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.
Holy shit, can you fucking reduce the exposure before posting pictures? My retinas just caught fire.
Elijah Hughes
first for omega is not a swatch
Benjamin Gonzalez
is that a modded invicta or what?
Adam Evans
4th for post your EDC with watch
Sebastian Scott
i don't know why i responded to your post
Nathaniel Jones
yes
Blake Miller
how did I do guys?
Angel Nguyen
On a technicality, this qualifies.
Angel Gray
bait/10
Dylan Ward
garbage it does!
Landon Miller
Seiko 7002-700A and Omega Seamaster lume.
Post lume
Alexander Reed
Honestly it's a fine watch other than the big "BOSS BY HUGO BOSS FOR HUGO BOSS" on the face. Also I hope you didn't pay over like $75 for the thing.
Julian Cook
yeah it is, i've been collecting watches for a few years now and one of my friends texts me and says: "I bought a watch!"
I'm excited to see it, when he showed up it turned out to be a fashion watch shitter quartz from Hugo Boss. He was excited about it and just dropped like $300(LOL) so I didn't say anything but damn....
Elijah Sanchez
>$300 >on a fashion quartz shitter Fuck me dead.
Anthony Mitchell
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Aaron Robinson
>$300 Fucking RIP. I guess a sucker really is born every minute.
Ryan Reyes
If you have any interest in bladed things, check out that picture full size. You might find it interesting.
Tyler Baker
yeah i was cringing but I didn't want to say anything bad about it LMAO.
What to know the worst part? His father owns a $135,000 PP Tourbillion, actually wanted to KMS
cringe in and of itself but whatever, I have no IRL friends who are into horology or watches
Isaiah Jones
hnnnnnng
Robert Lewis
>warranty card in EDC
:'D
Luis Martin
just got dunked on by KOBE STYLE
Benjamin Perry
What happened to Seiko Solar shitposter? Now that he's gone I sort of miss him, TUG shitposter kinda fills the gap, I guess
Xavier Martinez
Can you honestly explain why you need to carry around a passport, an expired passport, and your watch's warranty card with you everywhere you go? Do you not carry any money around? Are you an expat, is that why you need your passport every day but not a driver's license? But on the other hand, you're probably not casually walking around with a gun if you live anywhere but the US. Is there some sort of logic to it or am I just being baited?
Lucas Parker
Do you go to /p/?
Adrian Baker
Be nice user, his photo isn't bad enough to be from /p/ and he obviously had to leave his basement and make eye contact with humans to take it.
Jonathan Peterson
>am I just being baited? Yes.
Landon Evans
So guys, I would like your help with choosing a watch. Pretty sure that there won't be any watch ticking all the boxes but here are my preferences:
>600-1400 usd >automatic >swiss >display back with a nice rotor >could be used >must not be a dress watch >must not be diver >not many complications >day at 3 o'clock >chrono is ok >possibly tactical looking OR gold+white dial >no vintage >must last me 40 years
Any ideas ?
Alexander Cook
I posted this in the other thread, but I still would really like some criticism. Please, anyone, tell me what's horrible about this watch. MSRP is $220 and I got it for $40 new.
Landon Harris
MSRPs are bullshit, but $40 isn't a bad price.
Landon Martin
any oris or tudor shitter
Evan Howard
yeah, i think so too. im mostly looking for people to point out problems with it so i can know if i'm gonna be judged hard by people who also like watches and to influence my future watch purchases. so what about you? if you had this watch yourself, what would you hate about it? let's exclude the band since that's replaceable
Jacob Reed
>tfw you'll never get a watch as brutally practical as this
Caleb Wright
>tudor
I wish they made more than one model with display back, and it's a bit over the price range.
>oris
It's a valid option but haven't yet saw one that I liked
Alexander Green
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Dominic Robinson
Speak for yourself.
Luis Young
look, either raise your budget or lower your terms. >40 year lifespan >swiss meme >600-1400 >exhibition case back >mechanical >not a diver or dress watch at this point a flieger is the only choice
>7 paragraphs >practical
Henry Rogers
I was aware that not all of my terms are going to fulfilled, but how I am looking at certain tag heuers (used zeniths as well) and maurice lacroix watches right now plus there are omegas too. It's a matter of time until I find one that I like. Is there something about these brands that makes /wt/ ignore them ?
Jayden Evans
Useful reminder that Ronald Barnard in his previous life was an horology fag, like most in those circles.
Charles Edwards
>taghuehue utter dogshit >zenith if you have service money >maurice lacrosse absolute dogshit >omega if you REALLY want to
What these brands all have in common is that they're either overpriced shitters or used to be good but are now overpriced shitters
John Hughes
> tag heuer Overpriced for the quality of movement, everyone is bitter they bought heuer and sent their designs into the toilet, huge marketing brand with lots of celebrity tie-in. Some of their high complication stuff is cool though and they did lead somebody from the Stern family I believe to predict the end of high swiss watchmaking when they released a 30k tourbillon.
