Thread 18468730

This thread is for the discussion of affordable watches, straps, and modifications.

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>>18468730 (OP)
The last thread lasted 2 fucking months, let that stink in.

>>18468737
not having 3 circlejerking avatarfags will do that

>>18468730 (OP)
count me in

I have small wrists but want a poorfag dive watch... does such a thing exist? Is there a 36mm dive watch or smaller? Or maybe not "dive" but like not a watch that looks like that? You know what I mean. Right now I only have a mondaine watch from the 90s with a leather strap

Poor people don't have any business dabbling in fashion.

>bought a really nice vintage manual wind off ebay
>did research, seller was reputable
>watch dies within a month
>repair shop quotes me more than I paid for it

>>18468949
Cope

>>18468946
Honestly you're probably better off looking at vintage stuff because all muh microbrand divers are at 38+mm
You can probably find some old Certinas or Tissot Seastars for not that much. Or if you have a bit to spend, you could get lucky on an Eterna, some older models were smaller before they got chink'd and stopped making the Kontiki in any size but XXL.

>>18468971
>I can get the same thing at Wal-Mart for $10!
Loser.

>>18468990
No one can tell apart walmart watch from luxury piece unless you start bragging about it yourself.

I just got this one on ebay for $99.

>>18469040
You can at first glance. Now if you spend $100 on a chinkwatch it will take a second to tell

>>18468949
This is wrong
>>18468971
This is also wrong. "oh you can get x shirt for 10x cheaper" will other people notice? No, but you will. You'll notice the seams, the density of the fabric, the pilling, how it wears... Etc etc.

If all you care about is the look or the logo, then that's your prerogative and that's fine, my boss likes some of his reps more then his gens, but if you pretend is the same thing you're wrong

>Thanks for coming to ted talk

>>18468946
Citizen Promaster, iso certified Diver's 200m, they have diff colors for that size, 6 maybe.
https://www.jomashop.com/citizen-promaster-silver-dial-ladies-watch-eo2023-00a.html
or chink brands like Watchdives, Thorn are cheaper, but water resistance may be questionable. They have Blancpain Fifty Fathoms copies, check Aliexpress.

>>18468730 (OP)
Guess I'm really cheap then because I wear a $150 Fossil minimalist watch. I get complimented on it from women though, I guess that pays for itself.

>>18468946
A lot of Aliexpresshit fits that bill. I have picrel for example.

>>18468730 (OP)
Glad this is becoming a regular thread, I was tired of the stuffiness from all the weird faggots that treat /wt/ like a discord chat.
>>18468949
(You) are poor. You may ask me how I know, and I'll tell you if I'm feeling gracious.

why not just get an apple watch?

>>18468737
4chan is dead

>>18468946
>Is there a 36mm dive watch or smaller? Or maybe not "dive" but like not a watch that looks like that?
The Casio MDV-10 "baby Duro" is 36mm, if you're okay with having the diver looks but not the functionality (it's only rated for 50m).

>>18468987
>>18469204
>>18469240
Thanks

>>18469268
Yes, I don't need the functionality

>>18468946
>>18469272
Marathon can be your friend too, they have specific 36mm collection.
They're only making their divers with automatic movements and that has caused a big price hike though.
You also need to be able to live with the fact that your watch is made by a canadian company.

The OEM strap of this ana-digi Casio loves to eat wrist hairs.

>>18469504
my guess is casio's target market is asia and asians don't have any so it's a non issue
you could loosen it so it's free on your hand, works for me

>>18469752
Maybe they'll change their bracelets since they now seem to be pivoting marketing toward hairy jeets
lol

I'm looking for an homage or rep to this, specifically with the brushed/matte case. I know Farasute makes one on Aliexpress, but its the polished case version which I find too shiny.
Does this exist?

How is the Seagull ST1901 movement (goose neck version) in this thing?

The Ixdao Hanhart copy looks nice.

>>18470686
would be better if it says Check Attitude

>>18468946
couple days late but if you want to go really really poorfag, you probably can't go wrong with the "38mm" Casio Duros (they're actually about 36mm across not counting the crown and guards)

>>18468730 (OP)
I like these, but I don't think the golden or entirely silver color goes with everything, anything else with a nice simple look, but a brown leather strap and more generic color scheme?

I've convinced myself that quartz is superior for watches under 500$.

let me guess, you need more?

>>18468946
Tissot seastar

>>18468946
Glycine combat sub or marathon, also Certina make a 34.5 sub both automatic and quartz

>>18468946
Glycine combat sub 36 is very small but the 18mm lugs with thick case can be a bit awkward looking depending on the strap.
I got pic related for my 6" wrist and it's very tiny but nicely proportioned, 42.5mm lug to lug.

>>18470838
Well yes, I need moar.

>>18470773
that'd be the correct assessment

>>18470773
This. Also, when I'm preoccupied I just pick up the quartz watch since I can't be bothered to set the automatic watch.

