WATCH THREAD
WATCH THREAD
WATCH THREAD

The place to actually discuss watches, free of avatarfagging drama, including bittercelposting, pics of food or drinks, or long-ass stories about your lives.
If kofe time posts, just ignore him. He’s traumatized from a lifetime of being bullied.
Keep that shit in /wt/.

>Your budget
>Preferred brand or manufacture
>Watch type, e.g. dress, diver, pilot, etc
>Movement, e.g. automatic, hand-wound, quartz, etc
>Desired features, e.g. water resistance, day/date, chronograph, etc
>Preferred strap option, e.g. leather, nylon, bracelet, etc
>Wrist size or desired watch size

Previous thread: >>18484444

I just bought my mini grail watch! I love it

>>18488562
There's no such thing as a "mini grail".

>>18488562
We know, that's all you've been saying for days and we don't care.

What arer the most original times of steel bracelets?

Forstner makes some cool ones (klip, bonkip, ladder, milanese), but there's probably more in this world.

>>18488570
>original times
*original kinds
jesus

>>18488571

>>18488570
I have always said in the whole history of watchmaking, hundreds of years, there has only been excatly one good looking bracelet and it is moser streamliner. It is so beautiful i want it more than i want both of my lungs.

avaturdfaggots

>>18488562
That's not me, my, let's just call it grail watch, is sitting safely at home waiting for the 10 straps i ordered to arrive. Will post a pic of them when i get home to get some opinion on which one fits best. I promise I'll stop using the phrase 'mini grail' from now on.

>>18488562
shitter

>>18488575
Yeah beautiful bracelet, too bad it's attached to such an ugly watch.

>>18488570
I like engineer and super engineer braceletss, shame they don't fit to the style of watches i wear.

>>18488578
you better post it, you son of a gun

>>18488584
Like now?

[spoiler]I like it[/spoiler]

>>18488638
i don't

>>18488638
Berneron x Aliexpress

>>18488645
Yes it's a cheap watch but the dimensions are good
>34.5mm (diameter) × 40.5mm (lug-to-lug) × 5.9mm (thickness with crystal)
And it has an ETA 7001 movement which is nice in a 1k eurobucks shitter.

>>18488649
1000 FUCKING BUCKORINOOOOOOS for that shit?
I legit thought it was a sub $250 one.

Thoughts on full sailcloth straps?

>>18488570
>>18488571
All look ugly
>>18488574
Nice idea, but what about the flexibility?
>>18488575
Lobster tail + bad watch design

Enter

>>18488571
speidel twist-o-flex

>>18488570
forstner thin as a dime

>>18488570
watchgecko classic retro

>>18488757
Hair puller

>>18488757
those are dope for vintage 50s & 60s timepieces

>Two straight threads of Forstner shilling.
Buy an ad.

>>18488761
this looks like a fucking tin foil.

>>18488773
Forstner wants the incel market.

>>18488761
Whoever put a Reverso on this deserves a bullet in the mouth

>>18488761
bljeh

>>18488752
Too thin.
>>18488757
>>18488763
These look like they came off a vintage Casio and therefore cheap, and my armhair hurts just by looking at them.

>>18488733
IDK, I'm tempted to try a couple of CNS premium sailcloth straps since they're on sale atm and they're available in 19mm.

>>18488857
I'm also considering one of the Hirsch hybrid straps with leather top and rubber bottom.

>>18488857
>>18488865
Any recommendations? I sweat quite a bit in the summer and i'd like to have something i can wash so it doesn't stink. How is perlon?

>>18488857
>>18488865
>>18488867
This is all me btw if it isn't obvious.

>>18488867
Perlon straps are great. They are very comfortable for summer. They feel thin and a little cheap but they are inexpensive, durable, and easily washable.

>>18488857
Nevermind, they have leather bottom so it's just cosmetic... They don't look bad though.

lmfao these avaturds itt don't know shit about watches

I made my bezel a shit. I don't deserve nothing nice.

