Hello Friends and Enemies,Let's discuss elite horology.Pic related, my end game timekeeper
it is the year tag. chronos, racing watches. if youre buying anything else right now youre a tomato can. maybe jlc. maaaaaabe omega.also patek is over btw. too saudi. not a huge problem for any of us plebs on 4chan but still worth noting.
>>18639789>My beater automatics are 10-30 seconds a day slow and I still prefer them to just wearing casios to work.>Again, it's really not that big of a deal and I live by that statement. I'm not just being contrarian or hipster or something. This is the way watches were for the last hundred years, you'd set your watch to whatever the clock in front of the bank or post office said on your way to work and not only did your watch drift off farther and farther day by day but you didn't even know for sure how accurate the bank clock was, but it was close enough to function day to day.disgusting
>>18639641Rent out properties I inherited, what else?Also I boughted crypto.
>>18639789>My beater automatics are 10-30 seconds a day slow and I still prefer them to just wearing casios to work.>Again, it's really not that big of a deal and I live by that statement. I'm not just being contrarian or hipster or something. This is the way watches were for the last hundred years, you'd set your watch to whatever the clock in front of the bank or post office said on your way to work and not only did your watch drift off farther and farther day by day but you didn't even know for sure how accurate the bank clock was, but it was close enough to function day to day.what mental condition causes you to enjoy this degree of humiliation by an industry who refuses to advance anything but its prices?
>>18639912Someone else (probably (You)) already tried to impersonate anon. But keep trying.Someday you’ll be able to convince yourself that the reason you’re poor has nothing to do with your laziness.
>>18639914nta but gears are cool. oh no im one second late.i check the time on my phone. watches are just neat.
>>18639914You have yet to make a case for why I should feel humiliated. I don't.
>>18639944>Fuck you. I hate when people defend the stupid IOT and try to find positivity in the "convenience" of something no one asked for.Agree
>>18639894The asshole who smashes things with a hammer out of frustration made a thread? Fuck you. You are my nemesis.
>>18639954I would kick your ass fucking nerd!!@@##
>>18639954He still calls himself “Armani brah” despite no one else ever having called him that, and owning nothing made by Armani, and being no one’s “brah”.
>>18639909>>18639914Not disgusting at all. Nor humiliating.That's how we should all be. You want to autistically dwell on the fact that your watch is 4 seconds off, maybe you shouldn't have a watch that isn't "smart". I have a G-Shock in my collection but I know it's 15 seconds slow and I am fine with that. I'm usually early to things. I keep my analogs all pretty close, but they drift a minute or two over a few weeks time. Eventually I correct them. But none of this "exact time" shit bothers me. It's close enough. It really is. I love the look of the watch, the feel, even the sound. I love a little ticking from a Timex, I love hearing the rotor whir on some of my autos. I love seeing the parts move through the back (or front) of the case. The actual time is the LEAST important aspect of watch collecting to me. And that's okay. You do your thing and I'll do mine. And in the end we'll probably both be on time.
>>18639960lolAnother "personality" to kick around. Why don't people enjoy the anonymity part of these forums?
>>18639960Don't act high and mighty, sad little man.
>>18639962Gay post
>>18639965>Why don't people enjoy the anonymity part of these forums?Male loneliness epidemic. If you don’t have friends in the real world, you’ll try to make them online. That means you have to be recognizable.
Watches
A watch
RIP Baume & Mercierhttps://www.hodinkee.com/articles/richemont-sells-baume-and-mercierShit brand anyways, too many mid shit brands, we need a thinning.
>>18639970>If you don’t have friends in the real world, you’ll try to make them online.Or just be mean so you can pretend not to be one of them
>>18639974Who is going to buy B&M instead of IDK a Longines or a Tudor? I would hate to be that brand, i would just close up shop if i were them. They must know they can't succeed.
>>18639977The name always sounded feminine to me, like Van Cleef & Arpels (at a lower level of luxury tho).And i can't think of one iconic model from them. Only mall luxury slop.