>>18470705
The 50m of water resistance kills these for me. The Duro was a legit dive watch at a great price. The 38mms lose a ton of functionality just to save a few mms on a watch that already wore smaller than its dimensions.

Thoughts on Shinola? I like the look of the basic model. Not looking to buy for MSRP.

>>18471022
Counter point - when on earth are you ever diving 50m+ and if you did, why on earth would you be wearing that vs a dive computer?

>>18468730 (OP)
>Below 500
That's an insane amount to spend on a watch. I got a Galaxy watch 7 for Bluetooth control of my audio for like 100 dollars. Novelty anime watches are like 400 dollars.

>Meranom and other Vostok resellers haven't restocked in a while
Hope this doesn't mean the war is actually cutting into the factory's raw materials supply. I was looking into getting their Panerai copy

Dad bought it for me 10 years ago for 400 dollarydoos, unfortunately hyperinflation in the Australian Soviet Socialist Republic means it'd be well over $1k now if this model was still made, so i was unsure whether to post ITT

>>18471879
sharp edges, i suppose u could smooth it on ur own

>>18471271
https://www.shinola.com/pages/shinola-materials-sourcing-guide#:~:text=Sourced%20and%20manufactured%20in%20the,fibers%20grown%20in%20the%20USA.

>>18469268
Huh, didn't know there was a smaller version. 50M still seems alright to be fair, I doubt the anon would get anywhere near that anyway.

How about vostock europe’s Atomic age?
Not quite the poorest of poorfag’s choices though kinda the most premium of their range i believe. This thing costs like £700

>>18468971
>quartz
Not the same thing. Also rip-offs are tacky.

>>18472806
Hideous

>>18472879
This any better.

>>18472890
Marginally

>>18472909
Thanks for the honest opinion.

How true is this

>>18473036
These memes are a huge cope.

>>18473036
100% true but a158wa is the move instead of the terrorist watch

>>18472890
Vostok Europe sucks, comparable to Invicta.

>>18472806
>>18471879
>>18472890
REALLY wish Vostok made good looking watches. It would be interesting and fun to have a Russian watch in my collection but they're all just so buttfuck ugly

>>18473036
Absolutely true, if you really think about it.

>>18473036
Not owning any watch is the highest tier of them all.

what are some good straps
bonus for 18mm lug2lug size

>>18473830
Search "watch strap 18mm" on Aliexpress

>>18473830
check chinese fkm rubber straps, if they have 18mm

Bought this on a whim on eBay because the seller was an idiot who had it listed as a used k1 when it's actually an unworn j1
Wasn't convinced I'd actually like it but now I have it on my wrist I fuck with it bigly
think it might even replace my hamilton field mechanical as my go to field watch

>>18474243
I never vibed with that case shape, but people say it's comfy. I'm not into divers anyway.

>>18473036
Bought this used Casio to do a case mod. But now that I've worn it for a few hours I want to keep it as is and use it as my gym watch. I like that it almost feels weightless on hand.

can you recommend a 22mm bracelet ? maybe mesh? for 30 bux

>>18468730 (OP)
Where can I get pic related?

>>18475495
>>18473832

>>18475782
most if not all of the shit there is crap . . . what about fake leather?

>>18475790
Have you actually bought stuff there, or are you just talking out of your ass? It's literally the same shit they sell on Amazon. If you want higher than Amazon quality, you're gonna have to pay more, in which case you're in the wrong general.

>>18475562
aliexpress or other chinese watch vendors, type ciloa watches

>>18475899
Thanks bruv

>>18469240
id?

is op bracelet any good

Here are some pics I took of mine during the summer

>>18476071
Watch looks nice, have you tried messing with the strap so that there isn't that much hanging off at the top? It detracts from the look and makes it too bulky, imo. Though some people like that functional esthetic, so it's up to you.
Also, wear it higher up, I suggest putting it on/above the little wrist bone, not so far down at the hand. It helps avoid hitting the crown and just plainly looks better.
And finally, when taking pics of your watch - actually get the camera to focus on it :D

>>18476153
I've actually tried to do all of those things. I want to get it a black nato strap but haven't because I'm broke and actually want a seiko branded one. The bulky bit I did actually like but is now less bulky (it was new then so more stiff) now it sits more flat and low. I do wear it higher where you say but it moves a lot and if I adjust it more it can't go as hight. And yeah, I've tried but my camera sucks, here is one with more focus. I can tell you have good taste

I went shopping yesterday because I thought I wanted a Tissot PRX, ended up being disappointed with how they looked in person. Decided to go with this Citizen, which I thought would be too big for my wrist but wears much smaller than you'd imagine a 40mm watch would.

G-shocks are the coolest watches you could ever wear. I never take this off.

>>18475795
Amazon is literally garbage. Buy a $60 watch bracelet, minimum. $100 is more reasonable. That is still cheap. Buying anythig cheaper than that is trash.

