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What's Sup Forums's opinion on Blaken and Black Venom Rolexes?
Good morning wt
Xth for vintage stainless steel digitals.
>tfw your colorful watches run like shit
>tfw your gray borewatches are almost fucking chronometers
>order a nice looking handmade leather strap for my SARB
>still hasn't been dispatched after a week
>do some research into the company
>find out they're a popular Reddit meme
>wahhh reddit
Are you twelve and wat is this
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I wish stupid GS would lume their watches. They can't be that ultimate "only watch you'll ever need" like a Rolex Datejust would, since you can't just put it down on the night stand to see it at night.
>check out /fa/ out of curiosity
>/wt/ posts everywhere
Do you guys only go to their watch threads? I sure hope so.
Imo crystals should always be flat
The domed hesalite crystal on my speedmaster annoyed me and was one of the reasons why I sold it ultimately. Same thing on my slavshit pisses me off and it's what's stopping me from looking into 5513's whenever it pops up for sale
But domed crystals are fucking sexy on proper watches. It's nice on dressy slavshit.
I haven't been on fa since the denim dan and casemods days but I imagine all they do is talk about Denzel washingtons, seagulls, and homos
>hamfist
At least they're making fun of tgv too.
>square/rectangular watches
absolute fucking disgrace.
Okay kid.
I went to their watch thread once and it made me want to kill myself
Tv speedy is the best speedy.
Never. What do you mean there are /wt/ posts? Our posters go there or they're literally reposting our pictures?
Shame on you frogposter
Its fucking beautiful but the SEIKO on top kills it.
It should just have the GS on top
And name under
My SARB033 runs at +2 per day, within COSC standards and will probably need to get serviced in like 10 years as opposed to Rolex 3-5
Explain to me why an Explorer is worth 6,000 federal reserve notes more
I mean that I see papers from here in there. I'm guessing they're posting only their own pictures.
Nah, though it is nice. The Holy Grail is the best speedy.
That's not what COSC standards are, and the vast majority of 6R15s would not pass actual COSC testing.
Do you actually mean cosc standards, or do you just mean that it's mean daily rate in one position is between -4 and +6?
So I have like 6 1/2 inch wrists, I want to spend 200 or less on a nice looking watch. I like the gen 2 v2 bambino which is 46mm lug-lug and a couple of the tissels which are 48mm lug-lug. Is 48mm going to be too big though? I just don't want it to look silly because of overhang or something.
Does anyone have any other ones to recommend that might be a little smaller?
Yes I know. My sarb017 is like -6s/day or something but I guess I've been lucky with my 33. It's been +2 every day
On the subject of L5100 Speedmasters.
Hey it looks pretty good on olive strap.
I keep reading stuff about how revolutionary the new agenhor chronograph is because it has central chronograph totalizers, and I keep thinking "isn't that 40 year old technology at this point?"
Is PVD coating a real Rolex a bad thing?
On anything other than cheap Casio.
Who /Casio/ today?
Is that the watch you have juwt fixed ? Looks a lot nicer with natural light.
Yeah it's the same gray Leopard I finished two days ago.
Every day fa-m
COSC is a certification. You thinking it's running within some range according to whatever questionable methodology you're using is not the same thing as having a watch tested and certified by an independent lab. Rolexes last just fine with 10 year service intervals and in fact they even recently changed their official recommended guideline to 10 years.
You should replace the hands imo.
>you should create a Franken out of a 47-year old all-original watch
I don't think so. Or do they look like they're rusted from the pic? They're just flat black, by what looks like some chemical treatment.
WRONG
Oh, googled it. I didn't know that they were made to look that dark, originally.
I’m known I’m a wristlet but how do you think this looks size-wise?
Ordered a SARB033 back in early February. I like the style and the bracelet, just wondering if it isn't a bit too small. I've got 7 inch wrists that are flat. Opinions?
You're just used to bigger shit. Small is good. You'll probably come to prefer it
Bonus SRP581 shot.
It’s on the big side but there is no overhang so if it’s comfortable I would say you are fine
These straps are so comfortable I'm probably going to get the navy blue one as well.
No kidding. Unless it has a vertical clutch and a directly driven chronograph complication it isn't going to challenge the L5100 for mechanical tool chronograph supremacy any time soon.
Post your gmt watches
Hnnnnnnnggggggg
Christ almighty.
Dude, what happened to your face?
Nice, here's my vintage Seiko a914 digital.
Hell yeah.
What did they mean by this?
Is this, date I say, the most aesthetic Seiko 5?
>SNKE01K1
Damn it even looks like a GS in some pics.
> Make a genuinely vintage-looking, interesting looking watch.
