This thread is about the appreciation of horology, as well as the micro-engineering and materials engineering that are required to make a fine watch, clock, or other timepiece.
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you guys like my solid gold pocket watch?
made in 1888
Movement pics?
It's an Agassiz, which is an early Longines
Just had it serviced, it keeps good time
Nice
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The original owner had a custom non branded dial made for it, back then some people thought it was pretentious to display brand names.
I have the original box though, it was made by "James Mix Jewelers" as a bespoke agassi
That is a swiss movement and would have been expensive, it would have been like buying a Rolex and having a dial made without Rolex written on it
The box attracts dust but the watch itself looks like it was made yesterday despite being 130 years old
looks good, is that a repeater?
nice
How much is too much to pay for a King/Grand/Superior Quartz? I'm quite liking some of the Quartz designs. I've not found a KS/GS of that vintage that I really found attractive yet.
And to think Seiko took the mirrion rittre rinks of the Grand Quartz... and made them smaller. The absolute madmen.
It's not, just a simple two hander plus sub second from Illinois watch co.
Thanks, I don't know what to do with it though. I just wind it and fondle it sometimes, then put it away again, heh
I think it's interesting someone bought a solid gold watch then went out of his way to not advertise the swiss movement- but I have been told it was common to think displaying an expensive brand name was vulgar and pretentious
>It's not, just a simple two hander plus sub second from Illinois watch co.
have you been able to get it regulated pretty well?
It's my sister's; I haven't worked on it, but when I was timing it in the picture it was better than 30 spd, I believe.
Mine are the Hamilton and Columbus in this picture. They both run better than 30 spd last I checked them, though I've only regulated them in the dial down position.
Derp
And fuck off ninefag
Why do you have a gay pride watch?
Are there any decent ones for around 100 big ones?
>The original owner had a custom non branded dial made for it, back then some people thought it was pretentious to display brand names.
How reasonable were prices then?
I gripe at how expensive watches are. I hate how we almost can't buy non-overpriced pieces today. These things aren't that complicated.
hammy
>. These things aren't that complicated.
Today they are not that complicated. In 1888 there was no such thing as a practical wristwatch because the technology did not exists to make the mechanisms small and accurate enough. "Running like a Swiss watch" was a euphemism for something extremely complex and expensive. They were the iphones of the day. They didn't think anything of making the case solid gold for a swiss movement because they were so expensive already.
Adjusted for inflation I am sure they were as expensive if not moreso than they are today
iPhones aren't that expensive relative to watches
>I gripe at how expensive watches are. I hate how we almost can't buy non-overpriced pieces today. These things aren't that complicated.
Back then the watches were hard to make and justifiably expensive.
Today Rolex charges $2200 for just a stainless bracelet.
Watches have become nothing more than a status symbol, back in the day you could not buy a cheap accurate quartz, an expensive swiss movement actually was the most accurate thing you could carry with you
>iPhones aren't that expensive relative to watches
That is true, back then if you didn't have a watch you had to go around asking everyone what time it was. there were not digital clocks on every dashboard and microwave and phone in sight. A swiss watch back then would have been totally unobtainable for most people. I guess the equivalent today would be like a luxury car
Yeah, it's sad. Wristwatches are much more usable.
>How reasonable were prices then?
You could get a big steel american made pocketwatch that was not very accurate for a price a working man could afford. Solid gold accurate swiss watches would have been at a whole different level
>Yeah, it's sad. Wristwatches are much more usable.
I wish I could use the thing but carrying around a gold pocket watch today is beyond fedora tier, it would make you look insane
I mean I can't even use it as a dress watch once a year, it's too out there
i wear a steel dress watch everyday with jeans, most people don't really give a shit dude.
Does anyone cut the smaller strap off their NATO? Seems kind of pointless for day to day use
g-shock shitter here, trying to decide between a mudman and a dm5610. which should I get?
5610.
I was seriously considering it, but I've already got the dw5600, and the mudman seems to have the closest set of functions to the 5610. I'm just not sure how I feel about the bulkier look of the bigger g shocks.
>I wish I could use the thing but carrying around a gold pocket watch today is beyond fedora tier, it would make you look insane
Yeah as the owner of a nice Waltham pocket watch myself it bothers me that atheists have completely ruined them for any sort of usage. Obviously I wouldn't want to take it every day but even shit like formal dinners or church where pulling out your phone (or even having it with you) is rude, I couldn't look like anything other than a cringey, Steampunk-larping Fedora.
I love pocketwatches in the general since as they're all manual wind and they often have big, well decorated movements, you can really get a close look of all the craftsmanship that went into them and also see how they operate a lot easier compared to more compact wristwatch movements.
The only bright side to atheists ruining pocket watches is that the market prices reflect this and you can even get absolutely stunning Vacheron Constantin and Patek pocketwatches for relatively cheap.
I'm not sure how not believing in god wound up ruining pocket watches for the general public but I can't deny it did.
I don't believe in magic but I don't wear weird shit and talk about it all the time and ruin shit for people, I just don't believe in magic
What's the gayest watch I can buy?
apple watch
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GWX-5600
Does everything a DW/GW does but also displays the tide.