I'm going to wait and see if they release the same model with an automatic - though I'm tired of overpaying for sw200s.
It just came to my attention that gold jewelry is haram in Islam. If that's true, why are there famously so many Sultans and shit in luxury watches, and why are high end luxury watches so huge around Dubai?
>>18640030hoarding wealth is also haram but... well youve seen dubai, right?
>>18640030Those silly rules aren’t for elites anon
>>18639974Nice article. Thanks for sharing.
>>18640064this part is really good news:>It is likely to kick off more sales of struggling brands by major groups amid a new era of industry deconsolidation.imo, next Richemont should: >sell Roger Dubuis>stop Ralph Lauren watches, sell the IP to a lower level watch maker because they are wasting good movements and finishing on this brand and it gets rekt second hand.>Discontinue Mont Blanc watches, just keep the brand for the pens
>>18640068Or rename Montblanc (watches) to Minerva, since that’s what it is.
>>18640068None of those are real brands, just zombies, husks with different names.
And for Swatch, they should sell half of their shit.MIDO, Certina and Union absolutely add nothing to the market, weak sauce. Sell them.Rado i don't know.Breguet is not performing but it's too historically important to be sold, so keep it. Just make it even more exclusive, it should be Patek level.Once they sell all this, then clean up the Omega lineup, especially the different Speedmaster colorways.
>>18640070Good idea. Montblanc will always be a brand of luxury pens for people. Arguably the Rolex of pens.They are weakening the Montblanc brand with the watches.
>>18639974Interesting rumor about zenith being sold. I really like their stuff, underrated.
>>18640073Also, with everything they sell, buy NOMOS.That's what i'd do as a CEO. Give me my bonus.
Best Type XX to buy at max 12K?
>>18640082Get one of the original 3800ST models
>>18640082OOF
>>18640082$12,000 on a watch. Who are you kidding here?
>>18640092There are people ITT who can pay that for a watch. Not you, obviously, but other people.
>>18640092money shmoney
>>18640084They're thick and the movement looks very cheap. But it's a choice I guess. I feel like it's a compromise though.>>18640088I actually like it.>>18640092Spend more before.
>>18640102If you’re talking about a luxury chronograph for 12k, there’s better choices, but if you want a Type XX, then the 3800 is still the best choice. (It’s not that thick either, because the thickness included a hugely domed crystal)Now, if it’s a luxury chronograph other than Breguet, I’d get something like the JLC Polaris Chronograph, because the cal.761 is great and makes for a thin watch.
>>18639967You are on /fa/ though.
>>18640095No, I can. I just think it would be a foolish waste. And I know anyone paying that much for a watch won't even wear it more than a couple of very special occasions. And then they're sweating bullets that they might bump it against something.That's no way to enjoy a watch. But I'm sure it makes you feel good to argue for the 1%er types you long to be. You never will.
>>18640111NTA, but, no, I wear my expensive watches as often as I can. I get no enjoyment out of them if they’re sitting in a safe. I don’t care about resale. (Otherwise I’d buy nothing but Patek and Rolex and keep them in the safe.)If they get bumped, fine. Nothing is meant to stay perfect. My wedding ring looks like I’ve stored it in a rock tumbler but each scuff is a memory.I think you’re only describing a small subset of people that can afford an expensive watch but can’t afford for anything to happen to it.And even then, this is /fa/ not /biz/. If people want to spend their money on something, the only thing that matters is how fashionable it is. So relax. He’s not spending your money.
>>18640068>>18640073I don't know if I could articulate why, but when I think of Swatch and Richemont I imagine their competition as WW2 and Swatch are the allies and Richemont are the axis powers.
>>18640074Does Montblanc or any high end pen maker happen to make really nice pocket sized pens for the front shirt pocket?
>>18640108Honestly I just want a breguet and I've been wanting a chronograph for years as well, so a type xx makes sense. Initially I wanted to get the zenith, but I've been back and forth now.