>>18476053
Addiesdive AD2030 no-logo version. The logo is absolute garbage
>>18476200
You're in the wrong general buddy

Any recommendations on a good, inexpensive, true travelers GMT watch? I don't care if its from a big name or a microbrand.

>>18476229
How poor is poor? I am a poor watch enjoyer, but I have standards. Even I wouldn't wear Amazon trash, unless it was a statement.

>>18476303
I've bought several straps from Amazon and later Aliexpress. They get the job done. If you want full-grain shitalian leather or whatever other marketing term is being used, that's not poorfaggy.

>>18476229
ty anon

Got this bad boy a few weeks ago. It'd actually be an amazing watch were it not for the absolutely atrocious viewing angles.

Thoughts on Boccia? They have a few Bauhaus dials for under $200, though not all of them have sapphire glass

>>18476339
And I was also looking at pic related as a better constructed alternative to the recent Timex Enigma reissue

>>18476339
>>18476342
I'd rather go for one of these instead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvZyGsywX7g
I personally think there isn't much point in spending anything more than bottom dollar for Bauhaus dials, they're incredible simple

>>18476306
You can get a full grain leather strap for $100. Same with Miltat bracelet. No reason to go lower than that. The lowest tier of stuff you should actually get is not expensive, but it also isn't under $100.

>>18476428
I am not spending $100 on a fucking strap lmfao. And for your information, full-grain is a commonly used marketing term and doesn't actually indicate quality whatsoever.
>No reason to go lower than that
Oh I have a very good one. It's called not wasting money.

>>18476444
Full grain means it's the full grain of the leather. It absolutely has a meaning lol. You are thinking of "genuine leather." An easy mistake for someone with no taste.

>>18476462
>You are thinking of "genuine leather."
No, I am thinking of full-grain leather. That term is commonly thought of as an indicator for quality by retards like (You), when it really isn't. It's like saying "solid wood" is higher quality.

An easy mistake for someone who has zero clue what he's talking about and simply consooms.

>>18476470
Erm, ackshully, you said "full grain" is a marketing term, when in fact it is an indicator of which part of the hide is used. You messed up, and that's okay. What's important is to learn from your mistake, and not sound stupid in the future.

>>18476470
>An easy mistake for someone who has zero clue what he's talking about and simply consooms.
A smart consumer knows exactly how far their money goes. They don't buy cheap shit. They also don't buy designer shit. They buy good shit.

>>18476476
To further explain this, cheap shit is a waste of money. Only stupid people buy the cheapest shit. Spend $100 instead of $30, and the quality goes up by more than the factor of the price. It will last far longer for the money, and will look far far better the entire time. Cheap shit rusts, bends, chips. Good shit doesn't. So it's smarter to buy good shit.

>>18476473
It's commonly USED as a marketing term you consoomer moron. By that same logic, "genuine leather" does actually mean something too - it is an indicator that the product is made of real animal skin.
Your overconfidence is astounding for someone so stupid.
>>18476476
>A smart consumer knows exactly how far their money goes. They don't buy cheap shit
Stopped reading there. Moron thinks cheap is inherently bad lol. That is one of the definining features of a consoomer - equating price to quality/performance.

>>18476485
>By that same logic, "genuine leather" does actually mean something too
Very observant. It does, in fact have a meaning! it means the product is geniune leather from any part of the hide! While "Full Grain," conversely, specifies which part. Now you know.

>>18476481
This is literally just boots theory. Nigga thinks he's dropping some sort of hidden knowledge here lmao. We get it, you browse r/BIFL. You are a profound midwit, and that's okay.

>>18476485
>equating price to quality/performance.
That's literally physics. It doesn't get much simpler than that.

>>18476487
And both are commonly used as marketing terms, which the intellectually stunted (like you) eat up.
Hope this helps!

>>18476489
The boots thing is a lie, though, because the cost of resoling boots makes them way more expensive than just buying Sketchers, or something. But they look way better.

>>18476490
You know what, people like you deserve to get scammed. The funds would see better use in someone elses hands. Please, continue your current purchasing habits and disregard what I've said.

>>18476495
Yeah man, my Pagani Design watch is totally just a Rolex with a different name on it. no difference at all. This guy is stupid lmoa

>>18476492
>I-it's a market-t-ting term, sir. Please don't rape me!

You can't say why it's just a marketing term, or how it's used as a marketing term, or provide an example.

>It just is, okay?!

No, it's not. It means it is the part of the hide that includes the top grain.

>>18476496
>strawman
>lmoa
Really got me there dude!
But since you brought it up, here's some educational content for you too:
https://youtu.be/oYY0bI_Aiqc?si=7nfBQ8cJYpx9SPXE

>>18476500
A fake of THAT level is outside your price range. Which actually is a point to me, 'preciate it.

>>18476499
Nah, better yet I'll just outsource the explanation to Reddit, since that's about the level you're currently at.
https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyItForLife/comments/8nn4kf/grades_of_leather_are_a_myth_full_grain_top_grain/
I'll take that apology right about now.