>the essence of Rolex
Bleurgh.
What happened to tasteful designs!? The average user would probably be able to design something far better than that.
Lmao. Wish I had this on my last snorkeling trip.
Rolex did not do that, they won't modify their watches that way.
Some person paid an independent jeweler to void the fuck out of his rolex warranty to create that monstrosity. Rolex won't even service (clean and lube the movement) of a watch that has been modified like that if you pay them
Those flaky gold chronograph registers would look cool on a regular black dial Daytona.
>Those flaky gold chronograph registers would look cool on a regular black dial Daytona.
>Rolex did not do that
I have some bad news for you.
no fucking way
Is there any reason I shouldn't get an F-91W ?
This exists.
But what is it?
kek
Is Braithwait ok? Their automatic is $595. I could buy a Hamilton for that price.
Casio W86
Looking for a tool watch, /wt/.
A diver with a nice rotating bezel.
I've been looking at three options:
1) Sinn
>decent-looking BUT crappy bezel actions
2) Damasko
>god-like bezel action and in-house movements BUT they all look like bland dogshit
3) Tudor Pelagos
>nice looks, movement, bezel action BUT a bit pricey
Any recommendations?
What makes it better?
What do you mean by "the smaller strap"? The short one with a ring at the end?
moar liek indigay amirite?
1 vote for Tudor BB
Nah, too flashy and submariner-like.
Pelagos or one of the nicer Seiko Tunas would probably be my pick in that price range. The Seiko Transocean looks kind of nice too, I love Seiko divers. As far as Sinn I think the U1 is much nicer looking than those weird pilot-diver hybrid things.
Why are Seiko penis quartz watches so highly regarded?
They're high quality jeweled movements designed to be durable and serviceable. Modern quartz movements are typically made to be cheap and disposable, in the penisquartz era quartz was still a hot new technology so Seiko actually put some effort into the movements.
I wouldn't really call them highly regarded though, at least not outside of our shitter enthusiast general. Watch people generally dismiss anything quartz.
>Watch people generally dismiss anything quartz
Seems a bit odd, personally I'm trying to amass a collection of every common movement type.
>Nah, too flashy and submariner-like.
How in the fuckity fuck is the black bay more flashy and subby like than the Pelagos
they are basically the same watch
Better water resistance, not as cliche & it has a far better light as it has electro luminescence rather than a shitty single led.
Pic is a comparison between the 2.
The black bay is more flashy than the Pelagos because it has tons of polished surfaces both on the case and the dial, while the Pelagos has exactly 0 polished surfaces anywhere (outside of the crystal).
And the black bay is more subby than the pelagos because the dial and hour marker layout are pretty much identical to the submariner, while the Pelagos has the square markers and chapter ring that partly wraps around the markers.
Just buy a 1 piece strap then dickhead.
Good explanation, thanks user.
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Is Nomos a meme or fedoracore?
It's a redditcore meme.
What is the (approved) alternative?
Anything that isn't that tired boring Bauhaus shit. At least until Seiko comes out with a Bauhaus watch, then we're really going to have to step up the cognitive dissonance.
>At least until Seiko comes out with a Bauhaus watch
AHEM
Also, the problem with Nomos isn't so much that it makes bauhaus watches, but that it ONLY makes bauhaus watches.
Nomos is fine depending on the model. The neomatik movement looks like cool technology and models like the orion is a perfectly good dress watch if thats up your alley.
Id shy away from basically everything else.
Also this.
Thats not bauhaus. Thats distinctly japanese.
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Id definately call them minimalist but I think the stark contrast between the dial and the small seconds dial ruins the bauhaus aesthetic and instead brings my mind to the japanese flag.
The polished surfaces, hands (especially the red one) and steel bracelet does not help either.
I think it really looks like japanese minimalism.
Oh and off-center subdial doesnt help either.
Wabi sabi watch when???
Wabi sabi explains what im feeling actually.
Do you wear your watch as tight as the president does?
$10000? Well under that. But that's what I'm asking: what's a vintage K/G/SQ in good condition worth?
I'd err on the side of Reagan.
If anyone's interested there's a lemania 5100 speedmaster for sale on timezone for 1750
Neat, what types have you got?
It would be fine if it wasn't a beaner version.
How do people wear their watches upside down and not accidentally slam them on the table every time they sit down? The clasps on all my bracelets are the first thing to get scratched to shit.
What's wrong with beaner day wheels?
Dogshit
>How do people wear their watches upside down and not accidentally slam them on the table every time they sit down?
They don't. But it's a Rolex in the Gipper's case so who cares.
>The Seiko Transocean looks kind of nice too, I love Seiko divers.
On the one hand there's a lot about the design that I like. And Seiko does have solid pedigree when it comes to dive watches.
But on the other hand it's almost too nice, and I have this nagging feeling that the transocean is trying to seem nicer than it is. I really want to be wrong about this though, so don't hesitate to correct me.
It's Bauhaus you autist.
Fuck off. Its not you poorfag