>they did a second run
>still missed out on it
I’m sad bros…

>>18488925
Just buy a chastity ring.

shitters

>>18488752
You have shit tastes, this looks horrible.
Like those horrible Aliexpress black pvd SHITTERS.
Your watch is SHITE, mate, total SHITE.

this is why even without the attention whoring this thread is still bottom of the barrel crap with no one ever posting anything interesting, every that has been posted so far has been called shit without exception, no one ever engages constructively about anything, just poorfags with a seiko weekdater as their only watch who think calling everything shit gives them attitude except it only makes them sound very poor and indian with the vocabulary of a 7 year old

>>18488976
Thats why I only really like posting in the poorfag watch thread. Everyone there has a crap watch so its a level playing field , people are much more civil towards each other over there and actually talk about watches instead of dick-waving about how much money they can waste

>>18488962
>the painful cries of poverty

posted this when i got it, but super happy with this vintage seiko, possibly shitter, i bought off reddit. first watch. i have small wrists so i was worried it might look goofy, but 36mm fits me well I think. might get a less shiny strap though.

>>18489066
woman?

>>18488976
>just poorfags with a seiko weekdater as their only watch who think calling everything shit gives
I never called anyone or his watch shit, and i refrain from posting my watch here because bittercel has a fit every time i do.

>>18489066
Looks nice, it fits you well I'd say.

>>18489027
Post your watch, with a timestamp then.

>>18489066
nice, how much?

this thread is nothing but poorfag avaturdfaggots

So apparently you need to get a call for your Seiko 5 now as well.

>>18489266
>jewlwery
KEK the absolute state of Seikofags. I'm a Seikofag myself but this is embarrassing.

It's fascinating to me how Seikofags are proud to be Seikofags.
My very first watch was a Seiko but I never bragged about it and I knew it was shit. It was purely functional because I needed a watch, and I aspired to get something better later in my life (which I did).
It's like being proud of driving an old Hyundai. Have some dignity for fuck's sake

>>18489290
>i'm so much better than everyone else

>>18489312
Nice Dennison

>>18489290
sounds like the words of someone who barely managed to squeeze all his savings into buying a second hand Tudor lmao

Lowercase poster been working overtime in this thread. I wonder why.

>>18489312
>>18489315
Hands make or break the watch, i prefer dauphine.

>>18489320
>Lowercase poster
lowercaseanon

>>18489290
>What Susie says of Sally says more of Susie than of Sally.
Also if you haven't noticed i was making fun of the typical Seikofag who jumps on every new release like a mindless drone, i despise them just as much as you do. I'll even admit that for the most part modern Seiko sucks, often on purpose, and is overpriced. But you see, not all Seikofags are the same, just like not all Rolexfags are the same. And yet you keep bashing over everyone in this thread, have been for years. I post quite a bit, in both threads, and not only about my watch, but all about watches. You post nothing but bitterness. Get a life.

>>18489323
>lowercaseanon
*lowercasteanon
ftfy

>>18489324
>not all Seikofags are the same
Yeah just like there are a few good niggers, but in the end we all wish there weren't any niggers at all.

>>18489312
>>18489315
I like that stone dials are coming back.

all your watches look like shit

>>18489383
Let's see your $50 beaten up Seiko Weekdater, niggerfaggot.

>>18489322
>>18489312
>>18489315
>Hands make or break the watch, i prefer dauphine.

Those hands are definitely worth the $14K(?) difference!

>>18489383
All your letters are lower case.

>>18489402
I didn't say that.

>>18489383
t-thanks bro, you too.

>>18489402
>Those hands are definitely worth the $14K(?) difference!
Yes.

>>18489406
I didn't say you did.
Just saying that both are quartz and look 90% alike, one is around 1K (which is already too much) and the other is 15K.
Any non watchfag would look at both and say that it's pretty much the same watch, "Vacheron" being obscure and niche for most people.

>>18489420
>both are quartz
No. The VC has a manual wind movement.
https://goldammer.me/collections/sold/products/vacheron-constantin-2098-square-malachite-1970s
It's 10k eurobucks, not 15k. It's also solid gold and incredibly rare (only a handful of VC with stone dials were made). The price was very reasonable btw. It was up for sale this morning and sold within 30 minutes.
>b-b-b-b-b-but people can't tell the difference
You're missing the point of vintage.