>>18640131I dunno. I think Breguet is one of those brands where you really have to spend big money to get a decent watch. Their entry level pieces really aren’t worth it.The Type XX is an oddball in their lineup and only exists because one of the Breguet descendants got really into aviation. (Dassault-Breguet was a company that made fighter jets) It’s not really in-line with dressy complications.
>>18640131For a type xx chronograph I think there are better examples of companies making them tooly the way they were historically supposed to be. Hanhart is making them now, Airain makes them, I think Yema makes something similar in mechaquartz?
>>18640129Their normal pens are pretty thick but they have slimmer models and baby models nowhttps://www.montblanc.com/fr-fr/rollerball-montblanc-heritage-rouge-et-noir-%C2%AB%C2%A0baby%C2%A0%C2%BB-edition-speciale-noir-MB127852.htmlThey also make $500 stabilos, which is one of the weirdest flex i can think of.
>>18640138>I want a Breguet>How about this unknown microshitter brand?Buy an ad for Christ’s sake.
>>18640127>Swatch are the allies and Richemont are the axis powers.Seems obvious, Swatch has Hamilton, that's a US military brand, and Richemont has IWC, a nazi heritage brand.
>>18640140Breguet isn't even true to the original standard for the watch though. Especially if we're talking about precious metal ones. They're bigger and expensive for what's supposed to be a utilitarian mid century chronograph. The spirit of the watch is totally different. If you're going to get a type 20 you should actually get a type 20. If you want a Breguet there are a dozen watches that are better examples of what Breguet is about, get something porcelain or guilloche'd or skeletonized or crazy complication or some shit.
I noticed watchfags are either obese or have lanky wrists and tiny hands.
>>18640142And only on 4chan would anyone have sympathies towards the fucking Axis Powers. Evil, ignorant, contrarian fucksticks.
>>18640148Where have you noticed that? There's one dink here with slim wrists and oversized watches, but I don't see any obese wrists here.
I went to the citizen flagship in NYC and bought an aq4100 (but I'm too lazy to post a pic of it) :3
>>18640160Then it doesn't matter to us. It's not real.
>>18640159There's a dink in here? Who is the dink?
>>18639921How to get rich with hard work?
>>18640158>ContrarianMy nigga being pro-hitler has become so mainstream that, not only hast the entire shock value been lost, it's considered edgy to be against it.I've been looking for the next thing to hate to be contrarian because everyone openly hates the jews and says that the Austrian painter was right. Well everyone except a few specific states and white women
>>18640179I don't know how people try to argue with a straight face "no, we don't hate Jews, we hate Zionists."Yeah, and who are the Zionists again? It's the most transparent, gayest cope I've ever heard in politics.
>>18640178The key is not how much you make, but how much you're left with. If you can somehow still manage it by some sort of miracle to go and live with your parents again, and save up 80% of your income, then in 3 years time you're already very well off. I invested everything (everything) the oast 7 years or so in Gold and Silver. Turned out it was the 2nd best choice. Now I'm investing in stocks and some crypto.If you're too scared to do anything with your money, then let it sit in the bank at 4% APYIn 10 years that's also going to accumulate somewhat. Go live with your parents, invest 80% of your income in ETFs and or precious metals, and like I said in 3 years you should be close to 6 figures in savings. After that it's getting easier but you're not "there" yet.The trick is to be able to survive on the dividend alone. Which I guess should be possible with 300K. Which is a lot of money yes but not impossible.If you're already in your 30s then maybe it's a bit too late so, there's another way... Are you tall? You should looks max, work out a ton, find a rich milfy in some Asian country --There are many ways to become rich man.
>>18640183well, the machine has been able to damage control it to that point at least "not the Jews but the Zionists!"Which is good on them I guess. The cattle are still 80% +Don't forget that. The same people who got injected because the government told them so, are the same people that say the bullshit above. It is what it is.
