WATCH THREADWATCH THREADWATCH THREADThe 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: >>18578155
Good day /wt/.What are we wearing today, lads?
>>18581199> Bulova Precisionist. They use a higher capacity Lithium Ion battery and state a 1 year battery life.How much does a battery replacement cost? It doesn’t seem worth the additional cost just for a smoother sweep, especially when 10 year batteries are common.
>>18581197>PiagetWhich model(s) exactly?
>>18581217>How much does a battery replacement cost?However much it costs to buy a battery in walmart?
>>18581209I didn't wear a watch today because I took my son to the park and last Sunday he pocket-sanded me and I had to throughly clean the bracelet afterwards.
>>18581220I mean, what is the difference in cost between the lithium and a normal coin cell? Or do they use a completely specialized battery unique to them?
>>18581219Anything with the 700P movement.
ROLEX = SEXROLSEX
Avatards cannot comprehend ROLEX SEX.
>>18581225No, size and voltage are equal to a normal coin cell. They use Maxell CR2016 3V which are $1-$3.
>>18581238That’s interesting. So it is just slightly reduced battery life but otherwise no difference.Might have to look into the Bulovas more.
>>18581239>battery lmfaoROLEX is perpetual. Your body keeps the watch ticking for the rest of your life.
>>18581205>piaget>extra thin feminine watches for handmaids>water resistance 404Meanwhile a real watch like a Rolex has wrist presence and a healthy 200m water resistance along with a robust movement. Rolex is for real men.
>>18581239Simple reason why there are so few Quartz watches with a sweeping second hand:There is very little overlap between Quartz watch buyers and those who care about the sweeping hand.
In this Hodinkee JP pic the dial looks almost black at a certain angle. Can't wait to see it.
>>18581250That’s basically it. Quartz as a technology is basically stagnant. No one is really asking for improvements. They’re already accurate enough. What more could people want beyond more battery life?
>>18581241The best Rolex with no competition whatsoever has a battery though.
>>18581282Except that they cannot be serviced anymore. Rolex won’t touch them. They don’t have all the spares anymore.
>>18581284I thought when you bought a LOLEX you were buying for life? Do they service the King Midas?
>>18581284That's not true. They still take care of the Oysterquartz.It's the Texano they won't touch, which used a Beta 21 movement (built by the CEH and used in some Patek, Piaget, etc).
>>18581284>can’t service a fucking tennis clockThe absolute state of Lolex.
>>18581297It's not that they can't, they simply wont.
>>18581299>won’t allow tennis tournaments to keep track of the time because… because I WON’T, OKAY?!Yeah, what an amazing brand.
>>18581299Except they will, and give you a 2 years warranty. But of course it doesn't fit your narrative so you'll just keep repeating they won't.
>>18581303Casio would make something not only more accurate, but especially much more aesthetically pleasant than that wheeled cardboard panel
Kek. Lolex btfo again.
>>18581306Uhhhh..ROLEX ROLEX ROLEXSEX SEX SEX
>>18581315Friendly reminder that your former classmates are now married (after fucking dozens of girls in college), have kids and own a house.
>>18581328>We all made it.All one can ask for really, thanks anon.
My nigga Brian de Palma receiving a Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso for whatever reason.
>>18581352Aging really is a bitch, huh?
>>18581295> It's the Texano they won't touch, which used a Beta 21 movementYes, you’re right. I was misremembering.
>>18581205These kind of collection give me the ICK.They all fill the exact same purpose. The Hamilton, the Unimatic, the pilot, all of them are the same rugged mid range NPC shit.I'm pretty sure the guy forgets half of them in his mind. What do you need all these watches for?
>>18581352Reminds me of that Ben Kingsley episode in the Sopranos.
>>18581371I think he started with a box ticking “collection” and just never got rid of anything. It’s pretty soulless.That said, though, a collection is allowed to have redundant pieces. If you really like dress watches, for example, having a half dozen different dress watches is a totally legitimate thing to collect.
>>18581352>not only he has to fuck that hag, he also is forced to wear a recelso.grimm.
>>18581371>They all fill the exact same purpose.The guy who owns this collection has most likely a kinda boring life. He probably wears a suit once a year, only goes to family restaurants with his fat wife and dumbass kids, enjoys fancy things but doesn't care much for luxury. He has too many similar watches sure, but I don't really agree with the idea that watches have to have a different purpose. You can love very similar watches just like you can love pasta alla carbonara and pasta a l'amatriciana. Who cares?>>18581381At least he doesn't have to wear a shitty Copehard while jerking off alone in his room, right bittercel?
