This thread is about the appreciation of whorology, as well as the micro-engineering and materials engineering that are required to make a fine watch, clock, or other timepiece.
>Required viewing for new people:
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>Used watch guide:
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>Strap guide:
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>Watch essentials 102:
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>Previous thread:
one of the things we knows is, it's not how you stand by your car, it's how you race your car. you better learn that
can't find this one for sale anywhere, gotta collect em all
> Am looking into getting a Spring Drive soon. But a thought I had is that while the movement and technology is great, I wonder about the long term life and serviceability of this style of movement. Specifically the electronic components
I think it's fair to say no one truly knows for sure at this point, but 8 can tell you anecdotally as a collector of electric movements of various kinds from the 60s-80s, in my experience, the electrical parts are the last to go -either they failed in the first two years, or they last forever. All the issues I've ever had with 10+ year old electric watches have been mechanical problems, which don't really present any kind of service problems beyond what you'd find in a traditional mechanical.
guess who this is
Post your boxes of shitters
Can I ask honestly, what are all of the trinkets you're wearing on your wrists other than watches? Is this the new trend? what's going on here please?
I'm older and I don't know what's going on.
People who wear fagbeads along with their watches get mocked here.
Buzz no
someone with grave mental illness or a native American indian/gypsy?
They don't photograph well in a box anymore, sorry
>People who wear fagbeads along with their watches get mocked here.
It's Buzz Aldrin, second man on the FUCKING MOON
> Casio, including calculator watches
> Seiko 5
> Orient
Guys I think I found a meme store.
t. mall twink who thinks he's Buzz Aldrin now
those aren't beads, son.
Buy a databank
I guess we know why he was second.
whats the model no. on OPs seiko? fucking beautiful looking guy
Fuck off, John.
7 sets of prayer beads and 1 woven bracelet
is this how you guys wear your watches??
See:
he wears beads
Thanks quartz collector user. One market I don't think I could ever delve into is vintage lcd digital quartz watches. Sounds like a huge gamble.
Thanks. Yea and I forgot about the 50 year thing. I suppose just like any movement once parts dry up after production servicing comes at a cost. And the only reason I asked in the first place is I know Rolex Oysterquartz are quite a cost to service.
Model number you cunt
>put faux lume on indicies
>don't put it on the hands
my head hurts
SNE493
Trying out a new simple black unpadded leather strap with my 5s21-7a10, to replace the heavily worn original gray strap that was in pretty rough condition. Still pretty stiff though.
Why does he have two watch heads on one bracelet?
two time zones maybe?
sometimes he wears one on each arm
Either way, dude's probably lost his mind
>Either way, dude's probably lost his mind
Say that to his face and not online, see what happens
he's got 2 one one braclet on one arm, and i think an apple watch on the other, 3 watches wtf
Based, gotta love that old man strength.
what's your model number op?
the arm of a coward and liar ....
SNE493
Nice piepan
パイパン?
SHITTUUUUURRRRRRR
I wish it was a pie pan dial, it's just a plain rounded dial.
nice
Ah
Still nice, would like to pick up one sometime
I saw the solar PADI version of the OP pic in a Seiko outlet today. It actually looked pretty good, I'd never buy one because of windy knob guy though.
Gee Buzz, two Speedmasters?
Anyone else completely sick of diver watches? They are the most unappealing looking watchs to me. The proportions look all wrong, its like a chode. Just looking at them makes me queezy.
Why is everyone o b s e s s e d with them? Who the fuck actually goes diving, or needs to know how much time has recently past? Like the only timer I ever needed in my life was less than 5 minutes or well over an hour.
What the fuck are these watches for? If you don't use it for its intended purposes you might as well be driving a 3k Civic in a Ferrari jacket.
You sound mad
I am looking to buy pic related. I'm an /out/ kinda guy, so this fits my needs.
They are around $500. I just wish the fancy color versions weren't all $1500+
Objections? Other suggestions? Personal experience?
>Sandwich speedy
BASED
sandwich?
>found watch I really want
>auction ends in 2 days
>40 watchers
Which watch user? There are 40 watchers, you can tell us.
Sapphire sandwich.
People hate the design, but I love it.
Awful dogshit fake
Did he always have shit taste or just got out of touch with age?
Display caseback. Sapphire sandwich.
lose some weight, fatty
Got this one today:) Grand Seiko SBGX261.
Very happy with it, bought it at an official Seiko store. Got a 10% discount.
what are those wooden balls for?
Can that Goldman Sachman from the last thread come back and explain the true way to decide on a budget? It sounded liek that unless you have all the money that you'll ever need in your life, you shouldn't be buying any luxuries...
I have a mortgage, so do I have to keep buying shitters??
You put them in your peehole while you wind your watch
Not that user from last thread but as someone who actually does work at GS - this isn't rocket science. Making some super simple assumptions, you should be saving about 20-25% of your pretax income, ideally. After your fixed expenses (rent/mortgage, food, insurance, whatever), you can spend the rest of your money on whatever. If you want to buy something that costs more than your monthly discretionary income, don't spend (some or all of) your discretionary income for one month, and then you can roll it over to the next month.
>tfw I put my GS Spring Drive diver on my master card and don't know how I'm going to pay it off
Yeah that's probably not a good plan user, sorry and good luck.
I got the gulf master but the mud master is even bigger. I don't know how big your wrist is but these are huge watches. On the other hand they're indestructible. The photo is the one I got.
Really? How much?
Which store?
I live in the netherlands. Went to the flagship store in Amsterdam. There are only 3 Grand Seiko dealers in the netherlands. The employee said they want flagship stores in the big cities, they already got cities like London, Madrid and Paris. I got it for 2250 euro (normal its 2500). By the way its the 37mm version (I got small wrist). And its quartz;)
Should I pull the trigger?
Nice user, hope you enjoy it
Plus Rolexes only rise in value right??! My jeweller told me.
Yeah its beautiful, by the way its the 2018 version with only Grand Seiko on the top. First it said Seiko on the top and Grand Seiko at the bottom.
anyone know where to find a 24 hour case like an explorer II, like some chink replica or something?
Cool bro also in Holland here.
Mske sure to post some nice +/-0.0spd readings
Of these three the one I like the most is neither.
Did they put oil between the jewels there or what?
What do you mean by +/-0.0spd readings?
Btw if anyone want to know (because there is not much to find about Grand Seiko) the battery must be replaced every 3 years, cost is about 25 euros to replace.
Yep.
care to explain?