WATCH THREADWATCH THREADWATCH THREADIf you post a Citizen or a Seiko in this thread, your mom will be raped by a pack of black gentlemen tonight.The place to actually discuss watches, free of avatarfagging drama, including bittercelposting, pics of food or drinks, or long-ass stories about your lives.>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 sizePrevious thread: >>18576164
>>18578155now THAT's a proper watch choice
>>18578158It looks really pretty on its own but it rarely looks good on wristshots. It often looks awkward and stiff. Just like many integrated bracelet sports watch.
>>18578158Except it's a million bucks>>18578166And this
>>18578155>the split must continueREAL NEW THREAD HERE>>18576142>>18576142>>18576142
Okay hi guys and welcome to the thread41 or 36 Explorer?7 inch wrist
>>18578200If you have a 7” wrist, get an Explorer 2. The design of the Explorer 1 is far too dainty to work in 40mm.
I hope you all did your part buying his fake seikos.
>>18578131>Yeah I'm sure it's way too much for your budget, Seiko wearerThe ole "I don't have a rebuttal so I'll call you poor" shtickZenith are overpriced like Panerai. There's better options for less
>>18578166> Just like many integrated bracelet sports watch.I’m interested to see if the new Rolex Land-Dweller solved this problem. Rolex always has comfortable bracelets. An uncomfortable Rolex would practically be a contradiction in terms.
>>185782072 is ugly
>>18578264It’s also one of the ones you have to wait for. There’s like three classes of Rolex these days:Class 1: less than two months wait, resale is below MSRP. Like common color OPs and DJs and Explorer msClass 2: you’ll have to wait up to a year. Resale is around or possibly higher than MSRP. Submariner, Explorer II, common color Day-DatesClass 3: Be prepared to wait years. Daytonas, GMT Master, special color anything.
>>18578155Tudor ranger vs the new longines spirit pilot?
>>18578285i'd chose the Longines because the ranger is one of the worst cope Tudor makes.
>>18578285Longines. It looks cleaner and it’s thinner to boot. The Ranger is supposed to be 36mm but Rolex wouldn’t allow that because it would cannibalize sales from the Explorer.
>>18578305>>18578301Ive basicly settled on the ranger. You'll have to offer more than cope and false premises on what its supposed to be. The spirit is slightly thinner though, ill give you that.
>>18578285I also vote longines, I bought it a few weeks ago and I’ve been enjoying it. the ranger seems like the forgotten unwanted child of tudor. I don’t hate it and think it could be good with a few updates but I feel like they’ll just eventually stop making it in a few years
with the daki
The avatarfag thread is the other onw, /wt/.
>>18578358post watches then faggot
>>18578285I don't like the case shape, brown/bronze color, or the little polished bits on the bracelet on the longines.I was between those two and a Sinn 556, and I went with the ranger. It just came in the mail yesterday actually. Bought used on ebay for $2500, it has some light scratches that I only notice if I'm looking for them. I've only been wearing it for a couple days but I'm really happy with my purchase.If you haven't yet, go look at one in person. I wasn't sure how I felt about the faux patina when looking at pictures, but after holding one I like it, I think it's well done.
>>18578285Assuming you mean the three-hand Spirit and not the chronograph, the Spirit all the way. It is a legitimately good looking watch in person. It looks like it costs more than it does. The case flows really well nicely, it’s thin, the dial proportions are just right and it has a nice sense of depth.I could see putting it on a croc strap and even using it as a dress watch in a pinch.
>>18578166looks big on that wrist
>>18578355K I N O
Got any recommendations for a 800 USD Dress Watch that's at least automatic? Wouldn't mind if it's used or brand new.
>>18578446Automatic dress watch for that price will be enormous, which means it wont be a dress watch.
>>18578421that’s why the original was smaller, the modern one followed the jumbo version’s proportions.
Is it normal for a new rolex date change to be off by a few minutes? I have one that the date changes over 4 minutes after midnight.
