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Honestly if your watch isn't
>Rolex
>Cartier
>Patek
>Vacheron
>AP
>Richard Mille
>Journe
>Lange
>JLC
>and MAYBE some very specific models from a few other brands
Then I'm not interested in what you have to say about horology. Or anything else really.

>>18705928
Finally got a VSF Rollie on the way. Life as a fraud just feels too good.

>>18705935
Nihilism leads to death sooner than you ever believed. Best wishes.

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Silber time.

>Shitizen

>>18705939
Just kidding, Citizen is cute.

The AP Royal Oak is obscenely ugly. I don't see the appeal. Is this just some kind of Naked Emperor shit where Gerald Genta made it so everyone had to pretend it was amazing and now after generations of it being around people are just mindfucked into believing the mythos? Seriously, when Genta first showed it off everyone was disgusted and wondered if it was a joke. What happened?
Now AP is marketing it to hiphop nogs and putting out faggy Swatch pocketwatch versions of it for jeets so any class it might have had is removed. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills here.

>>18705928
Anyone have any suggestions for a pink watch? Im thinking about a seiko with a rose quartz dial, im down to go pinker thouigh

poorlex.

>>18705938
Your coins have swastikas on them.

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>>18705963
For what occasion?
Salmon dials were all the rage a few years back.
Certina also came out with an edition of their 38mm Action Diver DS that has bright pink indices on a black dial, which looks very unique.

>>18705973
I wanted a daily, which is why im leaning seiko for the silver/pink not very loud setup. I like the salmon too, i guess im looking for other brand suggestions bc im a normie who only knows casio and seiko.

>>18705939

Off topic because Citizen isn’t even a luxury watch. I looked it up and they’re only 300.

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>>18705976
Casio makes a quartz retro sport watch, the MTPB145D-4VT. I think it's just at the 40mm sweet spot for most men and is probably your cheapest bet if you want a watch that looks classy while still being everyday capable.
If you want something a little more upmarket, there is the somewhat rare Seiko SUR523 which is Japan Only and will let you play with the strap options because it has the most conventional lug setup, making it the most versatile. However, because it's rare, you will be paying the most for it at $500. There are probably also vintage Seikos with pink dials floating around $200-$300 you could look for.
Another option is the Zodiac Sea Dragon, a Swiss Made quartz option, retro square design and really striking and playful, but this also makes it harder to dress up. They can usually be found around $300 if you want something uncommon and Swiss.
If you want an automatic, there is the Citizen Tsuyosa 37mm. Really classic looking, great proportions, great specs, plus it's automatic so you have that nerd cred even if it isn't as convenient as quartz.

>>18705978
>MTPB145D-4VT
That seiko is just so clean. I'll probably end up going with that or the citizen you mentioned. I couldnt find much info for the sea dragons but ima keep looking! thanks for suggestion

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Casio time

>>18705928
That is a very nice Breil. Any way I could narrow down the model? I saw people saying they are dog shit (even if you find one that works) but I don't really care if that's the case assuming I can get one for a few bucks since it's gold without being tacky and that's not exactly easy to do as we all know.

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R8 my watch and EDC multitool
21yo male, networking engineer

>>18705991
How much better is the Signal over the Skeletool?

>>18705970
Oh he knows. He’s proud of that. He’s an “edgy” euro incel with no other cards to play.

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>>18705977
Guess I’m posting off-topic.

Out of the hundreds, thousands of watches out there which 4 would be the most suitable for a parody of the American Psycho business card scene?

>>18706010
the replaceable cutters make it worth it

>>18706034
4 versions of the Reverso.

Mono, duo, seconds, repeater, tourbillion etc. Have some dude activate his repeater and Bateman shits.

