Casio A168WEFL-5AV EditionThis thread is for the discussion of affordable watches, vintage, clomage, replicas, straps, and modifications.Old sticky: https://imgur.com/a/NFMXDuKLast thread: >>18615048
Serica 6190 homage when
Don't buy chinese shitters, make sure they have genuine Seiko or Miyota movements - Chinese movements lack anti-magnetic coatings and have bad tolerances - they will fail in a few months with regular wear.
>>18629119Genuine seagull movements are good. My most accurate automatic is a Sea-gull ST2130 which gets -2 spd when sitting on my desk. Keep in mind there's lots of fake Sea-gull movements out there, and those hand-wind tonji movements are complete crap.
>>18629164>when sitting on my desk
My finest shitters. And no, they won't be failing within months or even years because I'm a smart shopper and also the frailty of Chinese watches have been greatly exaggerated.Get what you like and what you can afford. Read reviews and do the research first. You'll be okay.
I'm being outbid. Someone wants this more than I do.
>>18629227Based on WEEKS of ownership and one trip to the mall.
>>18629227;From top left top bottom right:shit, stolen valor shit, walmart, shit, fake, shit, shit, tacky, shit, commie shit, larp shit, shit.
any recs for a $50 watch that will look good with a suitLooks like amazon patched my seiko method. You used to be able to buy watches from the japanese amazon site for the yen price, which is lower because the yen is weak, and then get free shipping with prime.
>>18629356Use one of the Seikos you got with free shipping. Should be fine.
>>18629183Yeah, mechanical watches run better when they aren't moving around. It gets around -3 to -5 on my wrist. Thats still pretty dang good for a 200 dollar watch.
>>18629441>200 dollar watchwhat a poorfagget a rolexor a weekdaterWEEKDATER
INVICTA/thread
>>18629227Shameful display. Teddy's nightmare of assrape.
>>18629356Generally speaking almost any watch bar a gshock looks good with a suit these days, nobody really cares about strict fashion rules regarding watches anymore. If you are wearing a suit to the office then honestly even a f91w will look fine on your wrist, if you are wearing a suit to a wedding or another similar occasion then honestly just get something from Casio's MTP line or chinese shitter like the addiesdive dune
>>18629572Thanks. I agree. Most people don't even use the watch they wear.BTW can we update the sticky? All the prices listed in there are absurdly low. I can't find a Seiko 5 for $80 anymore. They're all at least $200. Is it assuming the prices are secondhand or something?
>>18629623Dude those are prices from like 10 years ago.
>>18629088where to buy
>>18629623where to buy
>>18629088Is this one an actual metal case or plated plastic? Price point is quite a bit higher than the standard silver casiosI've gotten into arguments with several "watch enthusiasts" that insist that the silver and gold casios aren't plastic.
>>18629571Teddy would approve. He says buy what you like. Teddy's not an asshole snob.
>>18629832You have mental problems
>>18629826The one in the op has an actual metal case I think
>>18629884What are they? You're a bot and all you ever post is "you have mental problems". There's no evidence of mental problems in any posts but yours. Sorry you didn't have a dad or never got laid or were bullied in school or live on the streets where people shit. It's not my fault. You need to learn to redirect your hatred toward yourself where it belongs. Then you won't be misdiagnosing those who you are envious of.
>>18629227I still only like the murph clone
>>18629088Where to buy
>>18630110If you're asking you need a question mark. If you're telling you need to give the details.
I love this mf like you wouldn't believe
>>18630110They're unobtainable sadly. Limited run, not many were made. I've been checking for the past year and only seen one for sale on ebay and the nigger wants like 600 dollars for it.
>>18630389Please don't use that word here. It's a blue board.
>casio with a bezel gimmick>that will be 480 pounds gaijin
>>18630674metal gshocks are also insanely overpriced
day 3 of waiting for my shartin' to come
>>18630684>>18630674They're for the same people who collect sneakers, just get the standard black 5600 for like $60 and move on.