I'm not saying the Dennison is bad btw. I'd probably get it over pretty much anything else in that price point.

I was at my supermarket the other day, buying toilet paper with my 5K IWC pilot at my wrist, and they had a cheap watches display where they also sell vapes and shit, the watches were from 30€ to maybe 150€ max, it looked like picrel.
I looked at it, then at the 5K on my wrist, then back again, it looked exactly like the same kind of watch. The bracelets look the same, either leather or steel, the dials look like dials, the finishing good enough. Then i thought, "if i stay too long looking at this display, people will legit think that i bought my IWC there". So i walked away in embarrassment.

>>18489429
>I'm not saying the Dennison is bad btw.
the logo is bad tho

>>18489438
Patek Philippe sucks as a name but I still want a 3940.

>>18489430
>So i walked away in embarrassment.
After you mentioned the second time the cost of your watch, I was a little embarrassed for you too.

>>18489480
5K

avaturdfaggots

@18489503
Oh shit, which one of you bastards redeemed?

>>18489438
>the logo is bad tho
I don’t think it is. They could have done a lot more wrong, like use a bizarre typeface or add an unnecessary logo. As it is, it’s pretty subdued.
Putting the wordmark at the 12 o’clock position would be more traditional, but the off center position is consistent with the 60’s/70’s style of the collection.

Unless there’s something wrong with it, like being a 42mm square or it’s 15mm thick, or it’s laughably overpriced, this is a fine dress watch that you don’t have to feel bad about not wearing that often.

>>18489253
$200. i didnt see many bad prices but i did see a lot shipping from the third world which i avoided though

Some dudes in a Facebook watch thread are arguing with me that a citizen ecodrive promaster is a better watch than a 1954 rolex submariner. I habe to be getting trolled, right? There's no way someone honestly believes a shitizen of any era is better than golden age rolex.

>>18489631
Its better at being a watch, not so much at being jewelry

shitizen is for poorfaggot shitheads, it's a fucking shitter

India should be rangebanned

>>18489661
Sar why did you redeemed the shitizen watch shop gift card!!?? Sar why!!??

>>18489608
Cool, 200 for a LM that looks decent is good. It'll probably serve you well.

>>18489661
Who do you think the indian is? Point him out please, I'm curious.

>>18489575
They’re 37mm across and 6mm thick. cost 690 dollars. Quartz movement. The strap quality is probably poor, but that’s pretty decent money for a neat looking stone dial watch.

>>18489682
If you see someone spamming “shitter”, “avaturdfaggot” etc. then you’ve found him.
He spammed a bunch of stuff about finasteride a couple weeks ago and when they got deleted, lo and behold, the “avaturd” posts disappeared too.

>>18489651
Even at being a watch the rolex is better, for the same reasons a black bay 54 is better than a promaster diver.

What does shitter even mean? Is it just an aesthetics opinion or an objective measure of the time keeping ability or longevity of the watch?

I stopped wearing casio when I start seeing mostly Indians wearing it

>>18489693
It’s a meaningless term.
Now, please stop trying to turn /nawt/ into /wt/.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.

What analog watch should I get my son for his 5th birthday? He currently has the classic children's watch, the Casio F91W. Not sure if he's ready for an auto or to just keep him on quartz for now.

>>18489699
Forgot to add, water resistance is a must so probably something on a rubber strap. Needs to be small too

>>18489699
>>18489701

>>18489703
Fuck I'm a retard meant to upload this

>>18489692
lol no a shitizen is a pro dive watch
your pooplex is nothing

>>18489661
india is the future like it or not

>>18489715
There is absolutely no reason Indians should be allowed to contact anyone in the civilized world.

>>18489719
news flash timmy.... they're already there, for a while (like centuries)

>>18489722
>news flash timmy.... they're already there, for a while (like centuries)
Not centuries, but yes they've been scamming and irritating the first world for a long time now. This is the first documented Pajeet scam.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Indian_stock_market_scam

>>18489724
they been in europe for a while

>>18489730
>they been in europe for a while
Far too long, I agree. Pajeets are an invasive species. Thank God for their natural predator, the train.