>>18706034
So 1980s watches, I'd guess:
>Patrick starts with something like a Rolex Datejust.
>David Van Patten then flashes a Jaeger-LeCoultre Ultra Thin
>Tim Bryce then pulls out a Cartier Santos in solid gold (these were big in the 80s, the Gordon Gekko watch)
>Paul Allen is, of course, wearing a Patek 3919

>>18706034
>Bateman
Rolex Day/Date, either all gold or two tone. All gold is the "made it" watch, actually high class and a universally accepted big dick watch, like Bateman's card, but out of place on a young person's wrist and so well known it's like a default pick, fitting with his superficiality. Two tone is quintessential 80s yuppie chic.
>Van Patten
Rolex Daytona or Yachtmaster 2. More technologically advanced and superficially interesting due to the added subdials but nobody ever uses the chronograph seriously, making it even more of a shallow flex. The Yachtmaster is similar, the only reason you would ever own one is to be a massive fucking hipster owning a "different" Rolex and to tell people you have a yacht.
>Bryce
A Vacheron Constantin. In the book and movie, Bryce is possibly the only character Bateman has genuine respect for. Bryce is still a new money yuppie retard, but is notably sharper and more confident than his peers. Bryce would have something an enthusiast would appreciate but which is still easily obtainable.
>Paul Allen
A Patek or A. Lange & Sohne with perpetual calendar because it's the epitome of refinement and engineering wasted on a retard faggot.
>Bonus: Louis
Richard Mille because it's the watch of the gaynigger hypebeast footballer that richfags don't even wear anymore

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>>18705938
yes
>>18705958
>poorfag cope

>>18706065
Deplorable

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>>18705933
This is one of the 'MAYBE some very specific models from a few other brands'.
It's funny because the person who keeps posting that has zero watches from their own list.

>>18705933
This is it. This is the post that broke /wt/.

>>18705933
based

>>18706133
But you don't agree with it. You're pretending. You have not a single watch on the list. "based" doesn't mean anything.

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Already posted my L here before but figured I’d dump an update since I’ve got some new thoughts on this whole clownshow. Last Christmas I got absolutely blackout drunk and impulse bought a Hamilton Chrono Quartz and honestly I still have no fucking clue what I even saw in this thing. Way too shiny, looks like some boomer office jewelry, absolutely not an everyday watch unless your daily routine is attending your second divorce hearing. And somehow the thing also turned out huge on my wrist, which makes even less sense considering I used to wear a Seiko Turtle and that never looked this ridiculously oversized. Then in mid April I washed my hands with cold water and the crystal instantly fogged up like some aliexpress shitter. Sent it in for warranty repair expecting the usual corpo runaround but Hamilton actually handled it surprisingly well. No arguments, no “user damage” bullshit, they just took it. And while the watch was shipping to them it completely fucking died too. Mentioned that in the service form, then later found out the hands were corroding, oil leaked out inside the movement, whole thing was basically internally rotting itself to death. Dial replaced, hands replaced, bunch of internal shit replaced too. Repair cost was apparently around half the price of the watch and Hamilton still did all of it for free. Originally I was ready to just throw this thing into a drawer and forget it existed but now after all this stupid bullshit I’ve somehow gotten attached to the damn thing lol.

>>18706136
You don't have to own a watch on the list to agree.
Just like everything else in life (food, arts, architecture, people, civilizations...) there's a hierarchy in watchmaking, and these brands clearly sit at the top.
Denying it like saying "Ethiopians and Indians are as good as Anglo-Saxons or Japanese".

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>>18705989
Mechanical Breils are mediocre ofc, but if you go quartz (btw the period when they peaked) you can find some really nice obscure gems.

>>18706065
I thought about this claim for a minute and I think you're right. In all seriousness, think about it. Why does this watch specifically matter? It's the first TUDOR that pops into mind whenever the brand is mentioned. TUDOR has been known for 100 years by now of being the quite Literal entry point to Luxury watches. It's the gatekeeper, the price point-decider on what is considered Luxury. That's a huge thing, no matter how you look at it.
Anything below TUDOR is considered "casual" and entry level, everything TUDOR and after is considered Luxury.
-Not Longines
-Not Oris
-Not Nomos
-Not Sinn
-Not Christopher Ward
-Not TAG Heuer
Hell, not even Grand Seiko, Omega or Breitling- THE gatekeeper to LUXURY is TUDOR, it has been established since 1926 and it will forever remain that way. If there's not Tudor, there's nothing keeping the floodgates closed and in check.
Everyone (everyone) who's honest with you and knows about watches, if you ask them:
>"Genuinely, what's the One ONE AND DONE watch for someone who simply wants a nice piece for Every single occasion but also wants to wear one everyday and Never have to think about watches again?"
if you've been slightly into watches for more than a week, you will answer
>"TUDOR"
in Caps, firm and unshaken. Because it is the only answer. Not the only Correct answer, but the Only answer in general.

