my watch to come in the mail. I wish Explorers were still $165.
What's the most important aspect when choosing a watch; how it looks, how people will perceive me, how exceptional the technology of the watch is, how productive of an investment it is?
Please help.
You have to decide how in convenient the movement its
will it run to a dead stop in less than to days? need servicing, cost thousands of dollars
those are the signs of a good watch
It has to be a combo of all of the above, which actually makes it hard to choose much other than Rolex. But I love Rolex so it's not a problem.
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PLUS MINUS ZERO faggot has convinced me.
Where's the best place to buy a GS quartz in Canada?
ebay
Is this a
>"tool watch with a low-maintenance workhorse movement"
or a
>"shitter trying to be more fancy than it is."
?
user who bought a gmt117usa, did you get it?
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Why does this board have a thread about obsolete memes for richfags?
Ordered this a day ago, thoughts?
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summerfag detected
It's the dive watch equivalent of the SARX033/35. Extremely high quality finish for an affordable price at some sacrifice to movement. The 6R15 is still an excellent movement though, it's not like there's much to complain about it.
That is fucking ugly...
>$300
>tfw you were born too late for the time of $300 Rolexes
Enjoy the prestige and engineering that went into your Model T while the modern Camry owners leave you in the dust.
camry eg for normies who don't know anything about cars
The point was that you're a luddite and everyone is leaving you in the dust without even trying.
>Born too late to fly Pan Am
>Born too late to fly on a Concorde
>Born too late to buy a brand new 1675 GMT-Master for $300
>Born too late to fuck a Pan Am flight attendant
>Born just in time to anonymously shitpost about Seiko
>The 6R15 is still an excellent movement though, it's not like there's much to complain about it.
It really is.
Seiko's been "upscaling" it recently too. The 3-500 dollar watches they put out now tend to have movements like the 4R35 these days.
I also like that it's low beat, meaning it really only "needs" servicing after 10 years.
I also like the looks of the watch in many ways, but it's around 1k, which for me is a tipping point where I might have to consider saving up for an actual upscale watch.
kek youre such a faggot. hating on vintage cars too? most of the most beautiful cars ever made arent modern. you sound like a 13 year old whos tiny wiener gets hard looking at whatever the newest lambo is on his xbone need for speed box
80-120
you keep showing your summerfag
Get off my lawn
R8 my birthday present
After I get my Rolex/Omega fix, what should I aim for once I am retired + have fuckloads of money?
Vacheron looks alright, though I'm curious about the Royal Oaks. Pateks looks alright though it definitely looks like a grandpa watch. Kind of have an eye out for a good looking A Lange. Are those any good?
That Rolex is upside down on his wrist. Looks like his right hand, correct?
Qt.
Couple of questions though about the quality since it can be weird. Do hands properly align? How's the lume?
ALS is arguably the best non-independent. Divine finishing, diverse aesthetic options, the list could go on.
Short answer is it depends on how much you want to spend.
Lange runs all over basically any other large manufacturer at the moment - would definitely take a modern production Lange over a modern production AP, pp, or VC.
You could also look at smaller independent manufacturers - journe, MB&f, urban jurgenson, etc. Even further along this spectrum are patronage watches from folks like Kari, Smith, or dufour.
Finally there's ultra high complications. Greubel Forsey is the obvious prototype here, but there's also ultra high complications from jlc, VC, van Cleef, bregeut, and any number of other small shops.
All my Vostoks have good hand alignment and all have crap lume
DO IT
TOGETHER WE WILL MASTER TIME
AND SPACE ITSELF
Where did u buy yours
Read the fucking filename, they didn't.
Yes they did
Are you some sort of fool?
Carry on then.
good lord those lugs are atrocious
Is that a modded Seiko 5?
Model?
seiko trannyocean
>$1000
the spacing of the 11 and 1 is retarded, enjoy your off-center asymmetrical dial for ever and ever
FORGED BY THE HANDS OF CHRONOS HIMSELF
user, what the fuck are you doing?
>chronos
think you might mean cronus lad
you shut your whore mouth
Chronos!=Chronus
Chronos is the personification of time, whereas Chronus is a titan associated with the harvest and shit.
Fuck, I wrote Chronus instead of Cronus. I'll get my spelling straight, you can work on your mythology.
How about now?
What are some good, possibly smaller, vostok watches with a non metal strap?
What is the case made of? If it has a high enough copper content it might look interesting post-oxidation.
What model of vostok is that?
What should I get as a first luxury watch? Budget is 4000$
114270 or some other OP. There are a ton of options if you look into vintage pieces too.
May I please get some some leather band recommendations for a black dial SNK809. It needs to be under $25 I'm afraid.
>memex
Need a water resistant watch for swimming and snorkeling.
You guys have any recommendations?
Haven't decided if I want quartz or an automatic. Guess it depends on the price, max $50.
Literally any cheap leather band. Just look on Amazon and pick what you like.
Forgot to mention, sand proof too. ie. the beach.
Omega 321
Omega Aqua Terra
Datejust
>all-ceramic bezel
>sapphire with AR coating
>steel has Diashield coating
>dial looks like that?? (pic related)
>bracelet quality and mechanism miles better than on an MM300
Spend a little more and get a square G-Shock.
I'd say a Tudor Black Bay or maybe a Grand Seiko, but that's just my own persona tastes.
Too bad none of this became true.
>I paid for the ENTIRE watch
Which Seiko 5s have hacking?
>paying that much for a watch to wear it on your hand, and not even adjust the bracelet
Why the hell do people do this?
Like I said, they paid for every link of it.
Ones that don't have the 7s mechanism?
Old Suwa 6000 series.
>tfw dug my Orient Marshall out and remember how much I love how it looks
>WATER RESIST
I wish Orient would stop fucking up.
They changed it to "Water Resistant" for faggots like you
That's even worse. It should be on the caseback, not the dial.
I really don't like the number font on the newer explorers. Prefer the old font.
Probably one of my favorite steel watches of all time. The best is the early 60's 1016 that just says swiss on the bottom. no ts or numbers. Gilt dials kill me.
I would already own an Explorer if it weren't for the fucking paragraph on the dial.
Yeah it is a shame. The watch is so perfectly simple and they do ruin what would be a beautiful dial with way too much text.
I have the same gripe with Tudor.
The older Explorers with painted indices are beautiful too but they're just too old and crusty now. They're expensive and just not suited to being daily wearers, the 114270 has a sapphire crystal and a modern movement and lume that isn't faded.
5 lines of text isn't even that bad for a Rolex, unfortunately.
I am about to etch a blank copper dial i have for a 2824. I will fill the etchings with lume. What design should i use? rectangular, square, Arabic numerals? Any ideas? The etchings have to be relatively large and simple so they can be hand filled with lume.
Slightly on topic for horology, if you want a good story podcast then watch s-town
It's about a reporter who goes to a small town in Alabama to investigate a murder with the help of a local crazy fucker interested in timepieces
Something like this.
I'd say you can't go wrong with a 12-6-9 design.
You mean 12-4-6-9
This is what i was leaning towards
2 small