>>18489724
>This is the first documented Pajeet scam.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuggee#Origins

Pretty sure these were a few centuries before that dude.

>>18489737
What about Pajeet scams that actually effect humans? I don't care what jeets do to fellow jeets, they are subhuman and beneath my concern.

avaturdfaggot

GUYS, did you HEAR ME? I said AVATURD FAGGOT!

Show me where the Seiko watch touched you.

Jannie cope

What is the jewiest watch I can possibly buy?

>>18488574
Arm hair exterminator 2000

are there any good GMT options under $300, either vintage or new that are better than a Vostok GMT?

that are mechanical, no quartz.

>>18489822
aliexpress--->NH34

>>18489822
shitter

Microbrand recommendations?
>sub 800 bucks
>sapphire glass
>automatic, reliable movement
>100 m depth
>stainless steel
>stainless steel strap
>shows date and weekday

>>18489933
>microbrands
hell fucking no. get a rolex and enjoy some fucking sex.
ROLEX SEX

>>18489940
Sir I don't think I'll get a very good rolex under 800

>>18489933
Can't think of a single day date microbrand watch under 800, there is farer but thats a thousand.

>>18489946
SAAR
YOU CAN REDEEM THE VERY REAL VERY RARE GENUINE ROLEX FOR 800 RUPEE

>>18489795
a fake patek

>>18489933
you can get that for under 200 with quartz... why spend $600+ for $30 auto movement difference?

>>18489965
autoshitters need to larp

>>18489689
Isn't bitteranon from Brazil?

>>18489949
I don't understand why so few companies make good day dates.

>>18489986
I really like this hamilton.

>>18489986
It’s a difficult complication to make look both good and also make it look like you’re not ripping off other good ones.

Jeets hate white people who have watches.

>>18489988
The Hamilton day date watches are cool and they're pretty thin but they're all 40mm with big crown guards and shit. If they could at least get them down to 38mm they'd be perfect watches.

>>18489988
It's cool, nice colors.

Post best day date implementations!

>>18490041

>>18490041
>seikoweekdater.jpg

>44mm
>manual wind
>8 days power reserve
>sandwich dial
You don't need more.

>>18490060
Consider the following :
>suicide

>>18490066
I need less. Much less.

>>18490066
>>44mm
I don't wear pocket watches.

Who did the best "not a Reverso" Reverso?

>>18490114
I forgot this piece of shit. Look how thick this is lmao

>>18490114
Top right

>>18490114
Is there a trebuchet watch?

>>18490114
Chronoswag

recelso is a avaturd shitter

>>18490261
Wrong thread, Bittercel.

>>18490114
Tank Basculante is probably the best. It can also double as a nightstand clock or desk clock when traveling, which is a neat concept.

Who the fuck is bittercel?

>>18490274
Something leaking into this thread from /wt/ and trying to contaminate it.
I honestly don’t know what their problem is and why they feel the need to ruin a thread that has nothing to do with them.

>>18490066
The newer 8 day hand winding movements are pretty poor.
I have a PAM233 from 2008 and it’s extremely accurate over its entire reserve.
I picked up a PAM992 a couple years ago with the P.5000 movement and it’s been a disappointment. Accuracy is all over the place and gets worse as it winds down.
The 233, despite being a decade older, is clearly the better designed movement.

The P.5000 is from Panerai’s darkest corner-cutting days.

>>18489933
They're all scams, money laundering schemes or outright shit China watches sold to hipsters by brands that don't last more than 5 years.

>>18490066
Fake where/how much?

finally got my omega watch today

>>18490317
>They're all scams, money laundering schemes or outright shit China watches sold to hipsters by brands that don't last more than 5 years.
That's how i justify spending 10k on actual luxury watches to myself.

>>18489933

I want to see Moser make a traditional dress watch. To beat Patek and AP at their own game. Then they would have my respect

>>18490399

>>18490114
For me, it's the Patek Reverso.

>>18488546 (OP)
poor mans breguet

Let me guess, you need more?