>>18706149
It just dawned on me; Tudor is actually better than Rolex.
Tudor is a master chronometer while Rolex is "superlative". What does that mean in practise? Rolex doesn't even do third party certification on them, instead they do their own testing and deem it "better".
I'm so glad I went with my BB54, after getting it, I don't even think about Rolex. In a world where Rolex screams status, Tudor whispers taste. A Rolex is the billboard of success, but Tudor? It’s the secret handshake of those who know better. You pay less, yet get a sibling forged in the same fires—Swiss precision, timeless design, and none of the "look-at-me" hysteria. A Tudor is a poet's watch; a Rolex, a salesman’s pitch. Why spend double to impress strangers when you could spend less and impress yourself?

>>18706065
based
>>18706149
based
>>18706152
based

>>18706145
On a man-by-man basis that isn't true about those peoples.
Knowing that's how you think, of course you'd ascribe undue praise upon watches you've never touched. A real "man of exquisite taste" you purport to be, far removed from any of the action.
Sad.

>>18706187
>I'm poor therefore everyone else ITT is poor

>>18706137
Nice of them to fix your oversized, overpriced watch with demonstrably terrible AR like all Hamiltons. You've been through some shit with it and now you have a reason to care. That's all anyone wants with a watch: memories.
I'm glad I got sober before becoming an impulse buying watch fanatic with money to burn. Of all my blacked out decision regrets, online purchases were not among them. Of course I never drank alone at home either.
Good to know Hamilton takes care of their customers though. Despite my derogatory comments above, it's the one "expensive" (quotes because people here pretend $1k isn't a lot of money) Swiss watch brand I have any interest in someday owning anything from.
It's not too big for you but it's definitely pushing it, as you admit. Looks like they gave you a proper 1/10 second subdial instead of that 24hr. shit too. I think the coolest part of chronographs is having a fast spinning hand.

>>18706137
thanks for the new copy pasta

These threads are now just a collection of coffee spamming, unflushed fecal waste, and goddamned PASTA, the last of which sparks the same tired arguments as every other thread.

Thanks to the people contributing the other roughly 35% of the posts.

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>>18706193
Why would it be? I've seen OCD shitposters like you repost random things like that simply because they're long. Why? What's the significance? It's just some guy's specific story.
You aren't saving it.
lol, now you will save it out of spite because I wrote this. That's how mature you are.
And knowing your nature makes me feel pathetic that I spent enough time here to know how you types operate.

Back to watches.

>>18706194
Kofe time.

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>>18706194
I have good news for you anon.
No one's stopping you to contribute.
Be the change you want to see in this world.

>>18706193
70% of the content of watch threads is copypasta

it’s all spammed by the turk/greek

>>18706207
I don't want to contribute. I just want to complain about the thread quality.

>>18706219
I see.
I didn't realize we had women on /wt/.

>>18705937
Massive cope. Can't wait to siphon your compliments with my replica.

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I wore my GS to a work thing figuring it would fly under the radar like my imaginary friends living inside my computer said would happen, and LITERALLY the first day I did that, one of my coworkers who had never stood closer than about two arm's lengths and with whom I have never discussed watches or "effay stuff" even ONCE was like "is that a grand seiko" and (this part is going to sound like "and then everyone clapped") he actually said "zaratsu polish", a term I never thought I would hear outside of the internet

I wanted to say something about how it was just a 9F shitter but I just mumbled about how I bought it on the internet and then changed the subject but you people fucking lied to me and now I'm paranoid people are going to think I'm either wildly irresponsible with my money (which I am) or that I'm overpaid (which I am not)

tl;dr don't listen to /fa/ or /r/watches/ because nobody except me has ever gone outside

>>18706234
Did you talk about watches with him and slip off to a corner for some efficient gay sex or did you just stand there staring at your shoes like a faggot?

>>18706229
nihilism = die sooner
Remember

>>18706236
>responding to pasta
You lived under high tension lines when you were a kid, didn't you?

>>18706238
you here 24/7 bro or what?
go outside, it's Saturday.

