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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First for the glory of Daini Seikosha
First for taste and class.
You win this time seiko male
>horology
What do you guys think? I can get it for $385. It's 38mm and has a 2824. I could also get a Hamilton flieger chrono for 700 dollars, it has a Valijoux 7750. I kind of want to get them just because of the price, even though I'm not a huge fan of the design.
Don't buy if you don't like the design.
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Why can't I put leather on a diver?
Post the money one
So tell me about how Obris Morgan works. Is it really that you pre-order and then still have to snipe on release day? Hell, one guy said he was 0 for 3 on trying to get one. If it's that much of a pain I may skip it entirely.
Because leather isn't waterproofed like the watch is meaning it defeats the purpose of the watch regardless if you're going to actually submerge it. There are plenty of appropriate alternatives like sailcloth, stitched rubber, and cork. Only vintage watches get an occasional pass because they are likely no longer waterproof anyways, have an older aesthetic that better matches leathers, and may have been originally equipped with leather before better alternatives were popular.
tl;dr autism
holy fuck seiko's are massive! How many nips can even rock that?
get that and not the chrono
did you have your balls removed at birth?
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Your rage filled shitposter tears are delicious :^)
Marine Nationale strap arrived a few days ago.
There is literally nothing wrong with being a little chubby
Why would i be angry? you wear shitty old nip shit on your fat hand. I was only asking a question about when your balls were removed.
Because water, and especially salt water, fucks up leather.
>Samefags for 50 shitposts a thread whenever he's here
>Claims not to angry though
Sure thing :^)
>Samefags for 50 shitposts a thread whenever he's here
>t. threadly ISO shitposter
no one is same fagging anything. I don't post 60 images in every thread of Seikos on my wrist. I also don't cause multi thread arguments I am literally only asking when you had your testicles removed. I have not posted a single image in this thread.
>When he wont tell you when his testicles were removed.
I unironically like the Seiko the most out of these. However, the lugs on the speedmaster the coolest. I do like other sea dweller models more than the marinemaster, just not that one. Awesome set of sport watches nonetheless.
Probably just because you are the easiest poster to identify here now that 9ball dropped trip or left. I'm sure that if he found ways to specifically pester other posters he would. The best he can come up with otherwise is lame shit like 'seiko males.'
I like
1970 omega geneve cal 601
The MM300 is a neat design, but I cannot deal with the monobloc case on a theoretically "unadjusted" movement. If it had a screw back case it would be easy to regulate and then have pressure tested. Mind you I'm autistic and most people probably don't care that it's a pain to regulate.
D-d-do you shave your hands?
My Seiko Collection.
How's the accuracy on it? I'm curious how non-chronometer 56x/6xx/75x movements perform.
I've 613x. How's it running?
no
+-3-5 seconds a day, super impressive for such an old movement imo. the cal 601 is one of omega's best movements of that era
The finish on that penis quartz is so weird. It looks like aluminum foil or something.
It's not about identifying frequent posters, it's about outing specifically insufferable faggot ones.
That's really impressive. I'm familiar with that movement family and I know the chronometer versions were some of the best pre-quartz volume produced movements, but I'm always interested to hear how the less factory adjusted versions perform (like the Seiko 5206/5216s vs the 5246/5256).
that's just a nice watch
my condolences
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I don't really mind the case, though I understand your issue. I don't mind because it isn't something I would try to play with myself on a watch in that price range. If I had problems I would just send it in. Idealistically it is an issue, but not practically.
Sexy bullhead.
Different poster. My 613 runs with a Delta of about 9 seconds across 6 positions in the first 24 hours. Not bad at all. Was serviced by a mall jeweler (upscale one that sells Rolex, jlc, chopard, MB&f, etc, but still a mall jeweler) about six months ago.
agreed. I know the 601 wasn't as finely adjusted as the chronometer variant, but the 601 made reliable Swiss movements available affordably for ordinary people. I wish Omega would return to that philosophy, but it makes perfect sense that they can't and won't.
thank you
here are some of my less refined special snowflake watches
is that a 24 hour raketa? thats nice as well. good taste m8.
that's a raketa 24-hour polar bear. i'm an idiot and left it at work, someone stole it :(
this one is a raketa kopernik. terribly inaccurate and has maladjusted hands but a neat gimmick watch
that's pretty good. can't say I'm a big fan of that case geometry but I appreciate the 613 movement. do you still have a 50 hour power reserve?
It's a fake.
the last of my special snowflake russian watches is my modified vostok amphibia. setting the date on this is a real bitch -- you have to rotate the crown by 24 hours over and over again until you get the right date
the bracelet for it is pretty shit quality, felt cheap and broke quickly. it's a pretty durable movement in a durable case so I still keep it around. doesn't see much wrist time these days -- considering buying a NATO strap for it but I dislike the watch's invicta-tier thickness
how do you know? I haven't really heard of fake raketas -- I paid about $90 for it which seems on the money considering raketa 24 hour watches are pretty common and not particularly desirable.
you can "quick set" the date on those. Its in the manual. You go to like one and 9 or something i don't remember.
I haven't measured it. It's certainly well over 36. I might try to measure it and will report back if I do. It just got a new mainspring so at least it's possible.