>>18490491
2000's, the watch

>>18490491
cool find

>>18490491
>>18490517
Of course the lowercase spamming faggot likes this disgusting piece of crap.
Seikofags get the rope. All of them.

>>18490520
anon, kys

>>18490520
>makes his identity about watch manufacturers while literally no one outside this basketweaving cares about what watch he wears

>>18490527
>>18490530
>WAAAAH WAAAAAH STOP MAKING FUN OF MY SEIKO WEEKDATER SAR, PAJEETAS LOVE IT I SWEAR!!!

>>18490537
>everyone who disagrees with me must be an indian

>>18490538
There's nothing to agree or disagree about. You're a low IQ piece of shit who spam this specific thread 24/7 who also happens to be a Seikofag. This de facto makes you a pajeet. Now throw yourself under a train Ranjeet.

>>18490539
Take your medication, sir.

>>18490493
More like 1990’s. That organic, smooth pebble look was a response to the blocky, angular 1980’s.

whats the cheapest thing that looks like this from a recongizable brand?

this watch is exactly what i want, but its a no brand chinese shitter
i see the eyes of judgement when people ask what watch i have

there's an avaturd in this thread

>>18490548
well yous took to long so i went with this
$158aud

>>18490548
I know it’s probably more than you want to pay, but in the long run, it’s best to just get the watch you want and be done with it.
With a Rolex Datejust like that, you have a little advantage in that you can always sell it for basically whatever you paid. If your dream watch was a JLC or something, you’d be taking a financial bath unless you bought used.

>>18490481
funny you say that because as a chronoswissfag I was watching actual breguet yesterday and if you want any kind of cool complication you have to shell out 20k+ and even then most of them them are ruined by a huge power reserve covering half the dial
so I must say budget breguet is pretty cool all things considered
this one is kinda nice

>>18490481
Are those in the center spirals or circles?

>>18490571
A guilloched dial will almost always be a spiral cut.

>Chronoswiss
>not chronometer certification
>not Swiss

>>18490491
>>18490517
Of course the lowercase spamming niggerfaggot is a Seikofag.
Seikofags get the rope. All of them.

avaturdfaggot

>>18490564
im not a watchfag, i dont have a dream watch, and im not spending 6k+ on an obsolete hunk of metal that tells the time
i buy cheap chinkshit, i never cared about brands myself, i dont even care if it works, i look at my phone to tell the time

i hope a nigger robs you for even suggesting that i buy a rolex, i asked for a cheap watch you fucking retard
in the long run, its best to put 6k in an ETF and not waste it on retarded jewellery you dont fucking need
jew-ellery, its in the fucking name. fuck you. bastard

>>18490584
How's the weather in Mumbai today?

>>18490573
The name is just so incredibly embarrassing. The tragedy is that they actually do a whole bunch of good things.

>>18490584
and yet you were embarrassed to tell people that you were wearing a fake rolex off aliexpress with fucked up crooked indices

sex

>>18490596
with old men maybe

Please tell me, is there anything resembling this watch for under 5k?

>>18490602
You can probably find plenty of gold dress watches on the second hand market for around that price. Nothing will look exactly like that, of course, but stylized dress watches aren’t rare.

>>18490548
Bulova Super Seville

>>18490602
No, there isn't. Anything that will be slightly approaching it, you won't like. Because that won't be it.
Unironically this is why you get a Rolex. It won't be your grail, but at least it will be a Rolex.

>>18490602
https://www.jomashop.com/orient-sun-and-moon-champagne-dial-mens-watch-ra-ak0007s10b.html

>>18490602
Orient Sun and Moon
The last Kurono has some elements as well

fucking bittertards

>>18490634
legitimately nice watch for the price, why the hell do they insist on making it 42mm I thought even in Asia dinner plates were going out of style

>>18490491
holy fuck

>>18490596
A very nice looking watch

I've looked up the citizen's the citizen lineup and have things to say.
There is aq4060, which needs no introduction, it's the one local schizophrenic has. In steel, with revolting cum dial, it's the cheapest and the worst.
Then things get interesting. There is aq4091 in titanium with paper dial and it is obviously much, much better, but it has problems i will explain in second part.