> Puts the word "vintage" on the damn dial!
>can't replace the band
It's shit, if I can't wear calf NATO it's a shit watch
Nope.
>makes the case 42mm diameter
M8, has that SNK as my first mechanical back in 2008... I do appreciate that watch as a beginner’s introduction into watches but I think many anons would agree with me on the fact that its design is a mess.
>Flieger-esque dial in a small case
>ugly non fitting cheap looking hands
>ugly case with shit finishing
>hideous strap or bracelets it comes with
The strap you are using is funny looking and don’t have anything against it, but seeing its polished buckle and rings that don’t fit the sandblasted (?) finish of the case is visually annoying.
Indeed! The Rolex it's based on was 35mm.
It's trash.
Yea I'm going for the contrast betwen sensible/classic with tacky and colourful so the more contrast the better.
How do people get that polished look on these which I see now and again? I presume you need a polishing machine?
Are you posting my watch?
Just stick to the bracelet. Or just do some surgery to some random strap like in pic related.
>calf nato
Nice b8, but in case you are serious I’m sorry for your shit taste.
Could you at least explain why?
It’s a Seiko 5 after all, we al know it’s movement is trash but the looks of this one are really nice for it’s price. Also the finishing seems to be better than on other Seiko 5s.
*It’s = its.
I’m a lazy phoneposter.
When it scratches, and that'll be within the first month if not day if the watch as a bracelet, everyone can laugh at you.
Oh, and the rolex service centers will raff too because no way they're ever touching that shit ever again. Ever. The way the spare parts world is going, this is not something you'll want down the line.
If you're made of money, and for some reason want a black watch that's not some unscratchable ceramic, then sure whatever. For anyone else, it's about as smart as buying a tag aquafager.
In 10 years or whatever when your stuff needs to be serviced, how much are you will to pay to service a $350 watch?
The rolex is worth the service; is the cheaper mechanical? Maybe if you can find a guy that's COMPETENT to give it a once over for cheap, but still, that's what, 60 bucks? 50? Surely no less, right? It's only going to go up.
And in 10+ years, how many decent independent watchmakers are going to be left in easy access to you?
You'll probably get the thing serviced if it has some sentimental value to you, but the world is littered with inexpensive (
I mean the looks. The fixed outer bezel and integrated bracelet look shit.
I've been getting back into Prison Architect and that got me thinking:
>what's a good watch for an inmate?
>what's a good watch for a corrections officer?
The Rolex is only worth it because it cost so much. Would you spend 1000 to repair some piece of shit car from the 80s with 250k miles on it or get a new beater? Would you spend 2000 to repair your corvette or Porsche? Yeah of course, there's just a difference. If that Porsche was the same price as the beater they'd probably just get a new one.
So I got a loupe and tried to check the lubrication on my ST36. It's a pretty shit loupe, so I can't really see anything between the pallet fork jewels and escape wheel, but looking at the jewels and comparing to pictures and my other watches, it definitely looks lubricated to me.
LOL you are forgetting you can buy two of those watches for the price of one Rolex service XD
F91w
G Shock
Would you want two entry-level seikos, or a fantabulous tune up and spit shine for your nice lolex explorer?
Looted a bag of junk from me granny.
Is an alligator band pretentious? I think they look cool as fuck. I'm interested in the Bauhaus and getting a blue crocodilian strap for it
Picture
No.
Take this to /fa/ggots
I never had the chance to get in watches, but now I could get an unused Seiko SNK805 for $50. Is it a good babbies first watch if I like the looks?
>and getting a blue crocodilian strap for it
My heart weeps for the wasted life of that poor croco that died so that its skin could be made into fugly watch straps for shitter watches.
It's the defacto babbys first watch, and that's a good price for it.
Slap it on a nato, the standard strap is shit.
>unused Seiko SNK805 for $50
Yeah that's the price they go for, this isn't a special deal. It's a good starting point in mechanical watches yes.
They essentially have 0 brain activity, they can barely be classified as being alive
>Yeah that's the price they go for
Lately I've seen them on amazon for $60-$85
The ones that are somewhat interesting. That fucking 50's timex still seems to work. At least it makes a ticking sound after winding it.
Who is the Air King for and what is its purpose?
And yet they have endured, fundamentally unaltered, since the late cretaceous.
Perhaps they're onto something?
We should all strive to be more braindead; life would be easier and we'd live longer.
Post better pictures of 2,3,4,8,9 pls
My current collection. Pretty well rounded huh?
>Who is the Air King for
The mainland chinese.
>what is its purpose?
To make rolex money by selling to tasteless cashcows.