>>18630674@skmei pls do the needful
>>18630684I think $150 for G-Shock is already overpriced for digital unless it's the 6500 with the sensor protrusion or something on that level of extra.I will never take digital seriously unless it's paired with a nice analog, and even then it's not no $500 unless it's like that NASA shit.Just not a digital guy. Not for more than $40.
i'm a trains man and i keep breaking and losing my watchesi have to wear one because i don't carry a phone at worki use an f91w and i'm wondering if there is something else that is low profile and cheap i should consider
>>18630859>and losingwhy do you keep losing it?
>>18630859$20? This is slightly different but not by much.
>>18630859I got this for $22 on sale at Walmart. Good heavy duty Timex. Very reliable. Nice leather strap. Indiglo. I'll always choose analog over digital. Quartz is super accurate too so you won't miss your trains. Not that there are $20 watches powered by anything else.
>>18630859just get a skmei 1628
>>18630882llluminator knockoff? Who knew?
>>18630859Sure is.
>>18630859This isn't really low profile but it was $11 and it's a damn good watch for that price. I've found myself leaving the house in it more than I expected I would. Surprisingly good quality watch. I'm going to get a silver one too; I don't usually wear gold. I might get a couple different colors at this price point.
>>18630888It's so inexpensive you can lose more and not be bothered. Just get the positive display.
>>18630947that rolex hand looks so awful there lmao
>>18631019that's exactly what I was thinking.I don't really like them on rolexes, either, but that's just egregious.
Cosmodiver.
>>18631167Cool
rate this beauty, effay
>>18631202>off center
>>18630686Day 4 - shenzen > hk airport
anyone hydromod their casios? is it worth it
>>18629088Are there bands similar to pic for sale? The plaid is actually pretty sick.
>>18629700Yeah, no shit. So someone should update the sticky...>>18629404I don't have any. I could've, I found the method to do it. Like I said, about a year ago the JP yen was super weak so you could find Seiko watches for like half of what they retail here in the US on Amazon. And you could make a Japanese amazon account and they would ship it to you for free or whatever the standard japanese shipping price is.Now they refuse to ship to the US, I guess they realized the loophole or someone did it first.
Incoming.
Just in time to see the jump!
Comfortable leather strap. Good size. I love it. Recommended.
One more angle.
>>18630871i have an unbelievably bad memory and have never been organized. i stay in multiple locations and have to use various vehicles to get to my main home so i am often changing clothing, i think that is mostly how i lose things>>18630877is that the one with a better light? that could be a pretty good improvement>>18630879i actually had one of these but the knob broke off. good rec, i really liked it>>18630882>>18630947i'll look into these, thanks
>>18631527That digital Casio has a SHIT light. Coming out of the Northwest corner with just enough to see which hour it is. The jump to EL on those must be a full $3 cost to them or something, because they just won't do it on the sub $20 models.
Currently in Japan, any exclusive watches to shop for?
>>18631758No idea. Watch some JDM videos. One of those guys lives in Japan and features watches they only have there.
>>18631758Casio oceanus watches
I'm looking through japanese auction sites, which one to go
>>18631840Go to the stores on nakano broadway in tokyo and pick something you actually like and speaks to you, you fucking nerd. Then go to the iron heart store in hachioji
>>18631843
>>18631844>travel to japan>better stay in my hotel room and go on japanese ebay
I got this casio a while ago and haven't worn it too much since I felt the strap it came with was kind of a downgrade after getting used to the one on my seiko prospex speedtimer.I then became aware that there are replacement straps for high end watches and it got me thinking what really stops someone from putting a high end strap on a shitter. I now have a forstner bullet bracelet on my blue casio (MTP1302D-2AVT).
its a long shot but I kinda hope this seller accepts my 200 bones for their g757-4010. I love the module.
>>18631844This isn't true. Stop posting variants of it.