>>18490688
There is aq4100, which no longer has paper dial, instead it's this sort of but not really meteorite dial. But when you look at these to together you can see it has vastly superior case. If you only ever saw aq4091 you could think it looks alright but compared to this it is positively ugly. And that crown is too small.
And so there is no version with this case shape and paper dial outside of one limited edition.
All i am saying is japanese are retarded and i hate them and two bombs wasn't enough.

shitters

I actually retch when the cum dial is posted.

>>18490688
>>18490691
They discontinued the washi paper dials? Why? That was the best thing about the watches. The only thing that made them unique.

>>18490698
They didn't, they make all three versions simultaneously. But the only one with paper dial has that ugly case and a crown that doesn't fit.

who gives a fuck what some avaturdfaggot likes

>>18490602
Baltic small seconds, many colors

NPC the NPC lineup

>>18490711
>Baltic
might as well buy a soiko and save your money poorfaggot

>>18490691
you can't judge a watch by pictures

said the avaturd

>>18490399
>I want to see Moser make a traditional dress watch.
Their designs were a lot more conservative before the Meylan family took over and turned it into the “what if haute horologerie but memes” brand. They made some watches that could be considered traditional, like the Mayu, but even those have odd elements.
It’s really just not in their wheelhouse. If you want a traditional dress watch, there are plenty of other tremendous companies that make them.

>>18490701
I don’t understand the Japanese companies. Why do they produce so many redundant SKUs instead of just making one of them perfect?

ROYAL FUCKIN OAK BABY 20K ON MY WRIST

>>18490748
It doesn’t actually look that bad lol

Any recommendations along the lines of Dubey & Schaldenbrand? Something tonneau with an interesting dial and also cheap as fuck but with a weird brand name that no one knows.

This is a question about jewelry in general. Do you look bad if you wear a cheap necklace/watch, say 20 and 50 dollars respectively? If you do would it therefore make sense to only wear that costs a decent amount, like say at least 100 and 250 dollars resp?

Is a Timex a "Redditor watch"

>>18490852
if you think 100/250 is a decent amount you look bad in every aspect of your life and i mean indian tier bad so who cares just wear wooden clogs

>>18490856
So is it better to not wear any jewelry until you can afford expensive stuff?

>>18490864
yes just wear rags and shit
how are you ever going to be able to afford it if you don't have parents tho?

>>18490584
Based but cool it with the antisemitism

>>18490865
If you saw someone wearing from far away what would you think of them?

>>18490878
why would i ever be in a situation where i see a homeless loser?

>>18490880
At least 20k women have purchased or received this $50 necklace. What do you think of them if they wear it? Are they all homeless losers? Is jewelry purely for status or can it communicate aesthetic preferences, lifestyles, values, etc? Yes expensive jewelry can do all that but what I'd like to know is what the fuck is wrong with all these people that wear the cheap shit you so deeply despise.

>>18490893
who cares about women, they can be naked or in a potato sack and they still have value

>>18490748
Change the date wheel for a blue one and it's pretty much perfect. Sans the logo of course.

MAN ON THE FUCKIN MOON

>>18490910
>not even a chronograph

>>18490910
>$795

????????????

>>18490688
>lume pips on the rehaut
Cool, any other watches do this?

>>18490639
>Kurono
This one looks good, but sadly no longer available (?)

>>18489290
it's the perfect brand for most people. elegant, classic designs from a reliable reputable brand that is recognizable and affordable. why would you spend thousands of dollars on a watch if you aren't rich? why are you seething? it's obvious that even with your money and expensive watch you aren't able to fix yourself and your life otherwise you would have better things to do with your time and money than coming here and seeth and act like you are better than people here

>>18491002
Yes, but i say the name of the watch there's gonna be ruckus again...

avaturdfaggots

Does it matter if my gift card is visa or not?

>>18491330
The Chopard Alpine Eagle?