>>18578548When I put a handset on an Ali express dial and movement I typically aim for midnight ±2 minutes. It's just a matter of precision and attention to detail. You have to give Rolex some slack, they don't really have the resources to be so precise.
>>18578548no, a difference of 4 minutes overnight that is not normal. but you don’t have a rolex so it doesn’t matter
>>18578229It's really weird you think this Chopard is a flex. Not only because you paid 6 grand for it (lmao) which really isn't a large sum of money, but because this kind of watch is supposed to go under the radar.
What do we think of Auricoste?
>>18578446Olympos
>>18578673Looks like your generic sub copy. Thei watch with yellow diver seems a little more original..Otherwise idk, their website gives off zombie brand/fake history vibes. There's already Baltic, Yema, Doxa (...) in the "legendary historical french sub watches" market (so legendary that no one heard of them except for Doxa).
>>18578673The design looks pretty clean, though I’m no fan of the faux patina. What are the specs?
>>18578346Tudor makes good copes, the BB 54 is a good cope. But the Ranger is just sad, it lacks the versatility of the class of the Explorer.
>>18578686I think you’re absolutely right. The BB54 or the Pelagos series are good copes because they’re also something Rolex no longer makes (in this case small divers and/or actual tool divers)The Ranger, on the other hand, seems like it’s a leftover from an earlier era of Tudor. It’s too ungainly and blocky to be a good field watch (compared, for example to the hand-winding Hamilton Khaki). It can’t serve as a dressy watch in emergencies like the 36mm Explorer can.
>>18578446It depends on your style but technically for $800, you can't get much better than a NOMOS.
>>18578692What if anon isn't gay?
>>18578684You're confused. Doxa is swiss and was revived after the quartz crisis. Baltic is a 10yo microbrand. Yema passed from hand to hand but never totally dissapeared. Auricoste is owned by the same family since the 1980s.
>>18578696then Junghans Max Bill is the second best
>>18578673I think i have never seen more generic looking watch.
>>18578692Even ignoring all the gayity, this is not a good watch. Those lugs are just screaming daniel wellington.
>>18578718Those are the traditional lugs. They’re not going to stop. It’s like Breguet cold rolling the sides of their cases and welding lugs.Nomos does make watches with more modern lugs designs like the Club and the Orion.
What's an interesting vintage watch 50's/60's that's under 300 euro dollars?
>>18578718>daniel wellingtonIs Daniel Wellington even a reference of bad taste anymore? It was mostly big in 2010, no one is wearing them now or has this cultural reference anymore.
>>18578718(Of course, ignoring the gaiety) I think it is a good watch. Nomos does make a good product for the money. Their in-house movements are solid and robust. Their watches are quite thin.The Ahoi, for example has like 200m WR and is like 9mm thick.The finishing is definitely simple but it’s not badly done. They also make their watches in a variety of sizes, which more companies should do.They definitely have their own design language which isn’t for everyone, but I’d rather they do their own thing rather than puke out another forgettable vintage military inspired diver.
>>18578718>>18578737Do you see what i mean? You're just showing your age with this reference.And the problem of DW was mostly the build quality, not the overall design that was just minimalist (that's why it's close to NOMOS and Junghans).
>>18578740>not the overall design that was just minimalistYes it was. Minimalism is shit, every single watch in that style is shit and homos is only marginally better than DW.
>>18578740>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU CANT BE 30 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH AAAAAAAAARGH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH
Sexy little Movado worldtimer from the 50s.
>>18578780Not a true world timer, but very neat nonetheless. Movado is one of those brands where, the more you read about them, the sadder their current state becomes.
what a good non-avatardofag wathc? i want onyl real watchs, no avatardofuck crap
>>18578787Check out Tag Heuer.
>>18578787Tag Heuer checks out.
>>18578756Hot take: Dress watches are never masculine.By definition, dress watches are for low test men working at a desk.
>>18578812Hot take indeed. Scorching, even.
niggertardello.
Best GMT for wristlets?
