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 50000$, 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 Based Thread: >>18629384
>seikosrsly kill yourself
>>18632232It's a sexy watch, you can't deny it.
>>18632232How about Credor then?
>>18632236Inspired by a Seiko, but still... Look at the dial, ufff...
>>18632229Stop copying and pasting this when it's wrong. Fix everything. The $50,000, the Friends, and the Weekdater part. In fact, someone just make a competing one and shut this shit down.
>>18632234I deny it. Looks like something Grandpa would have. Usually that's not a bad thing. This time it is.
>>18632229Based edition.
>>18632251
New bittercel reaction images?? Based thread.How have you been, man?
>>18632262Is it just me or do the lugs look like they are angled outwards on the Patek? The strap looks really wide, probably because the watch is really small.
Albi's horn
>>18632262Nice watch. Kinda looks like Weekdater.Weekdater is better and costs less, so I think I will pass on this one though.
>>18632265
>>18632266>Kinda looks like Weekdater.Not really. It is a nice watch though. I scrolled for like 4 minutes through the rather lengthy article looking for a diameter but i gave up, probably should have googled it. Can't be bothered now, i'm guessing it's about 33 or maybe 34, assuming the strap is 18.
Redpill me on this brand /wt/. Are they the new CW or just another slop in a long line of microslops.
There's a new Doxa GMT. Not that anyone needed a diver GMT in the middle of the winter.
>>18632270Looks like a sloppy mishmash of CW Twelve and PF Tonda, doesn't it?
>>18632269Yeah, you're right. It doesn't really look like a weeksater. My bad bro.
>>18632234I deny it.It's for fags too poor to afford a complete calendar. Always was, always will. All it does is signify that you're settling for a lesser option and are content with your own mediocrity.It's the watch that screams "I have given up" .>I'm never gonna have a Daydate>I'm never even going to have a Tudor Date-Day>I'm never going to have one of Seiko's desirable vintage models>I'll just get the lamest compromise
I think this is my next watch. I'm going to go small like my grandfather had. But with a more contemporary design. I know it's no Weekdater. That's why I'm putting it here. I think this is the thread where I'll browse shitters and dump lots of nice images of them. All are welcome!
Did you guys know that Bittercel actually transitioned a couple of years ago?She finds it easier to find dating partners like this.Her name is Inceline Bittercunt now.
Another 34mm tickling my fancy. Thorns were always costlier than this I'd thought.
>>18632273No problem bro, the Weekdater is a good looking watch anyway so no harm was done.>>18632274>It's for fags too poor to afford a complete calendar.No complete calendar watch looks this good.
>>18632281>sour grapesIt's okay, we all know you're poor and have no taste. That's why you're fine making a mediocre Seiko your entire personality.I don't even pity you anymore. There's no point.
>>18632279I have a 33mm and a 34mm hand wound vintage Seiko for sale if you're interested.
>>18632234Certified OUFFF
>>18632279>>18632276Based ShitterCollecTadello
>>18632282>your entire personality.Lol, it's a watch thread, watches are not my entire personality.>sour grapesAnd here you are again trying to decide what other anons want, as if you know better. You're pathetic and bitter. I enjoy wearing my Seikos a lot, and that's what matters in the end. I'm sure other anons who have Weekdaters enjoy wearing them as well. Keep malding. Now if you'll excuse me, it's kofe time.
>>18632281it's not even the best looking horizontal date watch of its own era
>>18632287ULTRA chadB A S E D
>>18632288It looks nice, i'll give you that. But curved text, really?
Why would I want a watch with a complete calendar?I already know what month it is, but I am not always aware of what day of the week, or what date it is. This is why I need a timepiece exactly like this. One with a dial that isn't clogged up with useless information, but also spells the information I need fully.
>>18632293>why would I want a better watch?ok sourcel
>>18632287Seriously though, where does one go from here? This pics feel is that of someone who's at his peak and has achieved anything he wants from life. Would a more expensive watch be...."better" at this point? This feels genuine and with a lot of soul. It's like... he didn't find the watch, the watch and him found each other to create this moment of bliss and appreciation of life itself.
$260 more for SW200 movement. What do you think?
>two (2) hours into new thread>already the same watches as always>already throwing the pastas>schizos calling other schizos a bunch of schizosThese threads are beyond salvation.Leaving /g/ was a grave mistake.
>>18632288That top round one is great! I love that style the most. Love the curved day. How much would one of those cost if you could find one?I'm seriously thinking my "grail watch" could just be something 70 or 80 years old. Not fancy but just a tough old bastard that you can always just keep fixing. Something that was a basic watch at the time could still be going today if looked after. Not unlike a '57 Chevy or something. Those get me in a way no new watch ever could. I bet they're hard to find. I don't need for it to have been saved up some captured soldier's ass or anything, but that kind of little basic watch would be so cool to have.
>>18632297Kofe time.
>>18632296I've only heard good things about Octopus. 36mm is amazing.ALCOHOL77time
After all applied coupons I just got this motherfucker for $71. Read 'em and weep.
>>18632288it does have the same two tiered day and date wheel positioning as the Weekdater, where the date lower down and the day is press right against the dial. Seiko even had to machine a recess into the dial to accommodate the day wheel.
>>18632297>>already the same watches as alwaysHey, i posted some other shit as well.>>18632236>>18632262>>18632265>>18632270>>18632271
>>1863230136mm, sapphire crystal, ST16 movement, 100m, cyclops. I fell in love with a Hruodland before finding out it's out of production.
>>18632301If i had heaps of moneyi would actually buy myself a 36mm DayDate.
>>18632301Not too shabby.
>>18632305I know you would, mate. And I'd rather own 500 shitters. And maybe I will.
>>18632297I even posted a Rolex, your argument is invalid.>>18632305Now i'm going to enjoy my kofe.
I'd trade a few of my 40mm for 36mm now.Live and learn.
$200I want it.
>>18632312this
Best release of 2025, /wt/?
36mm handwind $107I just fucking want them all goddammit. I could buy $100 dollar watches forever and not get bored.
>>18632314We really have narrowed it down to those, haven't we? The industry's faves. Well I could say so much about the pros and cons of each. It was such a year for watches to watch. Whew!