>>18706236
>Anon immediately thinks of gay sex

>>18706240
you here 24/7 bro or what?
go outside, it's Saturday.

>>18706240
>having a life outside

kek, what are you? A fucking Amish?
Are you real life friends in the room with you right now?

>>18706240
Psychological projection is the process by which one attributes one’s own individual positive or negative characteristics, affects, and impulses to another person or group... often a defense mechanism in which unpleasant or unacceptable impulses, stressors, ideas, affects, or responsibilities are attributed to others.

>>18706246
>Freudian slip

>>18706242
gay sex is unironically good
you don’t even have to be gay to enjoy it

>>18706252
Faggot

>>18706255
retard
when you masterboot you’re literally having gay sex and you call me faggot

>>18706242
Gay sex and poop are /wt/'s main areas of interest and expertise. Even more so than watches.

Couldn't be me though. I'm a black women appreciator and Rolex wearer.

What's the quintessential watch of gay sex? Is it a Diesel chronograph?

>>18706262
Apple watch

>>18706251
>no U, ha ha

>>18706262
ROLEX.

>>18706262
Rolex and Breitling

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My nigga Hunter Biden wearing a nice vintage Omega

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My two month old explorer’s bezel is already full of micro scratches. Just from wiping the smudges clean with cloth. You can only see them when focusing really closely but it kinda bothers me. Wish I never wiped it obsessively.

>Citizen
Might as well have Shabbos Goy, or Wageslave etc. on your dial, it gives off the same aesthetic

>>18706336
It's an every day watch anon, scratches are inevitable. You won't even notice them after a while.

>>18706429
scrumptious!

>>18706429
You are an inspiration

>>18706136
Based retard

>>18706234
He was clowning you for buying an ugly watch
Also this is copypasta

>>18706322
Is that what i wear if I want to fuck my dead brothers daughter?
>>18706336
Finally a nice watch is posted

>>18706346
Citizen is Japanese.

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What's on the wrist today gents?

Hi I don't know anything about watches, but I have taken an interest in wearing them. I found an old automatic watch going through some old stuff, probably hasn't been worn in a decade. It's an imitation of a brand watch. It loses ~30 seconds a day. I'm fairly active and move around a lot which makes it go, but all it takes is for me to sleep longer than 6 hours for it to stop and need a wind up.

Is it worth it to spend ~130 bucks to take it in for maintenance at a shop and have them tell me what it actually is under the imitation branding?

I also found other old watches in a box which might or might not be genuine, but those are quartz movement. Gonna have to replace the batteries.

>>18706483
i know one just like it from another brand

>>18706336
Stop being a bitch. Scratches/sings of wear gives it character.

>>18706499
Resale value plummets though.

Generally, how long do you guys wait to get a watch you think you want? I'm not interested in having a large collection of watches I ended up not wearing, and I keep a spreadsheet where I track the watches I want on a wishlist of sorts. And sometimes I find that after a month or two I lose interest in a watch I think I really wanted.

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Postin mine, feelin comfy

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Should I go with Dark Gray or Gold? Or just get both because they're cheap as fuck?

>>18706516
Silver
Fake gold is gay unless you get it on a bracelet so you can sleazemaxx like a greasy 80s coke dealer

>>18706501
Oh noooooooooooooooooo

when i set my watch's time i like to set it purposefully in the future so that it averages out the error over a few days and i don't have to readjust for longer

do you guys do this too or is this insane

>>18706536
Megamind, 500 IQ move

>>18706450
when will you pick it up and smash it into the watch?

Is Seiko just getting worse and worse?
I haven't paid attention to watches for a couple years and I see they updated the Turtle to have a fuckhuge cyclops and the Samurai to have a 4:30 date window.
Who asked for this shit?

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>>18706483
My standard weekend watch, starting to show a few dings on the upper left lug and it feels amazing (plus I switched from the bracelet today because it's getting very warm here)

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>>18706483
Yacht club II > ingerqueer

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>>18706604
gorgeous

>>18706636
>leather strap on a "diver"
oof

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>>18706229
I love that a lot of these "luxury" watches are just replicas and the kissasses bow down and call them BASED every time.
Can't wait for you to fool them again with a new one.

>>18706638
>poorfag

>>18706638
why do yacht masters have a strap as well

>>18706336
Should you be taking photos mid-turn operating a vehicle??

