The /wt/ with only GOOD watches this time. Have some respect for yourselves, for fuck's sake.
ya really can't beat rolex for value in the current 2026 marketthey're just good watches. the benchmark of gentlemanly achievement
Yeah but can your Rolex double as a horseshoe?
>>18757223Looks like something from the 70s or 80s. Something that never really caught on. I can't see myself wearing that.
Does your Rolex have two 24-hour subdials?
Clasp update, I know some of you are waiting eagerly for the finished version, but this shipping is very slow.My titanium milled tri-fold was 5g, after removing superfluous material, it's now 3.5g. I could probably get it down under 3g, but I might as well leave a bit of meat on it, it'd be annoying if it started bending. I also worry I'm going to have to recut the holes on the clasp, I think my estimates were a little out for the button portion. Maybe I can make it work still, but if not I'll have to get a revised version made. At least I can try out the quick adjust soon, maybe it needs some work anyway.
>>18757240Cool. Keep us posted and share some photos.
any tank/ square watches for below 300? I'm also considering getting an Eco Drive even though I don't really know why they would be better than a standard quartz or automatic. The Citizen Stiletto is really cool.
>>18757247there's that one from seiko I think
Does it make sense to have a "watch collection" if I'm not rich
>>18757251Why not? I collect Timex.
>>18757247https://www.deguzmanandco.com/product-page/dg013-dress-automatic-2025Filipino microbrands, though they tend to go heavy on the patriotic messaging
>>18757247>>18757254
>>18757138That one I posted (same as pic related) is probably from the ‘90s. Paid $125 for it when vintage (old) quartz Citizen watches like these seem to go for $40 to $60 on eBay all day. Got taken to the cleaners.He threw in a bonus one for free with the same 4031 movement that is a little bit older, from 1988 I think. That one is more square. They both have original belt and buckle and the condition is like new. I think he didn’t wear them at all because they look so good. If I can take a good pic I’ll post it later.
>>18757272Elegant the blue hands make it
Let me guess, you "need" more?
>>18757272Very nice
>>18757286I need less marker spam on the dial, then it would be a very good watch
Why are you still alive?
>>18757293What watch and location is this?
>>18757298I’m guessing this is the same Citizen anon that always posts “Kofe time” (can’t remember the watch model name) and that’s the Tokyo Skytree. Someone’s bangin geishas.
>>18757311That doesn't make any sense
Are there any simple watches like Casio but without all the superfluous text/logos/etc.? Basically something like pic.
>>18757298SLGA009Tokyo sky tree
>>18757311You don’t recognize Whoretadello?
>>18757315Nvm I’m retarded>>18757327Anon is right
>>18757247Billions of them go for $30-$40 on eBay every day… don’t get scammed like I did. Of course, those ones are vintage (i.e. old and worthless) so go into it if you want the look and not the price. They are just as beautiful and keep the time just as well. Make sure the listing has good pictures though, it’s very easy for shitty pictures to not show the true condition of the watch if it’s all scratched up and banged up.
>>18757286What's the accuracy certification on this?A mechanical watch without a good accuracy certification is just jewellery.
>>18757401It's all jewelry, retard.
>>18757407It's not, a watch with accuracy certification is a watch; it's supposed to tell the time.
>>18757410It's still jewelry.
>>18757414Why? Because it has a design about it?A watch without an accuracy certification hardly qualifies for the term "watch" as it doesn't even actually keep time.
>>18757417Tell that to the guy who bought (and wears) a broken Tank.
>>18757410>>18757417omfg, fucking stupid dumb anoncan you fucking explain why there is a point to mechanical watches since we invented the quartz movement? oh right, THERE ISN'T
>>18757417What need do you have for such an accurate watch? Genuine question.
>>18757422>can you fucking explain why there is a point to mechanical watches since we invented the quartz movement? A decent modern mechanical watch (with accuracy rating) is more than accurate enough for daily use.Plus they're consistent.Non-certified mechanical watches can swing wildly from 10 seconds fast one day to 30 seconds fast the next.They make no sense.>>18757423That's not a serious question at all.
>>18757286I'm fine with less.
People who take movement accuracy stats super seriously are like people who buy drinks based on alcohol by volume.
>>18757476Yeah. They should just stick to their phones or a digital watch if they're gonna have a conniption fit over a few wandering seconds per day. Even my least accurate mechanicals will only gain or lose 30 seconds a day. And since I'm always wearing different watches it doesn't affect me significantly or really at all.My more expensive ones will keep great time for weeks before needing to roll them back or forward 90 seconds. It's just part of the process when the watch is powered by springs and gears. And quartz is great too. I love all watches. And whatever issues do arise are just accepted as part of wearing watches.No true watch enthusiasts would complain about shit like this.
>>18757476>>18757479Literally the basic purpose of a watch is to tell the time.Unregulated movements are an abomination.
>>18757514Literally your next step in life is to kys since you clearly are incapable of enjoying it.
>>18757514And approximate time is good enough for me. There are plenty of accurate sources for me to reference when adjusting the watch I'm wearing for the day when I leave the house. I like them to be exact, which usually involves hacking and waiting half a minute. After that I know it's good for a few days before I need to synchronize again. Some watches are more sharp than others in this respect. But I'm not going to ONLY buy "COSC certified" or whatever. I really don't care. The look and feel is far more important to me than the exactness of the time displayed.
Kofé time.
>>18757286Not just this one
>>18757520You have no current watch. All of your photos are old reruns from years ago. Why do you spend your time posting OLD shit everyone has seen? You had two fucking Citizens. Perhaps not even concurrently.Why visit a watch thread when you have no opinions and nothing new?Not even new images of the watches.Yet another fucking autistic weirdo who finds solace in performing his little "rituals" online. You are aware that the rest of us fucking hate you people, right? Be normal!!!!
>>18757514I'm with you 100%, saying shit like>You want your watch to be able to actually tell you what time it is?? Fucking idiot! Just set it every other day if you're so ridiculously anal!is retarded since it's very possible for mechanical watches to be reasonably accurate.It's like buying a shitty V6 sports car and saying>Who cares that it's slow as shit? It looks cool! If you think you need a V8 you're a dumbass!
>>18757543You're a dumbass.