> zenith Vintage very good, modern still good, though their modern pieces are large and some have some very poor design decisions.
> maurice lacroix made up brand with a made up name, kind of the same problems a lot of midrange swiss has - movements that belong in a 400-600 dollar watch being sold for several times that, without any particularly good case finishing to justify it. Like, at least IWC actually has well-finished cases (though I may not care for the style myself); ML has nothing.
Anthony Perez
stop being so paranoid, your watch is fine and it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks!
Joseph Powell
Seems like you actually know things. What would you advise for this
Brandon Foster
>doesn't matter what anyone else thinks ok then ill go buy a nomos or a hugo boss or a daniel wellington or a mvmt or a
Liam Robinson
Judge what? It's a boring $40 seiko, there's little to think about other than it's not a le minmal shitter.
Wyatt Moore
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John Martin
For the user who's into catalogs > Post your libraries
Isaiah Reyes
Lawyer user what is the most recent addition to your collection? Do you own any habrings?
Grayson Lewis
those fucks at omega never sent me my catalog.
Austin Gray
Post some pics of that Journe book, my dude.
Isaiah Brooks
>three years at a time So you are part of a PSD for a US ambassador somewhere in Europe? Guessing you mainly just sit at a desk in the embassy 90% of the time.
Christian Adams
user, email me your address with a screenshot of your (You) and next time I'm at Omega I'll ask them if they can send you one
Austin Gomez
not talking about it any more
Charles Thompson
derp nycddancer @ gmail
Christian Gutierrez
I don't usually like the gold color on a watch unless it's actual gold, but that's just me. It doesn't have sapphire crystal but no one expects that for $40. Also it's quartz, which I don't mind honestly, but that's still a downfall. Last thing I don't like is the lack of lume, but again that's a personal preference.
Charles Adams
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Justin Walker
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Angel Rodriguez
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Andrew Hall
reposting cause he deleted it LOL
Aaron Thomas
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Landon Adams
Is that the running seconds as a rotating subdial? Neat.
Carson Barnes
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Asher Young
RIP
Isaiah Jackson
I enjoy my Samsung Frontier S3
Evan White
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Luis Wilson
thanks. i feel the same about everything you said.
Jackson Foster
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Samuel Sanders
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Dylan Wilson
9/17
Nathan Ortiz
10/17
Juan Williams
11/17
Anthony Adams
12/17
Evan Morris
13/17
Kevin Gonzalez
14/17
Samuel Bennett
15/17
John Edwards
What's a good watch to buy to make me forget about her?
Brayden Hill
16/17
Jason Jenkins
17/17
Leo Sanchez
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Kevin Ward
Holy shit, OP, this guy's worse than Buzz Killington...
Camden Collins
Can anyone recommend me a watch that won't break my bank (
Wyatt Ramirez
I know you said Swiss, but have you considered the Max Bill? The Chronoscope is just out of you price range new, but the regular auto is about $900.
Colton Ward
for reference my last daily driver was pic related, the alpha homage
Owen Powell
>reviews about a watch are all praise, except for the bracelet, which feels cheap because it's folded links >watch arrives >the bracelet is solid links
who /blessed/ here?
Leo Myers
>Elegante has a fully lumed dial Neat. Thanks for the pics m8.
Christopher Wood
If you want a diver, then the Seiko SRP775 or SKX007 is the obvious choice; you could even get a orange 3rd party bezel for it if you still want that Planet Ocean look. Other choice would probably be something like a Parnis or Bagelmeme if you want a """homage""".
Lincoln Nguyen
Damn that pic related is nice, I'm open to getting a different style
Adrian Thomas
Meant to say the SRP777, but really any of that line would do.
Jaxon Lee
he took the picture that way so nobody would notice his fatass hand
Christopher Hernandez
What would you guys recommend if I wanted a serious, high quality, chinese watch?
Juan Sullivan
Find someone willing to sell you their celadon imperial.
Nicholas Gonzalez
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James Bailey
> Watch doesn't work > Sold as is > From Yahoo JP, no buyer protection Reseat the battery, 36,000 vph
Zachary Miller
why are chronographs considered a bit dressier than divers (even if the difference is marginal)?
it seems that because chronos tend to have more complications, it would follow that they would be closer to a tool watch than would a diver
Jeremiah Edwards
i) Divers often need a bigger case and rotating bezel ii) Chronos can be placed in stylish non water-proff cases iii) Dressier watches tend to be more expensive because most of them are made in precious metals iv) Chronos are more difficult to make thus, more expensive too
William Gutierrez
what watch?
Asher King
SSB031. It's the first Seiko I've owned, the first quartz (well, mecaquartz) watch I've owned (barring digital Casios and the like), and my first chronograph. Pretty happy for $120 shipped.