>>18706501
If you love the watch so much why would you ever sell it?
I thought Rolex was "for life" or some shit. Just trying to flip it for more money, eh?

>>18706606
He asked what's on the wrist TODAY, which isn't the 6th. That's not even yours.

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>>18706638
wow, such insult

>>18706659
Enough for you to respond. Anyway, enjoy your Saturday night. I'm off.

>>18706673
OH SHIT, GOTTEM

>>18706601
They’ve been dead since around or right before Covid. Same with Grand Seiko. Both have literally given up, zero innovation, or at least none that makes it into their main lines.

>When you find out the watch threads are made by Russians from /chug/.

>>18706718
We really don't see enough of this watch on the board.

>>18706684
Does the UFA not count? I don’t pay much attention to them desu

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>>18706483
My
>>18706525
>sleazemaxx like a greasy 80s coke dealer
watch

Jeet thread. Indians will never be attractive to white women.

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gonna re-shoot the review today. If there's anything you want to ask about the watch, anything at all, let me know. I am about to criticise grand seiko like no one has ever done before. I got nothing to lose.

>>18706746
Did you cum really fast or did you hire the escort solely for photographing your watch on?

I want to ask something about the watch. Stop fucking posting it multiple times a day, you fucking Dink.

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>>18706750
ask away man.

>>18703293
>>18705928
>>18676287
>>18706082
>>18686394
>>18697654
>>18701342
>>18702443

All these are made by the same OP. He’s an Indian shit rat living in Australia who got banned from /g/ and spams /chug/ with dead Palestinian children.

>>18706746
>gonna
>I am about to
TWO MORE WEEKS

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Can anyone ID this watch?

>>18706754
Oh, I didn't put it in the form of a question.
"Will you please stop posting that fucking watch so fucking much??"
No one has any interest in hearing your voice or looking at videos of your watch. I'm sure professional reviewers have already covered it many times over. Why the fuck are you so obsessed with it? If you ever complete the video no one asked for you'll probably post a link to it 5 times per thread with every old image of that fucking watch. Fuck you.

>>18706777
eee you never know. Maybe someone is interested in a long term and unbiased review.

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>>18706763
What the fuck is /chug/? Also, I made one of those threads and I'm an American who's never been banned from any board. You are a paranoid, off-topic, schizo retard.

>>18706729
hell yea. needs to be worn with a slightly wrinkled button down shirt though, preferably one size too large

>>18706804
Preferably open, over a wifebeater, with a Panama hat

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Post hilarious 'What were they thinking??' watches.

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>>18706854

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When you look in the comments of the $5 bling watches covered in bedazzlement and glitter, guess who's buying.

>>18706866
Please redeem the bling!

>>18706729
Smoothest sweep of any watch in the world. But the gold would be my last choice. I might get the precisionist in a different watch.

>>18706746
>I am about to criticise grand seiko like no one has ever done before. I got nothing to lose.
Don't do it anon, they'll CIA your ass.

>>18706933
>Smoothest sweep of any watch in the world
uhhhh bro ur spring drive?

>>18706933
Yeah the sweep is pretty satisfying. I wanted the stainless with the blue dial, but I bought it on a whim on vacation and all the jewelry store had was this one and the green dial version which I didn't like at all.
I leaned into the trashy sleaze and don't regret it so far.

>>18706964
DIS NIGGA WEARING A BATHROOM SCALE

>>18706972
IT'S OVER KEKK

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>Timex TW2V03600
What do you think?
Fell in love with Seiko 5 SRPG35K1 but I dont want automatic watch as daily wear. They are too thick and just not my cup of coffee.
Closest to it is Vaer C5 Solar but they only sell in US.
Hamilton Khaki Field is thin and mechanical but way out of my budget.
Citizen just gave up on field watches. They make those helicopter ones which I dont like or those with gay nipple crown. BM8180-03E are not available in Failurope anymore.

>>18706988
Citizen BM8180-03E not good enough?

>>18706946
No, it's 16 bps, it's smoother than a spring drive or anything else.

>>18706990
They are perfect but as I said, they are not available anywhere here.

