Weekdater EditionThis thread offers a forum to discuss and debate wristwatches, pocket watches, and clocks. Several members here are highly knowledgeable in specified areas of horology, so please contribute to the thread by asking questions and/or asking for advice if you are planning on purchasing a watch from an AD or the grey market. Please post pics of your watches here; it doesn't matter if it's worth 5$ or 5,000$, because there might be someone who wishes to eventually purchase the same model that you own and would love to hear some real-world advice regarding ownership. The experience matters the most, not the price.Everyone is welcome in this thread, because we are all Frens here.Previous Thread:>>18532749
Grapes should be ripe by now, they were delicious.
anon, why are seikos so aesthetic? I'm addicted to them
>>18536962
>>18536962I wouldn't know, i just enjoy them very much. It would be nice if it wasn't just me spamming pics of Seikos here, we used to have many posters that posted many different watches. Maybe i should visit some watch sites every day and bring back a pic or two, that would live up the thread.
>>18536963This but unironically
>>18537003Based limited edition ginza enjoyer>>18537005Based best watch of all time enjoyer>>18536947Based Weekdater Chad stepping up his picture game.Posting some 2023 stuff for old times sake.
>>18536947You couldn't reach the apples, couldn't you?
>>18537027Post more hookers with watches
ive been away for a long time but what do we think about that new grand seiko ufo watch? based or cringe?
>>18537038Extremely based but don't know if they're 30% more expensive based.
>>18536937Lads, what are your thought on an Omega Seamaster 300? I am considering purchasing one as a gift for my brother. I am very close with him, he enjoys watches, but has not ever purchased or owned a high end watch before, while I have. Figured I might be generous since I have hit some financial goals lately. Also considering a Tudor Pelagos 39
GM frens
>>18537046THE TUDOR
>>18537054What makes you say that fren?
>>18537066The more people ITT who own Tudors, the less the people ITT who already bought Tudors will feel like they wasted their money. Shrimple.
>>18537072Ahh yeah, my brother seems to like Omega though, I’m worth it might be a bit big and the design my aged poorly- I’d get him a Speedmaster, but I ain’t spending that much money on him. He is a bit of a big lad, would be 192cm and about 90kg
Name a better value proposition than Orient Kano and Kamsasu in the sub £500 range. Hard mode, no chinese shitters.
>>18537027I try, but it's hard to photograph this dial properly.
>>18537030I could.
>>18537078lel, I'd also recommend the Omega. It's a real watch at least. Tudorfag is just seething because he wanted a Rolex but fell for the "Tudor is literally Rolex but I'll save some money" meme
>>18537184Based
>>18537046Seamaster is the better watch overall as far as brand, movement, fit and finish, etc. is concerned. New style Omega bracelet is not great though, the microadjustment slider is rattly and crude.The Pelagos is a better watch if your brother will actually dive with it, the serrated and fully lumed bezel + snowflakes are much more legible in water/dark, plus the spring loaded bracelet with microadjustments is a lot nicer.Can't really go wrong either way, and both are a better choice than a submariner outside of brand association and resale value.
>>18537343>New style Omega bracelet is not great though, the microadjustment slider is rattly and crude.This is nonsense. The current Omega bracelet is week-made in terms of construction. It does not rattle. It is, however, a pain the ass to resize with its tiny screws and ridiculously strong thread-locker. Its micro adjustment mechanism is fine.
>>18537185Like that pasta the Tooterfag kept trying to force: Tudor whispers taste.The “taste” in this case is the tiny taste of Rolex quality you get from a Tudor since you can’t afford the whole dish.
>>18537395>It does not rattle.Just got back from a weekend in Vegas and bought a brand new Seamaster from the Omega store in Bellagio.Tried on and compared 5 different seamasters side by side, all on bracelets, and all of them rattled. >Its micro adjustment mechanism is fine.It works fine, yes, but the mechanism is not as elegant as the Rolex/Tudor style with its one oversized slider link and it does, in fact, rattle.
Talk me out of getting an A158 for when I'm afraid to wear my Rolex
>>18537403>the Omega store in Bellagio.Nice. Does Joel still work there?That store is one of only two I’ve ever been to where the employees truly were watch nerds.