>>18476503
>They don't mean anything
>Proceeds to list what they mean

>>18476501
>y-you're poor
There it is, was waiting for that one lmfao. Other than the fact that we're literally in the poorfag general...
Post bank account.

>>18476507
>>18476303 This is me. "I'm a poor watch enjoyer." That Rolex fake is outside my price range, too.

>>18476505
>moving the goalposts

>>18476509
He said EXACTLY what I said.

Per him:
>Full Grain: Just means nothing has been done to alter the outer most layer of the leather.
Me: It includes the top grain (outer layer)

>Genuine Leather: Genuine means real, that's it.
Me: Genuine means it's real leather.

>>18476512
Full-grain does not indicate quality. >>18476470

Companies often misrepresent the meaning of full-grain to make it sound like a premium grading or descriptor. This means they're using it in their marketing in a misleading way, using it as a marketing term.
There really isn't any way to make this any more clear. You're either being purposefully obtuse, or you're just genuinely slow.

>>18476515
You will notice, if you care to read through all this conversation again, which I don't blame you for not doing - but rest assured it is true, I have not once said that Full Grain is an indicator of quality. It is an indicator of which part of the hide it is from. But a marketing term, it is not. Sure, it can be used in a shady description, but if it doesn't include the top grain they are just lying - not marketing.

>>18476516
Anon, I suggest you take a seat on the toilet before reading this next sentence, for what I am about to tell you may just shock you to your very core and cause you to shit your $80 Supima cotton pants.

A term can be both a real categorization with real meaning, AND a marketing term at the same time.

In fact, most of the time this is the case, since in most 1st world countries there are indeed corporate laws in place regulating the use of common marketing terms and what they actually legally mean.

I've had "luxury" brands. The sub $500 market is where the fun and value is imo.
It's not fun having a watch your constantly worried someone's going to try and mug you for or your afraid of scratching. Even a Sub $2000 watch at least your not thinking "shit is this an insurance claim" you think well maybe I'll get that repaired when I get it serviced. Also what nobody tells you about your $5000 watch your going to end up paying $100s per service and that's before parts.

>>18476665
A service is done like every 5-10 years. Not like it's going to drain you. But yeah, the $1000 and lower area is my bracket, and there is a lot of good to choose from there.

>>18476665
I've banged and dropped my citizen and seiko automatics a few times now. Luckily, they didn't need servicing.

not a fan of rolex designs, but if I was, I'd probably wear a relax

>>18469225
these are actually pretty decent for the price point

>>18476742
Citizens and Seikos don't get services. You just buy a new one.

I have a question for anyone who owns and/or has owned gold replica watches, and particularly the higher end reps costing €£$300 and upwards.
How's the gold plating?
I'd like to buy a two tone DJ but I'm afraid the gold plating will get abundantly scratched and come off with everyday use, though this fear comes from my experience with a pair of cheap plated cufflinks and I don't really know whether the same thing should be a concern with a half decent watch as well.
Also, is the plating on the strap generally going to suffer more than that on the crown?

>>18476334
Looks fantastic.>>18477280
It's inevitable, even on properly gold plated watches. All you can do is cope or accept gold isn't for you.

This watch is 47 years old and cost me 50 eurobucks. I like it a lot.

>>18477321
that's a nice watch
I love simple clean designs

talk me out of a seestern 600t

>>18477402
No, it's great.

>>18477410
i think this would look good on a bund strap

>>18477458
Well i don't know what bund strap is but i tried putting on fkm and the lugs are too short, it doesn't fit.

>>18477402
How much is it?
Because honestly you might as well go for a Doxa, they're not THAT expensive. WUS and WatchCharts are full of Doxa Subs for half the price.

>>18477458
I googled bund strap and you are fucking retarded. No watch in this universe looks good on that shit but you have to be clinically insane to put a diving watch on that.

>>18477402
It doesn't really weigh 600 tonnes.

>>18477029
I was curious where can I get one of those?

>>18477464
>>18477474
i think they look great. all my watches are on bund straps.

>>18477470
the Seestern can be had for just around $100, for build quality that seems pretty much the same as a Doxa

>>18477515
Forthat price, I doubt you get a proper milled bezel, a good steel bracelet or a helium valve.
But who cares, you get morethan enough watch already.

>>18477499
I think they were custom made. Some chink factories would let you print your own text on the dial, provided it wasn't too obvious of a copy, and these things apparently went through without a problem. There was another parody Rolex, the Superlaxative Exploder.

>>18477525
My bad, the Superlaxative is the Relax...

>>18477521
there is no helium valve and bracelet is better than casio for three times the price and the bezel is properly milled.

>>18477537
what's your wrist size? and is it pretty top heavy/chunky? the navy ceramic one is really speaking to me but as a wristlet I'm torn on pulling the trigger

>>18477541
>what's your wrist size?
No idea. Here is 45mm vostok for comparesment. And while it is on the heavier side, you don't feel any watch any your wrist unless it is made from granite and lead and you are very weak.