>>18578866Either that or the Tudor BB58GMTThe Glycine is a historic model with a cool story. An elegant and simple solution.
>>18578866Farter has 36mm gmts.
>>18578556The closest you can get is 2 minutes?
>>18578787Definitely Tag Heuer, check it out.
OK, we had a little horology evening.>OMEGAMy speedmaster was ready for pickup but the telemeter bezel wasn't perfectly aligned (yes I brought a loupe to check, yes, the last time I went in for service after the bezel popped off due to 'operator error' they also reinstalled it slightly off-center and I seethed for 5 years until now.) This time I'll only accept perfection. Back to waiting.>CZAPEKMy first time seeing Czapek irl, they had lovely service and some nice pieces. My favorite two were the onyx dial with sapphire indices, and the meteorite green dial. The size was perfect, the bracelet was really nice, flexible, but it's a little flashy. They said they can order a matte one for me though. Movements were just unreal, you can find lots of macro footage online but honestly I'd say second only to Lange based on what I've actually held in my hands. 300m WR too. I've got a deposit down on SLGB005 so I'm holding off, but it can't hurt to look.>ROLEXI finally went in, quite friendly staff similar to Omega (also all Chinese), they let me try on GMTs, but they only had Zombie and Pepsi (I wanted rootbeer). Anons should be aware the rehauts were aligned. I was a little underwhelmed, maybe because I'm used to the speedmaster with bracelet, but they were a bit smaller and a lot lighter than I was expecting. Obviously the bracelets weren't sized for me, but given that the lugs are thick all the way to the ends, it did feel like it stuck out a bit near the edges of my wrist. Idk what I was expecting but they're just steel (and gold) sports watches. I really didn't like the colored ceramic though, it looks like shitty plastic to me. It's a no from me, but I will give some more thought to Czapek.
>>18578866I love the Airman No.1 Purist. There aren’t enough 24 hour watches out there.
>>18578866Lorca model 1 (36mm)Nivada Antarctic GMT (36mm)
>>18579074These are really cool but wildly overpriced.
>>18579074Nivadas look cool on mockup pictures but they’re actually shiny as fuck. Saw them irl and I was grossed out.
Whenever people talk about affordable watches they always bring up>Seiko>Citizen>Timex>Casio>Chinese watchesYet no one talks about the undisputed goat>OrientAside from crap bracelets which can easily be substituted with aftermarket bracelets/straps you get: >Original designs>Some of the best looking dials in the affordable space>Reliable in house movements whose accuracy is understated>Better specs than 90% of the brands in the spaceThe Star Diver is one of my favourite diver designs out there, it's a bit of a bitch to get here though and I am not firing up Chrono24 because I am going to spend thousands on impulse purchases.
>>18578812>working outside with your hands for a lousy pay like some 19th century russian peasant>manlykeep telling yourself that
>>18578726poljot deluxe
>>18578155Suppppppppp. Is it worth going to a more exotic colored strap to change things up or am I better off with black for everything?
I AM NOT LIKE THE OTHER WATCH GUYSIN FACT I DONT THINK EXPENSIVE LUXURY WATCHES ARE THE BEST AT ALLMY PICK FOR BEST WATCH? IT HAS TO BE THIS OBSCURE GEM CALLED FW 91 FROM CASIOYUP! RUBBER STRAP AND THE ORIGINAL FACE!IT IS MORE ACCURATE THAN EVERY ROLEX EVER MADE AND IT ONLY COST ME 80 DOLLARS AT WALMART!I BET YOU ARE SO SHOCKED RIGHT NOW HEHEHEHE
>>18579088All high-polish cases? I mean, depending on the case shape and size it can be done. Or do you mean the polishing itself is of poor quality?
>>18579094Orient still has the stigma of “affordable watch” while not actually being that affordable anymore. Bambino went from like 100 dollars to 250 in 5 years
>>18579136The prices of everything is up, quibbling over individual brands doing so is futile. The quality of an Orient is still better than that of a similarly priced Seiko.