>>18537406A159 is better and is actually made in Japan
Tdor is a poet's watch.
>>18537406I'm literally wearing mine right now, these light retro casios are perfect to switch to in the rotation after wearing a bigger heavier dive watch on a bracelet. Every time I put it on I'm surprised by how good it feels. For $20 I don't understand why you wouldn't just get one.
>>18537406>I'm afraid to wear my RolexThe absolute state...
>>18537046How do people manage to make that kind of money, what do you do? What should I be doing?
>>18537406Buy the Casio.>>18537407Not sure, the rep I bought from was named Hanna, very nice, got 3 free glasses of bourbon, and convinced me to come back for a globemaster next time. Spent 10min. at the Rolex dealer next door and got a perrier and was told they have nothing in stock (lol) except oysters and tried to get me to sign up 8-12mos if I wanted a sub. I hate Rolex as a brand so much.
>>18537431Start young. Every time you walk past a vending machine and you want a chocolate bar? No. Invest that money. You want to see a movie? You can’t wait until it’s on HBO? Invest that money.Every spare nickel, you invest.You start as early as possible and, by the time you’re 30, you’ve got money coming out your ears. No matter how shitty your pay is.
>>18537406I don't have that problem here. Where do you even live? Londonistan?
>>18537431Nepotism.
good morning watch enthusiasts.
Is Blancpain good?
>>18537443kek>>18537487yea this>>18537406it's so light it feels like a toyif you're used to heavy watch on a bracelet it'll feel offget a Hamilton or a Seiko instead
Hello, gentlemen.
>>18537564Depends on the model. Never buy new though. The FF is based beyond belief.>>18537571Good afternoon
>>18537577What about the Villeret?
>>18537571Hello
>>18537577Greek anon san, nice to see you again. Hope everything's well in the opposite side of the world. I'm starting to learn Japanese and it is tough, if shit goes south one day I'll just go there and see what happens. If not, I'll just spend a few days visiting.
>>18537435>ads are like bars but with free drinks and you get to talk about watchesshit, I'm missing out
This guy gets it. Poor other guy, he's never going to get a Rolex and will keep convincing himself that Omega is better.
>>18537606ThisMeant for >>18537585And>>18537435
Shit >>18537606For >>18537605
>>18537606>Why yes, I did buy a grey market/pre-owned Rolex, how could you tell?
Kofe time.
>>18536937daily reminder that citizens are untermensch.
>>18537585Hey man, you should definitely visit first for 3 months at least before you decide to do the jump.Japanese is hard and it doesn't get easier. It needs years. Opposite/weird Grammar and Kanji are just something that we have to accept and move on. Every small step counts.
3rd worlder here with 35k net annual income but 200usd for monthly expenditure.Found a reverso monoface burgundy brand new 2024 for 7k. Should I cop it based on my financial situation bros
>>18537681Forgot to add, no debt no mortgages. Liquid asset around 80k. Reason I asked is spending this much money rattles my 3rd world mind, but 7k for reverso brand new sounds too good to pass up since that's usually the price of 5 years used reverso
>>18537687are you sure it's not a scam?
>>18537431My biggest thing for money has been driving a shit box car. I briefly owned a half decent car (2 years) but it was still 15 years old and to not go on holidays. I had never left the town I grew up in until I was 19 years old, I left again once on a holiday at 22. My story isn’t one of a silver spoon. The town I grew up in has some of the highest unemployment and lowest wages in the country I live in. I lived in the worst suburb of the area with my parents, both never had any money generational, one side were dirt poor farmers and the other were dirt poor coal miners. I worked part time in high school, saved like a squirrel, moved out with my girlfriend at 21, couldn’t get a decent job for 3 years out of high school because the unemployment rate was so high, so was doing part time minimum wage. Ended up getting a job in a factory which paid less than minimum wage, got a job at another factory paying about average, moved to a town with high wages, my now wife makes great money as a nurse. Honestly, saving and investing, I have not earnt my way to having a substantial sum of money. I saved my way there and invested my way there. I make about the average income for my country. I don’t event have that much money, I am just very fond of my brother, and while I moved to a place with a better economic outlook, he stayed in the same town we grew up in, much to his financial detriment, so I feel like throwing him a bone and buying him something nice
>>18537714Legit physical store, went there and checked the goods, all with complete box and invoices. The shop also participates in various watch exchange events in my town.I assume it's a pawning centre for corrupt officials to quickly get rid of their ill purchases
Pocket watch enthusiast here.What do you have in the pocket today, fellow pocket watch Chads?For me it is my trusty Chronométre De La Renaissance.