>>18632317>WeHodinkee
>>18632313But it isn't the same, it can't be. The lacquer isn't the same, the stamping process isn't the same, the polishing isn't the same, the materials used aren't the same... It can't look the same. It might still look cool, i'm not denying that, but it wont look the same.
>>18632321The same as what? I wasn't comparing it to anything. It's just a sweet $200 watch. It's not a reproduction of anything else. Not EVERYTHING has to relate to Weekdaters.Just like this bad boy. 36mm with a VH64 at under $150. Hell of a buy. Not even the same goddamn shape as a Weekdater.
Would you not be caught dead in this or does it seem like it might be fun?
Holy shit! I didn't even know anyone made a Seiko Presage knockoff. There must be a copy of just about everything.
$80 "tourbillon" auto.
>just the same old watches in these threads
>>18632324>It's not a reproduction of anything else.
>>18632324That does look nice, i would call it the Parachute.>>18632329>>18632330This is nice, i like this style of watches, and it's great to see them come back.
Super sleek and simple looking mechanical with 80 hour power reserve. I probably won't be doing the whole $500 shitter thing. But there are intriguing offerings.
>>18632331This is awesome if you ask me, 'integrated dial' watches are based.
>>18632336Oh. Well I think it's just as good as the Seiko. I fell in love with it before I knew the other existed. $200 vs. what, $600? Plus the leather strap works better with it for me. I'm SO over fucking metal bracelets.Been there, done that.
>>18632338They copied Ming a bit, but i really like those numbers. If this were on some other, well established brand this would be getting design awards left and right.
>>18632336>>18632342Does make it less cool though that you quickly found out it was a copycat. Wearing it someone would think I was trying to get away with something.Well, no. 1 out of 1,000 would notice and wouldn't say anything if he did. We have to remind ourselves that it's for our own enjoyment we buy and wear watches. This place is kind of like middle school sometimes. Peer pressure.
>>18632342>Well I think it's just as good as the Seiko.See >>18632321 Also read again, it's not "a Seiko"...>$200 vs. what, $600?Oh you sweet summer child. You're in for a surprise.
>>18632344It's a looker all right.
Here's a weird one for $80. Not sure I approve of it or not. I don't think I'd ever wear it myself.
>>18632345>Wearing it someone would think I was trying to get away with something.I didn't say anything about that, anon. Copycats are a common theme in watches, you will find many brands shamelessly copy each other's designs regularly or do their takes on a popular watch in hopes of selling more. Watches are a dirty business,they last for a long time, and once people have a watch or three that they like it's hard to convince them to keep buying more.
This must be a copy of something. But it's a quartz and it's 7.5mm thin! I have two Bernys I'm happy with. Wouldn't mind more. I'm not dropping $65 on it right now though.I'll quit posting "shitters" now. Just breaking up the monotony and posting some interesting affordables. I'd like to think at least one anon out there has taken a chance on something they saw posted like this. I've bought a couple watches having just seen them in these threads.
>>18632314>Glah-shoo-tah, the "Mecca" of blah blah blah
>>18632353>This must be a copy of something.Correct.
>>18632357
>>18632358It looks like it's flying towards us like an angel. lolNice watch. So's the Berny.
>>18632358I don't like that the Rolex name is there in a box like a day.
Need a cheap GMT that isn't complete shit, what does /wt/ recommend? Like under $500 cheap
>>18632363Me neither, but i don't think there is a better solution.
tea time.
>>18632361
>>18632371why does it look fine here? >>18632353
>>18632374Because the pattern is different. Berny just has grooves cut into the dial, while the Rolex has pyramids sticking out.
>>18632374
Too much watch for me. I don't operate in a controlled environment where I can be sure nothing will scuff my $20,000 timepiece. I guess to me I can just look at it like some Picasso on a museum wall and appreciate it for what it is. Aspiring to have it myself doesn't ever enter into my mind. If I like a design there's always a knockoff or homage that I can feel good about wearing.
Image models have a fixation with pushers for some reason
>>18632387Alright, how much is it? You guys know I'll buy it.
Actually I have no interest in a GMT because they always cost a buttload extra. But that IS a tasty watch. Is it real or is it photoshop?
>>18632392Think critically for a moment and try again
>>18632399>>18632399You can easily and relatively cheaply get a "sterile" dial shitter with whatever you want printed on it.Probably get a GMT for less than $100.So why does it seem so obvious or out of reach for you?
>>18632387The reverse Mercedes hour hand is a nice touch. The meh orange not so much, the watch should be in navy blue and strong red.
>>18632416That's not a small seconds subdial, that's the third GMT hand. It's a double GMT.
>>18632419>third*second
>>18632419Fuck, the primary and secondary GMT hands are both still orange.
>>18632419Also we need a silver seconds hand with strong red tip. No date.
>>18632419The GMT bezel rotates btw. >How?It just does.
>>18632387>>18632416>>18632419How many people would buy a /wt/ watch?I know I would, but maybe we should advertise it outside of this board too.The more people buy it, the more it's legend lives.
>>18632419>>18632421>>18632422>>18632424Fix these and we have ourselves a banger here. It looks good, it's unique, it's revolutionary, it's ultra-luxury, it's perfect!
>>18632419You operate both GMT hands with both pushers to advance or set back the hand, and you choose which hand to set by pulling the crown out to the second position and rotating it one way or the other. It's an automatic, no date, double true GMT.
>>18632426I wouldn't, i'm too poor. I would get one though because i helped design it.
>>18632419Maybe we can change the reverse Mercedes to something more original, like a cube, or a hypercube, or something more elegant, more ultra-luxury.
>>18632419Maybe beige in the GMT ring, to make it a tuxedo dial, sort of.
I got a rare watch I've been hunting for a while. It's a JDM watch that had a pretty short production run and wasn't really popular, and the only seller online who had one didn't ship to the US. I reached out and told them that I'd cover customs fees and they allowed the sale, so I got this for just under 450 USD in total. The last sale for one that occurred stateside was about 700 USD so I feel pretty lucky. I'm weird and really, really like green watches so I'm really happy to have snagged it.
I'm looking for recommendations for a tank style dress watch in this art deco style, mostly in the stepped case shape here. I'd preferably want to keep it under $1,000 as I wouldn't wear it often. I have 7.5 inch wrists so most of these watches look pretty small on me too, so a bigger one would be preferred. Lastly, I'd actually prefer a steel case rather than gold-toned. I'm coming up pretty short on this with what I can find. Thoughts?