>>18477530
LMAO
I'd wear a Relax despite hating the Rolex design

for the blind anon
https://www.citizenwatch-global.com/touchtimewatch/index.html

>>18477810
I can't wait till he sees this! Oh...

>>18468946
Invicta makes 34 and 36mm versions of the Pro Diver. They market those towards women but the watches themselves doesn't have any visible "hey look, this is for girls only" markings so there's nothing stopping a man from wearing one.

Any decent Cartier Crash replicas from the chinks?

How did you do it bros? I mean, how did you stop lusting over watches, even with shitters?

>>18478573
I don't.
I just ask myself how muchwrist time a new watch would get and the answeris typically "not enough to justify a purchase"
I've already burned myself a bunch of times getting cheapo watches that I barely wear after one or two weeks.
So now, every time I see a new shitter or even an adequate watch, I think of how often it would get picked over just grabbing the two or three watches I always wear, and nothing has an edge over them.
It's working so well that I'm gradually building a good budget for an fancy watch, and looking at them I still don't find one I'd realistically pick over my usual rotation.
It's the opposite of a vicious circle : the less I wear my meme-tier shitters, the less I want them, the more money I keep for a proper watch and the less I feel like pulling the trigger on one.

>>18478573
Realizing that you don't need the pilot, the diver, the field watch, the dress watch, etc. Just get one or two versatile watches and be done with it. I've already had that phase years ago with guitars where you trick yourself into thinking you need one of everything, and I'm not doing that again.

>>18478573
I just remind myself of all the watches I got and did not need and don't even like.

>>18478968
>need
when the fuck does anyone NEED a watch?

>>18469063
Good

>>18478573
You obsess over one watch for years and years, and then when the opportunity comes you buy it and that's it.

>>18479001
I need one to keep me in check mentally.

>>18479440
fair enough
I feel unbalanced without one

I feel nekkid without one.

>>18478626
>how much wrist time as basis
Good one.
>getting watches that I barely wear
I also have regrets.
>>18478957
I didn't have money back then, so I just bought a bnew, cheap, fake Strat, like the cheapest Pagani Design. Abused it for 4 yrs, then lost the drive to play when I started working
>>18478968
Yeah, I also have regrets.
>>18479071
I don't obsess over a watch long term, so maybe it's a plus.

>>18478626
>the two or three watches I always wear,
ooc, what are those?

>>18480185
>Basic bitch Casio
For the mondays when I didn't wear a watch in the weekend and feel too lazy to wind and set the autos.
>Vostok Amphibia
By far my most worn watch. I ride bicycles a lot and on trips I go through some paved streets that shake you pretty bad. With the Vostok on, I don't care if an axle breaks, I can get a new one anyway. Not sure if I could still buy parts straight from Meranom anymore but if so then I can do the repair. So it's the watch I can always have on without worrying about anything.
>Seiko Alpinist
I wear it quite a bit, it honestly has one of my all time favourite dial and hands that I've seen (and I have seen some fancy shit) but it tends to "fall up" my wrist and sit awkwardly with the strap I have it on. Happens with some other smaller diameter watches.

Other than that I have these that I don't wear much and taught me a lesson in not buying everything that looks cool :
>Vulcain Cricket from the 50s
I wear it a fair bit but it's too fragile for cycling and it "falls up" much more than the Alpinist too. It's my de-facto alarm clock though.
>Prim Diplomat, likely from the 70s
Got it as a neat antique more than a wearable piece because it's neat to have a cold war era watch that's not one of your typical soviet suspects.
>Bulova Accutron Spaceview
Fragility is also a problem here, and they eat through batteries so most of the time it sits dead in a dry box until I have a good opportunity to wear it.
>Seiko Flightmaster
I really wanted to like this watch but it has the problem of sitting awkwardly on my wrist, and because the lugs are so short it's hard to put it on any bracelet other than its stock metal one, which sucks because lol Seiko bracelets. I barely ever wear it.
>Xeric microbrand shitter
Bought it because I thought it looked funny and neat. Still think it looks funny and neat. Really like having it as an option. Hardly ever use that option.
>assorted vintage stuff I grabbed for not that much but never ever wear

>>18473685
Vostok Europe is not actually Russian.

>>18473685
I still think cosmodiver looks cool.

>>18480211
interesting collection
>With the Vostok on, I don't care if an axle breaks
i can 100% relate. stuff that is cheap enough for me to not care if i lost it completely i end up enjoying more than something that is supposed to be nicer. in my case the prime example is my beater jeep that i bought for dirt cheap compared to my main car

>>18480211
blablabla just wear a gshock

Just get a Weekdater.

Anything like picrel but with roman numerals?

>>18481227
Literally any AFFORDABLE LUXURY shitter.