>>18629088all you need
>>18631961dishonest, overpriced watch
>>18631961Wrong one
>>18631961The light sucks though. It really, really sucks. When Indiglo came out in the 90s I somehow thought every watch would have something like it. I'm surprised at just how few do it. Especially in analogs. I've had this Timex a while (Just get a WEEKENDER!), well before I started going crazy for watches. And I've taken the gorgeous lighting system for granted. Fuck "lume". Even on the best watches it's not as good as this. And if it is good, well, you can't really turn it off can you? It might keep you up. Any experts around tonight who know the answer to this? Why isn't E.L. seen on more analogs? Is it seen as cheap? It seems to work behind several different types of dial. This deep blue color doesn't betray what's hiding beneath. You wouldn't really guess on the white ones either. Why doesn't Grand Seiko have it? They could surely liven it up somehow and justify the markup. Funny how the very nicest watches wouldn't even have lume. Certain situations you have to actually create fire to check the time.
>>18632091loved my old indigo weekender .my ecodrive is an upgrade in every other way, but no indiglo is one serious downgrade
>>18632091Because nice watches don't have batteries and it's viewed as tacky even if they do.
>>18632097I knew I wasn't the only one. I've got an ecodrive on the way and now I'm already wondering if it'll be less popular than old trusty Timex.>>18632100Well, some nice watches have batteries. And I think even a mechanical would benefit from a tiny LED system with a tiny battery that maybe utilized solar or something. You just KNOW those Swiss companies could team up with Japan and create some just awesome shit down that road if they wanted. Hell, someone's doing it. Have to be. There's some nut out there working on his microbrand right now. We don't know what's out there. Normally I'd be on the other end of this argument. I hate new stuff, 'smart' stuff, digital stuff, anything that could be old and wood or iron or analog. But I do wish some of my automatics had a light somehow. And I think it'd be cool as hell if some high-end watch maker shrunk down something and gave us something new. I'd own a fucking radium watch if I could afford one. That is old school. If someone could crack actual lume that worked like that did, or just contain it well enough that we could have it again without radiation worries I'd be all over that.
There could be some kind of 'Bio-watch' that ONLY works when diving and it somehow attracts micro sized luminescent sea swimmers who then flow into the watch and chill out and maybe feed or stay warm or something inside any parts of the watch you want to glow. Like the hands and indices for example. And not in Avatar, but for real. Someone get to work on my stoned daydream of a glowing diver watch with seafood inside. The think stays underwater too. Like you have a little lockbox you rent attached to a pier piling that always stays below low tide. When you go under you start there, unlocking your watch and brushing off barnacles and slime growing on it. Some kinetic, 'Powered by Ocean' proprietary tech. If I can dream it...
for relaxing times
>>18632121A.I. isn't getting it done. This is the closest one. I'll keep working on it.
It's getting closer. But no matter how many times I tell it I don't want physical analog hands, it mostly still puts them in there. I can't believe people ask chatbots questions and then trust the fucking answers.
>>18631934>This isn't true. Stop posting variants of it.calm down, davido-kun
If this one were real it'd be cool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S9D44P789I
>>18632349tldw?
>>18632359PT5000 watches were the best, but it's worth noting that he was testing them with OOTB settings, so it probably says more about the brands than the movements
>>18632349I just bought a PT5000 for a gift for someone. It was $25 extra to upgrayedd.
>>18632360And this watch I'm looking at it costs $25 more for the 9015 over the PT5000. Weird. Guess it does depend on the brand. Honestly all that shit just goes over my head and I don't think that difference of accuracy will ever matter much to me.When I first stumbled on this board everyone pushed the NH35 and that seemed to just be the entry level. But it's about the date wheel. And yet the ones that are supposedly better are not all that better and sometimes they're offered and sometimes they're not. I have been getting the upgrade about half the time, but I don't think it's going to ever be evident to me that a watch has a better movement. I guess we'll see eventually.
VERY sweet for the final discounted price of $68. Tempting. Sapphire and all the good stuff too.
>>18632384That won't just drop in on something like an nh35 case, it will need a spacer, the dial pegs probably won't fit as well
>>18632386I would get the miyota over the pt5000. Worth the extra price for the peace of mind. I would only pick the pt5000 if the savings were over $100.I want one of these next. Its a 9039 movement and ~$350. 38.5mm dia 10mm thick
>>18632452This is al alternative with pt5000, escapement time, 38mm dia, 11mm thick
>>18632091>Best lighting in the industry >Loudest fucking ticking in the industry Why
where to buy OP image
>>18632091I love my weekender, but I have it in a cream dial which I think looks much nicer. If the expedition watches didn't have "EXPEDITION" written huge over it I'd probably switch to one of those though.