>>18537412does timex still make similar watches worth buying or are they all made in china garbage?
>>18537724>corrupt officialsPh? If you can resell it for a good price later then why not? Maybe check or email the manufacturer the model and serial number?
>>18537431Most people these days live paycheck to paycheck because they're fucking retards who don't save and invest, and instead spend money impulsively like a bunch of toddlers on every goyslop they see on their screen. It's literal manchild behavior. A fool and his money are soon parted.
check out my seiko
>>18537766yo you got any leads 4 me, 4 free?
>>18537766>brapling
>>18537731I have some stop watches
Watch bros.. The faggots of /fa/ are seething because of our watch discussions. What's our response?
>>18537837Where?
>>18537837It’s just bitter people who have a problem with literally anything, I deal with people a lot for work and I see the archetype. The same people are the cunty bosses or annoying co workers. This thread use to be on /g/ for a while until it got moved by autismo mods.
Is the 42mm khaki too big? Looks like it in this picture. 7.25in wrists
>>18537863
>>18537863No, but I’d personally go for the 38mm if I was buying one
>>18537431Have rich parents with lots of connections that will bankroll you till you are an adult and then set you up with a good job in their friends' business, then you just kinda branch out from there
>>18537863A big watch looks good on some people, a small watch looks good on anyone
>>18537406I gifted a nice watch and that Casio to my wife. She hasn't worn the nice watch in 3 years cause she's afraid to damage it. Also, I'm pretty sure she actually likes the Casio more.
>>18537923just get her to wear it. bought an insurance for my first watch above mall level. never needed it, wearing more expensive watches now without any issues.
>>18537863go smaller 4sure
>>18537731pocketwatches are super cool but i just can't start collecting anything else lolnice dial it looks hand painted what is that circa 1890
>>18538113Please make a wrist roll where you turn the watch back, just before you could see the dial.Just for the lulz.
>>18536937new grail watch
Finaly have some free time- whats the best kit to get off amazon to remove some links from my PRX? The bracelet has the pins that you tap out with a hammer.
>>18538113The best value for money watch on the planet
>>18538150https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N94VZ8K/
>>18538154https://www.chrono24.com/seiko/----6s77-00b0-gcbk989-------js1669--id42029705.htmYou know you wanna!
Did you check in with Harrysan yet? Are you ready to apologize?
>>18538159I've marked something else. But yes.
(grand seiko) Cocktail Time
>>18538113Highly Redpilled. I htink these two share the same movement.
>BrandGRAND SEIKO>ModelSLGA009 also known as the WHITE BIRCH>MSRP9800$>Diameter40mm>Lug to Lug48mm>MaterialStainless Steele>CaliberSpring Drive Caliber 9RA2>Power Reserve5 days/120Hours>Whereon my wrist>WhenTodayWhat are you guys wearing?
>>18537863I think you can easily pull it off. Those lugs look long but I don't see any issues.
>ceramichold on, omegay might be onto something here..
>>18538278Ah Starlight, right?>pic unrel
>>18538314Dial as well?
>>18538317Based panerai chad
>>18538332ID?
>>18538334>BrandCITIZEN>ModelThe Citizen Chronomaster AQ4080-52A>PricePriceless>Diameter38mm>Lug to Lug48mm>MaterialStainless Steele>CaliberCitizen HAQ A060>Power Reserve210 days>WhereOn my wrist>WhenToday>WhyBecause I like it
>>18538337210 days if it never sees the Sun?
>>18538281Brah mines a chronograph and yours is a day date gmt lol
>>18538340Apologies I meant thr 4S family
>>18538338That's correct
>>18538350So let me get this straight:>10 seconds per year without gps or radio bullshit >Perpetual calendar >Eco drive, powered by the sun>Even if you get stuck in a cave for 7 months, it will continue working >Black polishing>Low production>Locked behind the country of origin>Rare limited editionso what's the catch?