>>18491118
Picrel is a 2K+ eurobucks King Seiko. The accuracy is unacceptable for this kind of money. Many brands offer COSC certification for this kind of money or even less (Christopher Ward, Serica, etc).
Their most affordable mechanical shitters are advertised at +45 / -35 SECONDS A DAY lmao. Why are people even okay with this?

Honestly if you're short on money just get a Casio or a ~1k eurobucks micro shitter with a Peseux/ETA 7001 (advertised accuracy of 0/+7 seconds a day). Or even a vintage Omega, these watches are indestructible. Even a Swatch offers better value than a modern Seiko.

Seiko really is the lazy man option. You only buy these because they're available everywhere.

>>18489290
>sur523 / sur309
saphire, ok bracelet, not folded links, brushed case with polished edge, 9mm thin, $140

>>18491684
>advertised
real life is 2spd for 7s26 and 4r3x
seethe

>>18491691
>be (You)
>buy a Seiko
>+35 seconds a day because no luck
>complain at Seiko
>"sorry gaijin it's within the advertised specs NO REFUND"

>be smart buyer
>buy a COSC certified Serica for the same price
>+7 seconds a day because no luck
>complain at Serica
>"we're so sorry sir, would you prefer an exchange or a refund?"

>>18491702
Was going to say this.

Realistically, more or less any movement can be adjusted to offer COSC-grade performance, but that takes time and money. Seiko doesn’t bother with that with most of their watches.

The best you can get with a Seiko is to nudge the regulator into acceptable timekeeping. But a full 5 or 6 position adjustment? That requires a watchmaker and more money than the watch itself is worth new.

>>18488546 (OP)
i like it. very unintrusive to wear. dial texture is subtle enough to not trun old as quickly as i expected. struggles with direct light more than other watches. wouldn't pay boutique price for it. all in all quite satisfied

>>18491724
>filename
>date on the watch
>lowercaste writing
Yawn.

>>18491724
>struggles with direct light more than other watches
You would think for a couple of thousands seiko could have at least put some anti reflective coating on it.

what watches/brands are the most popular in korea?

>>18491740
Are you talking about Korean-made watches?
There are some Korean brands like Julius and Romanson.

In terms of the luxury market, though, the Koreans are like everyone else: Rolex, Cartier, Omega.

>>18490596
classy power move

Bracelets suck. Titanium ones might pass.

That being said I always buy my watches with a bracelet just in case I hit my head hard enough to want to wear one.

>>18491763
chinese bracelets suck yes

>>18491751
>Are you talking about Korean-made watches?
no, just in general what watches/brands are the most popular there among average people

>>18490853
its /fa/ approved

Any opinions on Doxa? I am thinking about buying the 200t as a travel watch. Is the Sellita SW200-1 any good?

>>18491962
Just get seestern, the quality is the same.

>>18491967
Its not the same dammit.

>>18490853
They're okay.
The weekender line up is probably their best effort, wish they made an upscale version of the weekender with applied indices, sapphire and better materials. Probably the only brand i'd even consider getting quartz from because indiglo is kind of cool.

>>18491967
How can you even say that?

Everyone I know under the age of 50 wears either:
>timex
>casio
>seiko
or a smartwatch

>>18492023
hey now, don't forget the hugo boss fuckboys and armanitards

That being said, I've seen Vostoks, Omegas, Breitlings, Citizens, Bulovas, microshitters, etc. in my general area, funnily enough damn near all popular 'watch person' brands other than Rolex. Think I caught one flannel wearing retard wearing a milgayass and that's about it.

Those three are certainly the most accessible, popular and they make a decent looking watch.

>>18491725
sir I am BRAHMIN

>>18491967
lol retard

>>18491962
great watch, legit legacy brand, worn by Jacques Cousteau in this color.
The 200t is also the size i'd chose. I dislike beads of rice bracelets tho.

What watch do you buy as a present for your dad for $15,000?

>>18492140
invicta pro sex diver 68mm chronograph

>>18492140
Rolex Explorer 2

>>18492140
How old is he, how does his day look like, what's his stance on watches?

>>18491691
Doubt that you can CONSISTENTLY get them down to that. You might get one or a batch of them to behave but no way you can get them all regulated that tight.