>>18757543They're not really even saying that. It just doesn't matter that much if your watch is a little off, as long as it's consistent (off by the same amount every day) it's still useful as a timepiece. It's just not that relevant if your watch is a little off. Especially if it's a little fast, maybe it'll even drive you to underestimate how much time you do something rather than overestimate it. My wife deliberately sets her watch 5 minutes fast trying to be early for things, so it doesn't really matter that it's a chronometer because it's never set to the correct time regardless.
>>18757549Yeah. Who the fuck is arriving somewhere within that fifteen second window and also trusting a watch if it's that important??Watches aren't wildly off. You're not missing an appointment because your watch was "not regulated". LOL
Casio time>>18757323You may get an f91w with less graphics, or replace the faceplate with an aftermarket one.https://youtu.be/TBBr25F8ubg
>>18757476COSC-less cope from a COSClet cuck
>>18757552>Has never worked a job where promptness is expected Imagine outing yourself as a child. ON 4CHAN.
>>18757594I'm prompt. I'm early. My watch being automatic does not prevent that from happening. And if you're the shitheel who slides through the doorway like Kramer at two seconds before your shift no watch is going to save you from what's coming.
Ah yes, knowing the exact time. I bet most of you unconsciouly just look on the screens your phones rather than your watches.
>>18757592My wife and I both have multiple cosc and metas watches. Even quartz watches deviate over time, it's really nothing to freak out about if your watch is a minute or two off. I promise you won't die.
>>18757594You're not late because of your watch, bro, you're late because you left the house late or traffic lead you to hit some extra red lights or something.
>>18757602I wear a watch because I don't carry a cell phone.
>>18757549And it "doesn't matter" if your ""sports car"" is a slow automatic transmission pos because it still gets you from point A to point B, plus driving slower is safer blah blah blah.The actual practicality of your watch being several minutes off isn't the issue. A mechanical watch is a luxury item, and if your ""luxury"" item is objectively shitty at what it was designed and built to do... then what the fuck is the point? It's just a pathetic cope. Like a mansion that lets in drafts and has plumbing issues, a montblanc pen that writes shittier than a bic, an expensive restaurant that tastes like shit despite nice plating. Nobody would disagree that those would be stupid wastes of money despite a superficial air of looking "nice".>as long as it's consistent (off by the same amount every day) it's still useful as a timepieceBut it's retardedly inconvenient. +20 sec/day is almost 5 minutes off in two weeks. I shouldn't have to set my watch every couple weeks despite it never having stopped if I want to actually know what time it is, because accurate mechanical watches actually do exist.COSC for example where you're off by a MAX of <3mins a month? That's an actual reasonable timekeeper. My COSC certified watch is currently 7 seconds fast and it's been at least a month since I set it.To me, a big part of why mechanical watches are cool because they approach quartz level accuracy using antiquated technology. The whole "well you can't expect your mechanical watch to be able to tell time, they're all inaccurate and it doesn't matter anyways" shtick is just cope.
>>18757607Fuck off, you fake snob.
>>18757598>shiftOH NO NO NO
>>18757611Dude never had a job. lol
>>18757610Cope harder, impoverished shitter owner
>>18757615All of my shitters keep perfect time. That 'cosc' faggotry is for suckers.
>>18757286Let me guess, you "need" more?
>>18757616I always wondered, is it on purpose that it looks like he's resting the meat and fork on his chin?
>>18757516>>18757517Unregulated watches are by definition fashion watches.
>>18757658By what definition? It's no less a watch than whatever you consider "regulated" to be. You need to drop this silly bullshit. Declaring that all watches not to your $10,000 standard don't even count as anything other than fashion watches is a bad look. You must be incredibly insecure to come on this forum and try and lord your faggotty "regulation" over everyone else to feel superior. You've got nothing on anyone, shitnuts.
>>18757660>By what definition?By the definition that fashion is for looks, not function.
>kofe timevs>>18757524>Lmao.
>>18757661You're just being selectively specific. Your watch that loses 7 seconds a month is terribly inaccurate compared to ones that are accurate to 10 seconds per year. Which are inaccurate compared to the grand atomic clock.You have a fashion watch now. You may be one step removed, but you're still way fucking off and you can't trust the time to be correct to my standards. I pity you and your cheap watch with such terrible inaccuracy scores. Your watch isn't even exact. LOL
I keep sending Tim Mosso my wrist shots of my 'shitters' and he just ignores them and never puts them up in his videos with a shoutout like all the fancypants watches the other guys send in.What a snob.
henloI like Chinese and Japanese watches.I heve few. Not many but I will buy more.most importnat thing for a watch for me is:I like it its kinda uniqueI dont like the watches everyone wearsI want the watch to say "Im unique, Im smarter also than you, because I am smarter and more thinking able, I wear this watch, while you hop on "this cheap watch bandwagon" or "this expensive watch" bandwagon" or "top 5 beginner automatics bandwagon"; I actually choose something I like and dont follow trends. Me not being a sheep, LIKE YOU, am smarter and better than you.Much better. Therefore this watch I wear.This is the message I love to vibe out of my wrist when Im roaming about.bye
Bad news for clasp lovers, I messed up the design. The button side isn't long enough to cover the clasp, and the quick adjust points that I opened up to make switching between them easier is now so open that the flange can fit through. I think a different spring bar design will make the quick adjust work, but the button side is ugly, so I'll need at least another revision.
>>18757686I always skip those segments. Do we really need them like 4 times a video?
>>18757672The difference between a mechanical watch that's unregulated vs regulated is having to reset the time once every few days vs once every few months or even just once a year.There's also the simple fact that the entire reason mechanical movements are neat is because a bunch of gears and springs can tell the time.That kind of falls apart if no effort is made to actually make it tell the time as well as reasonably possible within the budget range.
>>18757686He works for a company that sells high end watches, not shitters.If the shitter or at least the photo itself is interesting enough he'll still put it in. Yours just aren't.
>>18757689>I messed up the designShocking.
>>18757698Yes, I don't know how I'll financially recover from this 10 dollar investment.
Should I buy a watch or should I buy a car
>>18757702If you have to choose you're POOR. But not like me. I'm rich. Don't cry because some of us can actually afford the fancy, regulated watches. Because we can. We're real. And we're better than you are.