>>18632480Ebay
>>18632256the underwater thing is not feasible I don't think, but something like this, the case-as-terrarium with foxfire growing in it, might actually be doable.
>>18632452>>18632454They're both great and perfect sized for me. It thought Escapement Time folded and are hard to come by. I'd snag it. I like silver over gold anyway for the case. I do want a Baltany though. My Citizen Eco-Drive is supposed to show up today. It's 40mm which is the absolute biggest I'll go. I bought it so I can get having a Citizen and having a solar checked off the list. It's going to wear big too, I can tell.>>18632091This is a 40mm and it looks fine on me, but all others have really been pushing it. It taught me about how shape and lugs and all that contribute to how a watch looks and wears.I'm hoping since the Cit is also round with a silver enclosure that I can pull it off.The fucker was on sale for $129 though and it's already back to $160. Comparable ones on the official site are over $220. It was too sweet a deal to pass up. I hope I actually love and wear it. If not it might make a good gift.
>>18632475I find the ticking charming. And I think it's always been a big part of their branding anyway. The ticking lets you know it's "still going". That was the Energizer Bunny, I meant "keeps on ticking". But personally I love sitting and reading in my watch room with all the ticks coming from everywhere.
Day 6 of waiting for my Shartin'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRiY0V4JwsgI just fucking love this guy and all the guys like him. He owns and appreciates the "finer" watches, but he gets that same childlike glee over shitters. And then he buys them and makes the case for why they're fucking awesome. I never doubted myself, but guys like this really reinforce my confidence that there's absolutely nothing wrong with going this route.
>>18632774You have mental issues
>I'M HOMAGING!!!!
>>18632672I really like that dial. usually when a watch does day at 12, they write the entire name out and bend it into a curve and there is very little in the watch world that triggers me harder than that, it looks like absolute shit. this way looks cool and the dial is bilaterally symmetrical instead of day/date at 3. I've always preferred date at 6 but the day at 12 thing usually looks terrible. plus the fake guilloche and the indices, it's really nice. shame about the 40 but it'll probably be ok. I love my ecodrive but it's a field model I beat up.
>>18632790
>>18632794Yeah I like how is appears to say "Citizen, Mon." Like some Jamaican guy. lol
>>18632674>I think it's always been a big part of their brandingyou'd better believe it
>>18632681Shartin' is now on US soil. I repeat, shartin' is on US soil. Now I just have to wait two more weeks for the retards in customs to xray the box. Just two more weeks.
>>18632801
>>18632801I'm excited for you. I know someday I'll get one. These here are just gorgeous at 39mm. I really want one.
>>18632806If they removed that "oyster" style and brought in the lugs a bit and switched to a leather strap so it looked like my Presage or Weekender it'd be the perfect watch for me.
Digging these too. $265 for the PT5000 and $380 for the SW200.Never heard anyone be disappointed with San Martin.
Multiple shitters incoming.Better this than starting my own thread I figure.
Well this one's no shitter. Save that for last.
This will also be a winner
These may be iffy.
Hell yes! I love it already. My third $30 Chinese handwind auto. I love the other 2 so much.
This one has a window. I think maybe it was $35. Looks nice.
This one isn't as great as I'd hoped.
And yep... GODDAMMIT! The day/date wheel is off kilter.Now begins the issues with AliExpress I'm guessing. Is this a cheap alignment a jeweler can do? I don't want to deal with the shipping and bullshit in China for a $35 watch.
Let's lift our spirits with the others, shall we? Forget about "Ochstin", the watch manglers.
This Merkur is a fucking beauty!I love it.
Dessert.
They all wear well.If the Alpinist arrives and satisfies I'm for real gonna take a break from buying.
my favourite shitters for 2025 awards.
Updated State of the Collection.