>>18632300GET A WHITE STRAP FOR THAT THING ALREADY!
>>18632445nice score man post some wrist shots
>>18632456I will when it arrives, should be about 2 weeks. I'm just happy it's locked in now, I have to admit I was getting pretty bad FOMO as months passed without seeing a listing that shipped to the US, so now that I know that I have it now, I feel massive relief.
>>18632445Cool. Looks like a Citizen Cocktail time, but in a good way. How big is it?
>>18632466On the bigger side but I got around 7.5" wrists so it should be fine. I'm gonna treat it as my "statement" watch rather than a dress or workplace piece, so I think it'll work.
>>18632301I find the fluted rolexes to be terrible. The explorer 1 for more fem guys and explorer 2 for big brodudes are the good rolexes. Yachtmaster for the big rich brodude. Oyster and normal subs for the npcs, fluted for the melaninically or immunovirally enriched
Behold, shrek crowns>>18632419No it's a small seconds, watches without a seconds hand are retarded
The talk of the PRX last thread had me looking into it again, and I snagged a 2024 production in this dark green for $400 that just went up for sale. I know it's got issues with the disposable movement and lack of micro adjustments, but honestly the design still really appeals to me. I hope it still holds up. I love the darker, subtler green compared to the Tiffany blue or mint green one everyone wanted a couple years ago.
>>18632504Hearty kek
>>18632504It will have a seconds hand, that's the second GMT hand, that's its unique feature.
>>18632530Imagine buying tossit over superior IXDAO
is it ok to wear a black dial watch with blue clothesthanks
>>18632538Yes, you're welcome.
>>18632533No, the unique thing is it's a small seconds GMT which does not exist anywhere else, let alone a dual crown. Now we just need to decide some alternate colourways and we can ship it to China.
>>18632536It doesn't do it for me, but I'm glad you like it. I don't really like the warmer green tone, cooler tones are my preference.
I get the sense that Watchfags and Fragfags have limited, if any, interest in actual fashion and are basically just autists whose special interests are thus. That said, do any of you guys actually wear nice clothes, care about fashion, or looking good? Or is my impression correct that these threads are disconnected from fashion at large?I'll preempt this before some retard jumps down my throat: I don't think disconnectness is 'bad', but it will have a significant effect upon taste, and I'm trying to figure out if watch taste is more or less congruent with fashion tastes. pic unrelated, 1978 Seiko Grand Quartz>>18632332My assumption would be that, as with every other sector of accessories, watches are dominated by a handful of firms/conglomerates/manufacturers/producers that are basically copying each other. Perhaps watchmaking isn't quite as monopolized as say, eyewear, and there are certainly individual firms doing unique things, but the basic structure where parts and manufacturing are shared and unified seems to be similar. Pagani uses Seiko movements, no?
Silber time.
>>18632630It's nickel, not silver. I'm obliged to say it's based though.
>>18632552>a small seconds GMT which does not exist anywhere elseReally? Lol. Small seconds is a nice, simple, and good looking (if done correctly) (anti)complication, idk why brands (Seiko i'm looking at you, picrel, idiots) don't do it more often.
>>18632536Is it really the same? How much, in percent, does it actually, materially and artisanally, differ from the real thing? If they can do stuff like this then the Swiss are toast.
>>18632576>That said, do any of you guys actually wear nice clothes, care about fashion, or looking good?That depends on your definition of that.
>>18632576Nice doublepenis btw.
>>18632301>>18632301I have this watch and it slightly scratched the itch before I got a datejust (I'd prefer a daydate but I'm not made of money right now) but it's honestly really terrible.>the crown action is really bad, gritty, hard to pull out, many times when you pull the crown out it doesn't actually engage and hack so you can set the time>the threaded pins in the bracelet are totally fucked, they're soft and easily damaged through normal use and I have 2 links that are permanently stuck together because the threads are damaged in such a way that it turns counterclockwise forever and never comes loose>rather than making proper personalized rotor visibly through the exhibition case back they put a semicircle plate that says pagani design on the rotor with adhesive and over time it has begun sliding off to the side so it's misaligned with the rotor. Eventually I'm sure it will come unstuck completely and jam something in the movement>The dial actually looks a little closer to a sea green in real life and the contrast between the hands and dial really isn't very good>the day transitions over the course of 3 hours so it shows the half way point between 2 days from 12-3amI also got the 36mm Sugess daydate with the peacock dandong daydate movement in it. The movement is much better but it still feels gritty and ugly to set and that alone disgusts me out of enjoying it now that I have properwatches, on top of that it's only available with ugly diamond indexes and the bracelet doesn't have enough links if you're not a wristlet. And they flat out refuse to send more links.
>>18632659>>rather than making proper personalized rotor visibly through the exhibition case back they put a semicircle plate that says pagani design on the rotor with adhesive and over time it has begun sliding off to the side so it's misaligned with the rotor.KEK that's such an ugly and wrong way of doing things, it would be better if they left it bare. That's like when those cheap shops sell winter salami with fake mold wrap packaging.
>>18632659I forgot to mention that the timekeeping is wildly inconsistent on the Pagani watch. It could randomly gain 2 minutes or lose 30 seconds in a day unpredictably. The Sugess is actually pretty precise.
>>18632661Even better yet, they should have just put a solid steel case back on, saved some money, and made the watch thinner and more comfortable. There's nothing pretty about the movement at all, it's just not worth looking at unless maybe you're just starting out and it's your first mechanical watch and you've never seen such a thing running before.
>>18632576"Fashion" for me is basically just dressing appropriately for work, which carries on to the rest of my life since I don't change when I get off work. I dress the same for weekends as well because I'm used to it. I'd say I bounce between business casual and business formal on this chart, depending on what stuff I have scheduled ahead of me for work that day. I think being self aware enough for what watches work for you also has the implicit self-awareness to dress correctly around it, although that's definitely not the case for people who buy watches just to flex their money in a lot of cases. Lots of wiggers or midlife crisis types without any self-awareness wearing rolexes trying to get you to notice them out there. The people who are fashion hobbyists though likely aren't "into" watches like we are, they're just a component of their overall interest in appearances, while we're probably the opposite. I do know that what watch I pick that day (usually depending on the strap or bracelet) dictates my wardrobe choices, and the more /fa/ people likely do the opposite, choosing a watch that matches their desired wardrobe. I think they go hand in hand, mostly.