>>18640179You're living in a fucking bubble, dude. It's not mainstream or acceptable ANYWHERE to be "pro-hitler". You've spent entirely too much time online if you think that's the case. And if you think even entire red states agree with you they don't. I'm not sure where anyone reduced everything down to two simple sides, and then further determined that people on "the right" are down with fascism and Nazis. None of it lines up and it all contradicts itself. Nazis we're extreme "left". And Trump supports Israel and all things Jewish. His son in law is Jewish. You think Texas is full of Nazis? You're a fucking idiot, anon. And if you went out into the real world and spoke to real Americans you'd know that to be true. Nameless social media accounts are not real and they don't represent anyone. It will NEVER be permissible in society to be down with Nazis. There are no elected leaders who are sympathetic. So who represents you? No one. Not one of you fucking chuds has the sack to put your name and photo with your opinion that "Hitler was maybe on to something."You fucking people make me sick.
>>18640184I don't like the idea of trying to live off of dividends only because the volume of money you need for that is over the $250k FDIC caps for the banking institutions, so you have to fuck around with having your money spread out across multiple banking institutions.
>>18640192I respectfully disagree. I don't know about big cities and states and I don't care. Those people are lost anyway. All vaxxed cattle.And there are hundreds of people with millions and millions of views and reach that are openly saying that about jews and saying that Hitler was cool etc.You're probably an American living in a big city so you're the one living in a bubble. Go to Europe, Africa, Asia and talk there to non-white people. White people have the "cuck" gene in them aka the pathological altruism disease so they can't think straight afer 2 generations of brainwashing. But other people still see things the way they are.
>>18640193Well yeah, it's an option though. I gave you more.I even told you two things that I actually did and somehow worked out. I broke up with the jap milf though because I wanted kids of my own.
>>18640194>millions and millions of viewsthe irony being most of their viewers are jeets and other ghoulish overweight mutts, like I suspect you are
>>18640194Name one public person with "millions of views and reach" who has ever said "Hitler was cool".I dare you. I live about 80 miles outside Seattle in a rural area that votes red like retards. None of those MAGAfags support Hitler.And I don't understand this argument that since other races are purported to be racist that it means I should be too. It's wrong. Those people are ignorant. That hatred is not rational by any means. Even if 1,000 Nigerians attack and destroy my house, I will not tomorrow hate a Nigerian I meet. That's how it works. Anyone doing anything else is simply not as evolved or advanced as we are.
>my wife and I are both very educated and we both hate ni&&ers and k!kes because that's what smart, college gradates and professors do!Unbelievable horseshit. In that no one believes you.
>>18640199>>18640200Anyway, watches.You guys do you. It's clear we're not seeing eye to eye and we don't have to.I'm gonna go look for a chronograph, hopefully find a type xx to try on myself.
>>18640202You're full of shit. There isn't an educated man with a wife and money to buy a $10k watch who sympathizes with Nazis and votes modern GOP. Sorry, doesn't exist. You took the fantasy too far. But yeah, WATCHES.
>>18640184>There are many ways to become rich man.Tell me one that works then (and isn't "play the lottery").
>>18640206Just have a rich dad who figured it out. Then make a "wise" investment that some fund manager turned you on to. No one on 4chan is a self-made success story.
Is /fa/ the most COPE board or is it /o/ ?Half the posts in here are cope
>>18640200Nicolas Fuentes? Kanye West?
>go to /fa/ to talk about shoes and escape the nick fuentes storm of the past year>See a watch thread>"Oh seems neat, didn't know there was a watch general>Nick fuentes mentioned I give up. This guy is everywhere
>>18640206Go to biz, learn about chainlink, make money.
>>18640237The only reason he and his retard squad are everywhere is because they are such horrific examples of humanity to use to create straw men against any right-of-Mao position.
>>18640073tissot, mido, certina, rado and hamilton are essentially the same watches with the same calibers, every single one of them should go except for one.