>>18473036
insert a gigachad using his phone clock to the right of the pig and its 100% accurate

>>18481268
Ok give me some names

>>18481227
Bambino, it's fuckhuge though if you want romans

How do you wear your wrist watch, exposed or hidden?

>water resistant
>automatic
>quartz
>200m
>branded shit®
>sapphire crystal
>35 jewels
why do they always write that shit on the face? it's the main reason I don't buy their stupid watches

do you all aspire to be old tasteless jews? Thats what im getting from these watches.

Wish they made it in stainless but it looks good as is. I guess if you're poor your can get it without the HR/PulseOx sensor.

>>18483328
does it disasemble the same as the AE1200? Maybe for the next project

Love this lil quartz shitter

I just bought my first watch ever. It's arriving today, a Seiko Presage Mojito. Green is my favorite color and the dial looks really nice. I'm excited, but even with my novice eyes I can tell that the strap is hideous. I could use some recommendations on strap/bracelet type, etc.

>>18483328
Casio's going to release an all-metal MIP watch at the end of this year, but many suspect its price range to be over $700 when it drops

>>18468730 (OP)
Got my first watch while dumpster diving. I'm winning at being a poorfag

Why does Seiko have such shit poor QC? How do chinkshit manufacturers have it dialed in way better than them?

>>18483323
Yeah start to cut your fingernails

Those new mechanical Edifice watches sold out pretty quickly

How do people feel about the orient kamasu here?

>>18469063
damn, good find

>>18484793
>gshock with an actually good display
$1200

>>18477209
I'd say they're like $80 overpriced. But now that ali express is dead thanks to drumpft what are you going to do

>>18470423
It has been good on mine but I don't wear it as a beater

>>18484677
A taupe suede would look good on that

>>18468730 (OP)
Sire, I demand to know where your curry and electrolite kool-aid watch is from

>>18483475
buddy, you just may have helped me find a watch to buy

Looking for a first watch and ive been eyeing this casio a130we.
It also comes with the black backing but i prefer this all silver one.
Comes out to roughly ~80$

i know its 700 bucks but u can surely find a used one sub 500

how do you usually clean a g-shock or whatever watch that has car grease on it? is wet baby wipes and water enough or I should use a sponge and soap?

>>18468737
there's a thread on /xs/
that has been around for like 4 years

no need for separate watch threads, especially when there are barely any people to keep them active

>>18488714
try going on /3/ or /po/ sometime

>>18488722
the 2 regular watch threads are the fastest threads on this board. they're way faster than /waywt/

Not sure of this is the right thread but I'm looking for one of those old timey pocket watches with the spring loaded cover on the face

Best watch I've ever had. Its been beat to shit for a while now, bit I'm never gonna stop wearing it

>>18477402
You memed me into buying the black model of this. Bracelet is jangly and sharp like an untapered 1970s comfort thing should be. Clasp is a bit shit honestly, and crystal AR is there but up to the seventies level again. Bezel action is a total winner though, beats the Steeldive Willard easily. Real good for 116€ tho w/ n. eu vats etc, but I see this one getting discounted even further cos of the so-so dial.

I just snagged this one off of chrono24.

>>18488754
from what I understand, there's not much of a market for them, so you can get the cool vintage ones for cheap. the really old ones are European, but the American ones from around 1900 that say "railroad" on them were the best of that time. they were built to a stronger accuracy because watches going bad out-of-synch were causing train crashes, so that's what "railroad" means. you can get gold ones for around just the value of the gold.
some companies still make them and presumably the modern movements are probably better? although they're not going to put top-of-the-line movements in something they make to sell to dorks with huge model trainsets in their basement or steampunk nerds to flash at a con, which I'm assuming are the only people buying them these days.
besides you, of course. I'm sure you're totally normal.

>>18489101
I seen one made out of solid gold (heave AF) at a pawn shop a few months back.
I was actually considering one because I'm a violinist and it can be kind of irritating having something on the wrist for hours on end while playing.

>>18468737
This one looks to be on a similar path.

>>18489078
How much?

>>18488088
Nice twincock!

>>18468730 (OP)
What is the actual quality cap on watches? I know by paying more money you're getting a higher quality product, better quality components, etc. But surely there's a limit to that and after a while you're paying for the brand name.

>>18489486
there is no quality cap if you wish to examine your watch with a magnifying glass
if you just care about it looking good on your wrist, the cap is like 500$ or something lol, and that's being generous

>>18489486
Logic doesn't apply to watches, a lot of the times the more you pay the less you get. If you want to get the highest accuracy mechanical watch for the least money that would be longines ultrachron. Everything higher than that and you are paying for the name, complications, finishing, all that stuff.

>>18489486
It's more of a question of origin.
Some of the alishitters can feel fairly solid and look good enough whereas some mall and supermarket watches that cost as much if not more will feel like absolute dogshit. Empty tin can sounds if you tap the caseback, flimsy bracelets, hands that go nuts and feel about to fall off when you se the time...