The best watch is ROLEX.
>At least he doesn't have to wear a shitty Copehard while jerking off alone in his room
>>18581371Bro sorted r/watches by popular and bought the front page.
>>18581392>>18581394Wait, bittercel (the cunt who shits up every thread) is actually the fag with the Copehard?? Is this confirmed? If yes then: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>>18581255Oh ya that's nice
poorfag tears itt.
>>18581417Mate, your Copehard is barely the price of my shoes.
>>18581371Instagram-oriented COOMsumerism: The Collection.
>>18581394Holy fuck, Bittercel is digging into the back catalog. I remember him spamming this image a dozen times and getting banned for it. Jesus, he’s pathetic.
>>18581236CHINKLEX
>>18581397I was just browsing r/selfsuck and r/balls and said, let's check r/watches, and let me tell you that i was greatly dismayed by their collections.
>>18581454>I was just browsing r/selfsuck and r/ballsKek, based.
Why does this thread hate bittercel so much? He is unironically the best poster we have ever had. Here's my reasons:bittercel is always brutally honest. He is like water, he will find a crack in your watch and pour in from there. He is the criticism we need. You never get that in watchuseek or reddit, you only get an echo chamber of “nice watch, wear it in good health, champ” bullshit. Not with bittercel, he does not care for your feelings which is why he will tell you the truth. Yes, your watch is too big for you, yes it’s a shitter, yes the lugs look like shit, yes the movement is crap. You, as a critically thinking individual, should embrace this.We are all protected by anonymity here which is the point of this site. Avatarfags are pathetic going against this. Take reversocel for example; he couldn’t handle a bit of heat from bittercel and immediately fucked off to r/watches as soon as someone wasn’t sucking his cock over his shitters and pens lmfao.Yes, bittercel may seem bitter at first, but he is the counter force to all this circle-jerking in here. He is harsh but fair. You hold the fact he never posts a watch against him, but that is merely him not taking a side. He is not a brain-dead fanboy to brands (other than Rolex, but Rolex is Rolex). This way he maintains his unbiased position.And the best part of bittercel? He is always there for you, right here, in this thread.
Chopard is alright in my books.
>>18581470If it’s an LUC, then yeah. Otherwise, it’s junk.
>>18581470They make some nice stuff now. They also make some pretty terrible watches like their Mile Miglia chronographs. And they've made a whole bunch of unremarkable watches likes the countless Cartier copes from the 80s and 90s (hence the name, Copehard).I don't have anything bad to say except I find their watches rather undesirable. What I'll say though, is you don't come here calling everything a shitter when all you have to show is this >>18581467.
More like Copehard LMFAO
>>18581501Matt Damon wore an Explorer too (a 1016).
>>18581501>>18581509fagets
Is this one reddit too?
>>18581371>These kind of collection give me the ICKOk... then don't buy those watches and instead buy watches that you like?
>>18581592>DISCOOTING ABOUT WATCHES??!? In my /wt/?? Not on my watch!
>>18581586based sleazecore
>>18581600>I don't like X!is the lowest form of "discussion"
>>18581618Are you saying you don't like it?
>>18581623Yes
A colleague of mine wears a full gold datejust almost every day. Looks like the gaudiest piece of shit. He also of course has a Breitling who gives a fuck.
>>18581678I meant Breitling "who gives a fuck"
>>18581497There Mile Miglia from the 90s is a nice watch. I don’t see Cartier in neo vintage Chopard. They overall has a pretty classy offering back then. Don’t like their new watches at all though. I want a skeletonized st moritz too
>>18581509ugly fucking watch
>>18581295That's a cool bracelet, more watches should have cool bracelets, the normal 3 link ones are boring.
>>18581704>I don’t see Cartier in neo vintage ChopardPicrel. They've also made a lot of Piaget copes during that era.
ngl, if your watch isn't>Rolex>Patek>AP>VC>JLC>Cartier>MAYBE Omega and a few othersThen I'm not interested in what you have to say about watches (or anything else really).
>>18581894Based and truth-pilled.I'm glad someone still has the balls to say this, instead of tip-toeing around it.
>>18581894Nobody asked.
>>18581894How do you include Rolex and Cartier in this list? And if you include Cartier why not Piaget, who makes movements for them? Or IWC that makes movements for JLC?
>>18581910Making movements for other brands isn't the criteria that makes a brand cool. I have no idea why you would assume that.
>>18581915In that case, none of those brands are cool, they're kike-coded.