>>18632653Dressing well, in my opinion, means high-quality, well-fitting, well-taken care of clothes appropriate to your context. Someone wearing avant-garde dogshit in some flyover subdivision isn't dressing well, nor is showing up in your pyjamas, even if some have deigned it appropriate in such places. Maybe rephrasing might help. Do you consume or wear designer clothes or fashion media? What kind of outfits do you wear? Do you think much about personal style and so on? Do you pay attention to grooming beyond a baseline acceptable level, or is watch-enthusiasm like sneakerheads, where so much emphasis is placed on the singular item, often to the detriment of the rest of the outfit? I don't think my questions are particularly opaque here, and they're not meant to trick anyone, so I would hope you answer as you see fit. >>18632671That makes a lot of sense. Not a strong emphasis on 'fashion-forward' clothing, but a more pragmatic contextual emphasis. I imagine a part of this is the skew towards salaried professionals among watch hobbyists vs fashion enthusiasts, who skew more upper-middle-class, failson/layabout/creative class types. Imagine showing up at a regional insurance firm's HQ in Rick Owens lmao. But yes, you're right re: watch selection, I wore my Casio G-Shock for like two years straight with almost no concern about how well it matched whatever I was wearing that day, now I have a few more watches, so slightly different concerns, but generally I'll wear the same one over and over. I wear the Seiko I posted with my CdG, and my Casio with my sportswear these days, but it's very primitive thinking, I would say.
>>18632426I will buy any stupid shitter but I just hate too many of you to ever identify with you publicly. Imagine being proud to be associated with the snobs and the cunts who post here. Or just the general stinky pile of antisocial, ignorant chodes who populate this website in the current year. No way. Too many schizos and bigots and incels here to ever betray that I spend any time with.
>>18632445Liking green isn't weird. I prefer green most of the time.
>>18632469I don't know what any of your terminally-online code words mean. None of that kind of shit fits with Rolex. "Brodudes" are not in the same world as Rolex. No one who owns one follows silly "memes" and calls people NPC. They're off in another world disconnected from your petty nonsense.
>>18632533Makes no sense. Go be a bother somewhere else.
>>18632688Bulbasaur-picking ass goober
>>18632530Get on that bandwagon before it's too late!! You "snagged" it just in time to look like everyone else before the style changes. Or are you already too late?? Aww....I refuse to believe those naturally look good to anyone. The blocky oyster case and that stupid, STUPID waffle dial shit. Biggest case of going with the crowd shit I've ever seen. No one thinks those look pretty. It's a joke. Like bell bottoms were.
>>18632536You keep pushing that brand and yet they don't exist anymore. So stop it. Thanks.
>>18632694I came into watches recently as an interest, had no idea about the hype and clout around the PRX, and liked it for the aesthetics on its own merits.
>>18632576I have no interest in fashion or keeping up with what people are currently wearing to fit in. I have nice clothes that fit me, but I don't pay attention to designers or browse for my "wardrobe". The *nearly cheapest tshirts and undies and socks I can get because who cares? I don't want total fall-apart crap, but designer undies? Waste of cash.I buy more for lasting quality when it comes to outer clothes. Strong pants. I like shoes so I have a bunch of cool shoes. But I don't try to make everything match or work well together when dressing, and I certainly don't factor which watch I'm gonna wear into any of that either. I don't dress for anyone to comment on. I'm an artist so people don't expect me to conform.
>>18632630You really fucking annoy me.
>>18632659Oof. Thanks for the heads up. I canceled the Pagani.I have enough cheap automatics and don't need another one. And unlike you I'm not in love with the style and scratching an itch regarding some grail watch. Sugess is supposed to be a better watchmaker and I've almost bought them. I have a quartz Pagani that's okay. I have gotten to the point that I see the 'mileage may vary' shit is pretty true. Hit or miss consistency with some shitter brands. You'll read 1 out of 15 reviews and the buyer is absolutely pissed off. So I know going in that it's a gamble. So far I've yet to really be burned. Thanks for the warning. I just need to fucking holster my wallet for a while.
>>18632666This. I went from wanting a back window in every automatic to thinking it's a pointless gesture and sometimes even detrimental. They do it because it sells. And now there's a whole corner of this magical market gone because of it: Engraved Gift Watch.Damn shame. Where you used to be able to invest in a solid timepiece and have the jeweler grind some well wishes for the ages on the back, now you're compromising to find the 5% of modern watches that even leave room for such a thing. Luckily though these days if you have the time and the know-how, you can DIY or arrange for a pro to sub out your caseback. I'd like to think so at least.
>>18632686You're a snob and I don't like you.
>>18632693I looked that up. Don't fucking lump me in with any manchildren who follow that childish shit. I'm an actual adult. If you don't like the color green just say so. Added forever to the incel dictionary.
>>18632696Right. That would maybe be even more sad.
>>18632711>>18632694The personality that consistently hates things that are popular and only likes something if it's obscure is so funny to see when taken to the irrational extreme like this.
>>18632710>incelYou strike me as a fella who doesn't own a doghouse.
mogged
I got the call.Stay mad plebs.
>>18632712Sort of, yeah. But I'm stuck being me. I'd rather be a contrarian running away from Taylor Swift or whatever is supposedly "objectively good" to the point of near-universal acceptance than be one of the millions just like everyone else who has to have the new iphone 27 the day it "drops". That shit disgusts me to the max. And it's usually been a good rule of thumb. Aside from Seinfeld and Breaking Bad when they were airing, I've never been caught up in "the big happening thing". It usually sucks if everyone loves it. That's a good rule to live by.
Is Casio or Seiko better.
>>18632713Right. It's far more normal to know what cartoon characters are named and related them to colors. I'm "gay" because I grew out of cartoons when my balls dropped.Only on this bizarro world website would there be any logic to your argument. And even here there's none.