>>18488621
I got the gold one recently. I'll probably never wear it desu probably should have gone for black

>>18483253
Than buy a chinese shitter from aliexpress with nothing written on

welp bros my RDUNAE 34mm hamilton clone shattered (twice) after about 9 months of use and I'm getting tired of re-gluing it. Honestly I would just get an actual Hamilton because I love this look but I think my wrists would be too small and I hear it wears large. I'm thinking about the Timex Expedition North Field Post Solar though also if I want to risk another aliexpress watch Militado has a 36mm clone with a sapphire case this time.

Why does text on the dial trigger you nuggies so much? Is it some pedantic anti-social neuro-divergent aspie thing?

Very incel take

>>18491167
Just replace that crystal, you really don't need to spend money on another watch
>>18491171
Maybe because Timex is stupidly related to be a cheap brand which is dumb, as I said you don't need to spend on an expensive watch just to tell the time

>>18491180
bot gibberish

Nothing beats a rubber band

>>18491204
How so? You reply is most likely to be bot answered and also you've posted ugly trash

>>18491411
Learn english ranjeet

>>18491167
>shattered (twice) after about 9 months of use
Stop sprinting through doorways

>>18491417
How so? You've posted (again) a literal dinner plate garbage

>>18491459
Limp wrist limp dick, learn english Ivan

anyone here make their own custom mods with aliexpress parts? if so, anyone have any recommended ways of bringing a custom logo to life as an applicable decal for blank dials?

>>18491471
Buy an ad. I'm telling you >>18491471 Invicta seller

>>18491495
I'm posting watches you third world salt licker

>>18491496
Buy an ad.

On top of that, the watches you sell are copies of copies and are probably from the same factory that sells under other brands and that use the same Seiko movement.

>>18491500
Dilate

I bet I could trade this for your mom back in your home country Pidor.

>>18491509
Again, buy an advertisement you poorfag Invicta seller.

And you don't answer me without arguments, and asking you to answer me logically is too much. Now I know what brand of watch I'm going to buy, and it won't be an Invicta.

>>18476193
Why didn't you get the tsuyosa?

>>18476195
Negative displays are kino

>>18491045
>Kinetic
Hard pass

>>18476339
>>18476342
Boccia is doing some really nice things, eg. this titanium 7mm thin quartz shitter.

>>18491625
ive had a kinetic for 15 years still perfect whats your issue

>>18491180
It was $30 from an aliexpress sale, I'd rather just buy a new one with a crystal that wont randomly shatter for the peace of mind since I wear it nearly daily

>>18491421
It cracked on my nightstand while I was asleep, I didn't drop it or anything I think it's just poor quality (the dome is pretty exaggerated so maybe it was putting excess pressure on it or something)

>>18476339
i hate watches that try to look like other watches

>>18491787
I only wear homages to mog swiss fags

>>18491523
You never posed a question Pidor, nice stock photo though.

>>18491779
and why did ask here then?

>>18491820
buy an advertisement, poorfag Invicta seller.

here's a real watch "stock photo" unlike the copies of the clones that you are selling

>>18491919
>>18491919
>Corse gypsy hair
>Obliterated bezel
>Rusty factory bracelet
That must have cost you many seasons of gravel to purchase comrade.

I don't sell Invictas I only buy them; I have hundreds of Invictas.

This one reminds me of your mother, Pidor.

>>18491723
It dies if you don't use it often enough

>>18491723
>seiko
>perfect

Help an nigga decide

>inb4 seiko

>>18476164
Seiko straps are universally shit, you're better off buying a nicer nato for less money. I have the same watch but in the steel finish, i have it on a tropical strap

>>18491167

Mine shattered too, the crystal's too big for the case. Got it replaced with acrylic and it both looks better and hasn't cracked.

>>18493146
The question is strange. You're presenting 4 different watches (all Seiko) which are widely different in style. It's like your motivation is just to have a Seiko, without any real accounting of personal attraction or taste. You might as well have posted the entire Seiko website and said "find me a watch."
It just seems stupid and futile as hell, lacking almost entirely in personal autonomy or preference.

>>18493171
Thanks for the help. Maybe I just like all four and can’t decide which one I like the most. Just wondering if anybody had any opinions at all. Instead of that I just get the most pretentious faggot alive to reply to me.

>>18493176
It's pretentious of you to act like you have any interest in these watches beyond the Seiko logo. It's just about the only thing they have in common.

>>18473685
The Amphibia Neptune is quite nice. And the classic OKEAH and Shturmanskie chronographs are great lookers.

>>18491167
>he didn't get a Daiso 500 yen Mili watch on his trip to Japan
over for you

>>18493189
If you think me asking opinions about a $300 watch is pretentious, than I don’t think you know what the word pretentious means

>>18493196
You're not asking about any watch. Scurry along, now.

>>18493199
Can you post a picture of your collection so I know what not to get

>>18493146
second hand pepsi diver instead

>>18477537
not a fan of that lume desu

>>18493192
I'll be back in japan in oct, maybe I'll pick it up then thanks for the rec

>>18488755
let me guess, you need more?