>>18581933>guilt by associationYikes. Baby's first sophism.Do better anon, we have standards here.
>>18581939Well the criteria for being cool apparently isn't based on their own movements, so then we move to second-order observation and it's just kikes and golems.
>>18581894Based.
Friendly reminder, it's a ROLEX board.
>>18581933if you want a nazi coded one, get a Jeager Lecoultre or get a flieger.
>>18581952I really honest don't care what some avatar thinks.
>>18581829How is that design legal? It’s not like the Tank is some generic round case or was originally a stock part made by a third party.Chopard’s St.Moritz was an obvious Santos de Cartier ripoff but it at least contained enough original elements to make it look reasonably unique (if shitty.) but that is literally just a Tank Louis Cartier with worse finishing.
>>18582007what are you talking about, that's what every watch looked like in the 1920s
>>18582030That’s just rectangular. That’s not obviously a Tank.
>>18582030And guess who came up fist with that design in 1917?
>>18582007NTA but lets be honest here: the whole watch industry unashamedly copies one another. They change a thing here and there and then proudly announce a "brand new watch". Just look at the whole integrated bracelet blue dial sports watch malarkey, look at the Tank, look at the Sub, the desk divers, the basic dress watch, the list goes on... It's all just endless trips through the photocopier.
>>18582007The Cartier Tank came up in 1917. Chopard started making copies at least 70 years later. The expiration date for the intellectual property of the Tank was most likely over at that time.
>>18582041I remember reading somewhere about this years ago that Cartier was unable to copyright the design but they were able to copyright the name Tank. Not sure why in terms of the legalities.
>>18582040The watch industry is full of unoriginal ass holes, big surprise.
Rolex.That's the post.ROLEX SEX.
>>18582037You?
>>18582040That's unironically why I like Vostok. Their watches have actually unique design, inside and out.
>>18582037ROLEX.
I think the JLC reverso chronograph is really cool and I might just save up for a year to buy one.
>>18582080>save up for a yearlmfaoat least buy a Rolex poorfaggot.
>>18582080You’ll have to wait a while. Those things are hard to get right now.
>>18582086The Tribute Chronograph is hard to get. Those disgusting Squadra Reversos can be found in any dumpster.
>>18582082>RolexI don't really want a rolex. And if I really wanted to I could dip into my savings and buy one right now, I'm just not financially retarded.>>18582086That's fine. By the time I can comfortably afford one maybe my mind will have changed, but damn if I don't want one right now.
>>18582080There's a common problem with these models you should be aware of. The time on both faces isn't the same (often by a minute or two) and since the hands are synchronized you can't correct the problem by yourself.Here's an example of what I mean: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/dOTg_YQGlCg?feature=share
>>18582088I would try one on first.I got to check one out and it is incredibly impressive in the flesh. So many wonderful details. And then you try it on the wrist and…nope.It’s huge. Almost 50mm lug to lug. Just not elegant on the wrist.
>>18582092Thanks, I have seen that. Maybe I'm retarded but it's still so alluring to me. I think my cope is>well the particular watch I get won't have that problem!>>18582094>try one on firstI definitely will.
>>18582096If you're buying it in store that shouldn't be a problem. If you're buying it online, just ask for a video of the watch.
The reason who so few Rolexes are posted in this thread is simple.Once a man gets a Rolex he leaves 4chan and goes on r/Rolex to chuff with the rest of the out of touch assholes.
I've noticed that the perception of Grand Seiko keeps getting worse as the SHUNBUN!!!! SNOWFLAKE!!!! has become as obnoxious as the COKE!!!! PEPSI!!!! Somehow they skipped over a mainstream audience and went straight from niche autism to influencer slop. Probably because they pay people to post about their watches. In any case, they remain unique by persisting in the Swiss watch scene and being off-puttingly sincere while everyone else is le ironic.
So, anon, have you gone to the fields today?
>>18582107Lass uns chuffen.
>>18582113The GS community has always been obnoxious to be honest, and it really is the brand's fault since they've decided to market their watches in the west specifically for autistic weebs (to a point I find some of their ads borderline insulting). There are a few GS that I like but I know I'll never buy one because I just don't want to be part of that "tribe".
>>18582113The problem with GS isn’t the silly nicknames or the shilling by social media. Simply put, it’s the difference between price and quality.Fifteen years ago when no one had heard of GS, it was like a hipster secret.>You know, in Japan, Seiko makes these watches that are, like, really accurate and really well made. You can’t get them here, but you can get a second hand one for really cheap!I remember trying one out a simple 9F powered three-hander with date, for like 600 bucks and I was really impressed by the quality. But the ones made today are no different than from back then except they cost ten times as much. The value is no longer there, neither is the feeling of wearing something no one else knows about.