>>18757702You speak like someone who works a shift. Watches are not for you. Just buy your Citizen or Weekdater and go frolick with the other smelly poor people. You are less than human.
>>18757704>you're a snob if you want regulated watchesThe other way around; you're a snob who only wants to flaunt the outward bling of a watch but without actual appreciation for the actual functionality and watchmaker's craftsmanship.There are lots of low budget regulated mechanical watches. Pic related for instance.
>>18757695>That kind of falls apart if no effort is made to actually make it tell the time as well as reasonably possible within the budget range.Exactly, but they're seriously more concerned with whether their shitters look the part of a mechanical watch than they are with the actual functioning of them as mechanical watches. It's funny that they pretend we're "snobs" because that behavior is literally by definition more pretentious than wanting a watch that functions as a watch.Plus the fact that you can get a COSC certified watch for like $2k. Acting like it's some lofty unattainable standard is laughable.
>>18757707Of course accuracy is attainable. Accuracy is a concern for poorfags who need to be on time for their shift at the misery factory.
>>18757707>you can get a COSC certified watch for like $2kTry $900
>>18757707You're laughable. Fellating 'COSC' over and over as if anyone considers that a standard for anything and gives a shit. >they, weYou don't have any teammates here, poser.
>>18757704>you're a snob if you want accuracy>>18757709>you're a poorfag if you want accuracyThe absolute state.
>>18757712Accuracy ratings don't have to be COSC, plenty of brands have alternative certifications or even in-house ones.In fact COSC is pretty much the absolute minimum.
god you are all a bunch of faggots, the poor ones and the rich ones alike
>>18757607>"sports car"Well now you're talking about something completely different. The performance of a watch doesn't and isn't supposed to make you get anywhere faster. Your watch isn't competing with other watches for timekeeping like some kind of race.
>>18757607The fact that a car is luxury has nothing to do with efficience.A shitty Tesla is faster and more reliable than a Lamborghini Coutach or a 1960s Ferrari.
>>18757714Nothing worse than a poorfag snob.
>>18757725>Your watch isn't competing with other watches for timekeeping...holy shit, yes they are, you absolute fucking clueless retard. That's why brands brag/market the fact that they sell COSC or METAS certified watches, or Rolex "superlative chronometers" that are +2/-2 seconds a day, or Patek stating on their website that>Rate accuracy is assessed at every stage, from uncased movement to fully assembled watch, through meticulous testing with kinetic simulators, ensuring a deviation of no more than -1/+2 seconds per 24 hours. Every function must operate flawlessly without compromising that accuracy, upheld by the watchmakers and engineers who bring years of expertise to every adjustment, every control, every detail.Or Breguet with their 10hZ movement that>enables Manufacture Breguet to certify a maximum deviation of +/- 1 second per day>>18757727>nothing to do with efficience."Nothing" to do with it? Or "is not entirely dependent on" it? If your lambo or ferrari had an inline 4 honda shitbox motor, it would be a piece of shit and nobody would argue that fact. The performance of the car absolutely has a lot to do with it's status and arguing that it does not is either disingenuous or fucking retarded.
>>18757686I got some youtuber to feature my watch years ago.
>>18757741Again with the cars. You're fucking lame, dude.
>>18757741Your argument is fucking retarded because the fanciest mechanical movement in the world is completely obliterated by a 2 dollar gumball watch.It'd be like if a 50 year old shitbox had faster lap times than the latest lambo.
>>18757751No, it would be like if electric cars were faster than ICE cars, but high end ICE cars were still regarded as more premium than those electric cars.Huh, wait a second.
>>18757756Being faster isn't the only metric of cars, though. Enjoy that mileage.
>>18757759If you take any analogy to it's extreme it breaks down and at this point I imagine you're doing that on purpose.The point is that if your mechanical watch objectively sucks at being a watch compared to other mechanical watches, it's a shitty watch. Pretending that a watch's capability (or lack thereof) as a timekeeping device has no bearing on its quality is stupid.It just makes it seem like you really bought in to what some shill on youtube who sells shitters told you to think.
>>18757760>The point is that if your mechanical watch objectively sucks at being a watch compared to other mechanical watches, it's a shitty watchBut they all objectively suck at being a watch compared to a 2 dollar gumball watch. You claim to care about timekeeping quality, but you're scared of 50 year old advances in the field of timekeeping.A better analogy would be you bragging about all the new material science that has gone into your fucking washboard, when the rest of us have washing machines.
>>18757761Yeah man. And people running marathons are way slower than people doing long distance cycling.Why does any idiot bother to watch or participate in footraces???
>>18757760Your unending passion for this subject is getting annoying.
>>18757761>they all objectively suck at being a watch compared to a 2 dollar gumball watchAnd a quartz watch sucks at being a watch compared to using your phone, which doesn't lose any seconds at all and isn't an encumbrance for your wrist.The question is "does it suck at being a MECHANICAL watch".Mechanical watches are in a very different league compared to (cheap) quartz watches; who are in turn in a very different league compared to using your phone as your watch.
>>18757768And if my mechanical watch is not Swiss Certified to 3 seconds per week, it SUCKS at being a mechanical watch, and I bow down to you and your superior appreciation for REAL watches that all us poor rubes have foregone because we just don't know any better or we're too poor to get one. We're all beneath you and we're all late because we can't trust our watches like you can yours. Will you shut the fuck up now?
>>18757770>if my mechanical watch is not accuracy certified, it SUCKS at being a mechanical watchYes. Absolutely.The whole point of mechanical watchmaking was always to be as accurate as is reasonable at the relative price point; and with modern production and know-how even "cheap" mechanical watches costing only a few hundred $$ can be accuracy certified.
>>18757768>And a quartz watch sucks at being a watch compared to using your phoneMy phone is a fucking brick and I can't strap it to my wrist without looking like a fallout cosplayer. To say nothing of the energy inefficiency, or the signal requirements. Mechanical watches aren't in a different league, you've just been told there's something "special" about avoiding quartz crystals as if the devil made them.