>>18632707Sugess and Seestern - as far as I can tell they're the same company - Seem to make pretty decent watches actually. A lot of people like the Submariner homages, I have a plue one and it's pretty good except, again, the crown isn't very smooth. It's otherwise well made, lume and everything is pretty good. I hear nothing but good things about the seestern doxa, SeaQ and grand seiko GMT homages.It's too bad the crown operation seems to always be bad. Like I said, these days a bad crown really upsets me, it turns me off from wearing the watch by the time I finish setting it now that I have a Rolex. If you've never handled a real well made watch it's almost shocking the first time you unscrew the threaded crown, set the watch, and screw down the crown again and everything is just glassy smooth and super easy to turn.
>>18632717Wow, what a jumble you've got going on there. Some beads, a metal and twine homemade bracelet of some kind, and an old digital Casio.Honestly you're probably more interesting than most of these people. I'll overlook your use of the word "plebs". Round digitals are cooler. Does the light still suck?
>>18632718Are you an actual old person? What are you doing here instead of watchuseek?
>>18632719"Better" for what? Depends on the criteria for what you're trying to accomplish. Price and accuracy it's Casio probably. But there's a cachet to the name Seiko. A little, depending where you are and who you're with.Most watches from $3 to $400 tell the time just fine I've found. Everything else is about style and taste, and in that regard whatever YOU like is better.Don't forget.
>>18632724Looking for attention
Casio doesn't make analog movements - they all use Mioytas>Citizen wins again
>>18632447I'm sorry I really like the black and red combo.
>>18632721Yeah, my "finest" watch right now is my Presage and I get what you're saying about the smoothness of setting. A Rolex must be as good as all that gets. Seems the more money going in the better all that feels. But I don't know what that will mean years down the road. I have two Shanghai $30 self winds that I just can't fucking get enough of. I just love the look and feel so much. They barely have 25 hours of life after winding and the winding isn't ideal, but I don't care. They somehow speak to me in a way the others don't. There's no telling what I'm going to like. My whole watch "journey" doesn't seem to make sense to anyone else. My natural tastes and choices seem to really clash with "the rules" of this hobby. But as long as we're all enjoying our watches I say we're doing everything right.
>>18632530Decent, 400$ is an amazing deal especially in 2026.Kudos for going for the green dial.
Since the talk seems to be about green dials lately, what's everyone's take on the new Alpinist? I don't remember seeing this announced but I saw one in person recently and am wondering why it's nearly twice the cost of the last model, which I'm pretty sure was around $500 when I saw them launch. Even those are like $725 now, which is crazy.
>>18632724Don't you know "you're here forever"? I don't know what you refer to as the place I should be instead of here. You need to respect people older and wiser than you. There's nothing detrimental about having life experience. Even when I was young I knew this because I had enough sense to respect my elders back then. There's really nothing quite so backwards and nonsensical as thinking being young and fresh is any advantage ever.
>>18632737$400
>>18632738Mine cost $129.00 and I refuse to believe there's anything wrong with getting that deal.
>>18632741its stolen.
>>18632736How do you mean they clash? Do you prefer more dressy vintage style watches to the popular sports watches?
>>18632723Left wrist is business and right wrist is fun (usually digital). I'm a high school teacher, so I try to dress nicer and more unique. Not for being a pretentious asshole, but to teach kids that some basic self-improvement in image goes a long way. I'm always in the best dressed category. So I occasionally use smaller watches on the right as a fashion item and keep a standard watch. But yeah, it's still crappy F91W light. The form factor just slaps though. It got me to stop in my tracks and buy it tonight.And be happy, some kids are taking up the standard watch. I constantly tell kids to buy a regular watch and wear it. Today was my first day of the new semester and I was telling them that I like watches and I will be wrist checking for extra credit to encourage better note taking. This black girl who was dressed really nice for a high schooler said:>Casio>What?>G-SHOCK Mr. Anon .... G-SHOCK. I love G-Shocks.>Cool me too, I have 5 and my family's gift to me this year was a GAB-2100 Metal. Still love the DW5600 the most though.She looked at me for like 3 seconds and said >Mr. Anon, will you adopt me? >Literally have a student that actually wants to talk about watches with me. Pic is the work watch today with kot. Tomorrow will be the A171 for digital and Citizen Zenshin for analog.
>>18632744This is what I'm praying for. Owning "hot" merchandise is even something I've always thought would be kind of neat. I know it sucks for the victim, but I tell myself they were insured.Ever since I was a young man I always wanted to visit a "fence" or wherever they have people in the know dealing in illegally-gotten wares. But I don't have shady-adjacent associates and I don't live in a big city and I haven't figured out the dark web yet.I'm going to probably take the thing to a jeweler and have him poke around and crack it open and make sure it's a legit Alpinist; and if it is I'll be fucking overjoyed with the price. And if it's not, ebay has my back over his and I'll just report him for fraud and get my money back. A win-win for me really. The only downside has been the wait and the uncertainty about the watch. If it turns out I don't like the watch I can sell it instantly by just making it $50 cheaper than the cheapest one on ebay. Hell, start a bidding war maybe. But really I'm not into flipping stuff. I think it's greedy and it takes advantage of people. I'd probably let it go for $250 or something so the next guy could get that thrill of an unheard of deal. Six other guys around the world got the same price I did and they're all probably having their own worries. I got an email saying now it's in transit. Soon this will all be laid to rest one way or another.
>>18632795Imagine insuring a Seiko.
>>18632795Just take pics of the exhibition back and show us Anon. It's not exactly hard to pick out a 6R55 movement.>>18632798>It's another Anon's mother got gangbanged at the Seiko office party poster.
>>18632809I don't care what you think about seiko, insuring an $800 watch is just retarded.
>>18632798Who ever mentioned insuring a Seiko?
>>18632798>>18632814>>18632819Oh, yeah well obviously I didn't mean one person insured their own watch. I mean if my seller had seven brand new stolen Seiko Prospex Alpinists I'm sure they were jacked from a delivery truck or something, the kind of thing that would surely be insured in some capacity.Completely misunderstood what I meant.
kofe.I'm off for today.
You sure that was enough dopamine?
>>18632837You're actually always on standby. I thought it was a joke. Gotta respect your commitment ngl
>>18632709Surely then being a ‘snob’ is a good thing.
>>18632650I watched a video where some polish guy compared them directly and obviously IWC movement is much better and the thing called fucking IXDAO, but in terms of finishing he said it was "scarily close" according to youtube ai translation.
Should I buy a circa 2005 Rolex gmt Pepsi or a modern explorer? Cost is around the same.