>>18538337Thanks for the ID finally, even though I figured it out on my own. I assume that this is Citizen's answer to the Grand Seiko snowflake?
>>18538342Chronograph is 6S
>>18538390Is it credor exclusive?
>>18538391No also in Prospex/Brightz
>>18538352There quite literally is no catch. It is the best watch ever made.
Does anyone have that chart that used to get posted here with the different watch brand categories and some wojaks and pepes added in for extra flair
I can’t remember when this thread has been worse
what makes a watch ultra luxury?
>>18538500A combination of - superior workmanship and/or innovation in terms of design and materials - high price (there is NO way to afford this if you’re middle class)- exclusivity (I don’t care if you can afford it. We made 100 of them and they’ve all been sold. We’re not making more.)
>>18538503At what price point does ultra luxury start?
>>18538504Depending on the level of exclusivity, roughly around 80-100k USD. There’s no hard and fast number.
WHAT'S THE BEST BLANCPAIN BELOW 10K????
>>18538509>wanting to buy an entry level pieceJesus fucking Christ, you people don’t fucking learn.
>>18538510>t. owns two casios
>>18538391Does credor even have exclusive movements? Even the one in the eichi ii is used in a similarly priced grand seiko afaik.Maybe that one-off tourbillon.
>>18538513No. Even the idea of Credor having their own movements is silly. It’s like when Longines talks about having an “in-house” movement.They’re just Seiko movements with different modules bolted on and finished to a _slightly_ higher degree.
>>18538510>My Macan is still a Porsche>My quartz, steel Tank is still a Cartier>Armani Exchange is still Armani
>>18538515>They’re just Seiko movements with different modules bolted on and finished to a _slightly_ higher degree.QRD?
>>18538517Instead of making a dedicated GMT and a dedicated chronograph and all of the above in a dozen different sizes, Seiko will build a base architecture for a movement. They’re will then design modules they can bolt onto that base architecture and turn it into a different movement. This saves tons of money because building a modular system is cheaper than building every movement from scratch.In order to make their more expensive sub-brands seem less like just jumped-up Seikos, they will make certain modules only available in watches for the upper brands.
>>18538522Cont.Think about Omega and their coaxial stuff. Omega does not make movements. The ETA facilities Swatch owns makes movements. Making the coaxial stuff exclusively available in Omega watches disguises the fact that your Seamaster’s movement is made in the same place as a Tissot PRX’s.
Rolex is just Tommy hilfiger to retarded second gen wealth losers.
>>18538527To the actually wealthy, Rolex is like a GShock, similar to how a Range Rover is something you use mostly to drive around on your land.
>>18538522so basically the... eee Zulu Time, has a seiko movement and they charge 3K for it? Ah no that's ETA. Any specific models? Sorry for asking so many questions. I appreciate your detailed responses.
muh nomos
>>18538150bezos came through and the prx is now sized.
>>18538636Should have gotten the next size down. That looks huge on you.The Tangente design, with its long lugs, whisper-thin bezel and spare, white dial always wears MUCH larger than the numbers suggest.A 39mm Nomos definitely doesn’t wear like a 39mm Omega or whatever.You should have gone for the 35mm. That would look better.
>>18538642i think it's fine
>>18538648It’s not, but I get it. It doesn’t cost anything to live in denial.
>>18538648NTA, but he’s right. It’s too big. Nomos wear very large and dressy watches should lean on the smaller side.
>>18538654>>18538662doesn't bother me
>>18538648>>18538636It looks quite fine on you, Anon. Ignore the pajeet wristlets. A spezialist or Sinn is on my list for next acquisition, soon as I can decide on a specific model.
>>18538636>>18538648i think i like it more on the nato
>>18538314>planet oceanim still debating to buy one or not they look good
>>18538677The only Sinn worth buying is the one thats made out of kriegsmarine steel.
>>18538682I am leaning towards the glasshutte, all the Sinn models look a little too industrial for me.
>>18538689Someone has posted a green GO diver here before. It looked pretty good. Very high quality but ridiculously overpriced for what you’re getting.