>>18640247Rado needs to stay, they're like Rolex for Southeast Asia and they at least do their material science gimmick where they offer watches with weird ceramics and unorthodox alloy forging stuff to set them apart a little bit.
Nice sale happening at Creation. It's like Jomashop but better.
>>18640246>right-of-MaoI wish leftypol had the traffic of 4chan. Actual intelligent people to talk to there. Of course without the legion of brainwashed chuds 4chan would be just as slow. So you really can't win.
>>18640260Listen, you vaxxed npc, stop talking about politics here and go to your lefty vaxxed cattle shithole, you free thinker.Don't forget your mask. Now fuck off.
>>18640261You're wrong and stupid. Everyone important thinks so.
>>18640263You have nothing else to say. You failed the social experiment, you took the vaxx because you can't think for yourself. You failed it, The test, it's over. No amount of excuses will make it not be true. Everyone remembers you when the masks dropped and you screamed at people for not wearing their masks. Everyone remembers that You COMPLIED, and every time you look in the mirror, every single time, you will see just that, a COMPLYING npc vaxxed cattle.A pure blood told you to fuck off, and you should.
date window on three
>>18640248Do Rado look better in person or am I missing something?
>>18640266Yuck. And "60" instead of 12? But not 15 and 45? What were they thinking?? Also, that one orange hand.There's some schmuck out there who is in love with that monstrosity. Remember that.
>>18640200Kanye West
>>18640266>Date window on 3Aren't most date windows at thr-Oh... Okay kek
>>18640270I don't think anyone takes him seriously as he is insane in the membrane. Think I'm gonna get this Orient. A lot of their Bambinos are stupid 41mm, but this is a nice 38.5, just right. And under $200.Of course I'd be buying it for the brand. I know there are cheaper Chinese watches with way better specs.
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>>18640276>Not made of recycled sink faucets
>>18640272Based ShitterCollecTadello
We've got a real live Act Blue shill in the thread boys
>>18640284We've got a "based" GigaChad poster Fren in the thread, boys. No incels in here!
Does anyone knows if this strap can be removed?
>>18640284Ok kike
>>18640240>Go to biz, learn about chainlink, make money.How? Did you learn about chainlink and make money? Can it not be written in a post for some reason? Is it a scam?
You fags got kicked out of /g/ and now spam here. Now you’re /biz/fagging in a fashion board? Why not just go to /biz/? If you do fuck off, can you take your fragrance shit with you as well.Also, don’t forget to fuck over Indians looking for visa applications. Reminder to fuck over MBA faggots.
I don't know how but you've somehow made the avatarspam and blogposting look preferable to whatever the fuck this thread has devolved into.Congratulations, I didn't know you had it in you.
>>18640298Dude I just need money to live.
>>18640303Anyone else notice how the quality of these threads dropped by a large margin ever since whoretadello left?We used to joke /wt/ stands for whoretadello's thread, but little did we know that actually was the case. In the good old days whoretadello and other avatarfrens discussed watches and made fun, quality posts in harmony with regular users. /wt/ actually was a comfy and meaningful place with its own identity.All this eventually turned to shit when bittercel started his relentless smear campaign. I suppose the only actual reason for that was his jealousy of whoretadello's wealth and social relationships. His mind turned his hard earned wealth into "tax fraud, inheritance money and liquidating his entire networth" and his relationships became nothing more than prostitution and human trafficking.I am sad that he left, but I understand his reasons. Eventually the smear would've gotten to him and affect his cheerful view of life in general. He did the right thing seeking better, more successful people and I don't blame him.I guess all good things come to an end and I want to thank you for the good times we had, in whoretadello's thread.
>>18640304This online soap opera you're living is fucking pathetic. I don't know what or who any of that is. And I'm sick of reading posts about people you supposedly hate back in the "good old days".
>>18640319shut the fuck up Zachand go to the suicide forest
>>18640319>>18640323this was meant for you