The backups.
>>18632887
>>18632890Copper top row. Green bottom row.
Yet I feel like the F-84W
>>18632816Good price for sw200. My gucci with a sw200 was $400
>>18632896It is better than all of your shitters combined.
>>18632906
So I just drop off that misaligned purple thing at the post office and get a quick refund. Easy as pie.Now I get to buy another $35 shitter! Pretty cool. That was a really terrible impulse buy anyway. I never should have gone ahead when I wasn't 100%. "One last purchase before bedtime" I believe was how that went down.That's no way to watch shop. You really can't go wrong with those Tianjin Shanghai ones at that price. But maybe I'll get a San Martin or something since I'm taking the rest of the year off. One more big watch.>>18632906And you can't really call them shitters anymore. I have a cardboard box filled with actual shitters. And the Invicta is a certified shitter. The rest are all good to great watches and you don't know anything.
>>18632896based. i prefer it over the f-91w. better fit on my wrist
All this shit's really accumulating. Do you guys hold onto it or what?
>>18632955No. You are a loser.
>>18632955I hold onto some boxes if they are super special to me, I probably wont hold onto a box for cheapo shit. Speaking of cheapo shit my first temu watch is coming in three weeks or so, I got the anadigi temp clone for 17$, looked decent tier. hope it doesn't suck 2 bad.
I love everything but the cheap plastic dome. Wonder what it'd cost to get a sapphire crystal to swap it out for.
>>18632958I actually just checked out Temu for the first time last night but they didn't have any watches over $20. Maybe I wasn't looking hard enough. It's not anything like AliExpress except for all the super cheap crap.
>>18632884So it's always fucking something. I noticed the second hand isn't exactly flush with the minute markers on the edge of the dial. Shouldn't this be absolutely perfect?Why the fuck does Jomashop keep fucking me like this? Two Seikos and now a Citizen. Do they just put these on sale because they KNOW there's an issue? Do they just keep shipping them out until some sucker keeps it?Seriously, is this something that could be fixed by just opening up the watch and making a minor adjustment? I really liked this watch. I don't want to send it back for a refund. Where am I going to get another $350 watch for $130? Or is that why it was $130? I'm so fucking sick of this. With shitters I don't mind. I expect them to suck. And yet for the most part they haven't sucked. I've had one $2 shitter that didn't work and I'm returning that purple stuff I got tonight. They're even giving me free shipping back to China. Jomashop has made ME pay for returns. Fuck that and fuck them. Any watch mechanics have advice on what can be done here? Eco-drive should last many years. I just want it to look perfect for those years. Is that too much to ask here?
I'm liking this San Martin. It's really the only style I like from them; never been into divers and I already have a sand dune dial.This is about $140 after coupons and discounts, making it the cheapest thing I've seen from them yet.
>>18632889Not to sound like an asshole anon but this whole collection could be consolidated into a single watch (murph or ecodrive) but hey you seem to be having fun buying shitters so w/e
>>18633045How can they be consolidated? I don't see the logic in that. I like them all. I wear them all. If I only had one I'd miss out on the enjoyment I experience from the others. How many watches do you have? Are you just a one watch person? Why just those two? Are you the person who always comments "I only like the murph"? So now you just barely tolerate two of my 40 watches? Thanks for letting me know again. You don't sound like an asshole. But I don't get it. You just like repeating that you don't like anything else I've bought? You need to remind me that in your personal estimation the only one that appeals to you is the Militado? And now the Citizen? Okay. Duly noted. I can't explain to you why people like to collect things and have different versions of the things, different colors and styles of the things. I used to have Hot Wheels cars and G.I. Joes growing up. I guess you'd have rolled up on your Big Wheel and told me my entire collections could be consolidated into a single Joe (Leatherneck or Snake Eyes) and a single car (that white Lamborghini or the hot rod with flames). I don't think it would be a fun collection that way.
>poorfag shitter watches in the poorfag shitter watch thread??
Thoughts on this Seiko
>>18633122Closer look
>>18633117These are the two casios worth buying. Way too many gumball machine watches in here.