>>18757771Yes. Absolutely. I've been doing it all wrong. I can throw them all out now and get a real one. Please though, continue. You need to explain even more. What kind of car are my watches like compared to your superior certified watches?You're totally winning this exchange, BTW. You're annihilating everyone who doesn't have a certified chronometer movement in their mechanical watch. For anyone keeping score you're destroying us.
>>18757772>My phone is a fucking brickGood thing you're not carrying it around just for the timekeeping.>>18757773>I've been doing it all wrongIf none of your mechanical watches have any accuracy rating, then yes.
Guys, I set my watch 3 months back and it's 2 whole seconds slow. Practically unusable.
>>18757776>haha who cares about accuracy certification if my watch happens to be accurate without it by luck of the draw??sub-saharan IQ at work
>>18757776In case you're not trolling; two things:1) a well regulated watch stays pretty consistent regardless of position; while yours may lose 30 seconds per day in one position but gain 30 seconds per day in another so over a long period of time it evens out.2) the whole point of a certification is to make all watches that leave the production line roughly equal in terms of accuracy, and not just a fortunate few by mere accident.
I started buying watches 2 years ago, and /wt/ is the only "watch community" I ever posted in. I wonder if all watch communities are this toxic. Maybe not on this level, but are they bad also?Seems like normalfags just enjoy their meme watches without any downsides. That seems to be the way to go. Every 6 months or so 1 random guy says my watch is nice.
>>18757787What toxicity are you talking about?
>>18757779My watch is miles more accurate than your "accuracy certification" because it's quartz. You couldn't tell? 2 seconds in 3 months is impossible for an auto.
>>18757793>My watch is miles more accurate than your "accuracy certification" because it's quartz.And my phone is miles more accurate than your quartz.The argument is about mechanical watches.
>>18757741No, they're not, because you and your friends and rivals and coworkers and whatever are bot competing to see whos watch is keeping the best time. That's not a thing like it is with vehicles, it's not a race.
>>18757641I need less actually. Mesh bracelet sometimes pull on my jacket sleeve lining and the faux steel wears out to reveal white resin. Just go with the plastic ones and stop larping as vintage quirky.>>18757688Agree 100%. I want my watches to show careful curation, and to be adapted to my very personal way of life + display my taste and aspirations, rather than looking like the 2025 top 10 best value watches, like those idiots PRX wearers lmao. Trash
>>18757786"regulated" in the context of the discussion we're having here right now is a misnomer. There are no "unregulated" watches, every watch movement is regulated to some degree at the factory. The question is to what degree and how much time and effort they put into testing and verifying precision. That's why seiko says they guarantee their watches to a huge range like -25/+40 or whatever it is but generally when you test one out of the box it'll only deviate maybe 5-10 seconds or so one way or the other. They get it as close as they can without spending the money and time it takes to actually certify timekeeping to keep costs down and avoid having to do a lot of warranty services on millions of $300 watches.Lots of luxury brands don't bother with third party chronometer certifications, but that doesn't mean they're not internally spending a lot of time making sure they're keeping consistent time.
>>18757821Not giving the watch a very basic rough tune would be the equivalent of not tightening the plate screws.We're talking about something else entirely.
>>18757824That's literally what I'm saying. "unregulated" is a misnomer the way you're using it.
>>18757833Congrats on making this already shitty discussion even worse with your semantics.
Real SKX hours, my dudes
that'll be 2100 bucks
>>18757834It's not really even just semantics. You're trying to make the case that anything not cosc is wildly unreliable and useless, and that's simply not the case at all.
>>18757840I like the idea of Harrell living on in a way for his fans but I hate how his brother tried almost wearing his channel like a skin suit.
>>18757847The argument wasn't about cosc, see >>18757716You're obviously just trying to get a "win" any way you can.
>>18757848I've never watched one of the brother's videos lol. Didn't expect someone to know him on /fa/, coolmy favorite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv8cByaVyNQ
>>18757850The point is the same whether we're talking about metas or whatever you want to say. Not getting certs doesn't mean your watch is inaccurate or useless.
>>18757861I also didn't say anything not certified is wildly inaccurate, see >>18757786Many non regulated watches happen to be very accurate across longer timeframes, but that's because the wild swings both ways cancel each other out, and this is a very fortunate minority.
>>18757848how did /fa/ know Paul Harrell but not /k/?
>>18757865How many more cope posts are you going to make before you accept that I'm correct and stop?
>>18757870I didnt see anyone mention /k/, if you did I wasn't here or skimmed over it./k/ is actually one of the reasons I ended up getting interested in watches. Years ago there was an occasional watch thread there and I didn't know shit about watches so I'd just troll like "my phone tells the time" and all that shit, mostly just because I saw it as off topic. But slowly I started getting interesting in seeing what the fuss was about. For whatever reason omega and oris were popular among the posters there, I never heard of them before but figured they must be pretty good, so that was where I started looking and found out how much even shitters can cost.
>>18757848>>18757851>I've never watched one of the brother's videosKeep it that way. I almost feel bad saying it but he's not cut out for it and should really just let the channel go instead of diluting it any further.I know that Paul wanted it to keep going after he died and chose Roy to do it, but that was a mistake. 1.5mil subs and consistently getting ~20k views on each video speaks for itselfIt sucks, I loved Paul's videos too. My favorite https://youtu.be/ihQ-j6eALGc
>>18757911It's amazing how even Hasan Piker watched a Paul video and went from "this is gonna be some boomercon shit" to "this guy is smart and knows what he's talking about."
>>18757875You're just coping with your unregulated shitters.
>>18757921>Hasan PikerDamn. Never seen any of his content and never will, but from what I've heard about him that's pleasantly surprising.Paul really was a legend, it was indisputable that he knew what he was talking about and was incredibly skilled as well.
Soon to be released Blancpain BathyscapheLooks cool.
>>18757938cool Seik... oh
>>18757938FUCK this is basically the bathyscaph I've been waiting for them to make but it's over 13mm thick how the FUCK does adding a date add 2mm height at this price point FUUUUUUUUUU
looking for actual advice plsI have a rolex oyster perpetual 38mm i received as a gift from my familyi dont usually wear anything on my wrist at all or really any accessories.i want to start wearing it regularly but am unsure how to style it.does it look out of place with just tshirt and jeans? do i need to dress up for it? i want to wear it casually but unsure how
>>18757963Literally just put it on and you're done. It's probably the most versatile watch in existence. You can wear it with anything, anytime, anywhere, on a bracelet or on a strap of any color. Honestly, the watch should have been called the Oyster Perpetual Any.