A vast amount of Raketas for sale have been pieced together using fake dials, hands, and 12 hour movements shoddily converted to to 24 hour. Real Raketa are only worth roughly $60, so $90 for a franken/counterfeit is ridiculous.
well, I can't say I'm too surprised. I don't particularly care about the horological heritage of raketa so unknowingly buying a fake doesn't bother me that much
thanks for the insight.
>Real Raketa are only worth roughly $60
I bought my vintage raketa for 40 dollars.
What does this means?
>roughly
best place to get a vintage speedy?
chrono24 or ebay
Indian sellers on ebay
which one of you retards is this?
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I was the one who replied informing them that mass is a geometric quantity but volume is not.
It's all the way back to 8 and the past 12, but either way it's still a total pain in the ass even with that "hack" when you're going past a couple of days.
someone on wt uses that exact image with that exact file name. They are also completely retarded on here.
It's a pretty common filename man. Hell, laughing_girls.jpg is more or less a meme without the image. Have you not seen it in greentexts?
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I don't know man the exact filename png instead of jpg equally retarded. It may be the same guy
>look at me! im retarded!
>fuck off retard.
>hahaha you rage filled shitposters tears are delish!
you always post the meme omega watch you have or one of your many shitters. Super easy to call out for being a faggot because you literally cant stop being a fucking moron on every post. Fatty.
whats with the 8 on the dial? that font looks so strange but oddly attractive. love that patina.
It is a bit of a coincidence, but with so many people on Sup Forums it is still a bit tenuous. Maybe if the file size, resolution, etc. are the same.
The 8 probably looks odd because of the seconds hand. Otherwise it matches the font on the rest of the dial. See 2. Try not being such a faggot next time you post.
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The cosmic reissue (nothing to do with the original 50s cosmic series) was meant to capitalize on the space fever with a futuristic styled watch. So they have arabics with no rounded pieces. The dial with the numerals (as opposed as stick indices) is kind of rare; I've only seen two examples in person.
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>Try not being such a faggot next time you post.
Well that came out of nowhere.
>Try not being such a faggot next time you post.
lmao what the fuck?
Are we omegaposting now?
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I just use my phone as a clock. No more wrist clock.
t. low class brainlet
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i literally said the 8 looks weird lol because of the font style. fucking relax dude..... Or are you just that nasty meme omega shitposter?
yeah im a fan of most of the cosmic series. i almost got a 136.017 but instead i save for a tudor black bay.
pic related.
no the cuck has a rolex not an omega. He has his daddies rolex and like 50 shitty old Seiko.
If I get a vintage speedmaster am I a brainlet? I don't really like any watches under 3k but I can't really justify spending more than 1500 on a goddam watch
Nah modern Speedmasters are the brainlet's choice.
save 10 times more money and go 321 faggot
vintage speed's are pretty damn good value and are well respected. consistantly solid movement and every watchmaker could fix one. As long as it isnt one of the shitty speedy autos. All speedy autos are POS ticking time bombs.
speedy autos have the lemania 5100 or eta 2892-a2 which are both very robust accurate good movements. so you have no idea what the fuck you are talking about
>ellipsis
>I literally said something I didn't say
>but instead I save for
Are you illiterate? Please practice English somewhere other than Sup Forums, it will be more helpful for you.
Make sure you do research, get the movement you want, find one in good condition, take service costs into account, the usual vintage stuff. It is a fine idea as long as you aren't stupid about it.
What does Sup Forums think of cloak watch? Never owned a watch, thinking about buying one off the kickstarter. I think they look nice
>"you have no idea what youre talking about"
>has no idea what theyre talking about.
>not realzing its a shitter 2890-2 and not a 2892-a2 until like 1995.
>talking about VINTAGE speedy autos.
>not mentioning god awful lemania 1340
>thinking of the lemania 5100 as anything other than the ugly retard of the auto family that's prone to breaking down often.
The good speedy auto's are far and few between. Omega has fixed most of their problems with its neat coax movement. VINTAGE speedy autos are exactly as i said, ticking time bombs.
Kickstarter watches are haram
Quick someone post the A F F O R D A B L E L U X U R Y thing.
It's just one of many overpriced meme watches. Granted this one is actually a decent idea with its modular design and actual swiss ronda movement but don't be fooled into thinking it's actual value or worth it.
That's a fake right?
It looks like shit. And why is the crown on the retard side of the hand?
also side note: i just noticed their website says "Swiss-parts movement". what rhe fuck is that supposed to mean? half chinese and half swiss? huh?
Chinese/Japanese movement with a Swiss battery :^)
What the fuck kind of preorder is that? I just preordered my Explorer and then a couple of months later they mailed it to me, no sniping needed. This was a while ago though and they've apparently exploded in popularity (or shilling) since, so maybe they changed it.
>kickstarter
Those watches are either plain japanese quartz, "actual european timepiece using an european movement with european roots and heritage" ronda quartz or "exquisite mechanical movement INSPIRED by european mechanical movements" which it is just a miyota movement.
yeah that text on the dial looks all fucked up. the "PELAGOS" font looks off and the T in certified is out of line and the i tapers. Either rolex is asleep at the wheel or thats a total fake.
not fake. Pelagos LHD
I think he confused the release notification with actual ordering.
Here you go m8 :^)