>>18633125This collection is the result of trial and error over the past 5 years. Ultimately I'm going to prune out 50-60% of it and stick with 3 or 4 watches. I have a strict set of criteria on what will determine the final selection. I'll say that any watch that does not have both day and date on it's face is of no use to me. So the Duro will never be a consideration. The 5600 series is a future purchase but it will have to be the new MIP version. Of the "gumball" watches, the WS-1600H is the most useful watch I've ever owned due to it's super robust and unmatched feature set and style. It will likely make the final cut. I may even mod it with a full metal case eventually.
>>18633117I like your collection, anon.
>>18633133You should keep the Duro just for variety. Sometimes it's classier to have an analog clock without day and date. Who forgets what day it is anyway? I've been kind of on a minimalism thing where there's no lume, no windows or subdials or battery or complications of any kind. Just a clock. For a guy collecting Casios I think you should keep all of them. But at least the Duro for variety. I think no watch collection is complete without a little of everything. Gotta have a digital. If you have all digital you should have an analog. Don't prune any of them. What takes up less space than a few lightweight plastic watches? You never know when you might need them.
>>18633117I wonder if 4, 5, and 7 have the same internal dimensionswould need to see how they'd fit in my case
>>18632872>handwind auto
>>18632884>>18632974Don't think there's much you can do unfortunately, you'd need to remove the seconds hand and then place it back and hope it's lined up, which is not that easy. You're probably best off returning it, as much as that sucks. Do they have the option to swap it for another one?
>>18633225This is one of those bracelets that looks really cool in pictures but looks gaudy as fuck on an actual wrist
>>18632958update, temu refunded my order for suspicious activity. very cool!
>>18633332I read up on it and it just goes with the territory with quartz. I'm not going to fuck with it, I'm not going to return it. Being slightly ahead of each minute marker doesn't really affect anything. It's probably going to be the most reliable quartz in my modest collection. You have to really get down there and stare at it to even notice. From what I'm learning it's not always as easy as just taking it off and putting it back on better. It's best I think to just leave it be and learn to live with it. This is info posted on microbrand websites FAQs. In this case I got the last one at the $129 price anyway. The box it came in says $350. Otherwise I'd happily pay the return fees to just buy three or four and keep the one most lined up. I'll ask my jeweler next time I'm in there.
>>18633328Oops. Meant mechanicals.
having a tiny wrist sucks, so many cool watches that just aren't allowed to be worn.
>>18633477Get a rice bucket and start squeezing
>>18633477There are a lot of great watches that will fit you. Just don't get anything over 38mm. There's a lot available in 36mm that look good on any wrist. It's all in your head anyway; expectations of what it "should" look like or what people might think. Don't worry. Back 100 years ago most watches were small. Manly men wore 32mm and shit. Look at old pics of Hemingway or think of the Pulp Fiction war watch. Those were all worn by real men. Men who knew how to chop down a tree and build a house. And you can tell me those guys would have worn a 52mm Invicta if they could, but I know that's wrong. These are 34mm. They'd look great on you or me. But there is no "allowed" here. Wear what YOU want.
>>18633477Stay away from Aragon then. Someone recommended them and I went for a look.
I love my $30 red one so much I'm upgrading to the 7120 in green. I switched to the solid caseback before getting a $4 coupon and pulling the trigger for a total of $39.98 free shipping. Shame they don't make it in blue.
Should I get this $40 Indian watch? Looks okay.
50 year old watch. Pretty cool.
>>18633686>This is the average watchfag on /fa/
>>18633688Fine by me. Where's your watch, your honor? Because you're being judgy.