>>18757963I'm not saying it doesn't exist, but did Rolex ever make a 38mm OP? I've never heard of a 38mm Rolex.In any event, the answer is no, there are no rules for when you are allowed to wear them. You can wear them with tshirt and jeans, shorts and flipflops, or with a suit. That's what makes them such good every day watches and why they became so popular, they were kind of the first watch that you could always wear whether you were working in the office or at a wedding or mowing the grass or giving the kids a bath.
>>18757286Let me tell you, i have an Hamilton khaki, i like it, but i tested it on the time-hoe-grapher and it's my worst performing watch. -17 seconds a daySo yeah, i DO need more. My Rolex is literally at 0 sec a day.And the accuracy of the watches in between literally match their pricepoint.
>>18757986My Rolie
>>18757964>>18757968thank you for the advice, sorry i think its a 36mm
>>18757776Well you're treating a Porsche like a Ferrari you see.
>>18757786Wow, you're a fucking lunatic today. I've never seen someone so insecure that they spend hours beating a dead horse about how any mechanical that didn't go through a series of certification tests practically doesn't even count as a real watch. And the best part is that you think you're winning the debate. That anyone thinks less of their collection or now has any intention of dropping over a thousand dollars on your COSC faggotry. You're quite pathetic. I'd suggest losing that virginity as soon as possible. Maybe win her over with your incredibly accurate watch you have not shown because you don't even fucking own one.
>>18757986Is that the handwind khaki? I have a khaki king and it's actually pretty good, about 2-4 seconds slow a day generally if it's fully wound. My datejust isn't perfect, it'll be 1 or 2 seconds slow a day sometimes.
>>18757787No. There's nowhere on the internet as angry and dickish as 4chan.Most communities are helpful and supportive. This is a collection of autistic faggots who think owning an expensive watch makes them better than everyone else. Imagine how fulfilled they must be to spend their leisure time here asserting their superiority over anonymous strangers based on a fucking watch.
>>18757963That's an Explorer
>>18757787>>18757995As retarded as this place is, every other watch community I've tried to use is full of a bizzare blend of the dorkiest little faggots and the most obnoxious fucking tools on the planet.
>>18758001Where are these communities? You're saying they're equally as bad? Worse?I don't believe it. Of course I've only been here. I saw some posts on Reddit and of course everyone there is a courteous gentleman about it. I don't know of other online communities as toxic and rude as 4chan. But I'm not drawn to awful spaces either. This place got REAL shitty over the years and I guess I didn't change with it.
>>18758001That's the biggest problem with watch communities and watch content in general. It's all tiptoing on eggshells "wear it in good health, HAHA!" performative boomerposting and fake positivity bullshit or just hype chasers chasing their trendy brand bullshit. The thing I've always liked about 4chan is as degenerate as so many of the people using it are and how much you may disagree with them you are definitely going to get the full spectrum of honest opinions on every topic. Nobody is going to get banned for getting a little too spicy or not going with the flow like on reddit or something. Just in totality, the internet was better way back in the day when there were no training wheels and you had to be semi intelligent to even use it.
>>18757215Timothée Chalamet Rocked Two Mini Cartier Tanks at OnceThe ever-stylish star delivered 2025’s first iconic watch moment.https://www.gq.com/story/timothee-chalamet-two-cartier-tank-minis
>>18758006Are you serious?>ever-stylish>iconic watch momentI don't believe you're such a celebrity worshipping little bitch. I'll pretend you're trolling.
It offends me that Chalamét doesn’t care enough about watch movements as I do. Like how does he enjoy fashion if he doesn’t even know what an ETA movement is?
>>18758008No. We don't want to discuss this. Start a new celebrity gossip thread if you want to be like People Magazine levels of retarded.
>>18758006
>>18758005Agreed 100%. I find the fake positivity a lot harder to ignore (maybe since it's more pervasive) and more obnoxious than the retarded trolls we get here.
>>18757994It's a handwound khaki field black PVD.I'm not even worried that it lags 17 seconds, i never set that time that precisely. I also traveled a lot with that watch, it's my beater watch.
>>18758013Obsessed.
>>18758015Well COSC-boy deems your watch to be a worthless shitter. It doesn't even count. Because it's a mechanical watch and it doesn't do its job well. Your watch is bad and you should feel bad.
>>18758013*PTEWW*
>>18758019Well, i have one 0 seconds and 2-4 seconds a day watches too.But i wouldn't be able to say which one is +17 secs and wich one is perfectly accurate if i didn't test them. I never wear them more than a week without setting the time again. Even at 17 seconds a day, that's only a 2,5 mn lag at the end of the week.
>>18758013I have never once identified as an antisemite so that doesn’t bother me. In fact, I like Trump so much because he stands up to the actual antisemites and Nazis in Kiev.Also I literally haven’t even seen any Chalamét movies in my entire life. I just thought that look and article were interesting. Those are the actual ladies Cartiers that go on 12 mm to 14mm straps that he’s wearing.
>>18758024
>>18758030You are an idiot. Your life is pathetic.
>>18757947Yeah you'd be dumb to get this 21,600bph dual barrel diver over the 36,000bph 55hr Seiko
>>18758024How often do you wind it? I wonder if it would lose less time if you wound it every day rather than every 2 or 3 days?
>>18758053It's a watch i wear 3 days a week.So usually i wind it 3 days in a row, then i don't wear it 4 days.
My solar collection chilling by the window.
>>18758006Looks like a rat wearing a watchNot good
>>18757947I used to own this watch and it is indeed extremely thick. If they could bring it down by a couple of mm it would be perfect.
>>18758068
A 61 year old Seiko.
>>18757938>>18757959Crazy how bad people want the bathy to have the date. Personally I can’t see why the quantieme complete isn’t the Blancpain to have though.
>>18758030>>18758031what a strapping young gentlemen caller!
To that one anon who posted about that Japanese brand, Vague, thank you.Bought one of their square watches (Carré) for my gf and she loves it.