>>18632883Modern Explorer 1
>>18632834Take new photos. Don't you still have watches and drink coffee? Don't drop "updates" and leave the fucking timestamp on the filename. That's pathetic. Leave OC when you have OC. Otherwise don't recycle.
>>18632861Stillman reference. At least you're not a totally uncultured snob.
SEXO
Is it just me or are they rather similar, the case shape at least? The Seiko has a bit fatter bezel and thicker lugs, but those chopped, angled lugs are pretty much the same. Carrera came outin 1963, this particular Weekdater in 1964.
Kofe time.
>>18632941This is a fat guy from Finland who has a gaming PC.
Breaking it in. It's just right. I now have a respectable solar Citizen and a decent mid-level Seiko automatic.I am not cured of my love for shitters though. I just love any watch I can get my hands on.
>>18632954Very disagree with the position of the Day window. Other than that, it looks fine. What's the movement?
>>18632934Oh oh... Weekdater bros...?
which one of our avatarfags has the best collection?Any pics?
>>18632971Coffee fag lives in the red area
>just got an alpinist>now i want a speedtimer
>>18632973Georgia is not on the map.
>>18632954>Hey nice watch, what is it?It's Citizen mon.
>>18632965No idea. Eco-drive quartz. Whatever they use. The issue is that the fucking second hand is off by about 15%, in that it's not flush with the indicators a the edge of the dial. Even in the pic here >>18632954 you can see it should be at the 12 second mark but it's just a little past it. That's the 3rd fucking "nice brand" watch Jomashop has sent me that I'm dissatisfied with. I don't know whether my jeweler can just easily adjust it or if I should send it back. I just want to be done with this bullshit. If I send it back Jomashop will issue me a refund minus $13 for shipping, the bastards. Anyone had this issue with a watch? My Timex is worse and ticks halfway between each marker. But that doesn't bug me like a Citizen doing it.
>>18632980I believe it was Casio Oceanus where at least some models will let you adjust the lineup of the seconds hand. That's the kind of premium feature I like to see, wish they were available regularly in the west
>>18632987Well I did some research and several companies basically argue that this is just an issue with quartz watches in general, and it can happen at any level. I read about quartz Grand Seikos which have the same issue. It doesn't affect accuracy or performance apparently. And watchmakers even make the second hands shorter so this is less obvious and bothersome to people. I guess I'm gonna just let it go. Enough FAQs say it's something that can't be helped and just occurs with quartz to some degree on almost every one of them.Fuck it. I'll learn to live with it like one of the companies suggests.You know what the real answer is: just give them all whatever movement ticks faster. Like my Militado and Addiesdive quartzes move almost like autos. I fucking hate that one tick per second shit. Is that to save energy?
>>18632995As someone who is married to an asian woman and deals with all her asian family and friends I can tell you with confidence the only two answers are Rolex and Casio. They like casio for being rich in features while also being ridiculously cheap(they absolutely live for good deals) and Rolex is the only watch brand they recognize as being any good for showing status. Once in a while the ones that are actually into watches are into Swatch and its corporate umbrella, but they are rare and typically look like bull dykes.My wife's mother hearing that I bought a watch for our wedding was disappointed hearing that it wasn't a Rolex, but her disappointment only relented in hearing that it was solid gold. I at least had the good sense to buy gold.
How do you give vintage watches a youthful energy?
>>18633034Stop posting that. It's not funny.
>>18633040>reporting /wt/ spamMy guy, half these threads are spams, reposts and pastasnothing is ever going to happen about it
>>18633065We've had three splits over this.Trust me, nobody is going to have a change of heart over this.
how do you respond without sounding mad?
>>18633075watch in question
>>18633075>>18633078Correct on all accounts.
>>18633080>Correct on all accounts.
>>18633040I don't know who does it or why but someone in the watch threads has decided that they need to repost old posts from previous threads out of context. It's really weird to scroll through a thread and find a repost of something you typed 3 threads ago. There is actual mental illness at play here.
>>18633095Are you the guy with the asian wife? Big fan
>>18633034that strap is beautiful but minecraft in 2026 nah
>>18632735Believe me, I do too, but that BB would be so clean on a white strap (with black stitching).
>>18632649How hard can it be to not ruin your perfect dials with inane bullshit? Soiko always finds a way.
>>18633095Actual mental illness? As opposed to some troll posting "you have a mental disorder" apropos of nothing?
The other day, I asked for recommendations to replace my green bezel Casio duro, and although some people had good recommendations, they didn't really do it for me. I finally ran across this, the Geckota Sea Hunter in jade green, and it's perfect in every way I prefer, to my own tastes. However, like so many other watches I've found that I really enjoy, it's out of production and can't hardly be found on the secondary market anymore, so here I am again. Any recommendations for something very similar to this? The things I like most about it are the black dial with green bezel, the splash of red at 12:00 on the bezel, and the pale gold gilt around the markers. It's a combination I didn't think I would like as much as I do until I saw it, and now I can't stop thinking about it.
Koffee time.
>>18633169oh hi dude, i just bought this right now
>>18633178Do I know you? Congrats.
>>18633187i think so, but anyways i'm happy
>>18632954That's a cool Xitizen, i like the day and date position- Perhaps the wheels should have been color matched so that they would disappear into the dial, but overall this is a very clean look.
>>18633144Yes.
>>18632894God of course not. Give me more credit than that.
>>18633290is this the best vintage japan has to offer? In terms of cost performance
>>18632719Casio for LCD and standard quartzCitizen for solar quartzSeiko for automaticsOrient for contrarians >>18632995It's the curse of quartz. You get accurate time, but not smooth unless specialty quartz. The only way to be sure is to view the watch in person for it hitting all the indices with quartz for OCD or a smooth sweep
>>18633169Btw,I like bb58 and not Rolex explorer. Rolex logo is shitty, even the simple and boring Tudor shield is better (tudor rose was a lot better),I orefer aluminium bezel,no crownguards...
>>18633420I don't know why anyone would want anything more
What does an Aquaracer say about a man?
;(https://vocaroo.com/1mxCJPUydtYb
>>18633158>numbered bezels on diversWhat is this fixation? Why do people like that shit so much? None of you go under the water!