Recommend me a watch. Keep in mind I’m an unemployed 38 year old schizophrenic who gets raped by Jews daily. Also I’m being gangstalked by a discord tranny groomer gang led by the janitor of this board. Thank you in advance.

>>18492140
Chopard Alpine Eagle

>>18492276
>>18491385
>Chopard Alpine Eagle
It looks good in videos I almost want one but be honest bros is it on par with an AP

>45mm in diameter
>14mm thick
>5 different fonts on the dial
>"TECH"
>rubber strap with ugly endlinks
>$23k
What even is Swatch trying to do with Blancpain?

>>18492301
>is it on par with an AP
In terms of build quality and finishing, yes. They’re very well made. The dials are incredible.

The elephant in the room is that it will always have more than a whiff of “couldn’t afford an APRO?” There’s no doubt that it’s a me-too watch.

>his watch has a Powermatic 80

I just bought an aragon divemaster with a swiss movement. How fucked am I?

>>18492557
It's an h10, thank you very much.

Got this.. I like the brand. What do you guys think?

troll

>>18492397
I like the dial, numerals, hands, and matte bezel insert a lot better than the standard FF.
But yeah the "Tech" is retarded and 45 is just too much.

>>18492397
>>18492669
This is not intended to be a big-selling watch. It’s more of a demonstration of new and upcoming technologies. In this case, it’s the super-black dial and the quick release strap system, among other things.
This follows the Tech3 and the Tech Gonbessa and the 500 Fathoms.
I’d be surprised if they made more than 1000 of them.
It’s like the PloProf or the DSSD.

I think the existence of this new model would be less frustrating if BP could simply make the FF that we all want.

>>18489933
I don't know about that last requirement, but otherwise Baltany has stuff like that for under your budget. they might have day date too, but I'm not going to search for you

where can I get seiko links without getting scammed? or should i just scrap that and get a leather strap?

>>18492995
Seiko bracelets are crap anyway just get a strap.

>>18492998
but are they really crap?

>>18492995
Get a new watch instead.

>>18490491
chart

>>18492719
>new 38mm meme tier ladies FF in pink or gold, with mother of pearl dial
>no date
>new regular collection 38mm FF in steel
>has the shitty date window at 4:30
>19mm lug width
FUCK
There is ALWAYS something wrong with this watch.

>>18492719
>>18493088
If they took the cool tech, but made it in the classic dimensions, they would have a perfect watch and still be able to charge premium prices.

42mm x 13mm in polished stainless steel, just like 1953, with 20mm wide lugs
No date.
No BLANCPAIN engraving on the side of the case.
Closed caseback (or, better still give customers both, like GO does with their diver)

You want to add cool features like a vantablack dial, solid lume blocks for the indices, sapphire bezel insert? Fine.
Crazy screw bars to affix the strap? Fine, as long as you give customers the tool to change straps.

Lads, why shouldn’t I buy a Zenith a384 revival on a ladder bracelet?

>>18493092
>4:30 date
Is there a no-date option?

>>18493090
They just need to make a 1:1 reproduction of picrel with a realistic price (ie 12-15k eurobucks).

>>18493095
No, only option is a different dial, which is also hideous, but I think that is the point a48yr

>>18493090
Bezel is already sapphire across the regular FF range (not on the Bathyscaphe if I'm not mistaken) and boy is that thing shiny. Makes the largter models unwearable even more so than the diameter.

>>18493112
>not on the Bathyscaphe if I'm not mistaken
Correct. The Bathyscaphe uses the LiquidMetal ceramic that Omega uses in the Planet Ocean

>>18493107

>>18493125
You know, the more I see the Bathyscaphe, the more I like it.

>>18492654
That date window
Shame they cut small seconds

I only want to wear dress watches now.

>>18493138
I was thinking this one. But the case finish can wear and can’t be polished very well

>>18493487
I think when you buy a watch like that, you have to accept that the finish will wear. Like buying raw denim.

Consider how some of the original PVD Panerai’s look, or for that matter, how an old Rolex President looks when it’s been worn everyday.