How do I reconcile the gap between what I want to see on my wrist and what I want other people to see on my wrist
>>18758121You can't. It's very sad that you care what other people see. Insecurity is a huge turnoff for everyone.
straps can be fun colors
thinking of picking up Nixon "The manual" as my first straight silver watch , is this a good pick or are there other pure silvers you guys recommend?
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>>18758121Steal and wear watches that appeal to you.There, I solved your riddle.t. Batman
>>18758115Because it's a giant shitter.
>>18757911I wouldn't be too hard on him. No one could ever replace Paul Harrell. I'm sure he had a good relationship with his brother.
>>18757878What do you wear?
>>18758127That is a badass watch right there. I'd wear that all the time.
>>18757878>>18758140better question, post AR and let's see if you'll be starting over or not :)
>>18758145AR-15? Why? I'd rather see his watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaFt9DgdAhUlet me guess, you need more.
>>18757993All those words and nothing but fee-fees.You're a women, aren't you? Or at least on hormones.
>>18758086Sometimes you just get a good movement, it's just luck
A watch only needs to be accurate around 2 mn or so.That's when you can miss a train or a bus for 2 mn.Below that it has zero consequences unless you use your watch to time NASA flights or some shit. And i won't service the watch if the delay under 1 mn.Also, when someone asks me the time, i just say "ten and a half" i don't say 10:32 or 10:28 or whatever i see on my watch, because i know my watches are not that accurate if they double check on their phone.
>>18758212YikesLooks like a microbrand vintage reinterpretation of a skindiver, like Nivada or Thorn.
>>18758212Is it even a real watch? That font is straight from aliexpress.Are they trying to destroy their own branding like Bremont or Jaguar?
>>18758143Is this you? >>18758030
>>18758212Superior
>>18758218It's a reissue of a vintage watch.
lol
>>18758267I like itEndgame watch. The kind of watch you’d wear just for fun after having owned/worn every other kind of watch.
>>18758121Can you describe this gap?
I didn’t make that post but I am with him that it’s a nice watch. Generally I like the real androgynous watches like this or the modern Chanel Boyfriend.
>>18758221Uploading pictures is banned in my region.This >>>18755117 watch made for Blackjack Pershing and the modern 2010s era Chanel Boyfriend are two I think are perfect. That Nixon watch above is cool too though.
>>18758149>>18758145I have a gold Seamaster and a 36mm blue dial datejust, plus other various beaters I use for work or travel.I built my AR from a bunch of different parts, it's a mutt.
>>187582236L37 is shit
>>18758212Why can't companies doing bintage reissues or vintage inspired pieces just FUCKING use white lume and markers?
>>18758212I don't understand where blancpain comes up with their prices. They want $18,300 for this. What the FUCK are they smoking?
did we discuss these yet?
>>18758369I think it's really funny how all the budget brands did a cubitus knockoff after Stern said everyone who didn't like the cubitus is too poor to buy one.
>>18758349Damn… that really looks like shit for that price. Why buy something brand new when there is such a huge used/vintage/second hand market?I get for maybe 1 or 2 pieces that you get as a goal achievement kind of thing; but the bulk of my watch collecting/trading I would do with used watches.I got a used PRX powermatic 80 for $200 couple days ago. That’s $650 off brand new, like 76% off.
>>18758380It's especially retarded because the regular modern 38mm bathyscaph is $12,500 new and it has the same movement and everything and it's thinner. And you can get them used under $10k.
what color strap would look better?
>>18757524Nothing wrong with the classics.
>>18758398That, but for the red tipped seconds hand (steel) version.
>>18758031His pic is actually my profile avatar on SSO, a private site for 1930s Hollywood movie lovers that is roughly <50 people and the Boomers there absolutely LOVE it. I don’t mind mentioning that because it’s both private and even if he joined he’d be immediately banned anyway.
>>18758404wowthat looks sick
>>18758212Oh you want this in 40mm non limited? Have this instead!
>>18758468Does that have BLANCPAIN engraved on the side of the case in huge letters?
>>18757514so use your phone or buy a cheap quartz watch. both will be far more accurate than even the finest mechanical watch.
>>18758475Don't get that nut wound up again. No pun intended.
>>18758372>Jewish opinions
>>18758479What does that even mean?
>>18758470Ues is does, and that's why even the superior 38mm version is still a no buy.
I’ve been neglecting one of my best watches.
>>18758484Where is it?
>>18758486It's the Cronos in the image you replied to and it's better than anything you own.
>>18758487It definitely isn't.
GO released some new chronographs, I like the look of black dial one. $17k on a bracelet though... and it looks like no engraved balance bridge which is a shame
>>18758507>12.9mm thickThat's way too thick for a chronograph in this price point. If you pay over $15k for a chronograph anywhere even close to 13mm you're retarded.
>>18758489Yet you have nothing to counter with.
>>18758509Yeah and GO watches wear as thick as you'd imagine with their case shape.I'd opt for a Zenith chronomaster original over this
>>18758507What's the problem? Poor?Can't afford a seventeen-thousand dollar watch?
>>18758509You're a no-watch idiot.That chrono is 1mm thicker than a Daytona, but it has a their Panoramadatum coaxial, coplanar disc date display. Quite an easy concession to make for such a complication.The Dayton doesn't even have a date. Not even Rolex's shitty, grotesque, amateur cyclopes date.So the real question is what's the Daytona's excuse for being so thick with such limited complications?
>>18758519The daytona is also over 2mm smaller in diameter with a way better case shape so it's actually comfortable to wear. It also looks way better. It's also cheaper(retail.) like, you're an actual idiot of you're seriously trying to say this thing is better than a daytona in any way.
>>18758512>>18758509Speaking of that there's a watch that I've been kind of lusting after and wanting to try on even though I really don't have the money right now to get it.Blancpain makes a 36mm air command flyback chronograph in titanium, there's even a titanium bracelet available, and it's only 11.5mm thick. It's really fuckin impressive but absolutely nobody cares. Did you ever even hear of this before I posted it? Nobody is wearing or even talking about these.