>>18633360Oh, for that price it really PERFORMS. Yeah, the hands spin around and it displays the time for you. Top performance for the high cost. And it doesn't even have a crown! Talk about sleek.
>>18633430Really? Can I get it with LESS? Less big fucking tiger head? Less of the word SPORT in that disgusting bold font? That fucking date window.... WTF? There are several cool watches I'd have bought if it weren't for that placement between 4 and 5. That thing is pretty disgusting. The bezel with those huge numbers and words... just not for me.If you love it though that is great. I can't take that away from you and wouldn't want to. You'd probably think my taste is gross too. Rock on.
>>18633482I use them to time meetings at work and will have to tell people to wrap things up if they run over time. Out of all the features and complications on my watches, it's ironically the most useful one even though it's not being used in the intended way.
>>18633532So instead of making a mental note that the meeting should end at 4:20, you twist the dial so there's some marker at the 20 minute mark and you refer to that when looking at the watch. Okay.
>>18633540Yeah, it's rude to check your watch when you and someone else are giving time to each other. Easier and more polite to keep an eye on it from the corner of your eye with the bezel marker.
Ok, /wt/ designs a watch.What is its first feature?
>>18633548Full word day window at the top
>>18633544Wow, so it takes you longer and you make obvious motions when you look 1/3 of an inch inward. You must have very observant coworkers or you're thinking way too deeply about this. Or you need glasses. lol
>>18633551Make sure it's centered. We don't want people returning them pissed off that it looks like shit.
>>18633553
>>18633111Maybe next time. For now, I'm very happy with the black and red strap.But, I'm looking for something interesting for my Moser, and I think I've found something in Kyōto.>>18633549Kofe
>>18633551On the side would be cooler. Yes literally on the case. That mb&f-Lite has it iirc.
>>18633548Baton indices except for Arabics at 3, 6, and 9 with a special shape at 12. Not new, I know, but man do I love seeing it.
>>18633564Give me all numbers or no numbers. I must have 4 or 5 watches which break this rule, including my Presage, but it does bug me. We always have to compromise on something or else we'd be done buying and searching for watches. I hope you guys do design the perfect one so I can buy it and move on to other more rewarding uses of my time and money.
>>18633551>>18633564Great ideas so far
>>18633604It's done. Seriously that's the kind of watch I like.
>>18633604Onion crown and some flourish on the bezel, but not fluting. Dark leather strap and simple bar lugs parallel to each other. And then some sweet textured red and black splash type of enameled dial. Then it's my dream watch.
>>18633611You said it
>>18633613Wow! Shut up and take my money!
But that blood splash is a bit much. See if you can make it dark maroon and black so it's not contrasted, and like a rain on mud texture or the surface of Mars or something. Or some fuzzy kind of texture like mold, or vibrations on liquid, soundwaves on a grid, something complex we've never seen before. I can dream it but I the AI I play with doesn't make things realistic like yours does. That enamel stuff could be even more amazing if they had just the right kind of texture and design. Something natural yet digital. One could be like a lightning type of fracturing, jutting line, hair thin, bright white and laid 1/12mm apart from each other, all unique like a snowflake but hundreds parallel in the same direction, suspended in clear glass. I'm not a descriptive enough writer to even get it across the kind of complex shit I'm visualizing. But it's the kind of insanely detailed subtlety you see in very rare and expensive natural things. Like those meteorite dials. Along those lines, and also rounded type ones. I'll know it when I see it. But that is still cool with the bloody splatters. It'd be the Halloween version or something.
I'm not doing very well at this at all.
This one makes me uneasy. The failed ones are usually funnier than the successes. I could waste all night making funny AI shit. I hope it never gets really perfect. And I know it will. Will there still be preserved some "dumb" AI that sucks and makes weird smears and mistakes with fingers? I hope so. Please lock that down forever.
Now we're getting somewhere. Now I'm tapping into what I want to see. Make some cool ceramic dials along these lines. If Islander dude really hangs here he should look into making some shit like this. And I will make the long trip to his island and pay one thousand American dollars for that kind of thing. If we can see it in these images and we have good printers and 3D printers, is there a way to just make them that way? I hate smartwatches but the idea that they can just display preloaded dials that don't exist is neat. Could you have a dial where the dial and hands are screens and everything on surface is screen? So you could turn the damn thing off and still have an analog watch? THAT is a compromise I'd make. When they can slim down a smartwatch into just the dial's thickness. And when you cut power to it you've got to somehow have the hand screens default to something not black. I don't know how you'd do it. But nevermind that. Make these dials happen with intricate micro 3d printing, dammit.
That's enough watches that don't exist yet. But I want them. Now these images are online forever and someday they could be real.
>>18633613But keep going. Yours actually look like the AI follows directions and has a leash or something. It's amazing how different AIs work differently. Are you actually feeding it images to alter or are you writing huge paragraphs? How they have any uniformity or consistency at all is amazing to me.
I got two very good ones.1/2
2/2
>>18633191Good, it is important to be happy. Also, nice Victorinox. I always forget that they also make watches, thinking more about pocket knives.
>>18633660What's that huge window trying to do? What's the list above the day? Does it do stuff? In the end I'd want the /wt/ part stylized so much or hidden and the clover also somehow dealt with so you'd have to really struggle to make any connection to this website. There's just way too much to be embarrassed about. I tried to turn one halfway normal person on to this site and they never looked at me the same and now they think I'm into Japanese dildos and fucking anime now based on ads he saw and the majority of the topics on the front page. Not to mention the extremism you see everywhere.Never again. This is my dark secret.
A few more watches from the matrix that I can never have.
what's the appeal of pepsi divers?
>>18633703Patriotism? Obesity?I don't know. I still don't get the appeal of divers in general. All that bezel space taking away from the dial.
Can anyone ID his watch?
>>18633714kinda looks like a white gold Rolex Daytona
What, you need more?>work>play>special occasions
>>18633794Rollies, rollies, rollies!!!!!!111
>>18633800So this is the fourth or fifth time you've downloaded a thumbnail of a wojak you had to Google, huh?
>>18633802Why would you assume they're all Soijacks? Or maybe you're just bad at reasoning/logic.
>>18633804I just had a feeling that the overlap between soijak posters, Rolex haters, and retards who download thumbnails was pretty big.
>>18633561White would work on the Moser too. The light blue definitely lends itself to it.