>>18706994
Sorry bro I'm really tired and blanking.
That watch looks fine but some Timexs tick insanely loud. I don't know if the solar ones have that problem.

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>>18706877

>>18706988
Timex is great. I just bought my ninth one today. IF you can hear them tick it's a feature not a bug in my book. It's never that loud unless you sleep in a dead silent room and every little thing keeps you up. And it's the cheaper ones that tick noticeably in my experience. That with the 100m WR and solar power won't be a loud ticker.

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>>18706972
Those things are a fun novelty but I can't imagine liking it so much you'd spend AP money on such a non-traditional watch. There's no way that's anyone's daily wear. I'd regard such a man as quite the peculiar fellow. It does look like a bathroom scale. They never know what to do with the negative space on those things. Those have never looked good to me. Though that one does look kind of neat compared to others, it's probably insanely expensive and as you pointed out, looks like a scale.

>>18706970
If it were a dark emerald green on silver it would be cool. And the blue is a bit light for me too. I also wish it were at least 2mm smaller for that shape. But my taste changes all the time. If I ever saw any of them for under $400 I'd probably just get it.

>>18707003
You could have a fat bitch engraved on it.

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>>18707006
I'll see what these ones sell for in the end.

>>18707007
The classy solution. Wonder what that'd do to the value of such a timepiece.

>>18707009
>Wonder what that'd do to the value of such a timepiece.
If the engraving was done by AP, it wouldn't hurt the value as much as if it was done by a third party. They are typically a little harder to sell, though.

>>18707014
AP would probably do it for you if you were rich and black enough.

>>18707014
Yeah, I was going to mention that it depended on the engraver, but "a fat bitch"? It would have to be a very classy "Rubenesque" type thing, not a trashy mudflap girl. I'm just thinking the Tom Green Slutmobile treatment.
The point is, AP would not do any such thing, so it would surely hurt the watch unless someone like Banksy did it.

>>18707019
>The point is, AP would not do any such thing,
If you were going to do something obscene, then AP would probably push back, but these companies will absolutely modify a watch for you if you ask.
Engraving and gem-setting is relatively straightforward. Printing something on the dial or a different dial color is a trickier ask. A modification to the movement will cost a fortune; but as long as you're willing to pay, they'll do it.
It's not like Rolex, where they'll just say 'no'.

In terms of the value of the watch, a modification done in-house will not hurt it because it will show up in the watch's papers, and that's important to the provenance. That's the same reason that a Nautilus that's been iced-out by Patek is worth several times more than a Nautilus that's been iced-out by some jeweler in Miami, even if the value of the stones themselves is the same.

>>18707023
I know you want to keep pontificating about the brand you think so much of, but sorry, a "fat bitch", as the anon who suggested it envisions -since we were calling the watch a bathroom scale- would just never fly at any price.
We're talking about a fat prostitute with a slutty outfit, nipples protruding, a mole on her nose and a cigarette with a curl of smoke from a Penthouse Magazine cartoon from the 80s or 90s here. Engraved on that watch.
They would say no and probably add that you're free to have it engraved elsewhere.

>>18707028
>posted before reading
American, right?

It was literally the first line of his post.
>>18707023
>If you were going to do something obscene, then AP would probably push back

Christ, how embarrassing for you.

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Bought this beauty. Thoughts?

Will be a daily. First real watch.

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This red Super Seville Mini would be perfect but it's only 25mm which is far too small, and it doesn't have the Precisionist movement anyway.
But look at it. If that watch was 34-36mm with the smooth sweep I would pay the $550 they want for it right now. The should have offered the regular one in red and silver.

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>>18707032
Yep.
You win some, you lose some.

>>18707040
That does look pretty nice, I wonder if it looks better or worse in person though.
I've also seen a stainless steel one with a white/silver dial that looks pretty good. I think it was a limited edition or only sold in a certain place though which is odd.

>>18707038
I have real watches but someday I might spend $1k on something like a Hamilton. Not that one though. It's cool but I find it too dressy and not very legible with the thin hands and indices to be a daily. But I like that kind of case at 38mm. That case with the Murph dial and hands, without patina and with good AR would be the ideal Hamilton for me. Although I like their older square and tank watches.
At least your date is at 6. Hopefully the movement is one of their 80 hour ones. Post it again when you have it on your wrist.