Just found out Bulova was founded by a Jewish immigrant… instantly discarded Sharing it here as a PSA so others can steer clear
>>18758519Oh, it's case shape now and diameter, suddenly not thickness Goal posts moved. Argument destroyed. Rolex cuck fucked Thanks for playing, no-watches
>>18758524What do you people honestly use chronographs for in the real world? I get that they look cool. I have a couple in the collection. But I never need to time things.Seems like just more that could go wrong with a really expensive watch. Extra pushers therefore points of entry for water and such. Hands and dials just sitting there useless 99.9% of the time.I dig the look of a panda but other than that I just don't see the draw.
Who the hell even buys Richard Mille?The watches look like €100 watches for 12-year-old boys.No normie is going to recognize them as expensive - for that kind of money, just buy a Ferrari.And it’s not even ‘stealth luxury’ that might earn you some respect in genuinely wealthy circles. It only impresses a few other nouveau-riche douchebags. Even vast parts of this group will think you're stupid.
>>18758527I know you're kidding, but no one sees these posts on any boards and then just drops their fandom of the product or person or whatever it is. That's fucking retarded and it would leave you with a lot fewer things to enjoy. Particularly funny is when I see that on /tv/. Like you'll ever find some Hollywood movie with zero participation from Jewish people. Like you'd ever want to.You couldn't possibly justify such an argument, but still I challenge anyone to attempt it.
>>18758527There's nothing Jewish or even American about Bulova anymore.
>>18758538Found the jew
>>18758542Weak. You know you can't make any argument. You don't even know why you do what you do. You can't back it up.
>>18758543I'm not even sure what you believe I'm doing.
>>18758524>36mm>automatic>flyback chronograph>11.5mm thickThat is impressive, cool. Why is the 45 on the bezel at 3oclock and the 15 at 9? Like a 1hr countdown?Blancpain are really nice watches, they're just fuck expensive at retail. Used prices are much more reasonable though.The only Blancpains I've tried on were villeret models. I was surprised that I liked this brown dial one quite a lot, not enough to buy it though. In pictures it seemed to me like it would be really ugly, but in person it seemed to just work well.
>>18758548Making comments about jews and calling people jews as a slur. Bringing up jews at all. No one mentally stable or intelligent does that. Eat shit.
Did I miss some kind of memo? What’s with $17k or $18k being the entry point for boring ass brands/watches.
>>18758550It's a countdown bezel. You time things by putting the bezel pip where you want the timer to end and as the minute hand moves you can see on the bezel that you have 15 minutes left, or 5 minutes left or whatever. It would be a little easier to use if the bezel had minute markers but it's still functional just referencing with the dial.Blancpain is really underrated, but it's kind of their own fault because they make a lot of really questionable decisions with their design and the lineup.
>>18758536I actually think they're pretty cool. I don't like the absurdly ostentatious ones (so, most of them) just a few of the relatively subdued ones.The pricing is absolutely retarded though, and unfortunately that is a big draw, if not THE draw for the customer base- a brand that defies convention so boldly and also dares to charge a ridiculous sum of money, plus the "look everyone, I have more money to spend on a watch than most people earn in several years" factor.If it weren't for all that and they were a price I could afford, I'd consider something like this model
>>18758557There's a video of Sly Stallone auctioning off watches. It's one Panerai and fucking FOUR Richard Milles. And at least one was designed specifically for him. You got the watchmaker catering directly to whales when one shows any interest.
>>18758562Yeah, filthy rich people are gonna do filthy rich people shit, that's their business model. If I could make an absolute killing selling tasteless rich idiots gaudy watches I would too
>>18758212I love not flat crystals.
>>18758223markers too fat
>>18758372I think it's really funny how the cubitus is a ripoff of a $30 casio
>>18758536amorant's husband (nick lee) could be a fake but I doubt it
Anyone have any idea what chronograph ian malcolm is wearing in the first jurassic park? Tried grabbing as many shots from a 4k rip as I could but it's still pretty fucking blurry.
How did it become acceptable to wear divers everywhere
>>18758580It's the first result on google, fag
>>18758588I don't have google
>>18758588It's not the hanhart, fag.
>>18758475Or, if you really want a mechanical watch, get one that is actually a timepiece.
>>18758591Like really, so many of the details on the hanhart don't match up with the actual watch in the movie.>numerals instead of applied bar indices>no text above 6:00>cathedral hands instead of (white gold) pencil hands>no tachymeter>pushers much further away from the crown >lugs don't matchI could go on.
>>18758536I think they are sporty and fun, especially the Nadal ones
kofe vibes
>has a dive watch>in the field >in the sun>in the dirt
with a silicone strap
>>18758625BASED
>>18758643thanks anon
>>18758411They are indeed.
>>18757520Coffee
Vintage quartz/penisquartzfags:I have a doubledick King Quartz I got a few years ago. It was working, with whatever battery the nip fleamarket seller had put into it, then after about a year it stopped. I left it for maybe a year and then had it taken to a watch guy to replace the battery etc.The battery had ruptured, but he managed to clean it up some and it seemed to be working. However later that day I noticed that it had stopped ticking again. Pulling out the crown and replacing it, it'll tick for <10s and then sorta jitter back and forth a bit before just stopping.Is it proper fucked? Any way to salvage it? I might go to Tokyo later this year, anyone know of anyone there that can fix this shit?
>left a dead battery in a watch for a yearYeah, it's fucked. Don't do that next time, retard.
local watch store sold my fucking grail i'm pissed
>>18758676Argentic fluid leakage,At best, the contact area for the battery is fucked.At worst, it spread to the rest of the circuit and into the geartrain and you'll need to replace the entire calibre.You done fucked up
>>18758699Raymond Weil sells the same watch but in new condition. Objectively better in every way than a 50 years old watch.Of course it doesn't say PHATEK on the dial and it's all that matter to you.
>>18758669uhh indeed
>>18758704>Of course it doesn't say PHATEK on the dial and it's all that matter to you.I'm tired of pretending this really isn't all that matters. Cope more.
>>18758710It's like drinking a fresh bottle of PoorCola instead of 50 year old bottle of CocaCola.You're being the dream, but a new Raymond Weil is objectively better than a 50 years old Patek.