>>18633561It's weird, I normally hate branding being on anything I own or use, but when it comes to watches I really don't like not having a brand name or symbol on the dial somewhere. Hmm. Pretty watch though.
>>18633822It's because you're a poser.
>>18633794Yeah, I need more. And luckily I can pay a lot less. Those fucking bore me.
>>18633802lol
>>18633822Agreed. "Sterile" watches look suspicious to me. So it's weird that someone with expensive watches would ever have one. A lot of the cheaper watches I've bought are offered with plain dials but I'd never get one. At least a simple logo under the 12. Gotta have something or it looks naked and I subconsciously think there's something missing under the hood.I can respect when someone posts a plain one that they personally built with a bunch of good parts. But still if I were doing that I'd want a little something of my own on there. Maybe just my initials in cut out newspaper type, like ransom note style but not all mismatched. That'd be cool. A tiny collage on the dial maybe. That would really be my reason to build a watch someday; designing the dial.I love watches. I just don't know if I have the patience and dexterity to work with all the tools and stuff and do it.
Tell me I'm crazy for this. I'm considering spending nearly $200 between these four aftermarket items to upgrade my Casio Duro, between the solid link bracelet, domed AR coated sapphire, stainless steel bezel edge, and a ceramic bezel insert. It would be nearly $200 in mods on a $50 watch. https://wraccessories.com/products/sub-ceramic-sloped-bezel-insert-for-mdv-106a-mdv-107a-greenI could just get a $250-$300 watch instead but I'm actually leaning towards doing this, for a quartz watch of all things. I just like the style and look of the Duro's dial and nothing else I'm finding is really doing it for me, but it feels retarded to spend this much on a quartz.
>>18633794The 1908 is very nice
>>18633857Yeah, I hate how perfect it feels as a dress watch. I never wanted a dress watch until I saw it, and now it's the only one I would want and it's aggravating how expensive it is.
>>18633794Work should be a DJ or DD
You all are like little babies. I've ascended beyond petty wristwatches. Observe.
>>18633841You need a special tool to replace the crystal. Otherwise why not, ricing things is fun. That said there are tons of turtle/samurai seiko mod parts on ali and you could make a cooler custom diver with an nh35 or nh36 and a special dial and hands of your choosing for about ~$150. It also wouldn't have to be 44mm.
should I buy a zenith chronomaster revival? What would I be getting myself into?
>>18632229https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m23bRuPjtd4Is the Bulova Wilton GMT any good guys? Looks kind of Frederique-Constanty, but it's from a real brand (even though it's Bulova) so...maybe better? Or not?
>>18633875What's the water resistance?
>>18633905
>>18633114?
>>18633910>Did you know the watch is automatic? Did you know that the power reserve is 3 days? Did you know it's from the Presage line? No?>Well, we wrote it on the dial just so you don't forget.
>>18633900The only chronomaster you should buy.
>>18633915It looks cool to the Japs because they can't read Cyrillic.
I wear my G-shock over my hoodie sleeve in winter. Incredibly comfy and kino.
>>18633822The company name is on the dial. It's etched in very shallowly so that you can see it when the lighting is right.But you can't just have a bunch of empty space on a dial like you said. It throws the balance off and wastes space.
I'm torn between these two chronographs. Which would you go for?
Why didn't any of you tell me about Alba?? Now I can wear a Seiko without looking like a weaboo creep.
WHERE'S THE NEW THREAD??OMEGADRUNK, SAVE US!!!
Oh this gshock looks cool. Oh they're advertising klarna? Let's take a look. Oh it's 8 thousand dollars.
Sushi time
>>18634162Holy BASED
>>18633841That's cool if it's what you want to do. You could certainly source better prices than that I would think for a DIY job, but you've done the research it looks like, so do what makes you happy. I think it's pretty cool to soup up a simple Casio. They're durable and look cool and to you there's nothing better. That's awesome. You're lucky that you know what you like and you have it. You're ahead of a lot us in that regard. Spend the money I say. If you still want to drop $300 later you can. But I think it'll be more special to have put that into something you're already so smitten with.
>>18633875You work too much if you're gonna spend ten grand on a desk clock. Also, you don't even own that or you'd have posted it on your desk.So fuck off.
>>18634025I just learned of them from some video yesterday myself. Seiko owns a couple other companies where you can get the same stuff for cheaper. Just so you know, Seikos aren't associated with weeb creeps though. Not even on this forum, but certainly out in the real world. I'm a pretty normal person and no one I know even really knows about weeby stuff.
>>18634196It was a joke. You're old or have autism, otherwise you would have realized it.
What exact Omega model is this? I thought it was the Skyfall aqua terra but that's blue as far as I can recall, and this is a deep green. Unless it's just the lighting?
>>18634227Looks blue to me. And it looks enough like so many other watches that I can't see dropping multiple thousands of dollars on it personally.
>>18634142looks like invicta
>>18634142>Oh this gshock looks coolAre you 14?
>>18634292Yeah. Too big, too busy. I hate those kind with shit everywhere. That dial doesn't need all that texture with the subdials too. Too much going on to be instantly legible.
>>18634304Maybe he's Nicolas Cage
>>18634304I wish.
>>18634341
>>18634346It's a mixed bag because when you're a young little teenage shithead you can run around town doing whatever you want with your friends, but you have bo money and you're underage so you're actually really limited in what you can do and you miss opportunities because of it.When I was 14 I could have been buying rolexes for $2000 and had a bunch of watches worth 2-4x that today and sold them and made a killing, but I wasn't into watches yet and I wouldn't have had the money even if I was. I remember when I was playing Magic: The Gathering and the power 9 cards were all arpund $250 and black lotus was $400, and I was like "damn, where does anyone get $400?" if I had money I could have bought a bunch of that shit and sold it for thousands and thousands of dollars today.
>>18633922More news at eleven.
>>18633921>>18634162Just time
You literally don't need more than this trio.
Thoughts on this? Looks sick but 3 stracks is a bit pricey init
>>18634506They're all great watches but I dread the idea of building a collection that resembles every collection on reddit.
>>18634508>star of david hidden in plain sight.
id
>>1863263890% silber lying cunt
>>18632828Twink sex
>>18632941That's not kofé it's sceptic tank water
>>18634512Rent free. Lol