>>18707038
Understated retro dress piece i’m digging it

>>18705928
>buy 1 analogue watch
>slightly missaligned hands with markers
>learn almost all them are slightly missligned, unless you pay millions
>autism stops me from ever being able to enjoy watches

>>18707038
Very nice, although I'll never wear a watch without a second hand again
>have work in a few hours
>start reading and occasionally check the time
>never notice that my watch has stopped
>get call from work asking where I am

>>18707081
You couldn't recall the time the last time you checked?
>What time is it? 6:45? Hmm...wasn't it 6:45 the last time I checked?

>>18706854
Alabaster watches

>>18707089
grown up man btw

>>18706988
Just get a Weekdater.

>>18707096
This. Some immature behavior right there.

I accidentally put on one of my straps backwards like they sent one of my Seikos and someone here said it's a Japanese thing about offending or dishonoring someone's ancestors by presenting them with your unsightly keeper and possible overhang.
Anyway, it's awkward to put on after years of muscle memory of doing it correctly, but I kind of like wearing it like that now. Does anyone purposely put the buckle under the 6 with their straps?

If I don't want to be a collector, I just want a nice set of watches that covers me for all situations, what is the minimum number that I need? I know I shouldn't wear a big steel watch with a suit, and wearing a little gold watch with a t-shirt feels fussy.
Are there situations where either of those two hypothetical watches would be inappropriate?

Ideally, I'd never like to have to worry about buying a watch again, so what kind of money should I spend? My income is between 150k-200k USD per year.

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Honest question, i'm new to watches. Was looking at some Casio / Seiko watches. I can find very similar style watches on AliExpress for 1/5th to 1/10th the price. Since i'm already not buying for the brand name, what are the drawbacks?

>>18707112
You will own a chinkshit watch. Honestly chinkshit has gotten insanely good at this point. Chinks are making $100-$200 dollar watches that Seiko would charge $600 for. Seiko used to mean value but everything's gone up like crazy these days.
If you don't give a shit about other people judging you for having a chink watch from aliexpress, there is no reason not to just buy one of those. It's better than buying some mall watch anyway. I wouldn't buy a fake Casio though because Casios are already cheap enough that buying a fake Casio is really gay.

>>18707106
If you want to be covered in all situations just get 2 or 3 watches. A dress watch, a casual watch, and then some flex watch or a cheap $30 Casio for travel.

>>18707112
They're probably shittier than the watches that aren't chink knock offs, like everything else and it's aliexpress version

whoreturdello.

>>18707106
Two watches is all you need: a casual watch and a formal watch.

For the casual watch, consider an Omega Speedmaster Professional 3572.50 or a Rolex Explorer 112470. Buy used. The Omega should cost you around 4000 dollars, the Rolex should cost you between 5 and 6000 dollars.

For the formal watch, you cannot go wrong with a Cartier Tank. If you're OK with steel, a Tank Must WSTA0041 will cost you between 3 and 4000 dollars.
If you want gold, you'll be spending over 10,000 dollars.

These are not the most interesting choices, they're actually quite middle-of-the-road, but they're very safe and no one will every say you've made bad choices.

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>>18707106
Just get these Casios
>Wearing it casually
Oh, that is all time classic
>Wearing it with suit
Oh, he is taking different approach for luxury watches, what a based chad

>>18707137
You can wear the Explorer in formal settings. It dresses up and down retardedly well.

>>18707158
If you wear it at your Eton reunion, the Earl of Fagmingham will tell you that this is very gauche of you to wear a sportswatch with a formal attire.
A real fashion faux pas.

>>18707106
get 3; something sporty+casual, something a little more formal for work, and then something dressy for dressing up

>>18707142
Based on what?

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>>18707184
>>18707096
>>18707100
Kofe time

>>18707191
nice floater

>>18707158
>You can wear the Explorer in formal settings
In America, yeah, you probably can. Americans think a suit and a dive watch goes well because the best-dressed man they know is James Bond.

But even in America, it's better to wear a real dress watch with a suit than a sports watch.

>>18707137
Thanks, I'll look into those. I like the Cartier.

>>18707175
>get 3; something sporty+casual, something a little more formal for work, and then something dressy for dressing up

Thanks. Can you give me some examples?