>>18581205Looking for entry-level watch recommendations:>Budget500€>Preferred brand or manufactureDon't have - I'm a watch newfag>MovementNot hand-wound>Desired featuresBasics: time & day/date>Strap optionNo preference>Wrist size~60mm
>>18582132go out and try somequartz, bracelet
>>18582132Probably anus or similar seiko.
Obviously multi billion dollar corporate umbrellas are fond of anarchist symbology and figures. Punk rock, baby!
does anus taste good?
>>18582163Femboy anus tastes like teen male hormones. Very nice.
>>18582158Since the original artist is Japanese, I would guess he doesn’t have the slightest clue what that symbol means and might actually think it does mean punk rock.
>>18582107im on r-l-x.de with the rest of the boomers
>>18582163it tastes the same as balls
>Explorer: 36mm>Sneedmaster: 42mmAnd yet the difference is barely noticeable. Why? Because the dial opening is roughly the same.Proof diameter means nothing.
>>18582267That is a 40mm Explooorer, you dumbfuck.
>>18581894copypasta
>>18581894Am i allowed to talk with the collection picrel?Btw is this autism to have this specific of a type for watches: only white numerals for max legibility, slim profile, no complication, no diver bezel (i don't fucking dive, i don't fucking swim, and no i am not black), no logo but name brand is ok only if it's not some dude's name (like Christopher Wart, Frederique Constantin or whatever).
>>18582132>>18582150Alternatively Seiko Selection, i recommend SBTM323 or 341.
>>18582309>Am i allowed to talk with the collection picrel?Of course. Some retard’s spambot doesn’t determine the rules. The thread’s purpose is stated in the OP.Pictures of watches are fine, even pictures of your own watches, as long as they are relevant to the discussion and not used to annoy people.And, no, having a preference, even a very specific one, is normal. It may not be to everyone’s taste, but that’s understood.
>>18582323>Pictures of watches are fine, even pictures of your own watches, as long as they are relevant to the discussionThis was not relevant, the avatardfag is just trying to flex.The Rolex is OK, but the shitters next to it take the whole collection down.
>>18582335>trying to flex.if you think two shitters and two entry-level luxury pieces is an attempt at flexing, that really says more about you than him.
>>18582359>look look I have a basic Rolex and you mentioned Rolex in your post.yes, it's a flex, a poor one, but still a flex.
>>18582309Based collection
>>18582309nice collection anon
>>18582322is there a non solar radio option?
>>18582131I think old GS is one of few times you can actually make a claim about good value in watches. Now you've got independents putting out watches in a steel case for 40k as a "base model".
>>18582131600 would be like 1800 now
Kofe time.
>>18582442I don't know, not of this watch at least.
>>18582309I like the IWC but honestly I don't see in which situation you would pick it instead of the Explorer.
What's your opinion on the JAY EL CEE Memovox?
>>18582798Nice Vulcain cope.
>>18582803Said no-one, ever.
>>18582267I like the Tudor.
What watch says "I choose Deen over Dunya"?
What watch says I chose Gore over Dubya?
>>18582803Exactly this.
>>18582755With a blue jumper, with a white shirt, but yeah, the difference is slim.
Eberhardt is the watch that your based granpa was wearing during summer holidays at the seaside.
>>18582979He said>and a few othersIf you’ve got a Journe you’re probably pretty invested in independent watchmakers and might have something interesting to add.
I'll be honest with you bros, I think Journe watches are kinda ugly
>>18583083It’s no sin to find them ugly. They’re trying to make watches in their own style. They can either copy classic designs and have everyone think they boring, or they can try to make something new and have the design be polarizing.
How big of a flex is wearing a solid gold Rolex Daytona on a visit to a prison in El Salvador?
>>18583128Paradoxically, If you can afford a solid gold Rolex, wearing a solid gold Rolexis terribly declassé. But then again, she’s from a flyover state and she’s not educated, so she can’t be expected to know better.
>>18583083Yes, they are. They definitely are.
>>18583128So this literal piece of shit is your typical Rolex owner uh?
>>18583158>>18583161
Omega is now sponsoring Twitch streamers.Big yikes.
>>18583158Who the fuck else is going to wear gold rolexes other than people who can afford gold rolexes?
>>18583197There's plenty of people who can't afford stuff that have that stuff.
>>18583190I cannot wait for the day this fucking website dies so I can stop hearing about it.