>>18758714But it isn't a PATEK.I'm sure you would take a new honda over a classic Porsche, but that's not most of us.
new piece whaddaya think
>>18757702sun/moon + walkingyou always need lessthe medium is the messageif you wear a watch you tell the world >hey look I believe time is linear and can't tell without this deadweight on my wrist, I NEED to know what time it is because instead being regulated by sheer instinct you are a caged animal to which one dictates when to eat or pee.
>>18757706all watches you think of are mass produced, you do not own a watch made by a watchmaker, and even if you did nobody will care because it ia unrecognizable.>he believes big horology propaganda words like craftsmanship, excellencw, tradition, prestige, homage, culture, je ne sais quoi baguette
>>18757702poorfag can't afford the bugatti with ap
>>18758733Regulating a watch takes craftsmanship.
>>18758735What? No it doesn't, have you never regulated a watch?
>>18758741so anyone can do it without instructions or training?
I want a luxury quartz / eco drive. I don't care about having history inside my watch, in fact the quartz revolution is in itself a form of history. I just want the best finish for the lowest price, add better timekeeping and less maintenance and I'm sold.
>>18758733Try not to be an autistic dork. People don't always use the term "watchmaker" in the absolute most literal strict definition of "a single person making every single component of a watch by hand", but usually in a looser sense to mean the collective of the design team, engineers, technicians, etc. who make watches.
>>18758729Art Deco: The WatchImpressive, Anon. Very nice.
>>18758741Doing it the proper way without wasting a bunch of time with trial and error and shit requires equipment and a little know-how and judgment from experience. And that's assuming nothing on the balance or hairspring itself needs to be repaired or adjusted somehow. Also every time you open the case back and fuck around in there you're damaging the seals.
>>18758744This watch looks familiar somehow.
>>18758743Yes? You can literally use your phone to check your beat rate.Regulating your watch should never be something you leave to a "professional" to begin with. That's retarded, you're going to go back every day to let them know it's still 2 seconds off? The only person who knows how you wear a watch is you.>>18758749No, it doesn't. Damaging the fucking seals? Buddy, the only thing that damages the seals is if you try and cut them or wait 50 years for them to disintegrate.
>>18758753Okay then, get water in your watch.
>>18758754Now you're telling me you're too stupid to pressure test your watches? Man, it's funny watching a dude who thinks watchmakers are magical.
>>18758753>You can literally use your phone to check your beat rate.You still need to regulate the watch though.
>>18758757What do you think regulating a watch is?
>>18758744The quartz revolution epitomizes the modern world turning to shit. Everything became about what's cheapest to mass produce, and pressing the boundary of how shitty it can be made before people stop buying it.Never mind that the product is ugly, disposable, and increasingly far removed from being something that a human put genuine effort into creating because it was something they cared about or felt a sense of pride in doing.No longer does anybody say>After spending years dedicating myself to this craft, I've come up with an innovation that makes something more elegant, beautiful, or useful- sometimes within the boundaries of practicality, but other times simply to say that I did it.Now it's>I've figured out a way to use 0.5g less plastic per unit, this will save us $0.02 per unit, after selling enough of these pieces of shit I'll be a millionaire!
>>18758758Adjusting the regulating organs on the balance of the movement.
>>18758762Right, what do you think that does to the watch. What are you REGULATING?
>>18758763Whatever it does, you are taught with training and experience. In other words: it takes craftsmanship.
>>18758765No, it doesn't. There are plenty of parts of watchmaking that require craftsmanship. Regulation is completely trivial, anyone can regulate a watch with a 2 minute tutorial on where to find the screw and a 2 dollar caseback opener.
>>18758766>Regulation is completely trivial, anyone can regulate a watch with a 2 minute tutorial Then why aren't all mechanical watches regulated?
Everything yall say here is bullshit, these are the best movements
>>18758768Nigga bes quartzin it
>>18758767They... are?I don't think you have the faintest idea of what you're talking about.
>>18758771If it's so easy and requires no craftsmanship, then why are they regulated to 30 seconds per day or whatever instead of 3?
>>18758772Man, you really don't have a clue, huh.
>>18758774Positional adjustment of a smooth balance wheel with a conventional regulating organ involves poising the balance wheel (i.e. taking away minute bits of mass), adjusting the bend and/or terminal curveof the hairspring, adjusting the regulator pins, checking the endshake, ...Simply moving the regulator only changes the overall rate, which isn't helpful for this.It's a very highly skilled process that requires tons of craftsmanship.Same with adjusting timing screws or weights, obviously.
>>18758760Check out this ludite. If we listend to people like you we would still be hunting animals with spears.
>>18758776>If we listend to people like you we would still be hunting animals with spears.Maybe so, but trannies wouldn't exist (at least not as any sort of widespread phenomenon), and all the brown people would still be where they belong. Plus people on this website would probably be able to get laid instead of obsessively jerking off to cuckhold porn. Or maybe they'd just have been killed off or exiled
>>18758524I did and it’s the goat. I want one as well. It’s like 3mm smaller than a usual chrono
>>18758710You fucking cope. It's a $10K watch that's not available AND you can't afford it.Dumbshit.
>>18758744it sitting comfortably on your hand is more important than anything and as good as finishing is won't you shit it up in no time?
>>18758768mech is better cos you can have it serviced (right?)
>>18758776Primative hunting is a legitimate thing a lot of people do. Guys still go out there with wooden bows with no sights on them.
>>18758804Correct. It's also a lot less wasteful and environmentally friendly - do you know what it takes to manufacture all those little circuit boards, and on top of that you ultimately throw them away?
>>18758808nigga blame tech companies, not grand seiko
>>18758755Well now you're telling me you need even more equipment.
>>18758811Seiko is the tech company making the movements. Also citizen and casio, they're basically huge tech companies.
>>18758807Then they stop by the grocery store before going to their home in the suburbs precooled by AI air-conditioning. >>18758802Fortunately these are titanium so they will sit comfortably on your wrist. You're going to have wear on any watch you wear, just don't go hiking or do combat sports with your luxury watch and you should be good.
>>18758819>Then they stop by the grocery store before going to their home in the suburbs precooled by AI air-conditioning..... Yeah, so?Why does not believing in a new technology and its disposable nature mean you have to eschew all aspects of modernity?
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>>18758729all set for going to Jay Gatsby's next party.pretty cool look, but very specific