>>18633674Wait what mechanism does your current one use? I'd assume they all use 7120
>>18633741I'm not sure. They show kind of vague specs on the page and then there could be three different versions to choose from. This is the one I have and the gears are different and it's $11 less. I don't even know what the big difference could be. I just like them and assume more expensive means better. Which is a pretty stupid assumption. I just found this video of a guy explaining how these were a design from the 70s. So I guess they have since made an even cheaper movement because he one he's talking about (7120) is now the $44 one and the one closer to the $28 he's quoting is "V-2" according to the image. I don't ever really understand the technicals. I just figure if I'm going to get an inexpensive watch, I should get the best one. And he explains that the 7120 is the same movement they originally used 50 years ago, and you can get original Shanghais on ebay that still work.It's nice to remind the haters out there of that when they scoff at buying $40 "shitters". There's really no reason to think these won't still be going in 2076 with proper care too. And besides, they're colorful and fun. I think of watches kind of like how women might think of earrings. They may have a nice diamond set, but they have fucking drawers full of all kinds of fun and funky ones too. I like having a handful of Chinese handwinds that aren't replicas of anything but earlier versions of themselves. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjqIFSqP32I
>>18633747I've got a shanghai I bought for 18€ and I'm pretty sure it also uses the 7120.The 7120 aka the tongji movement aka the chinese standard movement is an old design that a lot of cheaper chink watches use, some manufacture their own and some buy them from others.Looking it up it seems that watch uses the 8120 movement, which is a newer one that shanghai made to try to make their watches thinner, but it's not considered as reliable apparently.
>>18633750Cool, thanks. I'm interested to know what they mean by 'durable'. If I just use the watch from time to time without putting it through shocks or anything I don't imagine mechanical watches are very likely to just "conk out" and fail to keep the time. At least I'm not finding a lot of people ever complaining about the watches I've bought. I hope they continue to do well.Time will tell. So to speak.
I think I'm going to get this.
>>18633384I thought it was neat, but I get what you meanI switched to a different one since then, also increased the strap size to 20mm instead of 18
where to buy watch in OP pic
>>18633798Baltany does one similar for a similar price.might be worth comparing it to your pic before you buy.
God I love the new seiko 5 designs, but they're so overpriced for what you get. If there was a 1:1 chink copy with a sapphire crystal and better bracelet I'd jump on it, as is I might just pull the trigger on one of these for their full price just for the design.
>>18634035Baltany refuses to lose the long stupid lugs. I want to like them but even the 38mm look fucking ridiculous the way they do the lugs.
>Meranom's shipping to the US again>But everything has an overinflated priceNot paying $300 for a Vostok
>>18634123There are plenty. I posted a bunch in one of the last threads. People bitched for posting shitter options but you guys are asking for them. You're absolutely correct. Those things start at $130 or so and they have Hardlex and usually pretty lame movements. There are $60 - $100 watches that look near identical and have all the good components.>yeah, but manufactured in ChinaYeah, just like the fucking ones Seiko puts in there, but BETTER. Here's just one option. There are many more and you can go quartz or mechanical, different sizes, different brands, sterile dial maybe, but they will all have sapphire and usually comparable bracelets. I bought two such Seiko 5s and sent them back for issues. But the bracelet on my Militado Murph was just as good if not better than the Seiko. In the end I got my Cocktail Time and I love it, but for these other types of watches I'm just not gonna spend that money for the Seiko name. I don't give a FUCK about all that status shit. I know which watches suck and which are great but just lack a fancy name. Get what makes you happy, anon. Knowing you have superior specs should be enough. You have to get pretty close to read the name on someone's dial.
>>18634184>model I bought for $86 in 2024 is now $198oof
>>18633747There's also a thrice-the-price version with better specs in the same style.
>>18634217Ok and? Your salary is not $5k but $10k now too, no?
>>18634123I think this Rolls Timi looks better, and it has sapphire, NH35, and 100m water resistance for less than $90 including shipping. But you can find more that look exactly like what you want and have better parts.
>>18634217Curiously, the prices on Buyalov's microbrand watches are exactly the same. Wonder if he's trying to pigeonhole shoppers into getting those instead
>>18634286Don't like the look for this one>>18634185This one is closer to what I'd like but its still missing some things and I'm not a fan of titanium.>I bought two such Seiko 5s and sent them back for issuesWere they the old style of seiko 5, with an actual 5 logo, or newer ones with pic related? The newer ones are priced significantly higher but I've heard they're also better than the old models (still not as good as many cheaper chink watches though)
