What's /fa/'s take on Alsta watches?
>>18686394They're cool
Grand Seiko
>>18686459Not on this model
>>18686394Never heard of your shit brand.What do you have to offer compared to the other 9999 microshit brands?
>>18686829It was featured in the film Jaws and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Rolex
>>18687809Yes, we really don't see that brand fellated here enough, anon. Thanks.
>>18686394seiko > everythingsorry not sorry
Invicta
>>18687815Seiko is better at what? Being overpriced and chintzy with the good parts? FUCK Seiko. I'll never buy another new one for as long as I live.I'm convinced there are only a small handful of serious posters here. Everything else is trolling and nonsense.
>>18688173>Seiko is better at what?At keeping time. The Swiss and French literally shutdown their chronmetry competitions because Seiko was going to win.
SEIKO JAPAN BEST CRAFTSMANSHIP
>>18688182Oh, accuracy? Not even close to the fifth thing I consider when buying watches. But a lot of what I buy comes with Seiko movements that Seiko only reserves for their spendier in-house watches, so I guess I'm glad they keep time so well.Again, fuck Seiko.
>>18688254>a lot of what I buy comes with Seiko movements that Seiko only reserves for their spendier in-house watchesCome again?
>>18688182That's the silliest shit I have ever heard. 10/10 got me to reply.
>>18688671>After Seiko’s victories in 1968, the Geneva observatory then cancelled its contests in 1968, ending the long tradition of Swiss observatory timing trials.https://watchesbysjx.com/2013/06/explaining-seikos-legendary-history-in-swiss-chronometer-trials-with-live-pictures-of-its-landmark-astronomical-observatory-chronometer.htmlCOPE
>>18688674Why are they so bad at keeping time now?
>>18686394Oh look, another sw200
>>18688685They're not?
I LOVE SEIKO
>>18689120Are you asking? You have a question mark on what seems like more of a statement. Fucking ESL.
>>18689794Do you get lost in the woods frequently?
>>18689820I wonder why your wife left you?
>>18689820Yeah I am asking YOU FUCKING SPERG
>>18690314No, he's right. If you were asking you would have said "they are?" But you said they aren't, contradicting his claim, which is a statement, not a question.
>>18691481>Using a question mark at the end of a declarative statement (a statement with a question mark) is primarily used to express surprise, disbelief, or to turn a statement into an interrogative request for confirmation (e.g., "You're actually going?"). It signals rising intonation, indicating a question without strict inverted sentence structure. >GrammarlyFUCKING SPERG
>>18689840'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
>>18691510That's when speaking out loud. But even that is retarded. It's always retarded.>>18692169That's actually really cool except for the jewels.
>>18688671The swiss chronometry contests were a shitshow>want to make it all about muh traditional mechanical chronometers>don't state as much in the terms of entry and competition so you'd still get a lot of (paid) entrants>Rolex fails to meet the demands a few times, they shit themselves in rage and stop applying and create their own "superlative chronometry" standard that is actually worse (has been revised a bunch of time since, now more strict than COSC)>"see, this is proof that chronometry is very demanding and not everyone can meet the demands">suddenly, japanese factories become very efficient and can outperform your domestic pieces>re-write the rules to exclude them>suddenly, electrical and then quartz chronometers become more efficient too>Omega is trying to present a quartz watch in the marine chronometry contest>re-re-write the rules so only chronometers built in Geneva can apply and exclude Omega that way
>>18689120Their regular mechanical movements are rated at -15 to +20 ?
>>18694927Mass produced you can tune them
>>18694927I have a Seiko 5 with the 7S26C movement that’s -5/day out of the box now in its 5th year of being wornPretty sweet for $100
>>18693262I don't follow anything anymore. Is that man a racecar driver, a golfer, a basketball, football, tennis, or hockey player, a mountain climber, a chess player, a tech billionaire, or what? He must be one of those things.
>>18697131If only they were still $100. For what they charge now that shake awake movement fucking sucks. Not to mention all the other cheap components on 5s.Seiko was probably pretty great back in the day though when they were cheap and didn't have competition undercutting their prices while using NH35s.
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