>>18489486
in murica $134 get you brushed case with polished edge + saphire + bracelet you can wear + 100M WR + 9mm thin
seiko sur is all you need really
same money get you eco-drive
anything over $200 is retarded

>>18493146
pepsi

>>18493157
enjoy the smell of sweat of your nato

>>18493257
Its fabric anon, you're supposed to wash them every once in a while. I keep my natos in a drawer next to some incense and they smell really good now.

>>18493263
>every once in a while.
lol

>>18493253
What watch are you referring to

>>18491617
For a cheap everyday watch I prefer quartz, and really liked how it fit when I tried it on. Incidentally liked the look of the corso better, the case shape, hands, etc.
>>18483475
I'm this anon if you care to see how it wears (keeping in mind the camera lens makes it look a little bigger, it actually wears smaller in person).

The thing that bugs me the most about the Tsuyosa is that they put the crown at 4 o clock. Just irritates me.

>>18493265
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUmM8n5KBOc

>>18493269
>crown at 4 o'clock

just like a seiko

>>18488088
Is there a guide to the classic Seiko Quartz watches, always wanted one but could never figure out exactly what was the exact right model of penispenis that I wanted

Buy a Casio Duro and stop worrying about this shit.
Niggers here pay $1,000 for a watch but they don't even have an iPhone 16 Pro Max.

I wish watches weren't shit. Right now I'm wearing my custom build from a few years ago, getting tempted to buy my grail watch (a 200 dollar shitter) but the amount of custom work I'm going to have to do to it to get it wearable is absurd.

First it needs proper solid end links and an decent bracelet, which if I'm lucky is 100 bucks and a few hours of sanding. Then it needs a titanium weight reduction mod and AR sapphire, but this is like 20 bucks and a 2 minute job. Then it needs a bezel redesign that might not be possible to convert it from 60 to 120 clicks, and custom bezel insert work because the stock bezel is aluminum that'll get scratched up over a few years. Oh, and I might have to learn how to do case finishing as well, how fun.

>>18493374
They're all good. The older the better, the 70s stuff is the best, 80s is okay, 90s is serviceable. Main issue is the bracelets, which are cheap folded junk and there's no good source for precise measurements so you can find a modern chang bracelet that works better.

>>18493374
I have a guide. 4883 has the best dial and that's about it.

>cheapo vintage
>dress strap
comfy as fuck bros

>>18493374
this case has been polished to shit

>>18493160
looks great on that ladder

this is li]terally the greatest watch ever made

>>18493520
I prefer its smaller cousin on my small wrist

>>18469852
Here's my poorfag version of this.

>>18493520
maybe if the date window wasn't white and didn't have painted frame

Aragon watches with the Swiss ronda movement are the best bang for your buck automatic watches.

No matter how drunk, high, distracted or deep underwater I am, can always count on my trusty 1628.

>>18493374
Some guy posts pics of his vintage quartz Seikos on reddit and accompanies them with a detailed description and their history, might be worth checking out. cuervamelori

>>18494066
>cuervamelori
*cuervamellori

>>18468730 (OP)
can anyone recommend a cheap ass but good quality digital watch that wont get me put in a registry

>>18494117
This model of Timex (pic is older too) but it's good and comfortable

>>18494161
by cheap i mean 25$ max, im a poorfag

>>18494213
LOL get a job or buy Skmei brand

>>18494213
Casio W219H
Casio W218H
Casio W800HG
Casio AE1200WH
Casio F-200W-1ACF
Armitron 45-7004 (Electro Luminescent backlight)
Armitron 406623 (Made the same since 1998).

>hey Gramps, thanks for the reddit gold
>*yoink*

>>18494117
Casio F-105w
Skmei 1628
Some other similar Skmei

>>18494117
Casio A158/9

>>18483323
no we're talking

>>18483475
interesting sniffables you got there anon

>>18489486
IMO $3-6K
after that it's drastically diminishing returns in terms of aesthetics, quality, & design. I definitely see, feel and appreciate the difference between my $100 Tandorio, $500 Seikos, and my Tudor or IWCs. i keep day dreaming about getting a vacheron constantin eventually, but that truly feels like wasting money at that point. even if i felt like burning up that kinda cash, there's better ways.

if you're one of those people that sees no difference between a Kia or a Porsche, then stick to the $100-250 watches.

>>18495017
wisdom

>>18495017
Porches have wooden fuse boxes
>Mechanic

About $300-$500

They lie about production costs - its all international freemasonry and money laundering
>B-but I toured a factory!!! You don't even know!!!

I know.

Bought this as a work watch, what can I expect bros? From what I understand this is a pretty reliable brand.

>>18468949
I'm good at it, though.
100% serious.

as a wristlet, vintage shit is definetely the way to go
just bought this

Cheap alternatives with the same vibe?